Mrs. Ella Locke, Lewiston Pioneer, Succumbs To Injury At Southwick
Mrs. Ella Maria Locke, 90, pioneer of Lewiston, died at 12:10 a.m. yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leone McCoy, Southwick, from the effects of a fall six days ago in which she sustained a fracture of the hip.
Born at Oakham, Mass., Aug. 31, 1848, the daughter of Samuel L. and Alsada Thompson, she was married at Oakham in 1864 to Alonzo Snell , and they went to California where Mr. Snell operated one of the first sawmills in Mendocino County, and in 1879 they came to Lewiston, where her parents had already located.
Mr. Snell entered into a partnership with the late Charles E. Montieth and they established a sawmill in the eastern part of the city where the Harrington Mill was later located.
Mr. Snell disposed of his interests to Mr. Monteith and in 1886 moved with his wife and children to what is now the town of Cavendish, which he named after his birthplace, Cavendish, Vt. He was the first sawmill operator in that section and the mill was among the largest in Idaho.
The old home erected by Mr. Snell still stands back from Main Street on the lot adjoining on the west of the Brower-Wann Funeral Home. The home, at that time among the most pretentious in Lewiston, and the scene of many "out in the country" social gatherings in the late 1870s and early 1880s, was the last house east in the city limits, old-timers recall.
After Mr. Snell's death, she married Abram J. Locke at Rahway, N.J., in 1908, residing there until his death in 1912. Mrs. Locked then returned to Idaho to make her home at Southwick.
She was the sister of the late S. Leslie Thompson and the late Mrs. R P. Mudge.
When Mrs. Locke came to Lewiston the town's population was approximately at not more than 600 whites and about as many Chinese. There was a transient population greater than those who had permanently located here, hundreds arriving for temporary abode while making arrangements to join the rush to the mines in the camps of 50 or more years ago.
Mrs. Locke's parents contributed largely to the pioneer history of Lewiston. Her father in the early days served as police, judge and in other municipal capacities.
She is survived by two daughters, MRS. Leone McCoy, Southwick; Mrs. James Cook, Kooskia; and her brother, William H. Thompson, North Hollywood, Calif.; seven grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Waldo Mudge, Clarkston; Waldo Thompson, Lewiston, and Mrs. Edith Magnuson, Moscow, are nephews and niece of Mrs. Locke.
Lewiston Tribune February 10, 1939 pg. 12
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Mrs. Ella Maria Locke, 90, pioneer of Lewiston, died at 12:10 a.m. yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leone McCoy, Southwick, from the effects of a fall six days ago in which she sustained a fracture of the hip.
Born at Oakham, Mass., Aug. 31, 1848, the daughter of Samuel L. and Alsada Thompson, she was married at Oakham in 1864 to Alonzo Snell , and they went to California where Mr. Snell operated one of the first sawmills in Mendocino County, and in 1879 they came to Lewiston, where her parents had already located.
Mr. Snell entered into a partnership with the late Charles E. Montieth and they established a sawmill in the eastern part of the city where the Harrington Mill was later located.
Mr. Snell disposed of his interests to Mr. Monteith and in 1886 moved with his wife and children to what is now the town of Cavendish, which he named after his birthplace, Cavendish, Vt. He was the first sawmill operator in that section and the mill was among the largest in Idaho.
The old home erected by Mr. Snell still stands back from Main Street on the lot adjoining on the west of the Brower-Wann Funeral Home. The home, at that time among the most pretentious in Lewiston, and the scene of many "out in the country" social gatherings in the late 1870s and early 1880s, was the last house east in the city limits, old-timers recall.
After Mr. Snell's death, she married Abram J. Locke at Rahway, N.J., in 1908, residing there until his death in 1912. Mrs. Locked then returned to Idaho to make her home at Southwick.
She was the sister of the late S. Leslie Thompson and the late Mrs. R P. Mudge.
When Mrs. Locke came to Lewiston the town's population was approximately at not more than 600 whites and about as many Chinese. There was a transient population greater than those who had permanently located here, hundreds arriving for temporary abode while making arrangements to join the rush to the mines in the camps of 50 or more years ago.
Mrs. Locke's parents contributed largely to the pioneer history of Lewiston. Her father in the early days served as police, judge and in other municipal capacities.
She is survived by two daughters, MRS. Leone McCoy, Southwick; Mrs. James Cook, Kooskia; and her brother, William H. Thompson, North Hollywood, Calif.; seven grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Waldo Mudge, Clarkston; Waldo Thompson, Lewiston, and Mrs. Edith Magnuson, Moscow, are nephews and niece of Mrs. Locke.
Lewiston Tribune February 10, 1939 pg. 12
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Mrs. Ella Locke, Lewiston Pioneer, Succumbs To Injury At Southwick
Mrs. Ella Maria Locke, 90, pioneer of Lewiston, died at 12:10 a.m. yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leone McCoy, Southwick, from the effects of a fall six days ago in which she sustained a fracture of the hip.
Born at Oakham, Mass., Aug. 31, 1848, the daughter of Samuel L. and Alsada Thompson, she was married at Oakham in 1864 to Alonzo Snell , and they went to California where Mr. Snell operated one of the first sawmills in Mendocino County, and in 1879 they came to Lewiston, where her parents had already located.
Mr. Snell entered into a partnership with the late Charles E. Montieth and they established a sawmill in the eastern part of the city where the Harrington Mill was later located.
Mr. Snell disposed of his interests to Mr. Monteith and in 1886 moved with his wife and children to what is now the town of Cavendish, which he named after his birthplace, Cavendish, Vt. He was the first sawmill operator in that section and the mill was among the largest in Idaho.
The old home erected by Mr. Snell still stands back from Main Street on the lot adjoining on the west of the Brower-Wann Funeral Home. The home, at that time among the most pretentious in Lewiston, and the scene of many "out in the country" social gatherings in the late 1870s and early 1880s, was the last house east in the city limits, old-timers recall.
After Mr. Snell's death, she married Abram J. Locke at Rahway, N.J., in 1908, residing there until his death in 1912. Mrs. Locked then returned to Idaho to make her home at Southwick.
She was the sister of the late S. Leslie Thompson and the late Mrs. R P. Mudge.
When Mrs. Locke came to Lewiston the town's population was approximately at not more than 600 whites and about as many Chinese. There was a transient population greater than those who had permanently located here, hundreds arriving for temporary abode while making arrangements to join the rush to the mines in the camps of 50 or more years ago.
Mrs. Locke's parents contributed largely to the pioneer history of Lewiston. Her father in the early days served as police, judge and in other municipal capacities.
She is survived by two daughters, MRS. Leone McCoy, Southwick; Mrs. James Cook, Kooskia; and her brother, William H. Thompson, North Hollywood, Calif.; seven grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Waldo Mudge, Clarkston; Waldo Thompson, Lewiston, and Mrs. Edith Magnuson, Moscow, are nephews and niece of Mrs. Locke.
Lewiston Tribune February 10, 1939 pg. 12
transcribed by Kerry
Mrs. Ella Maria Locke, 90, pioneer of Lewiston, died at 12:10 a.m. yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leone McCoy, Southwick, from the effects of a fall six days ago in which she sustained a fracture of the hip.
Born at Oakham, Mass., Aug. 31, 1848, the daughter of Samuel L. and Alsada Thompson, she was married at Oakham in 1864 to Alonzo Snell , and they went to California where Mr. Snell operated one of the first sawmills in Mendocino County, and in 1879 they came to Lewiston, where her parents had already located.
Mr. Snell entered into a partnership with the late Charles E. Montieth and they established a sawmill in the eastern part of the city where the Harrington Mill was later located.
Mr. Snell disposed of his interests to Mr. Monteith and in 1886 moved with his wife and children to what is now the town of Cavendish, which he named after his birthplace, Cavendish, Vt. He was the first sawmill operator in that section and the mill was among the largest in Idaho.
The old home erected by Mr. Snell still stands back from Main Street on the lot adjoining on the west of the Brower-Wann Funeral Home. The home, at that time among the most pretentious in Lewiston, and the scene of many "out in the country" social gatherings in the late 1870s and early 1880s, was the last house east in the city limits, old-timers recall.
After Mr. Snell's death, she married Abram J. Locke at Rahway, N.J., in 1908, residing there until his death in 1912. Mrs. Locked then returned to Idaho to make her home at Southwick.
She was the sister of the late S. Leslie Thompson and the late Mrs. R P. Mudge.
When Mrs. Locke came to Lewiston the town's population was approximately at not more than 600 whites and about as many Chinese. There was a transient population greater than those who had permanently located here, hundreds arriving for temporary abode while making arrangements to join the rush to the mines in the camps of 50 or more years ago.
Mrs. Locke's parents contributed largely to the pioneer history of Lewiston. Her father in the early days served as police, judge and in other municipal capacities.
She is survived by two daughters, MRS. Leone McCoy, Southwick; Mrs. James Cook, Kooskia; and her brother, William H. Thompson, North Hollywood, Calif.; seven grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Waldo Mudge, Clarkston; Waldo Thompson, Lewiston, and Mrs. Edith Magnuson, Moscow, are nephews and niece of Mrs. Locke.
Lewiston Tribune February 10, 1939 pg. 12
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