An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 131

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to Elk City, where he located some claims. Two years later he came to the Bluejacket, on the Snake, and Salmon rivers. and in December, 1890, he came to his present place. He bought here the Zebra and the Dandy, both good placer mines. Since then he has been working these mines with good success. Mr. Butcher has four sisters,-Della, Lela, Ola and Millie. Mr. Butcher is a good Democrat.

HIRAM W. STEVENSON resides on his fine es- tate on the Salmon and Snake rivers, and here he has followed stock raising for a good many years and has met with the success that enterprise, skill and close attention to business deserves, and is now classed with the substantial and heavy property owners of the coun- ty. He was born in Hopkins county, Kentucky, in 1838, the son of Samuel L. and Elizabeth ( Herron) Stevenson, born in Virginia in 1805 and 1809, and died in 1864 and 1888, respectively. They came to Doug- las county, Oregon, in 1853, landing there in Septem- ber, 1853. and at once took land and bought land and donated five hundred dollars to found the Wilbur acad- emv. He never dabbled in politics, but was always in the van in any public improvement. Crossing the plains consumed six months, and being a strong train they were enabled to beat off the Indians, who were hostile. The parents came from old Virginia families, and the mother was of German extraction. Our sub- ject was reared in Douglas county and received a good education from Wilbur academy. He remembers dis- tinctly hearing General Lane's battle with the Indians on the day they landed in Oregon. In the spring of 1863 Mr. Stevenson came to the Elk and Boise mines and returned the next year, on account of the death of his father. which was caused by a horse. He and his brother, George H., took charge of the estate, which was large, and he remained there until 1887. Then he came to the Salmon river country to recover his health, being attacked with the asthma in the Willam- ette valley. He located on his present place and at once started to raise cattle and horses. He continued in this line with success until the present, enlarging and increasing steadily.

In 1864, in Douglas county, Mr. Stevenson married Miss Miranda L .. daughter of John and Malinda (Du- gan) Yokum, natives of Virginia. They crossed the plains in 1849 and settled in the Willamette valley, and both are now deceased. The father was a brother of General Yokum. Mrs. Stevenson was born in Mis- souri in 1845, and has the following brothers and sis- ters : Henry, James, Ruby Burgess, Jacob, Newton, Calvin. Mr. Stevenseon has eight brothers and sis- ters .- Elenor, Lane. George, Nancy Party, Mary Rug- gles. Lizzie Whitelsav, Macey Carland, Frannie Price, Lydia, deceased. Two children have been born to this union .- James R. and Samuel, both stockmen on the Salmon. Mr. Stevenson is a Democrat of the old type and Jeffersonian doctrine. While he has never sought preferment. he has frequently been offered posi- tion, but constantly refuses.

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GEORGE R. GETTY, who dwells about four miles north from Cottonwood, is one of the industrious farmers and stockmen of Idaho county, and it is with pleasure that we accord him a representation in the work which holds the history of his county. He was born in Walworth county, Wisconsin, on June 20, 1860, the son of Lewis B. and Helen M. ( Brown) Getty. The father was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on January 2, 1824, came to Wisconsin in 1846, married in 1852, went back to Pennsylvania, in 1864 returned to Wisconsin, and in 1876 he came thence to Dayton, Washington. In 1888 he went to Whit- man county, and 1896 found him in Nez Perces county, where he died November 19, 1902. The mother of our subject was born in New York state February 4, 1836, and now lives in Idaho county. Our subject was educated in Wisconsin and then came, when six- teen, with the family to Dayton, and remained with his parents until he was eighteen years old. When twenty-one he visited Wisconsin, returning to Wash- ington and the Coeur d'Alene country in 1883. In 1884 he located a quarter and bought as much more, which was the scene of his labors until 1896, when he came to his present place. He has one hundred and fifty acres, good buildings, one hundred and fifty head of stock and owns part of a threshing outfit. Mr. Getty has one brother,-Andrew G., in Columbus county, Washington.

On October 25, 1885, Mr. Getty married Miss Emma S., daughter of Charles and Mary (Benton) Abraham. Mr. Abraham was born in London, Eng- land, in 1827, came to the United States when a young man, followed his trade of tailoring and in 1860 came overland to Oregon. In 1862 he was in Walla Walla and later took land in Columbus county, where he dwells now. The mother was born in Michigan in 1833. crossed the plains, married in Oregon and died December 24, 1882. Mrs. Getty was born in Columbia county, Washington, October 6, 1866, and has four brothers,-Thomas C., James E., Grant and Ray D. Seven children are the fruit of this marriage,-Marlow L., born October 27. 1886; Philip E., born April 22, 1888: Virginia M., born November 21. 1889: Helen M., born December 8, 1892; Mary E., born October 9, 1894 : Lucy V., born December 10, 1896; Martha, born May 9. 1902. Mr. Getty and his wife are Democrats of the Jeffersonian type and he is also a member of the Maccabees.

PATRICK H. LEACH. Although the subject of this article has not been in Idaho county as long as some of the worthy pioneers who opened it up, still his excellent labors during the time of his domicile here have resulted in such good development and improve- ment that he is entitled to representation among those who are the substantial citizens of northern Idaho and who have made the country what it is now. He was born in Joliet, Illinois, on March 31, 1867, and his par- ents now dwell in that city. He grew to nmanhood and was educated in his native place, and when eighteen went to do for himself in the whirl of the world's busi-

ness. He traveled all through Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, and in 1890 we find him in Denver and soon in the mining camps of Colorado, as Leadville, Creed, and so forth. In 1882 he went to Cripple Creek and wrought there until the time of the Buffalo Hump excitement, when he came with a pack train to Idaho and at once went into that well known camp and soon had discovered a fine property. He and his part- ners, John McLean and E. T. Peachey, located a good group and at once began development work, and they have showed up fine values and a good body of ore. In September, 1902, they incorporated it under the name of the Acacia B. Mining & Milling Company, and it is being developed in a more extensive manner.

Mr. Leach is a member of the Catholic church, and in political matters he reserves for his own decision all questions brought forward, without being tied by any party bands. He is an independent thinker and a man of intelligence.

GEORGE W. SLAYTON, who dwells three miles east from Cottonwood, is one of the intelligent and prosperous farmers of the county and has made a standing and reputation for himself which are enviable.

George W. Slayton was born in Washington coun- ty, Oregon, on September 26, 1865, the son of Samuel R. and Eliza J. (Savery) Slayton. The father was born in Woodstock, Vermont, on August 27, 1830, re- ceived a good education, taught school and in 1852 crossed the plains with ox teams. He mined in Cali- fornia, went to Oregon in 1852, served in the Rogue river war, came to the Salmon in 1862 and returned the same year to Oregon. Later we see him in Crook county, where he still lives, being one of the heavy land owners and stockmen. The mother of our subject was born on July 22, 1841, in Marshall county, Mississippi. She dwelt in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with her parents, crossed the plains and was married in Oregon on July I, 1858. She, with her husband, was crossing the Santiam pass when the horses became frightened at a falling tree and backed the carriage over a steep grade into the Santiam river. She was badly crushed, necessitating the amputation of one limb, from which she never recovered. Her demise occurred on October 31, 1901, and her remains rest in Lone Fir cemetery, Portland. Our subject was reared mostly in Crook county, received a first class education in the common schools and the agricultural college at Corvallis. He taught until 1890, mostly in Crook county, and held the superintendency of schools of that county. He went to Ann Arbor and entered the medical department of that institution, but was deterred from completing the course by ill health. Returning to Crook county, he continued to teach there, as well as in Idaho and Texas. In July, 1895, Mr. Slayton went to the Transvaal, South Africa, and operated diamond drills, having been a steam engineer previously. On account of the approaching war there, he returned to this country in 1898, and in the fall of the same year he came to his present location, which he purchased. Since then Mr. Slayton has been engaged here with one exception,

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when he operated a diamond drill in Stevens county, Washington. Mr. Slayton owns one hundred and forty acres of land, handles stock and is prosperous. He also has a valuable estate in Crooks county. Mr. Slay- ton has the following brothers and sisters: Edgar T., Robert L., Ada C. Howard, Jennie V. U'Ren and Mabel E. Engs.

On March 19, 1899, Mr. Slayton married Miss Mary E., daughter of Gamaliel G. and Susan ( Wood) Newton. Mr. Newton was born in Ohio on November 7, 1839, crossed the plains with his parents in 1848, and now lives in Benton county. His wife was born in Iowa on September 1I, 1840, and now lives in Ben- ton county. She crossed the plains by ox teams in 1853. Mrs. Slayton was born October 4, 1866, in Corvallis, Oregon, graduated from the Corvallis col- lege in 1888 and then devoted a number of years to teaching. She has the following brothers and sisters : Diana McCoy, Margaret Cooper, Jennie, Alva, Emory, Cora. One child, Ruth, was born to this couple, Janu- ary 8, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Slayton are Democrats, and he is a member of the I. O. O. F., while both be- long to the Rebekahs.

It is of note that the family of Slayton has been prominent in this country for generations and seven of them were in the Revolution and sixty-one were in the Rebellion. The family dates back in unbroken record to Captain Thomas Slayton, born in England in 1682.

HARRY SOUTHARD is the postmaster at Lucile and is a good, substantial citizen and upright man. He has manifested excellent enterprise and energy in his efforts in this locality and is also managing a general mercandise establishment at Lucile. He was born at Berlin, Greenlake county, Wisconsin, on May 21, 1850, being the son of Edward and Martha E. (Wallbridge) Southard. The father was a lumberman. He was born in New York on June 22, 1818, and died in 1899. He served in Company G, Fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, for three years in the Civil war, participating in the battles of Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Yorktown and others. The mother of our subject was born in New York in September. 1819, and died in 1876. Her father was a patriot in the war of 1812. Our subject came with his parents to Dubuque, Iowa, and was edu- cated there and in Wisconsin. At the early age of fifteen he stepped from the parental roof onto the arena of life's battle. For a short time he lived in Iowa and Minnesota, and in 1872 went to Placer county, Cali- fornia, where he mined and farmed. Three years later he was one of a party of twenty-nine which went into the Black Hills. They were promptly removed by Cap- tain Pollock and paroled. Then he went to British Columbia and mined for seven years, after which he went to Nebraska and visited his father. In 1885 he returned to Mendocino county, California, and oper- ated an engine. In 1891 he was in Sacramento valley, whence he went to Portland, remaining there until 1897. The last date marks his advent into Idaho, and he prospected in Warren, Pierce City and other

mining sections until February 28, 1901, when he was appointed postmaster at Lucile. He had been the moving spirit in securing this office and has shown marked enterprise in many ways.

Mr. Southard has the following brothers and sis- ters : Lovilla Collinson, Lillie, Fred and Frank. Mr. Southard is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in the political realm is allied with the Republican party, being an active and potent factor during each campaign. In addition to handling his mercantile establishment and postoffice, Mr. Southard devotes much time to his mining interests.

J. B. CHAMBERLAIN, who is one of the earliest pioneers in this section of Idaho, is one of the leading men of northern Idaho and is well acquainted with the country from the time the first white men settled here until the present, having also taken a leading part in its development and progress. He is a man of fine capabilities, dominated by sagacity and integrity and possessed of that executive force and keen discrimina- tion that are so indispensible for one in the prominent and leading position that he has held.

J. B. Chamberlain was born in North Fredericks- burg, Canada, on August 24, 1833, the son of John and Ann (Dettor) Chamberlain. The father was a prominent man in his section and died in 1869. His ancestors were natives of Vermont and removed to Canada in an early day. Our subject received his edu- cation in his native place, grew to manhood there and in 1862 bade the familiar scenes farewell and journeyed to British Columbia to Caribou gold fields. He came to Lewiston shortly afterward, and so on to Warren, which was so named from James Warren, the discov- erer of the gold there. He took up mining and then opened a butcher shop and in this industry he contin- ted for eleven years. It was his fortune then to be elected auditor and recorder of Idaho county, his name appearing on the Republican ticket. This occurred in the fall of 1880, and he took his seat in 1881. It was a signal victory for Mr. Chamberlain, as the county was strongly Democratic. He was re-elected in 1882. Following this service, he went to Whitebird and en- gaged in the stock industry and since that time has continued steadily in the same business. Mr. Chamber- lain has also been interested in mines and real estate. In 1885 he went back to Warren and continued there for ten years, still following his stock business with his butcher shop. Again he was chosen to fill a public office, this time serving as county commissioner for two terms, which also was unprecedented for a Republican.

Mr. Chamberlain has two brothers,-S. G. and John D. He is a member of the Masonic order. In political matters he is an active and influential man and always adheres to the Republican policy. In early days Mr. Chamberlain taught school at the Aram school house before Grangeville was founded.

Mr. Chamberlain was at Grangeville when the war occurred, and in reference to it he states that it was caused by some stockmen petitioning to have the government transfer the Indians to the reservation.

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This being attempted, the savages broke out and mur- dered many of those who had signed the petition. Mr. Chamberlain refused to sign the petition, and he says that many of those who refused to sign it were warned of the impending outbreak. Those signing the peti- tion claimed that the Indians were troubling their stock and killing them. The Indians had been holding dances and councils at Tolo lake and on June 13 they killed Richard Divine and took his gun, then dispatched Henry Elfers and John Beckridge. This was in the morning, and as they came down the Salmon they killed William Osborne, then Henry Mason and a French- man named Francois. In the evening they killed Mr. Samuel Benedict, having wounded him in the morning. They supposed they had killed him in the morning, but only shot him through the legs. He crawled to the house and warned his wife and begged her to go and hide, but she bravely remained with him until the savages came in the evening, and she ran away into the brush with her two little children, and for four days was without food. Mr. Benedict crawled out of the house into the yard when he heard the Indians coming, and there they despatched him. Mr. Chamberlain has passed through all the dangers and hardships and de- privations of the frontier life, has nobly done his part and is now one of the substantial men of the county, and enjoys in full measure the confidence, esteem and good will of all the people.

WILLIAM G. BROWN is the efficient and faith- ful marshal of Grangeville at the present time. He is a man of excellent abilities in a number of lines, being especially endowed with mechanical talents and having also achieved a good success in farm- ing and raising stock. was born

He in Brownstown, Green county, Wisconsin, on De- cember 25, 1868, the son of Charles F. and Mary (Loomis) Brown, natives of Wisconsin. The father who was born in 1846, is a millman and miner. His parents were pioneers in Wisconsin and he came to California in the seventies and to Camas prairie in 1881. The mother died in 1872, aged twenty- six. Our subject grew to young manhood in his native state. gained a good common school- ing and it early developed that he was nat- urally endowed with

the mechanical ability possessed by his father and his grandfather before him. When eighteen he came west to join his father in Idaho county and worked on the farm, then did butchering. Three years later he was in the Dixie mines, then down on the Salmon in different mines and then took up stock raising with mining. This continued until 1895, when he came to Grangeville and engaged in carpentering. He spent some time also with his father in the saw mill, and was made night watchman ; in the spring of 1902 he was made town marshal.

At Grangeville, on September 25, 1892, Mr. Brown married Miss Addie, daughter of Samuel and Isabelle (Kelley) Benedict. The father was born at Shannon- ville, Ontario, and came to Idaho in 1862. He was

in the early camps and operated a store in Whichird in 1868. Mrs. Benedict was born at Staten Island, New York, on November 25, 1848. Mr. Benedict was at Whitebird during the time of the Indian war in 1877 and met his death at the hands of the savages. The mother was captured by the redskins. Mrs. Brown was born on Slate creek, in this county, in 1875, and was eighteen months of age when the massacre oc- curred, and she was with her mother in hiding four days and four nights in the bushes without shelter. She has the following brothers and sisters: Grant, Frankie Schisler, and four half brothers and half sis- ters,-Emily, Edward, Alice, Robbie. Mr. Brown has two sisters,-Ada Keller and Mary J. Markham. Four children have been born to them,-Hazel, Ralph, Fran- cis and Dale. Mr. Brown is a member of the W. O. W., and the K. P. Mrs. Brown is a Catholic. Mr. Brown owns town property and in political alliances he is an active Republican.

LEVI SHARP is one of the well known and good citizens of Idaho county. He operates a hotel at Lu- cile and also does considerable mining. He was born in Delaware, on September 11, 1838, being the son of John T. and Elizabeth (Murphy) Sharp, both na- tives of Delaware. The father was of Scotch par- entage, was born in 1815 and died in 1891. The mother died when our subject was very young. Levi was reared in Ohio where he received his education and worked with his father. When eighteen he went to Iowa and one year later to Linn county, Kansas. On October 12, 1861, Levi Sharp enlisted in Company H. Seventh Kansas Cavalry. He was honorably dis- charged on December 31, 1863. He reenlisted Jan- uary 1, 1864, in the same company and was discharged September 3, 1865, after a long and faithful service in defense of the Stars and Stripes. He fought at Cor- inth, Tupolo, Mississippi, was under Grant at Holly Springs and participated in much hot skirmishing. At the close of the war he returned to Kansas where he remained until 18,9. Then came a journey to Lead- ville, Colorado, and at Eagle River we find him later operating a store. He was in Red Cliff, at Glenwood Springs and at Aspen, following various occupations and mining. In the last city he was police magis- trate for two years. In 1898 Mr. Sharp traveled with his wife to various localities until June 2, 1899. when they settled in their present location. Sometime was spent prospecting and mining, then the present hotel was built and since then he has devoted himself to conducting it and to mining.

At Leadville, Colorado. on August 15, 1880, Mr. Sharp married Miss Margaret Hollesten, daughter of Jolin H., and Tabitha (Koger) Orr, natives of Lancastershire, England, and Kentucky. The father was born in 1813, came to California in 1849, died in 1895. Mrs. Sharp was born in Davis county, Mis- souri. December 14. 1857. and has the following brothers and sisters: Jolin S., Thomas L., Robert J., Jane, Mary, Catherine, Letticia, Hester. Mr. Sharp

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has five sisters : Mary, Kittie, Emma, Fanny, Safrona. Mr. Sharp is a Democrat and deputy mineral recorder. He is a member of the G. A. R. and a man of first class standing.

THOMAS B. GALLAWAY, who has made a commendable success in his endeavors in Idaho county, now dwells four miles northeast of Whitebird upon an estate of three hundred and twenty acres. He has improved his land in first-class shape and in addition to general farming, raises considerable stock. Thomas B. Gallaway was born in Conway county, Arkansas, on February 12, 1866, being the son of George M. and Louisa T. Gallaway. When a child he was taken with the family to Searcy county, Arkansas, and in 1875 they crossed the plains by team. On account of tlie hostility of the savages, constant guard duty was required but they arrived at Jackson county in safety. In 1876 they went to Yakima county, Washi- ington, and two years later to the Palouse country. In 1883 they came to Whitebird and our subject toiled with his father until 1892, when he inaugurated inde- pendent action. This was a difficult time to start in life owing to the panic which then had just begun to sweep the country. However, young Gallaway was equal to the occasion and laid his plans wisely and well. His mode of operation was to take a preemp- tion, where he now lives, and continues in a small way to raise cattle. He had no capital whatever, but lie determined to make a success and a success he has made no doubt. He added another quarter section to his estate by purchase and in addition to his land has fine bands of stock.

Like his brothers, Mr. Gallaway is an expert with a rifle. From infancy he has handled firearms and has gained such a skill that no game can escape him. On three different occasions he has killed two deer with one shot. He has killed numerous elk and deer, besides one moose, and his fights with grizzlies and cinnamons are too numerous to mention in detail, but suffice it to say that Mr. Gallaway never brought his game to the camp alive and never ran away from a bear.

ROBERT M. BIBB has labored for many years in Idaho county both for the development of its re- sources and the augmenting of his property holdings and success has smiled on him in all these endeavors and he is now one of the well-to-do and prosperous farmers of the section. He was born in Scotland county, Missouri, on December 26, 1854, the son of David and Nancy (Ewing) Bibb, born in Kentucky, in 1807 and in 1829, respectively. The father died in 1860 and the mother in 1868. Their ancestors were among the earliest pioneers of Missouri. Our sub- ject was brought up in his native place and after a good common schooling finished his education in Lagrange college. He left the home state in 1874 and journeyed to Battle Mountain, in Nevada, where he clerked in a railroad hotel for a year. Next we see

him at the Cornucopia mines in Nevada and in 1876 he returned to Wayland, Missouri, where he engaged 111 general merchandise for seven years. Then he sold and removed to Keokuk, Iowa, and was salesman in a dry-goods house for some time. In April, 1883, he removed to Dodge City, Kansas, then came to the coast a year later and in April, 1885, he landed on the fertile Camas prairie. He took a homestead on Craig mountain and five years later sold it. Then in 1892 after two years of renting he bought land where he now dwells, about four miles west from Grangeville. He now owns two hundred and forty acres of fertile land, well improved, has one hundred and twenty head of graded Shorthorns, one hundred and twenty-five hogs and also other stock and property. Mr. Bibb .has one brother and one sister, Mattie Taylor, John W., both in Missouri.

In Clarke county, Missouri, on November 29, 1881, he married Mrs. Mary E., daughter of Abel L. and Mary (Jeffries) Morris. The father was born in Clark county, Ohio, on February 20, 1827, came with his parents to Indiana, thence to Missouri and farmed until his death, July 11, 1800. The mother was born in Kentucky, 111 1823 and died in February, 1865. Mrs. Bibb was born in Clarke county, Missouri, on July 1I, 1860, and has the following named brothers and sisters: Robert M., Cornelius, Lizzie Barnett, Dorothy Dimond, Sue Biggs, Margaret Longanecker. To this marriage there have two children been born, Lawrence F., born September 23, 1882, and a child died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Bibb are Democrats of the old school. They also belong to the Baptist church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the W. O. W.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 131

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