An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 52

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CHARLES W. EVERTS. To the old Empire state we travel to find the birth place of the subject of this article. Syracuse county was the spot and May 4, 1865, the date of this event. The parents, William H. and Mary A. (Miller) Everts, came to lonia coun- ty, Michigan, and in 1880, to Dayton, Washington. The father went to South Dakota and there took a homestead, where in 1891, he died aged fifty-five. The mother, aged fifty-seven, is now living with a daugh- ter in Southshore, South Dakota. Our subject com- menced for himself at fifteen, having secured a com- mon school education. After coming to Washington with the family, he spent considerable time around Walla Walla and also worked at Union, Union coun- ty, Oregon. He was jailer there for a time. In 1893 he went to Oakesdale, Washington, and there farmed and worked on the Northern Pacific until 1897, when he came to his present place, about five miles northeast from Nezperce and took eighty acres under the home- stead act. He has proved up on this, and has an orchard of two hundred trees, a well cultivated farm and good improvements otherwise.

Mr. Everts has one sister, Mrs. Emma L. Potter, and one brother, Henry, residing in Southshore, South Dakota. The sister was born on January 21, 1875, in Ionia county, Michigan, and Henry was born in the same place, on March 29, 1877. Mr. Everts is a re- spected and public-minded citizen and has the good will of all. He is still one of the jolly bachelors of the section and seems quite content with the quiet joys and peacefulness of that state.

CHARLES C. SAUNDERS, a farmer and stock- man, whose home is one mile west from Dublin, is to be numbered with the enterprising and substantial citi- zens and it is with pleasure that we are enabled to grant him consideration in the volume of his county history.

Charles C. Saunders was born in Monroe county, West Virginia, on September 24, 1860, being the son of Lewis W. and Julia ( Harlen) Saunders, natives of West Virginia. The father was born on September

24. 1835. He served about four years in the Civil war, participating in the awful battle of Gettysburg, and also served under Grant. The mother of our sub- ject was born in 18.41 and died in 1885. The family went to Missouri when our subject was eleven and there as in his own home place he studied in the com- mon schools. He remained with his father until he was twenty-one and then started in the battle of life on his own resources. When twenty-five he started out west and March 12, 1886, marks the date of his landing in Lewiston. He worked for a time and then journeyed to the Okanogan country, after which he came to l'niontown and harvested. About this time he had the misfortune to break his arm which necessi- tated his retirement from active life for a time. In November, 1888, we see him in Spokane, working for Meade & Company, wholesale butchers. Two years here and then he butchered in Uniontown after which he served fourteen months for the Great Northern in this capacity. Next, Mr. Saunders opened a meat market in Spokane, called the Union market and as partner he took F. L. Sampson. After four years in this business he sold out and went to buying and ship- ping stock. On June 1, 1898, he came to the reserva- tion country and secured his present place. This was raw prairie and he has devoted himself to improving it and also continues to buy and ship stock. He raises fine grades of cattle and hogs. Mr. Saunders is a Democrat and interested in the campaigns. He has the following brothers and sisters, Jennie L., Mamie Hayes, Lewis A., Cass, Ross, Earl. Mr. Saunders is one of the jolly bachelors of the reservation country and is also one of the esteemed and substantial men of this section.

EDWARD L. WIGGIN is one of the leading com- mercial men of Lewiston, handling an establishment as tobacconist, wherein he has made a good success. He is a native of Dayton, Washington, being born of pioneer parents, Lott and Mary J. (Newell) Wiggin, on February 15, 1871. His father was a wheelwright, born in Portland, Maine, in 1823, and died in 1899, in Lewiston. He came up the first steamboat on the upper Snake and landed at Lewiston in 1861. He opened a trading store at the junction of the Snake and Clearwater and continued in the country until the time of his death. He was a prominent man in Lewis- ton and for many years was a member of the city council. Mrs. Wiggin is still living in Lewiston. Her father, Dr. Newell, was Indian agent at Lapwai from 1874 to 1875 and was one of the early pioneers of the country. He was a man of great influence and held in high esteem by both whites and Indians. When he retired from the agency, the Indians, as a manifestation of their appreciation, granted him a tract of land at the forks of the Snake and Clearwater rivers, which is still known as the Newell grant. He and his wife were content to pass their days in Lewis- ton and here also they sleep.

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to Lewiston when he was four years old and he has remained here since and so is very familiar with both the city and surrounding country. When eighteen he went to work in the Teller office and three years later went into the Tribune office. He also handled stock on the range and made camp Joseph his head- quarters for a time. In 1895 he started his present business and his ability and care of business has given him the meed of excellent success and he is one of the prosperous business men of Lewiston.

On November 30, 1899, Mr. Wiggin married Miss Augusta M., the youngest daughter of A. Benson, a well known pioneer. Mrs. Wiggin was born in Lew- iston, where also her wedding occurred, and the date of her advent into life was 1877, during the hostilities of the Nez Perces war and she is distinctly an Idaho product. She has the following brother and sisters : Mrs. Clifford Riggs, Mrs. Walter Addison, Albert, a resident of this county. Mr. Wiggin has the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Joseph Molloy; John, a soldier in the Philippines and now in Lewiston; Charles A., also in Lewiston. Mr. Wiggin has a fine home in the city and one child, Albert Edward, eight- een months old. Mr. Wiggin is a member of the I. O. O. F. in Lewiston, and also of the W. of W. He is a Republican and active. He is also a member of the Pioneer Association. Mr. Wiggin is well and favorably known and has the regard and esteem of all.

LOUIS DELSOL. A list of Nez Perces county's orchardists and real estate holders would by no means be complete were there failure to mention the well known citizen whose name initiates this paragraph. Mr. Delsol is one of the pioneers of this country, has labored faithfully and intelligently for its upbuilding and advancement, has demonstrated the fruit culture to be a successful industry, being one of the first men who planted fruit here and also one of those whose efforts have continued with commendable progress and success, and now he stands one of the leaders in his line. Three miles east from Lewiston is his home place, which consists of three hundred and thirty-five acres of good soil. He does a general farming busi- ness and has some stock, but his attention is largely devoted to fruit, of which he has thirty-five acres. In 1872 Mr. Delsol planted the first grape vines in this country, sending to California for them. They have been a success and the two acres planted then are regularly bearing now and have been during the inter- vening time. He has a good house and all the out- buildings that are needed.

Louis Delson was born in France, on March 25, 1838. being the son of natives of that land. His parents died when he was small and he has but slight remembrance of them. In his native place, Louis received a good education and remained until he was twenty-one years old. Then he came to New York and thence, via Panama. to San Francisco, where an older brother had preceded him about two years. He arrived in the Golden state in 1860, and soon was

in the mines hard at work for the hidden treasure and at this he wrought for a number of years and then came to Canyon City, Oregon, where he delved for gold for a time and then went to the Salmon river mines, remaining four years, until 1870. Then Mr. Delsol came to Lewiston and took his present land from the government. At the time of the Nez Perces war he was in San Francisco and learning of it he speedily came home and assisted to stand guard. A number of French miners on the Salmon came troop- ing into his place at this time and remained there several months or until hostilities ceased.

Mr. Delsol is interested in commercial pursuits in Lewiston and is constantly investing more. He is one of the genial and affable celibatarians of the county and is popular with all. He takes an active part in politics, being a Democrat, and has done duty in num- erous conventions. In religious persuasion he is a Catholic, and fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason. Mr. Delsol has two brothers and one sister, Frank, Baptiste and August.

CHARLES B. WORTMAN. The subject of this review is one of the representative men of this reservation country and is now dwelling on a farm four miles west from Nezperce. Being among the first at the opening, he secured one of the choice pieces and since that date has given his undivided attention to its improvement and cultivation.

Charles B. Wortman was born in Daviess county, Missouri, on December 25. 1859, being the son of Milton L. and Catherine (Spencer) Wortman, natives of West Virginia and Ohio, respectively. The father enlisted in the Confederate army in June, 1861, and fought in Price's army all through the conflict, being in many battles and skirmishes and also at the sur- render. He was sheriff of Daviess county when the war broke out and he was elected again after the war was over. On September 15, 1872, he died from the effects of bone erysipelas. The mother died on July 4, 1876. In 1873 our subject went to Douglas county, Colorado, but returned to Missouri, whence he again went to Colorado and remained riding the range until 1889, the year in which he came to Latah, Washing- ton. He was here at the day of the opening of the reservation, November 18, 1895. but did not file until the twenty-ninth. His place is situated on the Nez- perce and Lewiston wagon road and is well fenced and about all under cultivation. Mr. Wortman came here with but little property and is now a prosperous and substantial agriculturist.

On April 1. 1889, Mr. Wortman married Miss Nancy M., daughter of Hathaway and Nancy Mas- terson. They lived in Carroll county, Missouri, where Mrs. Wortman was born on August 25, 1864. The family went to Benton county, Arkansas. Mr. Mas- terson was born in Kentucky and commenced to teach at the age of eighteen and continued that with the work of the ministry in the Christian church until two years before his death in June, 1897, being then

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aged seventy-seven. His widow now lives on the res- ervation in her seventy-fifth year. Mrs. Wortman is a member of the Christian church.

THEOPHILUS F. ROSSE was born in the grand little republic of Switzerland, the date thereof being October 28, 1859. His parents, Joseph and Barbara (Berdat) Rosse, were of French extraction and their home was in France until Bonaparte changed the boundary of Switzerland. The father of our subject was born in Delemont, the old home place of this son, in 1804, and he died in 1873. He was a farmer and served as a cadet under Napoleon Boneparte in 1816. The mother of our subject was born in the same place in 1820 and died in 1863. Theophilus was reared on a farm and gained his education from the common schools. He learned the trade of making confections and fine pastry cooking. He was favored in his youth in being able to study in French and German and speaks those languages in connection with the Eng- lish. When twenty-one he came to the United States and from New York he sailed to Argentine and back as cook. Next he cooked on a steamer on lake Michi- gan. Then we see him in Minnesota following the fine art in a summer hotel on lake Osakias. Conse- quent to this he cooked for a corps of Canadian Pa- cific engineers and thus traveled all over the country. He took land in Saskatchewan and held it until the breaking out of the Indian rebellion, when he joined the whites and received a wound in the thigh. This was in 1885 and soon after his discharge he came to Lane county, Oregon, where he settled to farming and stock raising. For fourteen years Mr. Rosse did well here and then the panic of 1893 struck the coun- try and he was financially crippled with the others. Then he came to the reservation and leased Indian land, where he now is, three and one-half miles west from Ilo, since which time he has done well. He has re-leased the land for three years and is entering still more deeply into agricultural pursuits.

Mr. Rosse has the following named brothers and sisters : Joseph, a large wholesale merchant in France ; Julia Frey, Josephine Fox, Bridget Bill, all in Switz- erland ; Mary Schaub, whose husband is a banker in Buenos Ayres, Argentine. Mr. Rosse is a Catholic and adheres to the Republican party. He is a man of principle and integrity and is of excellent standing in the community, being ever allied on the side of sub- stantial upbuilding and progress.

ALBERT WILLIAMS is one of the prosperous farmers who have settled in the reservation country and have made it a very attractive and pleasant place to live, besides making it one of the most valuable sections of the state.

Albert Williams was born in Port Hope, Canada, in June, 1851. being the son of John and Fannie (Cobblde) Williams. The father was born in Canada

and died in 1864. having been a farmer. The mother was a native of England and died in 1864. Our sub- ject was thus early left an orphan and knew some of the hardships of this life in his childhood. He con- tinted to farm the old home place until 1888, then he sold it and came to Jacksonville, Oregon, where he stayed but a short time. The next move was to Idaho, where Mr. Williams bought a farm, tilling the same until the reservation opened and then he took his pres- ent place, two miles southwest from Melrose. He made final proof of this place in 1901 and it is con- sidered one of the very best farms in the vicinity. Mr. Williams has a fine orchard, a commodious barn and is about to erect a good residence. He had brothers and sisters, as follows: Elizabeth, deceased, Joseph, Benjamin, William, deceased, Frances, Harnett, Zu- rina Stephens and Simeon, in Canada. Mr. Williams is a member of the Methodist church and is a man of integrity and industry.

While in Canada, in 1884, Mr. Williams married Miss Sarah, daughter of Godfrey Robinson, a farmer. One child has been born to this union, Sarah B., now fourteen years old.

JEFFERSON DAVIS HENDREN. We wish to especially mention the subject of this sketch in the history of Nez Perces county, as he has been well known in the eastern part as a man of strong character and determination, and has led a remarkable career as an officer of justice, always accomplishing the danger- ous and trying tasks in his service as deputy sheriff, even capturing noted criminals and handling them without irons, when others were killed in the attempt. Also in the seventeen years of his stay in these sec- tions, Mr. Hendren has shown true qualities of integ- rity, uprightness and honor and his friends are num- bered fron every quarter.

Mr. Hendren was born in Arkansas, on July 29, 1861, being the son of William H. and Elizabeth W. (Bates) Hendren. The father was born in 1834, in Wilkes county, North Carolina, fought through the Civil war as captain under Price and experienced some thrilling times. The mother of our subject was born in Georgia in 1833 and her parents were also natives of that state. Mr. W. H. Hendren and his wife still live on the home place in Arkansas. Our subject was edu- cated and reared in Arkansas, then followed stock busi- ness in Nebraska and Montana until twenty-three, at which time he visited home again and then came to Camas prairie, where he located and took up stock raising. Since then he has more or less devoted him- self to this and is now handling a livery business in Kamiah, where he is successful. Mr. Hendren has the following brothers and sisters: John J., William I., James E., Evan L., Robert L., Napoleon P., Albert M., John T., Julia A. Bates, Frances P. Austin, Lizzie Vandevanter and Lottie. Mr. Hendren is a member of the I. O. O. F., Clearwater Lodge No. 68, at Mt. Idaho; of the Encampment, No. 18; and he and his wife belong to the Rebekahs.

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On June 6, 1883, Mr. Hendren married Miss Mar- tha J., daughter of William B. and Jane (Caughron) Austin, of Benton county, Arkansas, and on February 8, 1887, on Camas prairie, aged thirty-two, Mrs. Hendren was called from her home by death and left five children, Berna and Bertha, twin girls, George S., Mabel and Earl. In March, 1902, Mr. Hendren contracted a second marriage, Mrs. Mattie D. Mont- gomery then becoming his wife. Her parents are Joseph and Nancy J. Mckinney, residents of Camas prairie. Mr. Mckinney is an influential man and prominent in political matters, being a Democrat, and also in Oregon he was one of the leading men, being a heavy stock raiser and dealer. Mrs. Hendren was born in Linn county, Oregon, on October 24, 1870, and has two brothers and seven sisters, William and John, Annie, Clara Springer, Etta, Orpha Powell, Ollie Lieuellen, Rose Bush and Bertha Bryant. By her former husband Mrs. Henderson has two chil- dren, Francis R. and Ida M. Montgomery.

In the political field, Mr. Hendren is both popular and prominent, being at the county and state conven- tions at almost every sitting and a man of influence in these capacities as well as in his home position. Mr. Hendren was deputy sheriff for six years in Idaho county and county assessor there for one term, being deputy for four years in addition. Although the county was Republican, still he secured a majority of twenty-six at the time of his election. When deputy sheriff, Mr. Hendren captured the noted Oregon des- perado who had killed two men in Oregon. He caught his man on the Salmon and took him forty-five miles without an iron.

CHARLES W. HEBERLY. Being here at the very day the reservation was opened, and owing to his excellent enterprise and keen judgment, Mr. Heb- erly secured one of the most valuable ranches in Nez Perces county, being located three miles west from Nezperce and on the main Lewiston road. His land all lies well, is very fertile and plentifully watered, while the valuable improvements which he has added from time to time since, by dint of hard labor and wise man- agement, have doubly enhanced its value. The an- nual returns in crops make a fine dividend and Mr. Heberly is one of the prosperous and substantial men of the community.

Charles W. Heberly was born in Mineral county, West Virginia, on September 25, 1867, being the son of Charles G. and Margaret C. Heberly, natives of Germany and West Virginia, respectively. Mr. Heberly has one sister, Mrs. Caroline Hollen, who was born on February 25, 1866, and is now living in Mays- ville, Grant county, West Virginia. The father of our subject, who was living in Illinois at the time of the Civil war, enlisted in the Second Illinois Light Artil- lery, and served all through the war, being in many battles and skirmishes. He was wounded and also languished in one of the horrible prisons. Being hon- orably discharged, he returned to West Virginia and later went to Maryland, where he died in 1870 from the

effects of a wound received in the war. Our subject remained at home with his mother, gaining his educa- tion from the common schools, until he was sixteen, when he started in life for himself. At this time he had no money and he commenced work for a salary. In 1887 he went to York county, Nebraska, and one year later came to Moscow. He was variously em- ployed on a farm and the railroad and otherwise until the opening of the reservation, as stated above, and then he secured his present place, where he has wrought since. Mr. Heberly had but little financial means when he landed here and the goodly holding he now has is the result of his excellent labor and thrift. He also owns shares in the Farmers' Grain Company. Mr. Heberly's mother is living with his sister in Maysville, West Virginia, aged sixty-one. Our subject has never launched on the sea of matrimony but is still enjoying the seclusion of his bachelor home. He is respected and is of good standing.

FRANK CHANDLER. Three miles west from Nezperce lies the well tilled and valuable farm of the subject of this article. This land was taken as a home- stead in 1897, being one hundred and twenty acres, and since that time Mr. Chandler has devoted himself in an industrious manner to its improvement and cul- ture, having been favored with good success in these efforts.

Frank Chandler was born in Iowa, on April 22, 1867, being the son of Sireno and Laura (Tillotson) Chandler, natives of Maine and the province of Que- bec, respectively. The former died at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1900, aged sixty-four, and the latter in May, 1881, aged forty-five. Frank was reared on a farm and was a regular attendant at the district school until seventeen and then he started in life for himself. Three years were spent in various employment in Minnesota and thence he migrated to Coleridge, Ne- braska, where he operated a dray line for eight years. From that locality Mr. Chandler came to his present place and his labors have been dispensed with wisdom in building the improvements and in cultivation of his farm. He raises wheat, oats, flax and barley, also a good orchard and pays considerable attention to raising stock. He has some well bred Berkshire hogs, a sev- en-eighths Shire stallion and other animals.

Mr. Chandler has the following named brothers and sisters : George, at Sioux Falls, South Dakota ; Midas, in Minnesota ; Clemma, wife of L. S. Nelson ; Olive, wife of Ed Cooper; Gertrude, wife of Will Becker, all residing in Minnesota, and Carrie, wife of John Watkins, residing in Iowa. Mr. Chandler's father was in the Civil war for three years.

At Coleridge, Nebraska, on December 26, 1887, Mr. Chandler married Miss Hallie M., daughter of Henry L. and Elnora (Hakes) Beach. The parents were natives of Illinois and came as pioneers to Min- nesota, Iowa, and finally to Nebraska. Mr. Chandler was born in Illinois, on January 30, 1868, and has the following named brothers and sisters: Virgil E., Ros-

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coe W .. Charles, all in Iowa : Vernie, with parents in Nebraska : Orpha, wife of W. H. Needham; Rose, wife of Bert S. Baker, at Palouse, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler have two children, Lee and Ger- trude.

LOREN L. HAYNES. Among the younger men of Nez Perces county, there is none more popular nor of better standing than the energetic, stirring and capable gentleman whose name is at the head of this article.

Mr. Haynes was born in Adair county, Iowa, on July 14. 1873. being the son of Andrew and Clara (Polk) Haynes. The father was a farmer, born in Ross county, Ohio, in 1841. He lives in Iowa and is a man of much influence in his state, being an aggres- sive Democrat of ability. The mother was born in In- diana and died when Loren was four years of age. His maternal grandmother is still living, aged eighty- eight. Loren L. was educated in the common schools and then finished at the Capitol City Commercial Col- lege of Des Moines, Iowa, after which he took a course at the lowa College of Law, graduating with honors ; he came to Lewiston in 1894 and there engaged in the practice of law, associating himself in a partnership with Judge Jasper Rand, the oldest practitioner in the state. For three years Mr. Haynes did good work at the bar and then determined to retire from the prac- tice of law, and accordingly removed to the farm where he now lives, three miles east from Lewiston. He owns four hundred acres of good land and he is one of the most enterprising fruit raisers of the county.

In January, 1897, Mr. Haynes married Miss Abbie, adopted daughter of Judge Rand. Mrs. Haynes is an only child and was born in Lewiston, in January, 1880. Mr. Haynes has one brother. Farris, who is a farmer and stock raiser in Iowa. To the happy home of Mr. Haynes there have come as the fruit of the marriage three children. Austin, Hester and Clara. Mr. Haynes is a member of the W. of W. and of the K. of P. He is a Democrat in politics and is influential and active in this realm. He has never sought personal preferment, but has done much for his party. He was a member of the National Democratic convention in 1896 and has attended a number of national conven- tions. Mr. Haynes had an uncle in both the Mexican and the Civil wars. Mr. Haynes is an advocate of good government, especially a devotee of good schools and he is always arrayed on the side of progress. Mr. Haynes has done well in handling his business affairs and has a good dividend paying orchard.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 52

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