COWLITZ MAN WHO CROSSED PLIANS IN 1882 PASSES AWAY

Kelso, Wash., April 15.--James S. Huntington, who crossed the plai

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James S. Huntington, Jr. married Olive Eunice McMillan on June 2, 1859 in Cowlitz County, Washington Territory. They had eight children together, but I only have the names of seven:

Bertha Huntington married Franklin Pierce Choate
Dick Huntington
Clarence D. Huntington
Mose Huntington
Norma Huntington married Frank E. Carpenter
Marie Huntington married William E. Davies
Charlotte Huntington

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From "Cowlitz Historical Quarterly", Sept. 1977; pg. 37-38
"Shanghai Memories" by Phil L. Reese - written February 1922

".....there have certainly been some changes for the better in the roads. I was three hours making the trip with Uncle Jim (James S., Jr.) Huntington's freight wagon drawn by oxen from Carroll's Point to his house, a distance of three miles."
"There were the following men and their families: Rev. T. M. Reese, my uncle who married and buried more people than any preacher in the state of Washington; J. S. Huntington, W. O. Huntington, John Choate, Sam Adams, John Goggs, Thomas Moulton, L. D. Carpenter, William Lane and William Choate, all splendid men...."
"Uncle Jim Huntington was the most lovable and loving man I ever knew, also the most interesting. He was the soul of wit that was devoid of any sting. I never knew him to say an unkind word to any man or beast.
"He was very fond of Robert Burns and I loved to hear him recite. I doubt if Bobby himself could have done any better.
"I remember an old bachelor by the name of Turner who lived alone in a shanty and never so much as washed his face let along cleaned his house. He was taken seriously ill and, as there was no doctor closer than Portland, he was sent to a hospital where he died. His remains were sent back on the Kellogg for burial. Uncle Jim was to haul the body out to the cemetery but the boat arrived too late for him to inter the body the day it arrived. So he took the remains to his house, but Mrs. Huntington refused to let him take the corpse inside the house.
"'Oh, shaw,' said Uncle Jim, 'You let the old fellow in when he was alive and stinking filthy, and they gave him a bath in Portland.' But just the same she would not let him bring the corpse into the house so he took it to the old abandoned log schoolhouse at the edge of the graveyard, where Uncle Jim built a fire and we watched all night. (It was) one of the most pleasant nights I ever spent with Uncle Jim, he was in a reminiscent mood and told me stories about the early days of the settlement."

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PIONEER OF '52 - CALLED TO REWARD
James S. Huntington Fought in Indian Wars and Surveyed Part of Northwest Wilderness

James S. Huntington, or "Uncle Jimmy" as he was affectionately known, passed away at this home on south Second Street yesterday morning after a brief confinement to his bed. Death resulted from old age. Several years ago Mr. Huntington sustained severe injuries in a fall, and he has never regained his strength, although he resumed his real estate business afterwards and was in his office until a short time ago in spite of his more than four score and five years. Up to the time of his injuries Mr. Huntington was unusually active for an octogenarian.
Mr. Huntington came to Cowlitz county among the earliest settlers, and helped to reclaim the wilderness, and build up the commonwealth of Washington. He was a native of Indiana, where he was born May 16, 1834. In 1852 he accompanied his parents, James and Maria Huntington across the plains by ox-team. They located at old Monticello and Mr. Huntington has made his home in Cowlitz county for the rest of his life, except for a short period spent in Portland. He and Olive E. McMillan were married in 1859 and his helpmate of 60 years survives to mourn his passing. To this happy union eight children were born, of whom two, C. D. Huntington and Mrs. Norma Carpenter, survive. He is also survived by many grandchildren and other relatives residing in Cowlitz county.
Mr. Huntington participated in the Indian Wars of the late Fifties, and for a number of years afterwards was engaged with the federal surveying parties which surveyed great tracts of the Northwest. He was a leader in activities of the Cowlitz valley for a great many years and his experiences covering as they did the trying and thrilling days of the great Northwest, supplied a fund of incidents from which his splendid memory called forth a series of delightful reminiscences of early dates.
When Washington became a state and Cowlitz County was organized, Mr. Huntington was elected as the first sheriff of the new county. He also served several terms as Justice of the Peace. About thirty years ago Mr. Huntington entered the real estate business and remained actively interested in that line of business up to the time of his death.
"Uncle Jimmy" was a man of the deepest sincerity and honestly, and his kindly feeling for friends, and neighbors and his helpfulness at all times gave him the highest esteem of all who were acquainted with his fine qualities.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Shanghai church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made in the Shanghai cemetery.

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Name: James S Huntington Date Of Death: 11 Apr 1919 Age: 84
Father Name: James Huntington
Mother Name: Mary Boller
Death Place: Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington
Mother Name Gn: Mary Mother Name Surname: Boller

SOURCE: Washington State Death
Reference #: {A0D5BDAA-482F-4115-9764-D40565BE4AB0} Image #1315; Document #406; Document Reference ID: 42