An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 46

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Edward J. Northcutt was born in Urbana, Ohio, on May 6, 1830, being the son of Willis and Sarah (Furman) Northcutt, farmers. The father was born in Ohio, his father being of Scotch extraction and a pioneer of that region. The mother of our subject was born in Ohio of English parentage, and their ancestors came from Kentucky and Virginia. Three children of the family are living, Charles W., a mechanic ; Frances A., widow of Mr. Wheeler, residing in Tacoma; Emma .M., wife of Bedford Jackson, a farmer on Cottonwood creek. Mr. Northcutt is now engaged in erecting a flour mill at Culdesac, which enterprise he is carrying on for a company, having collected twelve hundred dollars bonus for it. He is the owner of some fine residence property, also the livery barn operated by Mr. Watkins, besides other property. Mr. Northcutt helped to survey the town site and 1899 marks the date of his arrival on the spot. Mr. Northcutt has been a pioneer of the Pacific coast for over fifty-one years and always has been foremost in the good labor of developing the country and fostering industries for its upbuilding. He is now past seventy-one and is hale and hearty, being robust and ready for the activities of life. No sick- ness has come upon his to mar his life and he is free from all doctor bills. Mr. Northcutt in these fifty odd years has undergone deprivations and hardships that few could sustain, but he has never flinched and is now a leader in the line of progress. In 1851, Mr. Northcutt left Illinois and came with wagon train through to the coast. He crossed the Missouri where Omaha now stands and the first night out the In- dians plundered the camp but because of the fierce resistance offered by the emigrants led by Mr. North-

cutt they got but one steer. The next day Mr. North- cutt was chosen captain of the train, which he piloted through, having many trying experiences and some severe fighting with the Indians.

Mr. Northcutt has been married three times, and his first wife, whom he married in 1853, was the first single white woman in the Rogue river valley. He fought the Indians there and mined, and during that time drafted the first mining laws of the territory of Oregon. Much of his life has been spent in trap- ping and scouting and the mountain topography of the entire northwest is familiar to him. He helped to establish the post at Lapwai and was familiar with all the early history of this region.

Mr. Northcutt built the grade at Wawawai where the Palouse grain was hauled to the river before the railroads. On his farm near Pullman, Washington, Mr. Northcutt raised one hundred and one bushels of wheat on one acre, which went to the World's Fair 11 Chicago in 1893. He is a man of sound judgement and great resources, has always labored for the good of the community where he has resided and to him is very much due for the upbuilding and progress of much of the entire northwest.

ARTHUR J. MILLS. Whatever enterprises are for the benefit of the people in general, whether good schools, good churches, or good government, they al- ways find an ardent and intelligent champion in Mr. Mills. He is one of the progressive, reliable and capa- ble men of the vicinity of Melrose, whose labors have assisted materially in opening the country and making a fertile iand from a wilderness.

Arthur J. Mills was born in Guthrie county, Iowa, on October 20, 1867, being the son of Hadley and Margaret (Bowles) Mills, natives of Indiana. The father was born on March 16, 1844, and now lives in Lyon county, Kansas. He was a soldier in the Civil war in the Forty-sixth lowa Regiment, under Col- onel D. B. Henderson. His mother bought govern- ment land where Stuart now stands. She was born in 1845 and died in 1889. Arthur grew to the age of fifteen in Iowa, attending school and working with his father on the farm. In 1882 the family went to Kansas and settled in Jewell county and there our subject con- tinued at school until he was twenty. At that age, he took up farming for himself. He worked one year in Cherokee county and then sold out and came to Latah county. In the spring of 1897 he came to the reserva- tion country and since that time he has continued here in the good work of development and improvement. His farm of eighty acres lies about one mile southwest from Melrose and is one of the places that produces abundant crops of diversified grains, while also Mr. Mills raises cattle and hogs. On February 22, 1897, at Moscow. Latah county, Idaho, Mr. Mills married Cora A. McKinzie, daughter of Sterling N. and Re- becca (Ousterhouse) Bunce, and to them two children have been born, Margie E. and Edward S. Mr. Bunce is a farmer in Nez Perces county and he and

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his wife were born in Massachusetts. Mrs. Mills was born in Michigan in 1874 and she has the following brothers and sisters: Clara Buttrey, Grace Rancier, Mattie Buttrey Bernie. Mr. Mills has two brothers and two sisters, Emery H., Rhoda M. Dobbins, Will- iam C. and Edith Mills. Mr. Mills is a member of the I. O. (). F., and the W. W. at Melrose. He is a Democrat, but does not press for preferment in po- litical matters. Mr. Mills is of excellent standing in the comniunity and is a good, reliable and capable citizen.

Mr. and Mrs. Mills by former marriages have children as follows : Irma, Earl H. and Mande Mc- Kenzie.

WILLIAM TIMMONS. A progressive and suc- cessful farmer and stockman, living on a farm secured by the homestead right from the wilds of the reserva- tion, the worthy subject of this article is to be num- bered among the leading citizens of his community and to be accredited with much good labor wrought both for his private business enterprises and for the ad- vancement of the county.

William Timmons was born in Marion, Linn county, Iowa, on January 10. 1844, being the son of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Mallett) Timmons. The father was born in Ohio, in 1811, and died in 1898, having been one of the earliest settlers in the territory of Iowa. The mother of our subject was born in Ken- tucky in 1821 and died in 1887. Her people were also natives of Kentucky and removed to Indiana on pack horses. This daughter was thirteen before she saw a wagon. Our subject grew to manhood in the vicinity of Colesburg, Iowa, and there received his education and assisted his father until he was twenty-one. He then bought a farm in Nodaway county, Missouri, and tilled it for two years. Next we see him in Floyd county, Iowa, and five years later, he went thence to Wayne county, Nebraska, with his two brothers, Henry and Stephen, and for three years tilled the soil there. He removed then to Grant, on the Columbia river in Oregon, thence to Adams county, Washington, then to Lincoln county. Six years later he went to Cornwall, Latah county, and when the reservation opened he settled on his present place, two miles south- west from Melrose. He has a good farm, raises cereals and flax. with hogs and cattle and is prosperous in his labors.

On March 28, 1869, Mr. Timmons married Miss Mary C., daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Rati- bangh) Anderson, the wedding occurring in Nodaway county, Missouri. Mr. Anderson was a farmer and carpenter : he and his wife were descended from the Dutch in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Timmons was born in Pennsylvania, in 1853, and has the following sisters : Kate Shaffer. Ann Overdorf, Susie Bishop. Mr. Tim- mons has the following brothers and sisters : Benjamin, Stephen, Jesse, Henry and Edward. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Timmons : Lizzie Clark, in Washington; Hattie Lowary, in Nez Perces county ; Addie Hill, in Nez Perces county ; 12

Jacob, Thomas, Ruth, Robert, all at home. Mr. Tim- mons is a member of the I. O. O. F., at Melrose, while in political matters, he is an active and stanch Re- publican. He is treasurer of the school board and has ever been a zealous advocate for better education for the rising generations, and to that end better schools.

WILLIAM C. BUTLER. Our subject has not only been a pioneer in various sections of the west in doing agricultural work, but is at the present time operating the first meat market opened in Gifford, where he is doing a good business. Mr. Butler is well known in Nez Perces county and has a first class standing, is well respected by all and is a man of worth and integrity.

William C. Butler was born in Linn county, Ore- gon, on December 9, 1869, being the son of Jason R. and Mary (Fields) Butler. The parents, as also the two brothers and six sisters of our subject, are men- tioned elsewhere in this work. William C. was raised and educated in Linn county and Benton county, Ore- gon, and when eighteen he came in company with his brother, T. M., to Grant county and there followed ranch work for two years. When twenty-one he came to the vicinity of Juliaetta and wrought on a farm until 1894. then rented with his brother one year on the reservation and also filed on a quarter section, which he cultivated for six years. This land was sold in the spring of 1902, and Mr. Butler bought a ranch near Juliaetta, which he is overseeing at the present time in connection with his labors in the meat market. Mr. Butler owns a residence and a good business estab- lishment in Gifford and is one of the substantial men of that town. Mr. Butler is a Republican, and in school matters, as also in reference to roads, he has done much hard lahor for betterment and upbuilding, being a man of enterprise and progressive ideas.

On July 22, 1894, Mr. Butler married Miss Pritdie E. Richardson, who was born in Nez Perces county, on November 20, 1860. Four children have been born to this marriage, Mary S., Marion, de- ceased, John R. and Floyd A. Mrs. Butler has one sister and one brother. George W., residing near Julia- etta : Ida MI., wife of Senator Louis Clark, who is mentioned in this work. Her parents are John A. and Susannah (Harrington) Richardson. The father was a pioneer in Oregon and participated in the early In- dian wars, and now lives in Juliaetta.

THADDEUS T. MAYNARD. This well-to-do farmer and highly respected citizen is one whose labors have made Nez Perces county what she is to- day, one of the leading counties in the entire state. He took land three and one-half miles west from Mel- rose in 1807. it being wild, and since then he has trans- formed it into a fertile and valuable farm, very pro- (luctive and tilled in a becoming manner.

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county, Oregon, on March 25. 1869, being the son of John W. and Mary ( Merchant) Maynard. The father was born in Ohio, served in the Home Guards in Iowa, not being able to enlist in the regular army on account of his youth. His brother served four years in the Civil war. The mother of our subject was born in Yam Hill county and her parents were pioneers there. Mr. Merchant was given a large grant of about one thousand acres of land to induce other set- tlers. This was in 1842 and the Indians were in pos- session. The old homestead house is now standing where the neighbors gathered when the Indians at- tacked them. Thaddeus was raised in Yam Hill county until twelve, was educated in the public schools and then the family removed to Pullman, where he was educated in the college. He stayed with his father on the large stock farm until 1897, and then came to the reservation and took his present place. He has a good place, tills it well and is rewarded by good re- turns.

Mr. Maynard has one brother, Jay, and three sisters, Kittie, wife of W. E. Gage, warehouseman in Lind, Washington, and also owner of a large body of land : Lydia, wife of J. H. McDongall, railroad agent at Vollmer : Jennie, wife of R. D. Ryre, a harness- maker in Whitman county. Mr. Maynard is a member of the M. W. A .. Melrose Camp. Politically, he is a Republican.

On July 5. 1892, Mr. Maynard married Mande, daughter of Cahill and Ruth (Dick) Richardson, na- tives of Indiana, now living in Melrose. Mrs. May- nard was born in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1867, and has two brothers and five sisters, Byron, a mechanic in Whitman county: Dick, at home; Pearl, wife of J. R. Standley, at Mohler: Winnie, wife of Joseph Leach, in Colton, Washington : Georgia, wife of Dick Denny, at Melrose ; Mary and Zoe, single and at home. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. May- nard, Mildred, Violet, Magell, Patty, Zell and Mona.

JOHN McKENNA, a man of stirring energy and possessed of those qualities which bring success in the business affairs of this life, is one of the substan- tial farmers and well-to-do stockmen of the vicinity of Fletcher. The gaining of his present farm home was attended with a display of determination and win- ning energy. On the night of November 17. at the still hours of midnight, he laid the four corners of his present farm, broke some land and then hied away to the land office to file.

John McKenna was born in Philadelphia, on Janu- ary 14, 1860, being the son of John and Anna (Mc- Kenna) McKenna, natives of county Derry, Ireland. The father was born in 1832. came to America in 1857. settled in Pennsylvania, where he engaged in dairying until his death in 1887. The mother died in 1866. Our subject was reared by an uncle, James Mc- Kenna, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was educated there and when twenty, came to Portland, landing there in July, 1880. Thence he made his way to Waits-

burg, Washington, where he freighted for five years then took a pre-emption. In 1886 he went on the Ore- gon side of the Snake above the Salmon and raised horses. In the fall of 1895 Mr. McKenna came to the reservation with Samuel Phiney, who founded Fletcher. He took his farm as mentioned and has devoted himself to raising diversified crops and stock. He has some fine Shorthorn Durhams and is prospered in his labors.

On May 8, 1804, Mr. McKenna married Miss Min- nie, daughter of Richard and Jennie (Williamson) Fay, natives of Pennsylvania and born in 1842 and December 31, 1856, respectively. The father went from his native state to Missouri, thence to the Grande Ronde valley, Oregon, thence to Wallowa county and there he died on February 4, 1899. Mrs. McKenna was born August 23, 1874, in Crawford county, Penn- sylvania, and has the following named brothers and sisters : Clara Hensley, Ida, Walter, all in Wallowa county. Mr. McKenna has four brothers and sisters, James, Rosa, Mary, Anna, all in Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. McKenna two children have been born, Anna, born July, 1896, Paul, born January 9, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. McKenna are members of the Catholic church and in politics he is a Democrat.

LATTIN L. POTTER is a man of intelligence and good capabilities and has devoted himself assidu- ously to the labor of improving his fine farm, about two miles southwest from Gifford, where he has brought about a good display of what wisdom and energy can do with the wild soil of this country.

Mr. Potter was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, on September 21, 1867, being the son of John G. and S. Emily (Scoville) Potter. The father was born in New York, came to Whitman county in 1877, and is now a retired farmer in Colfax. The mother of our subject was born in Ohio, married in Wisconsin and is now living in Colfax. Lattin L. was reared in Wis- consin until he was ten years of age and then came to Colfax with his parents. He attended the graded schools of Colfax. then the Methodist college in Spo- kane, and after completing his education at eighteen, he commenced to teach school. Four years later he bonght a farm in Whitman county, near Latah. Four years after this he went to Garfield on his father's homestead and in 1897, he came to the reservation and took his present claim. Part of this was broken, hav- ing been rented on the supposition that it was Indian land. He has raised the cereals and flax since and done mich improvement and his is now a valuable estate. Mr. Potter has one brother and two sisters, William C., an elocutionist in Spokane; Jessie L .; Lillie, wife of Adrien W. Wisner, secretary and man- ager of the King County Abstract Company, in Seattle.

On December 16, 1894. Mr. Potter married Miss Hattie M., daughter of Edgar M. and Jennie B. (Wright) Giles. natives of Iowa. The father is a contractor and builder, at Garfield, Washington. Mrs.

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Potter was born in. Iowa, on December 3. 1873, and she has three brothers and one sister: Freeman, a farmer, George, a carpenter, William, a farmer, all at Garfield, Washington; Minnie, at home with her parents. Mr. Potter is a man upon whom prosperity has smiled, recognizing his labors and wisdom and he has gained the good will and approbation of all who know him.

SAMUEL K. MILLER. This industrious farmer is a man whose example of thrift and wisdom is worthy to be copied by any who would desire to follow the path of progression and success. He, in partner- ship with his brothers, Solomon and Burt, operates his farm, lying three and one-half miles west from Gifford.

Samuel K. Miller was born in Ray county, Mis- souri. on June15, 1870. being the son of Abraham and Sarah ( Benedict) Miller. The father was born in Ohio and now lives near Albion, Washington, aged sixty-two. His parents, natives of Pennsylvania, were of Geman descent. He enlisted in the Union army in Virginia and served three years and nine months. He was under General Custer and other gen- erals, participated in both battles of Bull Run and many others besides skirmishes. He came to the coast in 1890, from Kansas, accompanied by our subject, where they had lived for twelve years. The mother of Samuel K. was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, was married there and is now living at Albion, aged sixty- two. She has four brothers who served in the Civil war for three years each, George, Albert, Samuel and John. Samuel K., our subject, was raised in Mis- souri and Kansas, receiving a common schooling and in 1890 came to Whitman county with his father. He ranched for two years and then took a trip to Cali- fornia, where he worked on various ranches for two years and then returned to Washington. It was in 1898 that he came to his present place and filed. Since then in company with his brothers mentioned, he has devoted himself to general farming and raising stock. They have the farm well improved, and are fast bringing it under cultivation. A good orchard, fences, and buildings are among some of the improvements that their labors have provided. Mr. Miller has six brothers and one sister, Solomon and Burt, with our subject ; Abraham and Jesse, with their parents ; John E., in Alberta, Canada, mining ; Robert, at Al- bion ; Georgia, wife of Charles Reed, a mill engineer in Albion. Mr. Miller has never seen fit to allow him- self to be lured from the quiet pleasures and comforts of a life of celibacy. He and his brothers are men of integrity, honor and capabilities and receive the es- teem and respect of the entire community.

FREDERIC S. ROGERS. Although the subject of this article has not so much acreage as some of the farmers in Nez Perces county, still he gains a satis- factory prosperity from his forty-acre farm and dem-

onstrates the one thing that is wanting generally through the west, namely, the skill that enables one to produce great quantities of crops from a small acre- age and to utilize them to the best advantage with stock. This science must in time come hither and it is pleasant to see one so skillful as Mr. Rogers. He was born in Penobscot county, Maine, on August 21, 1849, being the son of William G. and Lavinia (Weber) Rogers, natives of Maine and born on May 2, 1819, and in 1822, respectively. In 1850 the father came to Eaton county, Michigan ; in 1854 he came to Waushara county, Wisconsin, where he remained on a large farm for thirty years. In 1885 he went to Lake county, South Dakota, and in 1892 to Portland, Ore- gon, where he now lives. The mother comes from a noted family in Maine and one of her brothers, Frank Weber, was a United States senator. Our subject was educated in Waushara county and at the age of twenty-three married and farmed until 1878. Then he came to Oregon, living in Hillsboro for a time and then went to Linn county and in 1880 moved thence to Goldendale, Washington. On account of ill health, he returned to Wisconsin and farmed two years. In 1883 he went to Lake county, South Dakota, then to Oregon and was all over that state and on June 7, 1897. Mr. Rogers located on his present place two miles northeast from Fletcher. He had met with great misfortune in the previous years and in less than five years after losing all he is again in fine circum- stances and doing well.

On November 28, 1872, Mr. Rogers married Miss Eliza, daughter of George and Eliza Newton, who died on March 22, 1900. Mrs. Rogers was born Janu- ary 26, 1852. Mr. Rogers has the following brothers and sisters, Helen Howe, Frank Roscoe, disappeared in 1897 and has never been heard from since ; Charles, Lavinia Beauvist, Ada M., Fanny A. Richards, Emma Talbott, Britomart Knauer. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have been blessed by the advent of the fol- lowing children : Edgar, E., born July 13, 1875; Frank E., born October 16, 1877; Allison, deceased ; Cora M. Hall; Guy W., born September 10, 1882; Earl J., born August 12, 1884; Ethel B., born No- vember 16, 1888: Milton D., born March 16, 1893. Mr. Rogers is a Republican in political matters and is an advocate of good schools, good roads, and in fact all progress and advancement.

LEVI C. EASTER. This industrious and up-to- date farmer is one of the substantial citizens of Nez Perces county and has showed by his labors and wis- dom that he is a man upon whom one can rely and who is deserving of credit for the development that he has wrought.

Levi C. Easter was born in Holt county, Missouri, on April 30, 1871, being the son of William D. and Alice (Patterson) Easter. The father was born in Indiana, in 1846. served as a soldier in Company H, Thirty-third Indiana Infantry, under Sherman on the famous march to the sea. He settled on the reserva-

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tion when it opened and is here still. The mother of our subject was born in Ohio, in 1854, and is living on the reservation. When Levi was eight the family went to Cloud county, Kansas, and the father oper- ated the poor farm there for five years, then he con- tinued general farming until 1888. when he made the trip to Portland. Later his family joined him and they labored at the wood business. In 1891 our subject went to Lewis county, Washington, and settled on land and farmed there until the reservation opened up and then they came to their present location, three miles south from Melrose. He has a good farm, raises general crops and stock and is prospered. While in Lewis county, they were surrounded by high water from the Cowlitz river and one eighty of land was taken away and all their property except one team was destroyed. Not less than two thousand dollars' worth of property was taken thus. Despite these adversities, Mr. Easter has labored on and managed with wisdom and is now one of the prosperous men of his section.

In 1893, while in Washington, Mr. Easter married Miss Clara, daughter of Alvin Brown, a farmer and school teacher, and a native of New York. Mrs. Easter was born in Iowa, in 1868, and has one brother and four sisters, Sadie Knapp, Blanch Romerman, Cora Lynch, Clarence and Ermie. Mr. Easter has one sister, Hattie Bledsoe, in Nez Perces county. Five children have been born to bless this happy union, Florence, Frances, Dewey, Curtis and Clarence. Mr. Easter is a member of the M. W. A., at Melrose. He is an active Republican and is faithful at the caucuses and conventions, where he labors for the general welfare by upholding sound principles. Mr. Easter is an ardent advocate of excellent educational facilities, and does all in his power for this good end.

THOMAS C. MCINTYRE. This well known and capable business man has a general store and post- office at Myrtle, where he does a good business and also handles a sixty-acre farm.

Thomas C. McIntyre was born in Montgomery county, Indiana. on March 9, 1838, being the son of John and Jane (McMeine) McIntyre, natives of Ken- tucky. The father is of Scotch extraction and came to Indiana with his parents when small. The mother came also to that country when a child and she, too, is of Scotch ancestry. Our subject was reared until twelve in the old home place and then the family came to Iowa, where they remained for twenty-eight years. He farmed for a time when he became of age, and then for twenty-six years he handled a general mer- chandise establishment and a flouring-mill in company with his father and brothers. In 1875 he went to Ne- braska, engaged in grist-milling for six years, then traded for farm land and tilled that for three years. Mr. McIntyre then took a pre-emption in northern Ne- braska but let it go back to the government, and in 189I came to Idaho. He lived three years in Vine- land. and in 1898 came to his present place and pur- chased sixty acres. He built a store in company with

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 46

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