From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

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ENOCH HARTILL
     Enoch Hartill, deceased. No compilation purporting to grant 
representation to the leading men of the Colville valley would be complete 
without an especial mention of the esteemed gentleman whose name heads this 
memorial. Enoch Hartill was born in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, on 
March 16, 1836, the son of William and Sarah (Hartop) Hartill, natives of 
England, where they remained until their death. The father was an engineer 
in the coal mines during all his life. Our subject was educated in the 
schools of Bedworth and when nineteen came to Canada. He journeyed thence 
in a short time to the United States and two years after landing on the new 
continent he was back in England to claim the hand of her who was to share 
his fortune through life. After the conclusion of the nuptials they came to 
Clinton, Canada. Next we see them in Illinois and in 1868 they embarked in 
one of the popular prairie schooners of the day and wound their weary way 
across sombre plains and rugged mountains, meeting and overcoming the 
hardships and dangers of doughty savage and tiresome journeys, until they 
landed in the fertile Willamette valley. The home was in that place until 
1878, and they then came to Pine City, Washington. In 1889 they came thence 
to Stevens county, Washington. A quarter section of land was purchased from 
the railroad company, four miles north from Chewelah. Mr. Hartill, being a 
thrifty and industrious man, soon had a goodly portion of the estate under 
cultivation and the same supplied with good buildings and other improvements. 
He planted an orchard of twenty acres, half of which is now bearing.
     On February 27, 1900, the beloved mother and wife was called hence by 
death, leaving the following children : William P., in Pine City; John T., 
in Rossland; Jane A., wife of E. J. Arringto, in Stevens county; Enoch, in 
Rossland; Martha A., wife of Dan Bridgeman, in Harrison, Idaho; Sarah M., 
wife of K. Erickson, in Tekoa, Washington and Joseph M., Jesse and David, 
twins, and Emmanuel S., all in Stevens county. Mr. Hartill was an active 
and influential Republican and in addition to taking a keen interest in 
political affairs served on the school board. He was a member of the 
Maccabees and the denomination known as the church of the New Jerusalem. In 
1902 Mr. Hartill went to England to arrange for his marriage with his former 
wife's sister, but as the law there forbade that union they came to Boston 
where the ceremony was performed. Thence they journeyed direct to Stevens 
county where Mrs. Hartill now resides. She had been well educated in England 
and remained with her mother until the death of that aged lady in 1900. She 
owns the old home with eighty acres of land and is a well respected and 
beloved lady. In church affiliation Mrs. Hartill adheres to the Unitarian 
faith.
     On January 7, 1903, the summons came which called Mr. Hartill to lay 
down the labors of this life and participate in the realities of the world 
beyond. His remains were buried in the Chewelah cemetery and sincere mourning 
was evident everywhere.