An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 180

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LOUIS P. SCHUH. In the industrial and busi- ness world of Latah county the gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph exerts a potent influence. be- ing well known and capable, and a master in the art of building. while also he does a general contracting business and moves buildings.

Louis P. Schuh was born in Knox county, near Galesburg, Illinois, on January 25, 1849, being the son of Eberhart and Eveline Schuh. When a child of four years he was brought across the plains in an ox train by his parents. who settled near Vancouver, Washington. He passed his childhood days there, on a large farm, acquiring a good education, and also learning the trade of the carpenter and builder. 1871

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marks the date when he removed to Oregon, locating at Pilot Rock. in U'matilla county, and there he wrought at his trade and also engaged in stock raising, until 1881. At that date he removed to Moscow, Idaho, locating permanently there. He erected a fine resi- dence in the eastern part of the city and this elegant dwelling continues to be the family home. Mr. Schuh has been active in carpenter work and general contract- ing and house moving, displaying a master ability in it all and carefully conserving the interests of his patrons, until he now enjoys the confidence and esteem of the entire community and is a leader in his line of business.

The marriage of Mr. Schuh occurred in Pilot Rock, Oregon, in 1874, Miss Martha J., daughter of William and Martha Looney, becoming his wife at that time. The fruits of this union is as follows: Charles E., Ira D., Elsie, Orlin M., Elda E., Louis P. and three infants who died. Mrs. Schuh's parents were stock raisers in Umatilla county. Mr. Schuh is a member of the Methodist church and has been for twenty years. He is a man of broad public spirit, ever in the lead for progress, and enterprising in the development of the interests of the county, while his personal walk has been such that he enjoys an unsullied reputation and the good will and admiration of all.

During the Indian scare of 1878 Mrs. Schuh went to Walla Walla, and in that war Mr. Schuh served under General Howard. He participated in the fight at Birch creek, but General Howard's command was one day too late to take part in the Cold Springs fight.

CHARLES B. HOLT. Mention should be made of this active and well known business man among the representative men of Latah county, being now actively engaged in the butchering business on one of the principal streets of Moscow, where he does a fine business in partnership with his sons-in-law.

Charles B. Holt was born in Wilton, New Hamp- shire, on February 28, 1839, his parents being Nathan- iel and Sarah Holt, both dying before he was eight years of age. Following this sad event he went to live with his uncle, who operated a butcher shop in Chelmford, Massachusetts. There he learned the trade of the butcher and followed it there and in Brighton and in Boston, remaining with one employer for five years. It was in 1866 that he came west, stop- ping first in Springfield, Ohio, whence one year later he migrated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where he renrained engaged at his trade until 1877. This year inarks the date of his crossing the plains, and for one year he was occupied with ranching in Wyoming ; then he pressed forward to Washington, taking government land in Whitman county, about ten miles west from Moscow, which he owns at the present time. He gave attention to raising grain and stock, also operated a butcher wagon in the ad- joining country, selling nteat, which continued until 1884, when he removed to Moscow and opened a butcher shop. He has taken into the busi- ness Mr. George Cushing and Mr. Chris Hagen, his

sons-in-law, and together they operate a fine market, doing a general market business and enjoying a good trade. Mr. Holt still owns and superintends his farm. He is a member of the Pinery Lodge, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, also of the Star of Rebekah, Lodge No. 15, of Moscow.

Mr. Holt married Jennie Pike, a native of Massa- chusetts, in 1865, the nuptials occurring in Manchester, New Hampshire, and to them have been born one daughter,-Hattie, wife of Chris Hagen. Phenia, wife of George Cushing, is a step-daughter. Mr. Holt is one of the substantial and prominent men of the city and county and has wrought here with energy and faithfulness and is justly entitled to the confidence of the people, which he enjoys in a generous measure, and he can truly be called one of the builders of the county, for he has done much for the general advancement and improvement.

CHARLES W. PALMER. As an orchardist, a stockman and as an agriculturist the subject of this article has won distinction in Latah county, and is to- day numbered among the leading men of the county, having manifested during all the long years in which he has labored here a high order of ability and an un- swerving integrity and uprightness that have given him an enviable prestige among the citizens.

Mr. Palmer was born in South Bend, Indiana, on May 19, 1838, being the son of Asher and Nancy Palmer. His early life was spent on the farm and in the district schools he received his education. At the age of sixteen he accompanied his parents to Fillmore county, Minnesota, and in that section he engaged in farming until 1871, then removed to Nebraska, where the ensuing two years were spent, and in 1873 he made his way to the west, settling eight miles north from Moscow, taking government land, where he now owns a fine farm of five hundred and fifty acres. Upon this farm Mr. Palmer has the largest orchard of Latah county, it covering fifty acres. He has manifested commendable skill in handling this large enterprise, and deserves great credit for the benefit it has brought to his county. In addition to this he has done a gen- eral farming business, and has also paid attention to raising horses, for the last twenty years, having in 1898 three thousand head. but now he has sold until he owns four hundred. Mr. Palmer is living in Mos- cow, and from that point he superintends his estate and enterprises.

The marriage of Mr. Palmer and Miss Eliza J. Martin was solemnized in Fillmore, Fillmore county, Minnesota, in 1859, and three children were born to them,-Charles, Alice and Minnie, all living in Wsah- ington. In 1898 Mr. Palmer contracted a second marriage : the lady of his choice at this time was Mrs. Lotta Phillipps, of Moscow. Mr. Palmer is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 31, Star of Rebekah, No. 15, and with the G. A. R., Major Anderson Post, No. 5. He is highly esteemed by all and holds a prominent place in the business realm of the county, and by real merit and faithfulness he has merited this

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position, and holds the same in a becoming manner, while he enjoys the confidence of all.

Mr. Palmer was in the First Minnesota Cavalry for fourteen months, and then in the engineer corps for two years. He assisted to repel the Sioux Indians, under General Sibley, and in all this service he was the faithful soldier and the true man.

GEORGE W. WOLFE. One of the highly es- teemed and influential citizens of Latah county, and a prosperous tiller of the soil whose life has been marked with manifestation both of energy and capabil- ity is named at the head of this article, and it is with pleasure that we accord to him a representation in the history of his county.

George W. Wolfe was born March II, 1853, in Peoria county, near Galesburg, Illinois, being the son of John and Nancy Wolfe. When he was an infant of two years his father was taken away by death, and when he was seven years of age his mother took him, with the balance of the family, to Kansas, settling in Brown county, where he spent the time until he was twenty-two years of age, having acquired an education from the public schools and giving his time to farm- ing in addition. In 1875 he fitted conveyances and crossed the plains with the old "prairie schooners," spending the first winter in Walla Walla. Following this he located in Whitman county and devoted his attention to farming for twelve years, meeting with good success. He still owns this estate, comprising six hundred and eighty acres. It was in 1888 that he came to Moscow, and here he has since lived, super- intending his farms from this point.

The marriage of Mr. Wolfe and Miss Amanda, daughter of Calvin and Nancy Brown, pioneer farmers of Whitman county, was celebrated on January 6, 1878, and they have become the parents of three chil- dren,-Guy W., Bertha and Mable. Fraternally Mr. Wolfe is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 31, being at the present time one of the grand officers of the state of Idaho; he is also a member of the W. of W., Lodge No. 228, holding the office of council commander of that order. Mr. Wolfe was one of the very few men who remained at home on the farm dur- ing the raid of the Indians at Camas prairie, the bulk of the settlers being huddled into the fortifications at Moscow and other points. He escaped unharmed and quietly attended to the interests of the farm until the trouble had ceased. He is a man of excellent capa- bilities, and has managed his business affairs with such discretion and industry that he is the possessor of a handsome competence and is one of the potent factors of the county.

DONALD MCKENZIE. Among the business men of Moscow there should not be failure to men- tion the gentleman whose name initiates this para- graph, and who has wrought in Latah county since its organization and even before, manifesting an energy

and industry with excellent capabilities that have com- mended him to all, while he has carried on his busi- ness of farming and later of draying in a manner that betokens good management and sagacity, which have given to him the rewards attendant upon faithful and well directed labor.

We have to revert to Stark county, Illinois, to find the birthplace of our subject; the date of his advent into life there was July 10, 1859, he being the son of William and Elizabeth Mckenzie. They crossed the dreary plains in 1863, using ox teams for conveyance and settling first in the Grande Ronde valley, where they engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1871, when another removal was made, to the territory now em- braced in Latah county. They took government land two miles south from Moscow and there gave atten- tion to farming and raising stock, being attended with good success. In 1885 the father was called away by death, and then the mother lived with her son until 1901, when she, too, received the summons to depart this life. Our subject was educated in the common schools in the various places where he lived, and also gave attention to assisting on the farm until he arrived at manhood's estate, then took up the occupation for himself. He remained on the farm during the sum- mer months and then repaired to Moscow in the winter, where he did draying. During the years of 1894-95 he was night marshal of the city, and in 1898 he sold his interests on the farm to his brother and removed permanently to the town of Moscow. He took up draying and transportation and does a good business, heing favored with the patronage of many. He has fine equipment for his business and handles it with becoming energy and wisdom.

On February 14, 1881, the marriage of Mr. MIc- Kenzie and Miss Mary L., daughter of Samuel J. and Mary L. Langdon, whose life's history is given in another portion of this volume, was celebrated, and they became the parents of three children,-Daisy, Hollis and Alta May. Mr. Mckenzie is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and he is highly esteemed in this relation, as in all the walks of life, being a man of integrity and real worth, which have won the confidence of all.

DAVID URQUHART. This capable and lead- ing business man of Moscow has been actively engaged in the pursuit of business in various channels here for a number of years and is now the owner and manager of the Moscow brick yards, where he manufactures an excellent quality of brick and is doing a good busi- ness, besides which he owns much other property, which he manages in addition to this enterprise. Mr. Urquhart is one of the men of ability and energy who are blessed with a talent of practical execution that enables one to be successful in various lines, which has been exemplified in his life, for he has handled in a commendable manner various undertakings, while now he takes rank with the progressive and active business men of the county.

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In Wilkinsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 1847, David was born to David and Sarah Urquhart, whence, while an infant, he was removed by his parents to La Porte county, Indiana, near the town of La Porte. There he obtained his education in the district schools and assisted his father in the work of the farm, until he was fourteen, when the family made another move, to Champaign county, Illinois, and there our subject en- listed in Company B, Second Illinois Artillery, in 1864. But it was his lot to be confined in the hospital during the year and a half of his service, and he never partici- pated in the stirring scenes of the battlefield. After the close of the war he went to Joplin, Jasper county, Missouri, and there devoted himself to lead mining and freighting for five years, after which period he re- moved to Elgin, Kansas, in 1870, where he received the appointment of deputy United States marshal from General William Britton and continued in this office for four years. At the same time he was first lieutenant in the state militia. 1880 marks the date when he came to Moscow, and for twelve years subsequent thereto he dwelt on his farm three miles southwest from the town, paying attention to the production of the fruits of the field. He still owns this farm, which consists of two hundred and forty acres, and is rented. In 1891 he removed to Moscow and opened a real estate office, where we found him for three years. Also, in 1893, he opened a hard- ware store, conducting it for one year. Then it was that he perceived an opening in the manufacturing line in the city and accordingly opened the brick yard where he is operating today with excellent success. Mr Urquhart is a thorough master of his business, and has a fine patronage that is fully merited by his ex- cellent work and careful dealing. He is the possessor of an elegant residence in the city and is one of the leading men of the county.

The marriage of Mr. Urquhart and Miss Nancy, daughter of Joseph and Marie Edmundson, was cele- brated in Winfield. Kansas, in October, 1874, and they have become the parents of the following children : Minneola, Lillian and Earl. Mr. Urquhart is a meni- ber of the Foresters of America, Moscow Lodge, No. IO, also of the Major Anderson Post of the G. A. R.

GOTTFRIED WEBER. The enterprising and industrious gentleman whose name introduces this paragraph is one of Moscow's well known and capable business men, and is conducting a harness shop and saddlery on one of the principal streets of the city. where he enjoys the extended patronage that his skill and affability deserve. We are led across the wide Atlantic to find the native place of Mr. Weber, it be- ing in Baden, Germany. His birth occurred on May 4, 1858, and his father was Ignaius Weber, and his mother died before he can remember. At the early age of thirteen the lad left the fatherland and the parental roof and, in company with a cousin. Frank Weber, of Walla Walla, came to try his fortune in the new world. The details of the first few years of his

stay here are not chronicled, but in 1871 he went with his cousin, mentioned before, from New York to San Francisco, traveling by the Southern Pacific. Then they came up the coast to Portland, thence to Walla Walla, where he remained until 1873, then returned to Portland, and in that city he learned his trade, being especially skillful and apt in all of its branches. He came to Moscow in the spring of 1879, and immedi- ately built the building where he is now located and opened a harness shop and saddlery. Success attend- ed him and honest treatment and skillful work drew many of the inhabitants to his shop, and in 1892 he was proprietor of a shop that handled ten journeymen, and all was prosperous. Then came the financial crash that crippled every business man and farmer in the entire country, and for a time our subject quit the harness business and embarked in selling implements until 1896, then returned to his old business in the original stand, and at once the trade again came his way with generosity of numbers that soon made the business one of good proportions and worthy of the skill and ability of the owner. He has labored stead- ily on in this line since. He is numbered with the leading citizens of the county and has served as alder- man from the First ward for the last three terms, mani- festing in this public capacity the same energy and care for the affairs of the city that characterize him in his private enterprises. Fraternally Mr. Weber is united with the A. O. U. W., No. 13, also is a member of the Elks, No. 249. In religious persuasion he is identified with the Roman Catholic church and is a stanch supporter of his faith.

The marriage of Mr. Weber and Miss Kate N., daughter of John and Emmaline Price, early pioneers to Nevada, but now residing in Moscow, was celebrated at Lewiston, Idaho, on March 1, 1885, and they have become the parents of two children,-John and Emma- line,-both attending school.

CHARLES MOORE, deceased. The distin- guished gentleman whose name is mentioned above was one of the well known and capable men of Latah county, being perhaps, more than any other one man, influential in gaining for his county a separate organ- ization, and manifesting during a long life of use- fulness and faithful labor those qualities of upright- ness, integrity and ability which ever characterized him in all his relations, and it is with pleasure that we are enabled to grant to his memory this humble re- view of a worthy life, knowing while we recount his deeds that we are treading familiar ground to every citizen of the county, for he was well known and be- loved by all.

Charles Moore was born in Ohio on October I, 1841, being the son of Amos and Mary Moore, who removed with their family to Point Bluff, Wisconsin, and there the young man met and later married Miss Julia A., daughter of John and Margaret Kneen. She was born in New York, but had been taken by her parents to Kilbourn City, Wisconsin, where they be-

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came leading citizens. This happy marriage oc- curred on October 13, 1864, and the following spring the young couple made the tiresome and danger- ous journey across the plains, with mule teams, land- ing in Walla Walla in the fall, where they both en- gaged in teaching in the public schools, remaining in this excellent work until 1869, Mr. Moore being in 1870 appointed postmaster of Walla Walla under U. S. Grant, which position he held for four years to the satisfaction of all. During this time he purchased the old Whitman mission farm and superintended it, selling the same in 1878, when he removed to Almota, where he was the agent of the Oregon Steamship Navigation Company, being also engaged in the im- plement business. It was in 1880 that he settled in Moscow, and with his brother, Miles C. Moore, of Walla Walia, erected a grist mill, the first one in the city. To the operation of that, together with at- tending to his farms, he gave his attention until the close of his life. In 1888 he was very instrumental in organizing the present Latah county, the territory being previous to that time a portion of Nez Perces county. In the prosecution of this work he made a trip to Washington, D. C., and the labors and care, together with his business responsibilities, were too heavy for his strength, and he sickened and was called from the duties of this world to participate in the realities of that to come. He was universally beloved, and his denise was a time of sincere mourning throughout the entire county, and also in all places where he was known, for he was a good man, capable and upright. At one time Mr. Moore was a member of the A. F. & A. M., in Walla Walla, but after coming to Moscow he had dropped the active affiliation with this order. The immediate relatives left to mourn his departure were his loving wife and four children, -Harry K., an attorney at Moscow; Flora P., in- structress in the University of Idaho; Fred, a mining engineer in Wallace, Idaho; Edna L., attending the University of Idaho.

JOHN L. NAYLOR. A representative and well known business man of Moscow, where he conducts a real estate and insurance office, soliciting for some of the leading underwriting companies, the subject of this article is eminenly fitted for representation in any volume that has to do with the annals of this section of the country.

Mr. Naylor is a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and the date of his birth is April 5, 1851, being the son of Aquilla and Sarah J. Naylor, who were numbered among the agricultural population of that section. He accompanied his parents to Se- calia, Pettis county, Missouri, in 1866, and there com- pleted his common school education, later taking a course in the Central Commercial College, at Boonville, Missouri. Subsequent to this fortification for the bat- tle of his life he turned his attention to the art of mining and wrought in the lead mines for a number of years. In 1874-75 he was foreman in the Lamine lead mines

in Cooper county, Missouri. In the Centennial year he made the journey to the coast, stopping the first winter in southern Oregon and then migrating to Nez Perces county, Idaho, locating three miles north from Mos- cow, where he secured a fine farm. To the cultivation and improvement of this property he gave his indus- trious effort and attention until 1892, when he removed to the city of Moscow and opened an office as men- tioned above, and since that time he has done' a pros- perous business in these lines in addition to super- intending his farms. He was chosen by the people as county commissioner of Nez Perces county on the Republican ticket in 1886, and when the county of Latah was organized, in 1888, he was chosen to a similar office in the new organization, filling both of- fices with efficiency and faithfulness. In 1892 Mr. Naylor was chosen for the office of sheriff of Latah county, and in this, as in other public service, he showed both ability and integrity in the discharge of the duties incumbent upon him. Fraternally Mr. Nay- lor is associated with the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 31, with the Crescent Encampment, No. 12, Canton of Idaho, No. 1 ; Star of Rebekahs, No. 15; with the A. O. U. W., No. 13 ; all of Moscow.

The marriage of Mr. Naylor and Miss Rebecca E., daughter of David and Diana Allen, who were among the earliest pioneers of the state, was solemnized in Moscow on August 7, 1881, and they have become the parents of four children,-Ruth, Roy, Ralph and Neppa. Mr. Naylor has conducted himself in the af- fairs of life, both public duties and private enterprise, with manifestation of vigor, enterprise, ability and integrity, and he has justly earned the competence that is his to enjoy, as also the confidence and esteem of the people which is generously bestowed.

HON. SAMUEL J. LANGDON is one of the highly esteemed pioneer farmers of Latah county, and is a native of Ohio, having been born at Granville, Licking county, on May 4, 1829, and being of Scotch- Irish lineage. His ancestors were early settlers of Connecticut and participated in the Revolutionary war and the events of colonial days. One of the Langdons served as commander of Ticonderoga at one time. Jesse Langdon, the grandfather of our subject, was reared in Connecticut and there married Miss Jewett, with whom he later removed to Berkshire county, Massachusetts, following there the art of agriculture. They were members of the Congregational church and lived to a good. ripe age. Their children were Hiram, Anson, Richardson, James J .. Albert, Betsey and Eunice H. James J., the father of our subject, was born on the old homestead in 1795 and when a young man removed to Licking county, Ohio, where he was married to Miss Mary White, a daughter of Captain Samuel White, a prominent citizen of the same county, having won his title by commanding a company of state militia. The maternal great grandfather of our subject was Thomas Philipps. a native of Wales, who crossed to Phila- elphia, his son, John H. Philipps, being a member of

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Anthony Wayne's staff during the Indian wars. He removed to Licking county, Ohio, when the war was over, and there became prominent. Samuel White married Martha Philipps, daughter of Thomas Philipps, and in 1810 went to Granville, Ohio. Their daughter, Mary, became the wife of James J. Langdon, and the mother of the subject of this sketch. James J. Lang- don worked at coopering after his marriage until 1840, then removed with his family to southeastern Missouri. Five years later he returned to Newark, Ohio, whence he went to McLean county, Illinois, where he died in his sixty-fifth year. The wife survived him ten years, and died in her seventieth year. Their children were Martha, Mary, Samuel J., our subject, Albert E., Eliz- abeth D. and Ellen E. Mary, Martha and Elizabeth have passed away. Albert E. is a resident of Illinois, and Ellen, now Mrs. Calkins, and a widow, is residing with her brother, the subject of this sketch.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 180

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