An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 49

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WILLIAM MUSTOE. One mile south from the rustic village of Melrose lies the beautiful estate of William Mustoe. Acquired by the homestead right in the very latter part of the last century, Mr. Mustoe has shown exceptional skill and industry to have it so well improved as it is. He has a modern residence of nine rooms, a large barn, good outbuildings and other improvements to match and altogether it is one of the best places in the community.

William Mustoe was born in Scotland county, Mis- souri, on March 21, 1865. being the son of Henry and Martha (Hetett) Mustoe, natives of Virginia, and born in 1834 and 1836, respectively. They both live in Nez Perces county on a farm. The father was a pio- neer to Missouri and a freighter of note there in those early times. The mother's father, Hiram Heuett, was a captain in the Civil war and died in the army. He was a prominent public man. Her mother is still living. over eighty years of age. In 1868 the family of our subject's father came to Adair county, Missouri, and there William grew up and was educated. When twenty-one he went for himself, clerked in a store, farmed and operated a creamery, but all the time, made his home on the farm. In February, 1893, he sold out in Missouri and came to Tekoa, Washington. One year there and he went to southern Idaho. One year after he was in Farmington, and later worked a year in the Bunker Hill & Sullivan at Wardner. It was in 1897 that Mr. Mustoe came to the reservation and took his present place. Since then he has devoted himself to its improvement and to raising stock and doing general farming.

On January 7, 1887, in Kirksville, Missouri, Mr. Mustoe married Miss Fannie, daughter of Robert H. and Jennie (Hill) Stephens. Mr. Stephens was born in Kentucky in 1817 and died in April, 1900, having been a pioneer in Missouri. Mrs. Stephens was born in Missouri, in 1837 and still lives in that state. Mrs. Mustoe was born in Randolph county, Missouri, on August 4, 1868, and has the following brothers and sisters : Richard, Thomas J. and Robert F., Emma Dodson, James G., William A., Charlie, deceased : Ida,

deceased ; Elenta Starr and Eva Patton. Mr. Mustoe has the following brothers and sisters : Loreta MI. Page, Dora B. Wilson, Benjamin F., deceased : Sarah J., de- ceased ; and Albert. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mustoe are named below, Aubry F., Nellie MI., Ray A., and Robert H. Mr. Mustoe is a member of the M. W. A. at Melrose and he and his wife are devout members of the Methodist church. Mr. Mustoe was elected justice of the peace but he would not qualify, although he is always active in the political questions of the day and is an intelligent Democrat. In school matters, especially, Mr. Mustoe is an ardent laborer for betterment in all its lines and has served much on the board.

J. SHANNON HOGUE. A successful business career on the Nez Perces Indian reservation, and a mover in all lines of improvement, a leading farmer and stockman at the present time, entitle the subject of this sketch to a place in the annals of his county. Mr. Hogue was born in Macon county, Missouri, on August 6, 1851, being the son of John and Sarah A. ( Culter) Hogue, natives of Pulaski county, Kentucky. The father was born in 1819 and was a successful farmer and stockman. He died in August, 1859, pos- sessed of five hundred acres of fine soil in Macon coun- ty, Missouri. The mother was born on August 2, 1826, came with her parents to Missouri in 1838, mar- ried in 1844, and died in November, 1900. Our sub- ject was reared and educated in Macon county and re- mained with his parents until he was twenty-six, be- ing then married. When eighteen he received one hundred acres of land as an inheritance and added seventy-five acres more, which he farmed and also did a lumber business until his health broke down and he came to Moscow, on April 15. 1892. He took fire in- surance and real estate until 1894 and then obtained from the government license to establish a trading post on the Nez Perces reservation and on June 22, 1894. he moved his family thither, settling on the north fork of the Clearwater. He opened a store and supply house for the Weippe country and the Pierce mining district, continuing in the same until 1898. When first there he traveled twenty-three miles to Southwick for mail but soon had the postoffice of Gilbert started with him- self for postmaster. At the opening of the reservation he secured his present place, four miles south from Oro- fino and he is now handling a half section to general crops while also he raises Shorthorn cattle and Berk- shire hogs. He is prosperous and a leading citizen of the community.

On April 10, 1876, Mr. Hogue married Miss Nanie A., daughter of Samuel C. and Sarah A. ( Blackwell) Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was born on January 7, 1820, in Wayne county, Kentucky and died April 11, 1890, having been a successful business man and promi- llent in politics. The mother was born June 15, 1825, married February 20, 1845, and died in Moscow. Au- gust 13, 1892. Mrs. Hogue was born in Macon county and has the following brothers and sisters : William J.,

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James H., Sidney F., Charles L., Samuel C. R., de- ceased, Bessie Branscombe, Robert E., deceased. Mr. Hogue has two sisters, Susan E. Davis, Annie Par- cells, and one brother, Harlen M. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hogue, Gilbert H., born February 23, 1877, and now a civil engineer in the ser- vice of the government ; Wilbur W., deceased at the age of eighteen : John F., born August 23, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Hogne are members of the Christian church and are estimable people. He has been justice of the peace for a long time and was appointed probate judge by the state of Idaho for Clearwater county, which was formed on April 6, 1901, but which was declared illegal by the supreme court three months later.

JAMES R. SCOTT. A reliable and enterprising stockman and farmer, personally a man of integrity and worth of character, the subject of this article is one of those who deserve representation in this his- tory and we accord him such with pleasure.

James R. Scott was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on March 11, 1873, being the son of Isaac and Mary A. (Shaffer) Scott. When James was six, the family removed to Sullivan county, Missouri, and farmed and raised stock. Four years later they went to the Rogue river country in Oregon and there fol- lowed the same occupation for six years. The next move was to the vicinity of Palouse, where they settled in Latah county. In these various places, our subject was educated in the public schools and learned well to meet the questions of life. For five years he was in the employ of Washington Wolheter, in Latah county, and owned a half interest in a second hand and new goods store in Palouse. In 1901 he came to the reser- vation portion of Nez Perces county and rented a section of land three miles east from Melrose. He is associated with his brother in this labor and together they are doing a fine work. They have paid considera- ble attention to raising stock, heretofore, but at this present writing they are devoting their energies most- ly to producing the cereals and large crops of flax. Mr. Scott has the following named brothers and sis ters: Joseph, Charles. John W., Maggie, Susie, Nora, Alonzo, Clyde, Maude, Ida and Jesse. Fraternally Mr. Scott is affiliated with the W. W. and the auxil- iary circle of the same order, while in political matters he is liberal, reserving for his own decision the ques- tions of the day, regardless of the tenets of different parties. He is a reliable young man of energy and push and his characteristic wisdom with this combi- nation assures him unbounded success in his labors.

LEN L. BROWER lives about one mile east from Rosetta, where he has a farm and devotes his atten- tion to its cultivation and improvement. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 27, 1858, being the son of Reuben L. and Olive ( Strond) Brower. The father was a native of Ohio, born in 1836 and died in 1887, at Harney, Oregon, while on his way to visit our sub-

ject. He was a soldier in the Civil war, serving eight- cen months in the Twelfth Indiana Infantry. The mother of our subject was born in Ohio, in 1837, and died in Nebraska, on April 1, 1877, being shot by ac- cident. She was married in Ohio, in 1857. Len L. was reared in Indiana, Michigan and Nebraska and for fifteen years was buckayro and has traveled in thirty-three states. Soon after his mother's death he came west. bringing his father, grandmother, and two sisters. The father settled on a claim on North Pow- der, but died before he proved up on it. Len L. worked at various callings, sometimes logging and hauling ore and spent eight years near Spokane, Cheney and Rockford. He has no brothers and three sisters, Sarah A., Ida L., wife of John Marrs, at Union, Ore- gen ; Elnora, married and living at Portland.

On October 16, 1879, Mr. Brower married Miss Emma Marrs, at Lagrande, Oregon. She is the daugh- ter of William H. and Martha (Vaughn) Marrs, na- tives of Tennessee. The father is dead and the mother lives in Harney valley, Oregon. Mrs. Brower has four brothers and four sisters, William, in Wyoming ; John, in Oregon; Manvil A., in Harney county, Oregon ; Dock, at Boise. Idaho; Laura; Mary, widow of Rich- ard Nelson, in Montana ; Ida, wife of Joseph Kessler, a miner in Harney county, Oregon ; Callie, wife of Mr. Benson, in Harney county, Oregon. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brower, Reuben, George, Mary and Earl L., all at home. Mrs. Brower has a daughter by her former husband, Martha, and she is the wife of Matt Mortimore and living at Ro- setta. Mr. and Mrs. Brower are members of the United Brethren church and in political matters, he is a Pro- hibitionist. They are upright people and are respected by all.

JOHN B. DAVIS. A thrifty and industrious farmer, a capable and keen business man, a patriotic citizen and a warm advocate of general improvement and progress, the subject of this article is eminently entitled to representation in the history of his county.

John B. Davis was born in Warren county, In- diana, on April 15, 1860. His parents, Dorse and Mary F. (Breuster) Davis, were natives respectively of Kentucky and Tennessee. The father was born in 1826 and in 1856 went to Arkansas, whence three years later to Indiana and there farmed until his death in 1867. The mother was born in 1830 ; her parents were pioneers in Indiana and her father operated a general merchandise store together with a farm. She had three brothers in the Civil war. Our subject was reared and grew to manhood in Indiana, remaining with his parents until he was fourteen. Like all the hardy and energetic pioneers, he traveled all over the middle west, and the northwestern country. Finally, in 1883, he settled down near Waitsburg and farmed until 1889. Then Mr. Davis sold out and bought a farm twelve miles northeast from Colfax. At the opening of the reservation he came hither and secured his pres- ent place, which adjoins Mohler. He was among the

GEORGE W. STELLMON.

JOEL D. MARTIN.

MRS. MARTIN L. GOLDSMITH.

MARTIN L. GOLDSMITH

WILLIAM B. MARTIN.

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very first to locate and moved the family there the next summer. He owns a quarter section and farms two hundred and thirty acres. Mr. Davis follows the diversified plan of farming and also raises fine Poland China hogs. He built the hotel in Mohler, ran it for one year then rented and later sold it.

On October 28, 1885, Mr. Davis married Miss Mary C. Pollard, whose parents reside near Walla Walla. She was born on February 7, 1867, and has the follow- ing named brothers and sisters, Melissa A., Oliver, Etta, Minnie, Frank, Robert, Roy, four deceased, John B., Betty, Ella and Delia. Mr. Davis has four brothers and one sister, Jasper, deceased, Newton, Frank M., Phillip, Mary Summons. The children of the household are two, George A., born September 19. 1886; Floyd E., born January 3, 1895. Mr. Davis is a member of the W. W., the I. O. O. F. and Rebekahs. Politically he walks with the Republicans, although he is an independent thinker.

GEORGE W. STELLMON. A prominent and skillful farmer and stockman, a keen, practical, busi- ness man, a good financier, a public minded citizen, an upright man of integrity and good walk, these things with many others that we could mention en- title the subject of this article to representation in the volume of his county s history.

George W. Stellmon was born near Greenville, Greene county, Tennessee, on July 16, 1864, being the son of Henry and Elizabeth ( Brooks) Stellmon, na- tives of North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. The father was born in 1835, and is now living in Arkansas. He has always been a prominent citizen. The mother died in 1880. Her father and grandfather were among the very first settlers in eastern Tennessee. Our subject was reared on a farm until 1878 in his native place and then the family went to Benton county, Arkansas, that being new then. He received his education in these places and when twenty, deter- mined to try the west, was soon in Colfax. He worked on a farm for a year and then went to Pullman and later to Genesee. Later he rented land and also took up forty acres. He farmed here for five years and then went to the Potlatch country near Juliaetta and bought a ranch. This was the home for six years and in 1896 he came to his present place, one mile north and one mile east from Dublin. He took a quarter sec- tion of good land, later bought two hundred and forty acres more and is now one of the heavy land owners of the reservation. He leases his land and is moving his family to Clarkston, where they will remain until the children are educated. In addition to this mam- moth estate, all of which is under cultivation, Mr. Stell- mon has leased over ten thousand acres of state land in Douglas county and is stocking it as he purchases cattle for shipping. He does a good business in buy- ing and selling cattle and intends to handle a large ranch. He has a commodious home and excellent improvements and his is one of the best estates in the county.

In Arkansas on April 15, 1883, Mr. Stellmon mar- ried Miss Della, daughter of John and Mary (Ingle) Brock. The father was killed by lightning when his daughter , was young, but the mother is still living near Clarkston, Washington. Mrs. Stellmon was born in Benton county, Arkansas, in 1868, and has one brother and one sister, John, in Indian Territory ; Anna Allard at Clarkston. Mr. Stellmon has the following brothers and sisters: Della Hughes, John, Charles, Andrew, Melvin, William, all in Nez Perces county but the last, who is in Arkansas. The follow- ing children have been born to this worthy couple : Pearl E., Annie L., Mary, Cora, Neva, Ralph, Grace, Roy, Eula, Lottie and Lucile. Mr. Stellmon is a Re- publican, and is always in the lead in any enterprise for the advancement of the community. He has been school director for some time.

JOEL D. MARTIN. We esteem it a privilege to recount the items in this worthy pioneer's interest- ing career, since he has been intimately connected with this country for many years, is well posted in reference to the early history, has labored here for many years to build up and develop, is a man above reproach, and withal is a prominent and worthy citizen.

Joel D. Martin was born in Yates county, New York, on May 9, 1823, being the son of Garrett and Laura (Clark) Martin. The father, born in New Jersey in 1802, is now dead. The mother was a native of Yates county, New York, and she too is de- ceased. Our subject remained in New York until 1847. He was educated in Penn Yan Academy. When the gold excitement broke out in California, the stir- ring spirit of Joel D. was ready for action and he at once bought a ticket from New York to San Fran- cisco, via Panama. Aside from a little foray on Pan- ama with the natives the trip was accomplished with no special incident and on June 20, 1850, he passed within the Golden Gate. At once he made his way to the mines on south Feather river and as they were poor, he did not do well, and joined a party who bought a whaling vessel and journeyed up the coast, giving their attention to hunting. In the following year he returned to mining on the middle Feather river and there success crowned his industry. At the end of 1852. he engaged for some years in other business and later returned to the Timbuctoo and worked for a time. In 1857, at an expense of three thousand dollars, he had made the trip to New York and had bought his family west. Strange are the vicissitudes of life, for in 1862, on July 5, Mr. Mar- tin landed in Lewiston, "flat broke" to use his laconic phrase. He removed to Elk City and went to clerk- ing for Lloyd Magruder for a remuneration of six dollars per day.

He invested in mining property and with a part- ner, David A. Butler, took out as high as eighteen hundred dollars per week. Those same mines are said to be among the very best in Elk City district

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now. At the end of four years he returned to Lew- iston and took utp the fruit business in which he did well. Two years later he went to farming and this has occupied him continuously since. He took a ranch in 1877, and now owns four hundred and forty acres nine miles southeast from Lewiston. During the Indian trouble of 1878, Mr. Martin attended to the construction of defences hut after every precau- tion was taken, the Indians did not show themselves nor attack the town, doubtless deeming themselves safer away from these doughty pioneers prepared to fight.

It is of note that in 1863-64, when the awful Magruder murder was committed, Mr. Martin was in Elk City and was one of the party that found the remains, the next spring, of that unfortunate man, for whose death five men were hung later.

In New York, in 1846, Mr. Martin married Miss Caroline, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Stiles, natives of New York and Pennsylvania, respectively. Mrs. Martin was born and reared in New York, and died in 1885, in Nez Perces county. To this happy union. there were born three children : Mortimer S., living on Camas Prairie ; Olive C., wife of W. P. Hunt in Lew- iston ; Helen A., wife of C. F. Leland and she died in 1901. Mr. Martin had six sisters and two broth- ers and all are dead but two named below, George W., on the old homestead in Yates county, New York ; Melville M., in Wisconsin. Mr. Martin is a stanch Republican, was assessor for years in California and deputy for two years. He has been elected justice of the peace twice and appointed twice but would not qualify. Mrs. Martin had seven sisters and four brothers. Mr. Martin is a director in the Pioneer Association and is a man of good capabilities and stands exceptionally well in the county, being esteemed both for his good labors and his own worth.

MARTIN L. GOLDSMITH. It will surely cre- ate a feeling of pleasure and stir to admiration the ones who read the items of the career of M. L. Gold- smith, since there is manifested the sterling qualities of faithfulness to friends, determination which brings success in labors, and integrity and uprightness which shine forth in each turn of his walk.

Martin L. Goldsmith was born in Sussex, Eng- land, on May 29. 1854, being the son of George and Jane (Wenham) Goldsmith. He was educated in his native land, and at the age of thirteen was appren- ticed to a plumber and painter. Not being pleased with this work, after six months, he was released from that and given a position with a gas fitter, where he served until he was seventeen, gaining a perfect mas- tery of his craft. When sixteen, he joined the Eng- lish volunteers and served until February, 1872. On the fourteenth of that same month, he embarked for America, having earned sufficient money for his own way. He was one of a family of eight boys and eight girls and early learned to make his own way. On

February 29, 1872, the youth landed in New York and after buying a ticket for himself and partner to Chi- cago, he had one dollar and eighty cents. This he divided with his partner and they spent fifteen cents before they got to Chicago. Arriving there he ex- perienced the discomforts of a heavy snowstorm in a city ruined and piled with the debris of an awful fire. He met a new acquaintance and soon had a job in a blacksmith shop at nine dollars per week. The board for himself and partner was ten dollars per week and they steadily fell behind one dollar per week until the partner gained work. The good fortune of that part- ner was manifest in having such a warm friend to rely on as our subject. But this shows forth the quali- ties of which we spoke and this unqualified faithful- ness is the one thing above all others that has wrought the brilliant success of Mr. Goldsmith. He worked on until July 7, and then went to gas fitting, which was a source of fine revenue until 1875. In September of that year, he came to Oregon, via San Francisco. He opened a blacksmith shop in Mohawk, Oregon, but was sick there from September, 1876, until the mid- dle of 1877. In October of that year he came to the Palouse country with a team, landing amid a blind- ing snowstorm, on November 24, 1877. On Decem- ber 19, 1877, he located a homestead and timber cul- ture, five miles north from Lewiston. For twenty- five years, Mr. Goldsmith continued in patient and successful toil on this place and still owns a quarter section there. After an absence of twenty-eight years, he returned to London to visit his parents who still live there, and about that time he sold his land north of Lewiston, one section being disposed of then, for nineteen thousand dollars.

Since then, Mr. Goldsmith has gone into the gen- eral merchandise business, being located now at Spald- ing, where he is doing a fine business. He also has nearly one thousand sheep, fifty or more cattle and is a partner of Mr. Wann in the ferry business at Spald- ing. Thus it is seen that Mr. Goldsmith is very ac- tive in business, and in it all he has displayed keen discrimination, excellent executive force and an energy and continuity that have well merited his brilliant success.

On August 3, 1873, Mr. Goldsmith married Miss Margaret, daughter of John P. Hall, who came from England in 1872. Her energy and faithfulness, cou- pled with good business ability, have won for her the highest esteem of womanhood as well as assisting in the financial success of her husband. Her parents have four children, Alice W., born in Chicago, on July 23, 1875, and is now postmistress in Spalding ; George, born in Oregon, on April 6, 1878. and who was killed in 1890, by a horse falling on him : John, born near Lewiston on June 17, 1881, married to Daisy Shaefer in 1900, and now in the sheep business ; Jane, born near Lewiston on October 30, 1883, and now as- sisting her father in the store. Mr. Goldsmith is a Republican and active in all the campaigns and in- telligent in the issues of the day. He. is a Knight Templar Mason and also a member of the I. O. O. F., and the Pioneer society, while Mrs. Goldsmith is Past

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Grand of the Rebekahs, Union Lodge, No. 100. In addition to all his other property he has holdings in various other places and Mr. Goldsmith has the keen satisfaction of knowing that from the poor youth with less than a dollar in his pockets amid the snow of black Chicago, he has risen to his present commanding position of successful merchant, stockman and finan- cier, through his own faithful efforts and commenda- ble wisdom, having also maintained an unsullied rep- utation, and is today high in the esteem of all who know him, being a man of integrity, sound principles and intrinsic worth.

WILLIAM B. MARTIN. This well known, prosperous farmer and business man is deserving of a representation in the history of his county and with pleasure we accord him such.

William B. Martin was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, on September 28, 1848, being the son of Annanias C. and Margaret ( McCormick) Martin, natives of Pennsylvania. When William was two years old, the family came to Henry county, Iowa, locating near Mount Pleasant. In 1853, they went to Illinois and returned to Iowa in 1860. William was the second of a family of five children. A. M. Martin, living near Post Falls ; Frank B., E. M., and Mrs. W. W. Levis are still living near McMinnville, Oregon. In 1862, they all came across the plains with ox- teams, joining a large train at the Platte. The jour- ney was made without incident out of the ordinary and they settled in the vicinity of McMinnville, where the father bought land and farmed. Our subject was educated in the public schools, completing in the high school. There on October 2, 1870, Mr. Martin married Miss Mary E., daughter of Jesse T. and Violet (Ship- ley) Mulkins, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio. They were married in Indiana and came to Des Moines county, Iowa, where Mrs. Martin was born on July 24, 1847. In 1864, they made the weary journey across the plains to Oregon, locating in Yam Hill county. In 1871, they came to Dayton, Washington, and in 1881, they removed to Spokane Prairie, where the father died in 1885. Mrs. Martin died in March, 1902. Our subject sold his farm in Oregon in 1877 and came to the vicinity of Dayton, Washington. In 1882, he settled near Lewiston, on a preemption, where he took to fruit raising and dairying. In October, 1896, Mr. Martin came to the reservation and located a homestead, where he now lives, four and one-half miles south from Nezperce. The family came to this place in the spring of 1897 and it has been the home since. The farm is well supplied with first class improvements, among which are a fine seven room house, a large barn, excellent outbuildings, or- chards, fences and so forth. Mr. Martin operates a threshing machine and is also president of the Farmers Grain Company, limited, which has been incorporated under the laws of Idaho. They have warehouses at Kamiah and a wire tramway from the top of the hill to them; they also own other property. Mr. Martin

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 49

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