AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NORTH IDAHO EMBRACING
NEZ PERCES, IDAHO, LATAH, KOOTENAI, AND SHOSHONE COUNTIES
STATE OF IDAHO
WESTERN HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1903
We are grateful to the kind assistance of the Ilo-Vollmer Historical Society and in particular, Dick Southern and Shelley Kuther, for scanning and editing of the biographies contained in this volume of history.
JOHN DEASY is a stock raiser and rancher, living a mile and a half up John Day creek from Lucile. He is one of the substantial, enterprising and capable young men of the county and has made a good success of his labors in this section. He was born at Gold Hill, Story County, Nevada in 1871, and the son of Michael and Henrietta (Cole) Deasy. The father was a miner, born in Cork, Ireland in 1845. He died in 1881. He went to California in 1851 and his father, Patrick Deasy, went there in 1849. The mother of our subject was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1844, and comes of a German family. After the death of her husband, in 1881, she married his cousin, Michael, and lived with him until his death, in 1902. Our subject remained in Nevada until eleven years old, where he received the greater part of his education, although he also attended school after coming to Idaho. He came to his present home with his mother and stepfather, where he has since remained, engaged in mining and ranching. Mr. Deasy has four brothers living on adjoining ranches, Michael, William, Harry and Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Deasy is a bachelor. Politically he is a Democrat, attends all caucuses, and is at present a member of the county Central committee. The Catholic Church claims him as one of her sons, in which faith he is an ardent believer. Michael, the older brother, was married in 1894 to Miss Nettie, a daughter of Benjamin and Agnes Delmage to which union three children have been born and are at present living, John, William and Jefferson. All are members of the Catholic Church. Michael Deasy is the only Republican in the family. He also owns a ranch, and with his brothers is heavily interested in cattle. William, Harry, Thomas, who is a half-brother, and John are all bachelors. The old homestead is a well-improved place and has an especially fine orchard, some of the trees being twenty years old and looking like forest trees. With the exception of Michael, the brothers all live with their mother. All are successful and prosperous in business and are held in high esteem.