1914-01-10-sr-p6-james-monoghan-of-winding-ford-obit
January 10, 1914 Spokesman-Review Page 6:
IN COUNTY SINCE 1860, REGISTERS
James Monoghan Believed to Hold City Record for Continuous Residence.
James Monoghan, aged 74 years, a resident of Spokane county since 1860 and of the state since 1858, registered yesterday afternoon at the city clerk's office. Mr. Monoghan is believed to hold the record tn the city of the longest continuous resident of Spokane county.
“This county was known as Spokane when I came here, but later was merged with Stevens county,” said Mr. Monoghan. “A later legislature cut off the present Spokane county from Stevens and it has since held that name, For some years after coming to Spokane I operated a ferry at what is known as Lapray’s bridge, about 25 miles below the city, In 1865 I built the bridge and operated it as a toll structure for some years, finally selling it to Lapray, whose name the bridge took In later years.” Mr. Monoghan appears hale and active and enjoys telling of the pioneer days,
With Mr. Monoghan yesterday was Edward O'Shea Sr., who has lived in the state 41 years and in the county 16 years. Mr, O'Shea came to Washington in 1872 as a member of the quartermaster’s department of the Twenty-first United States infantry. After serving 20 years in the military service he was discharged in 1887 and later located in Spokane.
