An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 77

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Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
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Mr. Crews married Miss Delilah, daughter of Jesse and Eliza Shepard. Mrs. Crews was born January 16, 1859, in Wells county, Indiana. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Crews, Wallia, A. Mac- Intyre, Leroy, Ethel, Dollie Ann, Thomas A., Myrtle L., and Alberta. Mr. Crews is a member of the M. W. A. and in political alliances he is associated with the Democrats. He is highly esteemed among those who know him and is a substantial and good man.

JOSEPH ZIVER. A patriotic and loyal citizen, an upright and capable man, a true disciple of busi- ness and respected by all, such is the esteemed gentle- man whose name is at the head of this article and it is with pleasure that we are enabled to incorporate an epitome of his career.

Joseph Ziver was born in Bohemia, on November 13, 1858, being the son of John and Francisca ( Mar- lick) Ziver, natives of Bohemia, where they now live, prominent and wealthy people. Our subject attended school from five to eleven in Bohemia and one year in Germany. When twenty, he went to Saxony and when twenty-eight he left the old country and journeyed to America. Soon he was in Philadelphia, thence he went to Chicago and six months later was in North Dakota. It was 1888, when he came to Helena, Mon- 'tana, and afterward spent some time in Wallace, Idaho. The next we see of Mr. Ziver was in Tacoma, where he spent three years. From this place he re- paired to the Palouse country and also later settled in Lewiston, taking up the butcher business. Dissolv- ing with his partner there he came to Spalding and soon secured the contract of supplying the Indian school with beef, which he has handled since. Mr. Ziver supplies fifty thousand pounds of beef annually

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to this institution and also has an extensive trade be- sides this. He handles a shop in Culdesac and is a thorough business man.

Mr. Ziver is the only one of his family who has come to the United States, but he is an enthusiastic supporter of our free institutions and is a true Ameri- can citizen. In politics, he is a Democrat but still he reserves for himself the liberty to choose the man whose principles he will uphold. Mr. Ziver has one brother, Frank, in the old country. Our subject is a member of the Maccabees and of the M. W. A., both in Culdesac. He was raised in the Catholic faith. He has a fine ranch in addition to his business and raises stock and hay. Mr. Ziver is a warm supporter of the dignity and greatness of this country and is firm in the belief that is dear to every true American, that the United States is the greatest country on the earth to- day.

CHARLES E. FERRY. The enterprising young business man, of whom we now speak, is not only do- ing a good business in the drug store that he owns in Peck but also derives a welcome income from the farm that he took as a homestead from the wilds of the res- ervation. Mr. Ferry is a self-made man, largely, and has passed that school of experience in the things of this world that fits him for a successful career, which is his lot at this time.

Charles E. Ferry was born in Missouri, on August 28, 1878, being the son of Charles and Ellen D. ( Stiles) Ferry. Our subjeet never saw his father after he was one and one-half years of age. The mother was born in Wisconsin and died in 1880, Charles being an infant. He was then taken by his grandparents Stiles, who lived in Kansas. Thence they went to New Mexi- co, then to Denver, next to Boise, from there to Weiser, and finally to Moscow, where they settled, the grand- father taking up farming. When Charles was thir- teen the grandfather went to Milton, Oregon, but our subject remained with an uncle, Mr. Stiles, and when he arrived at the age of fifteen went to do for himself. He had gained his education from the common schools, in the various places where he had resided, and worked faithfully until the reservation opened, then he took a farm, upon which he made final proof in April. 1902. Then Mr. Ferry, having learned the druggist's art, bought a stock of drugs and opened a store in Peck, where he is operating at the present time.

In December, 1896, Mr. Ferry married Miss Ona, daughter of Alexander A. and Cordelia (Williams ) Anderson, the father a native of Kentucky and now a large farmer in Latah county. Mrs. Ferry was born in Latah county, in 1879, and has two brothers, Frank- lin J. and Martin A. Mr. Ferry has two sisters, Lill- ian Humstock and Anna B. Riggs. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ferry, Milo G., Lottie M., and Velva. Mr. Ferry affiliates with the W. W. at Melrose, while in political matters, he is a Republican, being active in the caucuses and con- ventions. His father was a soldier in the Civil war. Mr. Ferry has conducted his business enterprise in a

commendable manner, and has manifested true wisdom and thrift. His farm is well provided with buildings, consists of eighty acres, and among other good im- provements has a fine orchard.

JOSEPH RAWNSLEY. A prosperous and pro- gressive farmer and a man of integrity and uprightness and one of the real builders of the reservation country, it is fitting that he be accorded representation in this volume which recounts the history of this interesting region.

Joseph Rawnsley was born in Morgan county, In- diana, on September 5. 1844, being the son of James and Margaret (McPherson) Rawnsley, natives of North Carolina. At the age of four he came with his parents to Keokuk county, Iowa, and thence they re- moved to Hardin county, the same state. There the father died in 1859. Our subject grew to manhood there and received his education, remaining with his mother until the date of his marriage. This import- ant event occurred on February 6, 1870, and Laura T., born April 18, 1854. daughter of Carver and Lu- cinda (Rubottom) Benbonw, natives of North Caro- lina, was the excellent lady that became his bride. The following children have been the fruit of this union : Florence M., wife of Henry Krounse, of Pomeroy, Washington : Nora, wife of George Montgomery, of Pomeroy ; Wilbur J., married to Nellie Miller of Nez- perce ; Margaret, Ada C., and Iris L., who is deceased. Mrs. Rawnsley's parents removed from their native state to Indianapolis and in 1854 they landed in Har- din county, Iowa. In 1875 our subject and his family came to San Francisco, thence by ship to Portland and in the vicinity of Vancouver he bought land and there followed farming for five years. Then came a move to the vicinity of Pomeroy, Washington, where he en- tered a pre-emption which was the family home until the opening of the reservation. He was here on the eighteenth day of November, 1895, the date of opening, and he selected his present fine place, about six miles southwest front Nezperce. His family was brought the following spring and were among the very first ones here. He now has a house, barn, orchard, plenty of berries, all varieties of fruits, and many other im- provements, which, added to the real value of his land, make his estate one of the most valuable of this vicin- ity. All this has been wrought out by the wise labor of Mr. Rawnsley and speaks well of his energy and wisdom.

JOHN B. SIMMONS. The old proverb, "He that becometh surety for a stranger shall smart for it," was exemplified to the sad experience of our subject, for from a comfortable and good place he was reduced to almost penury by having to pay a debt for which he had become surety. Mr. Simmons was thus forced to begin life on the reservation, with a family to support and nothing but the wild sod to gain a living from, and handicapped because of lack of capital to improve

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the farm. He has done well and the land which he filed on in the fall of 1895 and upon which he removed his family in 1896, is now one of the fertile and well developed farms of the vicinity of Ilo, being one mile south and one east.

Mr. Simmons was born in Warren county, Iowa, on November 18, 1857, being the son of William C. and Mary B. (Allen) Simmons, who are mentioned elsewhere in this volume. Our subject grew to man- hood in lowa and gained his education there. When twenty-one he went to farming for himself and soon bought a farm, which he tilled until 1884, when he came west to the vicinity of Genesee, where he settled and bought a farm. This continued to be the fam- ily home until he removed onto the reservation as stated above. He is now a prosperous farmer, has two acres of orchard and handles considerable stock.

On October 16, 1878, in Harrison county, lowa, Mr. Simmons married Miss Matilda J., daughter of Jeremialı and Melinda (McGuire) Whitt, who are mentionedl in this volume elsewhere. Mrs. Simmons' brothers and sisters are also mentioned in the volume as are the brothers and sisters of Mr. Simmons. Five children have been born to bless this marriage: Jettie M. Trueblood, Myrtle A. Nichols, both in this county ; Bird, Murt Merl and Pearl, twins, all at home. Mr. Simmons is a member of the M. W. A. at Ilo and has been a school director for some time, but has preferred of late that another should take the office. He has labored and does continuously strive for the advance- ment and upbuilding of the country and especially for the betterment of educational facilities. Mr. Simmons is a staunch Democrat and has the courage and intelli- gence to expound the principles of his party.

He and his son-in-law, John Nichols, have built a livery and feed barn in Ilo, where Mr. Simmons has recently moved.

HON. CLAY M. STEARNS. The prosperous, genial, pleasant and popular business man, named above, is a member of the law firm of Stearns & Thomas, of Nezperce, which does not only a good law business but also handles a great deal of insurance and does a loaning business.

Clay M. Stearns was born in Pennsylvania, on July 29, 1858, being the son of Josiah H. and Sarah (Russell) Stearns. The father was born in Maine, in 1832, and now lives in Lovell, Maine, and is a farmer. His first ancestor that came to this country came with the Puritans and settled in Watertown. Massa- chusetts, in 1680, and the family has been a prominent New England house since that time. Our subject's father was a captain in the Twenty-third Maine, Com- pany H, and served in the battles of the Army of the Potomac for fifteen months. The paternal grand- father was a lieutenant in a Massachusetts regiment in the war of 1812 and later was commissioned general ; the great-grandfather was prominent in the Revolu- tion. The mother of our subject was a native of Maine and a great-granddaughter of Benjamin Rus- sell, the founder of the Columbia Sentinel, a noted

Whig organ of influence. Louis Phillip, the exile from France, was a guest of Mr. Russell for a long time and at the time of the restoration, he was offered a patent of nobility but refused it. Our subject was educated in the Fryburg and Bridgeton Academies and the Bowdoin College. Daniel Webster taught at the Fryburg institution in 1800. Following his college course, Mr. Stearns taught school, was county superintendent in Oxford county, and a member of the state legislature in 1884, being the youngest member in the house, aged twenty-six. In 1885 he came to Walla Walla and from May of that year until January of 1887, he was in the law office of Allen, Thompson & Crowley, then he practiced in Farmington, Washing- ton, and three years later he returned to Walla Walla. After some time there he went to Pullman and prac- ticed until 1897, when he stationed his family in Spo- kane and followed mining in various places in the northwest. It was 1901 that Mr. Stearns came to Nezperce and established himself in his present busi- ness, taking as partner Charles D. Thomas. Mr. Stearns has considerable city property and is doing a good business. He has the following brothers and sisters : Henry, a physician in Dunbarton, New Hamp- shire; Leslie L., at Great Barrington, Massachusetts, handling a boot and shoe business; Adelbert, on the old homestead in Maine with parents ; Sargeant S., in the government service in Washington, D. C .; Mar- iam, wife of Willis Walker, in Lovell, Maine, a heavy property owner there. Mr. Stearns is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Walla Walla Lodge, No. 7 ; of the I. O. O. F., Pullman Lodge, No. 29; K. of P., Wash- ington Lodge, No. 32, at Lovell, Maine: M. W. A., Nezperce Camp, No. 7498; Yeoman of America, at Nezperce, being foreman of this last order; and is also a Knight of the Palm and Shell.

On September 17, 1887, Mr. Stearns married Miss Etta E., daughter of Leonard and Hannah ( Preston) Ladd, and a native of Minnesota, born on July 7, 1862. at Elgin. The father died when this daughter was young and her mother lives at Walla Walla. Mrs. Stearns has two brothers and three sisters : George, a farmer in Umatilla county, Oregon; Edward, in The Dalles machine shops ; Florence, single, living in Walla Walla : Jennie, widow of Millard Roff, in Walla Wal- la ; Nellie, widow of John Delaney at Spokane. Her husband was killed in the Philippine war. Mr. and Mrs. Stearns have one child. Gladys, born March 20, 1889.

GEORGE W. S. WHITE, a prosperous and sub- stantial farmer residing about three miles southeast from Ilo, where he has a fine farm, well improved, was born in Greene county, Tennessee, on January 24, 1857, being the son of Enoch and Frances ( Nixon) White. The father was born in Tennessee in 1819, and lied in 1862, being killed at Chattanooga. His father was a pioneer in Tennessee and was known as Uncle Robert White, the pioneer. The mother of our sub- ject was born in Georgia, in 1821, and died in Septem- ber, 1900, aged seventy-nine. When George was five

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he went with his mother to Jasper county, Iowa, where her parents lived. Four years later she moved to Cherokee, Kansas, and thence in three years to Benton county, Arkansas. In 1874 she crossed the plains with teams and settled in Union county, Oregon. She had married Myrock Huntley in Kansas. Our sub- ject remained with his step-father until fourteen and then started for himself. He worked out in the Grande Ronde valley for seven years and then came to Boise, in 1881. Two years in the mines and then two and a half on a farm, and then again to the Grande Ronde valley, whence he came to Sprague, Washington. He went thence to North Yakima and railroaded for a time and then operated a saw mill which was destroyed by fire, when he returned to Davenport and Sprague. Next he went to Pullman for four years and then did contract work in Spokane, after which he moved to Uniontown and resided for three years. After this, Mr. White went to Camas prairie and when the res- ervation opened up he took his present place, upon which he moved his family in the spring of 1896. This has been his home since and is a good farm, well handled and supports considerable stock.

On June 18, 1890, in Spokane, Mr. White married Miss Hannah, daughter of Jeremiah and Melinda (McGuire) Whitt. The father, a farmer and stock- man, was born in Virginia and died from measles in the Civil war in 1864. He had been a pioneer in Har- lison county, Missouri. The mother of Mrs. White was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, and died in 1866. Mrs. White was born in Harrison county, Mis- souri, in 1863, and has the following brothers and sis- ters: Frank, Narsissis Hensley, Napoleon, Mattie Woods, Ellen Crow and Jennie Simmons. Mr. White has the following brothers and sisters, Robert and John R., in Spokane; Rebecca J. McNall, in Sprague. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. White, Archie L. and Hazel V., at home. Mr. White and his wife are members of the Church of Christ in Ilo and he holds the office of deacon. He is a man of integrity and reliability and is secure in the esteem and conti- dence of the people.

JOHN H. POWELL, M. D. This well known professional gentleman is one of the practicing phy- sicians who have won a fine success in the reservation portion of Nez Perces county and is a man of good standing and has made a commendable record in his profession. In addition to this, Dr. Powell has the distinction of being one of the brave boys who wore the blue and fought until treason and her minions were forced to retire, beaten from the field. A de- tailed account of his career is justly entitled to place in history.

John H. Powell was born in Logan county, Ohio, on July 12, 1840, being the son of James R. and Anna (Wise) Powell. The father was a native of Delaware and his father was owner and captain of a coasting schooner on the Atlantic. The mother of our subject was a native of Switzerland, was married in Ohio, and died in 1852. The family came to Union county,

Illinois, in an early day and there our subject was reared and educated. When twenty-one, he enlisted in the Thirty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Batson and General Logan. He served three years and two months and saw much hard fighting. His first battle was at Belmont, then he fought at Forts Henry and Donelson and at Corinth and Shiloh, then through all the struggle at Vicksburg, at Point Gibson, Raming, Champion Hill, then at Atlanta, when McPherson was killed. This last day was one never to be forgotten. Part of his company was captured. He was ordered to stop. but ran and amid a perfect hail of bullets he suc- ceeded in getting to an lowa regiment, where he was safe. The Doctor says the first bayonet charge he was in was the most awful experience of the entire war. It is beyond description of words to picture the horror and carnage. Following the war, our subject returned to the Illinois home, soon married and went to Kansas, where he engaged in transporta- tion business. Thence he went to Newton county, Missouri, and engaged in the mercantile business. About this time the Doctor commenced the study of medicine, which continued constantly until he re- ceived his diploma in the Physjo-Medical College of Indianapolis. There also he took an extended course in obstetrics and he has become very skillful in this practice. The Doctor also did mercantile business in Medical Lake, Washington, while he was pursuing the study of medicine and he owns property there now. He practiced one year in Lincoln county, in that state, then four years in Juliaetta, and in 1897, he located at Nezperce and since that time he has enjoyed a good practice. The Doctor has caused to be erected a fifteen room sanitarium which will be a great and needed ad- dition to the town and it is fitted with every conven- ience for the care of the sick and will be entirely open to any physician. In addition to his practice, the Doctor has taken up a homestead and has improved it with good house and orchard and so forth.

In 1865 occurred the marriage of J. H. Powell and Martha A. Jolley. Her parents, John and Lucinda Jolly, were natives of the state of Tennessee; the father was a blacksmith and a Methodist preacher. Doctor Powell has one brother, a farmer in Illinois, while Mrs. Powell has two sisters, Jennie, wife of Walter H. Wiscomb, city treasurer of Spokane a number of terms ; Mary, wife of W. C. Johnson, a car- penter in Seattle. To Dr. Powell and his faithful wife there have been born six children, Elizabeth J., wife of G. G. Muller, proprietor of the leading hotel at Sunnyside, Washington; Ella, single with parents ; James Wesley, in Portland, Oregon, three deceased. Dr. Powell is a member of the German Baptist church while his wife and two daughters belong to the Metho- dist. Politically, he is affiliated with the Republicans.

ROBERT SMITH. At the present time, Mr. Smith is a prosperous dairyman, located three miles east from Lewiston, and he is well known for his thrift,

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energy and integrity and stands well among the people of the community. He was born in Pike county, Illi- nois, on October 8, 1866, being the son of Hiram and Sarah J. (Simons) Smith. The father was a farmer, born in Pennsylvania in 1820, and died in 1875. The mother was born in Adams county, Illinois, on No- vember II, 1836, and died August 15, 1893. Robert was educated in the schools of his neighborhood and was a diligent lad on the farm. In 1884, aged eigliteen, he came to the west. He landed in Waashington, then went to Lewiston, where he worked for a couple of years, and then returned to Illinois. There he went to farming and raising hogs, at which he did well, and then suffered the misfortune to see his all swept away by the hog cholera. Being discouraged with that labor he came again to the west, this time settling near Pull- man and taking charge of a large farm for Dr. Webb. Two years were spent here and Mr. Smith returned to Iliinois. Four years were spent there and then he came west for good, setling at his present place. He paid attention to dairying, gardening, and fruit raising, and did well, but now he is confining himself to dairy- ing alone and is making a good success.

On January 8, 1889, in Illinois, Mr. Smith mar- ried Miss Carrie, daughter of William and Susan Uppinghouse. The father served in the Civil war and is now a farmer. Mrs. Smith was born in New Can- ton, Illinois, in 1869 and has brothers and sisters as follows: Charles, James, Nellie, Logan, Eva, Arthur and Nina. Mr. Smith has brothers and sisters named be- low : Seldon, Hiram R., Hilbert, and Ella Eakins, and his half brothers are named also George A., Wesley Ak- ers. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith there have been born three children, Opal, Paul, Grace. Mr. Smith affiliates with the W. of W. and M. W. A. He is a Republi- can but is not bound by party lines so that he uses his judgment for men and principles.

JOSEPH E. SHAFFER. About three miles east from Melrose is situated the estate of our subject, which is cultured and cared for in a manner becoming a first-class farmer, while it is improved with excellent barns, outbuildings, and residence, with orchard. Mr. Shaffer is a man of industry and thrift and is well es- teemed by all in the community.

Joseph E. Shaffer was born near Ragersville, Ohio, on April 2, 1858, being the son of Joseph and Susan (Cullar) Shaffer. The father was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, on June 10, 1806, was a pioneer to Ohio in 1831 and died in 1889. He was a farmer and boat builder. The mother of our subject was born in the same county and state. in 1816 and died in 1880. Joseph grew to manhood in Ohio and was edu- cated there. In 1872, the family went to Portage county and when this son was of age, he spent some time in traveling to various portions of the country. Then he rented the old homestead and worked it for a time, after which he sold and same to Portland, Ore- gon. Later he was in Jacksonville, the same state, and then returned to Portage county, Ohio. In the fall

of 1891, he came to Latah county and farmed in the Cove until 1896, when he repaired to the reservation and took up his present place.

On July 24, 1881, in Sharon, Pennsylvania, Mr. Shaffer married Miss Love, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Jones) McFee. The father was a farmer, born in Ohio as was also his wife, and he served in the Civil war under General Marshall. Mrs. Shaffer was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1863, and has five brothers, John, William, Oscar, Frank, and Mar- shall. Mr. Shaffer has the following brothers and sisters, Selinda Shannon, Jane Durkee, Lydia Thomp- son, Melissa Norris, Mary Scott. To Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer there have been born three children, Clyde M., born in Ohio on April 16, 1882; William J., born in Portland, Oregon, on December 18, 1883; Guy O., born in Nez Perces county on May 1, 1897. Mr. Shaf- fer is a Republican and a first-class citizen.

WILLIAM F. SHAWLEY, M. D. Well known in Nez Perces and Idaho counties as a man of honor, uprightness and ability, as well as a man of extensive experience in the medical world and excellent skill, the subject of this article is justly ranked with the leading men of the section. On account of a serious accident that crippled the Doctor for life. we now find him taking up other business lines that demand less activity and are not so trying as extended practice of medicine.

William F. Shawley was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, on December 10, 1851, being the son of John B. and Catherine A. E. (Gray) Shawley. The father was born on the same farm as our subject, while the grandfather of William F. was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and the great-grandfather was an immigrant from Saxony. The mother of our subject was a native of Montgomery county also and her father was born in Ireland, while her mother was of German descent. William F. was taken to Missouri in 1853 with the family and reared and educated there. Later he completed his education in the Normal at Troy, Iowa. In the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mr. Shawley entered with a determination to delve thoroughly into medical lore. In 1882 he graduated with honors from that institution and then practiced six years in Aetna, Missouri, two years in Milton, Iowa, six years in Taylor, Nebraska, eight years in Idaho and then in October, 1898, he met with the sad accident above mentioned. The following year Dr. Shawley came to Nezperce, bought business and residence property, erected a hotel which he rents and is now retired from the activities of business. He has three living brothers: Hezekiah, a farmer in Okla- homa : John D., in Missouri : George W .. land owner and dentist in Kansas City ; he also has three sisters, Lucy G., wife of Richard Morton, in Missouri, who served in the Confederate army as lieutenant under Morgan : Henrietta, wife of N. D. Hoover, a farmer ill Oklahoma, who served as a private under Stonewall Jackson : Sophronia J., wife of John Marlow, a man

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 77

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