The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
OBITUARY

WapellO county, Iowa, (near Ottum
wa, Iowa., where he was educated in
/, the public schools
J He came west in the spring or 1871
as bookkeeper and clerk for A. c.
Legion & Co., at Fort Buford, at
the mouth of the Yellowstone river.
Two years later he joined his brother
Ed. Criswell, in driving fast freight
from Corrinne, Utah, to Helena, Mon
tana He then returned to Ottumwa
Iowa and attended business college.
After graduating, he returned west
and worked in the freighting and
transportation business on the Cor
inne and Montana road.
In freighting at this time he and
his brother, Robt.. CrisweIl, took the
first mule teams up through the Lost
River country, all others before this
time using oxen.
He passed the grave of Jesse Nc
Caleb a day and a half after the Joe
Shelton fight ar the Battle Ground,
above Mackay
Later he hauled the first load of
groceries and supplies with a four
mule team to old Era, delivering the
lead to J. H. Greene, when he first
started in business there.
He then returned to Blackfoot, and
there worked for the C. B. Bunting
Forwarding & Banking compalv.
freighting TO old Nicola. In 1884
he moved to Wood river and settled
( in Ketchum. He returned to Black
foot three years later, freighting from
Blsckfoot UP through the Lost River
country to Challis and Bayhorse.
In 1892 he sold his freight teams
and moved to Pocatello, where he en-
gagged in the mercantile business. and
later accented = 7osition in the cid
H. y Hardness =. Co. store. IN 1898
he was elected city clerk Of Pocatei-
10. two years later he was elected CT
" Treasurer of pocstello.
He then accented a position with
the Tdaho Forwarding company at
Nac'zfoot, where he remained until
the fall of 1901, when he moved to
Mackay, where he got the contract to
clean the sagebrush off the original
Itownsite of Mackay.
In 1903 he had charge of the Lewis
mule teams from Ketchum to Hunt
ington, Oregon and later he became
manager of the Laid Metal Co., of
Portland, Oregon, at the little min
ing camp of Mineral Idaho.
He returned to Mackay in June,
1907. where he and his son. VIM
Criswell, were partners in the livery
business for nine years, selling the
business to accept the appointment
of postmaster of Mackay during the
Wilson administration, holding same
nine years
He served several terms on the vii
lage council in Mackay and on the
Mackay school board, and at the
time of his death was member of
the board of county commissioners
of Custer county.
In 1879 he married Elizabeth Tay- |
Tor of Corinne Utah. To this union |
was born four children. Mrs. Samuel |
Hargraves of nixon, Ida; VIM. F. |
Criswell, of Pocatello. Ida; Mrs. w |
P. Brennan, (recently deceased), of /
Marionville, Mo. and Mrs. Gus N !
Brown. of Mackay, Idaho
The deceased led a busy and use
full life, was an affectionate husband |
and father and endeared himself to |
a great many people during his life
time. His sudden departure to the
Land from whence no traveller re- |
turns made the closing of his earth /
ly career very hard for his loved |
ones and his many friends to bear
Funeral services over the remains
were held in the Episcopal church,
Of which he was member, on Thurs
day forenoon of last week. Tho Of
ficers and members of Mt. McCaleb
Lodge, No. 81. A. F. & A. NJ, had
charge of the services and accompan-
panied the remains to the train where
they were shipped to Blackfoot and
the Masonic fraternity of that city
took them in charge and laid them to
rest in the cemetery of that city. =
rhe Mackay Miner.