An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 117

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of her citizens. Mr. Davis handled sheep previously and is now the owner of over 3,000 of these valuable animals. He ranges them on the Salmon in the win- ter and in the mountains during the summer.

On December 25, 1867, Mr. Davis married Miss Prescitta, daughter of Jefferson Broadwater, a pion- eer of West Virginia, and a native of Maryland. On April 26, 1893, in the St. Marys country Mrs. Davis was called from this life to the world beyond. She was born June 17, 1851, at Pennsborough, West Vir- ginia, and was one of a family of fourteen children. She bore to Mr. Davis nine children, Walker J., Mrs. Myrtle Crow, deceased, Mrs. Daisy Renfro, Norval L. and Creeda, deceased, Russell B., Grover Cochran, Essie P., Gertie W.

CHARLES W. DUNHAM was born November 9, 1874, in Walla Walla. His father, Samuel P., was born in Pike county, Missouri, January 29, 1834. In '53 he crossed the plains with ox teams, leading a large train to the Willamette valley, where he located land. Two years later he sold out and went to Mount Shasta, California, and took up the stock business with his brother, Amos. In 1857 he came back to Oregon and farmed. He was married at Salem, 1861, to Elizabeth M., daughter of Reuben and Mary Price. Mrs. Dun- ham was born in Indianapolis, on November 15, 1842, and crossed the plains with her parents in 1853. Their train suffered hardships from the Indians, but no one was killed. Mr. Dunham remained in Oregon until 1873 and then came to Walla Walla. Four children were born to this marriage,-Dollie, deceased, Arthur, our subject, and Mrs. Eva Lenon, all three living at Whitebird. In 1878 Mr. Dunham went to Genesee, Idaho, and in 1884 came to Camas prairie, and in 1893 he settled at Whitebird, where he now resides. It is interesting to note that in 1862 Mr. Dunham, in com- pany with his father-in-law, brought a band of sheep into this country and passed through where Whitebird now stands. Plenty of Indians were there making ready for winter and the luxuriant bunchgrass was waist high. They took the sheep on to Florence, where they were butchered and sold and he made other trips of the same nature.

Our subject was educated in the various places where he lived, and after school days began the battle of life for himself. He took land and raised cattle and has been very successful in his endeavors until the present time. He has good bands of stock, a good ranch and a fine residence property in Whitebird. Mr. Dunham was one of the leaders in organizing the first Sunday school in Whitebird, in May, 1896, and was the second superintendent. In January, 1897, he was one of a committee of three who arranged for the erection of a public school building at Whitebird. On October 26, 1891, Lodge No. 72, of the I. O. O. F., was organ- ized in Whitebird, and Mr. Dunham was initiated into the mysteries of that order on that night. He has passed all the chairs and is also a member of the En- campment. When the Idaho Stock Association was

organized, on May 24, 1892, Mr. Dunham became sec- reatry and has served in that capacity since. He also is on the executive board. He is chairman of the Republican club and has been a delegate to the various county conventions. Mr. Dunham enjoys the esteem and good will of all who know him and is a man of real worth and integrity.

JAMES SURRIDGE is associated with his broth- er, Thomas, in a general merchandising establishment in Bridgeport, also in a livery business, and together they own the townsite, while also he pays much atten- tion to a large stock farm of one section, which he se- cured from the government, and which he is handling in a skillful manner and with fine returns.

James Surridge was born in London, England, on July 3, 1847, being the son of John and Mary (Cor- coran) Surridge, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work. About 1859 the family came to Michigan, where our subject was reared and educated; in 1874 he came west, and two years later he landed in Idaho county, at Harpster. In 1877 he went back to England and the following year came again to this section. In July of that year he took part in the Bannock war, and then selected his land which he took from the wild and now owns. Since that year Mr. Surridge has de- voted himself to stock raising, being the first to import thoroughbred Clydesdale horses into northern Idaho. He also brought in Durham cattle and Berkshire hogs. He has been a leader in these important lines and the country has derived much benefit from his intelligent endeavors here.

On January 15, 1900, Mr. Surridge married Char- lotte, daughter of Fred C. and Louise (Grondenberg) Smith. The father was born in Hanswerum, Ost- friesland, Germany, on June 17, 1829, and his parents were Conrad and Margaret (Van Der Velde) Smith. They came to the United States in 1849 and settled in Pekin, Illinois. He started a blacksmith and wood working shop, which later developed into the mammoth plant of T. H. Smith & Co., wagon works, of Pekin, with a capital of $200,000.00, and a capacity of eight thousand wagons a year. They employ one hundred and fifty men, with a wage scale of over twenty-five thousand dollars per year. They also operate a bank and a plow factory. Frederick H. was killed in a rail- road accident on December 4, 1890, at Jackson, Illinois. The mother of Mrs. Surridge was born in Dusselldorf, Germany, on November 18, 1836, and is now living in Pekin. Mrs. Surridge has the following brothers and sisters . Frederic F .. Conrad F., Lincoln, George, Louis, Teis, Margaret Eberham, Charles W., all in Pekin. Mr. Surridge is a Democrat and his wife is a Republican, both stanch and well informed upon the questions of the day. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Mt. Idaho Lodge No. 9. Mr. Surridge is also superintendent of the Newsome & Leggett Mining Company, of Newsome, Idaho, which has the largest placer mines in the county and does a systematic min- ing business.

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JOHN OLSON is one of the skillful and leading mining men of the northwest. He understands min- ing from the time of prospecting until the property is a shipper ; all the various stages of development are familiar to him, and he has been and is in practical touch with every phase of the industry. He has large interests in some valuable copper properties on the east bank of the Salmon within a few miles of Whitebird. These properties consist of two groups, one of ten claims and one of six claims. The former has a ledge of sixteen feet, running sixteen dollars per ton, and can be tapped at a depth of one thousand feet ; the other group lies near this and has a splendid show- ing of a large iron dyke, forty feet wide, which assays fourteen doliars in copper and gold. The companies are doing large development work on these properties, and it is expected that in a short time they will both be shippers. In addition to this, Mr. Olson is heavily interested in the Eureka Mining, Smelting & Power Company, one of the rich and heavy companies of the northwest. The company owns some very valuable properties and Mr. Olson is the expert in charge.

John Olson was born on November 22, 1859, on the island of Bornholm, Denmark. His father is a wealthy farmer in Denmark, and now living, in his seventy- ninth year. His mother died in 1895. Our subject is the fourth of a family of five children. His oldest brother is in Denmark, one brother is in Clinton county, Iowa, another is in Australia, while he has a sister in the old country. Mr. Olson received a good education in the agricultural college of his native place, thien served two and a half years as bugler in the Royal Guards. In 1887 he landed in New York, went thence to Catawba county, North Carolina, and from there to Clinton county, Iowa. In 1889 he was in Black Hawk, Colorado, mining. Then he was engaged in the smelter in Denver and also in the refining works. After this he was night foreman in the Buckeye mine, then went to Prescott. Arizona, in the same capacity in the Diamond Joe mine. Subsequent to this he was timber- man in the mines in Park City, Utah, then went to Silver City, New Mexico. After this he worked at Jerome, Arizona, in the Uni Verdi copper mines. At this time he made a visit east, and in 1901 came to Lewiston and took the position which he now occupies. Mr. Olson became a member of Scandia Lodge, I. O. O. F .. in Black Hawk, Colorado, and is still in good standing in this lodge. He is more or less intimately acquainted with all the mining camps in the west and is a man of great experience and skill.

PAUL F. CORBETT is a prosperous merchant and capable business man at Kamiah, where he handles in addition to his mercantile business a grist mill, saw mill and ferry.

Paul F. Corbett was born in Kamiah in June, 1877, the son of Felix and Deborah Corbett. The father was born at Kamiah in 1838. His father, the grand- father of our subject, was a Canadian, and came into this country shortly after the Lewis and Clark expedi-

tion. He was in the employ of the Hudson Bay Con- pany as a hunter and trapper, and married a Nez Perces woman, who died in 1899, aged one hundred years. Our subject was raised at Kamiah and in 1891 went to Carlisle and received a good educational train- ing. He also learned the blacksmith trade and re- turned to Kamiah in 1896. Two years previous to this time he had purchased, with his father, the government ferry which they are still operating. They also bought the saw and grist mill of the government, and he and his father operate them now. In addition to this, Mr. Corbett and his father own one-half of the telephone line to Stuart. Mr. Corbett also owns twenty acres of land at Kamiah, where he has a beautiful residence. He is the possessor of two allotments in addition to the property mentioned, one at Genesee and one at Lapwai. Mr. Corbett has two sisters,-Hattie Amara and Priscilla Frank,-both at Kamialı.

On September 25, 1897. Mr. Corbett married Miss Lydia A., daughter of Philip and Suzan Smith. Mr. Smith was born in Iowa, came to California in 1849, mined at Florence and other Idaho camps and was a well known pioneer. Mrs. Corbett was born in Lapwai on February 17, 1878. She was educated at the Des- met school by the sisters and then took a course in Carlisle. She has one brother, William, at Lapwai. They have the following children : Frank F., born December 7, 1898; Josephine M., born May 10, 1901 ; Lillian, born January 28, 1903.

Felix Corbett, the father of our subject, says that his mother, who was over one hundred years old when . she died, told of a Nez Perces woman, named Wat- Hoo-Wis, who went to the coast to see the whites and learn their ways. When she returned the tribe named her as above, the signification of the name being "Who returned." This woman was with the greater part of the Nez Perces tribe on the little Camas prairie on the Lolo trail, gathering camnas, when the Lewis and Clark expedition came along. The men had beards, and the Indians were about to kill them, as they deemed them evil spirits. Wat-Hoo-Wis told them what good things the whites had, as tea, sugar and other edibles. and they at once became friendly. The Indians conducted the expedition down the north branch of the Clearwater to the main stream, and there Mr. Clark cached a large amount of provisions, and when he returned a year later all was in good shape.

SAMUEL R. LIBBEY. The important position of postmaster at Cottonwood is held by the subject of this sketch, who also operates a jewelry store, being a skilled jeweler.

Samuel R. Libbey was born in Washington county, Ohio, on August 7, 1858, being the son of James M. and Susan (Goddard) Libbey. The father was born in New York in 1812. The grandfather of our sub- ject built and operated the first grist mill in Ohio, the same being on the Muskingum river, in Washington county. The property is still in the family and has since been supplied with modern process and is oper-

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ated by an uncle. A great-uncle of our subject owned the noted Libbey prison, which was taken from him by the south and operated by them, contrary to the will of the owner. The father of our subject volunteered to fight for the I'nion, but was rejected on account of disability. He was present at the capture of Morgan, the raider. The mother of our subject, who died Feb- ruary 7, 1901, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1818, of German ancestry : her parents settled in Ohio in a very early day. Our subject was but seven when his par- ents came to Laclede, Missouri. Later they went to St. Catherine, where the father died. The widow went with her children to Bethel, Illinois. Samuel labored there and also studied, did carpentering and then fired on the C. B. & Q. R. R. Later he went to Keokuk and took up the jewelry business. In 1883 we see him in Ellsworth, Kansas, where he continued his trade, operated a grocery store and owned a rock quarry. In 1885 Mr. Libbey went to Lincoln Center, remaining seven years. Then he bought a jewelry store in Plainville, Kansas, and in 1895 he went to Marquette. There he worked in a drug store, all the time handling his trade, the last two years did also a dry goods business, and in April, 1898, he landed in Lewiston. On June 10, 1898, he located in Cotton- wood and acted as salesman for S. Goldstone, the well known merchant, and later opened his present business. In 1000 Mr. Libbey was appointed postmaster, and since then he has continued in the office with general satisfaction to all.

In 1876, at Ft. Madison, Iowa, Mr. Libbey married Miss Susan, daughter of Simon and Caroline ( Weiser) Broker, natives of Germany. Mrs. Libbey was born in Scott county, Illinois, in 1859, and has four brothers and three sisters. Mr. Libbey has the following named brothers and sisters : William S., James B .. Henry H., Ella White, Sarah S. Thompson, Ethel L. Six children have been born to this couple,-Rosa V., Net- tie M., deceased, Nellie G., Harry W., Benoni A., Marie E. Mr. Libbey is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W. He is a Republican and active and influ- ential in the campaigns, while in school matters he is an advocate of the best advantages possible and is a member of the school board. Mr. Libbey is a pro- gressive and enterprising man and stands well in the community.

SWEN J. PETERSON is proprietor of the Cot- tonwood brewery and also conducts a saloon. He was born in Sweden, in July, 1856 , being the son of Peter and Hannah (Swenson) Peterson, natives of Sweden and born in 1824 and 1827, respectively, and now live in the native place. The father is a prominent man and has been sheriff of his division. Our sub- ject grew to manhood, was educated and learned the miller's trade in his native land. When twenty-four he decided to try the new world, and soon was in Chicago. He took work on a farm in DeKalb county and then went to the iron districts of Michigan, where he was fireman for six months, after which he returned to Chicago and came direct to Portland, Oregon, in 1883.

He soon came thence to Lewiston, and then to Camas prairie and took land south of Cottonwood. He con- tinned handling this property until 1896, when he trad- ed it for the property mentioned above, and which he is handling at the present time. Mr. Peterson is a good business man and is one of the influential men of the town.

In June, 1901. Mr. Peterson married Miss Ella Carlson, a native of Sweden, where her parents dwell 110W. One child has been born to this union, Anna. Ar. Peterson has the following brothers and sisters: Sophia, Anna, Malina Gustaf. Politically our sub- ject is a Republican and takes an active part in the interesting campaign work. He was sent to the state convention in the fall of 1902, for his county. He is an ardent advocate of the best educational facilities and has been a member of the city council.

JOSEPHI M. ELLER, better known as Frank, is a man of energy, enterprise and sagacity in the affairs of life, while uprightness and integrity have given him a good standing among his fellows, and industry and business push have gathered for him a good holding of worldly goods. He is one of the substantial men of Idaho county, and it is fitting to grant to him a repre- sentation in the history of northern Idaho. At the present time Mr. Eiler is handling the Cottonwood livery stables in that town, and is doing a good busi- ness.

Joseph M. Eller was born in Buncombe county, North Carolina, on March II, 1835, being the son of Joseph and Sarah ( Kirkland) Eller, natives of North Carolina, and now deceased. The father came of Ger- man and the mother of English extraction. The former was born in Buncombe county and was never out of it but twice in his life. He died in 1862. Our subject left home at the early age of eleven and went to Georgia and clerked in a grocery store for three years. He then went home, and a few months later went to Tennessee and then to Missouri, Chariton county. When the war broke out he joined Price's army and fought under him for several years, or until the battle of Pea Ridge. He was then under Cooper and belonged to the cavalry. Mr. Eller was wounded in the thigh, the side, the head and in one foot. He was captured several times and escaped every time but one. He participated in many battles, among some of which were Sedalia, Shelby, Lone Jack and skir- mishes. Following the war he returned to Chariton. and in 1866 Mr. Eller married Miss Susan, daughter of James and Tabitha (Ashby) McFerran. Her mother's brother was Major Ashby and well known. Mr. Mc- Ferran was born in Virginia, and was a pioneer in Missouri. The parents are deceased. Mrs. Eller was born in Chariton county, Missouri, in June, 1851. Mr. Eller is the last of fourteen children, being also the youngest, the others all being dead. After the mar- riage they lived in Missouri until 1875, then removed to Arkansas, remaining there seven years, after which he came west to Idaho county and took land. This

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was the family home until 1900, when Mr. Eller took the stage contract from Kamiah to Cottonwood and later took charge of the livery barn where we now find him. He sold his ranch and stock for about four thousand dollars and is devoting himself to his business with good results, having a good patron- age.

Mr. Eller is a Democrat of the Jeffersonian type, well established in his belief and is an influential man in the party. Mrs. Eller is a member of the Methodist church. They have nine children,-Allie, James N., William H., Joseph and Mattie, twins, Henry H., Charles W., Fannie V., Thomas Jefferson.

JAMES H. ARAM, who lives about one mile south from Grangeville, is one of the substantial stockmen and farmers of the Idaho county, and is really a prod- uct of this county, having spent nearly all his life here. He was born in Portland, Oregon, on July 7, 1863, the son of John and Sarah ( Boar) Aram. The father was born in New York in 1825, and died in October, 1901. He crossed the plains to California in 1854, settled in Portland later, and in 1864 moved to Idaho county. He was a progressive and active man of excellent stand- ing. The mother was born in, Genesee county, New York, in 1832. She had two brothers in the Civil war and her parents were pioneers of Ohio. Our sub- ject was reared and educated in this county. and his life was largely spent in the saddle in the stock busi- ness. He was in partnership with his father for many years. He has three sisters, -- Mrs. Henry Johnson. Mrs. Delia Anchimballe and Mrs. Clara Fitzgerald. He is a member of the W. of W. and an active Republi- can. Mr. Aram owns six hundred acres of land and handles stock and does general farming.

Mr. Aram was fourteen at the time of the Indian war and remembers the time distinctly. They were notified about four-thirty on the thirteenth, and went at once to Mt. Idaho. The Indians had been growing independent and sancy for a long time, and their acts were watched with apprehension. Mrs. Overman was at the home of Mr. Aram at the time of the notification and accompanied them to Mt. Idaho. The people were killed on the prairie on the night of the thirteenth, and our subject remembers distinctly of their being brought in on the morning of the fourteenth. Day had gone before they arrived in Mt. Idaho. The next morning after their arrival in Mt. Idaho our subject saw West and the Indiar, Foo-Culla-Ka, start. Mr. Aram is one of the substantial men of the county, has manifested commendable skill in his labors and uprightness in his walk. He has the confidence and esteem of all who know him.

GEORGE V. HAWLEY resides about one mile north of Whitebird, on a good farm which he took as a homestead in 1892, and where he has bestowed his labors with gratifying results since that time. His place has a good dwelling. large barn, plenty of ont-

buildings, shop, orchards and necessary fencing, and is one of the valuable estates of this section. In addi- tion to handling this he devotes considerable attention to raising stock and owns a band of cattle. George \. Hawley was born on June 15, 1863, at Buffalo, New York, the son of William and Harriette A. Hawley. William Hawley came to Carbon county, Wyoming, in a very early day and was sheriff of that county for two terms. In 1883 he came to Lewiston and engaged in stock raising. Two years later we see him in Grangeville. and in 1888 he bought the Jersey house, operating the same for four years. Then he sold the hotel and came to Whitebird, where he took up stock raising, in which he continued until the time of his death, in 1900. He had a quarter section adjoining our subject's ranch, and a large band of stock. The mother is living in Grangeville, and is in her sixty- sixth year. When our subject first came to this coun- try he started for himself, and was variously employed until he took his homestead, as mentioned above. Mr. Hawley is a member of the W. of W. and his father belonged to the I. O. O. F.

In 1899 Mr. Hawley married Miss Cleoria Bead- ford. Her parents came from South Dakota in 1898; her mother is dead, but Mr. Beadford is living in Grangeville. To Mr. and Mrs. Hawley have been born two children .- Alice Irene and George M. Mr. Haw- ley has one brother living in Grangeville,-Rufus W. Hawley. His father enlisted in the Twenty-second Illinois Cavalry and served through the war, under General McClelland.

NILS PERSON, who now owns a farm about two miles north from Lowe, has demonstrated himself to be a man of enterprise and industry, while he has had broad experience in traveling over this country and handling various enterprises. He was born in Swed- en, on March 15, 1864, the son of Per Monsson and Anna Pearson, both natives of Sweden. Our subject has two brothers, Per and Magnus, and two sisters, Elis and Yohanna. Nils attended school from seven to fourteen and obtained good training, and then start- ed in to do battle with the world on his own account. He worked on the farm, then served in the artillery for three years. In 1880. determining to try his for- tunes in the United States, he was soon in Boston. There he sawed wood all winter, then went to New Hampshire, two months later to Illinois and after a short service in the Pullman shops came on to Min- nesota and a little later pushed ahead to the little Mis- souri, in Dakota. From here he went back to Chicago, worked in a lumber yard and then migrated to Hebron, Indiana. Next we see him in St. Paul, Nebraska, then came a journey to Colorado, and two years later he was in the Sunset state farming. After returning to Colorado he soon went on to New York, then cross- ing the ocean to Sweden, he visited old friends and sought again the scenes of his youth. A year later we see him embarking again for the new world and his first stop was in Nebraska. He soon came on to

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Wyoming, and eight months later we find him in Mon- tana for two years railroading. He soon made his way from there, at the end of his labors, to Idaho county, and on March 10, 1898, Mr. Person anchored himself to a homestead, where we find him at the pres- ent time. On May 13, 1901, he bought forty acres more, which gives him a fine estate. Mr. Person has devoted himself to building up his place and im- proving it in good shape. He has done well and will soon have a large and valuable farm all under cultiva- tion. He now has buildings, orchard, some stock and other improvements, and is one of the reliable men of the community.

HENRY A. GREVING is a leading merchant of Idaho county, a heavy property owner in different lines and a prominent citizen of Stites, where he is doing business. He was born in Munster, Westphalia, Ger- many, on May 10, 1851, the son of Henry J. and Ger- trude (Freckman) Greving, born in Grevenbeck on October 28, 1818, and at Holthausen on May 17, 1823, respectively. The father was a prominent citizen and a leader among his fellows. His death occurred at Beerlage on June 16, 1900. The mother died on June 24, 1901. Our subject was brought up in his native place and well educated in the high school. After this he learned the cabinet maker's trade and then wrought at this trade and on his father's farm until he came to the United States. He was twenty-nine when he landed at Dyer, Indiana, where his uncle, Bernard Greving, lived. Eight months later he went to Marys- ville, Kansas, then to Melrose, Minnesota, after which he visited various places and finally settled at Hanover, Washington county, Kansas. He bought land, rented it, wrought at his trade, went to Germany, got married, then came to his land and for ten years was engaged in tilling it. In February, 1892, he rented his land and came to Spokane, then went to Moscow, where he bought a team and came to Idaho and took a homestead at Keuterville. after which he built the second store in Keuterville. and engaged in general merchandising. On July 1, 1901, he removed to Stites and opened the largest general merchandise store there. He carries a stock of twenty-two thousand dollars worth of well assorted goods. His place is headquarters for the miners to outfit who are en route to Thunder mountain. Mr. Greving does a fine business, and in addition to this owns his farms. He has the following brothers and sisters : Antonia, Barney, Max, August, Johanna Frieling and Anna.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 117

Author: Publication date: 1903 Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1524

Author:
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1524