An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 165

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LOUIS B. McCOWN, deceased. This faithful and capable gentleman was for a long time one of the leading citizens of his portion of Latah county, being an enterprising agriculturist and an upright and faith- ful member of society, and it is with pleasure that we accord to him this memorial. His birth occurred in Henry county, Missouri, on March 2, 1840, being the son of William and Jerusha (Kuntz) Mccown. The father was a farmer and a native of Virginia. The mother died in Henry county, Missouri, in 1853. In 1859 the father died also. The other children of the family are: Clark, Lovel, Mary E., John, Adron and William. Lovel is in California. Our subject re- mained at home until the death of the father, and then went to St. Louis, living with his uncle Kuntz for two years, when he returned to the home place and farmed until 1861, in which year he joined the army, enlisting in the first six months' volunteers. He went to Man- hattan, Kansas, and in 1863 and 1864 he handled a government wagon to Fort Laramie. After the close of the war he returned to the home place in Missouri and farmed until 1870, in the spring of which year he went to the Willamette valley, Oregon, purchased land and farmed for twelve years. Then he sold and re- moved to Wasco county, thence to Walla Walla and then came over into Latah county. The first settle- ment here was made at the Cove and one year or so later a move was made to Deep Creek, and in 1884 a residence was established on the present home place,

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a quarter section four miles northeast from Freese. He took it as a homestead and there devoted his labors tintil the day of his death. He was a capable man, a good neighbor, and beloved and esteemed by all. It was in 1897 that he was taken sick with neuralgia of the heart, and after four months of suffering he was called to lay down the burdens of life and enter the realities of another world. A wife and the follow- ing children were left to mourn his decease: John H., in Latah county ; Dora E., married to Mr. Hop- kins, and now deceased; James A., in Latah county ; Albert E., at home; Holly O., at home; Frank L., at home ; Louise F., deceased.

Mrs. McCown was born in Simpson county, Ken- tucky, on July 1, 1844, being the daughter of James and Mary (Hudson) Caldwell. The father was a farm- er, born in Virginia in 1804, and the mother was born in North Carolina in 1803. The children of this worthy couple, in addition to Mrs. McCown, are: Henry, who served under General Price: Susan; Elizabeth ; Nancy ; Melvina; Lucinda; Mary; Sarah L .; Jesse ; and William, who also served under General Price. Mrs. Violet J. McCown remained with her parents until the date of her marriage, which was October 3. 1867, the same occurring in Missouri. Since the death of her husband Mrs. McCown has taken up the burdens of life in a commendable manner, and still presides over the family home, while her three sons handle the estate.

JOHN REAM. On January 1, 1844, in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, the career of the subject of this article was inaugurated. His immediate ancestors were Phillip and Christina (Schrull) Ream, born, respect- ively, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1813, and in Little York, Pennsylvania, in 1816. Our subject remained at home until 1861, and then responded to the call of patriotism, enlisting in Company B, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Infantry, and was at once sent to South Carolina. He participated in the battle of James Island and then was placed in the army of the Potomac, and there engaged in the battles of second Bull Run and Chantilla Court House. In this last engagement, as he was in the act of firing, he received a minie ball in his left eye. The missle ranged down- ward and lodged in the left tonsil. Three weeks later it was taken out. At this engagement he was taken prisoner, but was exchanged, and it was six months before he was able to be sent home from the hospital. After getting reasonably well he returned to the front and received his discharge. His brother, David R. Porter Reanı, was poisoned by drinking water from a well which the rebels had poisoned. After his dis- charge our subject went to California and there, in Butte county, he mined and prospected, and also in Oregon, for some twenty years, then returned to Penn- sylvania in 1884, and the following year he came west again, and scttled on his present place, four miles east from Freese. He has one hundred and sixty acres of good land, and it is well improved. Mr. Ream re- marks that he tried to raise hogs on grass and pine

cones, but the scheme did not work. But today he is one of the prominent men of his section and has a good showing in the agricultural line. His brothers and sisters are named as follows: Anna M., widow of Milton Ray, of Newcastle, Pennsylvania; Sarah C., wife of James Elder, in Lawrence county, Pennsyl- vania : Christiana, deceased ; Hanna, deceased ; Jane, deceased ; Melissa, in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, wife of William Love ; Phillip M., in California. The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Ream are Hamilton, de- ceased : William, deceased; Catherine, wife of John Bonner, and living in Ohio; Matthew, living in Pu- eblo, Colorado. To Mr. and Mrs. Ream one child has been born, Mary, now deceased. Mr. Ream owns two hundred and forty acres of fine land, has it im- proved in an excellent manner with buildings, orchards and all accessories that are necessary. He is promi- nent in politics, being allied with the Republican party, and is a member of the G. A. R., while he and his wife affiliate with the Methodist church. Among the fine homes of Latah county there is none that shows more taste and skill and thrift than the comfortable premises of the subject of this sketch.

LLOYD D. COPELAND. Among the noble band of men who left all and fought through blood and danger to save our union we should mention the subject of this sketch. From Minnesota, where he enlisted in 1862, in Company C, Sixth Minnesota In- fantry, to the gulf of Mexico he fought and rendered excellent service. He assisted to thrash the bloody Sioux Indians, who were murdering settlers, the battles being Birch Cooley and Wood lake. After this he was taken to Helena, Arkansas, and there fought Price. Later he was at New Orleans, Mobile bay, Fort Blakeley, at which place there were thirteen holes put in his clothes by bullets, and then on until the close of the war. He was honorably discharged at the close at Montgomery, Alabama, three thousand five hundred miles from home. Returning home, he was so worn out by terrible hardships and exposure that he did not recruit for many months. At the present time he is receiving a stipend for injury to his eyesight. Mr. Copeland remained at home until he was thirty-five, purchasing land in the meantime. In February, 1882, Mr. Copeland married Miss Ida L., daughter of William and Elnor (Finch) Wickson, and to them were born William T., attending school ; Royal, at home ; Lula F .. attending school at Moscow. Mrs. Copeland was born in Minnesota in 1859, and her father was a carpenter. Mr. Copeland remained in Minnesota until 1886, and then came to Medical Lake, Washington, for his wife's health, but after a few months there he died and he returned to Minnesota with his family. Two years later he came to Latah county, and in December, 1888, he took land, where he now lives, and has remained ever since. His farm is a quarter section and lies ten miles east from Pa- louise. The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Copeland are named as follows : John, a soldier in the Civil

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war; William, also a member of the Fourth Minne- sota; Martin ; Rose M., wife of Hawley White, who was a soldier ; Emma, wife of George Scribner, an old soldier ; Josephine, wife of Nual Woods, an old sol- dier ; and one more sister, married to David Lowton. The other children in Mr. Copeland's father's family are : Parrion L., deceased; Loyal A., in Elk River, Minnesota; Elington G., in Brooklin Centre, Minne- sota ; Agernon T., in Latah county ; Ortigal L., de- ceased. Mr. Copeland is a member of the Methodist church and of the G. A. R., and is a respected and capable citizen. Referring now to his early history we note that Mr. Copeland was born on December 10, 1843, in Cattaraugus county, New York, to Samuel T. and Lenora ( Morton) Copeland. The father was a farmer. born in Utica, New York, in 1814, and was a member of the state militia. His mother was also a native of New York, being born near Lake Cham- plain, and her father, a carpenter and joiner, was Ly- man Morton. The family came to Columbus, Colum- bia county, Wisconsin, in 1854, and two years later went to Anoka county, Minnesota, where they pre- empted a place and later removed to the town of Anoka, where our subject was educated and worked until the time of his enlistment.

ANDREW D. WILLIAMS. A potent factor in the development of the county of Latah, having brought . two farms out of the wilds of nature and fitted them for productiveness, while he still manifests energy and skill in the agricultural art, the subject of this sketch is entitled to representation in this volume. He was born in an emigrant wagon on October 3, 1862, in Illinois, while his parents, Zebadee and Sarah M. (Warren) Williams, were en route to Missouri. The father was a native of Tennessee, born in 1819, and died in 1891, March 12. The mother was born in Virginia in 1840, and her father was Andrew W. Warren, a farmer. In 1862 the family came to Wood- son county, Kansas, where they took land and farmed, our subject attending school. In 1877 the father came west with his family, landing in Dayton, Waslì- ington. They wintered there, and the sadness of standing by the grave of the mother and wife was theirs to endure that first year in the west. Eight children were left motherless. The father then came to Latah county and selected the place where our sub- ject now lives, and there lived until the time of his death. Andrew D. went to work for himself at sev- enteen, and in 1884 he took a pre-emption, which he sold later : then in 1887 he took a homestead, which he sold in 1891, and in 1898 he removed to his present place, the old family homestead. He raises wheat now, but is fast turning toward the diversified plan, which is becoming more popular among the leading farmers.

The marriage of Mr. Williams and Miss Mabel, daughter of Frank W. Webster, a farmer of this county, was celebrated on January 31, 1886, and they have become the parents of the following children :

Fred E., deceased ; Iva V., at home ; Roy D., at grand- father Webster's home: Bessie O., deceased; Frank N. and Leo C., at home. Mrs. Williams was born in Washington county, Oregon, on March 8, 1871. Her father is now interested in the mill business as well as farming, and was born in Pennsylvania in 1850, and his parents were Milo and Adaline Webster. Mr. Williams' brothers and sisters are named as follows : Harriett, deceased; William Z., at Waha, Idaho; Martha M., wife of James Silvey, of Palouse ; Minerva E., wife of George Layton, of Palouse; George A., at Palouse; Reuben D., deceased; Atha T., wife of Charles Berry, of Melrose, Idaho.

GEORGE W. MICHAEL. From a family of stanch patriots comes the subject of this sketch and it is with pleasure that we are enabled to rank him among the prominent and influential men of Latah county where he has labored long and faithfully, ever manifesting those rare qualities of unswerving integ- rity and worth that commend him to the good will of all upright men. George W. was born in Wilson county, Kansas, on April 4, 1868, the son of William H. and Cordilla ( Williams) Michael, born respec- tively in 1835 and in 1849, in Indiana. The father tought the battles of the Union for three years and six months, and his brother also did the same. The brothers, John and William, of the mother were also participants in retrieving our flag from insult and preserving the Union from dismemberment, while the latter one gave his life for the cause of his country. The father of our subject died in Kansas in 1873 and in 1877 the family, the mother having married A. A. Anderson, came across the plains to Latah county. Our subject remained at home attending school and assisting on the farm until he was eighteen years of age and then started for himself in the struggle of life. He worked for wages and in 1888 bought a farm, where he lived until 1894. when he sold out and re- moved to his present place, a farm that lies seven miles east from Palouse, and which he purchased in 1889. This farm consisted of one hundred and sixty acres. Mr. Michael sold it and bought back eighty acres which is the home place now.

On July 26, 1891, Mr. Michael married Miss Ollie B. Thomas, who died on March 7, 1895, leaving one child, Charles L., now living with his grandparents in the Grande Ronde valley, Oregon. On December 7, 1898, Mr. Michael married a second time, the lady being Jennie Ullery, and to this union there have been born two children, S. Angelo and Warren E. Mrs. Michael is the daughter of Samuel and Ellen ( Poe) Ullery, natives respectively of Oregon and Kansas. The father was born in 1853 and farmed near Viola, Latah county, where he died June 2, 1902. Mrs. Mich- ael has brothers and sisters as follows: Oliver, attend- ing business college at Spokane; Clarence, Nora, de- ceased, and Floyd, at home. Mr. Michael was one of three children, the other two being Henry, deceased, and Etta, wife of J. L. Dickenson, of Melrose, Idaho.

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Mrs. Michael is a native of Latah county, being born on October 10, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Michael are mem- bers of the Methodist church and he is superinten- dent of the Sunday-School. Mr. Michael advocates the betterment of educational facilities and also the taxes sufficient to pay for them and he is an active and enterprising citizen. In addition to the farm home, Mr. Michael has a good residence property in Viola.

OLIVER S. PETERSON. The building of Latah county has required much diversified talent and ener- getic effort on the part of the hardy and faithful pion- eers who came here when it was raw and wild wastes, and who have continued in constant and arduous la- bors since, with the happy result that this is now one of the leading counties of the state, and ranks well with sister political divisions in the west. Promi- nent among that band of intrepid builders, stands the well known and capable gentleman, whose name in- itiates this article.

Mr. Peterson is a native of the land whence came the discoverers of the new world and he is possessed of a goodly share of the daring and adventursome spirit that characterize this hardy race of people, coup- led with which he had a fine fund of practical wisdom and keen foresight, which, dominated with excellent executive force, have made hint a forceful and leading man in the county. He was born in Sweden, on Au- gust 13, 1845, being the son of Swan and Cecilia Peterson. He remained in his own country, gaining a good education, until he was twenty-three and then set out for America with the determination of making a place and name for himself in the wide domain of that land. He spent several years in Utah and then travelled up and down the Pacific coast at different occupations and finally in 1879, came to Moscow, lo- cating at once, as he saw the possibilities of the coun- try. He opened a butcher shop, it being the first in the new town, and to the careful and vigorous prose- cution of this business, Mr. Peterson devoted his ener- gies until 1890, when he sold out the entire business. It is needless to say he had success, for the stirring qualities, tireless energy and wisdom of our subject are bound to bring success, and that too, in no small measure. He had been busy in the prosecution of his business but he had also been carefully and wisely in- vesting and now he is one of the wealthy and heavy property owners of the county. He has several busi- ness properties in Moscow, which are good dividend payers, and also much other property in different lo- calities, while his residence in the southern part of the city of Moscow, is one of fine proportions and value and is one of the many elegant homes of the thrifty city, having spacious grounds, with choice orchard and tasty ornamental surroundings.

The marriage of Mr. Peterson and Miss Eugenia Montgomery was solemnized in Moscow, in Noveni- ber, 1880, and they have three children, Milliard, Oli- ver, and Mamie, all at home. We desire to mention also that Mr. Peterson owns heavily of dwelling prop-

erty in Moscow. He is esteemed as one of the lead- ing men of the county, and his wisdom, integrity, ac- tivity, enterprise and skillful management of business enterprises, amply justify the statement and it is with pleasure that we grant him space with the prominent pioneers of the county.

OLIVER W. KNOWLES. The prosperous and intelligent citizen, whose life's review it is our pleas- ant task to chronicle, is a native of Ohio, being born on August 17, 1866, the son of Markis E. and Ann ( Hubble) Knowles. The father was a farmer, born in 1826, and served as a soldier in the Rebellion. The mother was born in 1836. Our subject remained at home until nineteen years of age, working on the farm and acquiring a good education, then started for him- self. In 1877, before this, however, the family had removed to Wilson county, Kansas, and thence in March, 1888. our subject started westward with Lat- ah county as the objective point. In due time the destination was reached and after a couple of years he took his present place as a homestead. It was timber land and Mr. Knowles has done much hard labor to fit it for crops. In addition he has gained an eighty of prairie land and raises oats and wheat prin- cipally.

On December 7, 1898, occurred the happy event of the marriage of Mr. Knowles and Miss Minnie, daughter of Joseph and Almeda (Williams) Merica, born respectively in Indiana in 1842, and in 1856 in the state of Missouri. Mrs. Knowles was born in Latalı county, on May 7, 1882, in the present home neighborhood. Her brothers' and sisters are named as follows: Edward, in Latah county; Essie and Millie, near Princeton. Mr. Knowles was one of a family of twelve children, the others being named thus: Lafayette, in Michigan ; Dana; Mary, wife of John Smith and living in Chicago; Eva; John, near Moscow; Ira; Nettie; Nina; George; Frank and Maude at Bozeman, Montana. To MIr. and Mrs. Knowles one child has been born, Lucille. Mr. Knowles is a member of the Farmers Club and is an active mem- ber of the community in all that is for the general welfare.

JAMES D. BERRY. In Montgomery county, Illinois, on September 15, 1826, James D. Berry was born, his parents being natives of Kentucky. He was a soldier in the Rebellion and acquitted himself in a becoming manner. In due time this gentleman mar- ried Miss Elnor Granthum, who was born in Mont- gomery county, on September 17, 1828, and her father and mother were born in Pennsylvania, and one grand- father was a native of England and one grandmother a native of the Keystone state. To this marriage were born the subject of this sketch on June 20, 1856, in Albany, Gentry county. Missouri; William H., on the Nez Perces reservation : Mary J., wife of Oscar Craig and living in Bossburg, Washington ; Jacob N., at Palouse ; Thomas H., on Nez Perces reservation ;

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George R., a preacher in the Congregational church in Ohio and interested in Nome mines; Lowery L., on Nez Perces reservation. At the age of twelve, our subject began to work out and returned his wages to his parents. In the winter he attended school and he continued with his parents until of age and then went to farming and working at the carpenter trade, which occupied him for six years. Desiring to come west, he sold his property and migrated to Potter county, near Gettysburg, South Dakota. He took a farm and tilled it four years to a day, and being burned out completely with prairie fires, he sold what little he had left and journeyed from that land a sadder and poorer and wiser man. He made his way westward amid much misfortune and discouragement and in September, 1887, he landed in Latah county. Sick- ness had to be battled with and he knew what it was to labor against the tide. In 1891 Mr. Berry bought forty acres of land which he tilled until 1897, when he sold it and purchased his present place of eighty acres, seven miles east from Palouse. His farm is well im- proved and handled in a becoming manner.

Mr. Berry married Miss Cynthia E. White, in Gentry county, Missouri, in 1877, and to them were born three children, Arleany F., wife of Roscoe Green and living in Latah county ; Cyrus C. and Nash N., both at Hatten, Washington. Mrs. Berry died in Da- kota in 1883. The second marriage of Mr. Berry was celebrated in Dakota in 1887, Ida B. Wallace becom- ing his wife then and one child blessed the union, Anna E., at home. In Latalı county, on September 24, 1889, Mr. Berry was called to mourn the death of this good woman. On June 7, 1891, Mr. Berry contracted a third marriage, Lauraney E. Williams, daughter of Manassa and Mary E. Camp, being the lady led to the sacred altar this time. Her father is a farmer in Latah county and was born in New Jersey, on July 16, 1816, while the mother was born on October I, 1821, in Tennessee. Mrs. Berry was born near Hills- borough, Illinois, on August 22, 1848, and the chil- dren in the family are named as follows : Susana, Jolin W., Thomas R., George W., Jacob R., James W., William A., Elva M., Edward R., Cilia N., Mary C., Monassa J. Mrs. Berry is a member of the Methodist church and Mr. Berry is a stanch worker in the cause of prohibition.

ELI M. JOHNSON. This intelligent, enterpris- ing and industrious farmer and stock raiser has a fine body of land consisting of two hundred and fifteen acres five miles north from Genesee, where he is con- stantly demonstrating his ability as a producer of the fruits of the field in a paying manner and in handling stock, being also a man of integrity and uprightness. Eli M. was born in Blaking, Sweden, on February 24, 1851, being the son of Johns and Bangta (Ols) Johnson, natives of Sweden, where also they remained until the time of their death. From the common schools of his native country, he received his educa- tion and at the age of eighteen immigrated to Ameri- ca. He landed in Chicago, May, 1868, and soon en-

gaged on the railroad and spent three years in that labor and in 1871 he came back to Chicago and took up carpentering, that being the year of the great fire, and one year later he installed himself as a retail liquor dealer, following that avocation for four years. Then he came west, landing in Port Townsend, Washington, where he engaged in a saw mill. Two years later, he started out to find a place for a home and Latah county was his final choice, where he located a quar- ter section under the homestead right, the same land being part of his estate at the present time. He has his land all under cultivation, house, barn, and all outbuildings necessary, good orchard, and a nice bunch of cattre, from which he sells about ten head every year. He produces about three thousand bush- eis of good grain each year, operates about eleven head of horses for the farm work and is withal a pros- perous farmer, intelligent citizen, an upright man, and good neighbor.

In 1872 occurred the marriage of Mr. Johnson and Miss Maria Martins, daughter of Martin and Botella (Carlson) Swenson, natives of Sweden. They have one child, Berna S., now the wife of Dr. William Noblet, and they live in Honolulu, where they expect to make their permanent home. Mr. Johnson is a mem- ber of the W. of W. and is active in the matters of progress and advancement of the interests of the com- munity and county.

GUSTAV DANIELSON. Although the subject of this article has not been in the county of Latah as long as some, still he has made a commendable show- ing in his faithful labors and marked industry which have characterized him here, while in his personal qualities of worth and integrity, he is none the less prominent. Mr. Danielson was born in Stavanger, Norway, on June 24, 1862, being the son of Daniel Christensen and Elizabeth (Oleson) Danielson, and the other children of the family are Maline, in San Francisco; Minnie, in lowa; Dorotha, at Emmerson, Nebraska; Ingeborg, in Omaha, Nebraska: Christian and Anna, deceased. The father was a blacksmith, born on February 21, 1836, while the mother was also a native of Norway, born August 20, 1837, and her father was a farmer, but she lived when young with her grandparents. Our subject received his education and remained at home until fourteen, at which time he began a seafaring life which continued without in- terruption until he was seventeen, when he visited his old home. Then came the time when he bade farewell to home, friends, and country for good, and went again to sailing the high seas. He visited various points in the world, among them the leading ports on the western continent, then came to Nebraska in 1882, remaining until 1886. Again the desire for the sea became too strong to subdue and he returned to his first love for three and one-half years, visiting this time the western ports, among which were Hono- lulu, San Francisco and others. He then returned to Madison county, Nebraska, and farmed for one year. Then he determined to try the west and accordingly

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 165

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