Parents: James A. & Eliza Jane Copple Pierce
Beautiful Bonner-- The History of Bonner County Idaho Pg. 574
PIERCE, SAMUEL S. and EDITH P. WILTSE and FAMILY
Samuel Sherman Pierce spanned a century of transportation, as he arrived in the west in a covered wagon and lived to leave the area in a jet plane.
Samuel S. Pierce was born in Tipton, Kansas, on Oct. 14, 1884 to James A. Pierce and Eliza Jane Copple Pierce. When Samuel was four years old, he crossed the country with his parents and brothers, Lemuel (2/3/1881), Edward (1/27/1882), and John (2/26/1886) in a covered wagon. They arrived and settled near Rockford, Washington, where the family established a wheat farm. While living in Washington , another brother, William (5/4/1889), and finally a sister, Sylvia (3/2/1894), were born in Spokane, Washington.
On Aug. 22, 1907, Eliza Jane married Reuben Reinoehl, a Spokane carpenter. They relocated the family to Hope, Idaho, in 1909. They traded the wheat farm in Rockford for 80 acres a mile up Spring Creek Road just east of Hope.
Samuel married Edith Pearl Wiltse in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and moved to the home place at Spring Creek. It was here they raised six daughters and two sons; Nina, Sylvia, Robert, Colleen, William, Margie, Nancy, and Beverly. They raised and grew whatever the north Idaho climate would allow. Mom and Dad had a huge vegetable garden in which all the children got to spend lots of time weeding and helping harvest.
Also livestock was raised--- cows, horses, pigs, and chickens. One of the ways Edith preserved meat was to fry the sausage and hamburger and then store them in crocks covered with grease and put them in the basement. She did a lot of canning of meats and vegetables and fruits, all of which were raised by the family.
The boys kept busy helping Samuel get wood both for themselves and to sell in town to the Hope school and the store. He would cut as many as 75 cord just to be sold. Bob skidded with the horses to the saw. The saw started out as a Model T and was converted for use as a saw.
All the kids went to school in Hope and later to high school in Sandpoint. in the summer of 1937 a setback occurred. It was a nice summer day and Mom decided to do laundry. She started a good fire to heat some water and sent the little kids out to play. Two of the kids were playing on a hill above the house and noticed a lot of smoke but weren't really concerned at first. Then they decided that they "better get Dad", a chimney fire caused their house and their grandparents' house next door to burn to the ground. Knowing he would surely need his tools to build a new house Samuel rushed into the burning house, ran upstairs and rescued his chest full of tools. No one was hurt so plans were made immediately for a new house. The neighbors came to help " raise the roof ", and with lots of hard work, a new cabin was ready to live in before winter. In the mean time the family lived in three tents for the summer, one of which also caught fire and burned.
Reuben Reinoehl died on May 14, 1931. Grandma Eliza J. Pierce Reinoehl lived in the cabin next door to the family for many years.
Samuel and Edith lived on Spring Creek most of their married lives, later retiring to Kootenai, Idaho, and later the Sandpoint Manor where Edith died in 1966. Samuel traveled to California to visit and then returned to the Northwest and Sandpoint, dying in 1967.
by Colleen Pierce Hunt
Beautiful Bonner-- The History of Bonner County Idaho Pg. 574
PIERCE, SAMUEL S. and EDITH P. WILTSE and FAMILY
Samuel Sherman Pierce spanned a century of transportation, as he arrived in the west in a covered wagon and lived to leave the area in a jet plane.
Samuel S. Pierce was born in Tipton, Kansas, on Oct. 14, 1884 to James A. Pierce and Eliza Jane Copple Pierce. When Samuel was four years old, he crossed the country with his parents and brothers, Lemuel (2/3/1881), Edward (1/27/1882), and John (2/26/1886) in a covered wagon. They arrived and settled near Rockford, Washington, where the family established a wheat farm. While living in Washington , another brother, William (5/4/1889), and finally a sister, Sylvia (3/2/1894), were born in Spokane, Washington.
On Aug. 22, 1907, Eliza Jane married Reuben Reinoehl, a Spokane carpenter. They relocated the family to Hope, Idaho, in 1909. They traded the wheat farm in Rockford for 80 acres a mile up Spring Creek Road just east of Hope.
Samuel married Edith Pearl Wiltse in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and moved to the home place at Spring Creek. It was here they raised six daughters and two sons; Nina, Sylvia, Robert, Colleen, William, Margie, Nancy, and Beverly. They raised and grew whatever the north Idaho climate would allow. Mom and Dad had a huge vegetable garden in which all the children got to spend lots of time weeding and helping harvest.
Also livestock was raised--- cows, horses, pigs, and chickens. One of the ways Edith preserved meat was to fry the sausage and hamburger and then store them in crocks covered with grease and put them in the basement. She did a lot of canning of meats and vegetables and fruits, all of which were raised by the family.
The boys kept busy helping Samuel get wood both for themselves and to sell in town to the Hope school and the store. He would cut as many as 75 cord just to be sold. Bob skidded with the horses to the saw. The saw started out as a Model T and was converted for use as a saw.
All the kids went to school in Hope and later to high school in Sandpoint. in the summer of 1937 a setback occurred. It was a nice summer day and Mom decided to do laundry. She started a good fire to heat some water and sent the little kids out to play. Two of the kids were playing on a hill above the house and noticed a lot of smoke but weren't really concerned at first. Then they decided that they "better get Dad", a chimney fire caused their house and their grandparents' house next door to burn to the ground. Knowing he would surely need his tools to build a new house Samuel rushed into the burning house, ran upstairs and rescued his chest full of tools. No one was hurt so plans were made immediately for a new house. The neighbors came to help " raise the roof ", and with lots of hard work, a new cabin was ready to live in before winter. In the mean time the family lived in three tents for the summer, one of which also caught fire and burned.
Reuben Reinoehl died on May 14, 1931. Grandma Eliza J. Pierce Reinoehl lived in the cabin next door to the family for many years.
Samuel and Edith lived on Spring Creek most of their married lives, later retiring to Kootenai, Idaho, and later the Sandpoint Manor where Edith died in 1966. Samuel traveled to California to visit and then returned to the Northwest and Sandpoint, dying in 1967.
by Colleen Pierce Hunt
Parents: James A. & Eliza Jane Copple Pierce
Beautiful Bonner-- The History of Bonner County Idaho Pg. 574
PIERCE, SAMUEL S. and EDITH P. WILTSE and FAMILY
Samuel Sherman Pierce spanned a century of transportation, as he arrived in the west in a covered wagon and lived to leave the area in a jet plane.
Samuel S. Pierce was born in Tipton, Kansas, on Oct. 14, 1884 to James A. Pierce and Eliza Jane Copple Pierce. When Samuel was four years old, he crossed the country with his parents and brothers, Lemuel (2/3/1881), Edward (1/27/1882), and John (2/26/1886) in a covered wagon. They arrived and settled near Rockford, Washington, where the family established a wheat farm. While living in Washington , another brother, William (5/4/1889), and finally a sister, Sylvia (3/2/1894), were born in Spokane, Washington.
On Aug. 22, 1907, Eliza Jane married Reuben Reinoehl, a Spokane carpenter. They relocated the family to Hope, Idaho, in 1909. They traded the wheat farm in Rockford for 80 acres a mile up Spring Creek Road just east of Hope.
Samuel married Edith Pearl Wiltse in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and moved to the home place at Spring Creek. It was here they raised six daughters and two sons; Nina, Sylvia, Robert, Colleen, William, Margie, Nancy, and Beverly. They raised and grew whatever the north Idaho climate would allow. Mom and Dad had a huge vegetable garden in which all the children got to spend lots of time weeding and helping harvest.
Also livestock was raised--- cows, horses, pigs, and chickens. One of the ways Edith preserved meat was to fry the sausage and hamburger and then store them in crocks covered with grease and put them in the basement. She did a lot of canning of meats and vegetables and fruits, all of which were raised by the family.
The boys kept busy helping Samuel get wood both for themselves and to sell in town to the Hope school and the store. He would cut as many as 75 cord just to be sold. Bob skidded with the horses to the saw. The saw started out as a Model T and was converted for use as a saw.
All the kids went to school in Hope and later to high school in Sandpoint. in the summer of 1937 a setback occurred. It was a nice summer day and Mom decided to do laundry. She started a good fire to heat some water and sent the little kids out to play. Two of the kids were playing on a hill above the house and noticed a lot of smoke but weren't really concerned at first. Then they decided that they "better get Dad", a chimney fire caused their house and their grandparents' house next door to burn to the ground. Knowing he would surely need his tools to build a new house Samuel rushed into the burning house, ran upstairs and rescued his chest full of tools. No one was hurt so plans were made immediately for a new house. The neighbors came to help " raise the roof ", and with lots of hard work, a new cabin was ready to live in before winter. In the mean time the family lived in three tents for the summer, one of which also caught fire and burned.
Reuben Reinoehl died on May 14, 1931. Grandma Eliza J. Pierce Reinoehl lived in the cabin next door to the family for many years.
Samuel and Edith lived on Spring Creek most of their married lives, later retiring to Kootenai, Idaho, and later the Sandpoint Manor where Edith died in 1966. Samuel traveled to California to visit and then returned to the Northwest and Sandpoint, dying in 1967.
by Colleen Pierce Hunt
Beautiful Bonner-- The History of Bonner County Idaho Pg. 574
PIERCE, SAMUEL S. and EDITH P. WILTSE and FAMILY
Samuel Sherman Pierce spanned a century of transportation, as he arrived in the west in a covered wagon and lived to leave the area in a jet plane.
Samuel S. Pierce was born in Tipton, Kansas, on Oct. 14, 1884 to James A. Pierce and Eliza Jane Copple Pierce. When Samuel was four years old, he crossed the country with his parents and brothers, Lemuel (2/3/1881), Edward (1/27/1882), and John (2/26/1886) in a covered wagon. They arrived and settled near Rockford, Washington, where the family established a wheat farm. While living in Washington , another brother, William (5/4/1889), and finally a sister, Sylvia (3/2/1894), were born in Spokane, Washington.
On Aug. 22, 1907, Eliza Jane married Reuben Reinoehl, a Spokane carpenter. They relocated the family to Hope, Idaho, in 1909. They traded the wheat farm in Rockford for 80 acres a mile up Spring Creek Road just east of Hope.
Samuel married Edith Pearl Wiltse in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and moved to the home place at Spring Creek. It was here they raised six daughters and two sons; Nina, Sylvia, Robert, Colleen, William, Margie, Nancy, and Beverly. They raised and grew whatever the north Idaho climate would allow. Mom and Dad had a huge vegetable garden in which all the children got to spend lots of time weeding and helping harvest.
Also livestock was raised--- cows, horses, pigs, and chickens. One of the ways Edith preserved meat was to fry the sausage and hamburger and then store them in crocks covered with grease and put them in the basement. She did a lot of canning of meats and vegetables and fruits, all of which were raised by the family.
The boys kept busy helping Samuel get wood both for themselves and to sell in town to the Hope school and the store. He would cut as many as 75 cord just to be sold. Bob skidded with the horses to the saw. The saw started out as a Model T and was converted for use as a saw.
All the kids went to school in Hope and later to high school in Sandpoint. in the summer of 1937 a setback occurred. It was a nice summer day and Mom decided to do laundry. She started a good fire to heat some water and sent the little kids out to play. Two of the kids were playing on a hill above the house and noticed a lot of smoke but weren't really concerned at first. Then they decided that they "better get Dad", a chimney fire caused their house and their grandparents' house next door to burn to the ground. Knowing he would surely need his tools to build a new house Samuel rushed into the burning house, ran upstairs and rescued his chest full of tools. No one was hurt so plans were made immediately for a new house. The neighbors came to help " raise the roof ", and with lots of hard work, a new cabin was ready to live in before winter. In the mean time the family lived in three tents for the summer, one of which also caught fire and burned.
Reuben Reinoehl died on May 14, 1931. Grandma Eliza J. Pierce Reinoehl lived in the cabin next door to the family for many years.
Samuel and Edith lived on Spring Creek most of their married lives, later retiring to Kootenai, Idaho, and later the Sandpoint Manor where Edith died in 1966. Samuel traveled to California to visit and then returned to the Northwest and Sandpoint, dying in 1967.
by Colleen Pierce Hunt
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