An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 274

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LOUIS A. SCHLESINGER is one of the lead- ing young mining men of the Murray country, and it is with pleasure that we are enabled to grant an epitome of his career in this connection. He was born in Oakland, California, on September 15, 1879. the son of Louis and Julia A. (Stevens) Schlesinger. 'Ine father was born in Liverpool, England, ran away from home when thirteen and came as a stowaway to New York, landing there penniless. He married when eighteen and soon had made a fortune of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. He operated with Jay Gould and Fiske, and gave Fiske his first start as a peddler. Later he came to California (this was in the sixties) and did a printing business. He has returned to the East since then and still lives. The mother was born in Iowa and is still living. Our

subject was reared in Oakland and San Francisco and educated in those cities. He did printing for some time and then wrought in a hotel, and when he was eighteen he married and spent one year on the bridal tour. He then came to Murray, landing here in March; 1901. He took the secretaryship of the I'rager Mining Company. Limited, and since that time he has continued in this department. He is one of the stirring men of the camp and is possessed of good ability and uprightness. Mr. Schlesinger has one brother, Wallace.

At San Francisco, California, on May 16, 1900, Mr. Schlesinger married Miss Ruby II., daughter of Lewis Prager, mentioned in this work. She was born near Portland on January 11, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Schlesinger are popular residents of Murray and en- joy the best of standing among all. He is a member of the K. P.

JOHN H. NEWBURY is a well and favorably known mining man of Mullan and he is entitled to be represented among the early pioneers of this country and is one of the real builders of the county. He was born in Ohio on May 5, 1861, the son of Joseph B. and Mary A. (Thornbury) Newbury, natives of New York state and Richmond, Indiana, respect- ively. On both sides of the house the ancestors have been patriotic Americans, who have shown their love of country by arduous and faithful service in all the struggles through which the young nation was called to go. The paternal ancestors came in the persons of two brothers to the new world in 1659, and they al- lied themselves with the interests of the colonists, and the family has been stanch Americans since. Our subject's great-grandfather fought in the Revolution, his grandfather took part in the struggle of 1812 and the father and one son participated in the Civil war, enlisting in April, 1862, in Company I, Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out at the close of the war in Washington, D. C. His son, Abel T., was in the war also. The mother of our sub- ject comes from an old Quaker family and her grand- father was a patriot in the Revolution and her father in the war of 1812. He also was a noted frontiers- man and associated with Daniel Boone, Kenton and other Kentucky pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Newbury are now living in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, and if they live until September 15. 1903, they will cele- brate the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding day.

Our subject was reared in Ohio and educated in the district schools and when fifteen went to the Black Hills, and then spent four years in traveling about, visiting different states and territories. In 1880 he was in Montana, mining and freighting. and January 1. 1884. he came to Eagle City. In April. 1885, he went to Helena, remaining until 1886, when he came to Mullan, and here he has made his home since that time. He has two brothers, Abel T., Charles B., and three sisters. Mrs. W. H. Sutherland, Mrs. F. C. Jones, Mrs. F. E. I.ee.

On August 27, 1884, Mr. Newbury married Miss

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Frances J., daughter of Frederick C. and Hester (Vertreese) Gremm. Mr. Gremm is an architect in Helena. Montana. Mrs. Gremm is deceased. Three children have been born to this union, William G., Ray E., Joseph B. Mrs. Newbury has four sis- ters, Mrs. James J. Gibbons, Mrs. Charles G. Stubbs, Mrs. M. Christen, Mrs. F. Wilcox. Mrs. Newbury is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Newbury is a Republican and has been delegate to several coun- ty and state conventions. He is at present president of the Gremm Mining Company, which property was located on August 25, 1886.

BRIDGET GAFFNEY is the widow of Patrick Gaffney and the daughter of Bernard and Mary (Martin) Gaffney. She was born in September, 1833, in Ireland, and came to Boston in 1851 with her parents, who shortly returned to Ireland. She followed the art of the seamstress in Boston until 1859, when she came to San Francisco, via the Isth- mus, where she remained until 1867, when she came to Pierce with her husband and one son, Frank. Mr. Gaffney did placer mining in the Pierce district and also followed the butcher business. About 1880 Mr. Gaffney took a pre-emption on the Weippe and later a homestead, and then he bought a quarter. Mrs. Gaffney has deeded one-quarter of this to her son William, mentioned in this volume. Mr. Gaffney raised stock, as high as two hundred head at one time, and was a very prosperous and a prominent cit- izen. He was a native of Sligo, Ireland, and was in- terested with Mrs. Gaffney's father in a brewery there. He came to California in 1858 and mined un- til 1861, and then went to Pierce in the first excite- ment, which was the fall of 1861, and then he was also in the Florence stampede. In the summer of 1862 he went to Montana and mined two years in Virginia City. He was one of twenty who first ex- plored Yellowstone Park. Then he returned to Cali- fornia, and thence went to Honduras, and in 1866 he was again in California, and January of that year Mrs. Gaffney was married to him. Then they came to Pierce, as stated, and also Mr. Gaffney was in the foremost part of the Cœur d'Alene rush. He died on July 21, 1896, beloved by all and a highly re- spected and esteemed man, in- whom all recognized a person of sterling worth and one whose labors more than anv one other individual gave the early schools to the Pierce district and stimulated development and progress. Mrs. Gaffney has no near relatives besides her children. Mr. Gaffney was on Camas prairie at the time of the Indian outbreak in 1878. His son Frank was with him, and they were expect- ing to fetch stock. A friendly Indian assisted him to get started home and took him to the top of the hill above Kamiah and then returned. While they were at Kamiah they saw Indians sporting themselves in war gyrations on the hill and the friendly ones hur- ried Mr. Gaffney on. He got to his home at 4 p. m. and soon all Pierce was deserted and every one was

in the hills. General Howard is said to have preached to the Indians at Kamialı when these bands were on the Weippe, killing all the whites they could find and stealing stock and burning property. Later the troops pursued and captured them. As soon as the scare was over the people came back from the hills and built fortifications. having been in the hills for two weeks. Friendly Indian women and one man warned the citizens of Pierce, and thus they escaped. The outbreak commenced at Whitebird, on the Sal- mon river, and previous to this straggling Indians, under pretense of friendliness, came to Pierce to get whisky and steal stock, and after the raid had begun the large band came and camped on the prairie at Weippe. General Howard's actions of dilatoriness while the Indians were committing their depreda- tions caused great bitterness among the people.

Mrs. Gaffney has borne her part in all these hard- ships of life on the frontier in a noble and courageous manner and has been instrumental in doing much to assist the advancement of the country and build it up. She is now enjoying the golden years of her life in the possession of the competence which her labor provided, and is beloved by all.

THOMAS B. REED, of the firm of Reed & Com- pany, is the manager and head of the large general mer- chandise establishment which the company owns in Pierce. Mr. Reed is handling the largest business in the town, is a popular and capable man and understands the art of conducting a successful business, wherein his own talents have wrought the gratifying progress. that has been and is his to enjoy.

Thomas B. Reed was born in Alexander, Missouri, on October 14, 1876, being the son of James W. and Kate (Folev) Reed. The father was a native of Ken- tucky, a prominent attorney and died March 12. 1887, aged forty. His ancestors were of Scotch and En- glish extraction. The mother of our subject came from Ireland, her native country, to the United States when she was nine years of age. She was married in Mis- souri and now lives in Boulder, Colorado. Thomas was reared in Missouri and Keokuk, Towa, gaining his education from the common schools and the St. Marks College at Keokuk. At the age of nineteen he took associated press work in St. Louis and followed it perseveringly for four years. Then nine months were spent as receiver of the Enoch Book & Stationery Com- pany. After that, he came to Idaho and soon entered the employ of J. P. Vollmer at Uniontown, Washing- ton, as a general merchandise salesman. One year in that capacity and he came to Pierce. He associated himself with a silent partner and opened a general mer- chandise establishment in Pierce and to the manage- ment and development of the business he has devoted himself with manifest wisdom and energy. He carries a stock of about ten thousand dollars and does a fine business especially in mining supplies. Mr. Reed is in- terested in some valuable quartz mines and also some promising placer properties. He has the Queen placer,

THOMAS B. REED.

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the Dandy and Star quartz claims, also a number of claims on Deer creek, in Nez Perces county, and some property near Leadville, Colorado, Mr. Reed has one brother and three sisters : Charles H., a druggist in Den- ver ; Margaret E., Julia E., Mary K. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the United Artisans, while in politics he is a Democrat.

On June 25, 1902, at Lewiston, Mr. Reed married Miss Gracie E., daughter of August and Eliza S. (Mitchell) Pierstorff, natives of Germany and New Jer- sey, respectively. The father came to the United States when twelve and died October 26, 1895, aged fifty. He served in Company B, Eleventh Wisconsin, in the last year of the Civil war and there was so broken in health that he never recovered. The mother of Mrs. Reed lives in Lewiston with her children. Mrs. Reed was born on November 26, 1879, and his three brothers and four sisters, John E., Marion A., Willard A., Laura A., Vinnie I., Nola I., Mary, wife of Frank Eastman, in Westlake, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Reed are popular and leading members of society and are held in high esteem by all while they enjoy the fellowship of hosts of friends.

ALBERT OTTO, a mining man of Murray, was born in West Virginia on March 1, 1844, the son of Levi and Fernandes (Wolf) Otto, natives of Penn- sylvania and West Virginia, and descended from old and prominent Dutch families of the former state. The father died September 15, 1872, aged forty. Our subject was born and reared in West Virginia and Maryland until thirteen, and in 1857 went to Missouri with his parents. He lived there until seventeen, and then enlisted in Company I, Twenty-first Missouri Infantry, and served until February 6, 1865, when the regiment was all mustered out. In 1879 Mr. Otto came to Montana and worked at the carpenter trade. In February. 1884, he came to Eagle City, then went to Missoula, later was in Myrtle camp and since then he has given his attention to mining and prospecting. Mr. Otto was one of the owners of the famous Mother Lode claim and after they had taken out three hun- dred thousand dollars of ore they sold it for twenty thousand dollars. Mr. Otto is interested in many mining ventures and also in the town-site. He has a cozy cottage home and other property. In 1892 he

bought the Lonisville Hotel and three years later sold it to William Wylie. Mr. Otto was deputy sheriff in 1892, under Sims, and in 1899, under Sutherland. He is now road supervisor. Mr. Otto has four brothers, Edmund, Israel, Franklin, William, and two sisters, Mary Harned and Fanny Fordner.

On October 9, 1895, Mr. Otto married Mrs. Min- nie Thompson, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on October 13, 1852, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Odell) Reynolds, natives of St. Rock, Canada, and Paris, France, respectively. The father died on March 28, 1893, and the mother died when she was aged eighty-three. Mrs. Otto has one brother, Henry. Mrs. Otto is a member of the Rebekahs and has been president of the State Assembly. At that time she

was presented with a valuable jewel by admiring friends, who appreciated her excellent work in put- ting new life in the order and in organizing new lodges. She is a public speaker of power and elo- quence, and is one of the leading ladies of the state. Mr. Otto is a member of the A. O. U. W., the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R. Mrs. Otto has one daughter by her former marriage, Mable, wife of Paul F. Smith, of Wallace. Mrs. Otto is a graduate of the Baptist University at Madison, Wisconsin, and re- ceived her degree with especial honors, which she had won.

ROBERT T. HORN is surely to be classed with the earliest pioneers in the Murray country, and since the first days he has been one of the leading men and one of the promoters of the various properties, while his skill, energy and wisdom have resulted in much good to the district, and have made him one of the prominent men of the Cœur d'Alene country. He was born in Gardner, Maine, on September 14, 1850, the son of James and Sarah (Noyes) Horn. The father was born at sea, but his ancestors came to this continent on the Mayflower and were seafaring peo- ple. Our subject's great-grandfather on his father's side was in the Revolution and died August 3. 1861. in Maine. The mother was a native of Vermont and her grandfather was a patriot in the War of Independ- ence. Her father was in the war of 1812 and also in the Blackhawk under Lincoln. She died July 4, 1872, in Maine. Our subject was reared in his native place and received a good education from the public schools and higher institutions. When nineteen he was rid- ing the range in Texas, then operated three years as assistant superintendent for the St. Louis Beef Com- pany. Then he visited the home place, and in 1879 came west to Washington and was timber inspector for the Northern Pacific from Wallula to Helena. In 1883 Mr. Horn came up the river to the site of Eagle, which was not there then. He prospected in all this region and found much of the ground located by Prichard, Boblett, Fisher and Ives. In September of the year 1883 our subject assisted to lay out Hayes City, named from the packer, Samuel Hayes, and about twenty prospectors engaged in the work. An- other crowd came in from the Black Hills and they insisted on changing the name to Eagle City. To avoid bloodshed, Mr. Horn consented, and the name was Eagle City. He also assisted in taking Mr. Prichard away so the others would not hang him for taking up so much ground. Mr. Horn and his part- ner, Alf Brile, of Spokane, sold the first claim in the district, it being the Golden Chest. It was sold for ten thousand dollars, and the Louisville Company bought it. They also sold the Euphemia and the Idaho, they being in the Golden Chest now. Our sub- ject, Bill Keeler, Dick Wilson, now of the Mammoth, and Jack Fitzgerald, now in southern Africa, laid out the town of Murray and named it after George Mur- ray, who located the land of the site. The land had been in litigation until the fall of 1902, when all was

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settled. In 1885 Mr. Horn located the town of Kel- logg with Charles Sinclair and John M. Burke and he still owns an interest there. Mr. Horn is now manager of the Daddy mine, and with his partner, Mr. Copeland has various other valuable properties. Mr. Horn is one of the large tax-payers of the county and is a man of heavy property holdings all over the districts. He is a stanch Republican and has been prominent in the campaigns. He has three brothers, William, Bernard E., James C.

On October 22, . 1897, Mr. Horn married Mrs. Kate Robinson, nee Williams, the wedding occurring in Davenport, Washington. She was born in Owego, New York, and her father was a native of the same place. He served during the entire Civil war and died in 1901. Mrs. Horn has three brothers, Robert F., John H., Fred. Mr. and Mrs. Horn are pleasant and affable people, have the confidence and good will of all and are of the best standing and prominent in social circles, as well as otherwise.

SAMUEL ELBEN. At the present time Mr. Elben is the owner and operator of the daily stage line between Greer and Pierce, which goes via Weippe and Fraser. This is a fine line and is handled in a skillful and wise manner by Mr. Elben. He has plenty of good stock, excellent rigs and does a thriving busi- ness. In addition to this Mr. Elben owns a farm, two miles southeast from Weippe, which is a valua- ble and well tilled estate. A detailed account of the interesting career of Mr. Elben will be quite in place in the history of Shoshone county.

Samuel Elben was born in the vicinity of Newark, Ohio, on November 30, 1865, being the son of Rufus and Isabel (Shaffer) Elben, natives of Ohio. The mother married a second time, her husband being Morgan Moates, a veteran of the Civil war. They live near Newark. Our subject was raised by his grandparents until ten and then worked out for the farmers until about 1890, receiving his education from the district schools during this time. In the year last mentioned he came to Spokane, where he remained one year variously employed. Then he went to the Big Bend country and later to Kittitas county, near Roslun, and mined for gold some. Two years were afterward spent in the Palouse country in the vicinity of Pullman, and then he came to the Weippe country and filed on a claim, but as it proved worthless for agricultural purposes, he relinquished to the govern- ment and then bought his present place, which is a valuable piece of land. Mr. Elben does a general farming business and handles some stock. He handled a sub-contract on the mail from Weippe to Pierce for four years, and then took the contract from the govern- ment to handle the mail as stated above, and he has done a fine business in the express and passenger traffic since. Mr. Elben has no full brothers and sis- ters.

On February 20, 1901, Mr. Eben married Miss Bertha, daughter of Harrison K. and Jennie (Mc-

Lean) Vanartsdalen, natives of Philadelphia. They now live two miles west from Mr. Elben's place. Mrs. Elben was born near Columbus, Nebraska, on April I, 1884, and she has one sister and two brothers, Eliza, Thompson, Isaac G. Mr. and Mrs. Elben were married at Pomeroy, Washington. They have one child.

JOHN W. CLARK. On the battlefield, fighting for his country, as well as in the battles of life, where he has always shown integrity and kindness, with gen- erosity, the subject of this article has done worthily and is deserving of mention in the volume that would chronicle the leading citizens of the county of Sho- shone.

John W. Clark was born in Wood county, Ohio, on November 2, 1844, being the son of Adam and Catherine (Wickard) Clark. The father was born in l'ennsylvania, of Irish parents, served thirteen months in Company L, Second Missouri Cavalry, Captain A. E. Preston and Colonel Lewis Merrie. On April 24, 1901, this good man went to his final rest, aged cighty-two. The mother of our subject was a native of Ohio, and her parents of Pennsylvania. Her father was in the war of 1812 and died when he was seventy- seven. Our subject was reared in Michigan, whither his parents had removed when he was three years old. He studied in the winters in the district schools and labored in the summers. When seventeen he enlisted in Merrill's Horse Volunteers, which regi- ment was made up of recruits from Michigan, Ohio and Missouri, and was called the Second Missouri. This was the same regiment in which his father served, and he went in as his father came out. Nineteen months of this arduous service was given by Mr. Clark, and then he was honorably discharged. Fol- lowing the war we have no record of his whereabouts. At the present time Mr. Clark is residing on his own place, two miles south from Weippe, and does a gen- eral farming and stock business.

On September 16, 1874, Mr. Clark married Miss Adell Tupper, daughter of Nelson and Lorena (Lock- wood) Tupper, who are mentioned in this volume. This wedding occurred in Pottawattamie county, Iowa. Mrs. Clark has three brothers and sisters. To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born four children: Elizabeth C., wife of Samson Snyder; Howard T., residing near by; Minnie B., wife of Franklin Harrison, residing near by: Etta M., single and living at home. Mr. Clark is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Climax Lodge, No. 59, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He also belongs to the G. A. R., Atlanta Post, at Platte Center, Nebraska.

JOHN C. FEEHAN, the manager of the Murray Mercantile Company, Limited, is one of the leading business men of Murray, and a man of good ability and standing. He was born in Iowa, June 24, 1866, the son of John H. and Julia P. (Brown) Feehan. The

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father was born in Zanesville, Ohio, as were his par- ents also. The ancestors came from Ireland. The father died April 21, 1898. The mother was born in Iowa, and lives there now. Her father was a prominent and influential man in Iowa. Her mother came from an old Virginia family named Gee. Four brothers were preachers. Our subject was raised in Iowa and educated there until 1890. In June of that year he arrived in Wardner and worked for George F. Crane & Company, and then was appointed post- master, holding the same for three years. Then he came to Murray and did mining in the placers and later opened in the mercantile business. He started his present business in 1899 with the firm style of J. S. Feehan & Company. In 1900 it was merged as the Murray Mercantile Company, with our subject as manager, and since then he has continued in that capacity. Mr. Feehan is interested in mining ventures in various places and is a man of substantial quali- ties. He has one brother, Robert W., and four sis- ters, Alice, Mrs. Lizzie Abbie, Florence Rinehart, and Margaret Jackson. All are in Iowa.

On April 27, 1890, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mr. Feehan married Miss Hattie I. Ferguson. The father was a grain dealer and died in Iowa in 1883. The mother died when this daughter was young. Mrs. Feehan was born in Iowa August 1, 1866, and has one sister, Clara. One child has been born to this union, Muriel, born October 21, 1899, in Murray. Mr. Feehan is a member of the A. F. & A. M., of the K. P., and in political relations is associated with the Republicans. He has served as a delegate to the county and state conventions. Mr. Feehan is a pleas- ant and affable man, well liked by all and the recipient of a fine business patronage, because of his popularity and skill in his lines.

CHARLES HUCKELBERRY. Although the subject of this article has not been so long in this section as some, still he has demonstrated such real integrity and worth of character that he has a warm place in the esteem and good will of the entire com- munity. He is a member of the Methodist church, and is a devoted supporter of the faith and is always found foremost in church work. He is an apt scholar in the word and is often found as a teacher in the class and Sunday school. His farm lies about two miles south from Weippe, and is a beautiful and valuable place. It consists of one-quarter section, one hundred and thirty acres of which is under culti- vation. The balance is covered with timber. Mr. Huckelberry is a diversified farmer, and handles some stock also. He is industrious and skillful in his busi- ness and is one of the prosperous and substantial men of the community.

Charles Huckelberry was born in Clark county, Indiana, on September 30, 1852, being the son of Peter and Jerusha (Gibson) Huckelberry, natives of Clark county, Indiana. The father was born on Jan- uary 25, 1825, and he died on May 15, 1899. His

father was a native of Clark county, and his mother came from Pennsylvania. The mother of our subject was of Scotch extraction, and she died on September 15, 1880. Charles was reared in Indiana and educated in the district schools. After leaving school Mr. Huckelberry rented his father's farm for a time, and in 1876 he went west to Missouri and Kansas, where he did ranch work until 1881. Then he returned to Jeffersonville, Indiana, and worked in the car shops. In 1883 he went to Illinois, and on November 10, 1884, he came to Idaho. He settled near Troy, and during the time of his stay in Latah county, he filed 011 a homestead near Kendrick, which he traded for his present farm. This was on March 3, 1897, and since that time Mr. Huckelberry has been a resident liere. He has one brother, George W., in Indiana. Mr. Huckelberry is a Democrat and as active as is con- sistent with his business affairs.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 274

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