An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 139

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Joah, became so set against the beans that he seasoned them with spoiled grease which gave them another taste and odor, too. In 1875, Mr. Large bought his present place and since then has devoted himself to working this one claim. He was on the place at the time of the Indian outbreak and went to Slate creek to the forti- fications there. Indians came to see how well they were manned but they were warned off. They were forted up five weeks in this place and then three weeks in Mt. Idaho, where he went to buy supplies. Mr. Large has the place where Tolo was with the sick squaws.

On November 4. 1884, Mr. Large married Mary Porsell, a native of Ireland. Her parents were natives of Ireland, also. The father died there, the mother and this daughter coming to the United States. Mrs. Large has two brothers, John and Patrick. The fol- lowing named children have been born to this union, Mary. Thomas, Benjamin, John and James. Mr. Large is a Mason. He is also a member of the Cath- olic church. Politically he is an active Democrat. In early days he remembers one man, Mr. Knotts, selling potatoes to the miners at seventy-five cents per pound. This was with the clay on and when they were washed half was taken off in dirt. They were so small that they became famous to every old timer as "Knotts' pills."

HON. LOYAL P. BROWN, deceased. No man was better or more favorably known in Idaho county than the esteemed gentleman and leading citizen men- tioned above and it is fitting that a memorial of him be incorporated in the history of northern Idaho.

L. P. Brown was born in Stratford, New Hamp- shire, on September 26, 1829. He removed to Boston when sixteen and engaged in a mercantile establish- ment. In 1849 he joined the Massasoit company that fitted and went to California, via the isthmus, arriving in San Francisco on July 12, 1849. Mr. Brown at once went to mining on the middle fork of the American river at Rector's bar and did well. The next spring he went to the mines on Trinity river and opened a store. continuing until 1852. Then he went to Scotts- burg. Oregon, and followed merchandising for three years. Then, in response to Governor George L. Clearey's call for men, in 1855, joined the ranks as quartermaster at Roseburg, in the Rogue river war. Then he farmed in Douglas county until 1858 and took his family back to New Hampshire. A year later he fitted out horse teams and made the journey across the plains, being accompanied by many of his relatives. He settled in the Umpqua valley and raised stock until the breaking out of the Salmon river gold excitement, when he came to Idaho county and settled at what is now Mt. Idaho, on July 18, 1862. He laid out the town and has fostered it since until it became the county seat. This was his home until the time of his death. He followed farming, raising stock. milling, operating a hotel and other lines of business, Mr. Brown was a member of the Territorial Council and in 1875 was instrumental in arranging the boundary of the county so that Mt. Idaho became the county seat. He was one of the lead-

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ing men of the county, always wrought with wisdom and his counsel was instrumental in doing much for Idaho county. Mr. Brown was a moving spirit in the time of the Indian war here and his house and purse were open to sufferers, as scores of benefitted set- tlers who were forced to flee to Mt. Idaho for refuge will testify. Mr. Borwn wrote the message securing quarters at Lapwai for the refugees and did much to alleviate suffering. Mr. Brown was an ardent Re- publican and was the most powerful and influential member of his party in the county, but he never let politics interfere with social life.

On October 24, 1854, in the Umpqua valley, Ore- gon, Mr. Brown married Sarah T., daughter of George W. and Sarah A. (Ridgeley) Crusen. The father was a native of Virginia and crossed the plains with his family, one of which was Mrs. Brown. The mother of Mrs. Brown was born in Maryland and died November 4, 1886, aged seventy-nine. Mrs. Brown crossed the plains with her husband, after returning east by water. She has one sister, Mrs. C. L. Odle, in Lewiston. Mr. Brown had one brother, Alonzo Brown, in Oakland, Oregon. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Rollin C., in this county ; Helen K., deceased ; Ada Hovey, in Lewiston ; Daisey Smith, at Whitebird. Mr. Brown was called to the world beyond on April 9, 1896. He was univer- sally mourned and tributes of respect were offered by all.

FRANK L. TAYLOR is one of the prosperous and leading stockmen of the Salmon valley. He owns a fine ranch three miles down the river from Free- doom and also handles nearly three hundred head of cattle. He was born near Tipton, Iowa, on April 18, 1868. the son of Benjamin F. and Judith ( Bradley) Taylor. The father was born in Ohio in 1834, came to the Palouse country in 1872 and had served three years in the Civil war, where he received a serious wound in his thigh. The mother of our subject was born in Iowa in 1845. Frank L. was taken with his parents to Oregon when four years old and was reared and educated mostly in Pullman, Washington. When nineteen he went to do for himself and when twenty- one bought a farm near Guy. He continued there for the intervening years until 1891, then came to the Sal- mon country and bought his present place of Josh Fockler. He has devoted himself to general farming and raising stock since that date and has been . well prospered.

On December 22, 1806, Mr. Taylor married Miss Mary C., daughter of Samuel and Isabella (Kelly) Benedict. The father was a rancher and merchant at Whitebird. He was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, and was killed by the Indians on June 14, 1877. The mother was born on Staten Island and is now Mrs. Robie, mentioned in this work elsewhere. . Mrs. Taylor was born in Lewiston, in 1866. Mrs. Taylor's brothers and sisters are mentioned elsewhere in this work. Mr. Taylor has two sisters and one brother, Charles, Mary J., Phoebe Bloom. Three chil-

dren have been born to them, Addie Maurine, Lester B., and Samuel H. Politically Mr. Taylor is a Repub- lican. He owns a fine place and is one of the sub- stantial men of the county. Mrs. Taylor and her brother, Grant, were attending school at the time of the Indian outbreak and went to Grangeville, which was near to the residence of Wm. Pearson, thence to MIt. Idaho where they were taken care of in the house of Mr. H. Rice, until the mother came.

PETER SMITH is one of the early miners who has continued in the same occupation which was so popular in the balmy days of gold excitement. He is now located eight miles up the Salmon from White- bird and is partner in the firm of Robie & Smith. He was born in Gotland, Sweden, on the Baltic sea, in 1832, the son of Olif and Anna (Oman) Smith. The father spelled his name Smitt and was a master workman in a shoe factory in his native land. The mother was born in Gotland. Our subject received his education there and when twelve went to sea and was in various parts of the world. He came to the United States when he was sixteen and in 1857 went to Cal- ifornia and mined in Eldorado and Placer counties. In the spring of 1862 he came to the Salmon country and dug gold at Florence ; at Warren he was one of the owners of the great hydraulic plant. Seventeen years were spent there successfully and in 1877 he sold out and came to the Salmon and bought his present place. He also bought a ranch in connection with Mr. Robie, who was his partner in all his trans- actions. Mr. Robie conducted the ranch until his death, while Mr. Smith still operates the mine. When Mr. Robie died his wife went on with the ranch. Mr. Smith is a Mason and a good, solid Republican of worth and influence. He has kept little or no cor- respondence with the old country and therefore knows little of his relatives there; the father died when the son was a lad and the mother marrying again he has half-sisters and half-brothers. Mr. Smith has one full sister, Albertina Fredricka. About three years ago Mr. Smith had a runaway and was thought to be dead, his head being badly cut. He was taken to Grangeville and lay senseless until the physician lifted the skull where it was pressing on his brain. He recovered rapidly and was soon at his post in the inines again.

FRED C. BURGDORF is proprietor of the popu- lar and widely known hot springs at Resort, Idaho county, which he has handled since 1870, having the place now provided with all comforts and roomy apartments. The springs are justly famous, being noted for the curative properties of their waters and the place is filled with guests all the time. Mr. Burg- dorf also owns two or three ranches in addition to this and three hundred head of cattle as well, having, too, some extra fine Hereford males, and he has prospered and met with good will and esteen on every hand be -.

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cause of his skill and wisdom and because of his geni- ality and stanch worth.

Fred C. Burgdorf was born in Germany on Novem- ber 22, 1839, being the son of Hans C. and Lena (Kohrd) Burgdorf, natives also of the fatherland, where they remained until their death. Our subject grew up in the parental home until sixteen, having ac- quired a good education, and then went to sea. He was shipwrecked near China and being picked up by an American steamer, he came to San Francisco in 1863. He was very sick and the kind captain placed him in a hospital and secured a doctor. In 1864 Mr. Burgdorf came to Warren and dug gold for three years. Then he spent eighteen months in Lewiston and later returned to Warren. Having loaned $800.00 on the warm springs, he took them on August 20, 1870, to pay his claim and since that time he has de- voted himself to handling the property with his other intersets and he has made a brilliant success in finan- cial matters.

Mr. Burgdorf has an excellent building of twenty and more rooms and the place is liberally patronized. The springs flow six thousand gallons per hour. He was here during the Indian war but was unmolested by the savages. On July 28, 1902, Mr. Burgdorf mar- ried Janette Foronsard, from Denver. The wedding occurred at Resort. Mr. Burgdorf has one brother in Germany, Conrad, a retired sea captain. Mr. Burg- dorf is a solid Republican and committeeman for his precinct. He and his wife belong to the Lutheran church. On his river ranch, known as the Raines ranch. Mr. Burgdorf raises all kinds of fruit. Mr. Raines took it in an early day and the Sheepeater In- dians killed him. The Indians were named from their propensity to eat mountain sheep. The mines adjacent to Resort are being developed and it is one of the prom- inent mining sections of the county.

WINFIELD S. REYNOLDS is well known as the ferryman at the old state bridge near Florence and has been engaged in various other callings in Ida- lo county. He was born in Virginia in 1848, the son of Stephen J. and Elizabeth (Lohr) Reynolds, born in Virginia in 1812 and 1818, respectively. They still live in their native state. Our subject grew to manhood there and remained with his father in busi- ness until he was thirty-five. He was in the Con- federate army and had one finger shot off. The father was also in the struggle. In 1896 Mr. Reynolds came west and after a time to Grangeville, he went on to Elk City where he engaged in the stock and butcher business. After two years at this he came to Grange- ville and with his brother, Alex T., he opened a large distillery and they operated it for one year. Then Mr. Reynolds went into the saloon business, where he continued for two years. After this venture he came to his present location and started the ferry that he is now operating.

In Virginia, in 1877, Mr. Reynolds married Mel- vina Fox, daughter of William and Peggy (Hodge)

Fox, natives of Virginia. Mrs. Reynolds was born in Highland county, Virginia. Mr. Reynolds has three brothers and four sisters, and is a strong Republican. He owns the ferry where he is living and also a fine farm near Grangeville. He is a man of broad ex- perience and has made good success since coming to this country.

LIEUT. RICHARD H. HARTMAN is both a first-class business man and a man of excellent mili- tary qualifications, having demonstrated his ability in both lines, the former in many places and especially in Grangeville, where he has followed painting, deco- rating and paper hanging, while in the latter his re- cord in the Spanish war leaves no doubt as to his worth and standing.

Richard H. Hartman was born in Saxony, Ger- many, on August 22, 1864, the son of Richard H. and Martha (Wolf) Hartman, born in Saxony in 1828 and 1832 and died in 1898 and 1891, respectively. The father's ancestors were natives of the same place for generations preceding. He participated in the war between Austria and Saxony in 1866. Our subject remained in his native place acquiring a good educa- tion until fifteen and then started out for himself. He travelled one year in Germany and then came to the United States. He spent some time in New York and three years in Pensylvania, then went to Montana, the Coeur d'Alene country and on to Spokane. This was in the spring of 1884, the city then being small. He was soon in Portland, whence he went to San Francisco and in 1886 came to Rock Springs, Wyom- ing, and was there during the Chinese excitement. After three years he traveled in the east, visited Chi- cago, St. Louis and other places, then came to Pendle- ton and finally settled in Grangeville on August 4, 1891. He took up carpentering and later went at his trades of painting and decorating. Mr. Hartman joined the Idaho National Guards on May 15, 1897, as second lieutenant of Company C, First Idaho. On April 28, 1898, he joined the Volunteers and was mustered in on May 13, 1898, as first lieutenant. He left San Francisco on June 27, arrived at Manila on July 31, 1898. He participated in the capture of that place and was given command of his company, the captain having retired, and continued in that capacity until just before his departure. He fought in the bat- tles of Manila, August 13, Santa Ana, February 4, 5, 1899, Coloorcan, February 10, II, Guadalupe, Santa Cruz and in many skirmishes. He was offered a com- mission in the United States regulars, but as the cli- mate did not agree with him he refused. When he got out of the hospital he weighed one hundred and twenty-nine pounds. He was discharged on Septem- ber 25, 1899, at San Francisco and returned to Grange- ville on October 4, 1899, again taking up his business, since which time he has devoted himself to it with good success.

Mr. Hartman is a perfect master of the English and also of the mother tongue. He has three brothers and three sisters in Germany. His brother, Emil, is

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sergeant major in the German army. Mr. Hartman is a member of the Red Men and took the first degree of Masonry in Manila. He is an active Republican and influential in political circles.

RICHARD E. PELL, who resides near Clearwater, owns land but devotes himself almost entirely to freighting. He has become expert in this line of busi- ness and has handled goods from Lewiston before the railroad came but now handles form Stites to Elk, Buf- falo Hump, and other places. He is a man of enter- prise in his labors and does a good business.

Richard E. Pell was born in Linn county, Oregon, on November 24, 1870, the son of John G. and Nancy (Tinley ). Pell. The father was a farmer and was born in Clarke county, Missouri, in 1839, January 8. He was a pioneer in Linn county, came to Idaho in 1878 and now lives in Clearwater. The mother was born in Linn county, Oregon, in 1849. His parents crossed the plains in 1848. Our subject come with his parents to Tammany hollow, near Lewiston, in 1878, there re- ceived his education and remained until he was nine- teen. He learned the art of cooking and followed it in various places. In 1889 he came to Clearwater, in Ida- ho county, and took a homestead. In 1895 he went to Montana and cooked for two years, but returned to Idaho county, as he was taken sick. Later he retired from the kitchen altogether and gave his entire atten- tion to freighting. At the early age of eleven, Mr. Fell commenced to do for himself and he has been hustling since that time. In politics he is allied with the Democrats, but is not an office seeker. He is one of the substantial wealth makers of the county and has made a good record.

ALVIS A. KINCAID is a miner in the true sense of the word. He knows the business from the time of locating all the way through, and he has given him- self to it in later years to the exclusion of all other business. He is a man of deep study in these lines and has accomplished a good showing for the time he has wrought in it. Alvis A. Kincaid was born in Kentucky i11 1858, the son of James M. and Olivia ( Moss) Kin- caid. The father was born in Kentucky, in January, 1830, and died on April 17, 1897. He went to Califor- nia in 1865, located in Solano county, where he farmed and raised stock. He came to the Palouse country in 1877 and remained until death. He had fought in the Confederate army and was of Scotch-Irish ancestrage. The mother of our subject was born in Tennessee and still lives in Palouse. Our subject was but seven when the family took the long journey across the plains and mountains to California. The time of the burial of a baby brother is distinctly imprinted on the mind of Mr. Kincaid and he well remembers the deep grief of the mother at leaving her babe in the dreary spot. Our subject was educated in Monmouth, Oregon, and in California, and for sixteen years after the school days were ended, he kept books. He has always been in 37

close touch with his family and is looking after his mother now. Mr. Kincaid came to Palouse with the family and did bookkeeping and also was salesman, but during all these years he was more or less inter- ested in mining and made it a careful study. He had purchased stock in various companies and in 1898, he stepped forth and invested for himself on the Clear- water and since then he has been giving his time to the prosecution of the industry of mining. He is superin- tendent of the Evergreen and Mt. Idaho Mining Com- pany and they are doing some good development work.

In 1878 Mr. Kincaid married Miss Josephine, daughter of Rebecca Davis, of Farmington, Washing- ton, the wedding occurring in Palouse. Mrs. Kincaid was born in Lane county, Oregon and was well edu- cated. Mr. Kincaid has the following brothers and sis- ters: William M., James M. Jr., John C., G. D., Jo- seph E., Elizabeth, Lawrence. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid, Mary O., Elbert A., Olivia, Florence, Frank. Mr. Kincaid is a Republican since Mr. Bryan has been shaping the tenets of the other party. Mr. Kincaid has gone into mining to follow it the rest of his life and is putting that fund of wisdom, skill, and enterprise into it which has brought him suc- cess in otlier lines.

WILLIAM H. V. RICKARDS is one of the most stirring and skillful mining men of Idaho county, as is evidenced by what he has accomplished in that line. He has been instrumental in bringing many different properties to the front, and also in interesting capital in this section, which has done much for its advertise- ment and substantial upbuilding.

William H. V. Rickards was born in New York city on February 4, 1853, the son of Peter H. and Re- becca (Perry) Rickards. The father, who was a sailor, was born in Virginia in 1814, came west to Iowa in 1857, and died in 1892. His father was English and his mother French. The mother of our subject was born in Philadelphia on February 14, 1833, and died in 1892. She came of Dutch extraction and her ancestors came to the new world in colonial days. Her father was a patriot in the Revolution. Our subject was brought to Iowa by his parents when four years old and there he grew to manhood and received his education at Bur- lington. He learned the art of cooking and followed it for years in Burlington and Kansas City. Then he rail- roaded on the Burlington road for years in various ca- pacities. In 1891 he came to Dayton, Washington, landing there on April 12, where he continued to live for six years, being engaged in threshing for a time and then sold sewing machines. In 1893 Mr. Rickards engaged in mining at Dixie, Elk and adjacent centers. He made the first discoveries on the Clearwater in 1893 and in these places he continued until 1896. Then he brought his family to Greencreek, Idaho county, went to Moscow and formed the Greencreek Mining & Milling Company and in 1898 he removed to Spokane. He continued to locate and im- prove properties in the sections mentioned,

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formed a company in Spokane and the next year brought his family to Grangeville, where they have been since. In 1900 Mr. Rickards went to Thun- der mountain, also located more on the Clearwater, secured some asbestos property and later sold the Thunder mountain property to eastern capital. He has mines at Buffalo Hump and in other prominent dis- tricts of this favored mining country.

On April 3, 1881, Mr. Rickards married Miss Laura L., daughter of P. S. and Louise (Cocaine) Orr. The father was a pioneer of Iowa, came to Butte, Mon- tana, in 1862. He comes of Irish extraction. The mother was born in Iowa and her father in Wheeling, West Virginia. Mrs. Rickards was born in Iowa in 1865, and has five brothers and one sister, William, Samuel, Elijah T., James, Mary and Charles. Mr. Richards has five brothers and sisters, Cordelia, Nettie, Mary, Rose, Harry. One child, Charles H., aged eighteen, has been born to this marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Rickards are members of the Methodist church and of the Y. M. C. A. He is an active Republican. Mr. Rickards is one of the substantial men of this section and receives the respect and esteem of all.

HON. ANDREW W. MOORE is one of the prominent men of Idaho county in various lines. He is a heavy mine owner and has some properties well under way towards being the leading shippers of their respective sections. He is an able man in the field of politics, although not a politician in the sense of the word usually considered. He is a man of integrity and worth and holds a prominent position among the people of this division, being also of note in the state, as his name is indissolubly connected with some of the best improvements of the entire state.

Andrew W. Moore was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1839, being the son of Allison and Elizabeth H. (West) Moore. The father was born in Belmont county also and his ancestors came from the sturdy Scotch, and were among the earliest settlers on the Atlantic coast. He died in 1855, aged fifty-five. The mother was born in Ohio in 1806 and died in 1902. She came from Scotch ancestry who were among the colonists of the new world. Our subject was edu- cated and reared in Illinois and in 1859, aged twenty, came to the Pacific coast and sought his fortune in the golden sands of California. He was among the first quartz miners of that favored mining section and was successful. Later he met with the same good success, owing to his skill and sagacity, in Montana. He was the principal owner of the Silver Bell mine at Missoula and is still handling a controlling interest. In 1861 Mr. Moore returned to Illinois and enlisted in Company G, Seventh Illinois Volunteer. He went in as a pri- vate and was soon chosen for first lieutenant. He fought all through the dark and fierce struggle, went on the march to the sea and participated in the grand review in Washington. He was in the active service three years and seven months. In 1866 he re-

turned to California and in the fall of 1877 he came to Idaho. He operated in the Salmon district, organ- ized the Idaho Copper Mining and Smelting Company, put in a diamond drill in the mines of the Miller Point and Indiana groups and has also operated in other mines. Mr. Moore has also charge of the Wise Boy, in the Buffalo Hump country, of which he owns a half interest and his son owns one-eighth interest. This property is now supplied with a ten-stamp mill, is lighted with electricity and will be shipping in April, 1903.

On May 1, 1874, in Chicago, Mr. Moore married Miss Frances E. Clark, a lady of culture and educa- tion and to them have been born four children, Avery C., in the legislature from Idaho county ; Wilber E., manager of the Wise Boy ; Grace E., in Stanford Uni- versity ; Andrew, Jr., in business college in .Spokane. Mr. Moore has three brothers and one sister, Avery, David F., William S., Clara Filkins. Mr. Moore is a member of the G. A. R., while his wife belongs to the Methodist church. Mr. Moore is an active and influ- ential Democrat and in 1900 he represented Idaho county in the state legislature and he drew the bill and pushed it to a successful passage which made the ap- propriaton for the Salmon river road. He never as- pired to office before, but saw the chance to do some- thing for the advancement of the county and the wel- fare of the people and so did it.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 139

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