Archives West Finding Aid

Aram and Sons was created by John Aram and his sons James and John T. "Tom". John Aram was born in 1827 in New York and followed the Gold Rush west, eventually settling just outside of Grangeville. He packed goods into the mining claims around the area and is staid to have introduced the first orchard in the area. He married Sarah Barr (or Boar) around 1852. They had 5 children together. He died 30 September 1901 and is buried in Grangevill, Idaho.

James Aram was born in 1863 in Portland, Oregon. He would join his father in the store and in ranching. He would own 600 acres of land upon his death. During the Indian War, he was 14 and remember the family getting word and hurrying to Mt. Idaho. He married Phebe Smith in 1911. James died 8 April in Weiser, Idaho and is buried in Lewiston, Idaho.

John Thomas "Tom" Aram was born 1858. He was killed while attempting to cross the Clearwater river via a ferry overloaded with cattle on 16 May 1897. He was a stock grower and businessman out of the Camas Prarie at the time. He married Carrie Moore in 1892. He was buried in Mount Idaho, Idaho.