An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 86

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Publication date: 1903
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with J. F. Phar, conducting a first-class blacksmith and wagon shop.

In 1886, in Iowa, Mr. Dieterle married Miss I. C., daughter of Isaac and Rebecca (Hostler) Merchant, natives ot Ohio. Mr. Merchant was a school teacher. Mrs. Dieterle was born in Ohio, in 1868. She has five brothers, Clem, Robert, Isaac, Luther, and Frank. Mr. Dieterle has the following brothers and sisters, Bernhard, Chris, Andrew, Godford, Anna, and George. To Mr. and Alrs. Dieterle there have been born the following named children, Eva, Irene, Glen, Almon, Pierre, Lorries. Mr. Dieterle is a member of the M. W. A. in Peck. He is also a director of the schools and labors incessantly for good schools. In addition to his business, which is prosperous, Mr. Dieterle has a fine farm, supplied with good buildings, orchard, and so forth, and this is the family home.

ORIN EVANS is one of the substantial men of the vicinity of Gifford and has a fine farm adjoining town, where he raises all the cereals and is making a good success of corn. He is a man of excellent standing in the community, has always manifested integrity and uprightness and is one of the reliable, intelligent, en- terprising and up to date men of the county.

Orin Evans was born in Jefferson county, New York, on October 20, 1844, being the son of Albert and Maryette (Carnegie) Evans, natives of New Hampshire. Our subject grew up on a farm and was eduated in public and private schools and in the be- ginning of the Civil war he enlisted in Company F, Ninety-fourth New York Volunteers, Second Corps, under Pope. The date of this was January, 1862. On August 29 he was wounded at the second Bull Run, by a gunshot in the thigh. Forty-eight hours he lay on the field, and seven days on the road before he got to the hospital in Washington. One year was spent in languishing in this hospital and then he returned home. He had previously been in the battle of Cedar Mount- ain and in the Shenandoah valley conflict. His broth- er Gilman enlisted in the same corps, Thirty-fifth New York, Company I, and two years later he enlisted in Company L, Eighteenth Cavalry. Mr. Evans has three brothers, Gilman, James and Warren, all in Jasper county, Missouri. He also has one sister, who lives in Iowa.

In Jefferson county, New York, Mr. Evans mar- ried Miss Fanny, daughter of Lewis and Delia (Ly- man) Barrett, and one child was born to them, Fred B., now a practicing physician in Pineville, Missouri. Mr. Evans farmed in New York until 1882 and then came to Missouri on account of failing health of his wife. But March 17, 1886, she was called away, in Jasper county, Missouri. In December, 1887, Mr. Evans married a second time, the nuptials occurred at Golden City. Missouri, and Miss Cardie Cleveland, became his wife. Her father, Larkin, is mentioned fully in this work. To this mar- riage three children have been born, Bessie, Alma Bell, deceased, and Orin, the latter being aged

six. In 1892 Mr. Evans came to Kendrick and there started a small orchard adjoining Kendrick. He still owns the same and when the reservation opened he came, in 1896, and filed a contest on the place he now occupies. It being decided in his favor, gave him a fine farm and he devotes his attention to its improvement and culture. Mr. Evans is a Republican and went one thousand miles to vote for Abraham Lincoln in time of war. He is not especially active but takes an in- telligent part in political matters. Mr. Evans is one of the men whose influence and life have been for progress and upbuilding and he is the recipient of great respect and full confidence from his fellows.

WILLIAM O. TUMELSON. It is with pleasure that we are enabled to grant consideration to this young and substantial citizen of Nez Perces county, who has displayed such commendable zeal in bringing about improvement and progress in the county. His pres- ent home is on the ranch which he took as wild land from the government, five miles west from Peck.

William O. Tumelson was born in Cowley county, Kansas, on December 12, 1875, being a son of Will- iam C. and Sarah E. Tumelson, who are mentioned in another portion of this work. William lived at home until he was nineteen, gained a good education and learned the art of the engineer. When nineteen he came to Latah county and wrought in handling a hydraulic in the mines at Cold Hill. He did well there for three years and in 1897 came to the reservation and located his present ranch. In addition to handling this ranch, he has operated a steam thresher for a por- tion of each year. These years, with the time in the east, make a total of ten years which he has devoted to this important industry and he is very skillful in it.

On February 26, 1899, Mr. Tumelson married Miss Etta M., daughter of John T. and Rosa (Duston) Springston. The nuptials occurred in this county. Mrs. Tumelson was born in Garnett, Kansas, on April IS. 1881. Two children have been born to this happy union, Gladys and Edna. Mr. Tumelson is a Repub- lican and takes a progressive part in the advancement of educational facilities. He has a good farm, handles it skillfully and is gaining a fine bunch of stock, while his land is adapted to raising all kinds of cereals, in- cluding corn. He stands well in the community and is a man of reliability.

DAVID BLACK. It is gratifying to have the pleasure to grant space to an esteemed gentleman, such as we now speak of, in the volume of the annals of Nez Perces county, since he is a man of ability and inflit- ence and has done a commendable part in the sub- stantial upbuilding of the newly opened reservation.

David Black was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, on October 3, 1849, being a son of James and Mary (Carter) Black. The father was born in 1808. being one of a family of five children, Jeremiah,

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William, Mary and Elizabeth, besides James. Jere- miah was for years supreme judge in Pennsylvania. William was a large farmer in Michigan. James passed away when he was eighty-two. Our subject's father was educated for a lawyer and a Catholic priest. Not liking the priesthood, he then turned his attention to medicine and graduated from the leading colleges of his time. His trend was rather for quiet retirement and therefore he did not press for personal recognition, but he was a man of deep erudition, with a masterful mind, well cultured and refined and he could have easily won professional distinction, had his taste been in that di- rection. He compiled, but did not publish, two large volumes on the forecasts of the weather, which cov- ered a period of sixty years and was a work of great labor and worth. Our subject's paternal grandfather, John Black, ran away from Ireland when fifteen and came to America. He married a Scotch girl in Penn- sylvania and settled down to shoemaking .

Our subject grew up on a farm and was well edu- cated both by the constant training of his father as well as in the schools of the day. He remained with his parents until he was thirty-three and then went to Mis- souri. His marriage occurred on September 10, 1883, Miss Eliza M., daughter of Larkin and Minerva (Parker) Cleveland, mention of whom is specially made in this volume, then becoming his wife. The following children have been born to them: Corda G., Robert, William A., George O., Ralph E. and Orval C. Mrs. Black was born on July 4, 1862, in Monroe county, Tennessee. Mr. Black has one brother, Will- iam, living in Missouri, and one brother, who died in infancy. His sister, Mary Ann, who was born March 7, 1855, died March 20, 1888, in Barton county, Mis- souri, was the wife of Samuel Heverling, a prominent farmer. He was a member of the United Brethren church and a good man. Mr. Black's brother, William, enlisted in Company I, Illinois Light Artillery, and was transferred to Battery F. Heavy Artillery, of the Fif- teenth Corps. He served the entire war without a scratch, was in many battles and saw much hardship.

Mr. Black came to Colfax, Washington, in 1891 and for four years he tilled the soil there and then came, in 1895, to the reservation and the day following his arrival he filed on his present place. Politically he is a Populist, but is not active at the present time. His estimable wife is a member of the Baptist church and they are among the most substantial and worthy peo- ple of the community. Mr. Black is a generous man, well liked by his neighbors and is always ready to give the helping hand to one in need, while his integrity, uprightness and sound principles are manifest to all.

WILLIAM H. KING. In addition to being one of the most extensive farmers of the reservation, Mr. King is also a successful operator of a threshing ma- chine outfit which he owns. In conjunction with his cousin, William A. King, he has invented and pat- ented a threshing machine which experts pronounce a wonderful improvement on the present methods, and

doubtless in proper time, Mr. King will put out his machine. He has a fine farm two miles east from Gifford and among other improvements he has a ten- acre orchard which will rank well with anything on the reservation. He has always handled about five hun- dred acres each year to grain, but this year he has rented his land and pays all of his attention to his threshing machine.

William H. King was born in Vernon county, Wisconsin, on October 22, 1868, being the son of James M. and Adelia ( Joseph) King, natives of New York and Ohio, respectively, the former being born in Oswego and the latter in Zanesville. The father is of French extraction and the mother of American and German. The father, with his older brothers, fought in the Civil war with the Wisconsin volunteers. He was twice discharged on account of disability. The parents live in Blaine, Washington, as also two broth- ers, Thomas E. and James H. Our subject grew up on a farm and was educated in the public schools. The family removed to South Dakota, where the father took a preemption and later they all went to Josephine coun- ty, Oregon, living in Grants Pass. There William completed his education in the college of that city. In 1889 they all went to Blaine, Washington, and for three years our subject worked in the saw mills of the place. Then he embarked in the hotel business and then came to the reservation. He secured a good piece of land and his mother also took a claim as head of the family on account of the blindness of her husband. It was contested, but after three decisions, Mrs. King will now prove up. The father, after being totally blind for one year, has been relieved by an operation so he can see a little with one eye. Our subject's broth- er also took a claim, but as his little girl burned to death, and his house also burned up, he determined to leave the reservation and so went back to Blaine.

On July 2, 1894, Mr. King married Miss Anna, daughter of Clawson F. and E. M. Dahl, natives of Germanv. The father died in 1900. To Mr. and Mrs. King there have been born three children, Mabel D., Elmer J. and Violet. Mr. King is a member of the W. of W., Lookout Camp, No. 607. His estate is a valuable one as he has refused four thousand five hun- dred dollars for it.

BEN D. CLEVELAND. About one-half mile south from Gifford one comes to the beautiful estate of Mr. Cleveland. He has one of the finest quarter sections in this part of the county and his industry and skill have improved it in a very creditable manner. In addition to other improvements and buildings and so forth. Mr. Cleveland has erected a palatial residence of nine rooms. It is of Queen Ann architectural de- signs, all finished in costly oils and arranged in excel- lent manner for comfort and convenience. This resi- dence is doubtless the finest one in this section of Nez Perces county and Mr. Cleveland is to be heartily com- mended for his enterprise, taste and wisdom.

Ben D. Cleveland was born in Monroe county,

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Tennessee, on December 14, 1867, being the son of David H. and Elizabeth E. (Johnson) Cleveland. He was reared on a farm and gained a fine education from the adjacent schools and also the high school. At twenty-one he started for himself, going to California, where he spent two years. Later he returned home for eighteen months. Then came a trip to Whitman coun- ty, Washington, and for five years he was numbered with the thrifty farmers near Colfax. He then went to Kendrick and wrought in a warehouse until the reservation opened and then in the fall of 1895 he came and filed on his present land, being one of the persons whose energy and wisdom were rewarded by securing a fine tract of land from Uncle Sam's domains. Mr. Cleveland devotes his attention to general farming, producing large quantities of wheat, barley and flax. He handles some stock and is expecting to engage more extensively in this profitable industry.

On November 2, 1897, Mr. Cleveland married Miss Maud M., daughter of S. C. and Mary (Dickinson) Donglas, natives of West Virginia, their ancestors also being residents there for sothe time back. Mrs. Cleve- land was born in Barbour county, on October 30, 1866. She came west in 1895 to reside with relatives near Genesee. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland are members of the Methodist church and are highly respected peo- ple. Mr. Cleveland is a Democrat but is not partisan nor does he desire political advancement.

ALBERT E. TUMELSON. A wide awake, en- ergetic, and well liked young man, whose faithful la- bors in the improvement of his farm, four and one- half miles southeast from Lenore, are manifest in his valuable place, and it is but due that an epitome of the career of this successful citizen be incorporated in the history of Nez Perces county.

Albert E. Tumelson was born in Jasper county, Illinois, on January 29, 1869, being the son of Will- iam C. and Saralı E. (Grove) Tumelson, natives of Illinois. They are now retired and living in Cedar- vale, Kansas. The father served in the Civil war and was one of the unfortunates who languished in An- dersonville, that den of suffering. When Albert was two years old the family went to Chautauqua county, Kansas, and later they moved across the line into Cow- ley county. Our subject grew to the age of sixteen with his parents and then started in the battle of life for himself. He gained his education in the common schools and worked at various places on the farms and in the coal mines until nineteen and then came to the west. For five or six years he toiled in the agricultural region of Whitman county adjacent to Palouse. Then he bought a claim in Garden Gulch in Latah county and when the water was plenty in the spring he used the hydraulic and did well. In the summer time he would harvest and in the fall worked with the thresh- ers. One winter was spent in trapping and hunting at the forks of the Saint Marys river in Idaho, and in this undertaking, as in his other labors, Mr. Tumelson was blessed with success. In 1897 he came to the res-

ervation and took his present place and this has been the scene of his labors since. Having a little capital, he at once bought a team and wagon, fenced the land and built a good house. He has now a fine bunch of stock, cattle, hogs and horses, and is doing a general farming business. He has manifested great wisdom and discrimination in his business affairs and this cou- pled with his native force and energy have given him abundant success. Mr. Tnmelson has also operated a binder and a thresher much of the time. He is a man of excellent standing and is the recipient of the good will of all the neighbors and in fact of all who know him. On February 18, 1903, Mr. Tumelson was mar- ried to Miss Telva Ross, daughter of Mr. Dick Ross, of Kansas. Mr. Tumelson has given of his time for the work of clerk of the school board and he is heartily in sympathy with all advancement in education and betterment of the people in all lines.

JAMES S. JACKS. It is with pleasure that we are enabled to grant to this gentleman a representation in the volume of his county's history, since he is one of the men whose labors have transformed the Nez Perces reservation from wilds to fine farms, and also because he is a man of intrinsic worth and intelligence and is the recipient of the confidence and esteem of his fel- lows.

James S. Jacks was born on October 9, 1868, near' Winterset, Madison county, Iowa, being the son of Benjamin R. and Mary M. ( Rhodes) Jacks, mention of whom is made in another portion of this work. James received a good education from the common schools and remained with his parents until 1889. Then he went to castern Oregon, working at printing for a year at Athena, having learned this trade in Des Moines, lowa. Later he worked at this trade in Tacoma and in 1801 he came to the Potlatch country. When the res- ervation opened up he at once filed on his present place, one and one-half miles east from Gifford. The date of his filing was November 19, 1895, the next day after the reservation opened. In addition to doing a general farming business, Mr. Jacks is devoting considerable attention to fruit raising. He has now over five thou- sand trees, many bearing, making an area of about sixty-five acres to orchard. The varieties that Mr. Jacks finds best for this section are the Gano, Jona- than and the Black Ben Davis, all hardy winter ap- ples. Mrs. Eva J. Miller, a widowed sister, keeps house for Mr. Jacks, he being one of the happy bach- elors of the community.

On June 25, 1898, our subject enlisted in Company C. Independent Battalion of Washington, enrolling at Pomeroy, being under Captain Harry St. George. He was mustered out on October 26, 1898. The following winter was spent at home and on August 14, 1899, he enlisted again, this time at Lewiston. He was sent to Vancouver barracks and attached to Company I, Thir- ty-fifth United States Volunteers, commanded by Col- onel Plummer, who got his commission a little later. The captain of the company was C. D. Roberts. Mr.

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Jacks was in service from August 14, 1899, to March 15. 1901. He fought in the battle of Balobad Hill and later served as a non-commissioned officer in Company A on detached service in scouting. His regiment was stationed in the province of Bulacan. Mr. Jacks aid faithful and efficient service and since the war he has been paying especial attention to the development of his farm and is one of the highly esteemed and intelli- gent citizens of the county.

AMOS MAEL is deserving of mention in the his- tory of Nez Perces county since he is a man of good standing, is possessed of sound principles and integrity, has labored for the improvement and substantial prog- ress of the county and is now making a fine fruit and stock ranch, three miles southeast from Lenore, where his home is.

Amos Mael was born in Marion county, Oregon, on March 7, 1867, and his parents are Robert and Mary E. (House) Mael. The father was born in Iowa, in 1826, and died in 1889. He was a pioneer in Oregon and crossed the plains with ox teams. The mother of our subject was born in Missouri, in 1842, and is now living in Washington. Her parents were also pio- neers in Oregon and she crossed the plains in the same train with her husband and they were married in Ore- gon. Amos grew up on a farm and received his edu- cation from the district schools. The family removed from Oregon to Washington, immediately north from The Dalles, when he was a child and he remained on the Washington farm until he was twenty-three. Then farmed for himself for five years and in 1899 came to the reservation and took a place, which he sold later and bought his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres. He has a fine barn and is improving the place rapidly.

On August 3, 1892, Mr. Mael married Miss May, daughter of John and Emma (Bowman) Buford. Mrs. Mael was born in Oregon, in 1872, and has two broth- ers and two sisters. Mr. Mael has the following brothers and sisters, Frances E., Rachel Darland, Ella Adams, Daisy Dykes, Adam, Andy, Martin, John, Harvey. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mael. Earl, Lee, Lloyd and Len. Mr. Mael and his estimable wife are members of the United Brethren church. Mr. Mael is a Republican and always is allied on the side of order and good government.

JESSE E. TUMELSON. This intelligent and bright young agriculturist of the reservation portion of Nez Perces county is a man whose labors have been bestowed with sagacity and enterprise, and he has as a result a goodly showing in the fine farm of one quarter section where he resides, five miles west from Peck, and also in the other property that he holds.

Jesse E. Tumelson was born in Cowley county, Kansas, on September 14, 1873. being the son of Will- iam C. and Sarah E. (Groves) Tumelson, natives of

Illinois and born in 1846 and 1845, respectively. They now live in Cedarvale, Kansas. The father was a sol- dier in the Civil war for three years and languished in Andersonville for three months. Jesse grew to young manhood in Kansas and when seventeen joined his brother, Albert, who was in Latah county, Idaho. They mined with hydraulic in Garden Gulch and did well. In 1896 they came to Nez Perces county and settled on their present places. Our subject has since that time devoted his energies assiduously to the im- provement of his farm and has a fine property.

On December 23, 1898, Mr. Tumelson married Miss Cora E., daughter of Thomas and Rosa (Dus- ton) Springston, the wedding occurring at Gifford. Mr. Springston is a farmer and thresher in this county and was born in 1857. His father, Samuel A., was a soldier in the Civil war. The mother of Mrs. Tumelson was born in 1858. Mrs. Tumelson has the following brothers and sisters, Grace Henderson, Harry, Maggie Henderson, Etta Tumelson, Lota Allen, Howard, Ka- tie, Flovd, Loren. Mrs. Tumelson was born near Garnett, Kansas, on February 12, 1882. Mr. Tumelson has the following brothers and sisters, Lydia A. Strode, Albert E .. Emma B., deceased, Bessie Witt, William ()., Lucy Wilson, Lura. Two children have been born . to Mr. and Mrs. Tumelson, Bessie R., Lena M. Mr. Tumelson is a staunch Republican and an advocate of excellent schools. His farm supports a goodly number of hogs, cattle and horses, and he gathers an- nually good harvests of grain and fruits from the en- tire place.

ALBERT D. WHALEY is one of the industrious and enterprising men whose hands have brought the excellent products from the reservation lands that make Nez Perces county one of the best in the state of Idaho. He resides on a farm immediately north from Summit and gives his attention largely to truck farming and raising hogs and poultry. Mr. Whaley is making a fine success of his labors and has this year one of the finest onion patches of one acre to be found in the entire county.

Albert D. Whaley was born in Lake county, Illi- nois, on March 22, 1852, being the son of David and Prudence (Corser) Whaley, natives of New York and Vermont, respectively. The mother went to Illinois in an early day with her parents in a wagon. Mr. Whaley had two brothers, Charles A. and Cyrus C., in the Civil war. both being privates in the Twelfth Michigan. Charles lives in Oakesdale, Washington, and Cyrus lives in Kansas. His other brothers are Marcus, in Kansas, and Marlow, in Oakesdale.

Mr. Whaley married Miss Irene, daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Smith ) Dinwiddie. After the war the parents of our subject came to Douglas coun- ty, Kansas, and there and in his native place. Albert was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. When he was twenty-one he went for himself and worked on the railroad and followed other occu- pations, also purchasing eighty acres which he rented. In 1888 he came from Kansas to Oakesdale, Washing-

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ton, and farmed for three years and then went to Chehalis, where he was engaged in timber work for seven years. In 1898 Mr. Whaley filed on his pres- ent place and since that time he has devoted his ener- gies to its improvement and development. He has a comfortable home and is one of the thrifty residents of the community. To Mr. and Mrs. Whaley there have been born the following children, Charles J., Maude L., Lester Z., Lizzie I., Floyd W. Mr. Whaley is a Pro- hibitionist in politics, while he and his wife are soldiers in the Salvation Army, holding their enrollment at Chehalis. While there, Mrs. Whaley was sergeant major, having charge of the children's branch. Our subject and his wife are highly respected and are val- uable acquisitions to the community.

HENRY F. BLACK. In February, 1864, Mr. Black enlisted in Battery D, Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, and did service in the army of the Po- tomac. He was in the battles of Rapidan, the Wilder- ness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburglı, being wounded in the last conflict on July 30, by a piece of shell. The wound was in his left arm and that member is crippled to this day. He languished in the hospital for six months and then returned to his regiment and did duty until the end of the war but was not discharged until February, 1866. He participated in some of the fiercest conflicts that were ever fought between contending armies and his was a brilliant military record.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 86

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