Markle, William J.
Primary Name: Markle, William Jennings
Filed as: markle_william_jennings
Also known as: William J. Markle, William Jennings Markle
Occupation / Association: Marine engineer, fireman, Deputy U.S. Marshal; President, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6 (1939–1940)
Born: November 7, 1896, Ballard, Washington
Died: October 15, 1976, Boise, Idaho
Parents: Louis N. Markle; Catherine Markle
Spouse: Ethel Ellen Wilson (m. June 18, 1918; div. September 29, 1947)
Children: Florence Markle; William C. Markle
Associated places: Ballard, Washington; Skagway, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Victoria, British Columbia; Seattle, Washington; Boise, Idaho
Keywords: William Jennings Markle, William J Markle, Markle William Jennings, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6 president, Deputy U.S. Marshal Juneau, Alaska marine engineer
Biography
William Jennings Markle served as President of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6 in 1939 and 1940.
Markle was born on November 7, 1896, in Ballard, Washington, to Louis N. Markle and Catherine Markle. By 1917, he was living in Skagway, Alaska, where he worked as a marine engineer and fireman. During this period, he applied for residence in Victoria, British Columbia, and worked for the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
On June 18, 1918, he married Ethel Ellen Wilson in Seattle, Washington. The couple had two children. Their daughter, Florence Markle, was born in Canada about 1920, and their son, William C. Markle, was born in Alaska about 1928.
Markle enlisted in the United States Army on October 23, 1918, and was discharged on December 27, 1918. He later worked in Juneau as a Deputy United States Marshal. William and Ethel Markle were divorced on September 29, 1947, in Idaho.
William J. Markle died on October 15, 1976, in Boise, Idaho.
Sources
U.S. Census records; marriage records, Seattle, Washington; military enlistment records; Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6 records
Archer, Michael B.
Primary Name: Archer, Michael
Filed as: archer_michael
Also known as: Michael Archer
Occupation / Association: Dairyman; Gold miner; Treadwell Mine marshal; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6; Charter Member, Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87
Born: October 1844, Ireland
Died: December 16, 1918, Juneau, Alaska
Parents: Father born in Ireland; mother born in England
Spouse: Sarah Anne Archer
Children: Unknown
Associated places: Ireland; Healy, Idaho; Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Union City, Alaska
Keywords: Michael Archer, Archer Michael, Michael Archer Douglas Alaska, Sarah Anne Archer, Treadwell Mine marshal, Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Biography
Michael Archer was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6.
Archer was born in Ireland in October 1844. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England.
He immigrated to the United States in 1864 and came to Alaska from Healy, Idaho, in September 1885. He was also a charter member of the Alaska Pioneers Association No. 87.
Archer lived in Douglas, where he was a dairyman, gold miner, and the marshal at the Treadwell Mine.
His wife, Sarah Anne Archer, owned a store in Union City, which was located to the west of the Douglas Bridge.
Archer died in Juneau on December 16, 1918.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census; Daily Alaska Empire, December 17, 1918; Inventory and Survey of Historic Cemeteries in Douglas, Alaska
Tags: Michael Archer, Archer Michael, Sarah Anne Archer, Archer family, Juneau pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska Igloo 6, Alaska Pioneers Association 87, Treadwell Mine, Douglas Alaska, Juneau Alaska, Union City Alaska, dairyman, gold miner
Bishop, Harry A.
Primary Name: Bishop, Harry
Filed as: bishop_harry
Also known as:
Occupation / Association: Miner; Manager, Juneau Water Company; Mayor of Juneau; U.S. Marshal, First Judicial District of Alaska; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: 1869, Iowa
Died: May 12, 1920, near Des Moines, Washington
Parents:
Spouse:
Children:
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Sheep Creek, Alaska; Des Moines, Washington
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Keywords: Harry Bishop, Bishop Harry, Mayor of Juneau, Juneau Water Company, U.S. Marshal First Judicial District Alaska, Democratic Territorial Central Committee, Sheep Creek miner, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Biography
Harry Bishop was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska. Bishop was born in Iowa in 1869.
He came to Alaska in 1896 during the early years of the region’s mining development and worked as a miner at Sheep Creek near Juneau.
Bishop later became associated with the Juneau Water Company and served as its manager from 1910 to 1914.
Active in territorial politics, he served as Secretary of the Democratic Territorial Central Committee from 1910 to 1912. Bishop was elected Mayor of Juneau and served from 1912 to 1913.
He later became the United States Marshal for the First Judicial District of Alaska and held that position from 1914 until 1917. He resigned from the office because of declining health and moved to a farm near Des Moines, Washington.
Bishop died there on May 12, 1920.
Sources
Evangeline Atwood and Robert N. DeArmond, Who’s Who in Alaskan Politics: Biographical Dictionary of Alaskan Political Personalities, 1884–1974, p. 7.
Tags: Harry Bishop, Bishop Harry, Juneau mayor, U.S. Marshal Alaska, Juneau Water Company, Democratic Territorial Central Committee, Sheep Creek miner, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Juneau Alaska
Schnabel, William Frederick
Primary Name: Schnabel, William
Filed as: Schnabel, William
Also known as: William Schnabel
Occupation / Association: Deputy U.S. Marshal; cowboy; charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo
Associated places: Germany; California; Jordan Valley, Oregon; Dawson, Yukon Territory; Fairbanks, Alaska; Wrangell, Alaska; Rockville, Idaho; Caldwell, Idaho
Keywords: William Schnabel, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, deputy U.S. marshal Alaska, Fairbanks Alaska law enforcement, Wrangell Alaska deputy marshal, Buffalo Bill Wild West Show riders, early Alaska lawmen
Biography
William Schnabel was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo.
He was born on July 2, 1860, in Germany. His parents had immigrated to the United States in 1847 and settled in California, but returned temporarily to Germany in 1860, where William was born. He spent his boyhood and early adulthood in Jordan Valley, Oregon, working as a cowboy.
Schnabel later joined the rush north during the early gold rush years, traveling to Dawson during the Klondike era. In 1904, he went to Fairbanks, Alaska, where he was appointed a Deputy United States Marshal. After leaving Fairbanks, he was again appointed deputy marshal for the First Division at Wrangell, Alaska, serving until the term of the marshal under whom he worked expired in 1909.
For a short time, Schnabel reportedly rode with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, where he met Velma P., who later became his second wife. His first marriage had been to Hattie L. Ridenbaugh in 1893.
After leaving Alaska, Schnabel returned to Idaho, settling near Rockville. He died in Caldwell, Idaho, on September 28, 1932.
Sources
The Caldwell News-Tribune, September 29, 1932
Shoup, Arthur Glendeninning
Shoup, Arthur
Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo
Role: Charter Member
Biography
Arthur Shoup was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska and an early political leader in Alaska’s territorial government.
He was born on November 26, 1880, in Challis, Idaho Territory. In July 1897, he came to Alaska with his father, James M. Shoup. His father later served for three years as United States Marshal for the Territory of Alaska and for nine years as head of the Federal Policing Department of the First Division, residing in Juneau.
Arthur Shoup was educated in the public schools of Idaho and later graduated in law from Washington State University. Except for occasional trips to the states, he spent most of his early career in Alaska.
From 1902 to 1907, he served as Deputy Marshal of the Office at Ketchikan, and from 1907 to 1910, he served in the same capacity at Sitka. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected on a non-partisan ticket to the First Alaska Territorial Legislature.
During the first territorial legislative session, he was one of the authors of the Women’s Suffrage Act, the first bill passed by the Alaska Territorial Assembly. After chairing the non-partisan convention, he was re-elected to the legislature and was supported by members of the First Division for the speakership. Although he narrowly lost the election, he was chosen as the temporary speaker.
Shoup also served without compensation as superintendent of the Territorial Pioneers Home in Sitka when it opened on July 4. His work establishing and advocating for the home provided a place where elderly and indigent prospectors and miners of Alaska could live in comfort during their later years. He had earlier lobbied for the creation of the institution and worked with Alaska’s Delegate to Congress to secure permission to convert the abandoned United States Marine Barracks at the former capital in Sitka into facilities for the home.
In 1927, Shoup moved to San Jose, California, where he practiced law. He died there on April 9, 1942.
Sources
- Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850-1950, Volume 2, pp. 291-292, Ed Ferrell (2009)
- Alaska Digital Archives, James Joseph Connors Photograph Collection PCA 457
Tanner, Josias Martin
Primary Name: Tanner, Josias Martin
Filed as: Tanner, Josias Martin
Also known as: Josias Tanner; “Senator Si” Tanner
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo; Alaska Territorial Senator; Mayor of Skagway; Deputy United States Marshal; merchant; miner
Associated places: Oakland County, Michigan; Central City, Colorado; Juneau, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska; Tacoma, Washington
Keywords: Josias Martin Tanner, Senator Si Tanner, Juneau Men's Igloo charter members, Skagway Alaska mayor, Soapy Smith era Skagway, Alaska Territorial Legislature, Skagway Vigilantes, Arctic Brotherhood members, Alaska-Yukon pioneers
Biography
Josias Martin Tanner was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska and one of the prominent early civic leaders of Skagway during Alaska’s gold rush era.
Tanner was born in Oakland County, Michigan, on February 22, 1850. His grandfather served in the Revolutionary War, having enlisted at the age of fifteen. A brother of Tanner’s grandfather, William Tanner, was reportedly a member of President George Washington's bodyguard when the British and Loyalists attempted to capture the first President.
Known throughout Alaska as “Senator Si,” Tanner served two terms in Alaska’s territorial lawmaking assembly.
As a young man, Tanner began his career in mining. At the age of twenty, he left Michigan and went to Central City, Colorado, one of the famous mining camps of Gilpin County. There he worked in the gold mines and mills of Colorado for four years.
In 1871, he married Juliette Valentine, the sister of Emery Valentine, who later served as mayor of Juneau. Three children were born to the couple: two daughters, who later lived in Tacoma, Washington, and a son, Fred Tanner, who eventually joined his father in business in Skagway.
The family later moved to Tacoma, where Tanner worked in the contracting business. In 1896, he accepted a position in Emery Valentine’s general store in Juneau.
During the Klondike Gold Rush, he moved to Skagway in July 1897 during the Dawson stampede and remained there for the rest of his life. In Skagway, he played an important role in maintaining order during the turbulent gold rush years.
Tanner helped organize and command the Skagway Vigilantes, a citizens’ group formed to preserve law and order during the period when the notorious outlaw Soapy Smith and his gang dominated the town. Organized lawlessness in Skagway culminated in Smith’s death on July 8, 1898.
Because of his leadership and composure during the effort to drive Smith’s gang from the city, Tanner was appointed Deputy United States Marshal by Marshal J. M. Shoup and served in that position for two years.
Tanner remained active in Skagway's civic affairs for many years. He served for five years on the Skagway City Council, was elected mayor three times, and also served for five years as municipal magistrate.
He was also active in fraternal organizations, including the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Arctic Brotherhood.
In addition to his political and civic career, Tanner operated a hardware store in Skagway and held business interests in the Home Power Company of Skagway.
Sources
Ferrell, Ed. Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 2, pp. 321–322 (2009).
Alaska Digital Archives, James Joseph Connors Photograph Collection, PCA 457.