History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume III, Part 73

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 926

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Roland Thurman was reared on the western frontier and early became familiar with all the hardships and privations which feature in frontier life. He assisted his father in the mill and in his stock raising and farming interests. After arriving at years of maturity he was married to Miss Joanna Thomason and they have become the parents of two sons and two daughters: Earl, twenty-five years of age, who is married and has one child; Claude R., twenty-three years of age, who is married and has a daughter; Grace, twenty-one years of age and now the wife of Louis Longituge and the mother of one child; and Mildred, who completes the family.

Reared to the occupation of farming, Roland Thurman has always been identified with agricultural pursuits since attaining adult age and now resides on an excellent ranch property in Ada county. He has brought his fields under a high state of cultiva- tion and has added many modern improvements to his farm, which comprises sixty acres of land ten miles northwest of Boise. His son, Claude R., owns a five-acre tract adjoining the father's property. All of the family bore their share in suppressing Indian uprisings at an early day but none was ever injured by the red men. There is no phase of development and improvement in this section of Idaho with which Roland Thurman is not familiar. He has lived in Ada county for forty-nine years and has therefore been a witness of almost its entire progress and improvement, con- trihuting to the changes which have brought about such a rapid transformation in this section of the country.

DANIEL W. ACKLEY.

Daniel W. Ackley is the deputy warden at the state penitentiary in Boise and has a splendid record as a prison official, having had over twenty years' experience in this connection, during which time he has filled every position from that of guard up to warden. He first came to Idaho from Oregon in 1884. He had resided for two years in the latter state, during which time he was at Pendleton. With his arrival in Idaho he turned his attention to the livery and transfer business, which he followed at Weiser from 1884 until 1892. In the latter year he became turnkey at the Idaho state pen- itentiary at Boise and occupied that position for five years. He later spent a similar period in farming and mining pursuits and in 1901 he returned to an official position at the state penitentiary and during the succeeding fifteen years filled every position at the state prison from that of guard to warden. He acted in the latter capacity in 1903, when he filled out the unexpired term of Charles S. Perrin. During seven and a half years of the fifteen-year period he was deputy warden under John W. Snook. For three years previous to January 1, 1920, he was captain at the Montana state peni- tentiary at Deer Lodge but resigned the position on the 1st of January, 1920, to accept that of deputy warden at the Idaho state penitentiary.

On he 24th of December, 1893, Mr. Ackley was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ellen Michael and they became parents of two sons and two daughters but had the misfortune to lose their elder son, George Waldo Ackley, who was killed on the battle front in France on the 13th of September, 1918, lacking three days of being twenty-

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three years of ago. Deep as is their sorrow, they must feel a thrill of pride to know how nobly he met his death in fighting for the principles for which America entered the war. The other son, Dan E. Ackley, now twenty-three years of age, is a veteran of the World war and is still in the service. The two daughters are Verna Vie Lena and Mabel Helen, the latter now the wife of Frank Alvinson, of Butte, Montana.

Mr. Ackley is a member of the Woodmen of the World. His political support is given to the republican party and he is thoroughly conversant with the vital problems and issues of the day. Much of his life has been given to official service and his record has at all times been characterized by promptness and efficiency.

WILLIAM LOHRAMAN.

William Lohraman, the owner of an excellent farm property of eighty acres in the Fargo district of Canyon county, was born in Indiana, November 25, 1868, a son of Paul and Caroline (Corby) Lohraman, who were natives of Germany. The father came to the United States in early manhood and on this side of the Atlantic followed the trade of harness making to the time of his death, which occurred in Indianapolis, Indiana. His wife has also passed away.

Reared in Indian to the age of fourteen years, William Lohraman went to Oregon in 1882 and thence removed to western Kansas, where he remained for three years, when he left that district on account of drought. He afterward removed to Colorado and worked on the Rock Island Railroad for a short time. Later he got out ties for the Denver & Fort Worth Railroad and subsequently he went to Oklahoma, where he followed farming until 1907. In that year he became a resident of Montana, but when six months had passed he made his way to Seattle, Washington, and thence returned to Oregon. He came to Idaho in 1908 and purchased a relinquishment claim of eighty acres. However, he had to wait another year for the development of the irrigation project and in the meantime cleared his land and put it in condition for water. He largely devotes his place to the raising of alfalfa.

In 1898 Mr. Lohraman was united in marriage to Miss Molly Berry, of Tennessee, and to them were born six children namely: Cleon, deceased; Zella; Paul: Minnie; George, deceased; and Robert. On the 8th of December, 1919, Mr. Lohraman rented his farm and removed with his family to Tucson, Arizona, for the benefit of his son Paul's health.

Mr. Lohraman has visited many sections of the west, has worked in various states and has found no district that pleases him better than Idaho. Here he is making for himself an attractive home and as the result of his indefatigable industry is winning a very substantial measure of prosperity.

JAMES SMITH.

James Smith, proprietor of the Riverside Garage at St. Anthony, was born in Belfast, Ireland, September 1, 1854, and is a son of Hugh and Agnes (McDowell) Smith, who were also natives of the Emerald isle. The father was a shipbuilder in that coun- try and followed the trade throughout his entire life. The mother came to America in 1865 and for a short time was a resident of New York, after which she made her way direct to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she resided for about seven years. She then went to Rich county, Utah, where she took up land and thereon resided to the time of her death, which occurred in 1877. The parents were originally both members of the Methodist church, but the mother was converted to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and this led her to come to the new world.

James Smith was but eleven years of age when brought by his mother to the United States. He was reared in Utah and remained with his mother until he attained his majority. In early life he engaged in logging in lumber camps and while thus working became familiar with the blacksmith's trade. In 1882 he removed to Eagle Rock, now Idaho Falls, where he engaged in blacksmithing for two years. He then came to Fre- mont county and filed on one hundred and sixty acres on the Egin bench and carried on both farming and blacksmithing for ten years. In 1893 he took up his abode in St. Anthony, where he established a blacksmith shop, continuing in the business until 1915.

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He then quit work of that character and built a large garage, which he has since conducted, carrying on a general repair business and also a storage and accessories business. He has made judicious investment in real estate, acquiring a handsome compe- tence in this way, and throughout his entire career he has displayed undaunted enter- prise and industry, guided by sound business judgment.

On the Ist of January, 1878, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Pendry, of Paris, Idaho, and they have become the parents of twelve children: Mary E., Agnes, Sarah, Eleanor, Rex, Frank, Hugh, Reuben, Violet, La Rue, Kate, and Nance. Fraternally Mr. Smith is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically he maintains an independent course not caring to bind himself by party ties. He has served as county commissioner of Fremont county for two terms and was chairman of the board. He also served for one term as a member of the town council and for one term was mayor of St. Anthony. He stands loyally for whatever he believes to be for the best interests of the community and his position upon any vital question is never an equivocal one. He enjoys the high respect of many friends and may well be classed among the representative residents of Fremont county.

WILLIAM SCHULTZ.

Forty years have been added to the cycle of the centuries since William Schultz came to Idaho in 1880. He is now residing upon a one hundred and sixty acre homestead nine miles west of Emmett, on which he filed in 1890. He was born near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 15, 1859, his parents being John and Mary (Tomes) Schultz, who were natives of Mecklenburg, Germany, and were there reared and married. Cross- ing the Atlantic to the United States, they became pioneer settlers of Wisconsin, taking up their abode at Milwaukee when it was a mere village without a railroad; in fact the father aided in building the first railroad into the city. He later removed with his family to Chicago and subsequently to Iowa, where they lived for a time and then went to South Dakota.

William Schultz accompanied his parents to Chicago and later became a resident of Iowa, where he lived until establishing his home in South Dakota. In young man- hood he assisted in building the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad through & portion of Iowa and afterward he aided in building a portion of the Chicago & North- western Railroad in South Dakota. In 1878 he went to California and later to Nevada, to Oregon and to Washington, but finally made permanent settlement in Idaho. He took up his ahode in this state in 1880 and spent several years in the Wood River country at Hailey and at Ketchum. He was there engaged for a considerable period in mining and is yet interested in mining pursuits. Since 1905 he has lived most of the time in the Payette valley upon his homestead but still gives much of his time and attention to his mining interests. Hls ranch property embraces two hundred and forty acres of land in Gem county and he purchased and improved an eighty acre tract recently near his homestead. He is now actively engaged in the further development and cultivation of his place, which he has transformed into an excellent farm that annually returns good harvests.

In 1890 Mr. Schultz was married and he has four children: Mary, now a widow of H. C. Parker; William H .; Elise, the wife of James Butler, of Letha; and Henry, who Is upon the home ranch. The wife and mother has passed away. He married again December 25, 1919, his second wife being Mrs. A. B. Dickerson, of Boise.

Great Indeed are the changes which Mr. Schultz has witnessed since coming to Idaho forty years ago and in the work of agricultural progress and development he has borne his part. while Gem county owes not a little to his progressive efforts along the line of agricultural advancement.

SILAS LUTTRELL.

The life record of Silas Luttrell covers a span of more than seventy-seven years. He is now one of the veteran citizens of Bolse bench, residing at his present home on Vista avenue since 1901. He was born in Orange county, Indiana, September 24, 1843, and is a son of Willis and Nancy (Silver) Luttrell, who were natives of Virginia and

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North Carolina respectively. The father was born January 1, 1807, in Westmoreland county, Virginia, of one of the old families of that state, represented in the Revolu- tionary war and of French descent. Seven great-uncles of Silas Luttrell served under General Lafayette in the war for independence. His grandfather, who also bore the name of Silas Luttrell, removed from Virginia to Orange county, Indiana, in 1816- the year in which the state was admitted to the Union. He became one of the pioneer settlers there and aided in the work of early development and progress in that section of the country. The mother of Silas Luttrell of this review was born in North Carolina, July 12, 1813, and when a little child was taken by her parents to Orange county, Indiana. There she grew to womanhood and became the wife of Willis Luttrell.

Their son, Silas Luttrell, was reared on a farm in his native county and had the usual experiences of the farmbred boy. He was married there on the 13th of April, 1865, the day before the assassination of President Lincoln, to Dovey Lane, who was born in Orange county, Indiana. March 1, 1846, a daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca - (Giles) Lane, who were natives of North Carolina but went to Indiana with their respective parents when young. Mr. and Mrs. Luttrell were reared on neighboring farms in Orange county and attended the same school. Later he became a school teacher when eighteen years of age, teaching his first term in the old home district, and his wife was at that time one of his pupils. Four years later, when he was twenty-two and Mrs. Luttrell nineteen, they were married and they have now traveled ' life's journey happily together as husband and wife for fifty-five years. Mrs. Luttrell was connected with the Lane family of Indiana, to which belonged Henry S. Lane, one of the governors of that state, while his brother, James Lane, was at one time United States senator from Kansas.

· For a long period after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Luttrell remained in Indiana and in 1870 removed to Ottawa, Kansas, while eventually they became residents of Ellis, Kansas. For six years Mr. Luttrell continued to follow farming in the Sunflower state and in 1876 crossed the plains to Oregon with a train of thirty-two wagons, he acting as captain of the train. There were one hundred and twenty-one men in the party who were old enough to vote and when they balloted to elect a captain Mr. Luttrell received one hundred and fifteen of the entire number of votes. The wagon train passed through Boise, a place then smaller than the town of Meridian today. They proceeded to Lebanon, Linn county, Oregon, and the Luttrell family resided in Washington and Oregon until 1901, when they returned to the Boise valley and took up their abode upon the bench, which was then a vast expanse of sagebrush. Mr. Luttrell purchased ten acres of land for seventy dollars per acre, erected thereon a home and planted an orchard of two acres. The trees are now large and are in splendid bearing. He also planted shade trees which have attained splendid size. He has since sold two and a half acres of the land for a thousand dollars per acre and could sell the remainder at any time at the same figure. While living in Wallowa county, Oregon, Mr. Luttrell gained a very substantial measure of prosperity and at one time was the owner of a ranch of four hundred and eighty acres, situated a mile and a half from Enterprise, the county seat. For several years he was a dealer in agricul- tural implements, but his chief pursuit throughout his long and useful life has been farming and his success has been most honorably won and worthily used.

To Mr. and Mrs. Luttrell were born eight children, of whom four are living: William Martin, Elbert J., Mrs. Lucy J. Mix and Chester Arthur. They also have three grandchildren: Gladys and Conrad Slagle, who are the children of Mrs. Lucy J. Mix, born of her first marriage; and Silas Luttrell, who is a son of Elbert J. Luttrell.

While Mr. Luttrell of this review has led a busy life in the conduct of his business affairs, he has yet found time to devote to public duties. While a resident of Oregon he served as justice of the peace for ten years and his decisions were always strictly fair and impartial. He likewise served as sheriff and county judge of Wallowa county. He has been prominent in the prohibition movement in Idaho for twenty years and has made hundreds of speeches for the prohibition party. In 1908 he was a candidate for governor of Idaho. He and his wife are members of the Christian church, in which he is serving as a trustee, and is also teacher of the Bible class. His entire career has been most honorable and upright. He has always been a firm believer in God and an active worker in the church and Sunday school for many years. In recent years defective eyesight has rendered it impossible for him to read but still his knowledge of the Bible is such that he can continue as teacher of the Bible class in Sunday school. He possesses a wonderful memory and his knowledge of current events is remarkable. His is the happiness and contentment of a clear conscience and a life

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well spent. It is a splendid thing that in former years he gave so much time to reading and study, for his mind is now a storehouse upon which he can continually draw. There is nothing so pitiable as a man of years who has no resources within himself and Mr. Luttrell is rich in knowledge and experience and one may gain from him a fuud of information in the discussion of prominent men of former days, as he possesses an astonishing familiarity with them.

F. M. SHELTON.

The history of Ada county is the story of pioneer development followed hy a con- tinuous cra of progress and improvement, attributable to such substantial citizens as F. M. Shelton, who is now one of the successful farmers of the county, living near Star. He has spent his entire life in the northwest, his birth having occurred in the Rogue River valley of Oregon, January 21, 1861. In 1863 he accompanied his parents, Hawkins and Amanda (Gall) Shelton, on their removal from the Rogue River valley to Umatilla, Oregon, where they remained until 1869 and then came to Idaho, renting a ranch near Collister, in Ada county. Mr. Shelton's mother had crossed the plains with her parents in 1849, when she was but twelve years of age, the journey being made with ox team and wagon. They settled in the Willamette valley and while en route from Missouri their party had several battles with the Indians and on one occasion had to round up their teams and wagons in circular form and fight the Indians to a standstill, killing several of the red men, although none of their own party were killed. It was in 1851 that the father, Hawkins Shelton, crossed the plains from Missouri to Yreka, California. He was a native of Kentucky and was early attracted by the opportunities of the growing west. From California he drifted northward to Oregon and was married in the Rogue River valley. He and his wife then remained in Oregon until 1869, when they came to Idaho.

F. M. Shelton was eight years of age at that time and was educated In the common schools near Star. He afterward engaged in farming with his father and he was one of the first settlers to clear the sagebrush from the land and test the soil. He continued to carry on farming with his father until he was nearly twenty-five years of age and then rented land for himself and began raising stock, which he ranged on the govern- ment reservation until he had made enough money to buy a piece of land. He then purchased one hundred and twenty acres two miles northwest of Star, for which he paid six dollars and a quarter per acre. Settling thereon, he devoted his attention to the cultivation of crops and to the raising of cattle and horses until 1895, when he sold the property and went to the mines in the Pearl mining district, there remaining for six years but meeting with little success in his efforts to win valuable metal from the mountainside.

Returning to Star, Mr. Shelton then rented his father's farm a mile and a half northeast of the town and thereon engaged in farming until 1917. The father passed away in 1902 and fifteen years later Mr. Shelton of this review sold the farm, which he had inherited upon the death of his father. He then purchased another tract of land of eighty acres south of Caldwell but in 1918 disposed of that place and invested in his present home ranch at Star, consisting of twenty acres within the city limits, since which time he has practically lived retired, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil.

Mr. Shelton and his family passed through all the period of unquiet and anxiety incident to the Bannock Indian war but none sustained injury. There is no phase of ploneer life in the northwest, with all its hardships, privations and dangers, with which Mr. Shelton is not familiar. When he was sixteen years of age, he and a man camped in the mountains with a bunch of cattle which they were herding and while thus en- gaged lost a horse. The man left Mr. Shelton in camp to care for the stock while he hunted for the stray horse. The Indians were on the warpath at that time and Mr. Shelton was hut a youth. After being alone four or five days he was getting very anxious and was constantly on the lookout for his companlon. He was accustomed each day to go to a high bluff commanding a view of the surrounding country and on the fourth day, from his position, he saw a man coming on horseback and felt much re- lieved, believing it to be his companion; but as the figure came closer, to his con- sternation he saw an Indlan In full war paint. The Indian stayed all night with him, though Mr. Shelton slept little, and informed him that the Indians had been fighting

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that day on Camas Prairie and that two white men had been killed, adding also that he was looking for the camp of an old chief called Joseph in order to get him to go to Camas Prairie and pacify the Indians. The following morning Mr. Shelton rode over the mountain with the Indian, separating from him on the other side, after which he went to the postoffice at Corder Station and there learned that the Indians were on the warpath. Mr. Shelton then returned to his home. The people at the postoffice sta- tion set out to round up the Indians, for they knew that the one whom Mr. Shelton had befriended was in search of Chief Joseph in order to get him to reinforce those who were at Camas Prairie. The white men located these Indians, who had rounded up about four hundred head of the white men's horses, but the enemy were too numerous for the white men and they were forced to retire. The Indians had rounded up all of the horses at Mr. Shelton's camp, but owing no doubt to the kindness which he had shown the Indian in search of Joseph, none of his stock was molested and only one horse taken. The Indians then proceeded to Camas Prairie with Chief Joseph and joined those who were on the warpath there.

It was in 1886 that Mr. Shelton was married to Miss Nettie M. Higgins, of Nevada, and they have six children. Frank, thirty-three years of age, is married, resides in Boise and has two children. Bert, twenty-nine years of age, is married and follows farming near Nampa. Ollie is the wife of Earl Crother, of Star, and they have four children. Lloyd R., twenty-four years of age, lives in Boise. Della is the wife of Flaves Shaffer, of Caldwell. Ralph, thirteen years of age, is attending school at Star. . The history of the northwest is largely familiar to Mr. Shelton and he has borne his part in the development and settlement of the country and in the utilization of its natural resources. His enterprise as a farmer has brought him substantial success, so that he is now enabled to put aside the more active cares of business life and enjoy the fruits of his former toil.

SAMUEL WINGATE.

Samuel Wingate, a retired farmer and pioneer rancher now living in South Boise, having come to Idaho in 1882, was born in Harden county, Ohio, July 23, 1855, a son of John and Isabelle (Eckenrode) Wingate, also natives of Ohio and now deceased. John Wingate, who was a farmer during his active life, was born January 31, 1827, and his wife was born April 2, 1835.

Samuel Wingate was married to Olive Webb, in southern Missouri, he being then twenty-two years old. His wife died four years later, leaving one son, James Eckenrode Wingate, who now resides on the Boise bench. Mr. Wingate came to Idaho in 1882, making the journey by stage from Kelton, Utah, and was accompanied by his son, who was born January 28, 1879, and was married to Mrs. Myrtle Shimp, February 2, 1917. They are the parents of two daughters and a son, namely: Hazel Olive, Ethel Leroy, and Estelle.

On January 8, 1902, Samuel Wingate was married in Boise to Mrs. Rosetta Wyman, who bore the maiden name of Rosetta Ramsey and was born in Salem, Oregon, Septem- ber 19, 1863, a daughter of John V. and Frances Elizabeth (Tomlinson) Ramsey, who were pioneers of Oregon, crossing the plains from High Point, Marion county, Missouri, in 1853. John V. Ramsey was born in Virginia in 1815, while his wife was born in Russellville, Cole county, Missouri, May 29, 1831, and died in Oregon, December 4, 1905. They were married in 1849, and in 1853 they and their two small children crossed the plains to Oregon, there being twelve ox teams in the train. The Ramsey family settled at Silverton, Oregon, but in 1854 they removed to Salem, that state. When the state penitentiary was moved from Portland to Salem, Mr. Ramsey, who was a black- smith and wagon maker by trade, superintended all the blacksmithing work and hung the prison doors. He was a prominent man in the affairs of Salem, and in 1862 he kept one hundred horses for the use of the soldiers who were fighting the Nez Perce Indians.

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History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume III, Part 73

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed Publication date: 1920 Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 926

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 926