An illustrated history of the state of Idaho, containing a history of the state of Idaho from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future; illustrations and biographical mention of many pioneers and prominent citizens of to-day, Part 129

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1014

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auditor and recorder of Canyon county, and gave entire satisfaction to all concerned in the proper administration of local affairs, and prior to his arrival in this section he acceptably filled the re- quirements of the office of clerk of the probate court in Salt Lake City, Utahı.

Mr. Dunbar is a native of the city just men- tioned, his birth having taken place on the 23d of August, 1854. He is of Scotch-English ex- traction, and inherited strong, upright, just traits of character from his ancestors. His father, William C. Dunbar, Sr., is one of the oldest resi- dents of Salt Lake City, Utah, as he has dwelt there for almost half a century, going there scarcely two years after it was founded by the Mormons. He was born in Inverness, a city in the far northern highlands of Scotland, but he was reared and educated in Edinburg. Starting out when a young man to make his own way in the world, he came to the United States, and in 1850 crossed the plains and settled in Salt Lake City. He has witnessed the entire development of that wonderful city and the amazing growth and yearly increasing wealth of that once barren wilderness, which has literally been made to blos- som as the rose, by the thrifty, beauty-loving in- habitants. Mr. Dunbar was one of the founders of the Salt Lake Herald, and was its business manager for several years. He is now in his seventy-sixth year, and his good wife, also well along in years, is still his helpmate and friend, the sharer of his joys and sorrows. Her maiden name was Hannah Hales, and Yarmouth, Eng- land, is her native place. Of the twelve children born to this worthy couple eight are still living.

W. C. Dunbar, Jr., the eldest of his parents' children, was educated in the public schools and in the University of Utah, and later pursued a commercial course in a business college, in order to thoroughly equip himself for the duties of his future life. In this laudable undertaking he was obliged to rely chiefly upon his own efforts, and the expenses of his higher mental training were sustained by himself. Upon leaving the school- room, the young man accepted a position as in- voice clerk in a large mercantile establishment, with which house he remained for two years. His next position was as a bookkeeper for the firm of F. Auerbach & Brothers, of Salt Lake City. In 1890 Mr. Dunbar came to Caldwell,

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and for three years conducted a mercantile busi- ness upon his own responsibility. Then, selling out, he engaged in the abstract business, and was thus employed until 1895, when he assumed the duties of his present office. Fraternally, he is identified with the Masonic order and with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

THOMAS SMITH.

Thomas Smith, county assessor of Oneida county, and a leading merchant and farmer of Preston, was born in Brigham City, Utah, Octo- ber 22, 1862, his parents being Samuel and Maria Smith, who were natives of England. In that land they embraced the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and wishing to ally their interests with the colony of that be- lief resident in Utah, they' crossed the Atlantic to America and settled in the Salt Lake region at an early period in its development. They lo- cated first at Cottonwood, and a little later at Brigham City, where the father was known as one of the prominent pioneers. He served as probate judge and mayor of the city for a num- ber of years, and took an active part in public affairs. He was the father of about fifty chil- dren, was counselor to the president of Box Elder, and a man of much influence and ability. He departed this life in the seventieth year of his age, but the wife of his youth is still living, one of the honored pioneer women of Utah.

Their son, Thomas Smith, was educated in Brigham City and at twelve years of age began to earn his own living by working in the pioneer woolen factory of that part of the country. In 1882 he came to Cache valley, locating at what was then known as the Falls, but is now River- dale, where for five years he engaged in ranching. In 1887 he came to Preston and accepted a clerk- ship in the large general mercantile store of Will- iam C. Parkinson & Company, continuing in that position until 1899. He acquired a complete knowledge of the business in all its departments, and for a number of years held the responsible position of chief clerkand acted as superintendent during the absence of the manager, who was often away on other business. In the fall of 1898 Mr. Smith was chosen by the Democratic party as their candidate for county assessor and was elected to the office, which he is now capably fill-

ing, discharging his duties in a prompt and able manner. The assessed property of the county now amounts to two and a quarter million dol- lars.

James Smith, the brother of our subject, es- tablished a general mercantile store in Preston in 1894, and in 1899 he was sent on a mission to England, at which time the firm of Smith Broth- ers was formed, Thomas Smith becoming a part- ner and stockholder in the enterprise. He now has the management of the business, for which his long experience as a salesman well fitted him. He has a wide acquaintance with the people in the county, is very popular, and as the result of his honorable dealing, his moderate prices and his uniform courtesy he is now receiving a lib- eral patronage from the public. In addition to his mercantile interests he owns a farm of one hundred acres near the city and a number of town lots, besides his residence property.

In 1882 was celebrated the marriage of Mr .. Smith and Miss Frances Van Noy, a native of Richmond, Utah. Their union has been blessed with six children, namely : Thomas W., Clement, Nettie, Lorane, Francis and Leora. They are all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, of which Mr. Smith is an elder. He is very popular as a citizen and busi- ness man, and sustains a very enviable reputa- tion for his unassailable integrity.

ISAAC B. NASH.

Isaac Bartlett Nash is one of the early settlers and highly respected citizens of Franklin, where he has made his home since 1864. He became a resident of Salt Lake City in 1849, and is a native of Wales, his birth having occurred in Kedwelly, Carmarthenshire, on the 14th of June, 1824. He was educated in his native country and spent seven years as an apprentice to the blacksmith's trade, after which he worked at the business there until 1849.

In the year 1847 he was converted to the faith of the Latter Day Saints, and it was this which determined him to go to Salt Lake. He joined a company that started from Wales under the leadership of Captain Dan Jones and sailed in the ship Buena Vista, which was a new vessel, just starting on her first voyage. At length the com- pany arrived at New Orleans, where they took

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passage on the old steamboat Constitution for St. Louis. The cholera was then raging in the latter place and twenty-one of the emigrants died during the first night and were buried in the morning. On the way to St. Joseph they buried sixty-four of their number. The burials occurred in the morning at eight o'clock and in the after- noon at four, and it was not infrequent that some of those who assisted at the sad rites of the morn- ing were themselves cold in death at the time of the afternoon burial. Mr. Nash buried his grand- mother in the same grave with eight others. Mrs. Nash and another lady were all who were able to assist in caring for the sick, and Mrs. Nash suffered an attack of the disease but recov- ered. Whole families were swept away by the dread plague, and the first experience of the emi- grants in America was attended with great sor- row. From Council Bluffs they crossed the plains with ox teams. Mr. Nash came to this country in company with a Mrs. Lewis, who paid the expenses of twenty-four families from Wales to Salt Lake. He worked there for a time, and in 1852 went to the mines in Sonora county, Cali- fornia, where he met with moderate success, but when the floods came the work was all swept away and much suffering followed on account of the scarcity of provisions and the high prices de- manded for all such commodities. Flour sold for a dollar and a half per pound, potatoes one dollar per pound, and everything else was equally high. The brother-in-law of Mr. Nash had a child sick with smallpox and offered a handful of gold-dust for six crackers for the little one, but could not get them. Flour became so scarce that it could not be had at any price. A Mr. Ford, the owner of a store there, had a large amount of flour which he was holding for higher prices. Another dealer offered him one hundred and fifty dollars per hundred, so that he could sell it and supply the people, but Ford refused the offer and de- manded two hundred dollars a hundred. Failing to sell at the latter figure, the heavy rains leaked in upon his flour, and about the same time the Mexicans came with large amounts of flour, packing it with mules, so that Ford was finally forced to sell the flour which had not been ruined by the rain at five cents per pound, which seemed like a just retribution upon the man for his greed and inhumanity.

Later Mr. Nash returned to San Francisco and crossed the bay to Union City, where he pur- chased land, built a house and shop and carried on the blacksmith business there until 1856, get- ting six dollars for shoeing a span of horses. He made and saved money, purchased a span of mules and in 1856 sold his property there and returned to Salt Lake City. He had been mar- ried in Wales to Miss Eliza Morris, a native of that country, and she accompanied him in all his journeyings until they arrived in Salt Lake City, but finally she left him and went with another man, and in 1852 Mr. Nash married Hester E. Pool, from Prince Edwards Island, who has since been to him a faithful companion and helpmeet on life's journey.

Mr. Nash continued to work at his trade in his own shop until 1859, at which time he returned to the states with the children that were saved from the Mountain Meadow massacre. In com- pany with Dr. Forney he took them back, having been commissioned by President Young to ac- complish that task, and acted as commissary on the journey to St. Louis. He remained in the latter city until 1864, working at his trade, and during the civil war was thrice arrested on ac- count of things which he said in favor of the south. In each case the British consul secured his release, and he finally took the oath of neu- trality, after which he had no more trouble. Later he took the oath of allegiance to the gov- ernment at Washington and became a naturalized citizen and a Republican. He returned to Salt Lake City and from there came to Franklin in 1864, since which date he has been the indus- trious village blacksmith at this place and an ac- tive and useful member of his church. In it he has served as elder, as one of the seventy, as high priest, and is now a patriarch. He has also been a very active Sunday-school worker and, possess- ing an excellent voice, has contributed much to the musical service of the meetings. When he first came to Franklin he purchased property and became the owner of a house and shop. He has made an honorable living through his efforts at the forge, and in addition to the income derived from that line of business he has that which comes from his forty-acre farm, which is planted to hay and grain.

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children, they took three orphan children into their home. Two of them died, but the other, Ellen, was reared by them as their own, and they loved her dearly and she them. She is now the wife of William Parkinson, president of the stake at Pocatello. Twelve children were born to Mr. Nash by his present wife, of whom eight are yet living. The three sons are all blacksmiths and are partners of their father. They are Andrew B., Isaac H. and David, and the daughters are Estella, Emenetta, Rhodessa, Nellie and Laura. Mr. Nash and his family have a good home and enjoy the respect of all who know them.

THOMAS J. HUFF.

One of the pioneers of the northwest and one of the old residents of Caldwell is Thomas Jeffer- son Huff, the present assessor of Canyon county. He is a man of the highest integrity and ability, and stands well in the estimation of all who know him. A lifelong Democrat, and devoted to his party, he has never occupied a public office be- fore, and has not been an aspirant for political honors and emoluments. In his business career he has met with success, and by well directed energy and good judgment he has amassed a comfortable fortune.

Philip Huff, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Germany, and coming to America in early manhood, settled in Tennessee. In that state his son Jefferson, father of Thomas J. Huff, was born, and for some years he made his home in Indiana. He married Lutilda White, and twelve children were born to them. In 1852 the family set out on a long and dangerous jour- ney across the almost interminable plains, seek- ing for a new home and better prospects. The year was an especially trying one, as the cholera was raging in this country, and the emigrants along the way appeared to be favorite subjects of attack by the dread enemy to life. Four of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Huff succumbed and were buried on the dreary plains. Newly made graves along the trail indicated the havoc whichi death was making in the ranks of the toiling pil- grims, but at last some of them reached the land of promise, and developed the wonderful Pacific slope. The following winter Mr. Huff, who was a practicing physician, stayed with his family in Portland, and then they went to the Lewis river

district of Washington, and dwelt there until the Indian troubles of 1855, when they settled on the Willamette, just below Portland. Mrs. Huff died in 1857, aged forty years. Dr. Huff after- ward removed to Linn county, re-married, and lived to attain the age of seventy-one years, his death occurring in 1881.

Thomas J. Huff was born near Hartford, Boone county, Indiana, December 31, 1844, and he and one sister are the only survivors of the family of eleven who bravely set out for the west to meet the untold hardships of pioneer exist- ence. He was about eight years old at the time of the eventful journey, and can never forget some of his experiences. Much of his education was gathered in the public schools of Linn county. In 1865 he embarked in the stock busi- ness in Oregon and at Walla Walla, Washing- ton, and for almost a quarter of a century gave his whole attention to this line of enterprise, hav- ing at times six hundred head of cattle. In 1886 he came to Caldwell, Idaho, and purchased a home, and he still owns a stock ranch of five hun- dred acres on Cow creek, Malheur county, Ore- gon. He is also the owner of a ferry across Snake river, between Idaho and Oregon, and the Riverside ferry belongs to him. Fraternally he is associated with the Odd Fellows, and has passed all the chairs in the subordinate lodge.

On the 27th of February, 1895, Mr. Huff mar- ried Mrs. A. J. Strickland, who has a son and a daughter by her previous marriage. The family have a pleasant home and their friends are legion.

SAMUEL C. PARKINSON.

The name of Parkinson is so inseparably inter- woven with the history of southeastern Idaho and its development that those who bear it need no special introduction to the readers of this volume. He of whom we write has long been accorded a place among the leading business men and pro- gressive citizens of Franklin and Oneida county, where he has made his home since his boyhood days. His father is the honored Samuel Rose Parkinson, one of the founders of the town and a leader in the Church of the Latter Day Saints. A history of his life is given elsewhere in this work.

Samuel Chandler Parkinson, his eldest child, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, February 23. 1853, and was less than two years of age when

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the father, with a mule team, crossed the plains to Utah. A youth of seven, he came to Franklin and was educated in district schools, conducted by various teachers. During the early days of the settlement of the town the families were in imminent danger of Indian attack and suffered many hardships and privations. When sixteen years of age Samuel C. Parkinson was sent by his father to Salt Lake City to learn the carpen- ter's trade, remaining there for two years. After his return he followed the occupation for a time, but not finding it congenial he returned to the farm and assisted his father for a time. Later he engaged in freighting between Utah and Mon- tana, carrying goods to the different mining camps in the latter state, and was engaged in that business when General Custer and his entire command were killed by the Nez Perces Indians.

Mr. Parkinson continued to engage in freight- ing for some time and met with very excellent suc- cess, but later began raising high grades of horses and cattle, thus doing much to improve the stock in this section of Idaho. He made a specialty of Norman and English Shire horses, and was the owner of one fine horse which weighed two thou- sand pounds and was valued at two thousand dol- lars. He also introduced Holstein and. later, Durham cattle into the county, and thus greatly improved the stock in southeastern Idaho. For sonie years past he has been extensively engaged in the sheep industry, and has from ten to twelve thousand head of sheep, employing ten men in their care. They are fed upon a farm of six hun- dred acres, where he has excellent pasture land and meadows devoted to the raising of hay. Mr. Parkinson also owns one hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining the town of Franklin, on which he has a large and commodious frame residence, surrounded by a fine grove of trees of his own planting. His business interests are well managed, and his industry and sound judg- ment have been the important elements in his very enviable success.

On the 9th of December, 1873, Mr. Parkinson wedded Miss Mary Ann Hobbs, daughter of Charles Hobbs, an esteemed pioneer of Franklin. She was born in England, and when a little girl was brought by her parents to America. Their union has been blessed with eleven children : Nessy Estelia, wife of George Hobbs; Edith

Arabella, who died in hier second year; Samuel William, a very intelligent young man now on a mission in England ; Mary, Albert H. and Leon- ard H., at home. The younger children are Theresa, Raymond H., Anetta, Bernice H. and Rowland H. Mr. Parkinson is giving all of his children good educational privileges, some at- tending the college at Logan, and others the Oneida Stake Academy. They are all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, in which Mr. Parkinson has served as elder, a seventy, and is now high priest. He went on a mission for his church to the state of Alabama and met with excellent success, leaving a very prosperous organization there. He also served in a mission in Oregon, spending three months in Portland and traveling all over the state. He likewise visited San Francisco, and in his work was associated with his brother Will- iam, their object being to open new fields. At present he is a high counselor in the Oneida stake.

In his political views Mr. Parkinson is a Re- publican and keeps well informed on the issues of the day. He attends various conventions of his party, and has frequently acted as chairman, but has never been an office-seeker, preferring to devote his time and attention to the interests of the church and of his business. In all his busi- ness relations he has met with excellent results, and his success is indeed ereditable because it has come as the reward of his own efforts, hon- esty and enterprise. As a citizen he is highly esteemed and well deserves representation in this volume.

JOHN LARSON.

Not a few are the worthy citizens that the peninsular country of Denmark has furnished to the United States, and among those who have sought homes in the far northwest is John Lar- son, bishop of the Preston ward and one of the leading and influential citizens of Preston. A native of Denmark, he was born on the Ist of May, 1845, his parents, Andrew and Mary (Nes- sen) Larson, being also natives of the same land. They were converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and in 1861, with their family of three sons and two daughters, they sailed for the New World, Salt Lake City being their destination. They were

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poor but honest and worthy people, and the church furnished them with an ox team with which to cross the plains from Council Bluffs to Utah.

John Larson was then in his sixteenth year, and notwithstanding he had never driven oxen he soon learned how to manage them, and drove four pair across the plains, walking all the way. At length the journey was safely terminated, the family arriving at Salt Lake in September. They settled in Logan soon after their arrival, the par- ents there residing until 1868, when the father died, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. He was an esteemed citizen, faithful to every duty. His good wife still survives him, at the age of eighty- six years, and is a worthy representative of the brave type of pioneer women who aided in the settlement of Utah. Four of the children are also living and are greatly respected by all who know them.

Bishop Larson acquired his education in his native country, and at Logan began life as a farmer. His first landed possession was a tract of twenty-five acres, to which he added when his earnest toil had brought him increased capital. In this way he became the owner of fifty-five acres and a good house in the city of Logan, and a part of his farm now lies within the corporation limits and has become very valuable property. In 1885 he came to Preston, being one of the early settlers of the town. He took up two quar- ter-sections of land under the desert act, eighty acres under the timber act and eighty acres under the homestead act, and as prosperity has further attended his efforts he has added to his posses- sions by additional purchase until he now owns eight hundred and eighty acres, of which five hundred acres are under a high state of cultiva- tion, yielding to the owner a golden tribute in return for the care and labor he bestows. He has raised forty-five bushels of wheat to the acre on land that is irrigated, and twenty-five bushels on land not irrigated. He also raises cattle and horses, and buys and deals in stock. He has a fine Norman-Percheron horse for which he paid fourteen hundred dollars, and has introduced thorough-bred Durham cattle, in which way he has not only advanced his own interests, but has improved the grade of stock in the county and thus added to the general prosperity of the stock-

raisers. He is also one of the leading stock- holders in the extensive general mercantile es- tablishment conducted under the name of W. C. Parkinson & Company, a well managed institu - tion doing a large business in all kinds of mer- chandise and also handling produce.

In 1866 Bishop Larson was united in marriage to Miss Annie Jenson, a native of Sweden, and their children are as follows: John A., who is operating the home farm; Nephi, who is on a mission to England; Willard, who is on a mis- sion to Oregon ; Alma, Marinda and Blanche, at . home. Such in brief is the history of one who has made his own way in the world, and whose life has been crowned with success and with the high regard of his fellow men.

GEORGE C. PARKINSON.

George C. Parkinson, president of the Oneida stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, with residence at Preston, Idaho, is a native son of Utah, his birth having occurred in Keysville, Davis county, July 18, 1857. His father is Samuel Rose Parkinson, one of the most prominent pioneer citizens of Oneida county, Idaho. President Parkinson is the fourth child and third son of the family. He was educated at Brigham Young College, in Logan, Utah, and was graduated with honor in the class of 1880. He entered upon his business career as a teacher in Logan, his first term of school being in 1877-8. He continued teaching until 1881, at which time he was sent on a mission to the southern states, where he remained for a year, doing a very suc- cessful work. He then went to England, where he remained for a year and three months, and the work he accomplished for the church there was also very satisfactory.

Upon his return, in the spring of 1883, lie again resumed teaching and was appointed one of the presiding officers of the stake, making his home and headquarters . at Franklin. Subse- quently he removed to Oxford, where he re- sumed teaching and was elected county superin- tendent of schools on the Republican ticket. While at that place he was also superintendent of a co-operative store, and during that time a very unpleasant and unjust occurrence came into his life. An alleged polygamist hid in the cellar of his store without his knowledge, but the officers

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arrested President Parkinson for concealing a criminal. He was tried, James H. Hawley de- fending him, but the jury disagreed on the ver- dict. His trial was then set for six months later and Mr. Hawley then became the prosecuting attorney, and he was convicted and sentenced to one year in the state's prison and fined three hundred dollars. He paid his fine and served eleven months in the penitentiary, being given one month of his time on account of his good behavior. He had no knowledge of the man who had concealed himself in the cellar, but the jury were all anti-Mormons, and the officer who subpoenaed the jury was heard to remark: “I have now a jury that would convict Jesus Christ." Such was the justice that he received in the name of the law !

Returning to Franklin Mr. Parkinson engaged in the produce business, handling all kinds of produce and also dealing in cattle and sheep. On the 28th of August, 1887, he received the great honor of being appointed president of the Oneida stake, his counselors being Solomon H. Hale and Matthias F. Cowley. President Parkinson has since served with great credit to the church and has largely advanced its interests. He is also successfully conducting several business enter- prises and is a progressive and diligent man. While at Franklin, in connection with Franklin and Logan parties, they purchased all the stores in the former place and consolidated the business under the name of The Oneida Mercantile Union, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars. He became one of the stockholders and directors, and an excellent business was carried on. Somc of these stockholders established a full roller- process flouring-mill at Franklin, with a capacity of one hundred and twenty-five barrels. Busi- ness is carried on under the name of the Idaho Milling, Grain & Power Company, and as a stockholder and director Mr. Parkinson was ac- tively connected with its management. He is also a stockholder in and the manager of the W. C. Parkinson Mercantile Company, at Preston, where he carries a large line of goods, handling all merchandise used by the citizens of this sec- tion of the state. In addition he buys and handles all kinds of produce, and is conducting an extensive and profitable business. He is man- ager of the Studenberg Brothers Manufacturing

Company, at Preston, which also handles a very large stock and is doing a successful business. Aside from mercantile interests he is connected with the sheep and wool industry and thereby adds materially to his income. He is a man of excellent executive force, of sound judgment, capable management and indefatigable energy, and carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.

Mr. Parkinson takes quite an active interest in politics, as a supporter of the Republican party, and for a number of years has attended all of the state conventions. In 1894 he was elected to the state senate, representing the district of five counties, which includes one-fourth of the popu- lation of the entire state. In 1895 he had the honor of being appointed by Governor McCon- nell a member of the board of regents of the State University, and in 1896 he was one of the presidential electors on the Republican ticket. He is now president of the board of education of the Oneida stake, and acted as superintendent of the building of the splendid academy erected by the stake at Preston, at a cost of fifty thousand dollars.

President Parkinson was happily married in 1881 to Miss Lucy M. Doney, a native of Frank- lin, Idaho, and their union has been blessed with seven children, three sons and four daughters, namely : George D., Lucy Ann, John Leo. Vera, Samuel Parley, Elna and Aleida. Mr. Parkinson and his family have one of the most beautiful and attractive residences in this part of the state, and he is richly deserving of the excellent success which has attended his intelligent and honorable efforts.

PETER FREDRICKSON.

The hope of reward is the spur of ambition. and honorable ambition is the keynote to success. Without it business would flag, enterprise and energy would stagnate and advancement would be little, if any ; but permeated by this element the world moves on to better things, to greater achievements and more enduring successes. It is this same ambition which has made Mr. Fred- rickson one of the leading business men of Malad. His career is one into which has entered many picturesque elements. He went forth in his early youth to win a place for himself in the world, has been identified with the pioneer interests and de-

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velopment of the northwest, and has attained suc- cess and honor through well directed and consci- entious effort. He is now the mayor of the city and well deserves the prominent place which is accorded him by his fellow townsmen.

Mr. Fredrickson was born in Denmark, Octo- ber 26, 1849, and is of Danish and Swiss descent. His father, Christian U. Fredrickson, was also a native of Denmark, and his mother was a native of Sweden. They were married in the former country and there two children, a son and daugh- ter, were born to them. In 1862 they came to America, bringing with them their two children. They had been converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in Denmark, and left that land in order to join the colony of their people in Utah. They settled in Grantsville, Utah, and from that place removed to Lake Point, where for some years the father engaged in farming. * Subsequently they came to Malad, where the father died in 1897, at the age of eighty-seven years. His wife passed away at the age of seventy-four. Their daughter, Mary, is now the wife of Thomas Jenkins.

Mr. Fredrickson of this review attended school in Denmark until his twelfth year, and was a student in the schools of this country for six months, but is largely self-educated, having ac- quired his knowledge through reading, observa- tion and in the school of experience. He is now a well informed man, having wide general in- formation. - He began to earn his own living when only thirteen years of age, and since 1870 has been a resident of Malad. For some time he engaged in freighting, hauling supplies front

Corinne, Utah, to the mining camps of Montana, and later turned his attention to agricultural pur- suits. He secured seventy acres of land, a part of which is now within the corporation limits of Malad, and began breeding draft and driving horses. To him is largely due the introduction of fine horses into this county and the improve- ment of the grade of stock here raised. He has prospered in his undertakings, and is the owner of a valuable ranch of eighty acres three miles west of the city, together with much desirable city property, including one of the best homes in Malad, which was erected in 1885.

Mr. Fredrickson was married in 1870 to Miss Annie Johnson, a native of Sweden, and they have had twelve children, eight of whom are liv- ing, namely: Charles, John, Grace, Maude, El- sie, Ida, Gladys and Jonas.

In his political affiliations Mr. Fredrickson is a Republican, and on that ticket he has been twice elected to the very important office of county commissioner, discharging his duties in a most creditable manner. He was also elected a mem- ber of the first state legislature of Idaho, and in 1897 was appointed mayor of Malad. Soon af- terward he was elected to the office, and is now serving his third year as chief executive of the city, his administration being practical, progres- sive and commendable. He takes a deep interest in the welfare of the place, and uses official pre- rogatives toadvance those measures calculated to prove of public benefit. In business he has given close attention to his interests, and by his indus- try and integrity has achieved a well earned suc- cess.

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An illustrated history of the state of Idaho, containing a history of the state of Idaho from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future; illustrations and biographical mention of many pioneers and prominent citizens of to-day, Part 129

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 1014

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1014