An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 69

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On October 1.4. 1896, Mr. Skelton married Miss Mary E., daughter of James V. and Elva V. Cotter, natives of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. They came to Latah county in 1888, and Mr. Cotter died in 1894, but his widow is still living, making her home in Nez Perces county. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Skelton, Daphne 1., born December II, 1898. Mrs. Skelton was born in Isabella county. Michigan. on April 8, 1876. This young couple have done well in this county, are highly respected and are always found allied on the side of good government, progression and sound principles, being possessed of admirable integrity, affability and wisdom, which bring to them the good will and approval of all.

WILLIAM B. REESE. From a worthy family of excellent quality came the subject of this sketch, a pop- ular and esteemed citizen of Nez Perces county. Dr. Reese is one of the talented and leading professional men of the county and has achieved distinction in differ- ent lines of enterprise, ever manifesting the happy

qualifications of which he is richly possessed, and dis- playing uprightness and integrity in all his ways.

Mr. Reese was born in Hendersonville, North Caro- lina, on February 4, 1849, being the son of William and Margaret C. ( Plumblee) Reese. The father was born in North Carolina in 1807, and was a carriage maker. While he owned slaves, he never would buy or sell them. He was of French and Welsh extrac- tion and died in 1884 with pneumonia. His father was a soldier in the Revolution. The mother of our subject was born in North Caroline in 1815 and died in 1890. William B. remained with his parents until of age, gaining a good education and being employed with his father. At the age of twenty-five he was admitted to the Methodist conference and was a trav- eling minister for seven years. At the end of that time he was forced to abandon his calling on account of throat trouble. He immediately went to studying medicine and graduated from the Vanderbilt Uni- versity in 1882, then went to practicing medicine in Mitchell county and five years later, when his father died, he went to the old home to care for his mother, and there practiced for two years; then he went to New York city and took a post graduate course in the Polyclinic hospital. He then closed his business in the south and came to Genesee, Latah county, arriving there in April, 1891. Three years were spent there in successful practice, and then a move was made to Leland, where we find him in his profession until 1900, when the people called him to act as probate judge of Nez Perces county. The election was a stub- bornly fought contest, he being on the Democratic ticket, but as he was not a strong partisan he received mnich Republican support. He is now in the city of Lewiston and fulfilling the duties of that important office with credit and distinction.

The marriage of Dr. Reese and Miss Anna, daugh- ter of Rev. Andrew and Lucinda ( Phillips) Robert- son, was solemnized on February 6, 1888, in Chat- tanooga, Tennessee, and three children have been born to them-T. Caroosso, in Lewiston; John M. and Willie, at home. Mrs. Reese was born in Georgia and her father in the same state, while her mother was born in North Carolina. The father was a Methodist minister, and his father was also a minister in that church, and died in his eighty-fourth year, having been a soldier in the war of 1812. Mrs. Reese's grand- father Phillip was born in 1788. died in 1889, and his wife also lived to a good age. This veteran was mar- ried without a dollar, became the father of eighteen children, left them cach a farm and died with plenty himself. He handled his own farm until ninety-seven years of age. The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Reese are: Christopher B., Joseph, John W., Reuben, Bright, deceased, Clara Stover, Hattie Richie. The brothers and sisters of Mr. Reese are: John, de- ceased : James, Henry C., deceased : Thomas C .; Solomon : Mary Dunlap : Ellen Burges. Judge Recse is a past master Mason with membership at Genesee. He and his wife are members of the Methodist church, South. He is a stanch Demo- crat and active in the realm of politics. He owns

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property in North Carolina and at Genesee, and farms near Orofino. His brothers, James and Henry, fought in the Civil war and the latter was killed at the battle of Seven Pines, while the former languished one year in the war prison at Elmira, New York.

JAMES W. McFADDEN. This venerable de- fender of the flag on many fields of blood is one of the substantial citizens of Nez Perces county, residing two miles south from Southwick, and in his private life, as in the service of his country, he has manifested the true courage born of principle, and has been dominated by the wisdom that has materialized the enterprises of business into a goodly competence for the golden years of his active and well spent life.

James W. McFadden was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, on December 5, 1838, being the son of John and Mary McFadden. James W. grew up on a farm, received a good education and when the Civil war broke out enlisted in Company H, Fourth Penn- sylvania Cavalry. 'Three years later, when his time had expired, he re-enlisted in the same company and served until the close of the war-ten months. He was in the batles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellors- ville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, besides many others. His regiment participated in seventy-five battles and skirmishes. Being honorably discharged at the close, Mr. McFadden returned to his home, having the satis- faction of knowing that, althought he had suffered al- most untold hardship, serving under Sheridan and others in active and vigorous warfare, the country was safe ; he had rendered the patriot's offering and is now entitled to the patriot's honors and rewards.

On January 29, 1869, Mr. McFadden married Miss Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah (Weakley) Foster, natives of Pennsylvania, and the father was a veteran of the war of 1812. Mrs. McFadden was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in April, 1833, and though now in her seventieth year she has no silver threads of age and is hearty and active after a pioneer's life of labor. This marriage occurred in Mercer coun- ty and Mr. McFadden took up his residence in Ven- ango county until 1876, then took train October 2 and came to San Francisco, thence to Portland by steamer, then up the Columbia by boat to Wallula, thence to Walla Walla, and there after a short stay a team was purchased and they went to Whitman county, where they took up a soldier's homestead. In 1881 they sold that property and came to their present place. A preemption was taken and as much more land was added by purchase later, and since that time they have labored on together and have been attended by the prosperity that comes to wise industry. Mr. McFadden was forced to go to Lewiston and Moscow for all sup- plies, and often paid twenty cents per pound for sugar and other things in proportion. The nearest neigh- bors were some miles away, and they labored with zeal and determination to make their valuable and handsome estate. Three hundred acres are brought under tribute to produce annual fruitage, and thirty

acres are devoted to a valuable orchard. Two im- posing barns grace the estate, outbuildings in abund- ance, and a nine-room residence of modern archi- tectural design is the comfortable and tasty home. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden are deserving of great credit for the wisdom and labor they have shown, and they are accorded the same in generous measure. They are both members of the Presbyterian church and are de- vout in the faith. Four children have been born to them,-John P., married to Esther Mathew, in Nez Perces county ; James M., married to Bertha Guern- sey, near Peck; Clyde E. died eight years ago, aged twenty-one; Bernice, wife of Lee Mathew, in this county. The eldest son has three children, the second two, and the daughter is the mother of one child.

JOSEPH F. EDWARDS. Biography is becom- ing distinctly the literature of the day, and doubtless it is here to remain. It is fitting therefore that in the history of his county that the biographies of the leading men should appear and thus we place before our read- ers an epitome of this prominent gentleman, who has done a large amount for the advancement and progress of Culdesac, being at the present time one of the heavy real estate holders and also engaged in transferring real estate.

Joseph F. Edwards was born in Manitowoc City, Wisconsin, on November 4, 1858, being the son of John W. and Frances ( Hunter) Edwards. The father was a carpenter and ship builder, born in Calais, Maine, in 1812, January 23, died on January 8, 1897. He participated in the Black Hawk and the Civil wars. In the latter he was orderly sergeant of Company K. Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteers. He served under Generals Rosecrans and Thomas, and was in the bat- tles of the Wilderness, Lookout Mountain and Vicks- burg. The mother of our subject was born in Nova Scotia in 1822, and died on May 10, 1898. These peo- ple were pioneers to the vicinity of Milwaukee, Wis- consin, in 1833. At the age of thirteen Joseph started to sail on the lakes, and continued until he was twenty. He then came west to California and on September 28, 1878, he settled in Nez Perces county, in the vicin- ity of Genesee. For twenty years he farmed there. and in 1898 he came to Culdesac, locating the first store in a tent July 29, 1899. Prior to that time he had also been organizer for the W. of W. Soon he sold his interest to his partner, Mr. E. T. Brandon, and in No- vember of the same year started a general merchandise store for himself. He continued that with the post office until June, 1901, when he sold out and erected several buildings in the town. He recently completed Magnolia hall, the largest two-story structure in the town. Now Mr. Edwards is engaged in the real es- tate business.

On March 4. 1889, Mr. Edwards married Miss Ada V. Nelson in Latah county. Mrs. Edwards is the daughter of T. F. and Mary E. (Greer) Nelson. The father, a Baptist minister in Idaho county, was born in North Carolina and was a Confederate sol-

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dier. He has represented Idaho and Latah counties in the legislature and at the time Heitfield was elected Mr. Nelson came within two votes of being United States senator. Mrs. Nelson was born in North Caro- lina, as was also Mrs. Edwards, November 19, 1871. She has the following brothers and sisters: Thomas, Rosa Howton. Horace, Samuel, John and Gordon. Mr. Edwards has the following named brothers and sisters : Charles A., Margaret Spencer ; George, Thomas and John, all deceased. Mr. Edwards is a member of the W. of W., the I. O. O. F., having passed all the chairs of the latter order, and past chancellor of the K. of P. He is also a member of the Rebekahs and the Women of Woodcraft, his wife being a mem- ber of these last named orders also. Mr. Edwards is an active and intelligent Republican. He is a commit- teeman of the Culdesac precinct. Mr. Edwards is always an advocate of good schools, and is a liberal contributor towards all institutions for the benefit of the community. He has assisted much in contribu- tions toward the location of the new mill and other industries of the town. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, as follows: Mary Frances, Charles M., Everett W. and a baby which died in infancy.

EDWARD G. WILLIAMS. Two and one-half miles northeast from Lapwai is the quarter section where is located the family home of the subject of this article. He has improved the land in a very praise- worthy manner, having good buildings and an orchard of two thousand trees. It is quite appropriate that this history should contain a biographical account of this worthy citizen, and therefore we append for the perusal of all some of the details of his career.

Edward G. Williams was born in Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois, on August 16, 1857, being the son of Isaiah B. and Phoebe (Baker) Williams. The father, who was a farmer, born in Ohio in 1810, died in 1901, par- ticipated in the Black Hawk war. The mother was born in Kentucky in 1817 and died in 1892. Her people were pioneers in Kentucky. Edward worked on a farm and attended school until young manhood's estate was reached. At his majority he started for himself. He bought land and lived there until 1883. Then he removed to Sumner county, Kansas, bought land near Belleplaine and farmed for four years. Next we see him in Prairie county, Arkansas, and two years later he returned to Sangamon county, Illinois. Five years were spent there, and then he went to Iowa, re- maining three years. In March, 1897, he came to Juliaetta, Idaho, and the next year purchased a man's right to a homestead, where he now lives.

In Illinois, on December 25, 1879, Mr. Williams married Miss Sarah J., daughter of Gilbert and De- lilah Hatler, natives of Kentucky and Illinois, respect- ively. Mrs. Williams was also born in Illinois. She has three sisters and one brother,-Josephine, Ema- line, Albert and Daisy. Mr. Williams has the follow- ing named brothers and sisters: Susan, Mary, James H., Hattie. Mattie. Amos S., Sanford, Abraham. To

Mr. and Mrs. Williams there have been born six chil- dren, -- Lola, Ethel, Homer, Murray, Alvin and Marie. Mrs. Williams is a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Williams is a strong Republican and attends the conventions and primaries and always takes an active part in local matters. He advocates good schools and is a public-minded citizen allied on the side of progress and advancement.

RUFUS B. MILLER. Mr. Miller is a man of varied and extensive experiences in the enterprises of life and has always wrought with a manifestation of industry and wisdom. He is at present located on his estate, one mile northeast from Peck, where he does a general farming business and is prospered in his en- deavors. He is a man of zealous interest in the edu- cational progress of the country, labors assiduously and unremittingly for this end and is also allied on the side of general progress as well.

Rufus B. Miller was born on March 7, 1858, in Wythe county, Virginia, being the son of Austin and Elizabeth ( Newland) Miller, both natives of Wythe county, where they passed their lives. Rufus was reared there and received a good education in the com- mon schools and then finished with a course in the college at Marion, Virginia. Following this, he de- voted himself to teaching for a time and then, on September 1, 1881, he married Miss Josie S., daughter of Joseph and Sarah E. Hutton, natives of Washing- ton county, Virginia, where also the mother died. The father is still living on the old homestead. Mrs. Miller was born on October 1I, 1863. In 1884 Mr. Miller came with his family to Dayton, Washington, and re- mained one year with his uncle, R. G. Newland, who represented the territory of Washington three terms in the United States congress. In 1885 a move was made to the vicinity of Sprague and Mr. Miller located a homestead and tilled it until 1892. Then he sold out and removed to Oakesdale, Washington, and there operated the farm of Hon. T. G. Mulkey for two years. In 1898 Mr. Miller came to the vicinity of Nez- perce and settled on school land and in the fall of 1901 he sold this and came to his present place and is now engaged in general farming. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.Miller: Bessie E., born August 9, 1882, and now the wife of Asa Baumgardner, living near Kamiah : Marion M., born June 7, 1884, and now deceased ; Margie M., born January 2, 1886, and now attending school in Milton, Oregon: James V., born October 9, 1888: Robert B., born October 10, 1890: Paul, born March 17. 1891, and now deceased : Blanch E., born February 2, 1896; Frank T., born May 31, 1898 : Maud E .. born May 7, 1901. Mr. Miller and his wife and four eldest children are members of the Methodist church, South, and at the present time Mr. Miller is superintending the union Sunday school in the neighborhood. He is a zealous supporter of the faith and is a man of broad views and possessed of a public spirit that allies him on the side of progress and the betterment of all in advancement along all lines.

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WILLIAM H. DAVISON is one of the well known men of the state of Idaho, being at the present time host of the Raymond Hotel in Lewiston, which is doubtless doing as fine a business as any hostelry in the state, on account of the skill and ability of the manager. He is a man of uprightness and many at- tractive qualities. William H. was born in Moke- lumne Hill, Calaveras county, California, on October II, 1856, being the son of James W. and Mary E. (West) Davison. The father was born in England, on May 3, 1834, came to the United States when three years of age and died March 13, 1900. The mother was born in New York in 1833 and died in Placerville, Idaho, in 1888. The parents came to Idaho, via Port- land and The Dalles, and thence by stage to Placer- ville, where the father mined for two years and then opened a hotel, which he operated for twenty years. Our subject was early trained in the arts of a host and also acquired his education from the San Francisco schools. Then, after 1886, our subject removed to Boise and opened the Central Hotel. One year later he went to the mines and remained for four years. Then he returned to Boise and conducted a restaurant successfully for seven years. On February 19, 1897, Mr. Davison took charge of the De France, which had fallen into a bad state through mismanagement ; in a short time our subject had it on a paying basis and soon a very popular house. On April 4, 1901, Mr. Davison took charge of the Raymond House, which he is operating at the present time with most excellent success. The house is well appointed and the skill, ability, executive force and affability of the host is felt in every department and is one of the most com- fortable places for travelers to be found in the west.

On April 25, 1899, Mr. Davison married Annie Smith Pierce, daughter of Scott and Rebecca Smith, at Lewiston. Mrs. Davison has brothers and sisters as follows: William, Clarence, Mary Ormsby, of Boise ; Nellie Thomas and Mrs. Villa Isham, of Grant's Pass, Oregon ; Mrs. W. R. Thomas, of Lewiston. Mr. Davison has brothers and sisters as follows: Thomas, died August 4. 1877 ; Mrs. John Myer, of Boise. Mr. Davison is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., and has been for twenty-five years, joining at Placerville in Covenant Lodge. No. 6. He attended the grand lodge in Portland as delegate in 1878, staging most of the way. He joined the Elks, in February, 1902. In po- litical matters Mr. Davison is allied with the Republi- cans, but is not partisan, believing in sound principles and good men wherever put forth and nominated. He is interested in mining at Buffalo Hump and at Wood river.

DR. BENJAMIN L. COLE. Among the pro- fessional men of Nez Perces county is to be mentioned the gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph. He is a man having a high sense of honor, has main- tained an untarnished reputation, is imbued with an understanding of his stewardship and in all his walk has so conducted himself that he has the entire con- fidence of the people and enjoys an enviable prestige.

B. L. Cole was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on April 14, 1866, being the son of Morris C. and Julia B. (Leas) Cole. The father is a minister in the Baptist church, was born in New York, in 1831, and now lives in Whatcomb, Washington, being still active in the ministry. He is a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in the Fourth New Jersey, and was mustered out at New Orleans, in 1865. His father died aged eighty-two, having served faithfully as a Methodist minister, and his mother was seventy-six at the time of her departure. The mother of our subject was born in Pennsylvania in 1840 and is still living. When mustered out, the father of Benjamin settled at Vicksburg, later went to New Orleans. In that city the son was reared amid refining and literary surroundings, being highly educated. His father was a cultured man and for a time was secretary to the su- perintendent of education tor the city of New Orleans. Our subject completed his professional course in the New Orleans Dental College and in that city he prac- ticed until 1892. In that year he came to Walla Walla and two years later went thence to Tacoma. In that city he had charge of the infirmary for the first year of its existence. Later we find Dr. Cole in Juliaetta, where he practiced successfully until 1901, when he came to his present location in Culdesac. Dr. Cole is favored with a good and increasing practice, because of his skill and also his excellent success that is the result of painstaking and constant study. He has three brothers and one sister-Morris C., Thomas B., John H. and Julia B. Dr. Cole is a member of the K. of P. and of the M. W. A., and of the Sons of Veterans, being in Benjamin Harrison Camp, No. I. New Orleans, of the latter order. He is a member of the Baptist church. His maternal grandfather was a judge in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

WILLIAM M. PEDEN. It is gratifying indeed to see the prosperity that has attended the efforts of our subject since he settled in his present location, one mile east from Summit. He came with a saddle horse and blankets in December, 1895, and while camp- ing on his land the snow came and covered him a foot deep. The next spring he moved his family here, but as there were no roads it was tedious work. All honor to the brave pioneers who blazed the way into these wilds and have made of them fertile and productive farms. Mr. Peden has done his share, for from the little shack which he built for his family and the wilds that stretched in every direction, have been evolved by his labors a good home, large barn, substantial outbuild- ings, a well cultivated and fertile farm, and a good orchard, all of which is deserved because of the faith- fulness and industrious labors of Mr. Peden and his worthy wife.

Mr. Peden was born in Davis county, Iowa, on No- vember 25. 1865, being the son of Henry and Mary E. (Johnson) Peden, natives of Ohio. The father was horn in Kentucky in 1819 and died in 1896, and was a pioneer in Nodaway county, Missouri. The mother

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was born in Tennessee in 1833 and still lives in Nez Perces county, Idaho. When they lived in Missouri all their property was blown away by a cyclone. The father enlisted in 1861 in the Thirty-sixth Ohio In- fantry and participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and many other struggles. In the battle of Lookout Mountain he was carrying a blanket under his arm and nine bullet holes were found in it. At this battle he was wounded in his left leg and sent home. During his illness he was married, but as soon as he recovered he returned to the front and served out his time, being honorably discharged in 1864. Then they moved to Davis county, Iowa, and when our subject, who was the oldest of six boys and three girls, was seven, they all went to Ohio, but soon came back to Iowa and then removed to Gage county, Nebraska. In 1888 the father crossed the plains with team and settled in Whitman county, Washington. In 1890 our subject made the same trip and remained in Whitman county, teaming until the trip to find his present loca- tion, as described above.

In Gage county, Nebraska, on January 14. 1886, Mr. Peden married Miss Laura Guthrie, whose parents were born in Missouri and Tennessee, respectively. The father was a pioneer in Noda- way county, Missouri, and died in Oregon in 1896. The mother still lives with a brother near Winchester. Five children have been born to them, Elsie E., Lena M., Lizzie A., Harvey D., Hattie E. Mrs. Peden was born near Marysville, Missouri, on May 23. 1868. Lena, the second child of Mr. Peden, has assisted her father to harvest three hundred and fifty acres of grain each year for four years past, driving the lead team on the binder machine all the time. Mr. Peden and his wife have labored faithfully and are now seeing the rewards of their toil and enjoying the fruits of their labors. They are members of the Congregational church and are devout supporters of the faith, while in all matters of progress and advancement Mr. Peden is always active. He has done labor on all the roads in his section and is a zealous advocate of good roads.

G. E. PRIBBLE. While the time of the resi- dence of our subject in Nez Perces county has been rather brief, still he has so identified himself with the interests of the county that he is justly entitled to rep- resentation in its history as one of the stanch and com- mendable laborers for its upbuilding and advancement.

G. E. Pribble was born in Greensburg, Indiana, on September 1, 1867, being the son of John W. and Susan (Scontz) Pribble. The father was born in Clermont county. Ohio, in January, 1837, was a pio- neer in Montgomery county, Iowa, and now is a re- tired farmer in Red Oak, Iowa. The mother was born in southeastern Indiana. in 1847. he and is liv- ing at the home place in Red Oak. The family came to lowa when our subject was four years old, engaged in farming and raising stock on a large scale and did well. Our subject grew to manhood in Iowa and was educated in Shenandoah College. Completing his edu-

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 69

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