@Jwflilo. roll a. 631mm: Meeker's Heir “'7; By DON DAVIS Staff Writer Born in Buckley in 1893, Fred “Ted” Stilley of Granite Falls is of pioneer heritage. Ezra Meeker was his great uncle and Stilley has spent his life in the State of Washington. Across the road from y where he was born was the home of a grandfather, Jer- ry Stilley. On it was be- ' lieved the oldest structure in Western Washington, a building put up by Hudson’s Bay Company in the 1830’s. A few years after he was born, the family moved. to the Okanogan area but soon came back to Seattle and then Snohomish. 'He served in World War I and when he and his wife,’Hazel, were married, they made their home at Forest Glade. Now they reside just south of Granite Falls on the road to Forest Glade. He has been a gypo logger in the 1 Granite area for many TED STILLEY years. Previous to that, he ' did some horse logging in the Okanogan and later was with. Scott Paper at Hamilton. Stilley did some horse logging near Lake Bosworth in the iearly 1920’s and then wasvwith Monroe Logging —Co. for 15 .years. He worked with Simons-Murphy on Woods Creek when that firm started. He then went with Great Bear Logging for a few years and turned gypo for 25 years. His last logging job was with his son-in-law at 050. He has the distinction of riding the last steam engine out of Monte Cristo in 1920. He is a member of the Sportsmen and ' American Legion. He and his wife have four children, Mrs. Jean Espeseth of ‘Mukilteo Boulevard, Mrs. Jim (Betty) Swaney, a teller in a bank in Lake Stevens, Jerry Stilley of Granite Falls, the fire ' chief there, and Mrs. Ed (Helen) Running of Granite Falls. , Author: , Accession/Object ID: 2005.340.55, Object Name: Newspaper, Title: , Description: article on Ted Stilley, OCR Text: @Jwflilo. roll a. 631mm: Meeker's Heir “'7; By DON DAVIS Staff Writer Born in Buckley in 1893, Fred “Ted” Stilley of Granite Falls is of pioneer heritage. Ezra Meeker was his great uncle and Stilley has spent his life in the State of Washington. Across the road from y where he was born was the home of a grandfather, Jer- ry Stilley. On it was be- ' lieved the oldest structure in Western Washington, a building put up by Hudson’s Bay Company in the 1830’s. A few years after he was born, the family moved. to the Okanogan area but soon came back to Seattle and then Snohomish. 'He served in World War I and when he and his wife,’Hazel, were married, they made their home at Forest Glade. Now they reside just south of Granite Falls on the road to Forest Glade. He has been a gypo logger in the 1 Granite area for many TED STILLEY years. Previous to that, he ' did some horse logging in the Okanogan and later was with. Scott Paper at Hamilton. Stilley did some horse logging near Lake Bosworth in the iearly 1920’s and then wasvwith Monroe Logging —Co. for 15 .years. He worked with Simons-Murphy on Woods Creek when that firm started. He then went with Great Bear Logging for a few years and turned gypo for 25 years. His last logging job was with his son-in-law at 050. He has the distinction of riding the last steam engine out of Monte Cristo in 1920. He is a member of the Sportsmen and ' American Legion. He and his wife have four children, Mrs. Jean Espeseth of ‘Mukilteo Boulevard, Mrs. Jim (Betty) Swaney, a teller in a bank in Lake Stevens, Jerry Stilley of Granite Falls, the fire ' chief there, and Mrs. Ed (Helen) Running of Granite Falls. , Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),General Articles & Documents,General Articles,General Articles 05,Newspaper (2005.340.55),Newspaper (2005.340.55) 1, Newspaper (2005.340.55) 1