Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-28


Deceased was born in New York state June
20, 1873. His father was Methodist minister
At the age Of IL he started for eastern Iowa. then
the very borders Of civilization. few years
later he started to Santa Fe, New Mexico, with
gage train connected with the command OF
Gen. J. c. Fremont, the Pathfinder, and Kit
Carson, as guide, with both of whom Mr.. shum
way became well acquainted. The division
under Fremont went TO California and after
several encounters with the Spanish forces
aided me western shore OF the continent to the
was veteran Of the Mexican war and drew a
pension from the government He was in Cal
ifornia when the first discoveries of gold cleo
trifed the country, and made q stake at the
mines, and then engaged in merchandising
and Prospered. He married in California In
county. Here he fell in with the late j. NJ.
Crooks and together they went into the stock
OF 1861 and 1862 was disastrous to the enterprise,
and In the following spring they gathered up
their stock and removed to the Walla walla
came TO Camas prairie and located on Three
Mile and Butcher creeks. They established
ana ior many years successfully conducted a
OF the partnership. Mr.. Shumway served as
county commissioner OF Nee Perez county,
which then included nearly all the north end
OF the territory He also was probate judge OF
this county. He was an active politician and
took lively interest in the success of the dem
master OF Charity grange, and to the success of
that organization he devoted almost his entire
time and attention. He was thrice elected del
egate from Idaho TO the Oregon state grange and
held an honored Office in that body. He was
among the first to join the Pioneer Association
of Idaho county, and his death Is the first to
take place among the members of that order
since its organization. From this brief and
necessarily imperfect sketch of his life 1t will
be seen that an active and useful citizen has
Deen removed from among us whose loss will
DC ielt ana the immense outpouring of the peO-
pie 10 attend the funeral ceremonies shows the
nign respect which was felt by our population
for this sturdy pioneer.
In his private life Judge Shumway was al
ways the same transformations and unpretend-
ing citizen; man whose varied experiences of
the vicissitudes of life added to large fund of
natural shrewdness, lent to his later years a
wisdom that made him a prudent counsellor
and safe adviser--in which capacity the writer
OF this tribute to his memory has frequently
been beneficiary. ln his domestic life the
Judge was happy, living in the company OF his
daughter, Mrs. F. M. Noyes, by whom he was
tenderly cared for. He leaves son and one
other daughter-residents of Portland Oregon
Ihus, one by one does the destroying angel re-
move from our midst the venerable pioneers
the patriarchs of this lovely valley. types of a
manhood whose like we shall never see again
He has lived his life and performed conscien-
tiously with pure hands and a faithful heart
the part allotted him In our social and political
me- ana as we mediate over his death the
oeautifui lines.of Cowper come to mind:
Like crowded forest trees we stand
And some are marked to fall
The AK will smite at Gods command
Ana soon shall Smitc us all"