Thomas J. Liddle enlisted in the Union Army, as a Private in the 144th NY Volunteers, from Bovina, Delaware County, NY on September 4, 1862. His occupation was listed as Farmer. He was discharged on June 25, 1865 as a Private.

The following article was copied from the book "Colfax 100 Plus" written in 1981 by Edith E. Erickson.

Another very early business was the livery stables. The town had several. F.W. Beck's was preserved in a picture. Henry Liddle's obituary gave a good description of the work of the liveries. Henry Liddle went into livery and feed stable business in 1879. The livery business was an important factor in the life of the community in those days, especially in the years before the railroad spread its network over the eastern part of Washington. The stage line made the Liddle barn its headquarters for many years. Liddle owned some very fine horses and furnished hearse teams which he drove for hundreds of funerals over the county for thirty years. He had a black team for the black hearse and a white team for the white hearse. His livery stable was located at the corner of main and brewery (Stevens) streets.

This article was copied from the book "Tape Recordings from Newspapers of Colfax ? The History of Colfax" by Tabor LaFollette. While no reference to a date or which newspaper this article was from it is assumed to be the Colfax Gazette.

Henry Liddle ? A pioneer of pioneers! Henry Liddle, proprietor of Liddle's Livery Stable, probably the longest established business man of Colfax. He was doing a splendid business when the Colfax Gazette first saw light, and he is doing a splendid business now. Mr. Liddle is not only a favorite with the residents of Colfax, but all men in all parts of the country delight to call him friend. He runs a good livery stable, and his teams and vehicles are first class. The horse or carriage left in his care are certain of receiving proper attention.

Thomas Liddle, the Scottish emigrant, died on May 24, 1868 and is buried in the New United Presbyterian Cemetery in Bovina, NY.

THOMAS J. LIDDLE married MARTHA STARR, daughter of William Starr and Priscilla Crabtree on November 02, 1871, in Waitsburg, Washington. There were six children born to them: William Alexander, Liddle, grandfather of the author, born on August 22, 1872, in Huntsville, Washington; Jacobina P. Liddle, born on October 26, 1876, in Colfax, Whitman Co., Washington; Dick Liddle, born on July 21, 1878, in Colfax, Whitman Co., Washington; Thomas Liddle, born in 1879; James A. Liddle, born on September 12, 1880; and Logan Harrison Liddle, born on August 31, 1892.

A Land Patent was issued to Thomas J. Liddle for 160 acres on January 20, 1881 at the Land Office in Colfax, Whitman County, Washington. The location of the 160 acres is S1/2 of the NE !/4 and N1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section 18, Range 15 North and 44 East of the Willamette Meridian. This is about 7 mile SE of the town of Colfax on highway to Pullman.

Alexander Henry Liddle died on December 16, 1884 and was buried in the New United Presbyterian Cemetery of Bovina, NY. Bina (McDonald) Liddle died on May 30, 1893 and was also buried next to her husband in the New United Presbyterian Cemetery in Bovina, NY. According to a newspaper clipping titled ‘40 Years Ago Today’ which appeared in the Colfax, Washington Gazette for the date ‘December 29, 1899'

“a marriage license was issued to W. A. Liddle, Colfax and Viola Hammer, Elberton.”

On June 2, 1901 a son, Newlee Van Liddle, was born to William A. and Viola (Hammer) Liddle in Elberton, Washington.

The book, "An Illustrated History of Whitman County, Washington" written by W.H. Lever in 1901, contained this item about Henry Liddle.

H. M. Liddle

Few men in Colfax have been in business longer in the city than has the man whose name gives caption to this paragraph, and perhaps none has maintained a livery barn here for a longer period. For more than twenty?two years his stables have been open for accommodation of those who travel by team, and his own rigs have been in readiness for customers. As a citizen his standing in the town is of the highest, and few enjoy in greater measure the esteem and good will of their fellows.

Mr. Liddle is a native of the Empire state, born in Delaware county in 1848. His educational advantages were those afforded by the public schools there established. As soon as he became old enough to assume for himself the burdens of life he engaged in farming, and that was his business most of the time while he remained in New York. He came to Colfax in 1877 and farmed here for two years, thereupon embarking in the livery business, which, as stated above, he has followed continuously since. He has long held rank among the leaders in that line of business in the Palouse country.

In fraternal affiliations, our subject is identified with the Improved Order of Red Men. He was married in Colfax in 1886, the lady being Miss Mary L. Kennedy, a native of Oregon, and a member of an old and respected pioneer family of that state. Mrs. Liddle is herself a pioneer of Whitman county of 1876.

I remember hearing my uncle Harold, on numerous occasions, talk about his uncle Dick Liddle. Dick was a son of Thomas J. Liddle and a nephew to Henry M. Liddle who operated one of the liveries in Colfax. According to my uncle, Dick had taken over Henry’s livery and still maintained the two hearses spoken of in the article above.

Theodore M. Liddle was born to William A. and Viola (Hammer) Liddle in Elberton, Washington in 1905.

The inscription on the grave marker for Barbara (Liddle) Wyear indicates she was born June 6, 1822 and died April 5, 1907 and was the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Liddle. This grave is in the Bovina Center Cemetery located just outside the village of Bovina, Delaware County, NY.

A daughter, Martha Olive Liddle, was born to William A. and Viola (Hammer) Liddle in 1908 in Colfax, Washington.

On February 23, 1910 in Colfax, Washington William Harold Liddle was born to William A. and Viola (Hammer) Liddle.