From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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GEORGE H. STAVES
	George H. Staves resides five miles northeast from Colville upon an
estate which he secured from the government by homestead right; he has  
comfortable and substantial improvements on his farm and gives his entire
time to its culture and to stock raising.
	George H. Staves was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on July 9, 1844,
the son of Anthony and Sarah (Cole) Staves, natives of New York.  The 
father was a cooper and a real estate man.  In 1849 he brought his family
across the plains with ox teams to California, but three years later they
all returned to Linn county, Iowa, where the parents remained until their 
death.  The father was a soldier in the Civil War and served two years for
his country.  He had one son who served three years and eleven months in 
the union army, the eleven months being spent in the horrible prison pens
of the south.  The father's father came to this country with the noted 
Lafayette and fought bravely for American independence.  He was wounded in
the knee at the close of the war.  Our subject received his education in 
Iowa and at the time of the war attempted to enlist but was rejected on 
account of the fact that the other members of the family were serving.
When twenty-one he learned the plasterer's trade, and in 1874 he went to
Texas where he worked on the Rio Grande railroad.  Previous to this, Mr.
Staves had been in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and was there when Lincoln was
assassinated.  In 1866 he came to Pinkneyville, now Oldtown, in Stevens
county.  He visited Seattle and then returned to Iowa, where he remained
until 1888.  He visited Omaha, Kansas City, and other places and finally
returned to Stevens county.  In 1890 he located his present homestead, and
has remained here since.  Mr. Staves has found corn growing quite profitable
in this latitude.
	In 1875 Mr. Staves married Miss Sarah F., daughter of Squire and
Julia (Alderman) Prouty, natives of Ohio, and to this union four daughters
have been born: Grace, wife of Henry Lynch, in Colville; Lillian, wife of
J. Lyons, in Idaho; Lulu, wife of Perry Dodson, in Republic; Nora, wife of
Richard Wynne, in Colville.
	Mr. Staves is an active Republican and when in Cedar Rapids was two
years on the police force.  He is a member of the R.K.M.C. and also belongs 
to the United Brethren church.
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