From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

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RODGER SULLIVAN
     Roger Sullivan has the distinction of being one of the oldest settlers 
in the Colville valley, and it is with pleasure that we are enabled to give 
an outline of his career in opening up this rich country for the ingress of 
civilization. He was born in Manchester, England, in March 1826, and when he 
was young came with his parents to county Cork, Ireland. There he was reared 
and educated and when twenty years of age started out in life for himself. 
In 1847 he came to Canada and worked on the railroad for a short time. Then 
he migrated to Georgia and later to Tennessee and in this last place he worked 
on the railroad for one man for five years. In 1863 Mr. Sullivan came to 
California by way of cape Horn and located at Grass Valley. Next we see him 
occupied in the construction of the fortifications at the mouth of the 
Columbia and then he came on to British Columbia. In 1868 or 1869, Mr. 
Sullivan landed in the Colville valley and since that time he has been 
devoting himself to the improvement of his land and the raising of stock. 
He now handles two hundred acres of good land, two miles west from Colville. 
He has thirty head of stock, and handles considerable hay. Mr. Sullivan has 
always taken an active part in the political matters of the valley and has 
allied himself with the Democratic party always. In 1883 Mr. Sullivan 
married Mrs. Roset Kitt, widow of James Kitt. Mrs. Sullivan has one child 
by her first husband, Michael, living with his parents. Mr. Sullivan and 
his wife are members of the Catholic church.