Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . life. He has reached anadvanced age but is still hale and hearty and young in spirit and interests. His birth occurred in Yorkshire, England, July 5, 1835, and he is a son oflohn and Mary (Dewhurst) Kershaw. The father passed away in 1841 and inthe following year the mother came with her four children to the United went to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, where an uncle of Mrs. Kershaws wasliving. Ten days after the arrival of the family, however, the uncle died andthe mother removed
Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . life. He has reached anadvanced age but is still hale and hearty and young in spirit and interests. His birth occurred in Yorkshire, England, July 5, 1835, and he is a son oflohn and Mary (Dewhurst) Kershaw. The father passed away in 1841 and inthe following year the mother came with her four children to the United went to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, where an uncle of Mrs. Kershaws wasliving. Ten days after the arrival of the family, however, the uncle died andthe mother removed with her family to Wahpeton Falls, New York, where sheand her children worked in factories engaged in the manufacture of cottonprints. While thus employed the oldest daughter, Hannah, at that time elevenyears of age, was drowned in the creek in which she had been washing the blocksfrom which the calicoes were printed. A short time after this tragedy thefamily removed to Fall River, Massachusetts, where James S. Kershaw learnedthe carpenters trade, while the other sons worked in factories. The mother. MR. AND JIRS. .TAMKS S. KERSHAW OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY 499 also did whatever work she could find to do and thus by common effort thefamily succeeded in making a living. On July 28, 1856, they removed to Bel-videre, Illinois, traveling by ocean, river and the Erie canal. They found thatthe middle west offered the opportunities which they had expected to find andJames S. Kershaw soon found work at his trade, while his two brothers becamefarm hands. In a short time they had saved enough money to buy an acre ofground and built a small house thereon. In 1859 our subject started for PikesPeak but on reaching the Missouri river heard such bad reports of that regionthat he and three companions turned back, while one proceeded westward. While living in Illinois Mr. Kershaw became acquainted with some menwho rnade a business of driving horses to California for sale. They wereenthusiastic in
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