An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 132

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MARK V. JARRETT, deceased. Among the old timers and hardy pioneers of this section there is none better known than was Mark V. Jarrett, who passed from the toils of earth to the realities of another world on August 25, 1900. He was born in Kanawha county, West Virginia, on July 22, 1834, the son of Squire and Sarah ( Price) Jarrett. The father was born in the same county, on January 6, 1812, was a prominent man of his place and died June 7, 1887. The mother was born in Virginia, in 1815, married in 1832 and now lives in Kanawha county. Our subject was reared and educated in his native place and was a well informed man. He engaged in mercantile busi- ness and was also a natural mechanic. At the out- break of the war he enlisted in the Nineteenth Vir- ginia Cavalry and served throughout the war without a wound. He was first lieutenant of Company G. After the war Mr. Jarrett came to Montana and thence to Warren. In 1868 he came to the prairie and worked for L. P. Brown, then took a preemption and later returned to West Virginia, where he was mar- ried, and returned with his bride to the west. In 1872 he took up a general farming and stock rais- ing and prospered. During the Indian war he took his family to Mt. Idaho and was himself one of the volun-

THOMAS B. GALLOWAY.

ROBERT M. BIBB.

MRS. ROBERT M. BIBB.

MRS. MARK V. JARRETT.

MARK V. JARRETT.

JOSEPH W. DUNN.

MATTHEW H. TRUSCOTT.

ISAAC M. IRWIN.

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teer guards. Mr. Jarrett left an estate of a half sec- tion, well improved and stocked, besides some prop- erty in Grangeville. He had the following brothers and sisters: James M., Edward, French, Mathilda, Minerva Levett, Betty Jackson, Kate Berchie, Levy, deceased.

On October 30, 1871, Mr. Jarrett married Miss Rebecca A., daughter of William W. and Martha H. (Littlepage) Mann. The father, who was born in Vir- ginia, in 1800, was a cabinet maker, removed to White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia, and there died in 1862. The mother was born in September, 1817, raised a family of seven children, which entailed much hardship and deprivation after her husband died. She died on November 19, 1879. Mrs. Jarrett was born on July 7. 1845, at White Sulpher Springs, in Green- brier county, West Virginia. She has seven brothers and sisters, Francis Carr, Mary C. Porter, Nancy Thayer, Ella Punderson, Virginia Reece, Martha Moore, deceased, William H. Five children survive Mr. Jarrett, Mattie C., born September 12, 1872 ; Sarah F. Pugh, born December 12, 1873; Mont M., born September 21, 1875: Wallace I., born February 22, 1879; Maria A., born July 7, 1881. Mr. Jarrett was an active Democrat and his wife is of the same politi- cal faith. She is a member of the Methodist church.

At the time of the Indian war, Mrs. Jarrett and Mrs. Hanson cooked for the soldiers and fed all hun- gry men that came to the fortifications and her hus- band furnished the beef, flour, and so forth. She was a pioneer here in 1872 and was one of the earliest women on the prairie. Mrs. Jarrett has nobly taken up the burdens since her husband's death and in man- aging the estate in a commendable manner.

JOSEPH W. DUNN is a stirring business man of Denver where he handies a furniture store and by his enterprise and skill, with deferential treatment of all, he has gained a thriving patronage. He was born in Louisa county, Iowa, on October 15, 1848, the son of John and Mary J. ( Hiatt) Dunn. The father was born in Ohio, in 1827, his parents being pioneers of that state. He dwelt in Iowa and Illinois and in 1884 went to Kansas and took a homestead in Sherman county. There he died in the fall of 1890. The moth- er was born in Kentucky, of Welsh extraction, and she died in the spring of 1866. Our subject was edu- cated in the public schools and remained with his par- ents on the farm until twenty-two, then he visited his uncle in Missouri, returning, he married and settled on his brother-in-law's farm. In the fall of 1877, he removed to Decatur county, Kansas, and took a home- stead. He farmed it for thirteen years, also operating a feed store in Oberlin. In connection with these lines of business, Mr. Dunn operated a steam threshing out- fit. His health broke down there and he came to the coast. He found relatives in the Willamette valley from searching the donation claim records as they had been there since 1852. Then he set on a search for a brother who had been swallowed up in the west. 35

Failing he returned to Salem and in the spring of 1892 came to Moscow, thence to Denver, where by acci- dent he discovered the brother. Mr. Dunn assisted in the construction of some of the first buildings in Denver and then in 1893 opened a barber shop. He conducted this until January, 1902, when he opened a furniture store and has since devoted his attention to its development. He owns a house and lot in Denver, business property in Oberlin, Kansas, and also a farm there. Mr. Dunn has one brother, John, and one sister, Josephine, deceased.

On January 1, 1875, Mr. Dunn married Miss Sarah R., daughter of Joseph and Martha Wassen. She was born in 1858 and died May 21, 1877. Mrs. Dunn had two brothers and one sister : John, Thomas, Albina. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunn one son was born, on May 6, 1877, Alfred A. He lives in Iowa with his mother's parents. Mr. Dunn is a member of the I. O. O. F., while in political matters he is a Popu- list.

MATTHEW H. TRUSCOTT is one of the earli- est pioneers of this country and one whose labors for all the intervening years have been for general ad- vancement. In the leading industries of Idaho county, he stands today one of the prominent and respected men and the fact that for may years he has held the important position of postmaster of Mt. Idaho signi- fies the implicit confidence reposed in him by the peo- ple.

Matthew H. Truscott was born in England. in 1845, and came to the United States in 1863. His parents, Matthew and Elizabeth (Coad) Truscott, were natives of England and died in 1874 and 1863, respectively. In 1861 Mr. Truscott went to Chile, be- ing then but a lad, and mined there for two years. The year 1863 marks the date of his advent into California and after two years of mining there and in adjacent districts, he came to Elk City, Idaho, where he fol- lowed the same occupation until 1870, Mt. Idaho be- ing his postoffice. Then he took up the sawmill busi- ness and after twelve years in it he turned his atten- tion to keeping hotel. In 1886 Mr. Truscott was ap- pointed postmaster. In 1893 he added general mer- chandising to this and now handles a stock of well selected goods. Mr. Truscott was one of the volun- teers who fought in the Nez Perces war and also did guard duty at Mt. Idaho. Mr. Truscott coincides with Mr. Rice that the murder of Norton and Chamberlain occurred on the night of June 14.

In June, 1900, Mr. Truscott married Mrs. George M. Shearer, widow of Major Shearer of the Nez Perces war. It was Major Shearer who went to meet the seventeen volunteers at Cottonwood. Mrs. Tru- scott has one brother. John P. Vollmer, of Lewiston. and one sister, Mrs. A. W. Kroutinger, of Lewiston. Mrs. Truscott was born in Indianapolis, in February. 1860, being the daughter of Philip Vollmer, a native of Germany. She was well educated and came first to Idaho in 1873. She returned east in a year and in 1881 came hither again. She married Mr. Shearer in Decem-

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ber, 1883, and to them were born three children : Eliza- beth V., Philip A., Virginia. Mr. Truscott is an eighteen degree Mason. Mrs. Truscott is a member of the Episcopalian church. Neither one takes active part in politics but still are well informed on the ques- tions of the day and always allied on the side of good government.

ISAAC M. IRWIN is one of the leading farm- ers and stock men located at Riggins. He pays at- tention to mining also and is a man of enterprise and ability. He was born in a house that was located on the line between Washington and Oregon, the date of this important event in his life was February 27, 1878. His parents are Isaac and Mary (Riggle) Irwin. The father was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1825, came west in a very early day and now resides at Grant's Pass, Oregon. Our subject's parents left Washington and Oregon when he was an infant, settling in Idaho. Boise was the home for two years, then they came to the. Salmon Meadows, where the father raised stock for ten years. Our subject was educated in the various places where the family lived and during vacation he broke horses for his father's ranges and for other stockmen. On June 1, 1893, they settled where Rig- gins now stands, taking a squatter's rights. The father remained there until 1902, and since then the man- agement of the estate has been in the hands of the sub- ject of this article. He and his brother, Noalı, have been operating in general stockraising and farming. In 1900 they built a fine residence at Riggins which was the start of the town. Since then they have put up a hotel and blacksmith shop.

On May 16, 1901, Mr. Irwin married Miss Pearl, daughter of George W. Curtis, a merchant at Riggins. Mrs. Irwin was born in Applegate, Oregon, on No- vember 2, 1883, and has one brother and three sis- ters : Mattie, Helen, Lulu, Frederick. Mr. Irwin has the following brothers and sisters: Rebecca, Henri- etta. Emma, John, William, David, Richard, Byron, George, Noah. Mr. Irwin is a man untrammeled by party ties and tenets and solves the important ques- tions of the day best suited to his own judgment. He owns a quarter section of land, part of it being the town site, has thirty acres irrigated, raises fine alfal- fa, and is a prosperous man. He and his wife have one child, Gladys, born May 14, 1902.

Mr. Irwin also devotes considerable time to por- trait and landscape painting, in which he is very pro- ficient, and as his property holdings will now permit, he intends to take up his art and make it his profes- sion.

RICHARD P. COOPER has resided in Idaho county for nearly a quarter of a century and much earlier than that did he first come to this favored sec- tion, and he should surely be classed with the build- ers of the county and its wealth. He was born in Kentucky, on April 15. 1841, the son of Covington and Cynthia ( Moupin) Cooper, natives of Kentucky and

born in 1805 and 1810, respectively. The father came to Missouri in 1843 and farmed there until his deatlı in 1850. The mother died in California in 1890. Our subject was educated in the public schools and in 1854 crossed the plains to California, the family all coming then. The next year he started the battle of life for himself and continued to work for wages until he was twenty. Then he took up stock raising and in 1862, he came to Florence, it being the time of the gold excitement. Returning to California he took a pre- emption and raised sheep until 1880, when he sold out and came thence to Camas prairie. July 17, of that year he landed here and bought a quarter section north of Crooks creek. He sold to Seth Jones in 1885 and removed north from Keuterville, and spent the sum- mers there but the winters on the Salmon. Finally he hought his present place, one mile northwest from Keuterville. Mr. Cooper has two hundred and eighty acres of land and he does a general farming busi- ness and raises stock. He makes a specialty of sheep and has some fine specimens, especially of the Ram- bouillet breed. He has three hundred and fifty head of choice animals and eighty of registered bucks for sale. Mr. Cooper has two rams of this well known breed that are as fine as any in this section of the country and he takes great pains to raise the best of animals and is successful in his efforts. Mr. Cooper has the following brothers and sisters : John, George, Robert, deceased, Joseph, Mary Silvers, James, Adam.

On August 7, 1888, Mr. Cooper married Miss Lodema, daughter of Gabriel and Mary G. (Brown). Church, born in Wilkes county, North Carolina, in 1823 and 1825, respectively. They were farmers in that state and the father died in 1885 and the mother on February 10, 1881. Mrs. Cooper was born in Wilkes county, North Carolina, on July 7. 1855, and has the following brothers and sisters : Martha Brown, Levy A., Mary J. Vanoy, Alzina Eller, Ely, Emeline. Six children were born to this union: Mathilda A., born February 26, 1867; Mary E. Rogge, born Janu- ary 10, 1870: Benjamin R., born July 6, 1875; Ida B., born April 6, 1877 and died in October, 1883 ; Peter R., born October 6, 1879; Matie D. Andrews, born February II, 1881. Mr. Cooper and his wife are strong Republicans and he is a member of the 1. O. O. F.

SETH JONES has the distinction of being a leader in many lines in this section and he is, without doubt, one of the first and most stanch pioneers of Idaho county. He was born in Allegany county, New York, on April 6, 1833, the son of Stephen and Lydia (Lampheer) Jones, natives of New York. The father died in 1842 and was one of the first settlers in Illinois, coming thither in 1838. The mother died in 1843. Being thus left an orphan early, our subject went to live with his brothers, Phenis and Conley. When sixteen he started in to do battle with the world for himself and was engaged at verious employments until 1853. when on April 3. he started across the plains. Portland was reached on August 19, and he

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wintered at Jacksonville; the next spring was in Siskiyou county, where he mined for four years and then returned home. He married and two years later started across the plains again. On Goose creek, Utah, Indians stole their fine horses, taking fifty out of seventy-five. Five days were spent in following the savages, but no horses were recovered and they then made arrangements with another train to have their wagons pulled at twelve dollars per day. Settle- ment was made in Scott's valley, California, and two years they dwelt there. On June 1, 1862, they arrived at Florence and came out over the Morse Milner trail. Mrs. Jones was the first white woman over the trail and the gallant Millner would take no fees from the entire train when he knew of her presence. In March, 1863, Mr. Jones settled on Camas prairie; the first log's sawed at the Pete Walters mill made the lumber which Mr. Jones used to build the first settlers cabin on the prairie. Mr. Jones went to general farming and stockraising and has prospered steadily up to the present. At one time he sold six hundred and fifty head of stock for the Montana market and has always had large bands of cattle and horses. He owns nearly thirteen hundred acres of fine agricultural land, has a splendid residence and seven acres in Grangeville, which is the family home, owns excellent stock, hav- ing one horse that cost three thousand dollars, and other property in proportion. Mr. Jones is one of the most substantial men of the county and may be rightly classed as one of the real builders. He refused to sign the petition to have the Indians set onto the reser- vation and so was unmolested. He passed through two large bands of the savages in full war paint on June 13th and was unmolested. Charley Horton was with him and the next day that unfortunate man was slain by the savages about two miles west from Grangeville. Mr. Jones says the war started on June 13th by the killing of Dick Divine, Henry Elfers, John Beckridge, Benedict, Baker, William Osborne, Henry Mason, and Francois, the last three being mining men. Mr. Jones took his family to Mt. Idaho for two months during this trouble.

On December 13, 1858, in Illinois, Mr. Jones mar- ried Miss Jane E., daughter of Samuel and Jane (Eddy) Castle, natives of Canada and New York, respectively. Her father was in the Civil war and her grandfather was a patriot under George Wash- ington during the Revolution. Mrs. Jones' father died in 1877. She was born in New York in 1837 and has the following brothers and sisters: Orville, Sam- tel, Louise, Victoria, Melissa. Mr. Jones has the fol- lowing brothers and sisters : Albert, Samuel, Hannah, and Caroline. To this worthy couple and stanch pioneers have been born the following named children, all solid Republicans in good standing: Asa, Ella, Bell, wife of Charles Cone, and the first white child born on Camas prairie, Samuel, Seth, Rhoda, Robert, William, Jennie Martin, adopted. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Baptist church.

By way of reminiscence it is interesting to note that in early days Mr. Jones had to go to Walla Walla for all supplies and the distance being one hundred and

fifty miles it was a hard and tiresome undertaking. Also we wish to note that Mr. Jones was with the party that met the soldiers at the Manuel place after the house was burned.

ADDISON D. SEWELL resides across the river from . Lucile and devotes his attention to ranching, stock raising and raising fruits. He was born in Marion county, Oregon, on May 25, 1857, the son of David T. and Elizabeth Morrison Sewell. The father was born in Pennsylvania on November 14. 1814, and was killed by a falling tree on December 3. 1857. He was a music and school teacher and crossed the plains from Des Moines, Iowa, to Salem, Oregon, in 1851. The mother was born in Pennsyl- vania on August 1, 1824. and died October 4, 1878. Her father was a native of Connecticut; came of the Shaker people. She crossed the plains with her hus- band in 1851. Our subject grew up in Oregon and received a good education and also learned the carpen- ter's trade. When twenty he came to Whitman coun- ty, Washington, where he resided from 1877 to 1893. He did duty against the savages in the Indian out- break, and at the date last mentioned came to the Salmon river and there leased the Sherwin mine with his brother. He lived on the Elfers place for a year and a half and in 1894 took his present ranch, where he has remained since.

On December 6, 1885, in Whitman county, Wash- ington, Mr. Sewell married Miss Arrinda, daughter of Jasper and Sarah (Black) Seat. The father was a native of Missouri, came to Oregon in 1865, thence to Cheney, Washington, where he died. The mother was also born in Missouri. Mrs. Sewell was born April 23, 1861, in Missouri, and has four brothers and one sister : Margaret Scott, Wesley, Henry, William, Adam. Mr. Sewell has one brother, Newton, and one sister, Mary Grim. They have three children: Earl, attending school at Spokane, Hubert and Wardford, at home. Mrs. Sewell belongs to the Baptist church. Mr. Sewell is a Republican and a strong one, too. Hc is always on hand in the campaign and takes a keen interest in affairs. He has a quarter section of land and in addition to general farming is paying much at- tention to fruit.

EDMOND FITZGERALD, who lives about five miles southwest from Cottonwood, on a good estate, is one of the leading farmers of his section and has demonstrated his enterprise and skill in handling the resources of the county for twenty years. He was born in Ireland on May 27, 1832, the son of Nicholas and Bridget (Butter) Fitzgerald, natives of Ireland. The father was born in 1758. He was a patriot in the revolt against the oppressions of England in 1798, which was led by the noted and beloved Emmett. He died on March 10, 1858. The mother died when this son was young. Edmond was educated in his native

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land and in 1852 came via the Isthmus to California and was soon in the mines on American river. In 1856 he came to southern Oregon and on April 21, 1862, he made his way to Walla Walla, whence he went to Florence and then to Elk City. He mined in these places and on Clearwater and during the Indian was was in Elk, where the families were all forted up. After the war he mined here and in Cali- fornia and in Arizona and Montana. In 1885 Mr. Fitzgerald came to Camas prairie and took land and engaged in farming and raising stock. He has his farm well improved and owns two hundred acres and is a leading agriculturist of the county. Mr. Fitz- gerald pays considerable attention to buying steers and fattening for the market. He also raises other stock and does general farming. Mr. Fitzgerald has one sister. Mary Wolfe, in Ireland.

On September 22, 1881, Mr. Fitzgerald married Miss Katie, daughter of Edward and Kattie (Sulli- van) Carmody, natives of Ireland. Mrs. Fitzgerald was born in County Kerry, Ireland, on August 3, 1843. Mr. Fitzgerald and his wife are strong Demo- crats and are devout members of the Catholic church.

BENJAMIN D. KNORR is one of the younger and popular business men of Grangeville and has manifested his ability and executive force in his oper- ations in our midst, being now owner and operator of the Camas Prairie Roller Mills at Grangeville. He was born in Adams county, Illinois, on August 13, 1874, the son of Christopher B. and Wilhelmina (Borcherding) Knorr, born in Germany on October 2, 1842, and January 26, 1856, respectively. The father came to the United States in 1848 and to Idaho county in 1888 and is a heavy real estate owner and stockman. The mother came to the United States in 1867, and they both dwell in Idaho county now. The family went to Grayson county, Texas, when our sub- ject was a lad and in 1888 came here and finished his education in the Columbia River Conference Academy in Grangeville. On April 26, 1898, Mr. Knorr responded to the call and enlisted in Company C. First Idaho Volunteers and went to the Philippines. He participated in the battles of Manila, Santa Crus, Guadaloupe and many other engagements. He was in the interior of the Luzon and during the year in ser- vice endured great hardships and deprivations. He landed in San Francisco on August 26, and proceeded to his home. On account of the hardships endured he was unable to do any work or business for a year after landing here. In 1901, he bought his mill and since that time has given his attention to its operation and has achieved a good success in this line.

On June 11, 1902, Mr. Knorr married Miss Mar- tha, daughter of P. F. Grote, a lumberman in Denver, Colorado, where the wedding occurred. Mrs. Knorr's parents are natives of Germany and are now both liv- ing in Denver. She was born in Denver, on January 19, 1884 and has two brothers and four sisters. Mr. Knorr has the following named brothers and sisters:

Amelia Mattox, Edward, Fred, Wilhelmina, Matilda, Walter, Clara, Dora, Christina. Mr. Knorr is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., the W. W. and he and his wife are adherents of the Lutheran church. He was a candidate for representative to the state legislature in 1900 on the Populist ticket but suffered defeat with the other members of the ticket. At the present time Mr. Knorr is an active Democrat.

PHILIP S. PRICHARD is one of the earliest pi- oneers to the Elk City country and he has also been in all the prominent camps in the northwest, while ever he has manifested those qualities of enterprise and worth which so commend the sturdy pioneers to all people. He was born in Davison county, Tennessee, on July 17, 1837, the son of Samuel Prichard. The father was born in Louisiana and in 1810 went to Illi- nois and followed civil engineering. He went to Ten- nessee in 1830 and in 1852 returned to Illinois. He farmed, then went to Nebraska and finally returned to Illinois. Our subject was reared and educated in Tennessee, and in 1858 crossed the plains with teams to Douglas county, Oregon. He mined there and in an early day, just after the discovery of the camp, in July, 1861, he came to Elk City. In the fall of 1862 he re- turned to Eugene and soon went thence to the Boise basin, visiting the various camps of the region. In 1863 he took a ranch and while that was his headquarters he was engaged in mining in various sections. In 1866 he was with the scouts who issited Crook to subdue the Indians in southern Oregon. In 1868 Mr. Prich- ard went to Jordan creek and mined and in 1872 we see him in Willow creek camp and Eldorado, in south- ern Oregon. In 1874 he was in the Pioche excite- ment in Nevada, and in 1876 he went to the Black Hills, in Dakota, and took part in Crook's campaign against the Sioux Indians. He mined and prospected there also, and in 1876 was in the Big Horn mountains in Wyoming, prospecting. From 1878 for three years he prospected in Lemhi county, on the Wood river, and in the Saw Tooth range. In 1882 Mr. Prichard returned to Idaho county and ranched for two years,. and then came to the Elk basin, and here he has operated since. He has interests in many paying prop- erties, and some of them are Laurel Hill group, the Highland group, Number One, Number Two and others. Mr. Prichard is a solid Democrat, and in 1900 he was road supervisor. He stands well and is a man of integrity and worth.

JOHN T. JOHNSON is one of the worthy pioneers who has labored long for the development and upbuilding of Idaho county and is deserving of much credit for his enterprise and sterling qualities. He is now following the dual occupation of mining and farming, owning a ranch two and a half miles south from Lucile. He was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, on December 7, 1824, being the son of An-

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 132

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