From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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SAMUEL T. MOOMAW
	Samuel T. Moomaw resides about three miles northwest from Colville.
He his a farmer and stock raiser and devotes himself to these callings
with an industry that has given him a good holding.  He was born in 
Pittsfield, Illinois, on August 31, 1858, the son of Adam and Elmira
(Applegate) Moomaw, natives of Ohio and Indiana, respectively.  Our subject
had the following brothers and sisters: James, deceased, Mildy, Lizzie,
deceased, Charles, deceased, and Jennie Toll.  In 1863 the family crossed
the plains to California with ox teams, settling in Rich Gulch after which 
they moved to Chico, Butte county, where they lived for seventeen years. 
There samuel received his education in the common schools then went to
herding cattle at the age of ten.  He rode the range for three years, then
sheared sheep until 1880 when he came to Washington and took a railroad
contract in Lincoln county, and later followed the same business in Stevens
county.  We also find Mr. Moomaw doing some extensive grading contracts
in Spokane on the Northern Pacific and at various places on the Great
Northern.  He also freighted for the Great Northern from Ellensburg to the 
Cascade mountains.  The year 1893 marks the date of his return to Stevens 
county and here he has given himself entirely to farming and stock raising
since.
	In 1881 Mr. Moomaw married Miss Ellen, daughter of James and 
Katherine Butler, natives of Ireland and California respectively.  They 
spent twenty-seven years of their married life in the gold fields of 
California and in 1879 came to Dayton, Washington; later they removed to 
Edwall where the father died and where the mother still resides.  To Mr.
and Mrs. Moomaw nine children have been born: May, Charles, Katie , Sarah,
Johanna, Leo, Hazel, Truman, Myrtle.  Mr. Moomaw is a Democrat and always
manifests interest in the local and state questions.  He and his wife are
members of the Catholic church.
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