Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
7. J. REMINGTON PASSED AwAv


Another one of the pioneers of Idaho
county, IN the person of j. j. Reming-
ton, has answered the call of death.
ABOUT flve months ago, when Mr.. Rem
ihgton returned from California, where
ne assisted in caring for his invalid
daughter, Mrs. Thompson, he was at
lacked with cancer of the throat. The
a1fectlon was not at first thought to
be serious, and specialists DIT Oakland.
california advised him to return there
Tor treatment, promising him a COM
plete and speedy recovery. The disease
however, refused to yield to the sur
geons touch, and about two weeks ago
Mr. Remington returned to the Salmon
rlver country and resigned himself to
death. There is no doubt but that
Jim - would have lived while lon
ger, had he not contracted malignant
case of la grippe on his return from
Grangeviller which is known TO have
hastened his death. He was sixty
three years of age, of very rugged
physique and naturally should have
lived quarter of a century more.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
from the Methodist church, Rev. Irwin
preaching the sermon, with Undertaken
Hancock in charge of the remains.
There were six regular and five honor
airy pallbearers among whom were G. A.
Elder, Chas. Durham, Chris Jensen, DIR.
w. A. Foskett, George Thompson, Fred
Painter T. F. Frizzei, A. L. Donaldson
and Allen o Hess. Mr. Remington en-
joyed very large acquaintance in this
section of the country; was president
of the Salmon River State Bank and
popular and worthy citizen. A few days
previous to his decease he is said to
have expressed his complete faith in the
existence of a Supreme Being, and
manifested a desire to embrace reli-
gion.
From the history of Idaho, Compiled
some years ago. we copy the following
biographical sketch of Mr.. Remington s
life:
81. j. Remington who resides at the
Remington ferry on the Salmon, one
and n half miles south of White Bird is
one of the heaviest tax payers in Idaho
county. He is a man of marked abil-
ity in certain lines and comes from an
old and prominent family which has
been noted as possessing some of the
most talented and successful inventors
of the United States. His uncle Laf-
ayette Remington patented the well
known Best traction engine and ano-
ther member of the family invented the
noted Remington rifle. The father of
our subject Virgilus D. Remington, who
married Clarinda G. Tyerrel, native of
Ohio was also a native of Ohio and one
of the earliest pioneers of the William
cite valley. He came to California in
1854 and while passing thru the state
of Missouri our subject was born on
April 10, 1853. Settlement was made
En1g
they remained there until the railroad
came in 1858, when they removed
thence by steamer to Portland, which
was small village at that time.
In 1860 they removed to Marion
county remaining there until 1871. The
father was a noted mechanic and manu-
featured wagons, plows and various
machinery, many articles of which are
still in evidence. Our subject has a
pillow with which he plowed his garden
in the spring of 1908, which was manu-
featured by his father many many
years since. He also owns various arti-
cles of furniture, the handiwork of his
father over thirty years ago.
On July the fourth 1871 the father
and mother with their family of six
children landed, at Cottonwood. Later
they removed to Oregon, returned to
Idaho, and then the parents went to
WOODBURY., Oregon where the mother
died in 1897.
On October Il, 1880, Mr.. Remington
married Mrs. Cornelia F. Cassell who
had three children by her former hus-
band. They are j. NJ, L. M. and
Celestia May Tourtellot. Mr.. Reming
ton went to White Bird in 1886 and
took up stock raising and saw milling.
In 1894 he sold that place and moved
to his present location. In addition to
his ferry and home farm, which is en-
bellished with excellent improvements,
he has a quarter section south of Sal.
mon rivr, 400 acres near Grangcville,
goodly bands of horses and cattle etc.
mon river, 400 acres near Grangeville,
residences in Idaho county, and Mr..
Remington is justly classed as one of
the most prominent and progressive
men in north Idaho. Five children
have been born to this household, Elmer
/, J. E. deceased, r. V. Bertha, deceas-
ed, Bessie A. deceased. Mr.. Remington
was here during the Indian troubles
and was an active participant in that
warfare. -