An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 259

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Fraternally Mr. Freeman is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., Wallace, No. 33, being noble grand and recording secretary. Politically he is a Socialist. He has the following brothers and sisters: August, a tobacconist : Johannes, school inspector in Sweden ; Nels, station master on the railroad; Per, baggage- man; Carl, switchman; Elsie Eliason; Christina, a widow : Johanna, a school teacher.

JAMES H. TAYLOR. The Coeur d'Alene Iron Works, one of the prosperous and large business in- dustries of the city of Wallace, is handled and owned by Taylor & Whitlow. The subject of this article is manager of the establishment and is both a practi- cal man in all departments of the plant, as well as a thorough business man. The plant consists of a first class blacksmith shop fitted to do the largest work, a fine machine shop and a good foundry and they are prepared to do any piece of work in their lines demanded in this section of the country, and are hav- ing a thriving and ever increasing patronage, owing to the excellent work turned out and the thorough business principles upon which the industry is operated.

James H. Taylor was born in Philadelphia on Jan- uary 13, 1869, being the son of Timothy and Jemima Taylor, natives of England, where also they were married. They came to the United States in 1868 and the father wrought at his trade, that of a mill- wright, until his death in 1898, being aged fifty-four then. The mother is still living in Philadelphia. Our subject remained in Philadelphia until he was twenty- one. During these years he attended common schools, worked in the woolen mills and learned the mill- wright's and patternmaker's trades. When twenty-

one he came to Montana and wrought at his trades in various places and in 1895 he came to the Coeur d'Alene country. He wrought here for eighteen months and then returned to Montana for one year, after which he came back to Wallace and leased his present foundry. In Septemher, 1902, Mr. Taylor formed a partnership with Charles Whitlow and pur- chased the plant. Since then they have devoted their entire attention to the work and have made a good success of it. They handle as many as twenty-three men and their business is rapidly increasing.

Mr. Taylor has one brother and four sisters : Frank, a machinist in our subject's foundry and shop ; Mrs. Clara Guest, Sadie Wickworth, Bessie and Nel- lie, single, all in Philadelphia. Mr. Taylor is a mem- ber of the W. W. and the Elks in Wallace. He is a Republican and active, having been in the conventions. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Board of Trade, and always labors for the general welfare and advance- ment of the city.

GUS EHRENBERG, the assistant manager of the Frisco Consolidated Mining Company, limited, is one of the capable and thorough mining men of the northwest, and the position which he now holds, wherein he has manifested efficiency and a consummate knowledge of both men and mines, with executive ability and insight into details, becoming a leader, has been graced with a completeness in management that brings satisfaction alike to mine owner and operators. Gus Ehrenberg was born in Sweden, November 15, 1868, the son of John P. and Bertha (Chris- topher) Ehrenberg, both natives of Sweden also. The father died when this son was one year old and the mother was called to the world beyond when he was seven years old. Thus being left an orphan, he re- mained with his older brothers and sisters and with them came to the United States when he was aged ten. They lived in Leadville, Colorado, for three years and there he attended the district school. Then came a move to Boulder, Colorado, where he was engaged in the pursuit of knowledge until 1885, at which time he entered Bethany College, at Lindsboro, Kansas, from which he took his degree in 1888. He returned to Colorado and soon we find him in the office of the Leadville Mines, limited. In the spring of 1889, he went thence to Sonora, Mexico, with the Santa Anna Mining Company and was hoist engineer for a year. After this Mr. Ehrenberg came on to Montana, where he worked under ground in the Clipper mine for a time. Next he came to Helena and there entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Express Company, remaining until 1893. He then took a position with Peter Winne, a real estate and insurance man, where he remained for one year and then entered into partnership with him, the firm being known as Winne & Ehrenberg. He continued in this capacity until 1897, then sold his in- terest in the firm and came thence to the Coeur d'Alene country and at once was installed in charge of the office of the Frisco mines. He held this position with display of excellent ability until December, 1900, when

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Mr. MacDonald, manager, retired from the employ of the company, and Mr. Ehrenberg was installed in his place. Since that time Mr. Ehrenberg has conducted the affairs of the company, both its mines and its mills, and has shown himself a man of capabilities of a high order and worthy of the fullest confidence of the management of the mine. It will be noticed by this outline of Mr. Ehrenberg's career that he has had practical and full experience along all lines from the underground work, the management of the office, the positions requiring technical skill, to the general management of a large concern, all of which has amply fitted a man of his talent to fully discharge his important duties with becoming skill and sagacity. Mr. Ehrenberg has two brothers and two sisters, Charles, J. Walter, Mrs. Bernard MacDonald, Mrs. Swan Anderson.

Mr. Ehrenberg is an enthusiastic member of the Elks and is also a member of the A. F. & A. M., the R. A. M., the K. T. and the Shriners. He is a Re- publican and active in the interests of the county and state. Mr. Ehrenberg has been delegate twice to the state conventions and three times to the county conventions. He is a man of influence and of de- cided ideas and is able to give good and sufficient rea- sons for his acts and belief. In fact, although Mr. Ehrenberg is a man of excellent spirit and maintains a high sense of honor, he is strictly governed in all his business and social life by wisdom and sound judgment and conserves the interest of right and jus- tice in all lines.

ARTHUR C. COGSWELL. The natural ability and real worth of the gentleman whose name is at the head of this article, brought to the front by a de- termined will and fitted for the prosecution of a large business by a careful and thorough training, have fitted him to hold the leading position in Burke, where he is operating at this time. . He is postmas- ter of that town and manager of the Tiger Mercan- tile Company's establishment in connection. He is one of the rising men of the district and is popular and highly respected.

Arthur C. Cogswell was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April 11, 1868, the son of William H. and Mary (Woodill) Cogswell, natives of Nova Scotia. The family is an old English and prominent line and some of them were the Pilgrims in the Mayflower while others came and founded Halifax. Our sub- ject descended from the Halifax line. The father died in Rockford, Washington, in 1897. The mother came from an old English family and died in Rock- ford in 1894. Our subject was reared and educated in Halifax and graduated from the high school there when thirteen. having also carried the business college course in the evenings. When he was seventeen, the family came to Oregon and four years later removed to Rockford, Washington, where our subject was partner with his father in general merchandising. In 1895 Mr. Cogswell came to Murray and took charge of the late MI. Prager's business and continued with

the company for one year. After the death of that gentleman our subject came to Burke and took charge of the Tiger Mercantile establishment and has demon- strated his ability and efficiency here. He has one brother, Byron F., and one sister, Mrs. Rose, whose husband is manager of a steamboat company and a prominent merchant in Dawson, where they dwell. It is of note that the well known philanthropist, Cogs- well, now deceased, of San Francisco, is a second cousin of our subject's father.

In April, 1897, at Rockford, Washington, Mr. Cogswell married Miss Anna, daughter of Alfred M. and Regina Rud, natives of Norway, now residing in Rockford. Mrs. Cogswell was born in Elgin, Illinois. Mr. Cogswell is a member of the K. P., being past C. C., of the Elks and in political matters is a Repub- lican and active. He has been delegate to the state convention and was secretary of the fifth senatorial district in Washington several years. He is now a member of the county central committee.

O. D. JONES, a popular and successful business man of Wallace, is one of the firm of Hayes & Jones, leading clothiers, gents' furnishers and shoe dealers of Wallace. They carry an excellent stock, both as to quality and assortment, do a thriving business and are up-to-date merchants in every respect. Fifteen thousand dollars wortlı, and more of well selected goods are on their shelves at all times.

O. D. Jones was born in Indiana on August 23, 1861, being the son of James R. and Mary A. (Carr) Jones, natives of Kentucky and Indiana, respectively. The father was a pioneer in Indiana, served through the Civil war in an Indiana regiment and died in 1892 at Humansville, Missouri. The mother now lives in Missouri. Our subject was raised in Indiana and graduated from the high school at the age of nine- teen. At that age he went to Missouri and one year later to Arkansas and in a few months from that time he was in Pocatello, where on March, 1883, he went to railroading. He did contract work there and in Pull- man, Washington, and in February, 1884, he came to Murray, where he did excellent business in the placer mines. After that venture Mr. Jones did quartz min- ing, having an interest in the Occident. He sold that property in 1892 and about that time he was appointed postmaster of Murray, which position he filled with faithfulness and efficiency for four years. During this time he had been interested with Mr. Smith in the coal and brokerage business and after he resigned the postmastership in Murray he came to Wallace and ac- tively engaged with Mr. Smith. Two years later he sold out and bought a half interest with Mr. J. J. Hayes, where we find him at the present time. He brought to the firm a wealth of excellent business ability, enterprise and integrity and they now do one of the finest trades in the city.

Fraternally Mr. Jones is affiliated with the K. of P. and the Elks and is popular and highly esteemed in these relations as also in all his walks. Politically

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he is a Democrat and a forceful factor in the cam- paigns. Mr. Jones has two brothers and one sister, W. P., a miner at Wardner ; Frank S., a merchant at Deer Lodge, Montana ; Lione J. England, in Missouri. On February 27, 1894, Mr. Jones married Miss Ella Stabnenow, whose parents now live in Germany. The nuptials occurred in Murray and to this couple there has been born one child, Leslie.

JOHN CARLSON, of the firm of Carlson & Erickson, proprietors of the Carlson & Erickson sa- loon, in Gem, is a man of large experience in the mining world and in addition to his business here has some fine interests in a promising group of claims that he assisted to locate some years since. He was born in Sweden on December. 30, 1870, the son of Carl and Lizzie ( Swanson) Peterson, natives of Swe- den. The father is a carpenter and builder and lives in Sweden now. The mother died in September, 1902, in her native land. Our subject was educated in the public schools until he was fifteen and then came to the United States. He at once took a position in the mines and in the mining mills in Colorado and for six years he was found steadily pursuing his way in these lines and during this time he became a very skillful miner and a good judge of minerals, which knowledge has been of inestimable value to him in his subsequent career. In 1891 Mr. Carlson came to the Coeur d'Alene country, and for the first eleven nionthis was engaged in the Frisco. Then in company with his brother, Andrew Peterson, Gus Nelson and Gus Peterson, he located the group of claims referred to and known as the Great Eastern. They are located near the Mammoth and since their location they have been pushing development work vigorously. They have eleven hundred feet of tunneling and the showings justify the work being done, as the property is one of the promising mines of the district. And here we wish to mention that Mr. Carlson is one of the men whose skilled knowledge tells him that the Coeur d'Alene country is one of the greatest mining districts of the world and he manifests his excellent judgment in unbounded faith in the mineral resources of this sec- tion, which doubtless are but in their infancy at the present time. In June, 1898, Mr. Carlson embarked in the saloon business and since that time he has conducted the business with his partner in addition to his mining interests. He has one brother, Gus, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Lundine, Mrs. Tilda Wineburg.

At Spokane, in 1897, Mr. Carlson married Mrs. Anna Sawyer, a native of Minnesota. She has one daughter, Maud Conlon, in Rossland, British Colum- bia. Mr. Carlson is a member of the K. P.

PAUI. F. SMITH. When the time was ripe for the organization of the Wallace Board of Trade the subject of this sketch was a prime mover in the ac-

complishment of the excellent enterprise and to-day he holds the responsible position of president of that body and skill, executive ability and keen business discrimination are of inestimable value to the board, and thus to the town of Wallace. Mr. Smith is con- ducting a prosperous business in the line of grain, coal and merchandise broker, and his efforts are crowned with a gratifying success.

Paul F. Smith was born in Adams county, Illinois, On November 20, 1861, being the son of John P. and Janie (Selby) Smith, natives of Illinois and Kentucky, respectively. Major Robert F. Smith, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Philadelphia, of English parentage, and enlisted in the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. He served four and one-half years and rose to the rank of major general. He had been in the state militia many years previous to this, and was engaged in putting down the Mormon troubles at Nauvoo and Carthage. The mother of our subject came from an old and prominent southern family, and died when this son was eight. Paul FF. was reared in Illinois, and attended the district schools. When nineteen he went to Montana and entered the transfer business, where he operated for several years, and in 1884 we find him among the early ones in Eagle City, and in 1889 he setticd in Wallace. He at once en- gaged in his present occupation, and since that time has given strict attention to business and has achieved a flattering success in this line. Fraternally Mr. Smith is a member of the Elks and of the K. of P., Lodge No. 9. in Wallace, being past C. C.

On November 25, 1889, Mr. Smith married Miss Mabel E., daughter of Oscar and Minnie Pease. The father is deceased, but the mother is now residing in Murray. Two children have been born to this mar- riage,-Frank, aged eleven. and Clarence, aged nine. Mr. Smith is one of the leading citizens of Wallace, and his popularity is unmistakable, for he has three times been chosen chief executive of the city.

ALBERT S. BALCH is at the present time con- ducting a saloon in Gem, but he is a thorough mining man, and has wrought in that line largely, while also he is now interested heavily in promising properties of this district. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on April 24, 1862, the son of Samuel R. and Elizabeth (Woods) Balch, natives of Vermont. The father came to Michigan in 1837, and his father was a native of Massachusetts. This gentleman entered the em- ploy of John Adams when he was quite young and was brought up by Adams. The first ancestor of the Balch family known new was one of the first white children born in Plymouth bay settlements. Samuel R. Balch died in Kalamazoo, Michigan, August 3, 1890. aged eighty-six. He had been a farmer and stockman all his life. The mother of our subject was called from the scenes of earth on December 25, 1866. She came from an old New England family. Our subject was educated in Michigan and remained there until 1881, when he migrated to Missouri, doing railroad work

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there for two years. Then lic went to Eldorado, Kansas, and learned the butcher trade, remaining until 1886. He also operated a meat market in Scott City for two years. In 1888 Mr. Balch came to Puget Sound and for eighteen months was in Tacoma, and then went to Fairhaven, where he continued until 1896. December 6, of that year. found him in the Coeur d'Alene country, where since that time he has been. Mining occupied him until 1900, when he started his present business. Mr. Balch has four brothers and one sister,-Herbert M., Elmer A., William A., Uriel K. and Laura O. Chapman.

On May 7, 1902, Mr. Balch married Miss Josephine Wandou, the wedding occurring in Wallace. Mr. Balch is a member of the I. O. O. F., Fairhaven Lodge No. 79, having been noble grand five terms ; of the K. P., past C. C., being in the order since 1883; of the Uniform Rank, being Sir Knight Captain ; of the Elks, and has been financial secretary of the miners' union. Mr. Balch was one of the most enthusiastic workers of the I. O. O. F., and especially of the K. P., in the Sound country, and was coe of the most prominent members of the latter order in that section. He was a charter member of these lodges and did much for their advancement.

CHARLES EHRENBERG is a popular man of Gem, where he has resided for some time. He is now an efficient shift boss in the Frisco, where he has served with acceptability for some time. He was born in Sweden May 10, 1864, and his parents are mentioned elsewhere in this work. Our subject came to the United States with his brothers and sisters when young and settled in Leadville, Colorado, where he attended district school for some time, later taking a high school course. In the spring of 1881 he went to Lake valley, New Mexico, and mined there for five years. Then he returned to Colorado and remained until 1889, min- ing, at which time he made a trip to his native country and also traveled through the countries of Denmark, Scotland, Ireland and England. Returning to the United States, he later came on to Sonora, Mexico, where his brother was, and there he wrought in the mines for a time. Next we see Mr. Ehrenberg in Pony, Montana, and also he visited other places in that state and was employed in various capacities in the mines. It was 1891 that he came to the Coeur d'Alene country, and for three years he was in the Tiger and Poorman. and then five years were spent in the hoist, making continuous service except the time he was at the World's Fair in 1893. After this long term of service was expired Mr. Ehrenberg spent six months in British Columbia and then came to the Frisco, where he mined six months and then took his present position, in which he has constantly operated since.

On August 9, 1897, Mr. Ehrenberg married Miss Freda Larson, daughter of Carl and Ulrika ( Peterson) Larson, natives of Sweden. The father died in Boulder county. Colorado, in 1885, and the mother lives there now. Mrs. Ehrenberg was born in Sweden and came

to the United States with her parents when three years old. She has two brothers and two sisters,-Andrew G., Emil, Christine Norberg, Elizabeth Rawley. To this marriage have been born the following children: Thelma, aged four, Gladys, aged two, and Helen, aged six months. Mr. Ehrenburg is a member of the A. F. & A. M. the R. A. M., the K. T. and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In political matters Mr. Ehrenberg is an independent thinker.

ABRAHAM L. LEHMAN, M. D., V. S., is one of the leading physicians of northern Idaho and stands as a most skillful surgeon, having demonstrated his skill and ability on numerous occasions. He is not only popular with the people but is held in high repute among his confreres and is a man of keen ability in diagonsis and of deep erudition in the medical lore ot the day.

Abraham L. Lehman was born in New York city, on April 14, 1865, being the son of David and Rachel (Burnham) Lehman. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, and died in 1870, aged forty-five years and had followed a mercantile life. The mother was born in Germany and died in 1898 aged sixty-five. Our subject was raised in his native place and after the grammar and high school came west, following mer- chandising in Mullan from 1888 to 1894. He then spent five years in the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, receiving his diploma from the medical and veterinary departments. He commenced prac- tice in Montana and then came to Wallace, opened an office and is now at the head of a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Lehman is surgeon for the Northern Pacific and the Providence hospital. He is a man of quick and brusque manner but is possessed of a ten- der heart and alert sympathy and has rendered untold benefit in his service to the suffering. He has no brothers or sisters and fraternally he is affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., Shoshone Lodge No. 25; and with the Scottish Rite in the thirty-second degree at Spokane.

In January, 1889, Dr. Lehman married Miss Han- nah, daughter of Henry and Fanny Levinger, both deceased. Five children have been born to crown this happy union, Benjamin, Walter, Fanny, Henry and Rachel.

ROY H. KINGSBURY, the capable and popular bookkeeper of the Empire State & Idaho Mining & Development Company, in Burke, is one of the rising young business men of this section and deserves repre- sentation in the history of this county. He was born in Yankton, South Dakota, on January 19, 1877, the son of Theodore A. and Frances M. (Hollister) Kingsbury. The father was born near Utica, New York, and served in the Civil war, being a surgeon. Following the war he was in a drug store in Yankton and then acted as chief clerk in the United States land office at Water- town of South Dakota. After this he owned and opera-

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ted a drug store at Watertown and in May, 1888, he was called hence by death. The mother was born near Delavan, Wisconsin, and now lives in Spokane. Her father still lives at the old home place, a prominent man and an old pioneer of that state. Our subject's father and his father's brother, George W., were pio- neers in South Dakota, and Kingsbury county is named for them. The uncle has served in the state legisla- ture and is at present owner and editor of the Press and Dakotian, one of the leading papers of the state. Their sister is the wife of Colonel Melvin Griggsby of the Rough Riders. Our subject remained in Dakota until thirteen, being in the high school in Watertown then. At that time he and his mother and sister re- moved to Spokane where he resumed his studies in the high school. After the high school course, Mr. Kingsbury learned bookkeeping and stenography and occupied a position in the office of the Echo mills. When he resigned from there he was wheat buyer and bookkeeper. Then he was with the Washington Mill Company for a time and in January, 1900, he accepted his present position with the Empire State and Idaho Mining and Development Company, and has since that time steadily continued in the discharge of the duties incumbent upon him here. He has one sister, Mabel I., court stenographer several years in Spokane and now in Chicago.

On February 20, 1901, Mr. Kingsbury married Miss Bertha L., daughter of John W. and Ina A. Hender- son, natives of Pennsylvania. The father is now de- ceased and the mother lives at Sprague, Washington. Mrs. Kingsbury was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, and has one brother, Martin C., and one sister, May. Mr. Kingsbury is a member of the K. P., while he and his wife belong to the Episcopalian church.

J. WALTER EHRENBERG is well known as one of the most skillful wood workers in the Coeur d'Alene district. He comes from the nation whence came some of the most skillful mechanics known to the civilized world, among which is Ericsson, world famous for his skilled inventions. Our subject was born in Sweden, February 19, 1856. His parents and brothers and sis- ters are mentioned elsewhere in this work. In 1879 Mr. Ehrenberg came to Leadville, Colorado, with his brothers and joined his sister, Mrs. Anderson, already there. He was well educated in the public schools of his native land and served a good apprenticeship in the wood working craft. He wrought in Leadville on the new smelter and the Little Chief mine for a year and then went to Lake Valley, New Mexico, where he did carpenter work in the mines, his brother-in-law, B. MacDonald, being there also. Next we see Mr. Ehren- berg in Boulder, Colorado, visiting, after which he went to New Mexico again and then visited his native land. He returned after the summer and wrought in various mines in New Mexico and Colorado and from Denver came to Spokane. In the time of the Murray rush, in 1884, he went thither and later went to Montana and wrought in the Lee Mountain and Cumberland mines.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 259

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