Guss D. Amen is the owner of an excellent ranch property of seventy-five and a half acres two miles south of Emmett and has been a resident of Idaho since 1902, removing from Longmont, Colorado. He was a young man of twenty-three years when he arrived in this state and after a few weeks spent at Nampa he came to Emmett and has since lived in this vicinity, being connected with various lines of business but devoting his attention exclusively to farming during the past six years. He was born in Linn county, Missouri, June 15, 1878, and is a son of John and Louisa Amen, who were natives of Sweden but were married in Minnesota. They settled in Missouri in 1867 and the mother is still a resident of that state, at the age of eighty years, but the father there passed away November 28, 1912. Their family numbered five children, all of whom are living, but G. D. Amen is the only one in Idaho.
As stated, he came to the northwest when a young man of twenty-three years and he is now the owner of an excellent ranch property which is a part of the old Miller homestead that was entered by his wife's parents, Abraham and Amanda (Patrick) Miller. Their eldest daughter, Eliza, who is now Mrs. Amen, was born on the old homestead property but not in the house which she and her husband now occupy, her birthplace being the old Miller home on another part of the one hundred and sixty acre tract of land and now owned and occupied by Oliver Seetin and his family. The original Miller homestead of one hundred and sixty acres is now divided into three farms — two of forty acres and the one of seventy-five and a half acres now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Amen. The remaining four and a half acres of the original tract is covered by the irrigation ditch. It was on the 12th of June, 1907, that Mr. and Mrs. Amen were married and in 1912 he and another man purchased the entire Miller homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, later dividing it, so that the west half fell to Mr. Amen. He has put upon it a complete set of improvements in the way of new buildings that furnish ample shelter to grain and stock, while his home is an attractive and comfortable residence just a quarter of a mile west of the old Miller home. To him and his wife have been born four children: Ellen Marie, born January 20, 1908; Arnold Halley, May 24, 1910; Agnes Louise, July 26, 1912; and Elsie Eliza, October 2, 1916. Mr. Amen is a member of the Yeomen and of the Loyal Order of Moose. His attention, however, is mostly given to his agricultural interests and he has one of the best small farms in the vicinity of Emmett.
Because of the long connection of the Miller family with the pioneer development of Gem county, it will be interesting to know something more in detail about the worthy pioneer couple who settled here when much of the land in this section of the state was still unclaimed and uncultivated. Mr. Miller was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1844, and his wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Ellen Amanda Patrick, was born in Elkhart county, Indiana. They were married in Missouri and came to Idaho about thirty-five years ago. They have since remained in the northwest and are now residing near Eugene, Oregon, both enjoying good health. Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza Ann Patrick and the latter lived to the notable old age of ninety-four years. Hiram Patrick was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1812, and his wife, whose family name prior to her marriage was Legore, was born in Washington county, Ohio, July 4, 1818. They were married in the latter county and had a family of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, five of whom are yet living: Mrs. Teresa Stagner, who is the widow of John Stagner and is now seventy-eight years of age, living at Emmett; Joseph Patrick, who is a veteran of the Union army and resides in Missouri; Mrs. Ellen Amanda, Miller, of Landax, Oregon; and Mrs. Eliza Brown, the wife of Clint Brown, of Emmett, Idaho. It will thus be seen that the family has become well represented in the northwest and the Amen children are the representatives of the Miller family in the third generation to reside in Gem county.
Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920
As stated, he came to the northwest when a young man of twenty-three years and he is now the owner of an excellent ranch property which is a part of the old Miller homestead that was entered by his wife's parents, Abraham and Amanda (Patrick) Miller. Their eldest daughter, Eliza, who is now Mrs. Amen, was born on the old homestead property but not in the house which she and her husband now occupy, her birthplace being the old Miller home on another part of the one hundred and sixty acre tract of land and now owned and occupied by Oliver Seetin and his family. The original Miller homestead of one hundred and sixty acres is now divided into three farms — two of forty acres and the one of seventy-five and a half acres now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Amen. The remaining four and a half acres of the original tract is covered by the irrigation ditch. It was on the 12th of June, 1907, that Mr. and Mrs. Amen were married and in 1912 he and another man purchased the entire Miller homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, later dividing it, so that the west half fell to Mr. Amen. He has put upon it a complete set of improvements in the way of new buildings that furnish ample shelter to grain and stock, while his home is an attractive and comfortable residence just a quarter of a mile west of the old Miller home. To him and his wife have been born four children: Ellen Marie, born January 20, 1908; Arnold Halley, May 24, 1910; Agnes Louise, July 26, 1912; and Elsie Eliza, October 2, 1916. Mr. Amen is a member of the Yeomen and of the Loyal Order of Moose. His attention, however, is mostly given to his agricultural interests and he has one of the best small farms in the vicinity of Emmett.
Because of the long connection of the Miller family with the pioneer development of Gem county, it will be interesting to know something more in detail about the worthy pioneer couple who settled here when much of the land in this section of the state was still unclaimed and uncultivated. Mr. Miller was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1844, and his wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Ellen Amanda Patrick, was born in Elkhart county, Indiana. They were married in Missouri and came to Idaho about thirty-five years ago. They have since remained in the northwest and are now residing near Eugene, Oregon, both enjoying good health. Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza Ann Patrick and the latter lived to the notable old age of ninety-four years. Hiram Patrick was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1812, and his wife, whose family name prior to her marriage was Legore, was born in Washington county, Ohio, July 4, 1818. They were married in the latter county and had a family of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, five of whom are yet living: Mrs. Teresa Stagner, who is the widow of John Stagner and is now seventy-eight years of age, living at Emmett; Joseph Patrick, who is a veteran of the Union army and resides in Missouri; Mrs. Ellen Amanda, Miller, of Landax, Oregon; and Mrs. Eliza Brown, the wife of Clint Brown, of Emmett, Idaho. It will thus be seen that the family has become well represented in the northwest and the Amen children are the representatives of the Miller family in the third generation to reside in Gem county.
Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920
Guss D. Amen is the owner of an excellent ranch property of seventy-five and a half acres two miles south of Emmett and has been a resident of Idaho since 1902, removing from Longmont, Colorado. He was a young man of twenty-three years when he arrived in this state and after a few weeks spent at Nampa he came to Emmett and has since lived in this vicinity, being connected with various lines of business but devoting his attention exclusively to farming during the past six years. He was born in Linn county, Missouri, June 15, 1878, and is a son of John and Louisa Amen, who were natives of Sweden but were married in Minnesota. They settled in Missouri in 1867 and the mother is still a resident of that state, at the age of eighty years, but the father there passed away November 28, 1912. Their family numbered five children, all of whom are living, but G. D. Amen is the only one in Idaho.
As stated, he came to the northwest when a young man of twenty-three years and he is now the owner of an excellent ranch property which is a part of the old Miller homestead that was entered by his wife's parents, Abraham and Amanda (Patrick) Miller. Their eldest daughter, Eliza, who is now Mrs. Amen, was born on the old homestead property but not in the house which she and her husband now occupy, her birthplace being the old Miller home on another part of the one hundred and sixty acre tract of land and now owned and occupied by Oliver Seetin and his family. The original Miller homestead of one hundred and sixty acres is now divided into three farms — two of forty acres and the one of seventy-five and a half acres now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Amen. The remaining four and a half acres of the original tract is covered by the irrigation ditch. It was on the 12th of June, 1907, that Mr. and Mrs. Amen were married and in 1912 he and another man purchased the entire Miller homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, later dividing it, so that the west half fell to Mr. Amen. He has put upon it a complete set of improvements in the way of new buildings that furnish ample shelter to grain and stock, while his home is an attractive and comfortable residence just a quarter of a mile west of the old Miller home. To him and his wife have been born four children: Ellen Marie, born January 20, 1908; Arnold Halley, May 24, 1910; Agnes Louise, July 26, 1912; and Elsie Eliza, October 2, 1916. Mr. Amen is a member of the Yeomen and of the Loyal Order of Moose. His attention, however, is mostly given to his agricultural interests and he has one of the best small farms in the vicinity of Emmett.
Because of the long connection of the Miller family with the pioneer development of Gem county, it will be interesting to know something more in detail about the worthy pioneer couple who settled here when much of the land in this section of the state was still unclaimed and uncultivated. Mr. Miller was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1844, and his wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Ellen Amanda Patrick, was born in Elkhart county, Indiana. They were married in Missouri and came to Idaho about thirty-five years ago. They have since remained in the northwest and are now residing near Eugene, Oregon, both enjoying good health. Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza Ann Patrick and the latter lived to the notable old age of ninety-four years. Hiram Patrick was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1812, and his wife, whose family name prior to her marriage was Legore, was born in Washington county, Ohio, July 4, 1818. They were married in the latter county and had a family of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, five of whom are yet living: Mrs. Teresa Stagner, who is the widow of John Stagner and is now seventy-eight years of age, living at Emmett; Joseph Patrick, who is a veteran of the Union army and resides in Missouri; Mrs. Ellen Amanda, Miller, of Landax, Oregon; and Mrs. Eliza Brown, the wife of Clint Brown, of Emmett, Idaho. It will thus be seen that the family has become well represented in the northwest and the Amen children are the representatives of the Miller family in the third generation to reside in Gem county.
Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920
As stated, he came to the northwest when a young man of twenty-three years and he is now the owner of an excellent ranch property which is a part of the old Miller homestead that was entered by his wife's parents, Abraham and Amanda (Patrick) Miller. Their eldest daughter, Eliza, who is now Mrs. Amen, was born on the old homestead property but not in the house which she and her husband now occupy, her birthplace being the old Miller home on another part of the one hundred and sixty acre tract of land and now owned and occupied by Oliver Seetin and his family. The original Miller homestead of one hundred and sixty acres is now divided into three farms — two of forty acres and the one of seventy-five and a half acres now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Amen. The remaining four and a half acres of the original tract is covered by the irrigation ditch. It was on the 12th of June, 1907, that Mr. and Mrs. Amen were married and in 1912 he and another man purchased the entire Miller homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, later dividing it, so that the west half fell to Mr. Amen. He has put upon it a complete set of improvements in the way of new buildings that furnish ample shelter to grain and stock, while his home is an attractive and comfortable residence just a quarter of a mile west of the old Miller home. To him and his wife have been born four children: Ellen Marie, born January 20, 1908; Arnold Halley, May 24, 1910; Agnes Louise, July 26, 1912; and Elsie Eliza, October 2, 1916. Mr. Amen is a member of the Yeomen and of the Loyal Order of Moose. His attention, however, is mostly given to his agricultural interests and he has one of the best small farms in the vicinity of Emmett.
Because of the long connection of the Miller family with the pioneer development of Gem county, it will be interesting to know something more in detail about the worthy pioneer couple who settled here when much of the land in this section of the state was still unclaimed and uncultivated. Mr. Miller was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1844, and his wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Ellen Amanda Patrick, was born in Elkhart county, Indiana. They were married in Missouri and came to Idaho about thirty-five years ago. They have since remained in the northwest and are now residing near Eugene, Oregon, both enjoying good health. Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza Ann Patrick and the latter lived to the notable old age of ninety-four years. Hiram Patrick was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1812, and his wife, whose family name prior to her marriage was Legore, was born in Washington county, Ohio, July 4, 1818. They were married in the latter county and had a family of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, five of whom are yet living: Mrs. Teresa Stagner, who is the widow of John Stagner and is now seventy-eight years of age, living at Emmett; Joseph Patrick, who is a veteran of the Union army and resides in Missouri; Mrs. Ellen Amanda, Miller, of Landax, Oregon; and Mrs. Eliza Brown, the wife of Clint Brown, of Emmett, Idaho. It will thus be seen that the family has become well represented in the northwest and the Amen children are the representatives of the Miller family in the third generation to reside in Gem county.
Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920
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