(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
A most interesting history is that of Maier Kaufman, of Idaho Falls, who is now in the ninetieth year of his age. With every phase of pioneer life in the western part of the United States he is familiar. He was born in Mannheim, Germany, July 14, 1830 (1834 per headstone), and was fifteen years of age when he crossed the Atlantic to New York city. He there secured employment as a cigar maker and in the early '50s he made his way to St. Louis, Missouri, from which point he crossed the plains to California and there engaged in gold mining, being employed in the St. Gabriel mine. He obtained a mining claim and took out quite a large quantity of gold but sold his mining property in 1860 and purchased sixty head of horses. He then employed two Mexicans to assist him in the care of his horses and started to St. Louis in order to sell the animals. When they were encamped on the Majova river the Indians stole all of the horses, leaving only one saddle horse and a pack horse. The following day the Mexicans left Mr. Kaufman and started on their return to California.
Mr. Kaufman then went to Salt Lake City, where he became an express messenger in the employ of Ben Holliday in connection with a stage line. On leaving that employ he began driving for the Fargo Express Company from Corinne, Utah, to Helena, Montana, and he was also at one time employed by the Gilmore & Saulisbury Stage Company.
In 1862 Mr. Kaufman was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Owen, of Salt Lake City, who had recently arrived in this country from Manchester, England. Following his marriage he kept stage stations for the firm of Gilmore & Saulisbury at Millerville, Wyoming, at Kaysville, Utah, at Centerville, Utah, at Sand Hole, Idaho, and Hole in the Rock, four miles above the present site of Dubois, Idaho. While at the last named place the Nez Perce Indians went on the warpath and it was reported were going toward Hole in the Rock. Mr. Kaufman sent his wife and children to a stockade in Pleasant valley, Beaver canyon, for protection and hid in a cave. The Indians stole all of the horses and cut up the harness. Mr. Kaufman went through his full share of these hardships and trials, which featured in the pioneer life of the west. The following year he removed to Utah and engaged in farming on Silver creek. From that point he went to Junction, Idaho, where he purchased a hotel, and in 1884 he took up his abode on Birch creek, where he turned his attention to ranching and the live stock business. For about seventeen years he devoted his attention to the development and improvement of his ranch property and the care of his stock, but in 1901 sold the place and the business to his sons, Edward and Henry.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman were born six children, four daughters and two sons, who reached adult age: Lillian, the wife of C. B. Watts, of Dubois, Idaho; Millie, a resident of Idaho Falls and the widow of David Miller, who passed away in 1914; Nettie, the wife of James T. Gayle, of Dubois, Idaho; Annie, the wife of Edward Wellesley, of San Francisco. California; and Henry and Edward, living at Idaho Falls. All are still living with the exception of Mrs. Gayle, who passed away January 28, 1919. The mother died on the 17th of September, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman had traveled life's journey together for fifty-five years ere they were separated in death. Mr. Kaufman now makes his home with his daughter, Mrs. Miller, at Idaho Falls and is a remarkably well preserved man for one of his years. He has one sister, Mrs. Joe Gans, and a brother, Louis Kaufman, at Helena, Montana. Mr. Kaufman is able to enjoy three meals a day and goes all over the town alone. His reminiscences of pioneer times are most interesting, and he is one of the honored residents of his section of the state.
Courtesy of Amanda Fox (#47429422), Find A Grave Volunteer
A most interesting history is that of Maier Kaufman, of Idaho Falls, who is now in the ninetieth year of his age. With every phase of pioneer life in the western part of the United States he is familiar. He was born in Mannheim, Germany, July 14, 1830 (1834 per headstone), and was fifteen years of age when he crossed the Atlantic to New York city. He there secured employment as a cigar maker and in the early '50s he made his way to St. Louis, Missouri, from which point he crossed the plains to California and there engaged in gold mining, being employed in the St. Gabriel mine. He obtained a mining claim and took out quite a large quantity of gold but sold his mining property in 1860 and purchased sixty head of horses. He then employed two Mexicans to assist him in the care of his horses and started to St. Louis in order to sell the animals. When they were encamped on the Majova river the Indians stole all of the horses, leaving only one saddle horse and a pack horse. The following day the Mexicans left Mr. Kaufman and started on their return to California.
Mr. Kaufman then went to Salt Lake City, where he became an express messenger in the employ of Ben Holliday in connection with a stage line. On leaving that employ he began driving for the Fargo Express Company from Corinne, Utah, to Helena, Montana, and he was also at one time employed by the Gilmore & Saulisbury Stage Company.
In 1862 Mr. Kaufman was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Owen, of Salt Lake City, who had recently arrived in this country from Manchester, England. Following his marriage he kept stage stations for the firm of Gilmore & Saulisbury at Millerville, Wyoming, at Kaysville, Utah, at Centerville, Utah, at Sand Hole, Idaho, and Hole in the Rock, four miles above the present site of Dubois, Idaho. While at the last named place the Nez Perce Indians went on the warpath and it was reported were going toward Hole in the Rock. Mr. Kaufman sent his wife and children to a stockade in Pleasant valley, Beaver canyon, for protection and hid in a cave. The Indians stole all of the horses and cut up the harness. Mr. Kaufman went through his full share of these hardships and trials, which featured in the pioneer life of the west. The following year he removed to Utah and engaged in farming on Silver creek. From that point he went to Junction, Idaho, where he purchased a hotel, and in 1884 he took up his abode on Birch creek, where he turned his attention to ranching and the live stock business. For about seventeen years he devoted his attention to the development and improvement of his ranch property and the care of his stock, but in 1901 sold the place and the business to his sons, Edward and Henry.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman were born six children, four daughters and two sons, who reached adult age: Lillian, the wife of C. B. Watts, of Dubois, Idaho; Millie, a resident of Idaho Falls and the widow of David Miller, who passed away in 1914; Nettie, the wife of James T. Gayle, of Dubois, Idaho; Annie, the wife of Edward Wellesley, of San Francisco. California; and Henry and Edward, living at Idaho Falls. All are still living with the exception of Mrs. Gayle, who passed away January 28, 1919. The mother died on the 17th of September, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman had traveled life's journey together for fifty-five years ere they were separated in death. Mr. Kaufman now makes his home with his daughter, Mrs. Miller, at Idaho Falls and is a remarkably well preserved man for one of his years. He has one sister, Mrs. Joe Gans, and a brother, Louis Kaufman, at Helena, Montana. Mr. Kaufman is able to enjoy three meals a day and goes all over the town alone. His reminiscences of pioneer times are most interesting, and he is one of the honored residents of his section of the state.
Courtesy of Amanda Fox (#47429422), Find A Grave Volunteer
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
A most interesting history is that of Maier Kaufman, of Idaho Falls, who is now in the ninetieth year of his age. With every phase of pioneer life in the western part of the United States he is familiar. He was born in Mannheim, Germany, July 14, 1830 (1834 per headstone), and was fifteen years of age when he crossed the Atlantic to New York city. He there secured employment as a cigar maker and in the early '50s he made his way to St. Louis, Missouri, from which point he crossed the plains to California and there engaged in gold mining, being employed in the St. Gabriel mine. He obtained a mining claim and took out quite a large quantity of gold but sold his mining property in 1860 and purchased sixty head of horses. He then employed two Mexicans to assist him in the care of his horses and started to St. Louis in order to sell the animals. When they were encamped on the Majova river the Indians stole all of the horses, leaving only one saddle horse and a pack horse. The following day the Mexicans left Mr. Kaufman and started on their return to California.
Mr. Kaufman then went to Salt Lake City, where he became an express messenger in the employ of Ben Holliday in connection with a stage line. On leaving that employ he began driving for the Fargo Express Company from Corinne, Utah, to Helena, Montana, and he was also at one time employed by the Gilmore & Saulisbury Stage Company.
In 1862 Mr. Kaufman was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Owen, of Salt Lake City, who had recently arrived in this country from Manchester, England. Following his marriage he kept stage stations for the firm of Gilmore & Saulisbury at Millerville, Wyoming, at Kaysville, Utah, at Centerville, Utah, at Sand Hole, Idaho, and Hole in the Rock, four miles above the present site of Dubois, Idaho. While at the last named place the Nez Perce Indians went on the warpath and it was reported were going toward Hole in the Rock. Mr. Kaufman sent his wife and children to a stockade in Pleasant valley, Beaver canyon, for protection and hid in a cave. The Indians stole all of the horses and cut up the harness. Mr. Kaufman went through his full share of these hardships and trials, which featured in the pioneer life of the west. The following year he removed to Utah and engaged in farming on Silver creek. From that point he went to Junction, Idaho, where he purchased a hotel, and in 1884 he took up his abode on Birch creek, where he turned his attention to ranching and the live stock business. For about seventeen years he devoted his attention to the development and improvement of his ranch property and the care of his stock, but in 1901 sold the place and the business to his sons, Edward and Henry.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman were born six children, four daughters and two sons, who reached adult age: Lillian, the wife of C. B. Watts, of Dubois, Idaho; Millie, a resident of Idaho Falls and the widow of David Miller, who passed away in 1914; Nettie, the wife of James T. Gayle, of Dubois, Idaho; Annie, the wife of Edward Wellesley, of San Francisco. California; and Henry and Edward, living at Idaho Falls. All are still living with the exception of Mrs. Gayle, who passed away January 28, 1919. The mother died on the 17th of September, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman had traveled life's journey together for fifty-five years ere they were separated in death. Mr. Kaufman now makes his home with his daughter, Mrs. Miller, at Idaho Falls and is a remarkably well preserved man for one of his years. He has one sister, Mrs. Joe Gans, and a brother, Louis Kaufman, at Helena, Montana. Mr. Kaufman is able to enjoy three meals a day and goes all over the town alone. His reminiscences of pioneer times are most interesting, and he is one of the honored residents of his section of the state.
Courtesy of Amanda Fox (#47429422), Find A Grave Volunteer
A most interesting history is that of Maier Kaufman, of Idaho Falls, who is now in the ninetieth year of his age. With every phase of pioneer life in the western part of the United States he is familiar. He was born in Mannheim, Germany, July 14, 1830 (1834 per headstone), and was fifteen years of age when he crossed the Atlantic to New York city. He there secured employment as a cigar maker and in the early '50s he made his way to St. Louis, Missouri, from which point he crossed the plains to California and there engaged in gold mining, being employed in the St. Gabriel mine. He obtained a mining claim and took out quite a large quantity of gold but sold his mining property in 1860 and purchased sixty head of horses. He then employed two Mexicans to assist him in the care of his horses and started to St. Louis in order to sell the animals. When they were encamped on the Majova river the Indians stole all of the horses, leaving only one saddle horse and a pack horse. The following day the Mexicans left Mr. Kaufman and started on their return to California.
Mr. Kaufman then went to Salt Lake City, where he became an express messenger in the employ of Ben Holliday in connection with a stage line. On leaving that employ he began driving for the Fargo Express Company from Corinne, Utah, to Helena, Montana, and he was also at one time employed by the Gilmore & Saulisbury Stage Company.
In 1862 Mr. Kaufman was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Owen, of Salt Lake City, who had recently arrived in this country from Manchester, England. Following his marriage he kept stage stations for the firm of Gilmore & Saulisbury at Millerville, Wyoming, at Kaysville, Utah, at Centerville, Utah, at Sand Hole, Idaho, and Hole in the Rock, four miles above the present site of Dubois, Idaho. While at the last named place the Nez Perce Indians went on the warpath and it was reported were going toward Hole in the Rock. Mr. Kaufman sent his wife and children to a stockade in Pleasant valley, Beaver canyon, for protection and hid in a cave. The Indians stole all of the horses and cut up the harness. Mr. Kaufman went through his full share of these hardships and trials, which featured in the pioneer life of the west. The following year he removed to Utah and engaged in farming on Silver creek. From that point he went to Junction, Idaho, where he purchased a hotel, and in 1884 he took up his abode on Birch creek, where he turned his attention to ranching and the live stock business. For about seventeen years he devoted his attention to the development and improvement of his ranch property and the care of his stock, but in 1901 sold the place and the business to his sons, Edward and Henry.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman were born six children, four daughters and two sons, who reached adult age: Lillian, the wife of C. B. Watts, of Dubois, Idaho; Millie, a resident of Idaho Falls and the widow of David Miller, who passed away in 1914; Nettie, the wife of James T. Gayle, of Dubois, Idaho; Annie, the wife of Edward Wellesley, of San Francisco. California; and Henry and Edward, living at Idaho Falls. All are still living with the exception of Mrs. Gayle, who passed away January 28, 1919. The mother died on the 17th of September, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman had traveled life's journey together for fifty-five years ere they were separated in death. Mr. Kaufman now makes his home with his daughter, Mrs. Miller, at Idaho Falls and is a remarkably well preserved man for one of his years. He has one sister, Mrs. Joe Gans, and a brother, Louis Kaufman, at Helena, Montana. Mr. Kaufman is able to enjoy three meals a day and goes all over the town alone. His reminiscences of pioneer times are most interesting, and he is one of the honored residents of his section of the state.
Courtesy of Amanda Fox (#47429422), Find A Grave Volunteer
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
