An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 223

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CALVIN OWEN is one of the earliest pioneers to pierce the wilds around Clarkfork, and since the time when he blazed the way into this region he has been constantly in active labor for its development and im- provement and today is residing on his mother's farm, about two miles west from Clarkfork.

Calvin Owen was born in Caldwell county, Mis- souri, on April 1, 1863, being the son of F. M. and Susanna (Barron) Owen, natives of Indiana and Kentucky respectively. They settled in Missouri in an early day, remaining there for fifty years and in 1882, they all came to Kootenai county. Especial men- tion of them further is made in this volume. Our sub- ject was allowed but a meager privilege of securing an education, but what opportunity was offered was improved in a proper manner. He came with his parents to Kootenai county, having lived with them previous to that time. He took a homestead adjoin- ing that of his father and has improved it in good

shape. At present Mr. Owen is dwelling with his mother and is handling her farm. He also pays con- siderable attention to raising stock and has now twenty head besides much other property in the way of im- provements of the ranches. Mr. Owen is a man who receives the respect and esteem of all and is a substan- tial citizen.

ISAAC N. DEITRICK. Although the subject of this article has not been so long settled on his pres- ent place as some in the vicinity of Hope, he is still one of the pioneers of the county for he settled first on unsurveyed land and his labors have materially added to the wealth of the county and have assisted in building up this section.

Isaac N. Deitrick was born in Hamilton county, Iowa, on March 23, 1855, being the son of Philip and Martha (Strom) Deitrick, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Indiana. They were married in the latter state and moved to Iowa, where they lived thirteen years. The mother died there in 1855 and in 1858 the balance of the family went back to Indiana, where they remained until 1880, in which year the father went to California, dying in this latter state in 1895. He was a commercial salesman. Our sub- ject received his education in Greencastle, Indiana, and at the age of seventeen went to work on the farm for himself. When nineteen, he went to railroading and that life occupied him for many years. He was on the Union Pacific for sixteen years, then spent a short time in California, whence he came to Hope and entered the employ of the Northern Pacific. In 1900 Mr. Deitrick located some unsurveyed land and later bought one hundred and twenty acres of land where he resides at present, three miles west from Clarkfork. He has an excellent place for a home and handles considerable stock, raising about fifty tons of hay each year and doing general farming.

On December 31, 1883, Mr. Deitrick married Miss Minnie, daughter of L. E. and Mary ( Millis) Spoor, who now live in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The father is foreman in the Union Pacific shops and has been for twenty years. One child, Rex E., has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Deitrick. Our subject is an active and in- telligent Republican and always manifests an interest in local affairs. He has been school trustee of the Hope district for six years. He is a member of the M. W. A., Clarkfork Camp No. 7617, and also of the O. R. C., Missoula, Montana. Mrs. Deitrick is a member of the Congregational church.

STEPHEN B. HOWES. Without doubt the sub- ject of this article was one of the first ones to come to the country in the vicinity of Clarkfork, and since the early days of his advent here, he has devoted him- self to worthy labors of improvement and development and is now one of the substantial men, whose standing among his fellows is of the best and who has the good will and confidence of all.

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Stephen B. Howes was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, on October 6, 1833, being the son of Reu- ben and Catherine (McNerg) Howes, natives respec- tively of Maryland and Kentucky. The father served as a despatch boy in the war of 1812. Then he moved to Kentucky, where he married and dwelt for many years. The mother died when our subject was young and the father moved to Illinois in 1844, where he lived until 1868, the time of his death. He was the father of twenty-four children. Our subject received no schooling only that which his studious and industri- ous nature picked out for himself. At the age of twenty-one he went to New York, thence to Cuba and Central America and in 1855 he landed in the golden California. He crossed the plains east in 1857 and in a short time returned to California and in 1860 he went to Colorado, where he mined for three years. During the Civil war he was east, but soon went to Montana, locating in Galatin valley, where he built the first house in the valley. This was in 1864 and his residence in that section covers a period of twenty-one years. In 1876 Mr. Howes went to the Black Hills via Bismarck, and fought Indians all the way. In 1885 he went to Thompson Falls and resided there for three years. He had visited Clarkfork before this and in 1889 he came thither and settled, securing by purchase, title to three hundred acres of land. He sold that property and now lives on one hundred acres of land on which he has four mining claims, three miles west from Clarkfork, where he does a general farming and gardening business. Mr. Howes has mined more or less all his life and is one of the most skilful men in all branches of this industry to be found in the county. He has some fine properties now which he is developing and which are showing excellent values in gold and copper.

In Montana, in 1878, Mr. Howes married Mrs. Johan Lutton, who died in Thompson Falls in 1889. She had one son by her former marriage, Walter Lut- ton, now living in Hope. Mr. Howes is liberal in po- litical matters. He is a member of the Methodist church and is one of the upright and exemplary men of this vicinity.

ROBERT MURRAY. This industrious and sub- stantial agriculturist and stock man, whose home is four miles east from Hope, on a quarter section that he secured under homestead right, has labored faith- fully and well in this section and is deserving of especial mention in the volume that gives his county's history.

Robert Murray was born in Castle Douglas, Scot- land, on April 19, 1851, being the son of Robert and Mary (Cowan) Murray, natives of Scotland, where they remained until their death. The father was a school teacher and civil engineer. He taught school for forty years of his life, thirty being spent in one school. Our subject received his education in his native place and in 1869 came to Canada, whence four years later he went to Texas, where he lived nine years. In 1882 he came to California and eight years were spent in

that state. The next move was to Washington, one year being spent in Seattle, whence he came to Spo- kane and shortly to Kootenai county, where he has labored since. He soon took the homestead mentioned and there he has made his home. Part of his land is excellent timber and a portion is meadow. Mr. Mur- ray handles about thirty head of stock. In political matters he is allied with the Democrats and always takes an interest in county affairs. He has been elected justice of the peace, but refused to qualify, preferring not to take part in public office. Mr. Murray has seven brothers and three sisters: James, in Canada ; Adam C., killed in the Civil war while serving under General Sigel, who wrote the father the sad news when the son fell at Fort McGilvery ; Mary B., living with our subject; John B., in Scotland; Robert, the subject of this sketch : George C .. William B., Marion J., deceased : and Richard, in Scotland : Agnes C., and Mary with our subject.

ELISHA A. CRANDALL is one of the solid, industrious, intelligent, prosperous, and prominent farmers and stockmen in the vicinity of Hope, his (state being three miles east from that place, where he handles a number of fine Shorthorn and Durham cattle, having also some Jersey and Ayrshire stock, doing a dairying business in addition to his farming.

Elisha A. Crandall was born in Baraboo, Sauk county, Wisconsin, on March 15, 1847, being the son of Dr. Samuel M. and Elizabeth (East) Crandall, natives of New York and Louisiana, respectively. They located in Baraboo in 1843 and in 1850 went to Mississippi, where the father died, and in 1855 the mother returned to Baraboo, where she died in 1857. They were both descended from Revolution veterans. Our subject attended the common schools and finished his educational training in a collegiate institute. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in Company F. Twenty- third Volunteer Infantry of Wisconsin, as a drummer, under Captain J. Schlick and Colonel J. J. Guppy. He served thirty months and was mustered out on March 25, 1866. and received his final discharge on April 9th, following. He served much of the time as scout under the noted Kit Carson and participated in the following battles : Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, Cain River, Marksville Prairie, Alexandria, Bayou Teche. Jackson Louisiana, advance on Spanish Fort, Fort Blakely, besides fifteen or more skirmishes. He made a fine record and one of which any veteran might be proud. Following the war Mr. Crandall farmed for a time and then railroaded, first on the. Chicago and Northwestern for fifteen years, then with the Chicago Great Western nearly three years, re- signing the latter to take a position with the Northern Pacific, locating at Hope, Kootenai county. On August 25. 1888, he landed here and his family came the next year. In 1890 Mr. Crandall took his present home place and has labored here with manifestation of wisdom and industry since and has accumulated a fine holding. He has a fine eleven-room residence, barns

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and outbuildings and other improvements to match and is one of the prominent men of the section.

On November 8, 1868, Mr. Crandall married Miss Emma J., eldest daughter of George and Harriet Capener, of Baraboo, Wisconsin, where the father now lives, the mother having died in 1865. Three chil- dren have been born to this union : Walter M., Mabel G., and Robert E., all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Cran- dall adopted a son, Daniel H., now living in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Mr. Crandall is a solid Republi- can and has served both as justice of the peace and as school trustee for a number of years. He is a mem- ber of the I. (). O. F. and has been district deputy for six years and also has been delegate to the grand lodge for the years 1896, 1897, and 1902. He is also a member of the G. A. R. Mrs. Crandall and her eldest son are members of the Adventist church. She is also a member of the Rebekahs. Mr. Crandall is one of the leading men of the community and has al- ways been on the side of progress and advancement.

HARRY L. BALDWIN. In every sense of the word a true pioneer of northern Idaho, a man possess- ing the stanch qualities of character and worth to qualify him for the arduous and trying labors on the frontier, the subject of this article is eminently fitted for representation in the history that has to do with the county of Kootenai, and accordingly we grant an epitome of his life.

Harry L. Baldwin was born in the Rogue river country, Oregon, on November 7, 1866, being the son of James T. and Mary W. Baldwin, natives of Maine and Ohio, respectively. They came across the Isthmus to Oregon in early days and located in the Rogue river country. Mr. Baldwin stocked the first stage in operation for Isch & Haley from Umatilla Landing to Walla Walla and then went to California, where he remained until 1881. In that year they came overland to Sandpoint and the father started a stage line from that place to Maher's Camp, Camp Two, Cabinet Landing, and Rock Island. He died in 1896. The mother still lives in Sandpoint, being sixty-two years of age, Harry was educated in San Francisco, in Sonoma county, Cloverdale, and in San Mateo county, completing his training in this line in the latter place. He came with his father to Sandpoint in 1881. He worked for J. Wicks, Dubois & King and then freighted for a time. Later he worked for Quirk & Mclaughlin, handling a store for them at Clarkfork and at Cabinet Landing. In 1885 he bought a restaurant and after two years in that he built a hotel, conducting it until 1893, when he secured an- other, and after fitting it up it was destroyed by fire. After this Mr. Baldwin contracted timbers and that has occupied him more or less until the present. In addition, he has a fine farm and handles stock and does a general farming business. Mr. Baldwin had the first mail contract into Bonners Ferry, this being in 1890.

On July 1, 1889, Mr. Baldwin married Miss Josie, daughter of L. M. and Hannah (Galloway) Sallee.

natives of Kentucky. They came to Oregon across the plains in early days. Later they removed to Cali- fornia, thence to Washington, and then to Rathdrum, taking up there the saw mill business. In 1892 Mr. Sallee removed again to Vancouver, Washington, where he is now. Mrs. Sallee died there in 1901. Our subject and his wife are the parents of one child, Hattie M.

Mr. Baldwin is a Republican, helped to organize the first Republican convention in this county, was nominated assessor when twenty and has been active in politics ever since and he is an influential figure at the conventions. He has been road overseer and warden of the county and in 1894 he was deputy United States Marshall under Charles Sweeney. Mr. Baldwin is a charter member of the Evening Star Lodge No. 36, of the I. O. O. F., at Postfalls.

It is very interesting by way of reminiscence to note a hunting and fishing trip that Mr. Baldwin con- clucted for some of the leading men of the country. This was in 1887. Among the number were General Rodney C. Ward, Brooklyn, New York : Judge Gil- derslee, also of New York; Lieutenant Abercrombie, United States Engineering Corps ; Colonel Hester, one of the owners of the New York Eagle ; Dr. Hoglan, one of the proprietors of the Royal Baking Powder ; Dr. Merriman, past physician of Spokane Post and others, making the total number twenty-two. They wrote to Mr. Baldwin to prepare for them to go hunting and fishing and they made up a purse of ten thousand dollars for the expenses of the trip. He wisely laid out the route, selected the best places, and skillfully conducted them for more than two months and they had a delightful time, killed many deer, cariboo, and other large game besides taking great quantities of fish.

Mr. Baldwin is proprietor of the largest and best hotel in Sandpoint, which is the only hotel in the county heated by hot air.

IRVEN J. BRANT. An esteemed and sturdy pioneer of Kootenai county, a man whose labors have materially assisted to bring to the front various sec- tions of the northwest and who is at this time one of the substantial residents of Hope, it is fitting that the subject of this article be accorded space in the annals of his county history.

Irven J. Brant was born in Mason county, Illinois, on March 12, 1861, being the son of John L. and Har- riett (Winchell) Brant, natives of Illinois. They came to Iowa in 1867 and there the mother died in 1869. The father remained there until 1889, then went to Kansas, thence to Kootenai county in 1891, where he now lives. By his first marriage he has four children and the same number by his second marriage. Our subject received his education in his native place and at the early age of twelve began life's activities for himself. He worked for the neighboring farmers for the intervening time until he was seventeen and served an apprenticeship as a carpenter. In 1882 he came west to California, thence to Yaquinna bay, where

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he prospected a year and then he came to Washington. His first setlement was in the Methow country and in 1887 was in Kootenai county and since that early day he has been one of the developers and builders of this region. In 1888 Mr. Brant went to Ainsworth, British Columbia, and located the Galliger group of mines. He took the first pack train into that country. made the first trails, did the first mining, shipped the first ore in ear load lots and was one of the real promoters of the country. He is a man whose skill and energy gave much to this section and great credit is due him for his stirring and worthy efforts. Mr. Brandt sold these properties and in 1897 bought two hundred and sixty-four acres of land. Later he sold a quarter seetion and now rents the balance. In 1901 Mr. Brant moved to Hope, bought a residence and since that date has made his home here. He is engaged in mining and farming and also handles some stock.

In April, 1890, Mr. Brant married Lucy B., daugh- ter of Richard and Jestina Fry, especial mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume. Three ehil- dren have been born to this union, two of whom are living: Jestenia, Fitzhugh Lee, both with parents. Mr. Brant is allied with the Democratie party in politi- cal matters and has been delegate to the county con- ventions many times. He is an active advocate of good schools and gave of his time to serve on the board for many years, when he was at Bonners Ferry. Mr. Brant is a member of the K. of P. and the K. O. T. M. in Bonners Ferry and of the F. of A. in Hope, while his wife is a member of the Order of Pendo.

In 1800 Mr. Brant located the townsite of Bonners Ferry and had it surveyed into lots before there was a government survey in that seetion, and built the first frame house in the town.

HARLAN P. MANNING, one of the prominent men of the Hope county, was born on October 22, 1848, in Manchester, New Hampshire, being the son of Isaac and Ann E. (Dodge) Manning, natives of New Hampshire. The mother died in 1849 and the father in 1893. He was a prominent man in his state, and in addition to being member of the legislature for several terms, he held nearly every office in his town, Johnson, New Hampshire. He was beloved by all who knew him and honored as a man of integrity, up- rightness and probity. Soon after his birth the par- ents of our subject took him to Lamoille county. Ver- mont, where he received his primary education. When thirteen he went to North Boston, there taking a literary course and later finished his education in La- moille county. When seventeen he enlisted in the Elev- enth Vermont Artillery under Captain Woodberry, being in the Second Brigade and Second division and the Sixth corps. He participated in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, Petersburg, Richmond. Muddy Creek and many others. He served three years and four months, being mustered out at

Burlington, Vermont, in June, 1865. In the battle of Winchester he was knocked down by a shell, and at Petersburg he received a bayonet wound in the neck. After the war he went to St. Louis, thence to Me- Henry county, Illinois, for two years in the hotel busi- ness and later we see him in Wisconsin for three years. A visit to Vermont then followed and the next occu- pation was in lowa, where he entered the civil engi- neer corps of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road. He was with this company for eight years, and then spent four years in the same capacity with the Northern Pacific. He dealt in machinery in Minne- sota for three years, and in 1876 he was in the Black Hills mining. In 1882 he left that country and con- traeted ties in Montana. He next participated in the Coeur d'Alene excitement, and in 1885 he came to his present place and has been engaged by Small & Ellis in mill overseeing. He has prospered considerable and located the North Star and the Queen, noted prop- erties. In 1897 he bought one hundred and thirty- four acres of land, and now has this leased, as lie devotes most of his time to mining, having some fine properties.

On October 8, 1891, Mr. Manning married Mrs. Mary Jackson, widow of Ben Jackson, of Plymouth, England. Mrs. Manning has one son, Harry, by her former husband, and he is in England. Mr. Manning is a Republican and is always interested and active in the affairs of the country. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and a popular and influential man.

ALEXANDER WICKS. It is with pleasure that we are enabled to grant to the estimable gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph consideration in the abiding chronieles of Kootenai county. He is emi- nently fitted for this place, since he is one of the carliest pioneers of the section where he lives, six miles north from Hope, sinee he has done a lion's share in the development. of the county, and since he has ever maintained an unsullied reputation, demon- strating himself to be possessed of excellent executive foree in the accomplishment of his business enterprises and of sagacity in all his ways, being also a man of integrity and sound principles.

Alexander Wieks was born in Nora, Sweden, where he received a good education from the common schools. His parents, Alexander and Annie ( Ander- son ) Wieks, were natives of Sweden, and the mother still lives there, the father dying in 1884. The an- cestors of our subjeet were prominent people in the great thirty years' war and they have in Sweden many relics, as cups, swords, saddles, and other munitions of war, which they gained in that struggle. At the early age of seventeen our subject stepped from the parental nest into the world on his own responsibilities. and after some labor in his native place in 1876 he came to America. He worked one year in a saw mill in Minneapolis, then in the woods for a time and in 1878 went to work on the Canadian Pacific. In 1880 he came to Fargo and the following year he was in

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Idaho. He assisted to clear the right-of-way for the Northern Pacific through Kootenai county, and then went back to Missoula, Montana, where he operated in the woods. On July 6, 1884, he settled on his present place, the land then being unsurveyed. Upon survey he was found to be on railroad land, and he bought fifty acres, but later bought one hundred and twenty more. He has one hundred acres of fine hay land and handles fifty head of cattle. He has a fine place and his thrift and wisdom have improved it in a first class manner. Mr. Wicks has the following brothers and sisters: Charles, in this county, and mentioned in this volume; William, living in Walton, Wisconsin ; John ; Helen; Annie, married and living in Sweden. Mr. Wicks is a stanch Republican, and always labors for the success of his party, being in- telligent in the questions of the day. Mr. Wicks is a member of the Swedish Brethren in Minneapolis. He is a man who has the good will and approbation of all who know him and stands well in the community.

GEORGE HOLTON. Among the pioneers of the Sandpoint region the subject of this article is to be mentioned as one of the first, being a man of those excellent qualities which make the first class fron- tiersman. And since the time when he first came here he has steadily engaged in those worthy labors of improvement and development of the new country which have resulted in much good, both in what they have accomplished and in which they have stimulated others to action also.

George Holton was born in Canada, on July 18, 1850, being the son of George and Elizabeth (Bu- chanan) Holton, natives, respectively, of England and Pennsylvania. The mother was third cousin to Presi- dient Buchanan. In 1841 they went to Essex county, Canada, and in 1854 they came to Michigan, where the mother died in 1898. The father was drowned during a water-spout in Texas in 1888. Our subject came with his parents to Michigan in 1854, and there he received his education in the public schools, and when thirteen went out in the battle of life for him- self. He gave his attention to farming. and in 1886 came to California, thence to Oregon, and on May 3. 1886, he came to Kootenai county, and since that early day he has been a constant resident here. In 1888 he took his present homestead, three miles west from Sandpoint on the Pend Oreille river. For a time he dwelt in Sandpoint, having a residence there, but in 1891 he came to the homestead permanently. He raised the first peaches in this entire section, demon- strating their adaptability to the latitude, and in many other lines he has taken the lead. He has comfortable improvements on the homestead, handles some stock, and does a general farming business.

In 1877 Mr. Holton married Miss Delia A., daugh- ter of C. L. and Sarah Horning. natives of New York, but pioneers to Michigan in an early day, where the father was killed in 1873, but the mother still lives

there. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Holton, named as follows: Jay, in Sandpoint ; Minnie, wife of Fred Foster, in Sandpoint ; Mable, Georgia, Nellie, Edna and Katie, all with parents. Mr. Holton is a true blue Democrat, and active in the political campaigns. He has been delegate to the county conventions almost each electoral year, and was constable in 1888. He is fraternally affiliated with the I. O. O. F.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 223

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