From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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THOMAS TAIT
	Thomas Tait. About nine miles southeast from Chewelah one comes to 
an estate of one-half section which is owned by the subject of this article. 
Mr. Tait acquired title to half of it by homestead rights and the other 
half by purchase. He is known as one of the industrious farmers and stock 
raisers of the valley and has done good labor in improving the estate. 
Thomas Tait was born on November 19,1844,in Canada, the son of Samuel and 
Nancy (Chruch) Tait,natives of Scotland. They came to America in 1837,and 
settled as they supposed in the United States,but found that they were
across the line in Canada. They removed later to Illinois. They were the 
parents of eight children:William;Samuel,deceased;Thomas;Mary and John,
deceased;Jane Weed;David,and James. Our subject was educated in McHenry 
county,Illinois,at the common schools. At seventeen he left his school and 
worked on the farm for his mother until twenty-one years of age. He then 
went to Montana and worked in the mines,continuing at it for four years. 
Then he spent one year in Washington lumbering,and in 1872 landed in Nevada,
where he delved in the mines for one and a half years. After he mined in 
California,Arizona,Wyoming,Idaho,Utah,again in California,and in eastern 
Oregon. He also followed merchandising in California and farming in 
Oregon. In 1889 Mr.Tait came to Stevens county,secured the ranch as 
mentioned above, and in addition to handling that has been raising stock.
	In October,1883,Mr.Tait married Mrs.Elizabeth Gorley,a native of 
Salt Lake City,where she also was reared and educaed. By her former 
husband,Mrs.Tait has one son,Leroy,now in the Philippine Islands. Two 
children have been born to Mr.and Mrs.Tait,James E.and Ethel,both with 
their parents. Mr.Tait is a member of the A.F.& A.M., and is active for 
the welfare of the community. It is interesting to note that when Mr.Tait 
came west he drove an ox team all the way from the Missouri valley to 
Montana.

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