An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 91

Author:
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1524

USA > Idaho > Kootenai County > An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho > Part 91
USA > Idaho > Nez Perce County > An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho > Part 91
USA > Idaho > Shoshone County > An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho > Part 91
USA > Idaho > Latah County > An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho > Part 91

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

THEODORE CURRY. The record of Mr. Curry from the time he landed in the reservation country until the present is like a tale of fairyland, looking at it from the point of the observer. He landed here in the spring of 1896. with a couple of poor horses, and a wagon, seven sacks of flour and nothing else, not even a penny ; and to-day he is proprietor of a fine quarter, all paid for, all the tools necessary for its cultivation, owns a thresher. considerable stock, good improvements on the farm, and harvested about twenty-five hundred bushels of grain this year. This is a fine record and we cannot credit it all to the fertile country, for we observe the enterprise, the keen fore- sight, careful management and energy of our subject and that accounts for the success.

Theodore Curry was born in Ashland county, Ohio, on November 18. 1866, being the son of Matthew and Elise E. ( Walker) Curry. The father was born in Pennsylvania in 1825, went to Kansas in 1872, where he still lives. The mother of our subiect 24

was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1846 and came to the United States with her parents when she was eight. Our subject went to Kansas with his parents when he was five and settlement was made in Coffey county, where they farmed for nine years and did well. Then a move was made to Leadville, Colorado, where the father freighted and when Theodore had finished his education he went to work in the mines and con- tinned for four years. On October 18, 1890, he came to Spokane and worked one year and then went to Stevens county and farmed and later we see him mining in the Kootenai country. In the early spring of 1896 he came with his brother William and each took land as mentioned above.

In November, 1898, Mr. Curry married Jennie M., daughter of James and Aggeness ( Noltia) Walker, natives of Ashland county, Ohio, and Scotland, re- spectively. Mrs. Curry was born in Ashland county in 1878, and she has the following named brothers and sisters: Agnes, Edith, Grace, Florence, Len, Everett. all in Washington. Mr. Curry has the fol- lowing brothers and sisters: Mary A. Scow, in Nez Perces county : Maggie A. Marion, of Boise ; William, Elise, Matthew and Earl, all in this county. Three children have come to bless and gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curry, Ray, Hughue, and an infant un- named. The family are members of the Methodist church and Mr. Curry is a man of independence in politics. In educational matters he is greatly interest- ed for improvement and that the country should be provided with the best schools.

WILLIAM BRAMMER. It is seldom, indeed. that one has the pleasure of chronicling the events in the life of one who fought in the recent struggle for the freedom of the Boers. Such is the case, however. with the gentlemen whose life's career we now assay to outline.

William Brammer was born in Germany, on Decem- ber 16, 1864, being the son of William and Sophia (Hiestermann) Brammer. The father was born in Germany in 1840, acted as forester there for a nobleman until 1892, when he came to this country. The mother of our subject was also horn in Germany, the date being 1841, and died in 1899. William was educated in his native place, and when nineteen he determined to go to south Africa. His cousin was to accompany him. but at the last moment he backed out and our subject was left to try it alone. He was of the metal that goes through and so as a British immigrant he went to the colony and wrought as a stock raiser. At the opening of the gold fields, he imbibed the fever and continued to search for the treasures of the soil from 1885 until 1893, when a different fever seized him. the malarial fever, and he was obliged to seek a higher altitude. He learned the bricklayer's trade in the Transvaal and worked at it from 1895 to 1899, at Standerton : when the war broke ont he at once took up the cause of the Boers. While he could have gone to the field, he be- lieved he could render better service for the country

370

HISTORY OF NORTH IDAHO.

in acting as fireman on a locomotive that carried muni- tions of war and there he served until the English took him and all the officials of the road prisoners of war and he was deported to Germany. His stay was seven- teen years in Africa and was a citizen of the Transvaal. In 1901 Mr. Brammier came to America and at the present time he is operating his father's and brother George's farms, three miles east from Lookout.

On August 6, 1894, Mr. Brammer married Miss Mary. daughter of Frederick and Christine ( Eggers) Renner, the wedding occurring in the Transvaal. Mr. Renner was a native of Germany and went to south Africa in 1892, there working at his trade of brick- mason. Mrs. Brammer was born in Germany, in 1867. She has three brothers in Germany, one brother and one sister in the Transvaal, and one sister in America. Mr. Brammer has two brothers, George, county commis- sioner of Nez Perces county ; Henry, a farmer in the county. The following children have been born to our subject and his faithful wife. William and Frieda, born in the Transvaal, and Henry, born in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Brammer are members of the German Luth- eran church.

SOLOMON J. POOL is now a prosperous farmer, residing six miles northeast from Mohler, but he in- forms us that when he came here in February, 1896, he had seventy-five cents and three horses. The fine hold- ing of property that he now has was all secured by his faithful and enterprising labors in the intervening years. His farm is one of the best in the country, is well improved and produces abundantly. Mr. Pool had to endure many hardships in getting a start, having to go to the Palouse country for three successive years to work for wages and then would bring supplies back. He hauled his grain at first clear to Spalding and five days were consumed in a trip. Now he is close to market and the returns of his skillfully handled farm are bringing him a gratifying competency in this world's goods.

Solomon J. Pool was born in White county, Indi- ana, on August 17, 1855, being the son of Jeremiah and Almira ( Hilderbrand) Pool, natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively. They were married in White coun- ty, Indiana. Solomon was reared on a farm and re- mained with his parents until the father's death in 1872. The mother is now living in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Solomon went to Fremont county, Iowa, in 1875 and there lived until 1889. During this time he spent two years in western Colorado in the mines and timber. In 1889 he fitted out a mule team and wagon and made the trip to Seattle, Washington. He wintered in Saratoga springs and completed the trip the next spring. Mr. Pool logged a time on the Sound and then returned to Yakima, and later went to Dayton, Washington. In 1893 he was in the Pierce City country, mining, and then repaired to the Potlatch country. On February 27, 1896, he came to his present location, and this has been his home and the scene of his labors since that time. He has a first class orchard, a large barn, a good house and many other improvements that make the es-

tate valuable and attractive. It was tough work at the beginning, for Mr. Pool tells us that many times he was forced to sleep on the snow and he labored hard and long hours, but success has rewarded his industry and he is one of the substantial men of the community. Mr. Pool is a man of good principles, stands well with the people, as he has always done in all the places where he has lived, and he is always allied on the side of prog- ress.

JOHN W. THOMAS is a progressive and capable young man, whose labors have been crowned with abundant success in the acquisition of the goods of this world, while also he has been one of the foremost ones in the upbuilding and material welfare of the reserva- tion portion of Nez Perces county, where he has labored faithfully since taking his present place, ten miles south- east from Peck, in 1896. From the wild land, it has been transformed to a valuable and fertile farm that is placed under tribute by his skillful husbandry to return annual dividends of bounteous crops. A large orchard of bearing trees, a modern and tasty six-room house, a commodious barn and many other improvements testify to the labor and wisdom manifested.

John W. Thomas was born in Howell county, Mis- souri, on September 14, 1870, being the son of Nathan and Obelia ( Forbes) Thomas, natives of Yancey coun- ty, North Carolina. and Lee county, Virginia, respect- ively. They were married in North Carolina and came to Howell county, Missouri, where the father farmed until January 21, 1881, the date of his death. The mother died in September, 1891. In the spring of 1893. Mr. Thomas came to Juliaetta, and went to work for his brother. He had five dollars cash then and all his goodly holdings have been wrought out by his industry since that time. Just previous to the opening of the reservation, Mr. Thomas spent some time traveling over it and when the opportunity presented itself to file he was in position to locate the ground he desired. Time has shown his judgment to have been good.

On May 20, 1894, Mr. Thomas married Miss Jennie Jayne. who had lived in Howell county, Missouri. Two children have come to gladden the union, Howard, born January 14. 1895: Benjamin Martin, born April 21, 1901. Mr. Thomas' father was a soldier in the Confederate army and participated in the following notable battles, Fair Oaks, Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, Chickamauga, besides others and many skir- mishes. Our subject is a zealous disciple of Nimrod and has made four different trips to the Salmon river country to hunt deer. In these he has taken as his trophies thirty-six of the fleet footed creatures and he is a skillful man with a rifle in the chase.

ALBERT C. HARDMAN. Ten miles southeast from Peck is the fine estate of Mr. Hardman. When he took this land under the homestead right, in Febru- ary, 1896, the country was very different in its appear- ance from the present time, as is also his farm. Then

37 [

HISTORY OF NORTH IDAHO.

no roads crossed the country, nor fences, no families, except two in remote places, and everything was wild as from the hands of nature. Mr. Hardman displayed good judgment in selecting a fine piece of land and in April following his location, his family came to take up the pioneer's life with him. They were victims of the panic in the years just previous to that and so came with very little of this world's goods. At once they set to labor and so well have they wrought that now the farm is one of the finest about. Four hundred bearing trees, the farm is all fenced, good buildings are in evi- cence and the annual returns of bounteous crops are the due reward of the industry and thrift bestowed.

A more detailed account of Mr. Hardman's life is desirable. We note that he was born in Davis county, Iowa, on February 18, 1860, being the son of George and Jane ( Calvert ) Hardman, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and New Brunswick. They were mar- ried in Iowa and the father died in 1860. In 1864, with his mother and her parents, our subject was brought across the plains to Walla Walla. The trip was made by ox teams and consumed six months. Albert lived on a farm near Walla Walla with his mother until he was seventeen and then went to Adams, in Uma- tilla county, and settled on lieu land. There, on Octo- ber 13, 1881, Mr. Hardman married Miss Lucy, daughter of Joseph and Mary ( Kees) Gallaher. Mr. Gallaher came across the plains in 1848 to western Oregon, from Iowa. His wife came with her parents from Missouri and they were married in Linn county, Oregon ; later they removed to Umatilla county, where Mrs. Hardman was born December 7, 1864. In 1889 Mr. Hardman brought his family to Fairfield, Washington, where he farmed until the time when he came to the reservation, as mentioned above. The mother of Mr. Hardman is now living in Adams, Uma- tilla county. Mrs. Hardman's parents are living near Kamiah. To Alr. and Mrs. Hardman there have been horn four children: Royden L., born June 19, 1883 ; Carroll P., born July 23, 1885 ; William A., born No- vember 15, 1887 : Owen M., born March 21, 1890. Mr. Hardman and his faithful wife are devout members of the United Brethren church and are worthy citizens who exert a good influence in the community where they are highly respected.

JOHN W. HAWTHORN is one of the well known and prosperous business men of Culdesac, at the present time operating a livery stable in partner- ship with John Whalen. He is a man of upright- ness and integrity and is the recipient of the confi- dence and esteem of the people. In addition to the livery business they handle a hundred and eighty acres of land that is rented from the Indians, and which they farm to flax, oats and barley. Mr. Hawthorn has a good business and the untiring care and attention be- stowed for the comfort, accommodation and safety of his guests has built it to its present lucrative dimen- sions.

John W. Hawthorn was born in Jefferson county,

Iowa, on July 1, 1854. being the son of Jesse and Hannah ( Barnett ) Hawthorn. He grew up on a farm and was educated in the schools of his native place. When twenty-four he started into the battle of life on his own responsibility and his first ventures were to rent land and farm and then to operate on different railroads and in livery work. About 1891 Mr. Hawthorn came to Washington, landing first at Pomeroy. Then he worked on ranches in Asotin county about three years. It was 1894 when he came to the reservation in the vicinity of Lapwai. Here he was engaged for wages on different farms until the reservation opened and then he took a quarter sec- tion and proved up on it in 1901. In the same year he opened the livery and since has divided his time between it and the prosecution of the farming indus- try. Mr. Hawthorn had but little of this world's goods when he filed on the land but by his industry and wisdom in management he has accumulated grat- ifying holding. Mr. Hawthorn was married in 1872.

One daughter was born to him, Josephine, wife of Arthur Haskins, a farmer on Snell glitch, in Nez Perces county. Mrs. Hawthorn was called away by deathı.

Ar. Hawthorn has four sisters and no brothers, and the other members of the family, besides himself, all live in Iowa. In his career here, it is with pleas- ure that we are enabled to state that Mr. Hawthorn has so conducted himself that he has won the hearty good will and approval of all who know him and he is one of the prosperous and substantial citizens of good standing.

CHARLES A. WANN. Among the quota of Mohler's successful business men we must needs men- tion the estimable gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph, as he is conducting a general merchan- dise establishment there which his skill, good ability, and geniality have made a success in every sense of the word, and at the present time, his patronage is rap- idly increasing.

Charles A. Wann was born in Misouri, on January 22. 1871, being the son of James H. and Sarah F. ( Neil) Wann, mention of whom is made in this work elsewhere. Until ten, our subject was at the native place in Missouri, and then came with the family to Pataha City. Garfield county, Washington, and there and in Dayton he received the completion of his edu- cation. At seventeen he started in life for himself. Two years were spent in the store of Weiler & Wax. which his father managed at Cottonwood. Idaho. At nineteen he went east with a band of horses, consum- ing seven months in the trip. Returning to Cotton- wood he embarked in the sheep and horse business with his father, which engaged their attention until 1807. Then Charles spent one year mining and rail- roading. Then a time was spent as bookkeeper of E. T. Brandon's general merchandise establishment at Culdesac. It was 1900 that Mr. Wann opened a small store at a postoffice named Howard, near where Moh- lei is now situated. When Mohler was started, he

372

HISTORY OF NORTH IDAHO.

removed to his present incation and as the business has built up, he has increased his stock and is now one of the leading merchants of this part of the reserva- tion.

On April 22, 1893, Mr. Wann married Miss Hat- tie, daughter of William J. Wilburn, a native of Missouri. Mrs. Wann was born in California. Mr. Wann has three brothers, William D., residing at Spalding : Loren B., with J. G. Wright, at Culdesac ; Norman J., residing with parents. Mr. Wann asso- ciated himself with George S. Martin in his mer- chandising efforts and together these gentlemen con- «luct their rapidly increasing business. Mr. Wann is a member of the I. O. O. F., Mohler Lodge, No. 60: of the Mohler Encampment, No. 20, being scribe ; of the Mohler Camp, No. 612, W. W., being past consul ; while he and his wife belong to the Jewel Lodge of Rebekahs, and the Mohler Circle of the W. W. Mrs. Wann is treasurer of the Rebekahs and past guardian of the later. Mr. Wann is a Democrat in political ideas ; he is a familiar figure in the conventions and is a very successful and powerful personage in these af- fairs, although he has never pressed for personal pre- ferment. He served as deputy assessor in Idaho county in 1892. Mr. Wann is a popular man and stands well among all who know him. He is manag- ing his business with commendable wisdom, and is do- ing his part for substantial upbuilding and progress of the county.

HOLLIS W. KEITH. The reservation portion of our county has been the place where many have won the smiles of fortune and have come from the depleted resources of hard times to have plenty and be prospered abundantly. Among that number is the enterprising and industrious young farmer whom we mention at the head of this article.

Hollis W. Keith was born in Boone county, Mis- souri, on April 4, 1872, being the son of George G. and Ann Maria (Willis) Keith. The father was born in Kentucky, in 1828 and died in 1901, having been a pioneer in Missouri and also in Washington. The mother was born in New Jersey, in 1830 and still lives in Idaho. Her father, John Willis, was a forty- miner in California. Hollis grew to manhood in Mis- souri and was educated in the public schools. When seventeen he camne west to Colfax, Washington, The father joined him in a few months and together they farmed near St. John, that state. In 1893, they explored the Salmon river country and soon returned to the vicinity of Pullman where they farmed until 1897, when the reservation lands attracted them and our subject took his present place, two miles south- east from Lenore. He owns one hundred and thirty- nine acres, raises domestic stock. does general farm- ing and has good improvements, being prospered. Mr. Keith also handles a threshing outfit and he is a leading man and stands well. His two brothers, Jesse G. and Allen, took land also, and the father came to the reservation with them.

In January, 1892. Mr. Keith married Miss Nora McArty. The wedding occurred at St. John. Her father, Adam McArty, married Miss St. John, whose father started and named the town of St. John. Mr. St. John was a merchant and an old soldier. His death occurred in 1895. Mrs. Keith was born in Kan- sas in 1878 and died April 11, 1902, having borne four children, Albert J., Arthur C., Alice B. and Georgia M., who are all at home with their father. Mr. Keith has the following named brothers and sis- ters: John W., in this county; William M., in Mis- souri ; Allen B. and Jesse G., both in the reservation country ; Catherine Boyer, Mary E. Barnett, both at Odessa, Washington; Anna M. Hitchings, near Sunset, Washington. Mr. Keith is a Democrat but is sufficiently independent to reserve his vote for the man rather than the party. He is a zealous supporter of good schools and is wide awake for the betterment of the country and its advancement.

HERMAN L. TIEDE. A stanch and sturdy son of the Fatherland, whose labors have been bestowed with wisdom in the development and upbuilding of this western country for a term of years, and who is now one of the industrious farmers of Nez Perces county, the subject of this sketch is deserving of spe- cial mention in the history of his county.

Herman L. Tiede was born in Prussia on May 10, 1841, being the son of Samuel F. and Caroline C. ( Streitz) Tiede, natives of Prussia and died in 1877 and 1880, respectively. Herman was educated in his native land and learned the trade of the miller from his father. Working at this and serving in the army, he passed the time in Germany until he was twenty- four and then came to Chicago. Thence he made his way to Watertown, Wisconsin, and farmel for six years. After this he went to Hamilton county, Nebraska, and after a brief period of farming. he purchased a flouring mill in Seward county. After five years of this, he was financially on the debit side and so sold and came to Lewis county, Washington, in 1888. In 1895 he migrated thence to Cameron, Idaho, and there was his home until 1897, when he came and secured his present place, two miles northeast from Lookout. He owns eighty acres, does a general farm- ing business and raises some stock, having comfortable improvements.

In 1866, Mr. Tiede married Miss Louise Tesch and five children were born to this union, but in 1876 Mrs. Tiede was called away by death. In 1878. Jan- uary 12. Mr. Tiede married a second time, the lady becoming his wife was Bertha Arndt. Her parents, August and Amelia ( Newman) Arndt, were born in Germany and her father was a soldier in his native land and wrought also at farming and blacksmithing. Mrs. Tiede was born in Germany in 1861 and came to the United States in 1870. Mr. Tiede has two brothers and two sisters in Germany. The following named children have been born to the household, Au- gust, Sidoni, Alfred, Herman, Mary, Emil, Paul, Otto,

373

HISTORY OF NORTH IDAHO.

Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Tiede are devout members of the Lutheran church ; while in politics, Mr. Tiede is a Democrat and is a zealous advocate of good schools.

EUGENE F. GOFFINET. Much credit is due those whose labors and energy have built up the reser - vation country. and one deserving of especial mentio.1 in this connection is the gentleman whose name ini- tiates this paragraph. Eugene F. Goffinet was born in Perry county. Indiana, on March 20, 1869, being the son of Charles and Mary ( Collin) Goffinet. The mother died in Indiana in 1891, and the following year the father came to dwell with our subject and is now in his seventy-eighth year. In 1874 the family left Indiana and migrated to San Francisco, thence to Sonora and there the father engaged in mining and carpentering until 1884, when they all returned to Indiana. Eugene attended the common schools in the various places where he resided in his boy- hood days, and in 1887 went to Daviess county, Ken- tucky, and there wrought for the Cincinnati Cooperage Company, getting out staves. This was then one of the largest concerns of its kind in the world. In 1892 he came to Fairfield, Washington, and there la- bored for a salary until 1896 when he came to the reservation and took his present place, ten miles south- east from Peck. He has good land and has shown skillful husbandry and industry in the improvement and tilling of it since that time. He has a good orchard and other improvements and the annual returns of his land are very gratifying. The country was sparsely settled when Mr. Goffinet came here and he had the hardships that are the lot of the pioneer to endure, and especially was it hard with him as his means were very limited. But he labored on with courage and de- termination, using the best of wisdom in all his en- deavors, until he has achieved a success that is the proper crown of such worthy endeavors. Mr. Goffinet is one of the highly respected men of this section, and he is an influential citizen. His father has a home- stead near and has taken great interest in the improve- ment of the country and the days of the golden years of his life are being spent in the good labors of bring- ing fruitful returns from the fertile soil of this favored region.

WILLIAM M. BLAIR. This well known and enterprising young business man of Ilo is esteemed not only for the ability and energy displayed in his business career, but also because he is a man of integ- rity and withal of a genial and affable nature and pos- sessed of sound principles.

William M. Blair was born in Lee county, Iowa, on May 14. 1870, being the son of Charles F. and Eliza- beth A. (Lyen) Blair. His father was a merchant, born in Cattaraugus county, New York, on August 14. 1836. He was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting in Company B, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry, under Colo- nel Rankin. The paternal grandparents of our subject

were pioneers in Jefferson county, fowa, in 1840. The mother of William M. was born in Washington county, Iowa. in 1839, her parents being pioneers there in 1837. The family remained in Iowa until our subject was fourteen and there he attended school. Then they removed to Wellington and later to Pratt county, Kansas, where the father took land and farmed. Will- iam remained there four years and then returned to his old Iowa home and worked for Carson & Rand, lumbermen of Keokuk, where two years were spent. Then two years were spent in Pratt county, Kansas. In 1893 he went to the Cherokee strip and gained land as it opened. Two years later he went to Hope, Kan- sas, and there operated a short order house for two years. He then spent two years driving teams for stock companies in different portions of that country, then returned to Pratt county and later went to the opening of the Arrapahoe and Cheyenne lands, but failing to get lands that suited him, he camie thence to Ilo, and here erected a house and livery barn. He has devoted his attention to this business since and is having a good trade. He has a good stable and is an accommodating man, ever looking for the comfort and safety of his patrons.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 91

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