The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-03-05
OBITUARY.
D. w. Culp Had Led Active Life
as Western Pioneer.


The funeral of D. W. Cup, who
passed away Wednesday night OF last
week after an Illness OF % days, was
held at o'clock Friday afternoon.
In compliance with his own wish the
funeral was held from the residence.
Rev. Ms. Hawk officiated, assisted by
Rev. j. M. Lavender. The quartette,
Messrs. M. B. Layton, and II. A..
Hunsley, and Misses Matte Minzel
and Edna Layton, were accompanied
by Mrs. Lavender on the piano.
Beautiful florals contributed by
friends were spread, as final tokens of
respect, on the last resting place of
the departed 10 Pine Grove cemetery.
David Wunderlich Culp, eldest son
of William and Eliza Culp, was born
10 Shippensbnrg, Penn, October s,
1880, died Feb. "a, 1915, aged 81 years,
4 months, le days.
Three brothers and two sisters
preceded him to the grave years ago.
-Four sisters survive: Miss Sarah f.
Culp, age 70, residing in Carlisle,
Penn; Mrs. Anna c. Orr, age II,
residing in Shippensburg, Penn. Mrs.
David A Walters, age SO, residing in
Shippensburg. Penn; and Mrs. Abbie
E. Shamberger, age so, residing In
Harrisburg, Penn. One brother
Willlam-was killed at the age of II,
while serving on the side of the union
In the battle OF Antietam.
In his boyhood he was apprenticed
to tailor and continued to live in
his native state until the spring OF
1852, when he went west to Illinois.
The following year he joined a party
OF seventeen and crossed the plains by
OK team to California where he en-.
gagged In placer mining for eight
years. He left San Francisco for New
York, May IL, 1861, taking passage
on the steamship Central America,
bound for the isthmus of Panama, at
that time the most expeditions way
OF travelling from the Pacific 10 the
Atlantic coast.
After year spent at his old home,
ne started west In 1862 and with one
DIR. VIM. II. Smedley,
now residing at Denver, Colorado. he
again crt ssed the plains with one
light wagon and yoke of oxen, taking
The route through Wyoming into
Idaho. There one night, .
after crossing The Portneuf near its
with the Snake river,
robbers stole away their oxen, leaving
,he two travellers stranded until they
we're able to join a party OF immi- |
grants with whom they reached east
srn Oregon In the fall. The subject |
II this sketch spent the winter In the |
Powder river valley and in the follow
ng spring went to Boise basin, Idaho,
where he again engaged Ia placer
mining, going from there to Lewiston
q 1863, and mining at Florence,
Narrens and Newsome creek. He
emalned In Lewiston nearly two
ears, was elected clerk OF the district
curt, joined Ia the fruitless effort to
revent the removal Of the capital
rom Lewiston TO Boise, was one of
he guards oyer the notorious Magru-
er murderers between the time of
heir capture and their execution, |
nd engaged actively in starting a
reject to give Lewiston water
apply from Lake Waha. la the
pring OF 1865 he followed a new gold
kcitement and iourneyed 10 Montana
yer the Mullan road, camping one
light enroute at the falls where
pokane is now located. He and his
artner, Thomas Patterson, made the
rst discovery of gold In Lincoln
ulch, Montana, which became and ,
'ntinued for several years flouri sh-
q mining camp.
In the spring OF 1867 he made his
st visit to his old home In Penn syl.
mia, going by way OF Fort Ben ton
ID by steamboat down the Miss, lurI
YER to ON Ina, from which the
urney east was completed by rail
ad. In 1868 he crossed the plains
lex to Montana and resumed hi
sidence at Lincoln where he enga sct
the general mercantile buslness ,
ID served as postmaster for seye taI
ars. On Nov. 10, 1879, he NOV, Vi
tn his family from Lincoln o .
elmvllle and engaged In farming
I'll Aug. 10, 1889, when he sold his,l"
Fm and removed to Thompson Fails.