An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 210

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Publication date: 1903
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On May 4, 1873. Mr. Green married Miss Nancy L., daughter of Jacob Clark, a native of Michigan, where he died in 1896. In 1883 Mir. Green was called on to mourn the death of his beloved wife. She left two children, James A., married and living in Granite ; Alva N., living at home. Mr. Green is a Republican of the true blue stripe and is always found in the cam- paigns for the principles which he supports, active and intelligent in debate and setting forth the questions of the day with vigor and convincing weight.

CHRISTEN JENSEN lives about one mile north- west from Hauser, where he has a fine farin and does a general farming business in addition to gardening, while also he handles successfully a summer resort, having a fine supply of boats for that purpose. He is a man of excellent standing, capable and enterprising, and of a public spirit that has always led him to be in the front in any measures for the general wel- fare.

Our subject was born in Juland, Denmark, on June 27, 1852, being the son of Jens and Christina

(Hansen) Christsen, natives also of Denmark where the mother died in 1864 and the father still lives. Our subject was educated in his native place and in 1877 he came to America, locating in Brown county, Wis- consin. He cut wood, made ties and then went to Neenah, thence to Stevens Point, and later to Chicago. He had served as coachman some previous to this last trip and there did that work for six years. In 1888 he came to Kootenai county, made ties, then took a homestead where he now lives. He has improved the place in a fine manner, does a large gardening business, disposing of his products in Rathdrum and Coeur d'Alene. He has also a band of fifteen cattle and other stock.

In 1882 Mr. Jensen married Miss Lina Hansen, daughter of Hans Jorgensen and Nellie Peterson, na- tives of Denmark. The father died several years since, but the mother still lives in Fyn, Denmark. Five children have been born to our subject and his esti- mable wife, James C., Harry A., Berty, Erving R., and Mita Christina, deceased. Mr. Jensen has been a member of the school board for many terms and is now clerk. He is a member of the F. O. A., Rathdrum Court, No. 14. He is a man of reliability and has demonstrated his faithfulness, his sagacity and his up- rightness in all of his ways.

Mr. Jensen has recently built a commodious dwell- ing with rooms for the accommodation of tourists to the beautiful lake where he resides.

WILLIAM BASLINGTON is a pioneer of the region embraced in Kootenai county, and a man who has displayed the commendable qualities of worth and wisdom in all his ways, while the crowning of his labors by a good property holding is just as he has wrought with assiduity and thrift for many years. William was born in Whittlesey, England, on August 22, 1846, being the son of John and Ann (Hardy) Baslington, natives of England, but immigrants to the United States in 1865. They located in Goodhue county, Minnesota, where the father died in 1892, being seventy- seven years of age, and the mother passed away in 1901, aged seventy-eight, both being buried in Pine Island, Minnesota. William was educated in England and at the age of fifteen quit school and labored until eighteen and then enlisted in the English army. He went in as private and came out nine years later as sergeant. He was obliged to pay fourteen pounds to gain his release to come to America. He came direct to Goodhue county, Minnesota, where his parents were, then worked a year and went to California. One year later he was in Waitsburg, Washington, in 1876, he next came to Rockford and in 1878 he entered the wilds of Kootneai county, or what is now Kootenai county. He worked at lumbering for a time, then squatted on his present fertile farm. He toiled to bring it from the wildness of nature and has an ex- cellent estate. The amount of labor necessary to bring a wild tract to a fertile farm, well appointed, laid out in good shape and properly improved is far more

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than one will imagine, unless that one has had experience. Mr. Baslington has done a good work. He does a general farming business, handles stock, and is a leading citizen.

In 1896 Mr. Baslington married Miss Ann Beck. He is a member of the F. O. A., Rathdrum Court, No. 14, and also of the Episcopalian church. He is a man who commands the respect and has won the confidence of all with whom he has to do.

CHRIST NELSON is one of the younger men of industry in Kootenai county, living on a good farm three miles north from Hauser, where he has a con- fortable family residence, commodious barns and all out buildings needed, while his land is productive of excellent returns. Mr. Nelson was born in Waupaca county, Wisconsin, on May 21, 1873, being the son of Lars Nelson, a native of Denmark who came to the United States in the 'fifties and fought the battles of the Union in the Civil war with distinction to himself. Christ was educated in his native place and at the age of sturdy boyhood started for himself and in 1889 we find him in Deep Creek, Washington. He labored there for two years, then came to Kootenai, locating his present farm. It was in 1898 that he erected a fine barn, house and all buildings needed and is numbered with the thrifty and substantial agriculturists of the county.

In 1898 occurred the marriage of Mr. Nelson and Miss Dora White, a daughter of Nicholas White. Po- litically, we note that Mr. Nelson is allied with the Republicans and he is active in that realm, ever exert- ing his influence for the right principles and the best men. Mr. Nelson has one brother, Peter, living in Wisconsin, and one sister. Fanny, married to George Huffcutt, also living in Wisconsin.

DANIEL W. PEARCE. If to the industrious and thrifty laborers of our land should come a due reward, then there should be granted by reason of right this boon to the subject of this article, for he has manifested in Kootenai county worthy labor and energy, and it is with pleasure that we accord him representation in this volume, as he is also a man of integrity and a substantial property owner.

Daniel W. was born in Sullivan county, Missouri, on September 9, 1848, being the son of John and Mar- tha (King) Pearce, natives of Kentucky, but emigrants to Sonoma county, California, in 1856. The father's death occurred in Clarke county, Washington, in 1875 and is buried there. The mother died in 1889. in Dayton, Washington. Our subject was educated in the various places where the family lived. The parents came from California to Dayton, Oregon. In 1864 they removed to Linn county and in 1871 came thence to Dayton, Washington, also they lived in Whitman county some. They farmed most of their lives. At the age of twenty- two, Daniel WV. went to Crook county and took up

stock raising. Fourteen years were spent there and then he came to Whitman county, took a homestead and bought a half section of land from the railroad. He farmed there for about fourteen years and then came to Kootenai county and bought two hundred and seventy acres of land about two miles northwest from Hauser, which is the family home now. He devotes his attention to general farming, raising stock and lumbering, and is doing well, being a hard laboring citizen.

In 1887 Mr. Pearce married Miss Mary M. Cisco. and they have six children, all at home, and named as follows : John, Rena, Ina M., Hugh, May and Etta. Mr. W. W. Cisco, father of Mrs. Pearce, married Miss Mary J. Stevens, both natives of Missouri, and they came west in an early day and located in Oregon and lately came to Kootenai county, where they dwell now. Mr. Pearce is well esteemed by all who know him and stands well. He is allied with the Democratic party and takes an active part in politics. He has hield the office of justice of the peace, road supervisor. deputy assessor, and is now on the school board. in all of which public service he has manifested faithfulness and efficiency.

JOSEPH A. BAUER. This gentleman has dem- onstrated that he is a capable American citizen, a good business man, a genial and accommodating neighbor. a loyal friend, and a worthy associate and promoter of the cause of advancement and the development of the country. He was born in Berlin, Germany, on January 17, 1845, being the son of Peter and Elenor (Lacock) Bauer, natives of Germany and France, re- spectively. The father died in Berlin, and the mother in the the province of Luckenberg, but both are buried in Belgium. Our subject received a good education in Sedan, France, where the parents lived for a time and at the age of seventeen, he quit school and went to iearning the trades of wagonmaking and blacksmithing. Four years later he went to Belgium, became a citi- zen and labored from 1863 to 1872, then had sufficient money to come to America. He settled in Greenbay. Wisconsin, went into business in his trade and one year later went to Kansas. He bought a team and wagon and came acress the plains, taking three years for the trip. He landed in Mission, Idaho, in 1878, and prospected for a year and six months, then went to work for F. Post in Postfalls. He labored for this man for six months and then labored for others for several years, or until March, 1883. He then located on a quarter section where he now lives, three miles north from Hauser. He began at once to raise hay and to clear his land from timber. He has steadily pursued his way, making a great success of his labors. because of his skill, thrift and industry, with wise management. He has one of the finest, if not the finest house in this section of the country, a good barn. all out buildings necessary, and in addition to handling one hundred and twenty acres in cultivation he raises considerable stock. Mr. Bauer sells about ten head of market stock each year, sixty tons of hay, and has

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a good orchard and in every respect maintains a valu- able and good dividend producing place.

The marriage of Mr. Bauer and Miss Katherine, daughter of Joseph and Ernestey (Servey) Gofine, natives of Belgium, where they remained until the time of their death, was solemnized on May 6, 1867, and they have become the parents of four children, Louise, wife of Louis Helby, living in Spokane county, Washington ; Mary A., wife of Amel Ulbright, of this county ; Joseph, married to Katherine Eisenhauer, of this county ; Francis, married to Mary Eisenhauer, in this county. Mr. Bauer was elected justice of the peace in 1885 by unanimous vote and served with ac- ceptability. Being offered a second term, he refused. He served on the school board for many years. Po- litically he is a social Democrat. Mr. Bauer is affiliated with the leading labor organizations and with the F. O. A., Rathdrum Court, No. 14. Mr. Bauer is an active and capable man, ever striving for the good of the community, and has done a worthy part in the labor he has performed within its precincts.

ADAM HAWTHORNE. Among the very first to locate in the section of the country now known as Naples, Kootenai county, our subject has the distinc- tion of being a true pioneer and his faithful labors have always been for the upbuilding and improvement of the country while he is one of the well-to-do and lead- ing farmers and stockmen located in these regions.

Adam Hawthorne was born in Lockport, New York, on February 27, 1830, being the son of Adam and Elizabeth (McMollon) Hawthorne, natives of Scotland The father of our subject had married a lady contrary to her parents' wishes and therefore he came to America in 1822. and his wife followed him the next year. Not knowing that she was coming so soon, Mr. Hawthorne had gone to Quebec to make arrangements to meet her when she did come and there they happily met by accident. They lived in Maryland. in New York, and finally died in Port Hope, Canada. The father was a blacksmith. Two uncles of our sub- ject on his mother's side were owners of vessels that did a silk trade with the Indias. Adam was educated in the common schools and when fourteen went to rid- ing with a circus. He rode for the noted Dan Rice, and also for Barnum, being seven years with the former and also some time with North & Orton, and in all these years he was known as one of the best bareback riders in the ring. In 1858 Mr. Hawthorne went to buying grain for a Chicago firm and in the time of the war he was purchasing agent for the govern- ment. handling mules mostly. One item we would mention in the circus career of Mr. Hawthorne was that in 1855, he had his skull fractured, but he held to the ring for three years after that. After the war he went to Michigan and remained until 1888, when he came to his present location about one mile west of Naples, where he has a fine farm, one hundred and twenty acres of which are devoted to hay.

In 1862 Mr. Hawthorne married Miss Jane,

daughter of William and Sarah Bemrose, natives of Lincolnshire, England. Mrs. Hawthorne was brought to America when six years of age by her parents. The father died in England, having returned there, and the mother died in Michigan. To our subject and his wife there have been born two children, Wilber A., a timber inspector on the Northern Pacific; Sarah J .. both living with their parents. Politically, Mr. Haw- thorne is a Democrat and is active in local matters. His people were all adherents of the Presbyterian church.

JOHN DUNLAP. This gentleman is one of the carly settlers in Kootenai county and he had previously been a pioneer to Colusa county, California, where he had experienced all the hardships and arduous labors incident to that life, in all of which he has demonstrated his ability and integrity.

Mr. Dunlap was born in Medina county, Ohio, on April 6, 1843, being the son of William and Nancy Dunlap, natives of Ireland and Scotland, respectively. The mother died in Media county when John was nine years of age, and the father was killed in a run- away. Our subject attended school until 1860, then went via Panama to San Francisco and went at once to the mines. He was successful from the start and in- vested his money wisely and continued there for twelve years in Colusa county. He was elected county commissioner of that county when he was between twenty and twenty-one years of age. He mined most of the time and also worked at the carpenter trade. In 1880 he came to this county and labored at his trade for four years, then he took a preemption, which was his home for three years when he sold it and worked at his trade for four years more, then he squat- ted on a quarter and later sold his right and came where he now lives, four miles northeast from Hauser. He has eighty acres and raises hay and vegetables, producing from thirty to forty tons of the former and many of the latter annually.

In 1868 Mr. Dunlap married Miss Mary Woodruff, who died in 1879. Mr. Dunlap is allied with the Re- publicans in politics and takes the part of the intelli- gent citizen in the affairs of the county and state.

ERNEST P. ULBRIGHT. One of the neat and attractive homes in the vicinity of Hauser is owned by the gentleman whose name appears above, and he also has there, immediately north of the town, an es- tate of two hundred and forty acres of land. He does a general farming business, handles some stock, and sells many cars of wood each year. Ernest P. was born in Saxony, Germany, in December, 1861, being the son of Ernest G. and Mollie (Arnstorf) Ulbright. natives of that country, also. They came to America in 1869, locating in Missouri. The parents now live in Idaho. Our subject received but little opportunity to gain education and so sought it for himself person- ally by reading and careful observation. He worked

ADAM HAWTHORNE.

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for his father until twenty-two years of age and then went to work out for wages. It was 1888 that he came to Kootenai county and soon squatted on a piece of land. Later he abandoned that and settled on eighty acres of his present estate, then he purchased one hun- dred and sixty acres from the railroad company. He has a fine home, good barn, an orchard of one hundred bearing trees and some stock. In addition to his farm labor, he does considerable carpenter work, having mastered that trade. Mr. Ulbright has four brothers and three sisters, named as follows: Lena, wife of F. Enlers, living on Moran prairie, in Spokane county, Washington; Amel, married to Mary Bauer, in this county ; Hugo, in Missouri; Otto, married to Miss Johnson, living in Spokane county; France, married to Lina Watson, living in Missouri; Selma, wife of Joe Coffman, living in New York : Lina, wife of Tom Watson, living in Missouri. Mr. Ulbright takes an active part in politics and is allied with the Republi- cans. He is a member of the Lutheran church.

GUSTAVE W. NICOLAI. The valuable estate of this worthy gentleman consists of a fine meadow farm, two and one-half miles west from Rathdrum, to which he gives his personal oversight, while he is also a practical brick mason, a contractor and a builder, giving his attention to this latter principally. He has a fine home, which cost him, in 1890, three thousand five hundred dollars, since which time he has added much improvement, having fine buildings, good or- chards and having put in a ditch to drain the meadows.

Reverting to the personal history of our subject, we note that he was born in Holstein, Germany, on April 9, 1852, being the son of John and Margaret (Closence) Nicolai, also natives of Germany. They came to America in 1865, located in Ohio and fol- lowed farming. Later they went to Indiana and farmed there until their death. The father died at sixty-three and the mother at eighty-nine. Gustave received some schooling in Germany but finished his education in this country, in Cincinnati. At the age of seventeen he went to learn the bricklayer's trade and wrought steadily at it for six years, giving his entire earnings to his parents. Then he went to work for himself, being twenty-three years of age. At the age of twenty-five he married and in 1878 began to contract in building. He followed it steadily and came west in 1889, doing business in Spokane for one year. Then he came to Rathdrum and purchased his present home place, one of the finest of the kind in that vicinity.

The marriage of Mr. Nicolai and Miss Amelia, (laughter of Henry and Adelide (Hunnica) Brink- man, natives of Germany, was solemnized in 1877 and they have been blessed by the advent of six shildren : Theodore, in Kootenai county; Arthur, Carl, Edith, and two that are dead. Mr. Nicolai is a Republican in politics and always takes an active part in that realm. He is a member of the Bricklayers' Association of Spokane. He is also a member of the Lutheran

church. Mr. and Mrs. Brinkman were natives of Germany, and came to America in 1850. He served in the Civil war and died in Cincinnati, where he is buried. The mother came to Spokane in 1889 and there died, being buried in Greenwood cemetery. Mr. Nicolai is a man of capabilities and stands well in the community.

DANIEL ESCH. One of the heavy property owners of Kootenai county and also one of the leading agriculturists of the same, this gentleman is worthy of representation in the volume of history which has to do with the leading citizens of this section. He has gained his fine holding by hard work, wise management. and careful attention to business in all its details.

Daniel Esch was born in Harrison county, Ohio. on March 12, 1836, being the son of Christian and Dorothy Esch, natives of Germany. They came to America in early days and settled in Ohio. Later they removed to Indiana and there they died. Our subject is one of twenty-three children begotten by his father, who was married three times. Daniel has four full brothers and three sisters. Our subject attended a German school for a short time in Ohio and labored for his father until twenty-one years of age. Then he started for himself. In 1885, he came to Wash- ington to visit a brother but soon returned to Indiana. He sold his farm there and traveled through portions of Washington and Idaho and then went to Lane county, Oregon, and purchased a farm of three hun- dred and eighty acres which he rents to his brother. In 1888 Mr. Esch bought a section of land in Kootenai county, where he now lives, about one mile southwest from Rathdrum. Later he bought four hundred acres more of land, which makes him the mammoth domain of over one thousand acres in this county, besides the fine farm of over one-half section in Lane county. Mr. Esch does a general farming business and utilizes about twenty head of horses in his work. He has never ventured on the uncertain sea of matrimony. preferring the celebatarian's quieter joys and com- forts. He is a worthy citizen and is capable, industri- ous and thrifty, and is respected by all.

DAVID F. FINNEY. In augmenting the in- dustrial force of Kootenai county, where he has demonstrated himself to be a capable man, as also in his entire walk in the ways of life. Mr. Finney is eminently fitted to be with the leading men of this section and is entitled to mention in the history that has to do with northern Idaho. He was born in Montgomery county, Illinois, May 24, 1862, being the son of Jackson and Sarah (Titsworth) Finney. natives of Illinois, where the father operated a flour mill and farmed until the time of his death in 1869. He rests in Kirkland cemetery, in Montgomery coun- ty. The mother came west, married in 1874 to James WV. Sackett and died in Kootenai county, in May.

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1902, being buried in Rathdrum cemetery. David F. received his education from the country schools and at fifteen went to work to assist in supporting the family. At the age of twenty-five he married and went to railroading. Three years later he rented a farm and followed tilling the soil for six years, then he came to Kootenai county, took a homestead three miles west from Rathdrum, where the family home is today. Mr. Finney has given his attention to general farming since, with the addition to handling much wood, many ties and also making a specialty of getting out and selling telegraph poles. He has a comfortable home and out buildings on the farm and handles some stock. He also owns a house and lot in Rathdrum and is planning to live there much of the time for school facilities for the children.

It was in 1887 that Mr. Finney married Miss Eliza J., daughter of John W. and Sarah ( Williams ) Dugan, natives of Illinois. The mother died in 1882 and the father then removed to Arkansas and died there in 1902. To Mr. and Mrs. Finney have been born four children: Elmer, deceased, Bertha, Elsie, deceased, and Bessie. Mr. Finney is a member of the M. W. A., Rathdrum Camp No. 6843. He is a suc- cessful business man and is well liked and is a man of integrity and good standing.

EZEKIEL M. FINNEY is one of the successful men of Kootenai county, and is a man, as President Roosevelt remarks, "who has done things." This execution and energy has been well directed and com- bined with practical sagacity have given him the meed due to the exercise of such talents. Mr. Finney is a native of Montgomery county Illinois, and was born on February 22, 1860, being the son of A. J. and Sarah (Titsworth) Finney, natives also of Illi- nois. The father died in 1869 and is buried in Kirk- land cemetery in Montgomery county. The mother married James Sackette, moved west in 1898, and died in 1902, being buried in the Rathdrum cemetery. Ezekiel gained a country school education and at six- teen went to work for the farmers and collecting cat- tle for butchers. At the age of twenty-three he rented a farm for himself and did fairly well for three years, then went to railroading for a time. He came west in 1887 and located in Rathdrum. He railroaded a year. dug the deepest well in Kootenai county, for Henry Reiniger, which is three hundred and fourteen feet deep. In 1889 he took a homestead, fenced and im- proved it and in 1902 sold it. In 1897 he bought the place where he now lives, three miles west from Rath- drum. He has one hundred and ten acres, on which is a large amount of saw timber, telegraph poles and ties. He also owns considerable stock and intends to go into stock raising heavily.

Mr. Finney married Miss Rebecca Howell in 1884 and they have four children, named as follows : Leora, M., wife of J. C. Thomas, in this county ; Charles E., and the other two, Jesse E., and Ida E., at home. Mr. Henry Howell married Nancy Smith, who are the

parents of Mrs. Finney, and are natives of Illinois. The mother died when Mrs. Finney was young, but the father came to Kootenai county in 1887 and lives here still. Mr. Finney takes great interest in political matters, especially those of a local nature. He is a member of the M. W. A., Rathdrum Camp No. 6843, and is a man of sterling worth, being happily pos- sessed of qualities which commend him to the esteem and confidence of his fellows.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 210

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