Bayview Historical Society
BAYVIEW, ID
dedicated to preserving the history of Bayview, Lakeview and other locations on Lake Pend Oreille
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dedicated to preserving the history of Bayview, Lakeview and other locations on Lake Pend Oreille
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Jesse and Annie Puckett - Bayview
Jesse acted as the caretaker for the Blackwell property, owned
Most of the Puckett children remained in north Idaho when they got older, but two boys, Willie and Tom died at a young age. Their eldest child Hughbert, born in 1896, returned to Arkansas and married Grace Fox in 1920, had four children and returned to Bayview about 1929. Helen, the second born, also lived in Bayview with her husband Mike Sirkoff. The couple ran a local grocery store. Lillian married George Beeson, Laten married Bobbi Hudlow, and Jesse, Jr. tied the knot with Marge Lindberg. Jesse, Sr. was laid to rest in 1964 at the Mountain View Cemetery in nearby Athol, followed by Annie in 1969. Now that cemetery marks the graves of 12 different Pucketts, including seven of their children. |
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Jesse
Wade Puckett was born in Arkansas in 1876. He married Mary Ann "Annie"
Napier in 1895 when they both were 19 years old. Jesse and Annie Puckett
were the first of a long line of Pucketts who have made Bayview their home.
They came to northern Idaho from Missouri with their first seven children about
1911, including Hughbert, Helen, Lillian, Laten, Tom, William and Jesse, Jr.
The next child Glennie was born in Bayview in 1913, followed by Robert "Sonny"
(1916) and Raymond "Babe" (1918) who were born in Montana. One more child,
a daughter, died when an infant. 
Between
1927 and 37 the family lived at the Blackwell Ranch (right) located on the point
of land between Bayview and Idlewilde Bay which is now Farragut State Park.
Annie's brother, Lige Napier and family, lived nearby in Bayview. Children
from both families enjoyed sharing a close life with their cousins. Most
Friday nights would find the four Napier children spending the weekend at the
Blackwell Ranch with Glennie, Sonny
and Babe, the only Puckett children still living at home. The children
attended elementary school in Bayview. Glennie (tallest at right)recalled
walking to teenage dances 8 miles away in Athol.
by
Frederick Blackwell of Coeur d'Alene. He kept a herd of cows and furnished
milk to residents around the lake. Cans of milk were sent on the
Western (left) to Sandpoint.