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<br /> arid still later, anxious to improve his education, he attended the normal school at
<br /> Lynden,Washington, in whiclfhe pursued his studies to the age of nineteen years. i
<br /> He afterward took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in Whatcom
<br /> county for four years, and-at the end of that period he turned his attention to the 1
<br /> shingle.business, in which he was engaged until April i, 1907. He afterward
<br /> entered the United States forestry service as assistant supervisor in that depart-
<br /> ment and in November, 19o8,he was appointed supervisor in charge of the.Belling--
<br /> ham district, which position he now occupies. He is making an.excellent record
<br /> by the prompt and able manner in which he discharges his duties,and he thoroughly
<br /> understands and meets the demands of the position.
<br /> NICHOLAS B. CHALLACOMBE. -
<br /> Nicholas B. Challacombe, engaged in the undertaking business in Everett,
<br /> was born in Challacombe, Macoupin county, Illinois, November 18, 1861. His
<br /> father, Nicholas Challacombe, Sr., a native of Devonshire, England, was a son
<br /> of John Challacombe, the founder of the American branch of the family. He
<br /> came to the new world in 1833, settling first in New York, and after six months .
<br /> he removed to Macoupin county, Illinois, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers
<br /> there. He followed agricultural pursuits and Nicholas Challacombe, Sr., took up
<br /> the same line of work, continuing his residence in Macoupin county until he
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<br /> passed away at the old home place November. 3, 1896, when he was seventy-two
<br /> years of age. I-Ie was very active in local affairs and for twenty years served
<br /> as supervisor in Chesterfield township_ His political allegiance was always given
<br /> to the republican party. He was also a prominent member of the Presbyterian
<br /> church and for more than forty years served as an elder. In early manhood he
<br /> wedded Nancy G. Carson,a native of Tennessee and a daughter of William Har-
<br /> vey Carson, a representative of an old family of that state,of Scotch-Irish descent.
<br /> An uncle of Mrs. Challacombe, Gideon BIackburn, was the founder of Blackburn
<br /> University of Carlinville, Illinois. Mrs. Challacombe is still living on the old
<br /> _ homestead, to which she went as a bride sixty-eight years ago, and she is still a
<br /> member of the same Sunday-school, which she joined eighty-three years ago.
<br /> She was born August 26, 1829, and Mr. Challacombe was born June 19, 1824.
<br /> The former has therefore reached the age of eighty-seven years. By her
<br /> marriage she became the mother of eight children, seven of whom are yet liv-
<br /> ing:Mary E., who is the widow of Arthur Hartwell and resides at_Challacombe,
<br /> Illinois; Dora J., the widow of T. K. Butler, of Wenatchee, Washington; J. W.,
<br /> living at Challacombe, Illinois; Fannie, the wife of J. S. Searles, of Medora, Illi-
<br /> nois; Nicholas B.; Mabel, the wife of A. L. Birchard, secretary of the board
<br /> of education of Everett, Washington; and Professor Wesley A. Challacombe,
<br /> who is professor of mathematics in Blackburn University at Carlinville, Illinois.
<br /> After attending the country schools Nicholas B. Challacombe con.ivued his
<br /> education in Blackburn University at Carlinville, Illinois, and in Brown's Business
<br /> College at Jacksonville, that state. His youthful days were spent upon the home
<br /> farm and after he had attained his majority he took up the study of undertaking,
<br /> being graduated from the Barnes College of Embalming in Chicago in 1898. He
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