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From History of North Washington, published 1903, now in public domain. 
Submitted by Candy L. Grubb March 8, 1997. Both above notices must remain 
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JOHN W. RAUCH

	John W. Rauch, an enterprising and progressive pioneer of Stevens
county, and closely identified with the commercial industries of Newport,
resides one and one-half miles west of this place, and is at present engaged
in general farming and lumbering.  He was born in Dayton, Ohio, May 7, 1855,
the son of G.W. and Sarah J. (Maus) Rauch, natives of Ohio.  The family, of
distinguished ancestry, had resided in this vicinity two hundred years, and
the eminent sculptor, Christian Rauch, was one of this number.  It was in
Miami county, Ohio, to which locality his family had moved, that our subject
received his education.
	At the age of seventeen he began life as a clerk in a grocery
store, coming in 1877 to Dayton, Washington, where he continued to reside 
five years.  He was employed in the county auditor's office preparing the
first set of abstract books in Columbia county.  The following five years he
accumulated about forty thousand dollars in the real estate business, and
then located in Stevens county. He was appointed United States commissioner 
and served eight years, resigning for the purpose of engaging in the 
lumbering business.  He owns five hundred acres, mainly timber land, and 
conducts an extensive business in logging, employing a large force of men.
	In 1879 Mr. Rauch was married to Hilah A. Long, daughter of John and
Ann W. (Barker) Long, natives of Ohio and Missouri respectively.  They came
west in 1852, her maternal grandfather, Dr. Barker, dying while crossing the
plains.  They located in California, near Santa Rosa, in 1862, subsequently
removing to a point near Walla Walla, Washington, and in 1891 they came to 
Stevens county, where the father died in 1902. The mother still lives. They
were the parents of ten children, nine of whom survive: Catherine C., wife 
of W.S. Newland; John H.; Hilah; Dora, married to James Bratcher; Liewemma,
wife of J.B. Tarbet; Pauline J., wife of E.M. Rause; William I,; F.W.; and
Jesse L.
	The parents of our subject had six children: James B., of Galena,
Kansas; Urilla J., wife of Wesley White, of Columbus, Ohio; Metta A., wife
of Frank Drake, of Chillicothe, Ohio; and Austia living in Ohio.  Mr. and
Mrs. Rauch have five children, R.R., Myrven, Nellie, Jewel W., and Harold,
all living with their parents.  Mr. Rauch is a Democrat.  In 1881 he was 
elected treasurer of Garfield county, and reelected in 1883.  He was the
first city clerk of Dayton, and has been school director many years.
	The fraternal affiliations of our subject are with the I.O.O.F.,
which order he joined in 1875 at Fort Wayne, Indiana; the K. of P., Dayton,
Washington; the A.F. & A.M., having been made a mason in Pomeroy, 
Washington, in 1882; and the R.A.M., of Pomeroy.  Mrs. Rauch is a member of 
the Congregational church at Newport.