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1&56 to Miss Rebecca Rice, with whom he lived happily until 1875, wheu that lady died. He was again married in 1877 to Jliss S. V. Spencer, of Umatilla. Mr. Sparry served in the Indian war of 1855 and 1856 under Capt. King, in Southern Oregon.

HON. MADISON L. JONES.

Among the young men of the assembly, none have brighter prospects for the future, or give better promise of fulfilling the expectations of sincere well-wishers and devoted friends, than the young gentleman whose name heads this brief sketch. Modest, unassuming and gentlemanly in his every action, Mr. Jones has gained the imqualitied respect of every member of the House. He is a ready debater, and all subjects discussed by him have been treated in a forcible and logi'^al manner. His style is concise, and when he has presented his case with the ability native to his character, he refrains from further urging and consequent weakening of the effect of his argument. In this he invariably displays a talent peculiar to but few men in public life, namely, the talent of knowing when to cease — the knowledge that at certain times " silence is golden." Mr. Jones was born in Indiana in the year 1849, and came to Oregon with his parents in 1853, remaining here ever since. He received his early training in the district school, and afterwards entered Willamette University, where he graduated in the class of 1871. After completing his educational course, he studied law with Shaw k Mallory, and afterwards with Shaw & Burnett. He was admitted to the bar in the year 1879. He was married in 1880 to Miss Emma Noven- den. In politics, Mr. Jones is a strong Republican, and is esteemed as a promising young man of the future.

HON. THOMAS N. FAULCONER. This gentleman is of a plain, quiet, unassuming nature, and has done very good work as a member of the House of Renresentatives. He has lived in Oregon for thirty-one years, and is considered, by those who know him best, as a hard-v/orking and industrious man and a worthy citizen. He was born in Missouri in 1830, where he resided with his parents on a farm until the age of twenty. In the year 1857 he crossed the plains and settled in old Yamhill, which constituency he represents in the House. He has farmed there for the last twenty years, with exception of a few years spent in Wasco in the stock business. He was also in the mercantile business in Sheridan precinct for ten years, and was elected Justice of the Peace there, which position he also held for a period of ten years. He was married in 1861 to Miss Lucy H. Morgan, with whom he has lived happily ever since, and raised a comfortable family. During the Yakima war, when that mur- derous tribe of savages attempted to overrun and massacre the white set- tlers of Washington and Oregon, Mr. Faulconer was one of the fearless men that stepped to the front and tendered his services for the protection of their lives and property, and he made a good record, and one of which his family may feel justly proud. In politics he is a staunch Repu