The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-01-20
DEATH CALLS
0LDPIONEER
SUDDENLY
VIM. Coram, Stricken With
Heart Failure, Died In
Chair at Hotel.

This community was shocked and
distressed last Saturday evening by
the sudden death at Z o'clock of VIM.
Coram, one of the oldest and most high
ly esteemed pioneers of this section,
at the Imperial Hotel, where he had
been boarding for some time. Mr.. Cor
am had suffered from an attack of la
grippe some weeks ago, but seemingly
was practically over the difficulty, but
it is an insidious and treacherous dis
ease, and it is difficult to tell when
its hold is really broken. Mr.. Coram
lad eaten his dinner at the same table
with e. S. Hancock and Pete Johnson,
the mining man, where he was joking
and laughing with them as though
free from every pain as well as care
He came out into the office and seat
ed himself near A. w. Talkington,
Billie Williams and Judge Vineyard,
Mr.. Hancock also joining the group
near the fire place. After a few re-
marks being passed Mr.. Coram arose
suddenly and placed his hand over
his heart with the remark to Mr..
Talkington, that he had a severe pain
in the heart. At the same time he
turned sand walked through the arch
way into the writing room, where
Mr.. Talkington followed in time to
see him seat himself in a chair and
collapse. 1t was all over in q few
seconds of time, and to use Mr. Han
cocks language: I'm less than ten
minutes after leaving the supper table
we laid him OUT
In conversation with County Com
missioner Pettibone in the early part
of the evening, Mr.. Coram had beer
congratulating himself over the fact
that he and his brother John, who
were partners for many years in ex
tensiye land holdings and personal
property, had gotten all their business
shaped up and placed to the credit OF
the young folks so that they could le
go of the worry and responsibility o.
looking after it. He remarked tha
they were getting too far along il
years to be bothered with too mucl
!, business, and that he was plannin,
. to make trip to Honolulu this sum
mer where he expected to enjoy sew
. eral months visit But time and it'd
! wait not on the plans of frail human
| ity, but we must all alike answer tn
call when it is made. Following
the obituary of Mr.. Coram which ha
, been written for the Globe:
William Coram was born at Bris
tol, England, on March 20, 1874. L
! 1941, when the deceased was but thre
years old, the family emigrated t
) Canada, settling at Hamilton, an
: then later moved to Dawn. Fror
? Canada he came to New York CITY
s and thence via Nicaragua, to Sa
e Francisco, arriving at the latter plac
D in January, 1865. For the followin
t three years he was engaged in steam
Y boat engineering, at the conclusion {
= which he came to Mt. Idaho. Mr.. Co
t am began his career as a miner
Y 1868. He was mining at FlorenC
t when the Indian war began in 1877
r He volunteered to fight the Indian
: and his experiences in this particuls
e were many and thrilling. After IL
d war he returned to the mines. In 1SS
y he went into partnership with b
It brother, John, and as a farmer al
E stockraiser he was very successful.
# Uncle Billy" as everyone addres
K ed him had always been a vigorol