An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 43

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JOHN C. BERRY, a popular, intelligent and genial gentleman, is one of the leading agriculturists of the vicinity of Summit, owning an estate right at the postoffice. He has displayed excellent wisdom and industry in his labors and his worthy achievements and steady increase of goods are but the proper re- sult of this endeavor.

John C. Berry was born in Sullivan county, Ten- nessee, on February 11, 1855, being the son of James O. and Martha (Crumley) Berry, natives of Ten- nessee. The father is now living with our subject. John C. was raised in Tennessee until twenty-two, being educated in the district schools. He then mar- ried and went to Texas, where he was engaged in ranching for seven years. The next journey was to Washington, where he did gardening near Walla Walla for about seven years. In 1889 Mr. Berry came to the Potlatch country and gardened for three years and then took his present place. He was on his land the opening day of the reservation and has given his undivided attention to cultivating it and the In- dian land which he has leased since that time. Mr. Berry had four horses, one wagon and no cattle when he came, but is now one of the prosperous men of this vicinity. He lived in a tent the first year and had all the hardships of the pioneer to endure. He owns seventy-five hogs,' has good improvements and a valuable and well tilled farm. Mr. Berry has

the following brothers and sisters: William J., a Methodist preacher ; Robert E., Elbert E., Fleming J., Murray, Martha E., widow of Robert Hall; Nan- nie C. Maynard, Jane Cash, Eliza Hall, Sophie Henry.

On August 16, 1876, Mr. Berry married Miss Sarah J .. daughter of Thomas and Anna (King) Dyer, natives of Tennessee. The mother died in October, 1893, and the father lives with one daugh- ter near Milton, Oregon. Mrs. Berry has two brothers and two sisters, John S., William A., Martha A. Taylor, Mary O. Bishop. Mr. and Mrs Berry have one adopted child. Mr. Berry is a member of the M. W. A., Lewiston Camp. They are both mem- bers of the Methodist church, South. In political matters, Mr. Berry is allied with the Democrats and is frequently in the county conventions. He is school director and is a stirring advocate of good roads.

FRANK S. DAGGETT. It is a pleasure to grant consideration to one so enterprising and skillful in business affairs as the subject of this sketch, who is one of the esteemed gentlemen and public-minded citi- zens of the county of Nez Perces.

Frank S. Daggett was born in Iowa, on December 2, 1867, being the son of David A. and Julia (Leppla) Daggett, natives of Wisconsin. From the father's side of the house the family comes from a prominent English house and many of the members are noted in educational, commercial and legal circles, while two have served in congress. The mother's ancestors were from Germany. The Daggetts were noted and prominent in Revolutionary times. Our subject was educated in the public schools and spent the first eight years of his life in Nebraska, the next six in Iowa and then went to South Dakota. Then he finished his education in the state normal school. When nine- teen he came to Idaho and worked until twenty-one, when he married and returned to South Dakota and took up stock raising. His ability and attention to business gave him success and later he went to Illinois, where he bought a small farm near Hoopston, one hundred miles south from Chicago. In 1898 he came back to Idaho and purchased the relinquishment of his present place, three miles northeast from Lenore, for twelve hundred dollars. The first two years' crops sufficed to pay for the farm and some besides. Since then he has done equally well and is one of the prosperous men of this section. He has one of the best places in this vicinity and as it is only a short distance above the river is much freer from frost than those higher on the hill, the difference being about fifteen degrees. Mr. Daggett has one brother and two sisters, True G., traveling salesman for a large drug house in Sioux City, Iowa; Maude, wife of Mark D. Edgerton, a clothing merchant in Spearfish, South Dakota : Creta, single.

In August. 1889, Mr. Daggett married Miss Mary, daughter of Stephen R. and Martha (Shea) South- wick, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work.

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Three children have been born to this happy union, Roma, Gladys and Frankie. Mr. Daggett is an intel- ligent Republican and a great advocate of good schools, being on the board. He is also a moving spirit in making good roads. He is well respected in the community and has excellent standing.

JOHN C. GRANZ is a well known and industri- ous farmer and thresher. He pays special attention to operating his threshing outfit and also is intending to devote considerable time to handling a mine on Swamp creek which he is opening. Mr. Granz stands well with the people and is highly spoken of by all.

John C. Granz was born in Germany on May 18, 1872. being the son of Frederick and Mary (Schwech- ler) Granz. natives of German. The father was in the Franco-Prussian war and served in the German army for five years. He died in 1879. The mother lives with our subject and is aged about sixty. Our subject came to the United States with his mother when he was eight and settlement was made in Penn- sylvania, where he attended district school. Mrs. Granz married a second time, her husband on this oc- casion being Mr. Holway. He died when John C. was about fifteen. At the early age of ten, our subject left home and took up the battle of life. He worked for his board and clothes and when fifteen he came to the west. He landed finally near Juliaetta and there attended the Fairview school for two terms and then labored at different occupations until the reservation opened up, when he took his present place. He sold a portion of his land in the spring of 1902. He has at present thirty-three acres of land and handles this with his mining and threshing.

On June 10. 1900, Mr. Granz married Miss Ollie E., daughter of James O. and Hattie R. (Ramsy) Young, natives of Kansas. Mrs. Granz was born in Cherokee county. Kansas, on January 15, 1884, and has two brothers and two sisters, William, George, Minnie McNeeley, Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Young live near Pullman, where the wedding of our sub- ject occurred. Mr. Granz is a Republican and has served as election clerk.

GEORGE W. GILMORE. This industrious and prosperous farmer is one of the men whose labors have built this section of our county and made it one of the wealthy portions. He is a man of good stand- ing, has displayed ability and good qualities in his labors and achievements.

George W. Gilmore was born in West Virginia, on February 22, 1856, being the son of William J. and Mary (Hansford) Gilmore, natives of Virginia. The father came from an old English Virginia family and he died in April, 1899, aged seventy-four. The mother was also a descendant of one of the old colon- ial families and died in April, 1895. Our subject was educated in the public schools and remained with

his parents until twenty-one, and then went to work for wages, and about 1878 he purchased a small farm and to the development and improvement of that he- gave his attention for a number of years. Then he became interested in lumbering on Cheap river, and this continued until 1892, when he came to Idaho and filed on his present place, two miles east from Lenore. He erected good buildings and since that time he has cultivated it himself. He raises the cereals and flax and has done well on his farm. He has about thirty- five head of stock and pays much attention to raising stock. Mr. Gilmore has the following brothers and sisters : Albert H., David W., Charles W., John W., Elizabeth Myers, all of West Virginia ; Salome Graff, in Pennsylvania : Florence Auvil, in Alabama.

On January 21. 1877, at St. George, West Vir- ginia, Mr. Gilmore married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Annie (Johnson) Myers. The father was horn in Pennsylvania and now lives in West Vir- ginia. He comes from an old Dutch family. The mother was born in Virginia of a pioneer family and is still living. Mrs. Gilmore was born on April 29, 1858, and she has three brothers and one sister, Nelson, John, Benjamin, Barbara Shoemaker. Three chil- dren have been born to our subject and his wife, Tacy, wife of Harvey A. Southwick, on Windy Ridge; Mary, wife of Charles H. Crumpacker, near Nez- perce ; Annie, wife of James Johnson, near Lenore. Mr. Gilmore is a Democrat and a good substantial citizen.

ANDREW BAKER. In addition to handling a farm. which is situated a mile or so east from South- wick, our subject has also paid considerable attention to running a steam threshing outfit and at the present time is also handling a fine little saw-mill on his place. It is a complete plant and has a capacity of eight thousand feet per day. Mr. Baker is utilizing it in manufacturing his own timber into lumber products, and has also bought recently some more timber land. He is one of the leading men of this vicinity, is an enterprising and energetic worker and manifests com- mendable wisdom in his labors.

A detailed account of his career will be interesting,. and so we note that he was born in Indiana, on March 6, 1849, being the son of James and Mary (Davis) Baker, natives of Tennessee and Indiana, respectively. The father died in 1863. They were married in Indiana and the mother is now living in Missouri. Our subject was reared in Missouri and received his education from the district school. When twenty- six he went to California, where he continued for seven years in various employments. It was 1882, that he came to Idaho and filed on his present place. He has devoted himself to the labors mentioned above and has made a good success. Mr. Baker has three brothers, William and Perry, farmers in Missouri; John, in Idaho. He is a Republican and is intelli- gent on the issues of the day. He has been road su- pervisor and has evinced an interest in the improve- ment of the county roads that is more than theory

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and his labors in this line have resulted in much improvement in this important matter.

On January 6, 1874, Mr. Baker married Miss Josephine McCoy, in Caldwell county, Missouri. She is a native of Iowa and has three brothers and two sisters, Alfred, Benjamin, and Austin, farmers near by ; Susan, widow of Frank Cuddy, in Clarkston, Wash- ington ; Julia, wife of John McIver, near Cavendish.

These children have been born to this couple, Al- bert, near Steele ; George, employed in his father's mill and is also road overseer : Ory, wife of Charles Guern- sey, at Russel; Benjamin, at home; Perry, with his brother Albert : Bertha, Mary, Lottie and William, all at home. Mrs. Baker is a member of the United Brethren church and is active in Sunday school work.

CHARLES HOFFMAN. This veteran on the bat- tlefield of life has passed three-quarters of a century in the struggle allotted to man and in it all he has mani- fested great tenacity of purpose, good ability, and has achieved a fine success both from a financial standpoint and in the excellent standing in the com- munity where he is highly respected and holds the good will of all.

His parents, Jacob and Sarah (Troxall) Hoffman, were natives of Pennsylvania, where our subject was also born; they are of German extraction and for many years back all have resided in that state. Charles was raised in Northumberland county and while his educational advantages were limited, he acquired a good training and fund of information by his per- sistent efforts in study. When twenty-four he went to blacksmithing in New York as foreman of a shop and wrought there until the close of the Mexican war. Then he went to Illinois and wrought at his trade and farmed until after the Civil war. Then a brief time was spent in Kansas and in 1879 he crossed the plains and settled on a pre-emption, which is now a part of his fine estate of over six hundred acres, five hundred of which are in a high state of cultivation. He has excellent buildings, handles considerable stock and does a large farming and stock business. Mr. Hoff- man raises some fine draft horses. He has a well of fine water that was blasted out of the solid rock. Mr. Hoffman had six brothers and three sisters, but does not know the whereabouts of any of them. He was married when about twenty-seven to Sarah J. Dowd and three children were born to them. Sarah C., wife of Burton Lane, of Council, Idaho; Lucy, wife of A. Ebell. near Baker City, Oregon ; Ross, a farmer at the mouth of Pine creek. Mr. Hoffman was called to mourn the death of his wife and on June 4. 1876, he married .Miss Lucy Shay, at Chetopa, Kansas, who was the first white woman on the prairie. Her parents, Isaac A. and Margaret (Burkhardt) Shay, were natives of Illinois and Kentucky and of Irish and Dutch descent, respectively. They are both dead. Mrs. Hoffman was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 31, 1859. She has three brothers, Benjamin, William, and Charles. Nine children have been born

to this worthy couple, Jesse, the first white child born in the Big Potlatch, now a student in Milton College : Charles, Walter, Olive, Alice, Benjamin, Elsie, Esther, Mary, all at home. Mrs. Hoffman was occupied in teaching school before her marriage. She is a member of the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman are ardent supporters of educational facili- ties and believe firmly in thorough training for their children. They are counted among the leading people of this section and are always in the van for anything that will build up and enhance the interests of the community and be for the good of all.

WILLIAM T. WRIGHT. This pioneer and sub- stantial citizen has been one of the well known men here for a long time and is deserving of credit for his labors and improvement. He is not only a tiller of the soil, but is a skillful and enthusiastic apiarist, having forty stands of bees. In addition to this, Mr. Wright carries a large stock of bee raising supplies for the accommodation of those in the surrounding country. It is interesting and profitable to notice with what skill and wisdom Mr. Wright has continued to put forth the advantages of this important industry and it has been and will be of untold benefit to this section, as the raising of bees is no doubt one of the profitable lines heretofore too little attended to, espe- cially in the western sections. Much wealth will be distributed among the farmers thus and the luxury of the hive will be enjoyed by many where now it is al- most unknown.

William T. Wright was born in Porter county, Indiana, on September 16, 1837, being the son of Joseph Y. and Tabitha ( Evans) Wright, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively. The father died in 1850, aged sixty. He was a wealthy farmer and had served as captain of heavy artillery in the war of 1812. The mother died in 1892, aged eighty, and is buried in Indiana. Our subject was reared in La Porte county, Indiana, until twenty-five, gained a good edu- cation in Valparaiso College and in 1864 went to Cali- fornia, where he remained until 1880. He taught school, operated a nursery and did various labors, and in 1880 he came to the Potlatch country. He took a government right on his present place and did well until 1893, when he went down with the crash, but he saved sixty acres of good soil which is tilled, and that, with his bee industry, makes a profitable business. Mr. Wright has the following brothers and sisters : Jonathan, Moses, Gideon, Harriet Stone, Sarah Stone, Carrie.

On July 2, 1868, in Cortland, California, Mr. Wright married Miss Emma, daughter of Charles U. and Margery ( Crawford) Talmage. The mother died in Cortland and the father lives there now. Mrs. Wright was born in Joliet. Illinois, on December 19, 18.45. She has one brother and five sisters, Samuel, Harriet Northup, Henrietta Porter, Mary, Lottie, Annie. Five chldren have been born to this couple, Myrtic, wife of James Kuykendall, a miner in Montana ;

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C. Herschel, a stockman in Northwest Territory, Can- ada : Dean, with H. Trimble, in Lewiston ; Pauline. wife of E. Harrison. in Frasier, Idaho; Lillian, at home. Mr. Wright is a member of the I. O. O. F., Leland, No. 90, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist church. He is a stanch Democrat and has taken an active part in politics. He has been school trustee for many years and is now serving as justice of the peace, having been the same in California.

WILLIAM J. RILEY, deceased. It is fitting that we should incorporate in this volume a memorial of the esteemed patriot and substantial citizen, whose labors in the northwest have resulted in much develop- ment and building up. He was born in Carroll county, Missouri, on February 6, 1846, being the son of Ulysses J. and Mary ( James) Riley. The father was born in Washington county, Virginia, in 1815, being a nephew of the Meek family. He was a pioneer in Missouri. Our subject was brought up in Missouri, was educated in the common schools and also in his youth perfected himself in the carpenter trade. During the time of dark fratricidal strife he was one of the brave ones who fought for the Union and the homes of the people, under Captain Hoover and. took part in the border warfare. In 1875 he went to California, and two years later came to Ore- gon, settling in Hillsboro. There he wrought at his trade until 1895, when he brought his family to the reservation where they all received their allotments. Since that time all have been employed in the work of improvement and on June 16, 1902, the father and beloved husband was called to the world beyond.

On September 24, 1878, Mr. Riley married Miss Olive L. Meek, daughter of the Hon. J. L. and Vir- ginia Meek. The fruit of this union is as follows, Stanley M., born October 3, 1879: Kate Francis, born August 9, 1885, and died February 7, 1895 ; Virginia Belle, horn March 7, 1887. All were born in Glen- coe, Oregon. Mr. Riley was a member of the G. A. R., and also of the I. O. O. F. He was allied with the Republican party and took an intelligent part in the issues of the day, being justice of the peace in Wash- ington county, Oregon, in 1881. The family have allotments amounting to three hundred and twenty acres and handle cattle and hogs, while they carry on a general farming business.

WILLIAM A. WRIGHT. Prominent as one of the business men of the reservation country, successful in his endeavors, upright and faithful in his walk, a man of many friends and standing well, the subject of this article should be mentioned as one of the repre- sentative men of the county and with pleasure we ac- cord him such.

William A. Wright was born in Morgan county, Ohio, on December 11, 1850, being the son of Charles S. and Deborah (Oliver) Wright. The father was

born in the same county ; his father came to that place in a two-wheeled cart from Pennsylvania and died in Oregon, aged ninety-three. Our subject's parents are living near hin. His mother was born in Marietta, February 8, 1831. In 1853, the family went to Wis- consin, where our subject was reared and educated. When he was twenty-one the family came to Wash- ington county, Oregon, and there the father bought land. In 1876, they all came to Columbia county, Washington, near Dayton : the father, this son and a brother took land, where they busied themselves with farming until 1887, when our subject sold out and went to Whitman county. In 1893 all was lost and he went to Idaho. Then came two years of renting Indian land and when the reservation opened Mr. Wright secured a good quarter which he improved and sold in 1901. Then he erected a fine flouring mill in Dublin, with an output capacity of sixty barrels per day, it being supplied with all the latest improve- ments and is one of the finest and most complete mills in the state. Mr. Wright is now giving his at- tention to the operation of this plant, meeting with good success and being favored with an ever increasing patronage. He has three brothers, Davis S., George W., and Amos A.

On November 17, 1872, Mr. Wright married Miss Ella, daughter of Solomon and Lucetta (Zachary) Emrick. Mr. and Mrs. Emrick came overland in 1843 with ox teams. The father was a native of Illinois and the mother of Kentucky. Mrs. Wright was born in Washington county, Oregon, on July 28, 1856, and received a common schooling. They have five children living, Charles W., a farmer and owner of the ferry at Agatha; Harry S., engineer in the mill at Dublin ; Henrietta. deceased, wife of Robt. Hall: Earl, at home ; Myrtle, wife of William Evans, Willola : Cora, wife of Oliver Anderson, on the reser- vation; May, an adopted child, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the Christian church. Mr. Wright is an active and stanch Republican, being always a delegate and a potent influence in the cam- paigns. He is an advocate of good schools, general improvements, better roads and is a progressive and enterprising man.

GEORGE P. DALE AND CHARLES H. DALE are two of the well known citizens of the vi- cinity of Leland, having a ranch in company adjoin- ing the town on the west. They have one hundred and twenty acres and utilize it mostly in raising wheat, but handle about ten acres to orchard. They are expecting to go more extensively to raising hogs, as it seems wise to feed as much of the grain as possible to stock.

Charles H.Dale was born in Mckeesport, Pennsyl- vania, on March 18. 1867. being the son of George P. and Jennie (Miller) Dale, natives of the same state. The mother died when our subject was two days old; he being an only child. He was raised by his grand- mother until ten and then he went to live with his father, who married a second time. The father was

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a expert ship builder and served in government em- ploy much of the time. He is now in this capacity in San Francisco. Charles gained his education from the public schools and when he was thirteen the family went to Arkansas and the father did ship work on the Mississippi river. He worked on the government steamers, where our subject served as waiter, later as second cook and finally as head cook. In 1885 they all came to Sprague, Washington, where the father took a ranch. They farmed and the father wrought in the railroad shops part of the time. In 1888 Charles H. went to Colton and ranched for some time. About 1892 the father went to Portland and took up ship building again and our subject freighted, rode the range and farmed and did various other work in the Coeur d' Alene country, at Dayton, Sprague, in the John Day country and finally came to Leland, where he and his father bought their present ranch.

On March 6, 1895, Mr. Dale married Miss Edith, daughter of Oxford B. and Adelia ( Perkins) Owens. She was born in Pendleton in 1876 and the wedding occurred in Sprague. Mr. Owens crossed the plains with ox teams in 1849 to California and died in Pendleton in 1804. He was a prominent stock man there and had suffered great hardship in the In- dian troubles. Mrs. Dale has one brother, George, in the U. S. army in the Philippines; and one sister, Lenore, wife of W. E. Lloyd, in Lewiston. Three children have been born to this marriage, George P., Bradford G., and William. Mr. Dale is a member of the K. P., Kendrick Lodge No. 23, and of the I. O. O. F., Juliaette, Lodge No. 45. Mrs. Dale is a member of the Methodist church. She was a grad11- ate of the high school in Pendleton and was a com- positor on the East Oregonian.

George P. Dale enlisted in the Civil war on Janu- ary 5, 1863, being in Company G, First Regular Mary- land Infantry, under Captain I. H. Stonebreaker. He was discharged July 2, 1865, having fought in the principal battles between those dates. He was at the second Bull Run and in the siege of Vicksburg and was wounded several times, but never left the front although shot through the hand. He left the war broken in health and has been much incapacitated by his ardnous labors and rigorous service.

HENRY A. MORGAN. In the person of the subject of this sketch we have one of Nez Perces county's active, enterprising, successful, and capable agriculturists, dairymen and stockmen. His abode is six miles south from Genesee, and there he has a farm of two hundred acres of well tilled soil, a fine home in every respect, with substantial out buildings of all kinds necessary to the successful operation of his estate ; lie handles many cattle, horses, and hogs. Mr. Morgan was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, on February 3. 1858. being the son of John C. and Ruth L. (Courser) Morgan, natives of Canada, who removed to North Dakota in 1880, where the father died in 1896, and the mother in the following year,

being buried in the Arvilla cemetery in Grand Forks county. Henry A. was educated in his native place and also in New London, Minnesota, where the parents removed previous to going to North Dakota. He re- mained with his father until he had reached his twenty- first year and then went with him to North Dakota and there took a homestead, bought as much more and used half for pasture and half for production of the fruits of the field ; there he toiled until thirteen years had elapsed, when he sold out and spent one year in the butcher business and then two years in machine selling. After that he worked for the Great Northern railroad for five years and then came west and located six miles south from Genesee, where we find him at the present time. He bought a quarter section and filed on forty inore and has devoted his time and attention to general farming and raising stock. He has made his estate a fine rural abode, having added all improvements commensurate with its extent that taste and necessity demand and he is one of the leading men of the community. Fratern- ally, Mr. Morgan is affiliated with the M. W. A. and he and his wife are also members of the Methodist church.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 43

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