An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 175

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It was in April, 1888, that Mr. Maguire and Miss Aphelia, daughter of Elijah and Anna C. Wilson, farmers near Beatrice, Nebraska, were married and they have become the parents of two children, Edwin and Bertha M., both at home. The wedding of our subject and his wife took place at Beatrice, Nebraska.

Mr. Maguire is a member of the K. of P. He and his family are not members of any denomination, pre- ferring the real scriptural ground of simple belief in the Saviour of men and a close walk with Him rather than in human organization. Mr. Maguire is a man of good ability and sound principles and he has the es- teem and confidence of his fellows.

CURRENCY A. GUMMERE. A stanch veteran of the Civil war, where he shouldered the musket of freedom and did the service of a patriot, shedding blood for the cause, and later assisting in various places to develop and build up the country that he had helped to save, and now one of the substantial and leading agriculturists of this county, we are pleased to grant to this gentleman a representation in his county's his- tory, where he is eminently entitled to consideration.

Mr. Gummere was born in Clarke county, Ohio, on March 22, 1842, being the son of Harlan and Mary A. Gummere. The father was a carpenter and in pol- itics an active Republican. The family removed to Indiana soon after the birth of Currency and there he received his first schooling, whence later they removed 10 Jefferson county, Iowa, and two years later to Oska- loosa, farming in both places. In 1859 they returned to Illinois. In 1861, at the age of nineteen, our sub- ject enlisted in an Jowa regiment, having been twice rejected previous to that in Illinois on account of his size, or rather lack of size. His was the Sixth Iowa Infantry and he was soon plunged in the famous battle of Shiloh, where a musket ball pierced his lung and he was placed in the hospital for recovery but soon he was out and with the boys again handling the weapons of warfare as skillfully as before. At Kenesaw Mountain he stopped another Rebel bullet, this time in his left shoulder, and again he was sent for healing in the weary war hospital. He seemed to devote his energies to healing for soon he was out and this time just soon enough to join his command in the famous march to the sea. He staid in the conflict until the conflict was no more and then received an honorable discharge at Louisville, Kentucky. And for this loval service he is now draw- ing a pension of seventeen dollars per month, which is dearly bought money. He left the ranks for the prairies of Illinois and two years later, at Champaign. in that state, he married Miss Elizabeth Huston, the date of that happy event being March 14, 1867. Six years later they removed to Aurora, Nebraska, and farmed a homestead for ten years, after which they went to Valley and did well in the stock business and farming for six years and then sold out and went to Sheridan county, and pre-empted a quarter and thence in 1893, they came overland to Latah county. He has a good farm six miles northeast from Moscow, and raises oats, hogs and horses and is prosperous and well to do.

The subject of this sketch and his estimable wife have become the parents of eighteen children, twelve of whom are living, as follows: William H. married

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and in Oklahoma; Sheridan A., in Nebraska ; Lottie, wife of Harry Hodden, in Colorado; Orison O., in Alaska ; Anna M., wife of A. J. Draper, of Moscow ; Daisy, wife of Oscar DePartee, in Moscow : Nellie, wife of Frank Frazier in Latah county ; Currency I. in Whitman county, Washington ; Ida, wife of Gene DePartee ; Frank R., in Montana ; Mabel.H. and Leon- ard R., at home.

THOMAS TIERNEY. Few men have passed a more eventful and varied career than the subject of this sketch, a son of the Emerald Isle, and possessing all the fire, energy, skill, sagacity and brightness char- acteristic of his race, which has been manifested in various channels of his stirring walk through some of the most exciting regions of the world, the western part of the United States in the last fifty years. Our subject came to light of day on May 1, 1836, in county Galway. Ireland, being the son of Martin and Mary (Fahy) Tierney. He was educated until eleven years in his native land and then came with an uncle to America where he attended school for some years more and at the age of eighteen started for himself. He commenced operation by working in a brickyard, then worked on the Erie canal during the time of the last enlargement of that waterway. Two years at that and then we find him in Iowa, later in St. Louis, then in Mexico, laboring at various occupations, then in the time of the gold stampede to Pikes Peak he was with the first. After the excitement he went to Salt Lake, driving cattle, thence to Kansas, where he farmed a time and then he hired out to ride the famous Pony Express, riding from Marysville, Kansas, to Big Sandy, No. 3. Six months sufficed him in this dan- gerous and stirring occupation, then for one year he was at the no less hazardous work of herding horses in that country. Next we find young Tierney freight- ing from Kansas City to Colorado, and his energy was manifest in that he gained twenty-five thousand dol- lars in this business, which after the war, however, depreciated nearly fifty per cent. At this time he went into partnership and lost the major portion of his hard earned money. It was a great lesson and he collected his remnants together and came west to Nevada, thence to California, on to Oregon, and finally landed in Lewiston in 1870. After spending seven thousand more in these trips he went prospecting, then bought a team and hauled wood, and finally came to the place where he now lives and squatted on a quar- ter section of land, which he homesteaded, then con- tinued to reside there and improve the same from that time until the present, purchasing additional pieces of adjoining land until he has four hundred and eighty- seven acres of fine, fertile land, which is mostly rented. Mr. Tierney retiring more from the ardous labors of the farm. It is of note that Mr. Tierney was one of the builders of the first telegraph line to Ft. Scott.

In 1866 Mr. Tierney married Miss Maria Beck in Kansas and four children were born to them, Thomas M., married and living in Ohio; Gerome, mar- ried to Nora Butler and living in Latah county; Anna

M., wife of Dan Haley, and living in Genesee ; William, married to Louise Evits and living in Latah county ; Mrs. Tierney died in 1873. Mr. Tierney married again in 1896 and in the same year he was called upon to mourn the death of his second wife. In 1898, in Howard county, Iowa. for the third time Mr. Tierney approached the sacred altar, this time leading Anna Drew, and to them have been born one child, Michael J. In early times Mr. Tierney was active and for a season served as postmaster, continuing in that capacity about four years. He affiliates with the Catholic church, and is one of the leading men of his section, being possessed of those happy qualities of genialty and real worth.

JOSEPH C. DEPARTEE. This enterprising far- mer and miner of Latah county is located six and one- half miles northeast from Moscow where he has a fine farm and manifests diligence and vigor in the care of his property, being a man whose life has been crowded with adventure, since he has wrought much in the mines of the different frontiers. Joseph C. was born in Pottawattamie county, Iowa, near Council Bluffs, being the son of James and Mary Ann (Schley) DePartee. The date of this event was October 8, 1844. The father was a farmer and went to Califor- nia in 1850, also served in the Civil war and while in Arizona was killed by the Mexican bushwhackers. Our subject was taken at the age of two to Rockport, Missouri, remaining there until 1862, when he came across the plains with his uncle, Daniel Fuller, his mother, and brother James, and sisters Angeline and Elizabeth. They travelled with the ox team of the day and stopped at Salt Lake, where the family re- mained for fourteen years. Our subject farmed there for one year and then went to the mines in Montana, near old Virginia City and Bannock, returning to Utah and recrossing the plains as wagon guard in 1866. He came back and again went to mining but later as- sisted to take a band of cattle to Nevada for one, Mr. Hughes. In Utah Mr. DePartee saw the finishing of the first great transcontinental line of railway. In 1873-4 he mined at Pioche, Nevada, then returned to Utah and mined at Nebo and finally in 1876 came to Colfax, going to Dayton to winter and the following year came to the Latah country. He settled about one mile from his present place at the mouth of Gnat creek. He remained four years and then was tempted to the mines in the southern part of the state and also made a trip to Utah. whence he returned again to this section, taking las present place, six and one-half miles northeast from Moscow, as a homestead. In 1895 he made a trip to California which consumed one year. Upon his return to this country he followed mining principally, although he has a first-class farm and has developed it in good shape.

Mr. DePartee married Miss Jane, daughter of William R. and Jane (Gustin) Holden, farmers, on November 5. 1866, the nuptials occurring in Utah. The following children have been born to them: Jos-

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cph N., married to Dollie Roland and living in the Nez Perces reservation ; Oscar F., maried to Daisy Bartill and living in Moscow ; Charles E., married to Ida Gum- mery and living on the home place. This one was a soldier in the Philippine war; Tillie, married Al Draper and living at Orofino. Mr. DePartee is a Dem- ocrat of the old Jeffersonian type and is active in the realm of politics. He practices diversified farming, having also a fine orchard. While in Utah Mr. De- Partee assisted to put down the Ute Indian uprising which was known as the Black Hawk war. This occurred in 1864-5. He was not allied with the Mor- mons in their religious belief in Utah and hence he preferred to leave their section.

N. M. HAWLEY. The gentleman whose name is at the head of this article, is one of the sturdy pioneers who opened this section to settlement, and he has labored continuously here since that date, build- ing up and developing his properties, and augment- ing the wealth of the county, being now one of the prosperous and progressive agriculturists, who form the substantial citizenship which has made the county what it is today.

Mr. Hawley was born in Knox county, Illinois, on January 9, 1843, being the son of Ira and Elvira (Riley) Hawley, the father a native of New York and the mother of Indiana. The latter's parents came to Illinois shortly after the Black Hawk Indian war. The father came to Illinois in 1835 and engaged in farming until 1850, when he was lured to the Golden state by the gold excitement, but returned home the next year. Then he sold out, and the next year crossed the plains with his family to Lane county, Oregon. taking there a donation claim of one half section, and purchasing from the government land until his home place was of the generous acreage of eleven hundred, and another place contained seven hundred acres. He was a prominent man in that section, and there in August, 1901, he passed to the other world, and the mother followed in December of the same year, and both are buried on the old homestead. Our subject remained with his father until he was twenty years of age and then went to farming on two hundred acres that the father had given him. Eight years he farmed there in Linn county, and then after the loss of his first wife, he went to railroading on the construction. Later he put his farm into the hands of his two oldest sons and went to Lake county, Oregon, and for five years raised stock. Then he returned on a visit to his sons, settled matters up regarding the estate. after which he came to Idaho in 1877, settling on a home- stead adjoining his present place and until 1893 he engaged in farming there. He then bought one hun- dred acres just north of Moscow, where he lived until 1901. In that year he returned to his old home place. where he is living at the present time. He has sold the property near town and has purchased a half section adjoining his present home place.

On September 17, 1863. in Lane county, Oregon,

Mr. Hawley married Miss Arzella, daughter of John and Martha Willis, natives of Tennessee, who came to Oregon in 1855. This lady was a native of Mis- souri, and she bore three children: Lawrence, Will- iam H., and Walter R.

Mr. Hawley contracted a second marriage on January 13, 1884, in Moscow, and the lady then be- coming his wife was M. Fanny, daughter of Archie B. and Sarah Estes, whose sketch is in another portion of this work. To this happy union there have been born three children : Ella, Eugene and Archie. Mr. and Mrs. Hawley are members of the Baptist church and are exemplary persons in every respect, being highly esteemed and having maintained an untarnished repu- tation. Mr. Hawley is one of the leading citizens of the county, has always labored for its advancement, is an enterprising and capable man, and has demon- strated his ability in the business world to be of a high order.

EDWARD P. ATCHISON. This well known and representative business man is proprietor of the Kendrick warehouse system which has its headquarters in Kendrick. He is a business man of keen descrim- ination, and careful yet vigorous methods, and has achieved a success that is quite satisfactory and grati- fying. Mr. Atchison was born in Jerseyville, Jersey county. Illinois, on January 15, 1866, being the son of Edward and Elvira ( Blay) Atchison. He was reared on a farm until his parents died, which was while he was very young. From that time onward, he made his way in the world alone, working at what he could find to do and attending school in the winters while he worked for his board. At the age of sixteen, he quit school and went to Parsons, Kansas, where he rail- roaded for about eleven years, much of the time be- ing section foreman in Burton, Kansas, and also yard foreman there, on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. He came west in 1892, landing in Kendrick, where he worked in the Farmers' warehouse one sea- son and then went into business for himself, which he prosecuted for two years. Then he bought the Gar- field storage and elevator plant at Garfield, Washing- ton, and for four years he was operating that estab- lishment. In 1899. Mr. Atchison came again to Ken- drick and purchased an interest in the plant of the Kendrick warehouse with M. C. McGrew, and one year later bought the latter's interest, becoming sole owner of the system, which embraces a warehouse 54 by 140 in Kendrick, connected by a wire rope tramway of two thousand and eight hundred feet to a ware- house of 36 by 100 feet on the hill above Kendrick, one warehouse at Clyde spur 32 by 80 feet, and a hay warehouse 36 by 100 near the large warehouse in Ken- drick. This system, Mr. Atchison manages, having a force of seven men and handling about one hundred and fifty thousand sacks of wheat each year in addi- tion to hay and other grains. His business is increas- ing and he contemplates erecting other houses. His contrivance for handling the grain down the hill saves the farmers much heavy hauling. In addition to this

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business, Mr. Atchison manages a farm of two hun- dred and thirty acres of wheat land adjacent to Ken- drick He owns a fine residence in the eastern part of the city, also a residence and store building in Gar- field.

Mr. Atchison was married in Burton, Kansas, in 1888, to Vesta Howerton, a native of Wisconsin, who is deceased, leaving two children, Edward and Vesta, at home. In 1896 Mr. Atchison again approached the sacred altar, this time leading as his bride, Miss Anna, daughter of Angus and Anna McCleod, the nuptials cccurring in Kendrick. Mrs. Atchison's parents live on a farm in the vicinity of Kendrick. Fraternally, Mr. Atchison is a member of the I. O. O. F., Nez Perces Lodge, No. 37, and also of the encampment ; and of the K. of P., Lodge No 31, of Garfield, Wash- ington : and also of the W. of W., White Pine Camp No. 204; and of the Rebekahs in Kendrick.

NELSON HART. In at least two distinct lines of industry has Mr. Hart succeeded in this county and at the present time he owns a fine farm six miles north- east from Moscow, where he not only raises the fruit of the soil, handles stock, maintains a fine orchard, but also is operating a good placer mine, having taken from the ground three thousand dollars already and he has just begun the operation of mining. He is to be con- gratulaated on his good fortune in having these prop- erties thus combined and he is a wise manager of his interests.

The birth of Mr. Hart occurred in Windsor, Nova Scotia, on July 19, 1840, being the son of William and Elizabeth Hart. The father was an old soldier in the British armies. At the age of fourteen he removed to Caribou, Maine, and there attended school, re- maining there for twelve years. He enlisted in the Second United States Sharpshooters, afterwards being transferred to the Seventeenth, where he did valiant service in the Civil war, participating in all the battles of the Wilderness, and at the present time he is drawing a monthly pension of sixteen dollars for his labor and suffering in that awful struggle. In 1866 he went to Wisconsin, taking up lumbering and farming, and in 1876 came west, landing first in Tacoma. From that point he went to Walla Walla, Washington, and lumbered in the adjacent forests for two years and then came to Colfax, taking a home- stead of one hundred and twenty acres, which he sold two years later and moved to Latah county, settling at Viola, in 1882. Thence he came to his present location in 1888, homesteaded twenty acres and bought eighty more and devoted himself to the improvement of his ranch.

In 1868 Mr. Hart married Miss Rosina Duel and to them were born Rosetta, Mary E., John N. and Cora E., all of whom are deceased. On January I, 1877, death also claimed Mrs. Hart and the sorrowing husband laid to rest his noble and loving wife. On October 14, 1877, Mr. Hart contracted a second mar- riage, Jemima Meredith then becoming his bride. Her

parents were James and Ann Meredith. To this sec- ond marriage there have been born, Kate E., James W. and Everard W. The first two are dead and the latter one is attending business college at Moscow, having been well educated in the public schools also. Mr. Hart believes in and practices the diversified plan of farming, handling also stock and hogs. He is very successful in all these lines of industry and manifests commendable wisdom in the manipulation of his busi- ness ventures. Mrs. Hart is a member of the Advent church.

Mr. Hart is now erecting a beautiful home which when completed will be both commodious and com- fortable as well as of excellent architectural design.

GEORGE E. YOUNG. This well known business man whose activities have placed him in a leading po- sition in the business world of Latah county, is a man of excellent ability and in his chosen line of lumber merchant and general transfer business in Kendrick, he has made a good success. George E. was born in Washington county, Iowa, on February 21, 1863. be- ing the son of James N. and Martha J. (Cones) Young. The father was a leading man in his home place, being a representative to the state legislature from his county. He owned a large tract of land, but later sold it and went to Howard county, Kansas, where also he was called upon to represent his county in the state legislature, being elected on the Republi- can ticket. He was also county superintendent of schools for his county for a series of years, having then removed to Elk county. In Elk county he finally resided and there in 1897 he was summoned to the world beyond. the wife following in about one week. Our subject received his education in Elk county and remained with his father until he had attained his eighteenth year. His first venture was in farming and that he followed until he came to Latah county, the date of his migration being 1893. He also was numbered with the agriculturists here for a time, then devoted a year to carrying mail from Southwick to Kendrick, then prospected, labored in a warehouse. and then clerked in a store until he determined to start a business for himself, this being in 1896. He opened a dray and transfer business in a small way, soon increased, added the sale of lumber and building material, lime and coal, and now he handles the repre- sentative business in his line in the town, buying for this year's trade already nearly half a million feet of lumber. Mr. Young has a fine residence, which he erected, also a good farm of one-half section of land, part in Latah county and part in Nez Perces county. Fraternally, Mr. Young is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., Nez Perces Lodge, No. 37. at Kendrick. He was married in Elk county, Kansas, on February 28. 1889, Miss Annetta VanBuskirk becoming his bride at that time. The father of Mrs. Young is a carpenter and her mother is a native of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Young has an adopted child. Grace Gaynell Young. Mr. Young has won for himself a success here that dem-

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onstrates his ability and keen discrimination and good practical judgment, and he stands in favor with all who know him.

JOHN ROBERTS. This capable and thrifty agriculturist and fruit raiser of Latah county lives about four miles west from Kendrick where he owns a fine estate of three hundred and sixty acres of fer- tile soil, which is farmed in a most excellent manner, and returns handsome dividends to its prosperous owner. Mr. Roberts was born in Macon county, Mis- souri, on November 15, 1848, being the son of Charles and Eliza A. Roberts. The father was a farmer and died when this son was eight years old. The mother then removed with her family to Shelby county, Iowa, settling near Harlan, and there our subject received his educational training, also studying some in Wash- ington county, Kansas, whither he went with the fam- ily in his fifteenth year. In Kansas he worked at farm- ing for three years then returned to Missouri for one vear, after which time we find him again in Kansas, where three years more were spent. Then he took a trip to his old home in Iowa and worked there for two years. 1875 marks the year in which he came to the coast and he was engaged in the shingle trade for one year at Portland, then he purchased a steamboat and for one year he was occupied in steamboating on the Columbia. In 1878 he came to the territory now occupied by Latah county and settled on the place where the family home is today, which land he pre- empted, and since has added two hundred acres by purchase. He has the farm in a high · state of culti- vation and in addition to general farming he produces abundance of fine fruit. Twenty acres are devoted to the production of the leading fruits and his success in this line marks him as one of the leading fruit raisers of the county. In early days Mr. Roberts raised and handled many cattle and horses.

Mr. Roberts was married where Kendrick now stands, September 30, 1880, Miss Louisa, daughter of Benton and Hulda ( Sweener) Hill, early settlers of this section, becoming his wife at that time. Five children have been born to this happy household, as follows: Henry, Elva, Harvy, Cora and Gertie, all at home and attending school.

JOHN S. CROCKER. No one about the town of Kendrick is better known than the subject of this sketch, he being a representative business man, having now retired from the more active business and han- dling his various properties in a eapable manner, hav- ing gained a goodly competence from his keen dis- crimination and energy in his business course. Mr. Crocker was born in Butler county, near Butler, Penn- sylvania, on March 26. 1848, being the son of William and Alice ( Sprott) Crocker. The father was a farmer and passed away there but the mother is still living in thic native place. There our subject received his edu- cation from the district schools and labored with his

father until he had reached the age of majority when he went into the labors of life on his own account, farming there until 1878, when he sold out and went to Cass county, Missouri, purchasing a farm where he remained for sixteen years, in the vicinity of Harrison- ville. It was in 1893 that he came to Latah county, and in Kendrick he soon purchased the two livery barns and operated them very successfully until re- cently, the fall of 1901, when he sold the stock and rented the buildings, retiring from the more active parts of business. Mr. Crocker handled many horses during the time he was in business, buying and selling numbers of them and also now he is dealing some in horses. He owns a blacksmith shop and considerable residence property in the town of Kendrick, all of which is rented and he is one of the prosperous and well to do men of the town.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 175

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