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Mr. Heitman married Miss Stella Smith, of Rathdrum, Idaho, in January, 1894, and has three children. He is a Free Mason and a Knight of Pythias.
JOHN U. STUCKI.
A leading representative of the business, the political and the church interests of Paris, John Ulrich Stucki is accounted one of the most val- ued citizens of Bear Lake county. He has re- sided in the town since 1870, has been identified with all its interests through the passing years, and was honored with the office of mayor, being the first incumbent in that position. A native of Switzerland, he was born in Oberneunforn, June 8, 1837, and is of Swiss descent. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Sauter) Stucki, also natives of that land, where the father was a thrifty farmer and an influential citizen. Both he and his wife were Protestants in their religious
faith. Mrs. Stucki was called to the home be- yond at the age of forty-five years, and Mr. Stucki, who was born July 15, 1806, died De- cember 5, 1886, in the eighty-first year of his age. In their family were thirteen children, nine of whom grew to years of maturity, while six are still living. The family were one highly respected in the community where they made their home.
In the schools of his native town and in Andel- fingen, John Ulrich Stucki acquired his educa- tion, and, his father desiring to have him edu- cated as a merchant tailor, he apprenticed in and followed that business for about four years, when, in the fall of 1856, in the city of Zurich, the capital of his native canton, intending to go to Paris, the capital of France, to perfect himself in his occupation and business, he heard the gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith and taught by the elders of Latter Day Saints, or Mormon church, which changed his course in life. On the Ist day of November, 1856, he was received as a member into said church. On the 19th day of July, 1857, he was ordained an elder in said church and soon after- ward began to preach its doctrines, devoting all his time to the interests of the church. In the spring of 1858 he introduced the doctrines of his church, commonly called Mormonism, in the city and canton of Schaffhausen, and organized a branch of the church in the city of Schaffhausen. During the same year he also labored several weeks in canton Graubuendten, but not with so much immediate success.
On the 8th of August, 1859, he left his native country for the United States and Salt Lake, the headquarters of the Mormon church, with barely enough means to take him to his destination. While on the journey he was married, on the 19th of August, 1859, to Miss Margaret Huber, a native of Weinfelden, Switzerland, who has since been to him a faithful and helpful wife on life's journey. After a voyage of six weeks, in which they encountered some very severe weather, they reached New York, but the vessel, the Emerald Isle, had not only been tossed about in severe gales, but on one occasion had caught fire, and it was supposed that all on board would be lost, but eventually the flames were extin- guished.
Mr. Stucki spent several months in New York
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city, and then by steamer and by rail proceeded to Florence, Nebraska, whence he crossed the plains to Salt Lake City, driving a team, con- sisting of two yoke of oxen and two yoke of cows. They were ten weeks and three days in making the journey, but it was free from acci- dent. their loss being only one of their cows. Mr. Stucki took with him a little corn-plow, a shovel and a pitchfork, intending to engage in farming, and with that limited outfit began the tilling of the soil. They also had a tent and bedding. After a few days spent in Salt Lake City, he removed to the Cache valley, where he secured ten acres of land. He had no experience in farming, but his practical common sense stood him in stead of training, and the first year he raised a good crop of wheat and stacked it so well that while much of the wheat grew in the stack that year, his withstood the wet weather excellently.
While residing in the valley Mr. Stucki served as president of the German branch of the church. In July, 1870, at a call from his church, he came to Paris, selling some "of his property, but still retaining the ownership of some of it in the Cache valley. He removed to this place in order to assume the duties of tithing clerk of the stake, his labor being to take care and keep account of the tithes, the care of the poor and other needful church work. This important office Mr. Stucki has, with the exception of five years, ever since faithfully filled, and he is recognized as a very efficient church officer. He has also spent five years in the mission field, having charge of the Swiss and German mission. Thus he labored in Belgium, Switzerland, and Germany, and sent out many converts to Utah. He has held the office of high priest for many years and is presi- dent of the high priests of the stake. During the whole of this time Mr. Stucki has also suc- cessfully managed his business interests, carrying on general farming and stock-raising. In his efforts he has prospered, and is now the owner of about three hundred acres of land, together with two good residences, in Paris, which he erected and one which he purchased.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Stucki have been born the following children: Charles Thomas, who assists his father in the work of the home farm; Caro- line Elizabeth, who died in her sixth year; Maria
Jane; William B .; Hiram D., who died in in- fancy; Joseph S .; Ann; Margaret; Elfrieda; F. S .; Erastus; and Ezra S. They also had a little adopted son, John Henry, who lived to be eight years of age. He was an attractive and obedient child, and they loved him dearly. Mr. Stucki is also rearing Fritz, the son of his niece.
In his political views Mr. Stucki is a Republi- can, has labored earnestly for the success of his party, and has filled a number of offices, being called to public service by his fellow townsmen, who thus gave evidence of their appreciation of his worth and ability. He served for a number of years as justice of the peace, has been county treasurer, county auditor, recorder, was notary public for eight years, with his commission re- newed for four more years, and was the first mayor of the city of Paris. In all these positions he has discharged his duties in a most prompt and creditable manner, and is accounted one of the most reliable and valued citizens of his county.
JOSEPH B. SCARBOROUGH.
One of the capable county commissioners of Oneida county is Joseph Brook Scarborough, of Franklin. He was born in England, September II, 1851, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Brook) Scarborough. When ten years of age he came with his mother to the United States, crossing the Atlantic in 1861, in a sailing vessel which, after a voyage of six weeks, reached the American port. They then crossed the plains and located at Lehi, Utah, thirty miles south of Salt Lake City, and there the mother remained while the son went to Dixie, where he worked for a year on a farm for his board and clothes. In 1863 he came with the family to Franklin. The settlers were then living in little log houses, built in the form of a hollow square, the backs of the houses forming a part of the wall of the fort.
Mr. Scarborough remained with his family until nineteen years of age, at which time he was happily married to Miss Mary A. Foster. He then located land for himself, built a house and began his domestic life in Franklin. Later he became the owner of one hundred and twenty- five acres of land a half-mile north of the town, and also has fifteen acres adjoining the corpora- tion limits, while in the town of Franklin, on the principal street, he has two corner lots, on which
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he has built a very nice brick cottage. He has been an industrious and successful farmer and his labors have been crowned with success.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Scarborough have been born ten children, eight of whom are living, namely: Annie, wife of Soren Peterson, of Logan; Rhoda, who was a most lovable and beautiful woman, became the wife of Samuel Wright, but died soon after the birth of their child, her death proving a great loss to her hus- band, family and friends; Charles; Letta, an accomplished school-teacher; Joseph; Teressa; Effa Roy, who died in infancy; Esrom; Leland and Relta. They are all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Mr. Scarborough is very active in the church work, has been assistant Sunday-school superintendent of the Oneida stake, and has served his church on a mission to Illinois and to Indiana in 1887-8.
In politics he has been a life-long Democrat, and was postmaster for four years under the ad- ministration of President Cleveland. He has been a school trustee for six years, has taken a very deep and commendable interest in educational matters and was largely instrumental in securing the fine new brick school-house that now adorns the town of Franklin and is a credit to the enter- prise of its citizens. In 1896 his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, elected him to the important position of county commissioner, and so well did he discharge his duties that he was re-elected in 1898 and is therefore the present incumbent. He is also chairman of the village board of trustees. Mr. Scarborough is a loyal and enterprising citizen and a gentleman of the highest integrity and worth.
JOHN F. McLEAN.
John F. McLean, sheriff of Idaho county, is a native of Indiana, born in Lebanon, June 22, 1843. The family is of Scotch lineage and was founded in America by Samuel McLean, the grandfather of our subject, who crossed the At- lantic with his family and took up his residence in Pennsylvania. He was a miller and mill- wright by trade, and after spending some time in the Keystone state, he went to Indiana, be- coming one of the pioneer settlers there. He lived to be eighty-four years of age, and his wife, who was four years his junior, passed away at
the same age. Their son, John McLean, the father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, September 21, 1809, and during his childhood accompanied his parents to Indiana, where he was reared to manhood and married Miss Mary Miller, a native of the latter state. They had a family of seven children. The mother died some years ago, but the father is still living, at the age of eighty-nine years, and resides on the ranch belonging to his son John F., at Mount Idaho. He has always been a man of the highest integ- rity of character and good influence, and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his sterling worth, have frequently called him to positions of public honor and trust. For a number of years he served as justice of the peace. By trade he was a miller, following that occupation throughoui his active business career. He has been a life- long and consistent member of the Christian church, to which his wife also belonged from early girlhood. Of their family of seven children, three sons and two daughters are yet living.
John F. McLean, who is the youngest, was educated in the public schools of Indiana, pursu- ing his studies in one of the primitive log school- houses of the time. He then learned the miller's trade under the direction of his father, and in 1867 went to Oregon, where he remained for four years. He then returned to Indiana, and in 1880 came to Idaho, locating at Grangeville, where for sixteen years he operated a flouring mill, doing a large and profitable business. His honorable methods and courteous treatment of his patrons secured him a good trade, and he continued in charge of the mill until his public duties demanded his entire attention. Ife was first called to the office of assessor and collector of taxes in Idaho county and in 1898 was chosen by popular ballot to the position of county sheriff. in which capacity he is now serving, discharging his duties in a most prompt and able manner. In politics he is a Democrat, and at the election he ran far ahead of his ticket, a fact which indicates his personal popularity and the confidence re- posed in him. He owns a splendid farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and on it stands one of the most attractive country residences in this part of the state. It commands a splendid view of the surrounding country,-the beautiful Camas prairie, the town of Grangeville and the
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distant mountains in the background,-all form- ing a picture of surpassing loveliness.
In November, 1874, was celebrated the mar- riage of Mr. McLean and Miss Sarah T. Kibby, a native of Kentucky. Their union has been blessed with five sons, as follows: E K., who is now serving as his father's deputy; C. M., who is married and follows farming; F. J., deputy tax collector; F. H. and A. E., at home. The mother, who was a valued member of the Chris- tian church, departed this life in August, 1889. She was a loving and faithful wife and mother, a most amiable woman and a devoted Christian, and her loss has been deeply felt in church and social circles as well as in her home. Mr. McLean also belongs to the same church, and socially he is connected with the Knights of Pythias frater- nity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having filled all the offices in both societies. He is widely known as a progressive and valued citizen, a trustworthy official and reliable busi- ness man, and therefore deserves mention among Idaho's representative residents.
JAMES MADDEN.
The broad acres of Idaho have made stock- raising one of the principal industries of the state, by reason of the excellent pasturage afforded, and among those who are successfully and exten- sively engaged in this business is James Madden, of Lewiston. A native of Ireland, he was born in county Galloway, December 18, 1855, his parents being Patrick and Mary (Kane) Madden, both of whom were natives of the Emerald Isle, where the father filled the responsible position of super- intendent of a large estate. He lived to the venerable age of ninety-five years, and the mother passed away at the age of seventy-five. They were devout members of the Catholic church and were people of the highest respectability. In their family were seven children, five sons and two daughters, and with one exception all are yet living.
James Madden, the fourth in order of birth, was reared and educated in the land of his nativ- ity, and in 1865 crossed the Atlantic to America. He was then a poor young man without capital, but he possessed energy, and resolute purpose, and these stood him in stead of fortune. He spent eighteen months in Massachusetts, working
for twenty-nine dollars per month. He saved his money and when he went to San Francisco, California, he had three hundred and twenty dol- lars. He was forced to expend this for board, however, after which he went to Sutter county, where he entered the employ of John G. Briggs. Subsequently he rented a farm and planted one hundred and sixty acres to wheat, gathering there- from a large crop, which he sold for a dollar and ninety-five cents per bushel. He then paid twelve hundred dollars for three hundred and twenty acres of summer fallow, and gave two dollars and thirty-seven and one-half cents per hundred for seed wheat. That winter the high water destroyed the entire crop and thus he lost all that he had made. Through the succeeding four years he worked for wages, and then purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land for five thousand dollars, making a payment of one-half down.
About this time Mr. Madden was united in marriage to Miss Mary Riggs, a native of Ken- tucky and a daughter of Sylvester A. Riggs, also of that state. They began their domestic life upon the California farm, and by their careful management, economy and industry were soon enabled to clear it of all indebtedness. Prosperity attended their efforts for a time, but later high water again destroyed their crops and washed off nearly all of the top soil. He then summer- fallowed it and raised forty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. After this he sold the property for twenty-five hundred dollars, just half of what it cost him, and then came to Idaho, in 1884, bring- ing with him five thousand dollars. Here he took up one hundred and sixty acres of govern- ment land, also a timber claim of one hundred and sixty acres, and a homestead of like amount. He purchased sixty head of cattle, but at the end of the year they were so scattered over the plains by the large cattle men that he was never able to recover half of them. He then sold out what he had left and purchased six hundred breeding ewes, at two dollars and seventy-five cents each. They were grade merinos, and thus Mr. Madden began the business in which he has since been eminently successful. His flocks in- creased rapidly, but at first he and his sons, with the assistance of one hired man, took care of them. Now, however, they employ nine men and
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have had as high as six thousand sheep at one time. He also has two thousand five hundred acres of land, which he is fencing for his own stock. He has erected a good residence in Lewis- ton, has two others on his farm, and now has ahout eighty thousand pounds of wool on hand. He also has two thousand young lambs, and is one of the heaviest tax-payers in Nez Perces county.
Mr. and Mrs. Madden have reared an indus- trious and intelligent family of seven sons and one daughter,-Patrick, who is associated with his father in business; James, who is foreman of the ranch; Michael, who is working with their men; George, who is herding one of the bands of sheep; John, who is herding the cattle; and Joseph, Dan and Mary Jane, who are in school. The family are all valued members of the Cath- olic church.
Mr. Madden always gave his political support to the Democracy until President Cleveland's second administration, when he voted the Repub- lican ticket and has since been allied with that party. He has, however, never sought nor de- sired office, preferring to devote his energies to his business, in which he is meeting with gratify- ing success. He has met many difficulties and hardships in life, but has wrested fortune front the hands of a seemingly adverse fate, and is now one of the wealthiest residents of Nez Perces county. This is due entirely to his own well directed efforts, his business ability, sound judg- ment and untiring labor, and certainly his pros- perity is well merited.
GEORGE E. GRAY.
The profession of the law, when clothed with its true dignity and purity, and strength, must rank first among the callings of men, for law rules the universe. The work of the legal pro- fession is to formulate, to harmonize, to regulate, to adjust, to administer those rules and principles that underlie and permeate all government and society and control the varied relations of man. As thus viewed, there attaches to the legal pro- fession a nobleness that cannot but be reflected in the life of the true lawyer, who, conscious of the greatness of his profession, and honest in the pursuit of his purpose, embraces the richness of learning, the profoundness of wisdom, the
firmness of integrity and the purity of morals, together with the graces of modesty, courtesy and the general amenities of life. The leading attorney of Malad, and a worthy representative of his calling is George E. Gray.
Born in Sparta, Wisconsin, July 26, 1867, he is of Scotch, Irish and German descent. His father, P. D. Gray, was born in New York and when a young man removed to Wisconsin, where he married Miss Harriet L. Nash, a native of Vermont. Both parents are still living in Wis- consin and are well-to-do and respected citizens of that state. They had three children, George E. being the eldest. Having acquired a good preliminary education, he entered the University of Wisconsin, wherein he pursued both a literary and law course, graduating in the law department with the class of 1891. He was then admitted to the bar of his native state, and coming to Idaho soon afterward, at Boise, he was admitted to practice in the supreme court of this state and in the United States courts. For two years he was a member of the bar of the capital city, and in 1893 he came to Malad, where he entered almost immediately upon a large and constantly growing practice. Demonstrating his ability in the careful manner in which he handled the liti- gated interests entrusted to him, he naturally won an increased clientage, and is now regarded as the leading practitioner at the bar of southern Idaho. He engages in general practice, but pre- fers corporation and irrigation law, and has at- tained a high degree of proficiency in those branches of jurisprudence. He is now serving as city attorney of Malad, to which position he was elected on the Republican ticket, being one of the stanch supporters of the Republican party.
In 1891 Mr. Gray was united in marriage to Miss Meda Whalen, a native of Wisconsin, and they now have a very bright little son, Warren P., who is the light of the household. Their home is one of the pleasant residences of Malad, and they hold an enviable position in the social circles of the city.
WILLIAM WOODWARD.
One of the pioneer settlers of Franklin, Oneida county, Idaho, and a farmer of the above state, William Woodward, was born on the 4th of Jan- uary, 1833, in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England.
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He received a common-school education in his native village. In 1845 he removed to Watford, and there he heard Mormonism by a blacksmith, Richard B. Margetts, and he was baptized June 21, 1848. He soon became anxious to join his co-religionists in Salt Lake valley, then in upper California.
In January, 1850, Mr. Woodward sailed from Liverpool, England, on the ship Argo, Captain Mills, with four hundred Latter Day Saints, ar- riving at New Orleans, March 8, after an ocean passage of eight weeks. With other emigrants Mr. Woodward wended his way to St. Louis, on the steamboat Glencoe; from there proceeded to Council Bluffs, where he arrived on April 9, and on the 13th of April he went to work for Orson Hyde, at six dollars per month. He lived with Mr. Hyde for over a year and then drove team to Salt Lake City, in Captain Horner's company. They were some three months on the way. . On the plains in that early day, 1851, thousands of buffalo were encountered on the way, and sometimes in the distance they appeared like a forest of timber; twenty thousand were passed in one day. The Platte valley and the hills on both sides of the river were covered with them. When Fort Laramie was passed, the scenery changed. Mountains appeared, and beautiful streams of pure water were wending their way to larger streams,-the Sweetwater river, Green river, Harris Fork, Smith's Fork, Black's Fork, Bear and Weber rivers and other streams. Buffalo robes at that early day could be bought for three dollars and fifty cents, dressed, ready for use, and they were an excellent piece of bedding.
He arrived in Salt Lake City the latter part of September of that year, and a few days later he was working for R. T. Burton. In January, 1852, he attended the University of Deseret, then in a primitive state. Orson Spencer was princi- pal, and chancellor, also a teacher, and W. W. Phelps was his assistant. In attending this school books were scarce, and Mr. Woodward stood guard over Mexicans and Indians for the money to buy ·him a McGuffy's Fifth: Reader. He had a grammar, and an arithmetic; he bor- rowed a slate, and a friend made him a tin slate- pencil holder. Thus equipped, he plodded on in his studies. During winter he read the book of
Mormon through for the first time. In April he went to work for Heber C. Kimball.
After his arrival in Salt Lake City, Mr. Wood- ward was anxious to see Brigham Young and other prominent Mormon leaders; to say that he was delighted with them, and their preaching, is hardly expressing the feelings he entertained to- ward these men. He availed himself of every opportunity to hear them preach, and was al- ways pleased to be in their company. For no- bility of character, for great motives to benefit mankind, for kindness to the Mormon people, these leaders were, in Mr. Woodward's eyes, par excellence. The leading men, besides Brigham Young, were Heber C. Kimball, Willard Rich- ards, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, and in the summer of 1852 Charles C. Rich, John Taylor, Erastus Snow, Franklin D. Richards, and Lorenzo Snow arrived in Salt Lake City. At a conference held August 28 and 29, missionaries were called to different parts of the world, and Mr. Woodward was called to go to England, where he arrived January 4. 1853. He arrived in London a short time after this, and labored as a missionary for more than a year in that metropolis. He spent the rest of his time in England in Kent and Dorsetshire conferences, and in April, 1856, he again crossed the sea, with seven hundred Latter Day Saints, who were pre- sided over by Dan Jones. He arrived in Boston, left the good ship "S. Curling," and started for Iowa City, where he arrived on June 2.
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