Henry Kaufman, one of the early settlers of Adams County, who had resided here continuously for forty years, was found dead in his bed at his home here last Saturday morning. Heart trouble from which he had been suffering for some years, was the cause of his demise. His son Edward and wife came down from Spokane Friday evening and visited with him ad Mrs. Kaufman until about midnight. He seemed in very good spirits and in his accustomed health. Saturday morning when Mrs. Kaufman awoke she called to him be he did not stir. She called her son and they discovered that he had passed away.
Mr. Kaufman's life was truly linked with the building of the West. He saw the vanishing frontier on many outposts and in his younger years, participated actively in the industrial development in many places and many lines.
Henry Kaufman was born in Indiana, sept 8,1849 and when a young man he went West on a government surveying crew engaged in running state boundary lines. The Kanasa boundary line was one which they laid out. He then went further west and worked as a teamster in a logging camp, then in the mines of Coeur d'Alene when they were first being developed. For several years he worked for old Dr. Blalock at Walla Walla. In 1884 Mr. Kaufman came to Adams county, taking up a homstead northeast of Ritzville, just at the foot of the Carico Hills. This was an open-country in those days. Stockraising was the chief enterprise and he and his brother, Perry, who took up land nearby, raised horses. Part of the year Mr. Kaufman stayed on his homestead and part of the year he went down to Walla Walla to work. He rode horseback and could make the journey across country without encountering a barbed wire. The country rapidly changed from a stock country to a wheat country. The Kaufmans changed with the times and went into wheat growing.
In 1887 Mr. Kaufman was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Wright, the cermony taking place in this county. One son, Edward J., was born to the union. In 1908 the family moved to town but Mr. Kaufman continued to farm until 1912 when he leased his ranch. His brother, Perry, who had been long associated with him, died about 1915. Besides the widow and son, Mr. Kaufman leaves two brothers and two sisters: Ed Kaufman, Lewiston Montana, George and Miss Lydia of Newport Oregon and Mrs. O. L. Langford, Camas Wash.
The Journal Times Feb. 14, 1924 Courtsey of Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Mr. Kaufman's life was truly linked with the building of the West. He saw the vanishing frontier on many outposts and in his younger years, participated actively in the industrial development in many places and many lines.
Henry Kaufman was born in Indiana, sept 8,1849 and when a young man he went West on a government surveying crew engaged in running state boundary lines. The Kanasa boundary line was one which they laid out. He then went further west and worked as a teamster in a logging camp, then in the mines of Coeur d'Alene when they were first being developed. For several years he worked for old Dr. Blalock at Walla Walla. In 1884 Mr. Kaufman came to Adams county, taking up a homstead northeast of Ritzville, just at the foot of the Carico Hills. This was an open-country in those days. Stockraising was the chief enterprise and he and his brother, Perry, who took up land nearby, raised horses. Part of the year Mr. Kaufman stayed on his homestead and part of the year he went down to Walla Walla to work. He rode horseback and could make the journey across country without encountering a barbed wire. The country rapidly changed from a stock country to a wheat country. The Kaufmans changed with the times and went into wheat growing.
In 1887 Mr. Kaufman was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Wright, the cermony taking place in this county. One son, Edward J., was born to the union. In 1908 the family moved to town but Mr. Kaufman continued to farm until 1912 when he leased his ranch. His brother, Perry, who had been long associated with him, died about 1915. Besides the widow and son, Mr. Kaufman leaves two brothers and two sisters: Ed Kaufman, Lewiston Montana, George and Miss Lydia of Newport Oregon and Mrs. O. L. Langford, Camas Wash.
The Journal Times Feb. 14, 1924 Courtsey of Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Henry Kaufman, one of the early settlers of Adams County, who had resided here continuously for forty years, was found dead in his bed at his home here last Saturday morning. Heart trouble from which he had been suffering for some years, was the cause of his demise. His son Edward and wife came down from Spokane Friday evening and visited with him ad Mrs. Kaufman until about midnight. He seemed in very good spirits and in his accustomed health. Saturday morning when Mrs. Kaufman awoke she called to him be he did not stir. She called her son and they discovered that he had passed away.
Mr. Kaufman's life was truly linked with the building of the West. He saw the vanishing frontier on many outposts and in his younger years, participated actively in the industrial development in many places and many lines.
Henry Kaufman was born in Indiana, sept 8,1849 and when a young man he went West on a government surveying crew engaged in running state boundary lines. The Kanasa boundary line was one which they laid out. He then went further west and worked as a teamster in a logging camp, then in the mines of Coeur d'Alene when they were first being developed. For several years he worked for old Dr. Blalock at Walla Walla. In 1884 Mr. Kaufman came to Adams county, taking up a homstead northeast of Ritzville, just at the foot of the Carico Hills. This was an open-country in those days. Stockraising was the chief enterprise and he and his brother, Perry, who took up land nearby, raised horses. Part of the year Mr. Kaufman stayed on his homestead and part of the year he went down to Walla Walla to work. He rode horseback and could make the journey across country without encountering a barbed wire. The country rapidly changed from a stock country to a wheat country. The Kaufmans changed with the times and went into wheat growing.
In 1887 Mr. Kaufman was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Wright, the cermony taking place in this county. One son, Edward J., was born to the union. In 1908 the family moved to town but Mr. Kaufman continued to farm until 1912 when he leased his ranch. His brother, Perry, who had been long associated with him, died about 1915. Besides the widow and son, Mr. Kaufman leaves two brothers and two sisters: Ed Kaufman, Lewiston Montana, George and Miss Lydia of Newport Oregon and Mrs. O. L. Langford, Camas Wash.
The Journal Times Feb. 14, 1924 Courtsey of Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Mr. Kaufman's life was truly linked with the building of the West. He saw the vanishing frontier on many outposts and in his younger years, participated actively in the industrial development in many places and many lines.
Henry Kaufman was born in Indiana, sept 8,1849 and when a young man he went West on a government surveying crew engaged in running state boundary lines. The Kanasa boundary line was one which they laid out. He then went further west and worked as a teamster in a logging camp, then in the mines of Coeur d'Alene when they were first being developed. For several years he worked for old Dr. Blalock at Walla Walla. In 1884 Mr. Kaufman came to Adams county, taking up a homstead northeast of Ritzville, just at the foot of the Carico Hills. This was an open-country in those days. Stockraising was the chief enterprise and he and his brother, Perry, who took up land nearby, raised horses. Part of the year Mr. Kaufman stayed on his homestead and part of the year he went down to Walla Walla to work. He rode horseback and could make the journey across country without encountering a barbed wire. The country rapidly changed from a stock country to a wheat country. The Kaufmans changed with the times and went into wheat growing.
In 1887 Mr. Kaufman was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Wright, the cermony taking place in this county. One son, Edward J., was born to the union. In 1908 the family moved to town but Mr. Kaufman continued to farm until 1912 when he leased his ranch. His brother, Perry, who had been long associated with him, died about 1915. Besides the widow and son, Mr. Kaufman leaves two brothers and two sisters: Ed Kaufman, Lewiston Montana, George and Miss Lydia of Newport Oregon and Mrs. O. L. Langford, Camas Wash.
The Journal Times Feb. 14, 1924 Courtsey of Sue Gardner & gapwork90
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