The obituary for Margaret (Liddle) Anderson was printed in the Andes (Delaware County, New York) Recorder on October 17, 1917.

Mrs. Andrew Anderson passed away at her home in Andes Village early on the morning Of October 1, at the age of nearly 57 years. She had been confined for some months and the nature of her trouble was not fully understood. Her maiden name was Margaret Liddle and she was born on Coulter Brook, Bovina, November 18, 1842 being a daughter of Alex Liddle and Bina McDonald. She was married to Andrew Anderson April 4, 1866 and for many years lived on Dingle Hill turning over their farm to their son a few years ago and coming to the village. Besides the husband she leaves three sons and four daughters, viz: James Anderson, Colfax, Washington; Alex Anderson & Mrs. Thomas D. Middlemast in Delhi, Mrs. E.E. Hastings at Saranac Lake, Marvin Anderson & Mrs. Thomas Tuttle in Andes, Mrs. Fred Oliver, Binghamton. Five brothers: Thomas, Henry Liddle, Colfax, Washington, William Liddle, Andes, David and James L. of Bovina. Funeral held Thursday and interred in the lower cemetery.

Henry McDonald Liddle, son of Alexander and Bina (McDonald) Liddle, died in 1921 and is buried in the Colfax, Washington Cemetery. This item is copied from a newspaper article dated Colfax, Washington, May 5,1922. The name of the newspaper is not known but probably was the Colfax Gazette.

"Sketches of Whitman County Pioneers: Experiences of Men and Women Who Helped Develop Eastern Washington" by J. Orin Oliphant, Executive Secretary, State Normal School, Cheney, Washington.

Thomas J. Liddle

Fifty years ago today Thomas J. Liddle came to Colfax and has been a resident of Whitman county ever since. He has been out of the state of Washington only once since 1868, and on that occasion he went to Idaho for a load of wood.

Mr. Liddle was born in Delaware county, New York, on August 7, 1841, of Scotch parentage. He was educated in the common schools of New York. In the second year of the Civil War he enlisted in Company E, 144th New York volunteers, and served for two years and nine months. During his term of military service he was on duty in most of the southern states.

In 1866, in company with Thomas H. Coulter, he left New York state for the west. They traveled by train as far as Omaha and then took a boat on the Missouri river for Fort Benton, Montana, where for two years Mr. Liddle ranched, mined and carried mail. Mr. Coulter remained in Montana, but in 1868 Mr. Liddle set out for Puget Sound. He went as far as Walla Walla and gave up the trip. Hiring out to a pack train, he went back to Montana and then returned to Walla Walla, the round trip occupying one month.

The pack train, consisting of 40 mules owned by Al Cave, was loaded with apples for Gold Creek, a mining camp in Montana. The apples were grown on Sam Irwin's place, two miles below Waitsburg, on the Touchet river. On his return to Walla Walla he went into Schwabacher's store, where he found Ben Burgunder, now of Colfax, at work. He received $80.00 for his month's work with the pack train.

After leaving the pack train Mr. Liddle worked on a ranch on the Touchet, four miles above Waitsburg, for two years. He was married in Waitsburg in 1870 and two years later came to Whitman county. Mrs. Liddle, whose maiden name was Martha A. Starr, was born in Oregon and came to Waitsburg with her parents in 1867.

On arriving in Whitman county Mr. Liddle took a homestead on Spring flat, eight miles from Colfax. Among the settlers at Colfax at that time whom Mr. Liddle recalls were J.A. Perkins, H.S. Hollingsworth, James Pickard, who lived in North Colfax, and C.G. White and family, who lived up the river from Colfax.

Mr. Liddle's children are as follows: William A. Liddle of Elberton, Vina P. Hammer of Colfax, Dick Liddle of Colfax, James A. Liddle of Deary, Idaho and Logan Harrison Liddle of Colfax. He has three brothers living in New York state. One brother, the late Henry Liddle, came to Colfax on May 5, 1877, and for many years was engaged in the livery business. Mr. Liddle is a member of the G.A.R.

Thomas J. Liddle, son of Alexander and Bina (McDonald) Liddle, died in 1928 and is buried in the Colfax, Washington cemetery.

On October 4, 1930 William Alexander Liddle, son of Thomas J. and Martha (Starr) Liddle, died from complications of a perforated Duodenal ulcer. He was buried in the Colfax Cemetery near the grave site of his wife’s parents, Ai and Olive Hammer.

Daisey Beatrice Shine, daughter of Jeremiah N. and Lillian (Moore) Shine, married Newlee Van Liddle on May 29, 1931. The marriage ceremony took place in the Chapel of the Episcopal Cathedral in Spokane, Washington.

A daughter, Janet, was born to Theodore and Edith (Jackson) Liddle in July of 1932.

On September 1, 1932 a son, William Albert, was born to Newlee Van and Daisey (Shine) Liddle in Spokane, Washington. The parents were living in Elberton, Washington at the time with the father working for one of the farmers in the area.

William Harold Liddle married Clarita Kennedy in Spokane, Washington on December 27, 1932.

This obituary for VIOLA MAE (HAMMER) Liddle was published, in early March of 1955, in the Colfax, Washington Gazette.

Early Whitman Matron Taken, Colfax, Wash., Feb 28 - Mrs. Viola Mae Liddle, 75, farm wife and lifelong resident of Whitman County, died Saturday at St. Ignatius hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Full Gospel Assembly at 2 P.M. with the Rev. H. W. Crowder officiating. Burial will be in the Colfax Cemetery. She was born on a farm near Colfax and had lived all her life in the Glenwood district between here and Garfield. She was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the North and South Palouse Grange. She is survived by one daughter, Olive at home; Three sons, Newlee, Grand Coulee, Wash., Harold, Garfield and Ted, Wallace, Idaho; Two brothers, Roy Hammer, Tacoma and Alva A. Hammer, Okla. Six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

In August of 1961 Martha Olive Liddle, daughter of W. A. and Viola (Hammer) Liddle, died in Colfax, Washington of complications from her long standing battle with diabetes. She had never married and had lived at home until her mother’s death in 1955. During the six years between 1955 and 1961 Olive spent many months in nursing homes. She was buried in the Colfax Cemetery.

Theodore Liddle, son of W. A. and Viola (Hammer) Liddle, died in 1969 and was buried in the Colfax Cemetery. Ted had worked as a “Relief Foreman” on a “Railroad Section Gang.” These are crews of men who maintain and repair the tracks, or rails, the trains run on. He had gone to work, as a young man, for the Union Pacific Railroad just after finishing high school.

Daisey Beatrice (Shine) Liddle, daughter of Jeremiah N. and Lillian (Moore) Shine died in Vancouver, Washington on October 30, 1971 and her ashes are in a niche in the Evergreen Memorial Gardens Wall in Vancouver, Washington. Her obituary, published in the Vancouver, Washington Columbian newspaper states:

“Liddle, Daisey B. - Age 65, October 30, 1971, Vancouver, Washington. Born September 10, 1906, Burke, Idaho. Lived at 7419 Tennessee Lane, Vancouver, Washington 5 years. Formerly of Coulee Dam, Washington. Widower, Newlee V. (Van) Liddle, two sons and one daughter. There are six grandchildren. Member of Coulee Dam Community Church; Charter member of Alkiaza Rebecca Lodge of Coulee Dam. Memorial Funeral services at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 3rd. At The Vancouver Funeral Chapel. The Reverend George Pike will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Fund in memory of Mrs. Liddle. Vancouver Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.”

Newlee Van Liddle, husband of Daisey Beatrice (Shine) Liddle, died on June 15, 1973 and his ashes are in a niche in the wall at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver Washington. The obituary printed in the Vancouver, Washington Columbian newspaper states:

“Newlee Van Liddle - Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 4300 Main St. for Newlee Van Liddle, 72, who died Friday.

The Rev. George Pike will officiate. Vancouver Funeral Chapel will be in charge of arrangements.

Van Liddle was born June 2, 1901, in Elberton. He was a retired electrical engineer. He lived at 7419 Tennessee Lane for the last six years.

He was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons, the First Presbyterian Church and its board of trustees, secretary of the Vancouver Rotary Club, and a member of Green Meadows Country Club.

He is survived by two sons, a daughter; seven grandchildren and a brother, W. Harold Liddle of Colfax. Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the Vancouver Rotary Foundation or the Heart Fund.”

James Allen Liddle, son of William Albert and Norma Liddle died in Chicago, Illinois on November 2, 1997. He had received a successful intestine transplant but contracted pneumonia while recovering in the hospital. The pneumonia overpowered his immune system which had been suppressed for the transplant.

The following article describing a tragic accident is from the Daily Bulletin published by the Colfax, Washington Gazette dated March 8, 1999.

Burn accident takes life

Harold Liddle died early Sunday morning from extensive burns sustained in a burn barrel accident at his rural home seven miles east of Colfax. County coroner Pete Martin said Liddle sustained burns on approximately 70 percent of his body. Martin said Liddle, 89, had apparently attempted to use some type of accelerant while attempting to start a fire in the burn barrel Saturday at about 2 P.M. Some of the accelerant apparently spilled on Liddle's clothing and ignited. Liddle put out the fire by jumping into a small creek which was flowing near the burn barrel. He was found there by his wife, Clarita, after she discovered he was missing. Deputy Kirk Banks said they are not sure how long Liddle was in the small creek.

Colfax ambulance crews transported Liddle to Whitman Hospital. Medstar was contacted and an airplane was dispatched to take Liddle to the burn treatment center at Harborview Hospital in Seattle. The Medstar crew was taken to the hospital and it was determined Liddle's condition was too severe for transport. He died about 2 A.M. Sunday.

Also from the Daily Bulletin published by the Colfax, Washington Gazette dated March 10, 1999.

Liddle Service will be Thursday

A memorial service for Harold Liddle, 89, lifetime resident of Whitman County, will be Thursday at 2 P.M. in the First Baptist Church at Colfax with the Rev. Don Moore and Mike Brose officiating.

Mr. Liddle died Sunday morning, March 7, 1999, at Whitman Health and Rehab Center after sustaining extensive burns the previous day at his ranch seven miles east of Colfax.

Born February 23, 1910, to William and Viola Hammer Liddle at the family farm near Elberton, he attended schools at Elberton and graduated with the class of 1929. After his father died in 1930, he took over the family farm, which was originally homesteaded by his grandfather, Ai Hammer, and operated it until 1969.

He and Clarita Kennedy were married in Spokane December 27, 1932. Mr. Liddle drove the Glenwood route for the Colfax School district for 24 years and was employed at Neill Furniture between bus runs. He was also employed with the Whitman County Sheriff's office for two years.

Mr. Liddle was a charter member of the North & South Palouse Grange. He was also a member of the former United Brethren Church at Elberton. He loved horses and was also a member of the Whitman County Sheriff's Posse.

Surviving are his wife, at the home; one son, and two grandsons.

The family suggests memorials be gifts to the Union Gospel Mission in Spokane or the charity of the donor's choice.

On November 12, 2002, Margaret Ellen (Liddle) Nowell, the daughter of Newlee Van and Daisey (Shine) Liddle died in Mesa, Arizona after a short illness. She is survived by her husband, three sons, one daughter, two brothers, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Bruce Wayne Nowell, son of Margaret (Liddle) Nowell, died on Februrary 10, 2003 in Portland, Oregon. He is survived by two daughters, two brothers, one sister, and one grandchild.