Cole, Clarence Cash
Primary Name: Cole, Clarence "Cash"
Filed as: cole_clarence_cash
Also known as: Clarence Cole, Cash Cole
Occupation / Association: Businessman; President, Cole Transfer Company; Local Agent, American Express Company; President, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 (1938); Territorial Legislator
Born: February 12, 1891, Henderson Bay, Washington
Died: November 8, 1959, Bellingham, Washington
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Spouse: Ruby C. Worth (m. March 7, 1915; later divorced); Ruth Marcella Marsh Gudbranson (m. January 20, 1945)
Children: James Cash Cole; Thomas Phillip Cole; Jerry Worth Cole
Associated places: Henderson Bay Washington; Treadwell Alaska; Juneau Alaska; Bellingham Washington
Keywords: Clarence Cash Cole, Cash Cole Juneau, Cole Transfer Company, Alaska Territorial Legislature Speaker
Biography
Clarence "Cash" Cole served as President of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 in 1938.
Cole was born at Henderson Bay, Washington, on February 12, 1891. When he was four years old, his family moved to Treadwell, Alaska. He was educated in the Juneau public schools and later attended the University of Minnesota.
After leaving college, Cole entered the business field in Juneau, where he became involved in draying, docking, and contracting. He later served as president and general manager of the Cole Transfer Company and was also the local agent for the American Express Company.
He married Ruby C. Worth in Juneau on March 7, 1915. They had three sons: James Cash Cole, born June 25, 1916; Thomas Phillip Cole, born June 23, 1917; and Jerry Worth Cole, born March 22, 1926. The couple divorced prior to 1940.
Cole later remarried on January 20, 1945, to Ruth Marcella Marsh Gudbranson.
Active in territorial politics, Cole was elected to the Fifth Alaska Territorial Legislature House of Representatives in 1921 and was reelected to the Sixth House, where he was chosen as Speaker. He later served as Territorial Auditor from 1929 to 1932.
Cole was a Republican and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Clarence "Cash" Cole died on November 8, 1959, in Bellingham, Washington.
Sources
Ferrell, Ed. Biographies of Alaska Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Vol. 3, p. 66
Tags: Clarence Cash Cole, Cash Cole, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Alaska Territorial Legislature, Cole Transfer Company, Juneau Alaska history
Benson, John P.
Primary Name: Benson, John P.
Filed as: benson_john_p
Also known as: John P. Benson
Occupation / Association: Businessman; Juneau Furniture Company; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: September 1857, Sweden
Died: September 5, 1924, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Associated places: Sweden; United States; Juneau Alaska; Fort Lauderdale Florida
Keywords: John P Benson Juneau, Benson Juneau Furniture Company, Swedish immigrant Juneau
Biography
John P. Benson was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6.
Benson was born in Sweden in September 1857 and immigrated to the United States in 1882.
While living in Juneau, he was associated with George Wallis in the Juneau Furniture Company. Benson remained in the business until leaving Juneau in 1914.
After departing Alaska, he moved to Florida, where he resided and operated a farm.
John P. Benson died on September 5, 1924, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Population Census; Anchorage Daily Times, September 20, 1924
Tags: John P Benson, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Juneau Furniture Company, Swedish immigrants Alaska, Juneau pioneers
Bode, Henry
Primary Name: Bode, Henry
Filed as: bode_henry
Also known as: Henry Bode
Occupation / Association: Ship Carpenter; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: May 1840, Germany
Died: April 11, 1916, Juneau, Alaska
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Associated places: Germany; United States; Juneau Alaska
Keywords: Henry Bode Juneau, Bode ship carpenter Juneau, Juneau Men's Igloo charter member
Biography
Henry Bode was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6.
Bode was born in Germany in May 1840. He immigrated to the United States in 1867 and came to Juneau around 1886.
He worked as a ship carpenter by trade.
Henry Bode died in Juneau on April 11, 1916.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Population Census; Daily Alaska Empire, April 12, 1916
Tags: Henry Bode, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, ship carpenters Alaska, Juneau pioneers, German immigrants Alaska
Caro, Jules B.
Primary Name: Caro, Jules B.
Filed as: caro_jules_b
Also known as: Jules B. Caro
Occupation / Association: Businessman; Wholesale Broker; Cannery Owner; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: 1871, San Francisco, California
Died: April 24, 1933, Seattle, Washington
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Associated places: San Francisco California; Juneau Alaska; Dawson Yukon; Auk Bay Alaska; Seattle Washington
Keywords: Jules B Caro, J B Caro, Auk Bay Cannery owner, Alaska wholesale brokerage
Biography
Jules B. Caro was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6.
Caro was born in 1871 in San Francisco, California. He went to Alaska early in 1898, first arriving in Juneau and later traveling to Dawson during the Klondike Gold Rush. He represented the Joseph Myers Tobacco Company and Kreielsheimer Bros. during this period.
Around 1900, he entered into business with Charles E. Hooker, formerly of Kelly, Clark & Company. From that time forward, Caro became head of the firm's wholesale brokerage business, which he developed into one of the largest establishments of its kind in the Territory of Alaska.
Caro also had interests in the Alaska cannery industry. He purchased the Auk Bay Cannery from the John Carlson Company and operated it as part of his expanding business ventures.
Jules B. Caro died in Seattle, Washington, on April 24, 1933.
Sources
Alaska Weekly, March 3, 1933; Ferrell, Ed. Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 1, p. 55 (May 1, 2009)
Tags: Jules B Caro, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Auk Bay Cannery, Alaska business pioneers, Alaska wholesale trade, Juneau Alaska history
Case, William Howard
Primary Name: Case, William Howard
Filed as: case_william_howard
Also known as: W. H. Case, William H. Case
Occupation / Association: Photographer; Business Owner; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: April 19, 1868, Marshalltown, Iowa
Died: July 16, 1920, Juneau, Alaska
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Children: Howard Case; Alice Case; Madge Case Wade
Associated places: Marshalltown Iowa; South Dakota; Oregon; Skagway Alaska; Juneau Alaska; Atlin British Columbia
Keywords: William Howard Case, W H Case, Case and Draper photographers, Juneau photography studios
Biography
William Howard Case was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6.
The W. H. Case and H. H. Draper photography studios opened in 1898 in a small tent in Skagway, Alaska. The partners later moved their business to a two-story building on Broadway near 4th Avenue, where they also sold curios, photographic supplies, Alaska Native handicrafts, and game specimens.
By 1907, the partnership between Case and Draper had been mutually dissolved. Draper retained the Skagway shop while Case opened a new photographic studio in Juneau.
William Howard Case was born April 19, 1868, in Marshalltown, Iowa, and lived much of his early life in South Dakota and Oregon. During the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, he traveled north and secured several mining claims in Atlin before establishing his photographic business in Skagway.
Case moved to Juneau in 1907, where he operated the Case photographic studio.
He had three children: Howard, Alice, and Madge. His daughter, Madge, married Hugh Wade, Secretary of the Territory of Alaska from 1959 to 1966.
Case was active in the Juneau community and was a member of the Masonic and Shrine organizations.
William Howard Case died suddenly in Juneau on July 16, 1920. After his death, the studio was reopened by E. C. Adams.
Case and Draper became well known for their portraits and photographs documenting the life and customs of the Tlingit people, early Skagway, and scenes from the 1898 Gold Rush. Their images were widely reproduced in Alaskan publications, including The Soapy Smith Tragedy, and on postcards and White Pass & Yukon Railway souvenir playing cards.
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Historical records of Case & Draper Photographers; Alaska historical publications; community records of Juneau
Tags: William Howard Case, W H Case, Case and Draper photographers, Juneau photographers, Skagway photographers, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Alaska photography history
Casey, Russell G.
Primary Name: Casey, Russell G.
Filed as: casey_russell_g
Also known as: Russell Casey
Occupation / Association: Teamster; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: July 1892, Washington
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Associated places: Washington; Juneau Alaska
Keywords: Russell G Casey, Russell Casey Juneau, Juneau Transfer Company teamster
Biography
Russell G. Casey was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6.
Casey was born in July 1892 in Washington. He later came to Alaska, where he worked as a teamster for the Juneau Transfer Company.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Population Census
Tags: Russell G Casey, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Juneau Transfer Company, Juneau Alaska pioneers
Cobb, E. Lang
Primary Name: Cobb, E. Lang
Filed as: cobb_e_lang
Also known as: E. Lang Cobb
Occupation / Association: Mining Engineer; Surveyor; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: 1890, Texas
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Associated places: Texas; Juneau Alaska; Sewanee Tennessee; California
Keywords: E Lang Cobb, Lang Cobb, Juneau mining engineer, Alaska Electric Light and Power employee
Biography
E. Lang Cobb was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6.
Cobb was born in Texas in 1890. He came to Alaska at the age of seven and was raised in Juneau, making him essentially an Alaskan product.
He attended the Juneau Public Schools before continuing his education at the Sewanee Grammar School in Tennessee, where he studied for three years. Cobb later enrolled at the University of California, where he pursued a mining and scientific course of study.
Following his education, Cobb worked primarily in mining and surveying. During the summer of 1917, he was engaged in the fishing industry before later working for the Alaska Electric Light & Power Company.
Sources
Daily Alaska Dispatch, April 17, 1918; Ferrell, Ed. Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 4, p. 162 (May 1, 2009)
Tags: E Lang Cobb, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Alaska mining engineers, Alaska Electric Light and Power, Juneau Alaska pioneers
Davis, Trevor P. Montgomery
Primary Name: Davis, Trevor P. Montgomery
Filed as: davis_trevor_p_montgomery
Also known as: Trevor P. Davis, Trevor Davis
Occupation / Association: Photographer; Boat Operator; Business Owner; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: 1892, Alameda, California
Died: 1990, Juneau, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: Carol Beery Davis
Children: Sylvia Davis, Shirley Davis, Constance Davis, Patte Davis
Associated places: Juneau Alaska, Alameda California, Seattle Washington, San Francisco California
Keywords: Trevor P Montgomery Davis, Trevor Davis photographer, Snap Shoppe Juneau, Juneau photographers, Here and There in Southeast Alaska
Biography
Trevor P. Montgomery Davis was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, where he served a term as Secretary.
Davis was born in 1892 in Alameda, California, where his mother, Frances, went for the birth. Within three months, the family returned to Juneau. At the age of twelve, he began working on the Davis properties.
In 1910, he purchased a sailboat and converted it to a gas boat in partnership with his brother Cedric. In 1914, the brothers traded the small boat for the Cordelia D and began operating a charter business for hunting and cruising. Trevor earned an operator's and pilot’s license for a 100-ton vessel and, in 1917, completed the requirements for an engineer’s license at the Duthrie Shipyards in Seattle, Washington.
He later joined the United States Navy and was stationed at Bremerton, Washington; San Diego, California; and the Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago, Illinois.
Photography became a major interest for Davis beginning in 1912 when he acquired his first camera. He developed a technique for oil-tinting enlarged photographs and sold his work at the Nugget Shop and other gift stores in Juneau in June. Established photographers Winter & Pond and Case & Draper encouraged him and provided photographs and advice.
In 1921, Davis exhibited his photographs in San Francisco, and in 1926, he published a booklet of his early images titled Here and There in Southeast Alaska.
Trevor was one of seven members of the committee that selected the Alaska state flag and voted for the design that was ultimately adopted in 1927.
He was also a charter member of the American Legion and the Juneau Yacht Club. As a member of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce for forty-eight years, he promoted numerous civic projects, including the development of Juneau’s first small boat harbor and breakwater. Davis also wrote articles about his experiences in Southeast Alaska for newspapers and magazines.
In the spring of 1921, he met Carol Beery, who had come to Juneau and was searching for the wild violets displayed in shop windows. Davis offered to show her where they grew. The trip involved traveling aboard the Cordelia D and reaching Sheep Creek Basin via the Thane tramway. The excursion began a romance, and the two were married in 1922. They raised four daughters: Sylvia, Shirley, Connie, and Patte.
In 1934, Davis opened a photographic business on Seward Street where he developed, printed, and tinted photographs. He became an Eastman Kodak dealer, and the Snap Shoppe operated successfully for twenty-five years. One of his well-known photographs, Juneau’s Harbor Lights, required a one-hour exposure on a clear night in 1942. When a passing fishing boat disturbed the reflection, he was forced to repeat the entire exposure to achieve the desired image.
His work emphasized contrasts and composition, particularly winter light and shadow. As photography evolved, he expanded from black-and-white images to color photography and accumulated an extensive collection of slides and films. Many friends and community members attended his public presentations. While working for Prince William Sound Canneries, he filmed salmon runs and bears on color motion picture film.
After retiring from the photography business, Davis developed the Pinewood Park subdivision. He and his wife later piloted their boat, the Sylvita, to the Seattle World’s Fair, where they joined family and friends.
In his later years, he traveled widely, including a trip across the eastern United States with a Tlingit dance group during the U.S. Bicentennial, journeys across Alaska during the state’s Centennial celebration, visits to relatives on the West Coast, and travel in the South Pacific.
Davis later authored a pictorial history of the city titled Looking Back on Juneau – The First Hundred Years.
Trevor Davis died at the Pioneers’ Home in Juneau in 1990 at the age of ninety-seven and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery. He was survived by his wife and daughters, Sylvia, Shirley, and Constance.
Sources
Gastineau Channel Memories 1880-1959, p.119
Tags: Trevor P Montgomery Davis, Trevor Davis, Davis Trevor, Juneau photographers, Snap Shoppe Juneau, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Alaska flag committee, Juneau Yacht Club, American Legion Juneau
Dickenson, W.H.
Primary Name: Dickenson, W. H.
Filed as: dickenson_w_h
Also known as: W. H. Dickenson
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: February 1874, California
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Associated places: California; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: W H Dickenson, W. H. Dickenson, Dickenson WH, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6 charter member
Biography
W. H. Dickenson was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6.
Dickenson was born in February 1874 in California.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Population Census
Tags: W H Dickenson, Dickenson WH, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Juneau Alaska residents, California born Alaska residents
Donaher, Mike
Primary Name: Donaher, Michael
Filed as: donaher_michael
Also known as: Michael Donaher
Occupation / Association: Miner; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: April 1858, Ireland
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Associated places: Ireland; Alaska; Juneau Alaska
Keywords: Michael Donaher, Donaher Michael, Juneau miners, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6 charter member
Biography
Michael Donaher was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6.
Donaher was born in April 1858 in Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1874 and came to Alaska in 1883, where he worked as a miner.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Population Census
Tags: Michael Donaher, Donaher Michael, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Juneau miners, Irish immigrants Alaska