An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 81

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On February 28, 1884, in Modoc county, Califor- nia, Mr. Renshaw married Miss Laura, daughter of M. and Harriet ( Briggs) Thacker, natives of Spain and New York, respectively. The father is deceased and the mother lives with her son, Stephen D., fruit grower at Payette, Idaho. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Renshaw, John H., George W., Winnie W., Emera H. and Helen.

GODFREY JARBO. This enterprising gentleman is operating a successful and popular livery stable in Kamiah in connection with Renshaw Brothers & Johnson. The barn is a commodious structure, is fit- ted with all the conveniences, is stocked with excellent horses and fine new vehicles, and the entire business is one of the largest on the reservation. Mr. Jarbo gives his personal attention to its management and is a skillful horseman.

Godfrey Jarbo was born in Canada on November 19, 1868, being the son of Layon and Eliza (Bushaw) Jarbo. The father is now a retired farmer in North Dakota, but the mother is deceased. Godfrey came to North Dakota with his parents when a small boy and was there reared and educated. He learned the butcher business when young and before he was twenty-one

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he was in business with his brother, and they conducted a first class butcher shop in Ardoch, North Dakota, until 1900. Then he sold out and came to Kamiah and opened a livery stable which, however, he soon sold and then entered his present partnership.

Mr. Jarbo is a member of the M. W. A. Camp No. 61, at Kamiah, and also affiliates with the I. O. O. F. at Kamiah. Politically, Mr. Jarbo is a Democrat.

WILLIAM P. HOLLIDAY. In at least three distinct lines of endeavor has the subject of this arti- cle been a successful laborer and in them all he has dem- onstrated his adaptability and also his integrity and worthy manhood.

William P. Holliday was born in Pike county, Missouri, on August 4, 1833, being the son of Dr. George R. and Sarah T. (McMahill) Holliday, natives of Kentucky and Illinois, respectively. The father was born in 1815 and died in 1898. He went to Pike coun- ty in 1825 and was a pioneer in Monroe county, Iowa, when it was a territory. Mrs. Holliday was born in 1819 and died in 1902. Her parents settled among the very first white people in Warren county, Illinois. Our subject was taken by his parents to Warren county when he was two years old, then to Monroe county, łowa, when he was nine years old. There he grew to manhood and received his literary education and thet: attended the medical college in Keokuk, Iowa. In 1856 he commenced the practice of medicine in Iowa, continuing there until 1861. Then came a move to Warren county, where he continued for two years. There he was enrolled in the militia, but was never called into action. He moved to Jasper county and then Atchison county, Missouri. In 1880 he moved to Gordon, Texas, one hundred miles west from Dallas. He followed his profession there and in 1881 he was ordained a minister of the Church of Christ. He preached and practiced medicine and the following vear went to the Choctow Indians and did evangelistic labor for five years. He visited in his old home in Illinois after this and then came to Garfield county, Washington. He had continued his profession all the time and was also active in the ministry. 1880 marks the date of the western trip and later he dwelt on Bear ridge, Latah county, in Douglas county, Ore- gon, then again on the Bear ridge, and in 1896, Dr. Holliday came to his present place, two miles southwest from Kippen. Since coming here he has been active as a physician, has handled his farm and also proclaimed the gospel continuously. He is now the pastor of the church at Ilo and is regularly heard in the gospel each week.

In Pike county, in November, 1855, Dr. Holliday married Miss Mildred, daughter of Bennett Nalley, a school teacher and native of Virginia. He was a sol- dier in the Mexican war. Mrs. Holliday was born in Pike county in 1833 and her brother, John Nalley, still lives there. Dr. Holliday has brothers and sis- ters named as follows : Americus C., and Benton A., both in Sullivan county, Missouri ; Dr. Samuel N., in

Oklahoma : Dr. Milton J., in Taney county, Missouri ; Joseph M., in Kansas; Susan R. Garnett, in Leaven- worth, Kansas. The following named children have been born to the Doctor and his worthy companion : George T., in this county ; James B., in Yakima ; Will- iam P., in Moscow ; Richard M., in Moscow : Martha J. Richardson, at Lookout ; Mildred A. Perry, in Cali- fornia. Dr. Holliday is a member of the Masonic or- der. He is an active Democrat and is an influential figure in the campaigns, being an enthusiastic and pow- erful orator. He has always labored for his friends' promotion in office but has steadily refused this for himself. He was a member of the first state convention in Idaho and has always been in the county convention. being now committeeman. He was the first president of the Nez Perces county Pioneer Association, and has recently been again elected to that position.

JOHN F. POMEROY. No list of the business men of the reservation portion of Nez Perces county would be complete without a prominent mention of the esteemed gentleman whose name initiates this para- graph. Mr. Pomeroy was proprietor and operator of the livery stable in Kamiah which he recently sold out and is now proprietor of a general store where he has clisplayed good ability in handling his business, both in securing a fine patronage and in conducting it in such a manner that it is a financial success. In ad- dition to this Mr. Pomeroy has a fine ranch of eighty acres adjoining the town, which is principally devoted to raising hav. It is a very valuable piece of land and was secured by him through homestead right when the reservation opened. He has refused three thousand dollars for the eighty.

John F. Pomeroy was born in Washington county, Oregon, on June 2, 1873, being the son of Frank F. and Rebecca ( Jobe) Pomeroy, natives of the same county. The father was born in 1850. His parents crossed the plains from Illinois in 1849, locating in Washington county. Shortly afterwards they went to California and there were murdered in a mining camp. The mother of our subject was a descendant of early pioneers from Missouri, and her father, Noah Jobe, is still living, aged seventy-seven. Our subject was ed- ucated in Hillsboro, Oregon, and remained in Wash- ington county until twenty, at which time he went to Idaho. He operated a ferry on the Clearwater for a few months and then repaired to Grangeville, where he entered the lumber business. This continued to oc- cupy him until the reservation opened and then he went to the homestead spoken of and in 1902 to his present business in Kamiah. Mr. Pomeroy has two brothers and three sisters. Edgar, in Lapwai: Charles, in Oklahoma : Ida, wife of James Ryan, at Portland ; Lulu, wife of William Pulitz, also in Portland : Nellie, attending the University at Moscow.

On April 18, 1900, Mr. Pomeroy married Miss Emma F .. daughter of Frank and Dora (Spooner) Harning, natives of Oregon and Pennsylvania, re- spectively. Mrs. Pomeroy was born in Camas prairie,

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on April 29, 1882. She has one brother, Edward, a rancher on Camas prairie. Mr. Pomeroy is a member of the 1. O. O. F., Clearwater Lodge. No. 68, at Kamialı, and is past noble grand. He is a Democrat in politi- cal matters, though not especially active : is justice of the peace. registrar of votes and has been a dele- gate to the convention. Mr. Pomeroy is a descendant from a worthy pioneer family and his ancestors on both sides did much for the opening up of the western countries. He js a creditable descendant and has had his share in this same work and now is one of the sub- stantial, reliable, and respected men of the community.

JAMES S. TYLER is one of the careful and en- terprising merchants of Nez Perces county, having his store at this time at Dublin, where he is the recipient a very gratifying patronage. He is postmaster at that place also and is a man of good standing, capable and genial, and has won the esteem and confidence of the people.

James S. Tyler was born in Johnson county, Mis- souri, on June 8. 1868. being the son of James K. and Jane (Hocker) Tyler. The family is one of the old and established ones of Kentucky and they have al- ways been prominent and influential people. Edward Tyler, the great-grandfather of our subject, kept a tavern on the site of Louisville before a town was thought of and he laid out the first plat there. The grandson of that gentleman is at the present time mayor of that thriving city. Henry S. Tyler. another one of the family, was one of the wealthiest and most popular men in Louisville. The father of our subject was born in 1831 in Jefferson county, Kentucky, his father being born in the same county. His grand- father was the man who came to Kentucky with Gen- eral Roger Clark and thirteen other families from Vir- ginia and settled, and later he laid out the town of Louisville. The mother of our subject was a native of Missouri, being now deceased, and her ancestors were natives of Kentucky and Virginia for generations back, but pioneers to Missouri in the time of the early settlement of that state. The Tyler genealogy and history have been compiled and the work is in press to be issued in two volumes. This gives the lineage back to 1604. Mr. Tyler spent most of six years aiding in this work. The father of James took up land in John- son county, Missouri, when a young man and there his son was reared and received his education, the rudiments from the district school; but later being elected county treasurer, the father moved to the coun- ty seat. Warrensburg, and then James graduated from the State Normal situated there. Immediately follow- ing his graduation James gave himself to the study of telegraphy and for fifteen years he was station agent on the Northern Pacific, mostly in Montana. Soon after the opening of the reservation he came to Fletcher and opened a general store. In August, 1901, he came to his present place and here he has done a fine business since.

On December 22, 1891, Mr. Tyler married Miss

Olive. daughter of Philetus and Esteline ( Mattoon) Campbell, natives of Missouri. She was born near St. Louis and when fourteen entered the normal at War- rensburg, from which institution she graduated. She was married at St. Louis. Mr. Tyler has three brothers and one sister: Sterling P., in Warrensburg : Larkin, M., in Kansas City ; Elmer H., in Oklahoma : Mallie, wife of W. H. Hickman, a prominent merchant in Warrensburg. Mrs. Tyler has the following brothers and sisters: Clarence, in St. Louis; Lucien and Joseph, in Missouri ; William, in Idaho; Mattie, wife of Edward Webber, in Missouri : Elma, wife of John H. Wilson, a merchant in Warrensburg; and Kate, wife of Perry Hanna. a merchant in Brookfield, Mis- souri. Mr. Tyler is a member of the W. W., Finney Camp. No. 492, having filled the chairs. He is a Democrat in political matters but is not so active here, although in Montana he was a regular attendant upon the conventions. To Mr. and Mrs. Tyler there have been born four children, Arlee. Moses, Robert and James.

ABRAHAM L. STALEY. A man with courage enough to leap the narrow bounds of partyism and choose for himself the man and vote for him, a success- ful farmer and a thoroughgoing and upright man in every respect, of whom his neighbors speak well and who is respected wherever he is known, such is the gentleman of whom, with pleasure, we incorporate an cpitome.

Abraham L. Staley was born in Shelby county. Ohio, on April 4. 1861, being the son of William and Julia A. ( Babcock) Staley. The father was a farmer and sawmill man, was born in Ohio, in 1841, came to Spokane county in 1884 and died there in 1896. The mother was born in Virginia, in 1835, and lives in Spokane county. The family went to St. Joseph county. Indiana, when our subject was nine years of age and the father operated a sawmill there. Three years later they came to Richardson county, Nebraska, and farmed for seven years. Abraham here grew to young manhood and received his education. When fourteen he went to do for himself and when eighteen came to Lchini county, where he wrought on the farms as he had done previously. In 1887 he returned to Kansas, settling in Sheridan county, and one year after that he came again to Lemhi county and took a ranch and spent one year there. In the spring of 1896 we find Mr. Staley on the reservation and he secured one of the finest pieces of government land, and it lies about two miles east from Chesley. This has been tilled to diversified crops, is well improved and the family home now. Between the times of his labor in Lemhi county and the date of his settlement here, Mr. Staley was in Whitman county farming. He did well there as he is doing in this county.

In 1882 Mr. Staley married Miss Clara B., daughter of John and Mary C. Yearian, natives of Ohio and Illinois, respectively. The father was a railroad man and a farmer and pioncer in Lemhi county. Mrs. Staley was born in Illinois, in 1863, and has one brother

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and two sisters, Alpha, in Lemhi county, Idaho; Flora, in Spokane county; Sarah, in Lemhi county. Mr. Staley has the following named brothers and sisters : Reuben, in Smith county, Kansas; Ezekiel and Jacob, in Spokane county; Lydia, in Kansas; Martha, in Philips county, Kansas : Lillian, in Nebraska. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Staley : Elmer, Wilber, Ira, Alpha, Minnie B., Jennie, and an infant still unnamed. Mr. Staley is a member of the M. W. A. at Kippen. He is a warm advocate of substantial development, progress and good educational facilities.

CHARLES J. SHEPPARD. It is with pleasure that we are enabled to grant a review of the career of this substantial and industrious citizen of Nez Perces county. He was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, on April 21, 1872, being the son of Deastang and Louisa (McDonald) Sheppard, natives respectively of New York and Minnesota. The father enlisted in the Civil war under General MeClellan and fought in the battles of Waterloo, Yorktown, Bull Run and many skir- mishes. He suffered a wound in the foot from a shell, languished in Libby for a time and endured all the hard- ships known to the soldier's life. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged and returned to his home, going thence to Minnesota. In 1878 the family removed to Portland and the father went to carpenter- ing. Then they moved to Beaverton, later to Yaquinna

bay and lived in Salem, Albany, Ashland, and other places. We next see our subject riding the range out from Prineville; he has also ridden all over Grant, Harney, Crook and Wasco counties. In 1895 he went across the country to California and three years later, having mined and prospected there, he came to Ashland, Oregon, by horse and wagon. In August, 1898. he came to Nezperce and engaged in farming. Here on October 21, 1901, Mr. Sheppard married Mrs. Nannie Siler, widow of the late Granville Siler and daughter of Fielding and Elizabeth Fuller. Mrs. Sheppard was born in Knox county, Kentucky, and came with her parents to Rosalia in 1888. She married Mr. Siler and to them were born three children, Martha Wash- ington, Mary Pearl and William Lloyd. Mr. Siler located his present home in 1895 and brought the family here in 1896. The farm is a fertile one, has a good six-room house, orchard and other improvements and is now handled in a first-class manner. Mr. Siler died on November 3, 1809. To Mr. and Mrs. Shep- pard has been born one child, Thresie Marie. Mrs. Sheppard's prents are living near her home. She and Mr. Sheppard are active members of the Christian church and are highly respected people and of ex- cellent standing in the community.

DANIEL BAKER. The enterprising farmer, fruit and stock raiser of whom we now speak is one of the substantial men of the vicinity of Chesley, and has a good farm, well improved, two miles east from that

village. He took the land from the wildness of nature's regions and made it, by his labors, a good farm.

Daniel Baker was born in St. Joseph county, In- diana, on June 5. 1866, being the son of Samuel and Barnara (Coble) Baker. The father was born in Virginia, in 1819 and died in 1884. He was a pioneer in Indiana, practiced medicine there and was a mem- ber of the Dunkard church. The mother was born in Pennsylvania, in 1824 and is still living. Daniel grew to the age of fifteen in his native place and received there his education. Then the family removed to Gage county, Nebraska, where they lived for fourteen years. When seventeen, he went to work for himself and the next year rented land and soon thereafter bought land for himself. In 1887 he went to Oregon and lived for two years, traveling all over the state in exploration. Then he returned to Nebraska and lived there until 1895, in which year he journeyed to the west again, this time to Vancouver, Washington. The next year he came to the reservation and on May 27, 1897, he selected and settled upon his present place. Here has been the family home and the scene of Mr. Baker's labors since that time.

On November 3, 1892, in Nebraska, Mr. Baker married Flora Knoedler, daughter of George and Al- bina Pitts, natives of Ohio, and born in 1844 and 1845, respectively. Mr. Baker has the following brothers and sisters: Sollis, a physician in Denver ; Cora Cole- man, in Nebraska; Walter, in Nez Perces county ; Arthur, in Lincoln, Nebraska; Eva, at home. The following named persons are brothers and sisters of Mr. Baker : Jane Morse, in Nebraska : Susan Cripe, in Indiana : Abram, in Nebraska; Jacob, in Wisconsin ; Sarah Chenemann and Elizabeth Wendall, both in Ne- braska ; Nevada Brant, in British Columbia. Five chil- dren have been born to this union, Alma, Elsie, Mabel, Scott and Edith. Mrs. Baker has one son, Alfred, by her former marriage. They are members of the Bap- tist church at Lookout. Mr. Baker is a Republican and an intelligent advocate of those principles. He is for- ward in all endeavors for general development and pro- gress and especially for good schools and good roads.

CURTIS MILLER. No mention of the business men of Nezperce would be complete without the sub- ject of this article having a prominent place in it. He is a man of integrity and excellent practical judgment and possessed of sufficient executive force to give ex- emplification to his good business ability, which have resulted in his being at the head of one of the most prosperous and up-to-date establishments in the coun- ty. We refer to the model livery barns that are oper- ated by our subject and his brother.

Curtis Miller was born in Linn county, Oregon, on June 3. 1872, being the son of John and Amanda (Redman ) Miller, natives, respectively, of Illinois and Iowa. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Sprague. Washington, where he resided for twenty- two years. all told. When fourteen he, in company

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with his two brothers, Norton and Perry, rode the range for five years. They handled the I. R. band of horses and other stock. Then in company with Nor- ton Mr. Miller rented six hundred acres of good farm land six miles north front Sprague, Washington. They farmed until 1893, when they lost all, and then our subject bought a small stock ranch thirteen miles northeast from Sprague. He continued in the han- dling of that until 1901, when he sold out and embarked in the livery business in Nezperce, in company with his brother Norton. They bought the barn, doubled its capacity and placed in it all the modern conven- iences to the business. Twenty head of horses are not too many to handle their now increasing patron- age, and their horses are well selected and excellent specimens, while all the rigs are new and fully up to date, and the management of the business under the skillful hands of our subject has grown in a most gratifying manner, making it favorably known among the traveling public. Mr. Miller also makes a spe- cialty of boarding domestic stock and his stable is patronized in a liberal manner in this line. We can hardly speak too commendably of the excellent equip- ment and skillful manner of handling their business. There is no better barn in the northern part of the state and in Lewiston only is there anything that equals it in size. They have a large excursion rig, the finest in the Clearwater valley, that finds popular favor among the people of the town.

On November 28. 1892, Mr. Miller married Miss Paulina McGlade, who came from the east in 1887 with her widowed mother. She was born in Iowa, on April 20, 1873. Mr. Miller has two brothers, Norton B., his partner ; Perry E., a furniture dealer in the town, and one sister, Lettie, wife of Charles Bartlett, at Fairfield, Washington. Mr. Miller is a member of the W. W .. Nezperce Camp, No. 447. He is a prom- inent citizen of excellent standing, whose wisdom, in- tegrity and reliability have gained for him a very envi- able prestige.

NORTON B. MILLER. This enterprising and well known business man of Nezperce is a member of the firm of Miller & Miller, which operates a first- class livery stable in Nezperce. Mr. Miller is also the owner of a fine farm, some twelve miles east from town, and also has other property. He is a man of fine business qualifications, has demonstrated his abil- ity to gain success in worthy endeavor and is now a man of influence and weight in the town and com- munity.

Norton B. Miller was born in Scio, Oregon, May 18, 1870, being the son of John and Amanda (Red- man) Miller, natives of Illinois and Iowa, respectively. The father was born in 1841, came across the plains with his parents in 1849, who took a section of dona- tion land in Linn county and there he was brought up. He died in 1878, near the old home place. The mother of our subject was born in 1846, and is now the wife of P. J. Wycoff, at Freeman, Washington. Norton was brought up in the native place and when

manhood's estate arrived he undertook different enter- prises with his brothers and in the course of time he was farming with his brother, Curtis, in the vicinity of Sprague, Washington. In 1894 he came to Little Camas prairie, thence went to Spokane, Washington, until the reservation opened up and then he selected his present place of one quarter section, which is one of the finest pieces of land on the reservation. It produces now wheat and oats principally. In 1901 Mr. Miller embarked in the livery business in Nezperce with his brother Curtis, and they have one of the finest stables in the country. What makes their business so popular is their untiring care that all details will be satisfactory for both the comfort and safety of their patrons. They have fine horses, excellent turnouts, and everything is handled with praiseworthy skill and wisdom.

At Sprague. Washington, Mr. Miller married Miss Bertha, daughter of William and Orilla Frink. in 1900, and to this happy union there have been born three boys, Lester, Claude and Clayton. Mr. Miller is a member of the W. W., Nezperce Camp. He is a Democrat in political matters, is quite active and al- ways takes part in the conventions, being frequently delegate. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Circle of the Woodmen and also of the Baptist church.

MARTIN D. DEMOUDE. The capable and en- terprising business man whose name is at the head of this article is well known in Nezperce, where, in com- pany with his son, he conducts a first-class drug busi- ness. He is a man of energy and affability and stands at the head of the thriving business that his skill and push has made.

Martin D. DeMoude was born in Fond du Lac coun- ty, Wisconsin, on November 13, 1851, being the son of Richard and Jane ( Edmunds ) DeMoude. The father was a shipbuilder, native of Buffalo, New York. and he wrought at his trade in the lake country and in New York. About 1836 he went to Fond du Lac, Wis- consin, and later to Minnesota, where he died in Wa- basha county in 1882. His father was a ship-rigger and a native of France. The mother of our subject was a native of Rochester, New York, of French descent. Her father died about 1855 and she had two brothers, John and Martin, who were noted fur traders. Our subject was educated in his native place and when fourteen he went to work in a drug store. Later he was variously engaged until thirty, when he embarked in the commercial world in Ogden, Utah, but this was not a successful venture and we see him next in W'v- oming, where he bought a saw-mill on credit and in two years paid out and made good success of it. Then he railroaded some and on account of failing health came to Boise, Idaho. A few years were spent there and then some time in Moscow, after which Mr. De- Moude started a drug store in Beeman. Later he was in the same business in Fletcher, but perceiving the advantages of Nezperce, he came hither in 1899 and in Igoi he built a store, which he has occupied since. He handles a good business, is the possessor of

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 81

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