An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 265

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Publication date: 1903
Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
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JAMES BOND, of the firm of Bissinger & Bond. proprietors of a leading saloon in Wallace, is a man of wide and large experience in the business and mining world and is really one of the best expert miners of the entire Coeur d'Alene country, which is demonstrated by some of the trying and difficult work which he has accomplished successfully in the face of great odds.

James Bond was born in England on August 27, 1864, the son of Henry and Ellen (Webb) Bond, na- tives of England, where the father now lives. The mother died there in 1864. Our subject was well educated in his native land and in 1881, he came to the United States. He was the youngest of thirteen children and early learned self reliance. In this coun- try he worked in the New Jersey mines, then contracted to sink shafts in the Pennsylvania coal fields and then we find him in the iron mines of the Lake Superior region. He was one of the first five who went to the Cascade, called now the Volunteer. He was there four years, being shift boss. During this time a terri- ble epidemic of typhoid fever raged and our subject and the bookkeeper were the only two of the officials left and they managed by almost superhuman effort to keep things running, sometimes remaining forty-eight hours at a time without sleep. He and his wife op- erated the boarding house there and later sold it and went to England. They returned to this country and Mr. Bond was foreman in the Sheridan near McKin- ley for four years. Then he went to Montana and there accomplished a timbering of a cave-in of a mine which was accounted impossible. Later he put into practical execution the hydraulic drill which was thought by all to be impractical. He was night boss

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for a year, then came to the Tiger. Six days later he hurt his foot and went to the hospital, then went to work in the Standard after which Mr. Bond opened a grocery store at Black Bear and conducted it until recently, and still owns the building, it being rented. Mr. Bond owns the Anglers' Inn on Lake Coeur d'Alene and March 14, 1903, he opened his present business which is thriving because of the fact of his extensive acquaintance and popularity. Mr. Bond has two brothers, Ernest, Charles, policeman in Liverpool, England. He has two sisters, Nellie, Annie.

In England, in 1885, Mr. Bond married Miss Ellen, daughter of Joseph and Lane Pierce. The father was killed in a Cornish mine a few years previous to this marriage and the mother lives in Wales. Mrs. Bond has four brothers : Alfred, Frank, William, Richard, and three sisters : Annie Rolfe, Beatrice, and Helena. Beatrice sang by royal command before the queen. Mrs. Bond has always been associated with her hus- band in business, having acquired a good training in business schools in England. Mr. Bond is a member of the K. P., of the Foresters, of the Redmen, of the A. D. K., being oriental guide in the last order. Mr. Bond is largely interested in the Headlight and the Surprise and many other leading mining properties.

LYMAN WOOD, a prominent man of Wallace, a leading and enterprising citizen, has for years and is now handling a fine building and contracting business. He is a skilled and capable man in his line of business and has the confidence of the people and his wisdom and skill have been active in producing some of the finest edifices of the town.

Lyman Wood was born in Mercer county, Penn- sylvania, on March 18, 1852, the son of Eli C. and Elizabeth (Ross) Wood. The father was born in Ver- mont and he came from an old New England family of prominence. He went to Murray in the first rush and died there in November, 1902, having spent the inter- vening years there in mining. The mother was born of a Dutch family in Pennsylvania and died in 1893. Our subject was educated and reared in La Salle coun- ty, Illinois, whither his parents had removed in 1856. In 1864 he left the parental roof and went to Streator, Illinois, taking up the carpenter trade, which he had learned from a skilled father. He followed the trade in Illinois for the intervening years until he was twenty-two and then went to Denver, Pueblo, and other places in Colorado and Kansas. In 1875 he journeyed to Wisconsin and remained a decade. Next we see him in Murray and there he remained until 1890. He followed his trade and in 1890 he wrought in Osburn and the following year he located in Wallace and this has been the scene of his labors since. For a time Mr. Wood operated a planing mill and later built another but of late years he has given his attention entirely to his craft. In addition to this, however, Mr. Wood has large interests in various mining properties, is a trus- tee for the Comet and acting agent for the Atlas, whose owners are largely in Boston. The latter is a

Stevens Peak copper property. He also owns prop- erty in Wallace and is a substantial man. Mr. Wood has three brothers, James R., Josiah, Jesse, and three sisters, Lydia Dunn, Sarah Ashley and Katherine Greenman.

On April 16, 1876, at Omro, Wisconsin, Mr. Wood married Miss Mary J., daughter of John and Eliza- beth Challoner, natives of England, where they were married. They came to this country and the father died in 1897 and the mother in 1894. Mrs. Wood has one brother, John. Four children have been born to this marriage, Bessie, wife of G. W. Brown, with the N. P. in Wallace; John C., operates the concentra- tor in Gem; Edgar, a carpenter in Wallace; Earl A., handling a poultry ranch at Tekoa, Washington. Mr. Wood is a member of the Elks, of the Maccabees, and in political alliances is with the Republicans.

CHESTER B. BOYDEN is a miner of extended experience in the northwest and also in southwestern United States. He was born in Canton, New York, on May 18, 1850, the son of William D. and Dolly ( Nash) Boyden. The father was born in Massachu- setts, coming from an old American family of English (lescent. He died in 1882 aged sixty-five. The mother was born in St. Albans, Vermont. Our subject was raised and educated in his native place and when nine- teen he went to Chicago, thence to Pioche, Nevada, where he spent eight years prospecting, mining and as- saying. He was in various places in Nevada and Arizona, then operated a hoisting engine for four and one half years at Tombstone, Arizona. In 1884 Mr. Boyden started out on a trip to Nevada, California, Colorado, then to Missouri, and then went east on a visit. Later we see him in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was in a railroad office for eight years. In 1896-7 he came to the coast and prospected in British Columbia, then went to Alaska. going over the Stickeen pass to Teslin lake and thence down the river to Dawson. He was taken with typhoid pneumonia and went down the river to St. Michaels with four other prospectors in an open boat, dining on salmon and rice. Then he took passage on a sailing vessel and in thirty-cight days, after a stormy voyage, was in Seattle, whence he came to Spokane. The next spring we find Mr. Boyden in the Buffalo Hump country and after some prospecting for that season, hic came to Mullan and since that time he has been here in mining operations. Mr. Boyden is of the opinion that this is the best mining section that he has visited and is satisfied with its promises, which are daily be- ing verified into paying mines. Mr. Boyden is inter- ested in the Boston group, a lead property, about one mile west from Mullan. He also has other properties and is giving his attention to their development and im- provement. Mr. Bovden has three brothers, Henry D., William H., Leslie A.

On October 20, 1878, Mr. Boyden married Miss Delia, daughter of Charles and Angelina Gleason. Mr. Gleason is dead, but his widow lives in Canton, New

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York, where Mrs. Boyden was born. The wedding oc- curred at Pioche, Nevada. Mrs. Boyden has two sis- ters, Mrs. Hattie Roys, and Mrs. Cora. Three chil- dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Boyden, Dwight A., aged twenty ; Dollie, aged nineteen ; Nellie, aged nine. Mrs. Boyden and the children are at present in Canton, New York, but expect soon to come to the west again. Mr. Boyden is a member of the K. O. T. M., and a Republican.

NORTON R. PENNEY is the postmaster at Gem and also conducts a large mercantile establishment which, because of his capabilities and enterprise in this line. has become a leading establishment of the district and is now favored with a thriving patronage. Norton R. Penney was born on Long Island, New York, on April 1, 1840, the son of Manassah F. and Phoebe (Robinson) Penney, natives of Long Island. The family of Norton was one of the early families on Long Island and prominent in the American cause. Our subject's paternal grandmother was a Squires and the family was one of the first settlers on Long Island and they still retain the old homestead. A cousin of his grandfather was retained in the Halifax prison for trying to blow up a British man-of-war in the time of the Revolution. Joseph Penney, brother of our subject's father, was in the war of 1812 and was af- terward a famous sea captain. The father came to Illinois in 1853 and died there in 1890, having been a prominent man of the state. The mother of Norton R. died in 1854, aged thirty-nine, in Illinois. Her father came to that state with the Andover colony in the carly part of the nineteenth century. Norton R. was reared and educated in Illinois, and when nineteen went to California, it being an extension of a trip to Pikes Peak. He located at Poorman's creek and mined three years and then returned to Illinois. In 1870 he went to Iowa and in 1874 journeyed to Utah, where he mined until 1888. Then Mr. Penney came to Wallace and took a contract on the O. R. & N. be- tween Tekoa and Wallace and a year later brought in his family and opened the Penney hotel. This property was consumed in the big fire of 1890 and then he con- ducted the Idaho two years, selling to Fred Kratzer . at that time. Mr. Penney operated the Carter a while and then did a dairy business and in the fall of 1902. he came to Gem and established the mercantile house which he conducts at this time. Mr. Penney has three brothers, Charles, Theodore M., and Warren D., the last two being prominent in the Civil war and both dying in that conflict. He has three sisters, Maria S. Converse, Rose Jacks, Isabelle Woods.

On January 1, 1866, at Munson, Illinois, Mr. Pen- ney married Miss Elnora, daughter of Elisha and Margaret (Wright) Attwater. The father was born in New York, of an American family of prominence, and served as lieutenant in the One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Mounted Infantry. During the French and Indian war a brig was captured which belonged to the family and recently Mrs. Penney received a

check for two dollars and sixty cents as her part of the reimbursement, the amount being so small on account of the great increase of heirs. Mrs. Penney's mother was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and comes from a prominent family. Mrs. Penney was born in Rocky Island, September, 1848, and has four brothers and one sister: George, Robert, John, Frank, Mary E. Boyd, whose husband is a prominent man in Kan- sas. Four children have been born to this marriage: Margaret, wife of J. F. Nottingham, a merchant in Dayton, Washington ; Nora, wife of Grant S. Potter, a business man in Wallace; Gertrude, Norton E., in the high school; Theodore A., who was drowned at Dudley, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Am- herst and was an instructor in Dudley academy. His death occurred on August 13, 1900. Mr. Penney is a member of the K. P. and of the A. O. U. W. He and his wife are members of the Congregational church.

JOHN C. WOOD is doubtless the youngest fore- man in the entire Coeur d'Alene district, and it is un- necessary to remark that unusual ability and efficiency have brought him this position. He is foreman of the Hecla concentrator at Gem and his career has always been characterized by wisdom, enterprise and dis- cretion as have been evinced in the capacity where we find him at the present writing.

John C. Wood was born in New London, Wiscon- sin, on January 12, 1880, and his parents and brothers and sisters are mentioned elsewhere in this volume, namely : in the sketch of Lyman Wood. In 1885 the family removed to Murray and our subject there be- gan his school course which was finished in the high school in Wallace. In 1896 he left that pleasant part of life, the school days, and began the real battle of business. He was in the employ of Finch & Camp- bell in outside work about the Standard for three years. Then he was appointed shift boss in the mill at Wal- lace, where he did good work for three years. In July, 1902, he was transferred as foreman of the Hecla mill and there he is fulfilling the duties incumbent in a capable and faithful manner. Mr. Wood is inter- ested heavily with his father in mining properties and is a stirring spirit in this line. Fraternally, he is affili- ated with the Elks and the Maccabees and in political matters he is independent. Mr. Wood is a popular and highly esteemed young man.

JOHN F. METZ, of the firm of Metz & Mealley. proprietors of the Idaho resort in Wallace, is an ener- getic and enterprising business man and is conducting a popular place of business. He was born in St. Paul. Minnesota, on September 22, 1869, the son of Charles and Mary (Gruppel) Metz, who now dwell in St. Paul. The father was born in Germany and followed contracting and building. The mother was born in St. Louis and comes of German ancestry. Our subject spent the first seventeen years of his life in his native

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place and acquired a good education and then started out for himself. He first went to Montana and was en- gaged in a hotel and later in a restaurant, learning the business thoroughly. In 1888 Mr. Metz went to Tekoa, Washington, and opened the Pioneer restau- rant and conducted it a year. Next we see him in Wal- lace and for three years he was in the saloon and res- taurant business. In 1894 Mr. Metz leased the Idaho hotel and for three years he did a good business and then sold out and went to Ft. Steele, where he operated a restaurant for one year. Next he followed the same business in Saltesc, Montana, and also conducted a saloon. Mr. Metz then turned to prospecting and did some exploiting in the Buffalo Hump country. He lo- cated a claim but being short of funds abandoned it. It was relocated and sold for ten thousand dollars. In 1899 he returned to Wallace and January first engaged in h's present business with Ed ()'Mally, who recently sold his interest to Michael Mealley. They conducted a place which is a popular resort for miners and pros- pectors. Mr. Metz has five brothers, William, Henry, Charles, George, Herbert, and one sister. Christena Hendricks. Mr. Metz is still the possessor of the joys and quietness of the bachelor. He is a member of the Elks and in politics is a Democrat.

FRED C. GREENWALD is the senior member of the firm of Greenwald & Coller, proprietors of the Windsor hotel, the leading hostelry in Mullan, and a house which is a favorite with the traveling public and the recipient of a thriving patronage.

Fred C. Greenwald was born in Herne, Germany, on April 1, 1870, the son of Robert and Alwine ( Erde- len) Greenwald, natives of Herne. The father died in 1892. He had been a soldier in the Austrian and the Franco-Prussian wars. The mother still lives in Herne. Our subject was educated in the public schools and learned the confectioner's art. He wrought at this industry until he was eighteen, then came to the United States and located in Hoboken, New Jer- sey. One year there in a hotel, then to Buffalo, New York, then in Kansas City, later in Arizona, Los An- geles and other places in California he wrought in cook- ing and at his trade. In the fall of 1891, he came to Spokane and was pastry cook there until June, 1896, in the Spokane hotel. Then he came to Wallace and took a position in the Carter house, after which he was in the Morning mine in Mullan, then cooked at the miners' boarding house in Burke and in Septem- ber, 1901, Mr. Greenwald entered partnership with Ed Lappat and bought the business of the Windsor house. Later Mr. Lappat sold to Mr. Coller who is now in partnership with our subject. Their excel- lent cuisine, wise management of business, kind treat- ment of all and genial manner, have won for them a gratifying patronage and made their house the center of the travelers for this town.

Mr. Greenwald has four brothers and two sisters living in Germany, Paul, Ernest, William, Robert, Adele. Emma. On October 5. 1898, at Spokane, Mr.

Greenwald married Miss Thea C. Carter, who is a native of Norway. Her parents are both deccased. Two children have been born to this union, Alma A. and Clara T. Mr. Greenwald is a member of the Red- men and is past sachem. He is manager of the Stev- ens Peak Copper and Gold Mining Company, secre- tary of the Wellington Copper and Gold Mining Com- pany and is also interested in several other promising properties.

ALBERT E. BOOKWALTER is master me- chanic of the Mammouth mine at Gem and in this ca- pacity has manifested great skill and execution in his line and is a popular and substantial man. He was born in Indiana, on September 7, 1862, the son of Will- iam H. and Bettie (Flora) Bookwalter, natives of Indiana, and they now live at Bookwalter, Nebraska. They came from old and prominent families and are leading people in their present home. Our subject was educated well and learned the machinist trade while going on with his school. This was at Pawnee City, Nebraska. Since that time he has given most of his time to engineering and machine work. He followed his trades in Nebraska until 1800 and then came to Corvallis, Oregon. He was engincer and master mechanic in the carriage works there for five years, then went to Salem and took charge of the elec- tric plant there until August, 1899. At the last date mentioned, he came to the Coeur d'Alene country and was installed as master mechanic at the Mammoth and there he has continued since. Mr. Bookwalter has four brothers and four sisters: Frank, Allison, John, Joseph, Lilly, Annie, Lida, Bertha.

On August 4, 1883, Mr. Bookwalter married Ma- linda J., daughter of Charles and Sophia ( Clark) Cruse, natives of Indiana and now living at Liberty, Nebraska. The wedding occurred in Pawnee City, Nebraska. Mrs. Bookwalter is a native of Franklin county, Indiana, and has two brothers and three sis- ters: Marion, Henry, Elnora Patterson, Elsie Harris, Lulu Doty. To Mr. and Mrs. Bookwalter there have been born six children : Vernon, William, Lewis, Flora, Elnora, Marie M. Mr. Bookwalter is a member of the .A. F. & A. M., of the I. O. O. F. and of the W. W. He is a Republican and always allied on the side of prog- ress and improvement.

JACOB MORITZ. one of the best known mer- chants of Orofino, is eminently deserving of mention in the history of northern Idaho, since he has been more or less connected with the country for a score or more of years, since he is now one of the steady labor- ers for development and advancement, since he is a man of integrity, and since he is a popular and capa- ble man and possessed of a public spirit. Perhaps no man in the Clearwater valley is beloved sincerely by more people than the subject of this sketch and his affability, kindness, real worth of character, genuine sympathy with his fellows, and cheering words to all,

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are some of the reasons that have wrought this state of affairs and hold his large circle of admiring friends. Jacob Moritz was born in York, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 1860, being the son of Moses and Henrietta (Danabaum) Moritz, natives of Germany. The father was a prominent physician in York and died in Sep- tember, 1879. The mother died when our subject was twenty. Jacob had received a good education in the public schools and high school in York and in 1882 he went to Pueblo, Colorado, to visit relatives. Thence he made his way to Portland, Oregon, and soon was installed as steward on one of the O. R. & N. steamers. For eighteen years he made the Snake river trip and was known favorably all over the country adjacent to that run. He is an only child, but has half-brothers and half-sisters as follows: Frank, David and Pau- line. In 1899 Mr. Moritz located in Orofino and op- ened a general merchandise store and has enjoyed a first-class trade since that time.

At Lewiston, on August 7, 1897, Mr. Moritz mar- ried Miss Hattie M., daughter of Frank and Sarah (Maguire) Pixley. Mr. Pixley died when Mrs. Mor- itz was five years old and his widow is now living at Waha, on the reservation. Mrs. Moritz was born in Kansas, on February 22. 1877, and has three brothers, Orrin, in Lewiston; Walter and James, at Waha.

CHARLES E. FORT, who is well known in the Coeur d'Alene country, is a popular business man in Gem and is also interested in mining. to which he gives his attention a portion of the time. He was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, on February 15, 1867, the son of Thomas S. Fort, native of New York state. The father was a pioneer to Wisconsin and died in Michigan in 1887. Our subject was reared in Wiscon- sin until twelve, attended district school and then went to Michigan with the family. There he was a con- stant attendant in school until he was sixteen when he learned the baker's trade and followed it in Michi- gan for some time. Then after his father's death he was employed in the mines in various places in the state until 1892, when he opened a cigar and confec- tionery store in Ironwood, Michigan, and sold out one year later. He was engaged in the grocery busi- ness there for a time and in 1897 he came to Gem. He took a position in the mines and then opened a cigar and confectionery store. Mr. Fort has one brother, Edward.

At Hurley, Wisconsin, on January 21, 1889, Mr. Fort married Miss Lauretta, a daughter of Joseph and Julia (Johnson) Strike, natives of England and New York, reespectively. The father lives in Wisconsin, where he follows blacksmithing. The mother died April 26, 1902. Mrs. Fort died August 16, 1900, at Gem, aged twenty-five years, leaving two sons, Thomas R., and Harvey. On September 26, 1901, Mr. Fort married Mrs. Mary Lawrence, who is a sister of his first wife. The marriage occurred in Missoula, Montana. Mrs. Fort was born in Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 23, 1872. She has two girls by her first mar-

riage. Clara M. and Olive M. Mrs. Fort has two sisters living, Sarah J. Jones and Grace, and two brothers, Harry and James. Mr. Fort is a member of the I. O. O. F., Encampment and the K. P. He is handling a fine cigar store and confectionery estab- lishment, his wife aiding in this enterprise, while he also does considerable work in photography and has some elegant views on sale.

FRANCIS E. GILLICE is one of the young men of Gem whose popularity is unmistakable, and whose uprightness and capabilities have hightly won for him this enviable position and the confidence which is his to enjoy in unstinted measure. He is at present the hoist engineer in the Frisco mine and is one of the effi- cient men of the district.

Francis E. Gillice was born in Placer county, Cal- ifornia, on October 10, 1877, the son of Owen and Ingeberg (Wickstrom) Gillice. The father was a native of Ireland, came to California in 1849 and there followed mining until his death, in 1881. He had come across the plains. The mother was born in Sweden and now lives near Salem. After the death of his father our subject came with his mother and the balance of the family to Kansas, whence they went to 'Oregon. Mrs. Gillice married Samuel Miles in Kansas, a native of Indiana, whose ancestors were of the stanch Quaker stock. Our subject attended the graded and high schools in Salem and in October. 1898, he came thence to the Coeur d'Alene country where he at once began labor in the Bunker Hill and Sullivan. He remained there until the mines closed in 1899 and after work was resumed he came to the Frisco and since then he has been one of the efficient force in that property. He has held his present position about nine months and is a capable hand in this responsible place. Mr. Gillice has one brother. Oscar. Mr. Gillice is a member of the Elks and popular in this leading fraternal order in the Coeur d'Alene country. 1

HON. CLIFFORD C. FULLER. now conducting a real estate and insurance business in Orofino, is with- out doubt one of the leading business men of the Clear- water valley, as will be evident from a perusal of his life's review, which we append, deeming it a pertinent portion of the history of Shoshone county.

Clifford C. Fuller was born in Morenci, Michigan. on August 21, 1868, being the son of Morris F. and Mary L. (Page) Fuller. The father was born in New York State, being descended from a prominent family of long standing in the Empire State. His eldest brother, Rev. J. Q. Fuller, was a well known divine of Atlanta, Georgia. The father is now a retired farmer in Huron, South Dakota. The mother of our subject was born in Fairfield township, Michigan. Her par- ents were natives of New York State and early pio- neers to Michigan. They were in Detroit when it was held by the British. The maternal grandmother of our

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 265

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