Nez Perce County

This well known business man of Lewiston has not been here as long as many of the worthy pioneers, still his industry, capability and excellent success in his business, as a music dealer, having the only exclusive store of that kind in Lewiston, together with his good moral qualities of worth, entitle him to representation in any volume that purports to give review of the leading citizens of the County of Nez Perces.In Cobden, Canada, on December 24, 1857, occurred the birth of William H. Young to George A. and Eveline (Marshall) Young. The father was a pilot in Canada […]

William J. Green was born in Kansas, on March 22, 1871, being the son of William J. and Virginia (Powell) Green, natives of Georgia and Virginia, respectively, and now living near Cavendish. The father is of Scotch Irish extraction and the mother is descended from Welsh Scotch ancestors. Our subject was raised in Kansas until twenty and also received her education there. Then he came to Vollmer, whither his brother had preceded him by five years. In 1897 Mr. Green took up his present place, three and one-half miles west from Cavendish. The land is in dispute as to whether

To accord to the leading and substantial citizens of Nez Perces County a representation in this volume of its history must necessarily include an epitome of the gentleman whose name heads this paragraph, since he is one of the leading stockmen and agriculturists of his vicinity, his farm being situated one and one-half miles southwest from Genesee, Idaho. William J. was born in County Cavan, north Ireland, on December 27, 1847, being the son of John J. and Anne (Griffith) Mervyn, natives of Ireland. The father was a merchant in the home County, and the parents remained there until their

Among the enterprising men of the reservation country and one who has done a goodly part in its development, being also a man of stability and good talent, is mentioned above and with pleasure we grant him consideration in the history of northern Idaho. He was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, on April 7, 1866, being the son of John A. and Sarah (Lucas) Abel, natives of Greene County. The father took his family to Wayne County, Iowa, in 1869, being one of the pioneers of that section. He descended from a prominent and old Dutch family. The mother died

William H. Davison is one of the well known men of the state of Idaho, being at the present time host of the Raymond Hotel in Lewiston, which is doubtless doing as fine a business as any hostelry in the state, on account of the skill and ability of the manager. He is a man of uprightness and many attractive qualities. William H. was born in Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, California, on October 11, 1856, being the son of James W. and Mary E. (West) Davison. The father was born in England, on May 3, 1831, came to the United

Well known in Nez Perces and Idaho counties as a man of honor, uprightness and ability, as well as a man of extensive experience in the medical world and excellent skill, the subject of this article is justly ranked with the leading men of the section. On account of a serious accident that crippled the Doctor for life, we now find him taking up other business lines that demand less activity and are not so trying as extended practice of medicine. William F. Shawley was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, on December 10, 1851, being the son of John B.

In the industrial world. Mr. Ford has gained a good success, having a fine saw mill one half mile west from Kippen, where he does a good business. In addition to this he has a quarter section of fertile land and does a general farming business and in connection with his son, who owns a quarter of land also, raises cattle, having good success in all these undertakings, because of his thrift, skill and sagacity. William Ford was born in Carroll, Penobscot County, Maine, on September 28, 1850, being the son of Charles and Philoma (McKinny) Ford. The father, who

It is seldom our opportunity to review the career of a man who has had more experience in the life of the frontiersman and in the hardships of pioneer life than the subject of this article and it is very fitting that an account of his life be embodied in this history of Nez Perces County, inasmuch as he has done a great deal here for the advancement of the County and has always conducted himself in a commendable manner, and is today one of the substantial men of the County. William E. Ratcliffe was born in Henry County, Indiana,