From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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JUSTICE A. RUTHERFORD
	Justice A. Rutherford has a fine quarter section of land near 
Republic, while his family has considerable more.  They have one hundred
acres under cultivation and raise considerable hay.
	Justice A. Rutherford was born in New York on May 7, 1852, being
the son of Allan and Jane (Connell) Rutherford, natives of New York and
of Scotch ancestry.  The father died when our subject was very young.  
The mother accumulated quite a nice fortune by her own efforts.  They were
the parents of the following named children: Allan, deceased; Jane, Annot,
Allan, James, Hannah and Kate.  James was a representative in the state
legislature in New York in the 'fifties and died about 1858.  He was a very
prominent politician in the state and a man of great influence.  Our 
subject was born in New York City on May 7, 1852, and received a fair 
training in the city schools.  At eighteen years of age he began life for
himself.  His first venture was to work in a hotel and in 1876 he came west
to the Black Hills, in Dakota, and two years later he went to Leadville
and thence to Old Mexico, where he operated a hotel.  In 1883 we find him
in California, and in 1891 conducting a hotel in Montana.  In 1896 he was
at Fort Seal, British Columbia, in the hotel business, then he came to the
Couer d'Alene country.  Afterwards he journeyed to Seattle, then Alaska in 
1897.  One year later he came to Republic, and since that time has made 
his home here.
	In 1879 Mr. Rutherford married Miss Luella Wilder and to them two
children were born, both of whom are deceased.  Mrs. Rutherford died in
1888.  In 1899 Mr. Rutherford Mrs. Rosa LaFleur, daughter of Joseph Desautel.
By her first husband, Mrs. Rutherford has three children, Odell, Michael 
and Myrtle.
	Politically, Mr. Rutherford is an active Republican and is greatly
interested in the welfare of his party.  He is a member of the K. of P.,
while he and his wife belong to the Episcopal church.
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