Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-01-03
DEATH OF j. j. MANUEL
1nOfher Pioneer has been CoIled
from Earth to his Eternal
Home.

Time is stern iconoclast, and every
thing touched by its pallid hand reverts
back to the dust from whence it sprung.
Youth and old age alike yield to its in.
visible behests. Now it ia the gentle
maiden, with the hue of a rose upon her
cheek and a gleam of immortality in her
eye; then, AS is now the case, it is the
sturdy old pioneer, john J. Manuel,
who came to this section when it was a
vernal wild, and now sleeps the dream
less sleep of the just beneath the green
sward of this lovely prairie which he
helped subdue to the uses of civilization.
lie had nearly reached the allotted span
of three score and ten annual cycles,a and
the time had come when his work on
earth was done and he was called hence
J.J manuel was born near Richmond.
Virginia, in 1925. While still boy his
fathers family moved to Missouri, where
they resided permanently, and where
two sisters of deceased are still residing
in St Charles county. Ia 1852 he came
"Oob w NaiiiOiuid hutIe Ub remained
until his departure for Florence, in this
county, in 1862. When Florence was tue
county seat he was elected sheriff, and
served the term from 1866 to '6S. In
1872, when the county seat was in War
rens, he was elected county treasurer,
and filled the Office acceptably, but he
disliked public life and repeatedly de-
clined reelection. In the winter of
1906, he married the only daughter of
Geo. Popham. In 1872 he moved to
White Bird, having bought the place
known as Chapman's ranch. He lived
there engaged in farming and stock rails
ing until the Nez Perce war of 1877, the
| history of which is familiar to every
resident of Idaho county. His family
suffered more than any other from that
brutal warfare.
His wife was killed defending herself
from the assaults of savage. Their
baby boy was fendishly Drained as only
an Indian can do. He himself was
wounded and left for dead, and laid for
fourteen days living off the products OF
the garden where he had crawled to
conceal himself from the Indians. His
youngest daughter. Maggie, had her arm
broken and was otherwise wounded and
would doubtless have shared her un-
fortunate mothers ia e had it not been
for the bravery and heroism of Pat
Price. After their recovery the remain
der of the family resided near Mt. Ida
ho, at which place Mr.. Manuel was al
at the time of his death. Thus ends the
life of an old and respected pioneer
one of the civilzers of our western from.
tier-whose family. or a portion thereof
became martyrs to the advance of civili.
zation.
Deceased was for many years mem.
of the order of /. o. o. f. and Encamp
ment, and under whose auspices th,
funeral was conducted at Mt. Idaho OF
Monday last. His death, though suddel
and unexpected, was not surprising, fo
he had been quite sick during the earl,
fall, but had SO far recovered as to b,
able TO take care of himself, and OF
Christmas day he was feeling bette
than for weeks previous. Two days afte
he was dead, having fallen by the stow
in his sitting room. Death apparentl
came suddenly and without any warn
ing. His race was run and life departe,
from him as calmly and peacefully a
death avertakes the tired traveller.
He leaves two daughters to mour
his loss, Ms. ". w. Bowman and Mr.
w. n. Knox. both living in this count,
These aud Mr.. George Popharl, h
wife's father, are the only relatives ,
the deceased living in Idaho.