An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 233

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Publication date: 1903
Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1524

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WILLIAM RYAN has been in Kootenai county for a good many years and during all this time he has been prominent in its affairs and a leading citizen, while his wisdom and integrity have made him one of the best of its citizens, in whom the people have con- fidence. He is at present deputy collector of cus- toms at Porthill and is an efficient and well liked officer.

William Ryan was born in Cumberland, Alleghany county, Maryland, on May 15, 1842, the son of Will- iam and Mary (Dignan) Ryan, natives of Ireland. They came to the United States in 1818 and 1820, re- spectively, and were married in this country. When our subject was four years of age they removed to Iowa while it was still a territory and there he was educated, finishing this important part of his life train- ing in the Table Mound seminary, near Dubuque. In 1859. Mr. Ryan crossed the plains to Pike's Peak, clerked in a store for one year and returned. After some time farming in Iowa, he returned to Colorado,

and in June, 1865, went to Montana, where he mined and freighted for two years. In the fall of 1867 MIr. Ryan descended the Missouri from Ft. Benton to Sioux City in a Mackinaw boat and for six years thereafter he was engaged in farming and handling stock in Iowa. He then spent two years in the copper mines of northern Michigan, mining and butchering. From 1876 he spent five years in the Black Hills min- ing and contracting mining timber. Next we see him in the Puget Sound country and in 1887 he made his way to Kootenai county. He located near Rathdrum that fall and engaged in lumbering and tie contract- ing. . In 1892 Mr. Ryan was elected county as- sessor and in 1894 was chosen sheriff. Following this in June, 1897, Mr. Ryan was appointed a member of the commission to classify the mineral lands within the boundary of the Northern Pacific land grant. March 31, 1900, he was appointed deputy collector of customs at Porthill and since that time he has con- tinued in the office and is now discharging the duties of that incumbency with discrimination and wisdom. He is a popular officer and a man of excellent standing.

January II, 1897, at Coeur d'Alene, Mr. Ryan married Mrs. Mary V. Ray and two sons have been born to them, William and Matthew. They also have a daughter, Hazel Editha, a child of Mrs. Ryan by a former marriage. Mr. Ryan is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity at Coeur d'Alene.

STANISLAUS ARRAPA. Among the substan- tial young men of the Coeur d'Alenes we should men- tion the subject of this article, who has a fine farm of six hundred acres, three miles northeast from Desmet and also a dwelling in Desmet. His farm is well im- proved with good buildings and he does a general farming business, being successful in his labors. Mr. Arrapa is a member of the Indian police and is known by all as a man of integrity and honor, being gifted in talent and principle. He was born in 1879 the son of Arrapa and Susan. The father died about twelve years since and the mother is living with our subject. The marriage of our subject and Emma, who is one of the Spokane tribe, was consummated about six years since and three children have been born to them, Louie, Gabriel and Damas. Stanislaus Arrapa stands well with the people of the agency, among his own people and wherever he is known, being a man who is gov- erned by principles of honor and right and is a fine representative of his people.

PETER GIRARD has demonstrated his ability to so handle the resources of southern Kootenai county that a good degree of property of a substantial kind has accrued to him as the reward of his sagacity and thrift. He is a man whose labors have done much for the upbuilding of the country and its interests and he is now possessed of a good farm at St. Joe post- office which is well improved and productive of fine

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annual dividends of hay and general crops. He also possesses thirty or more head of cattle, which with other crops make him one of the substantial and pros- perous citizens of this section. Mrs. Girard is post- mistress of St. Joe and is well liked by all the patrons of the office.

Peter Girard was born in Canada, on March 29, 1874, the son of William and Mary Girard, natives of Canada. Our subject had but scanty opportunity to gain education in his youth and he was dependent upon his personal efforts also after eleven to support himself in this world. The lines being cast thus in hard places for him, he developed a self-reliance and sturdiness that have wrought well for him in later years. In 1886 Mr. Girard made his way to Spokane and later came to Desmet, where he worked for eight- een months. Next we see him in Coeur d'Alene, where he wrought for two years. His next move was to his present place, where he located a handsome homestead and went to raising stock. He has good buildings and a fine farm in every particular and is one of the leading citizens of this entire section.

On June 2, 1888, Mr. Girard married Miss Mary Morens, a native of Canada who died leaving no is- sue. On January 4, 1897, he contracted a second marriage with Mildred M. Humes, and to them have been born four children: William, born October 12, 1897 ; Marguerite, born April 12, 1899; Pauline, born January 26, 1901 ; and Rose, born December 1, 1902.

CHARLES O. WORLEY was born in Peoria, Illinois, on July 18, 1854, being the son of John J. and Sarah (Bradford) Worley, natives of Ohio. In 1856 the family went to Plattsmouth, Nebraska, where the father operated an Indian trading store until 1864. He was in the Second Nebraska Cavalry under General Sully and was discharged at the end of nine months on account of being wounded. In 1865 he crossed the plains to Montana and remained four years, during which period he had many fights with the Indians. In 1864 the family was driven out of Plattsmouth by the Indians; the settled in Scioto county, Ohio, near Portsmouth, until 1869, in which year they set- tled at Quenemo, Kansas, it being the Sac and Fox Indian agency. Our subject assisted his father in farming here until 1871, in which year he started out for himself. He made a trip to Colorado and returned in the following year. In 1875 he crossed the plains to California and worked there at carpenter work, which trade he had learned, until 1877, in which year he returned to Kansas and was married. He remained in Kansas until the spring of 1882, where he did car- penter work and then came to Washington territory. He located at Rockford and followed his trade until the spring of 1885 and then made the trip back to Kansas, where he lived until 1890. In that year Mr. Worley came to Rockford again, bringing his parents with him. The father died in Rockford in 1892 and the mother the year following and both are resting in the Rockford cemetery. Our subject had learned en-

gincering in the years previous to this date and when le located in Rockford this last time he followed this business in connection with carpenter work, until the spring of 1896 when he received the appointment as engineer for the government mills at the Coeur d'Alene reservation. He continued in charge of the mills until July 25, 1901, when he was transferred to the position of sub-agent of the Coeur d'Alene reservation, which position he has since filled to the satisfaction of all. Mr. Worley is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Lodge 45; of the I. O. O. F., Fairview Lodge, No. 40; of the W. W., Camp No. 422, all of Rockford. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church in Rockford. Mr. Worley was always allied with the Republicans and served as treasurer of Osage county for two years. He also has been deputy sheriff for three different ternis, has been city councilman and also city marshal.

At Quenemo, Kansas, on August 22, 1878, Mr. Worley married Miss Novdee, daughter of Sylvester and Emmaline (Little) Washburn, who are now de- ceased. Mrs. Worley was born in Columbus, Iowa, March 3, 1855. Three children were born to this un- ion : Frank, who died when he was twenty ; William, deceased, aged twenty-one ; Lawrence, aged nine. Mr. Worley has property in Tekoa and Rockford and also farm land, all of which he rents.

CHIEF SALTESE, deceased. Among the really great Indian chiefs of the Pacific Northwest, or of the entire west for that matter, none deserves greater rec- ognition than Saltese, the late chief of the Coeur d'Al- enes, whose mother was a Spokane and his father a Coeur d'Alene. Few there were among the red men who could equal this beloved chieftain in physical courage and strength, moral stamina and intellectual capacity and none has left a worthier record or a more potent influence upon his race. Saltese was a vigor- ous man until the last few days of his life, despite the fact that he had reached and passed the ripe age of ninety-two, and until he breathed his last he was an ardent champion of all that is good and a relentless enemy of wickedness. Surrounded by the members of the family at his home near the old Desmet Mis- sion, in Kootenai county, on April 20, 1902, the aged warrior, ruler and Christian leader passed over the great divide of life into the better world beyond, which to him meant more than "the happy hunting ground." His remains were laid at rest at the Mission, a most fitting place.

From the days of his youth, Saltese was a power- ful man in the tribe and was renowned for his valiant deeds in time of war. In council his eloquent voice was ofter heard. It was he who led the war against Colonel Steptoe in 1857. When the war councils were hield and the older chiefs opposed hostilities, it is said that Saltese made the most thrilling speech of his life, a speech which was so persuasive that it drew to his side the younger element and they followed him to a successful war, driving Steptoe out of the country and nearly annihilating his little band in a fierce battle on

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the hill overlooking the site of Rosalia. All day the battle waged with disastrous results to the soldiers and at sundown, when the Indians withdrew, there were only four rounds of cartridges to the man and many members of this ill-fated expedition had lost their lives. During the night Timothy, a friendly Nez Perces, guided the remnant away in the darkness and they ultimately escaped across the Snake river to Fort Walla Walla. The next summer Colonel Wright came northward to punish the Indians, a mission which he successfully accomplished, subduing them for all time to come. None among the Indians was quicker to appreciate the situation than Chief Saltese, who thenceforth turned his strength and ability toward a better end and soon became the acknowledged leader of the more progressive class of Indians. He discarded the blanket for the white man's dress, acquired a knowledge of the English language, although he al- ways preferred to converse in his native tongue, assisted the agents in carrying out many reforms, fought vig- orously against the liquor traffic, ruled and advised his people well and by dint of hard work and un- usually careful business management finally became a wealthy man, owning and farming 1,000 acres of the finest land on the reservation.

In personal appearance Saltese was a magnificent specimen of manhood and few would have guessed his age at over sixty. He walked firmly, his carriage was erect and dignified, and he generally wore a neatly fitting suit of some dark color, a negligee shirt, neck- tie and a black derby hat, always commanding the ut- most respect wherever he went. He made frequent trips over the railroads and was each year granted an annual pass by the O. R. & N. Co. M. M. Cowley, of Spokane, who knew Saltese as early as 1866, in closing an eulogy on Chief Saltese, recently said: "He was not the hereditary chief of the Coeur d'Alenes, but in his younger days was one of the war chiefs, and when the hereditary chief, Scon Shinn, died Sal- tese had so risen from the ranks of his tribe that he was elected to the position, more than a third of a cen- tury ago. He was a born diplomat.

OTIS F. WARREN. This gentleman has occu- pied the position of inspector of customs at Porthill and Bonners Ferry, Idaho, since 1899 and is an effi- cient and capable officer whose standing is of the best and whose friends are numbered by legion from every quarter.

O. F. Warren was born in Naples, New York, on July 7, 1839, the son of Elijah and Eliza Ann (Ful- ler) Warren, natives of New York and Connecticut, respectively. The father was a farmer and held va- rious offices of trust. Our subject is descended from Mayflower stock on both sides of the house and his grandfather was a cousin of the General Warren of Revolutionary fame. In his native place, O. F. Warren was educated, completing his training in the Naples Academy ; he came to Wisconsin in 1857. In April, 1861. he enlisted in the three months service ; the quota of

Wisconsin being full, he re-enlisted for three years but owing to sickness was not mutstered in. Later in the same year he was elected register of deeds of Buffalo county, Wisconsin, and in June, 1862, he entered Company A, Twentieth Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry and served at the headquarters of the military com- mander of Wisconsin until October 4th, when he was discharged on account of disability. In November of 1863 he was re-elected register and took the office again in 1867 and later was in company with his father-in- law in a flouring mill for ten years. In the meantime he took up general merchandising extensively, but the crash of 1876 caused him to lose heavily. From 1877 to 1883, Mr. Warren devoted himself to farming in Wisconsin. In the latter year he removed to Dakota. There he was installed in several offices of trust by the people, among others being assessor of Clark county for one term. In December, 1890, Mr. Warren came to Idaho and in March of the following year he lo- cated west of Deep creek and farmed. The next year we see him in Postfalls, being chosen by the Spokane assessor for much of the intricate work of that county. Then Mr. Warren embarked in the merchandise busi- ness again, buying out W. D. Plant. He continued this until July, 1898, when he sold to A. J. Manor. He was chairman of the board of county commissioners from 1895 to 1896. In January, 1899, Mr. Warren was appointed inspector of customs and has held the position since, being in Porthill in later years.

On May 14, 1865, at Mondovi, Wisconsin, Mr. Warren married Hannah Mary, daughter of Harvey and Hannah (Arnold) Farrington. Four children have been born to this union, Milton S., a farmer and hotel man at Postfalls; Myrtie E., wife of Thomas \V. Foy, a hotel man in Hope; H. Clay, painter at Postfalls; Earl B., in the employ of the Fidelity Ab- stract Company, Spokane, having graduated from Blair Business College. Mr. Warren is a member of the G. A. R. and also of the I. O. O. F. and Knights of Pythias.

FRED C. FISHER is the owner and operator of a saloon in Porthill, where he is doing a prosper- ons busines at the present time. He also has nu- merous mining interests and owns a ranch south of Porthill.

Fred C. Fisher was born in Germany, in 1853, the son of Christian and Frederika Fisher, both natives of Germany. The father died when this son was five and the mother migrated with him and an older son to the United States when Fred was nine. They lo- cated in Illinois and there and in Wisconsin Fred re- ceived his educational training. After school days were over, he took up steamboating on the Mississippi and later learned the stone mason's trade. This occu- pied him until he came west. In 1888 Mr. Fisher came to Portland and there wrought until after the Spo- kane fire, when he went thither and did mason work in that city for some time. In 1890, he came to the Kootenai valley and homestead land four miles south from Porthill. In 1892 Mr. Fisher went to

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Portland and did masonry work. Coming back to his ranch in the fall of 1895 he opened the International saloon in Porthill and has continued in this, together with his mining and farming interests.

In 1887, while in Minnesota, Mr. Fisher married Miss Kate Bosl, a native of Germany, who came to the United States in 1881. Mr. Fisher has one brother. Ernest, a stone mason, living on a farm in Wisconsin.

H. L. GRAVES is a farmer and stockman in Kootenai county, whose estate of one-half section lies about three miles up the river from Laclede, where he does general farming and is prospered.

H. L. Graves was born in Wisconsin, on Septem- ber 26, 1853, the son of Rufus and Ann (Knoll) Graves, mention of whom is made in another portion of this work. He was educated there in the public schools and remained with his parents until 1887, when he came to Sprague, Washington, and worked in the railroad shops for a year. In May, 1888, he came to Laclede and homesteaded a quarter section and also bought as much more railroad land. He has a goodly portion under cultivation and besides many other im- provements has an orchard of two hundred trees. In addition to this property, Mr. Graves has a house and lot in town. In the political realm, he is a stanch and active Democrat of the Jeffersonian type. Mr. Graves is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Foresters.

On January 9, 1880, at Appleton, Wisconsin, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas and Kate (Wilson) Campbell, natives of Ireland and Scotland, respectively. Mrs. Graves was born in Wisconsin. Nine children have been born to this union: Gladys, deceased, Grace, Glenny, deceased, Frank, deceased, Lillie, Earl, George, Effic, deceased, and Jennie, de- ceased.

WESLEY SULLIVAN is a veteran of the Re- bellion, whose faithful service in the cause of the U'nion places him high in the esteem of every loval citizen of this fair land today. He was in the heat and burden of the day and three times was wounded and suffered in the southern hospitals. A detailed account of his career will be interesting for the readers of the history of northern Idaho and we accordingly append the same.

Wesley Sullivan was born in Ohio, on September 16, 1840. the son of James and Rebecca Sullivan, natives of North Carolina. When Wesley was small the family removed to Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and there he was educated in the public schools and also worked on the farm. When eighteen years of age he left the parental roof and came to Danville, Illinois, where he wrought until October 3, 1861, then enlisted in Company F, Thirty-fifth Illinois Infantry. He was sent first into Missouri, then under Rosecrans in Ten- nessee and later with Sherman on the memorable march to the sea. He participated in all the battles of these well known commanders and was in constant action.

He was mustered ont at the expiration of his time and afterward re-enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fiftieth Illinois for a year longer. He was ser- geant during this period and at the close of the war was mustered ont, at Springfield in 1865. He then returned to Danville, Illinois, and there wrought in the coal mines for twenty years. Next we see him in the Cascades, where he was in the coal mines for two years, after which he came to his present place. Here Mr. Sullivan cleared the right of way for the rail- road and made ties. Then he took his present place two and one-half miles west from Laclede. Mr. Sul- livan is a stanch and active Republican and is also a member of the G. A. R. In reminiscence we note that when Grant and Sherman came to Chattanooga, that Mr. Sullivan was detailed to fire on the steamboat Painted Rock, and run the blockade past the old Look- out mountain, which was done successfully under a most galling fire.

CHARLES W. FEELY is a man of stability and integrity, whose skillful labors in Kootenai county have produced the meed of a valuable holding of real estate five miles south from Rathdrum, where he makes his home at the present time. The home place is a quarter section which is well improved, with good buildings, orchard, and so forth and is annually laid under tribute to produce abundant returns of the ce- reals and general crops. In addition to this land, Mr. Feely owns other land in company with his brothers, who are all mentioned in this work.

Charles W. Feely was born in Shelby county, iowa, on February 17, 1878, the son of Thomas N. and Alice M. Feely, who now reside near this son. They all came from Iowa in 1881, settling in Washing- ton, where they continued their residence until 1890, at which time they located in Hoodoo valley and thence removed to their present place in 1895. Mr. Feely, with his brothers and father, has labored stead- ily in their occupation of general farming and abun- dant success has rewarded them all. Our subject is a man of independence and original thought and in political matters he is dictated by his own judgment as to the course in casting his vote. He is still un- married and has one of his sisters to keep the house.

H. E. BURNHAM. As the following epitome of the career of Mr. Burnham will evidence, he is a man of energy and enterprise, possessed of that sterling quality of executive ability that puts through to a suc- cessful termination the undertaking to which he turns his attention. Kootenai county has been benefited much by his labors in various lines ; at the present time he is operating a good sawmill about seven miles east from Rathdrum, where he has a body of two hun- dred and eighty acres of timber land. In addition to this he owns property in Postfalls and has also some in various other places.

H. E. Burnham was born in Dunkirk, New York,

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on March 12, 1854, being the son of Sydney and Lou- ise L. Burnham, natives of Massachusetts and Penn- sylvania, respectively. The father was a stockman and butcher. Our subject worked with his father until the age of thirteen had been attained and he then sailed on the lakes for two years. Then came a period of nine years of railroading from which he was al- lured by the enticing features of the oil business in Pennsylvania. Thirteen years he was held in this oc- cupation and in 1889 made the journey across the con- tinent to Spokane. A short time was spent in that centre of the Inland Empire country when he came to Postfalls, where he purchased property and went into the grocery business. Later he followed butchering for two years and then turned his attention to dairying and stock farming for six years. The next industry to claim his attention was sawmillilng and in the ma- nipulation of a successful trade here we find him at the present time. In addition to this he is interested in real estate in different locations.

At Jamestown, New York, in 1877, occurred the happy event of the marriage of Mr. Burnham and Miss Phoebe C. Simmonds, a native of New York and the daughter of Zibe Simmonds. They have one child, Lyon. Mr. Burnham is a member of the K. O. T. M. Politically, he is independent and untrammelled by the party lines of any tenets ; he reserves for himself the right to choose the man and the principles which his vote will support.

CHARLES W. CULP, one of the publishers of the Silver Blade, and of its successor, the Rathdrum Tribune, a paper of distinct vitality and merit at the county seat of Kootenai county, is one of the leading business men of the county and together with his brother, who is his partner, has conducted the Blade for some time and wielded an influence for progression and advancement throughout the county.

Charles W. Culp was born in Lincoln, Montana, on January 8, 1879, the son of David W. and Mary J. (Muffley) Culp, natives of Pennsylvania and still living. They were born at Shippinsburg, October 5, 1830, and at Mt. Eagle, February 4, 1846, respectively. The dates of their removal to Montana are 1865 and 1870, respectively, and they have been on the crest of frontier life ever since, being a worthy couple in their endeavors to assist in the progress of civilization. Our subject was educated at Thompson, Montana, and as soon as the school days were ended he was apprenticed to learn the printer's art, which he accomplished in due time with a skillful finish. He came to Rathdrum in July, 1902, with his brother, and purchased the Blade, which has been as its successor is now, the ex- ponent of sound principles since and the champion of the interests of the citizens of the county, while its clear cut enunciation of the questions of the day and logical conclusions in reference to the same have made it one of the leading sheets of the northwest. In its devotion to the welfare of local interests, the Tribune has not forgotten to be free from local jealousies and prejudicies that embitter, and the kindly spirit mani- 62

fested to all while correcting false moves and general good will and heartiness always expressed have made it a favorite and a power for good.

Mr. Culp has the following brothers and sisters: J. R. M., his partner ; W. S., in Rathdrum; Thomas P., deceased; Jennie M. and Elizabeth C., living in Rathdrum. Mr. Culp is an active and intelligent Re- publican and with convincing force is able to give a reason for his political faith. He is an active worker in the M. W. A. and Knights of Pythias, and his standing in the county is of the very best. Mr. Culp and his people are members of the Presbyterian church.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 233

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