An illustrated history of the state of Idaho, containing a history of the state of Idaho from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future; illustrations and biographical mention of many pioneers and prominent citizens of to-day, Part 98

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1014

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Mr. and Mrs. Perryman have reared but one

child, Willis Arthur, who is now engaged in the grocery business in Juliaetta. Mrs. Perryman is a lady of refinement and ability, and is now serv- ing as past noble grand and district deputy of the Rebekah Lodge. Our subject belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Daughters of Rebekah, also the Knights of Pythias fraternity, the Grand Army of the Re- public and the Star of Bethlehem. By the grand lodge he was appointed to the position of district deputy of the latter. In politics he is inde- pendent, supporting the men whom he regards the best qualified for office, regardless of party ties. He is a gentleman of much kindness of heart, of generous impulses and sterling worth, and his many admirable qualities have endeared him in strong ties of friendship to many of the best citizens of his section of the state.

FRANK M. HUBBARD.

Frank M. Hubbard is numbered among the successful farmers of Weiser. He was born in Pike county, Illinois, on the 9th of July, 1851, his parents being Joseph and Sarah (Venable) Hubbard. His father was born in Wisconsin, and the mother was a native of Illinois. They crossed the plains with oxen in 1853, being six months in making the long and perilous journey to the northwest. Indians occasioned them con- siderable annoyance, but they accomplished the journey in safety and located in Silverton, Marion county, Oregon, where the father obtained three hundred and twenty acres of land, which he suc- cessfully cultivated for forty years. His life's labors were then ended by death in 1887, when he had attained the age of seventy-five years. He was a very industrious and energetic farmer and his labors brought him good returns. Both he and his estimable wife were members of the Bap- tist church. She survived him two years, and departed this life in 1889, at the age of seventy- four. On their journey across the plains they brought with them their three children, and five others were added to the family after their arrival in Oregon. Seven of the number still survive.

Frank Marion Hubbard, the third in order of birth, was only two years old at the time of the emigration of the family westward. He acquired his education in the public schools of the Willa- mette valley, and in 1869 came to Idaho. He en-

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gaged in freighting from Kelton, Utah, to the city of Boise and to Boise basin, and later turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, purchasing four hundred and eighty acres of land near Wei- ser, where he erected a residence, devoting his · energies to the development and cultivation of the land. There he carried on agricultural pur- suits until 1887, when he sold out. In 1895 he purchased other lands, and is now the owner of a valuable tract of three hundred and forty acres, near the town of Weiser. He has a good resi- dence and fine orchard and carries on general farming. He is a most energetic and progress- ive agriculturist, follows advanced methods, and is very neat and thrifty in the care of his property. He now owns one of the fine farnis of the locality and has met with good success in its operation.

In 1874 Mr. Hubbard was united in marriage to Miss Ella Lowe, of Silverton, Oregon, and they have had six children, five sons and a daugh- ter, namely: Melvin W., Calvin Rosco, Millard Fillmore, Lelah Winnefred, Frank M. and Orval H. Mrs. Hubbard died October 12, 1889, at the age of thirty-four years. She was a faithful and loving wife and mother, and her death was deeply deplored by her many friends as well as her im- mediate family.

In his political views Mr. Hubbard has been a life-long Democrat, and on that ticket was elected county assessor in 1888. The following year he was nominated for county sheriff but was de- feated by nine votes. In 1893, however, he was again elected county assessor, receiving a very large majority,-a fact which indicated his faith- fulness and ability while holding the office on a former occasion. He is a valued member of the Masonic fraternity and Odd Fellows' society, and commands the esteem of his fellow men by rea- son of his upright life, his fidelity to every trust reposed in him, his genial manner and genuine friendliness.

JACOB C. GARBER.

The efficient and capable postmaster of Grangeville, Jacob C. Garber, is a native of Rock- ingham county, Virginia, born neår Fort Re- public, January 7, 1829. The family is of Swiss origin and the ancestors of our subject crossed the Atlantic to the New World prior to the Revo- lutionary war. They were long residents of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and in religious faith

were Dunkards. Martin Garber, the father of our subject, was born in the Old Dominion and married Miss Magdalen Mohler, a lady of Ger- man lineage and a representative of one of the old Virginian families. Fourteen children were born of this union, of whom eight sons and three daughters grew to years of maturity. The father was a farmer by occupation, and died of palsy, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. His wife at- tained a very advanced age and finally met death by accident, in the upsetting of a stage-coach in which she was a passenger.

Jacob C. Garber, their fourth child, was edu- cated in Virginia and Ohio, the family having removed to the latter state when he was fourteen years of age. Subsequently he emigrated with an older brother to Iowa, and in 1854 he sailed from New York to California, going by way of the Nicaraugua route to San Francisco, where he arrived on the 13th of August. He then en- gaged in mining in Sierra and Nevada counties, meeting with good success. It was his intention to return home in 1857, but, being taken ill, a year had passed before he had sufficiently recov- ered to travel, and by that time the expenses of his sickness had eaten up all his capital. From Sierra county he went to Nevada county, and with the assistance of a friend procured a claim,. on which he again made money rapidly. He re- mained there from 1858 until 1865, and during that time was elected and served as county re- corder of Nevada county, continuing in the office until 1868, when he removed to Humboldt coun- ty,. where he established a general merchandise store. The new undertaking proved a profitable one, and he carried on business along that line until 1885, when he sold out and went to the Portuguese Flat, in Shasta county. There he purchased an interest in a mine, but lost his mon- ey in that investment, through the treachery of a partner.

Mr. Garber next came to Camas prairie, Idaho, and secured a claim of one hundred and sixty acres of government land, on which he engaged in raising hay, grain and cattle. He transformed it into a good farm, and it is still in his posses- sion. In 1893, however, he left the farm, having been elected probate judge of Idaho county, and on the expiration of his term of service in that capacity he accepted the position of bookkeeper

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in the large wholesale and retail house of Henry Wax, of Grangeville. He was thus employed in 1897, when President Mckinley appointed him postmaster. He is now giving his entire time and attention to the duties of his office, which he is discharging in a most capable manner, winning the high commendation of all concerned. He has always been a stanch Republican in politics since casting his first presidential vote for Abra- ham Lincoln, in 1860.

In 1868 Mr. Garber was united in marriage to Miss Julia A. Wheeler, in Nevada county, Cali- fornia. She is a native of Georgia and a daugh- ter of Nathan Wheeler, and to her husband she renders able assistance in the administration of the affairs of the postoffice. Mr. Garber was formerly a very active member of the Odd Fel- lows society and has filled all the chairs in both branches of the order. He is a wide-awake and progressive citizen, giving a loyal support to all measures for the public good, and is a most trust- worthy officer.

AARON FREIDENRICH.

Aaron Freidenrich, one of the most prominent merchants of Grangeville, and the managing member of the firm of Alexander & Freidenrich, wholesale and retail dealers in general merchan- dise, is in control of the largest establishment of the kind in the town, and perhaps no town of equal proportion in the entire country can boast of a better or more extensive store. The success of this enterprise is due to him whose name be- gins this sketch, a most energetic and progressive man, whose sound judgment is supplemented by industry and honorable methods. These quali- ties have brought to him a most creditable pros- perity and have gained him a place in the fore- most ranks of the commercial interests of north- ern Idaho.

Mr. Freidenrich has been a resident of this state for thirty-one years. He was born in Ger- many on the 24th of February, 1851, a son of Isaac and Caroline (Adler) Freidenrich. Many of the representatives of the name were German merchants, and in religious faith the family were Hebrews. In the land of his nativity the subject of this sketch acquired his education, and also be- came familiar with business methods by acting as salesman in a mercantile establishment. He was

only seventeen years of age when he emigrated to the United States, hoping to better his financial condition in the land where every opportunity is afforded the man of ability, ambition and deter- mination. He landed in New York, and though he had but little knowledge of the English lan- . guage he soon secured a position in a wholesale house in that city, where he remained until 1867, when he sailed for Portland, Oregon. There he remained for twelve months, and in 1868 he took up his abode in Lewiston, Idaho. There he ob- tained a position in the store of Hexter Brothers, with whom he continued until 1871, at which time he went to Florence and began merchan- dising on his own account. In 1874 he removed to Warren, where he conducted a store until 1879, when he sold his business there and took up his abode in Grangeville, becoming the man- aging member of the present firm of Alexander & Freidenrich. During his twenty-years con- nection with the business interests of Grange- ville, he has met with splendid success, which has been well earned by his close attention to his commercial affairs, his excellent ability and his honorable business methods. The store which he occupies is thirty-five by one hundred and seventy-five feet, and in addition the firm has two large warehouses in Grangeville. The bills of sales have amounted to as high as five thousand dollars, and they carry a stock valued at eighty- thousand dollars, to which they are making al- most daily additions. They carry a full line of standard staple and fancy goods, and their finely equipped store would be a credit to a city of much greater size than Grangeville. In addition to this property Mr. Freidenrich has become the possessor of a number of good farms on Camas prairie, which are now rented. They are planted to hay and grain, and fine apples, cherries, plums and prunes are raised upon them. Thus he has judiciously invested his surplus earnings and thereby materially increased his income.

Mr. Freidenrich was happily married March 4, 1883, to Miss Rosa Stenhauser, a cultured lady, born in San Francisco, California. They have one son, Melton, who is now attending school in Portland, Oregon. Our subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was for some years treasurer of Mount Idaho Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M., now located at Grangeville. He also be-

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longs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is accounted one of Grangeville's best busi- ness men and representative citizens. Although he came to America empty-handed, he is now the possessor of a handsome competence, his hopes having been more than realized. His life demon- strates the truth of the saying that success is not the result of genius, but the outcome of a clear judgment and experience.

JOHN S. KINKAID.

John S. Kinkaid, one of the highly respected farmers of Camas prairie, was born in Indiana, September 9, 1833, and is a representative of alı old Kentucky family. His grandfather, Joseph Kinkaid, was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was an early settler of Kentucky. His son, An- drew Kinkaid, was born, reared and educated in Kentucky and became a minister of the Christian church. In 1841 he removed to Missouri and was a prominent preacher of the gospel in that state. He married Miss Elizabeth Landis, a native of Tennessee, who is still living and has celebrated her ninetieth birthday, her home being with a daughter in Kansas. The father died in the fifty-fifth year of his age, but his memory re- mains as a blessed benediction to all who knew him. Two of the sons loyally served their coun- try in the Union army during the civil war, and one of them lost his life in the great struggle to maintain the Union. In the family were seven children, five of whom yet survive.

Rev. John S. Kinkaid was educated in Cass county, Missouri, in a little log school-house such as was common at that time. In his early youth he had accompanied his parents from Indiana to that state, and in 1861 went with them to Kan- sas, locating in Franklin county. He had been married, however, in Missouri, in 1859, to Miss Caroline Frazier, and they made their home upon a farm in Kansas from 1861 until 1883, when they came to Camas prairie and took up a tract of land, whereon Mr. Kinkaid has since engaged in stock-raising, making a specialty of graded Durham cattle and graded Percheron horses. He has one hundred and fourteen acres of land and a most hospitable home, the latch-string al- ways being out to those who come this way.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kinkaid have been born ten children, all of whom reached years of ma-

turity, while four sons and four daughters are yet living, namely: Denver, who is engaged in farming near his father; Ulysses S., who is en- gaged in the butchering business at Elk City; Annie, wife of William Perkins; Alice, wife of Robert Farris; Marion and William, who follow farming; Maude, who is engaged in school- teaching; and Myrtle, wife of Charles S. Jacob- son. The parents are valued members of the Christian church, in which Elder Kinkaid is an ordained minister. He is a man of broad hu- manitarian principles, a faithful follower of the Teacher of Nazareth, and gladly embraces every opportunity of proclaiming the gospel of peace on earth, good will to men. His political support is given the Republican party. His noble life is unclouded by shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil, and all who know him have for him the kindliest regard.

JOHN LANE.

Colonel John Lane, the senior member of the law firm of Lane & McDonald, has long resided on the Pacific coast, but has made his home in Lewiston for only two years. In that time, how- ever, he has gained prestige as one of the ablest members of the bar of this locality, and is there- fore a valued addition to the professional circles of the city.

A native of the state of Indiana, Colonel Lane was born in Evansville, May 17, 1837. His an- cestors were of Irish and French stock and were early settlers of North Carolina, where they founded the city of Raleigh one hundred years before America sought her independence through the power of arms. Several of the family hield military commissions under General Washington, in the Revolutionary war, and the family has always been celebrated for bravery and valor in battle. General Joseph Lane, the father of the Colonel, was born in North Carolina, December 14, 1801, and became a brevet major general in the Mexican war. He was appointed by President James K. Polk to go to Oregon and organize the territorial government there before the ex- piration of the president's term. With all expedi- tion he started across the plains, in the fall of 1848, with a small escort of the regiment of mounted rifles. On the approach of the winter, he turned aside and passed through New Mexico and Arizona, finally reaching San Diego, Cali-

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fornia, where he took a schooner for Yuba Buena, afterward San Francisco. From that point he proceeded by schooner to the mouth of the Columbia, after which, with Indians and canoes, he proceeded up the Columbia to Will- amette, and up that river to Oregon City, where he arrived March 3. 1849. He immediately issued the proclamation organizing the territory of Ore- gon. This was just the day previous to the close of Mr. Polk's administration, so that he made the long and perilous journey and performed his mission just in time. He then took up his abode in the new territory, and in 1851 was elected its delegate to congress. When Oregon became a state he was its first United States senator, and in 1860 he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for vice-president, Breckinridge being the nominee for president. Soon afterward he re- turned to Roseburg, Oregon, where he retired from active life. He died there on the 19th of April, 1881, at the age of eighty years, and his death was probably hastened by the wounds which he sustained in the Mexican war and in the Indian wars in Oregon. In early life he had married Miss Mary Hart, a native of Kentucky, and to them were born ten children, six of whom are yet living. The mother died in 1870.

Colonel Lane, the eighth of the family, ac- quired his education in Indiana, Kentucky and Virginia, and in his twentieth year he was ap- pointed by President Pierce a cadet at large to West Point, where he remained until March, 1861, when he resigned, and at the opening of the civil war entered the Confederate service as a second lieutenant. He was ordnance officer and drill master at Fort Pulaski, and subsequently was ordered to Virginia, where he was attached as drill master to a company of artillery. He was on the staff of General G. W. Smith as aid-de- camp and later was captain of a battery of artil- lery. He participated in twenty-three battles, and at the siege of Petersburg, at the close of the war, he held the rank of lieutenant colonel in com- mand of a battalion of artillery. He was three times slightly wounded. His training at West Point, combined with his devotion to the cause he espoused, made him a most valued and brave representative of the southern cause.

After the war Colonel Lane visited his father in Oregon, and was induced by him to engage

in the stock business, which he carried on suc- cessfully for a number of years in Douglas county, Oregon. He also engaged in mining at the Black Sand mines on the coast, and took out one hundred thousand dollars, but it was such difficult work that the cost of carrying it on was as great as the returns. In the meantime, while engaged in stock-raising, Colonel Lane had read law under the direction of his brother, L. F. Lane, who afterward became a member of con- gress, but before beginning practice he served in public office, first filling the position of assessor of Coos county. Later he was elected and served for two consecutive terms as sheriff of the county. In 1883, being in Salem, Oregon, with prisoners at the time the supreme court was in session, he was invited by one of the supreme judges to take the examination for admission to the bar. With no idea of engaging in practice, he con- sented, and acquitted himself most creditably, thus becoming a member of the legal profession. He then completed his term as sheriff, after which he took up the practice of law at Roseburg with his brother, L. F. Lane.

In 1893 Colonel Lane went to Washington, D. C., where he had the pleasure of seeing Presi- dent Cleveland inaugurated, and was by him appointed Indian agent, in which capacity he served until March, 1896, when he was ordered to report to Washington, and was appointed by Hoke Smith, secretary of the interior, to the position of special Indian agent and afterward appointed Indian inspector. He capably filled that office until June, 1897. when he retired and has since devoted his energies to the private practice of law. In the summer of that year he visited Lewiston, and being greatly pleased with the city and its excellent outlook he determined to locate here. He arrived October 19, 1897, and, on the hill just above the town, the stage on which he was riding was held up and robbed. Opening an office, he has within two years secured a large clientage and has been connected with most of the important litigation heard dur- ing this period. The firm of Lane & McDonald take precedence of many others of longer stand- ing, and their devotion to the clients' interests, combined with their skill in argument, insures them a continuance of the law business of Lewis- ton and the surrounding country.

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In 1878 Mr. Lane was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Sherrard, of Coos county, Oregon. Five children have been born to them, of whom four are living: Joseph W., Roy C., Winifred and Lorena. The family reside in one of the nice homes of Lewiston, and the Colonel and his wife are held in high regard. Socially he is a repre- sentative of the Ancient Order of United Work- men.

HARLAN P. USTICK, A. M., M. D.

The medical profession in Boise is ably rep- resented by Dr. Harlan Page Ustick, a promi- nent homeopathic physician, who was born in Fayette county, Ohio, on the 26th of November, 1848. His paternal grandfather was a Baptist minister, who, leaving his home in France, crossed the Atlantic to New York city, where he passed the residue of his days. His son, William Arnold Ustick, the father of the Doctor, was born in Orange county, New York, in the year 1800, and when seventeen years of age removed to Ohio, where he resided until he laid down the burdens of life, in his ninetieth year. He mar- ried Miss Mary Stewart, a native of Maryland, and a descendant of the royal house of Stuart, of England. Mr. Ustick resided upon a farm and was accounted one of the industrious and prac- tical agriculturists of his community. In later years he also engaged in buying and selling wool on an extensive scale, and won success in his un- dertakings. For many years he was an elder in the Presbyterian church, and his life was actu- ated by noble principles and characterized by kindly deeds. Uncompromisingly opposed to oppression of every form, his home became a station on the famous underground railroad in ante-bellum days, and he aided many a poor negro on his way to freedom. He died in his ninetieth year, and his wife passed away at the age of seventy-six. They were the parents of thirteen children, of whom only five now sur- vive.

Dr. Ustick, the youngest of the family. com- pleted his literary education by his graduation in Miami University, in 1870, after which he began preparation for the medical profession as a stu- dent in Hahnemann College, in Philadelphia, where he was graduated in 1883. At his old Ohio home he practiced medicine for eight years and then removed to Chicago, whence he came to

the Pacific coast in 1892, spending a short time in Portland, Oregon. From that city he removed to Boise, where he opened an office and was soon in the enjoyment of a large and lucrative busi- ness. He makes a specialty of chronic diseases and the treatment of the eye and ear, and his efforts have been attended by results which indi- cate his superior ability in the line of his chosen calling. From the faithful performance of each day's duty he gains inspiration and strength for the labors of the next; perusal of the leading medical journals keeps him in touch with the advancement that is continually being made in medical circles; and his capability has gained him distinction in professional circles. He has other business interests in addition to his prac- tice, is the owner of a fine fruit farm of eighty acres, and is very active in promoting the inter- ests of the horticulturists of the state, being, at the present writing, secretary of the Fruit Grow- ers' Association of the state of Idaho.

In 1892 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Ustick and Mrs. Margaret Pittenger, who by her former marriage has a son Fred; the latter graduated at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College in March, 1899. The Doctor also has two sons and a daughter by a former marriage, viz .: Roy P., Faye S. and Clyde E. The last mentioned is now taking a professional course in electricity. The Doctor and his estimable wife are leading members of the Presbyterian church, in which he is now serving as elder. In politics he is most earnest in his advocacy of the Repub- lican party and its principles, and socially is con- nected with the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World and the Pioneers of the Pacific.

JOHN SCALES.

John Scales, a resident of Wagontown, is a native of the Emerald. Isle, his birth having occurred in Kilrush, county Clare, on the 6th of May, 1840. At the time of the protectorate in England members of the Scales family, natives of that land, went to Ireland as soldiers of Oliver Cromwell, and for their services were paid in Irish estates, called "sword-lands." The parents of our subject were Samuel and Rachel Scales, who were distant relatives. They came to America in 1855, bringing with them their family of five children, and took up their residence in

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An illustrated history of the state of Idaho, containing a history of the state of Idaho from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future; illustrations and biographical mention of many pioneers and prominent citizens of to-day, Part 98

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 1014

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1014