Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . MES. BENJAMIN F. FLATHERS. BENJAMIN F. FLATHEESAt the age of about fifty OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY 569 their removal to Sullivan county, Missouri, where she was reared and 1856 she married Mack F. Harris and on the 6th of May, 1863, they and theirtwo small sons started across the plains by ox team. This was a very hazardousjourney owing to the Indian troubles which they daily encountered but no con-sequences of a serious nature resulted. They finally landed in Idaho City inDecemb
Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . MES. BENJAMIN F. FLATHERS. BENJAMIN F. FLATHEESAt the age of about fifty OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY 569 their removal to Sullivan county, Missouri, where she was reared and 1856 she married Mack F. Harris and on the 6th of May, 1863, they and theirtwo small sons started across the plains by ox team. This was a very hazardousjourney owing to the Indian troubles which they daily encountered but no con-sequences of a serious nature resulted. They finally landed in Idaho City inDecember of the same year and remained there until the spring of 1864, whenthey proceeded to Walla Walla, arriving in June. In 1865 Mr. Harris diedleaving one son, the two children, born before they crossed the plains, havingdied in Idaho City. Mrs. Harris and her son continued to live near Walla Wallauntil 1869, when she became the wife of Benjamin F. Flathers, and they locatedon a farm on Touchet River belonging to H. H. Spaulding. The following year,however, they purchased of Mr. Spaulding the farm, which they continued toown thro
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