The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25

bruises and slight cuts
An examination of the car failed to
disclose any trouble that might have
been responsible for the accident The
tires are In good condition, the steer
ing gear appears to be In perfect shape
and the steering knuckles seem to be
free from any trouble that might have
prevented response to the wheel
when the turn was reached. The
wheel tracks showed that the car had
not swerved from a direct line and
when the turn in the grade was reach
ed, the machine plunged over the en-
bankment. The embankment at this
point is about ten or twelve feet Mr..
Tannahill has operated a car for many
years and was always known as a
careful driver
The remains were brought to Lewis
ton last evening and are now at the
Vassar undertaking parlors, pending
funeral arrangements.
Review Of Career.
George w. Tannahill was born In
Selma, Boone county, Iowa, on July
2, 1872, being the son Of John and
Almira Tannahill, the former q native
of Wales and the latter Of Iowa. Mr..
tObL lis AAlAlCL WHICH, AC was
| child of three. The mother mar
ried again and the stepfather, Samuel
w. Pennell, gave the boy q good ed
ucatiOn until he was thirteen years
of age, when he went to Oklahoma
and rode the range. Two years later
he returned to the home In Chautau-
qua county, Kansas, and resumed his
school duCies, later to again go to
/ oh hn xrrnC nxxanInuAd N
a sawmill. He again entered school
and In 1900 came to Pomeroy, Wash
ingt0n, where he worked on q ranch.
In the spring of 1901 he moved to
Leland, Idaho, engaging for a period
there In the hardware business, where
he also for two years followed farm
fng operations. 1t was at that period
he decided to turn his attention to
the law profession and for a period
was in the law Office of James w.
Reid, Of Lewiston, brilliant attorney
and orator. In 1896, having definitely
decided to become lawyer, he went
to Valparaiso, Indiana, and entered
the law school at that place. He
graduated from that institution in
1897, was admitted to practice before
the supreme court of Indiana, and
then returned tC Lewiston establish
| ing his Office aid permanent home
here
Mr.. Tannahill in June, 1913, was
united In marriage with Miss Anna
Webster Lyle, former dean of wom-
en- at the Lewiston State Normal
school and prominent In educational
circles In the state. Mrs. Tannahill
left Lewiston about two weeks ago
for a visit in the east, planning to
remain until December, and is now
at Chicago.
Mr.. Tannahill is survived by two
brothers-County Attorney s. o. Tan
nahill of Lewis county, well known
lawyer of Nezperce, and John l.. Tan
nahill of Bartlesyille, Okla. He Is
also survived by four half-brothers
and three half-sisters. They are Post
master Lee Pennell, of Lewiston; At
torney Charles w. Pennell, of Bartles
vile, Okla. Grover Pennell, now In
the officers training camp at Sar
Francisco; Frank Pennell, of Okmul
gee, Okla; Mrs Maude Cakes, Of
] Peru, Kan; Mrs. Mollie Green, Of
Okmulgee, Okla, and Mrs. Jennie
Hill, of Peru, Kan.
/ Mr.. Tannahill is also survived b!
two aunts, Mrs. Frances BlackingtOi
of Lewiston and Mrs. Mary Thompson
of Southwick, and an uncle, Georg'
w. Jones, Of Southwick.
The deceased was member OF tn
Masonic, Elks, Woodmen of thu
World and Knights Of Pythias lodges
Lewiston Tribune
Word was received here today +
the effect that the funeral would b
held at Lewiston on Friday at