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In his political views Mr. Blyth has been a republican since becoming a naturalized
JOHN BLYTH
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American citizen. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and high and honorable principles have actuated him at every point in his career, making him a man whom to know is to esteem and honor. He has ever been straightforward in his dealings and his methods have at all times been such as would bear the closest investi- gation and scrutiny.
E. W. JOHNSON.
E. W. Johnson, deputy county treasurer of Madison county and a resident of Rexburg, was born in Logan, Utah, April 8, 1875, his parents being John J. and Eva C. (Larson) Johnson, who were natives of Denmark. The father came to America in his boyhood and located at Logan, Utah. He later took up merchandis- . ing and in early life also learned the tailor's trade, which he followed for some time. He finally filed on land in 1888. His claim was in what was then Bannock county and which by subsequent divisions afterward became Bingham, then Fre- mont and finally Madison county. This land he improved and continued to culti- vate throughout his remaining days, his death occurring in August, 1902. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and filled a mission to Denmark from 1884 until 1886. He was also bishop of Burton ward, near Rexburg. His widow survives and still makes her home in Rexburg.
E. W. Johnson was reared and educated in Logan, Utah, and in Madison county, Idaho, being a lad of thirteen years when his parents removed to this state. He remained under the parental roof intil he attained his majority, when his father. gave him a part of the old homestead, which Mr. Johnson has since farmed and further improved and developed. He still lives upon the place and has made it an excellent farm property. He devotes his land to general agricul- tural pursuits, and he has in addition one hundred and sixty acres which he leases from the state and which he uses for pasture purposes. His farm is pleasantly and conveniently situated three and a half miles southwest of Rexburg.
On the 27th of October, 1897, Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Lillie M. Machen and they have become the parents of four children, namely: May, Harold, Cora and Grace. The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Mr. Johnson filled a two years' mission, from 1904 to 1906, to the northwestern states. He has also been assistant superin- tendent of the Sunday school and ward clerk. His political faith is that of the republican party and in 1912 he was appointed deputy assessor of Fremont county, in which position he served for two years, after which he was appointed by Mr. Randall deputy county treasurer of Fremont county. Upon the division of the county he was made deputy treasurer of Madison county under Mr. Randall and has since occupied that position.
CHARLES V. GENOWAY, M. D.
Dr. Charles V. Genoway, physician and surgeon of Boise, was born in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, October 27, 1863, a son of Daniel C. and Ruth (MacGuire) Genoway. The father accompanied his parents from Kentucky to Cincinnati, Ohio, during the early '40s and there learned the cabinet maker's trade, which he, followed for a number of years but during the latter part of his active business life gave his attention to farming. Subsequently he lived retired in Pierre, South Dakota. His wife, a native of Ohio, died in 1865, leaving two sons, Charles V. and Elmer, the latter a resident of St. Louis, Missouri.
The elder son, but two years of age at his mother's death, was reared by his paternal grandmother, with whom he continued until he reached the age of eighteen, obtaining his education in the public schools of the suburbs of Cincin- nati. As a youth he had decided upon a professional career, but not having the means with which to pursue a college course, he resorted to teaching in order to supply the necessary funds, becoming principal of a school when but twenty years of age. At length his earnings made it possible or liim to enroll as a student in the medical department of the Cincinnati University, in which he completed
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his course with the graduating class of 1888. He afterward spent a year in post- graduate work in the Cincinnati Hospital, subsequent to which time he entered upon the general practice of medicine in Cincinnati but after a year removed to Nashville, Tennessee, where he remained until 1892. The opportunities of the northwest then proved to him an irresistible lure and he became a resident of Wallace, Idaho, where he engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery for eight years. Ever desirous of promoting his knowledge and thus increasing his efficiency in practice, he then went abroad for post-graduate work in Vienna and Paris, returning to his native land in 1902. In that year he opened an office in Spokane, Washington, where he resided until 1908 and during that period was for three years health officer of the city and was also instrumental in securing the passage of the dairy laws of the state. In 1908 he started upon an extended tour around the world, visiting numerous foreign countries, including China, Japan and other points in Asia, while in Europe he studied methods of various eminent physicians and surgeons connected with leading hospitals. In London he pursued a four months' post-graduate course and following his return to the United States devoted an equal period to post-graduate work in Bellevue Hospital of New York and a short time to further study in St. Vincent's Hospital. For a brief period he resided in Memphis, Tennessee, and in May, 1912, opened an office in Boise. His practice has become extensive and important and he has largely specialized in electro-therapeutic and X-ray work. Conscientious in the performance of all of his professional duties and most careful in his diagnosis, his labors have gained him recognition from his colleagues and from the public at large as one of the ablest physicians and surgeons of Boise. He belongs to the Idaho State Medical Society, has for nineteen years been a member of the American Medical Associa- tion and belongs also to the Physicians and Surgeons Club of Boise.
On the 25th of August, 1909, at Spokane, Dr. Genoway was married to Miss Helen Curran, a native of Montana, where her parents settled in pioneer times. Their religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church and Dr. Genoway is con- nected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Wallace, where he served as exalted ruler for three years. All outside interests, however, are made sub- servient to his professional duties, as he has ever shown marked recognition of the heavy obligations and responsibilities that devolve upon the physician and surgeon.
HERMAN J. HASBROUCK.
Herman J. Hasbrouck is now living retired at Idaho Falls but for many years was actively engaged in the practice of law and won rank with the eminent attor- neys of the Idaho bar. He now resides at No. 311 North Placer avenue in Idaho Falls and almost the width of the continent separates him from the place of his birth, for he is a native of Highland, New York. He was born in July, 1862, of the marriage of Jacob D. and Rowena C. (Deyo) Hasbrouck who were also natives of the Empire state. The father was a miller in New York, but at the time of the Civil war put aside all business and personal considerations and served for three years as captain of a company of New York infantry, which company he organized. He was wounded on the battlefield but recovered and after the war made his way west to Iowa, settling at Humiston. There he founded the Home Bank and was president thereof throughout his remaining days, his death occurring in January, 1904, while his wife passed away in February, 1916.
Herman J. Hasbrouck was reared at Humiston, Iowa, and supplemented his public school education by study in Parsons College at Fairfield, Iowa, from which he was graduated in 1887. He then went to Minden, Nebraska, where he studied law, and later he entered the State University at Iowa City. He was admitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1889 and practiced at Alliance, that state, for a short time. In 1890 he removed to Idaho Falls and continued in active practice until 1915, when he put aside the work of the profession, having in the meantime enjoyed a large and representative clientage. He now derives a good income from two valuable farm properties which he owns in Bonneville county and also from two business blocks of the city.
On the 25th of May, 1893, Mr. Hasbrouck was married to Miss Willa St. Clair, a sister of Clency St. Clair, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs.
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Hasbrouck now have three children. Helen R. was graduated from the Wellesley College in 1918. Clency H. enlisted in May, 1917, was commissioned a lieutenant and went overseas with the Three Hundred and Forty-sixth Field Artillery of the Ninety-first Division in July, 1918. He was mustered out in May, 1919, after having been with the army of occupation in Germany. He is now attending Cor- nell College. Eltinge is a high school student at Pasadena, California.
Mr. Hasbrouck has always been an earnest republican in his political views and has been somewhat active in party ranks. He served as a member of the city council of Idaho Falls from 1894 until 1896 inclusive and represented Bonne- ville county in the tenth session of the Idaho senate. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Presbyterian church. Having won substantial success in his professional career, he is now enjoying a well earned rest and spends the winter months in California's sunny clime.
GEORGE R. EZELL.
George R. Ezell, deputy sheriff of Bingham county and a resident of Black- foot, was born in Princeton, Kentucky, October 24, 1876, and is a son of James W. and Mary F. (White) Ezell, who were natives of Texas and Kentucky respectively. The father devoted his life to the occupation of farming and in early life went to Kentucky, where he purchased land, which he owned and cultivated until 1886. That year witnessed his arrival in Idaho, at which time he took up his abode at Malad, where he engaged in blacksmithing in connection with his brother for three years. He then returned to Kentucky, where he again followed farming for six years, specializing in the production of tobacco. Finally he returned to Malad and there engaged in sheep raising in connection with D. W. Stanrod for a period of four years. At the end of that time he took up his abode at Blackfoot and pur- chased the ranch of Judge Stevens five miles southwest of the town, comprising one hundred and twenty acres. He then bent his energies to the further develop- ment and improvement of that property throughout his remaining days, his death occurring December 1, 1918, when he had reached the age of sixty-eight years. His wife survives and is now living in Blackfoot at the age of seventy-one.
George R. Ezell spent his youth in Princeton, Kentucky, and at Malad, Idaho, as his parents removed from one state to the other. He continued with his father to the age of twenty-five years, when he accepted a position at the State Insane Asylum at Blackfoot and was there employed for seven years, acting as farm boss. For two years he was head warden and had charge of the violent ward under Dr. John W. Givens. For eighteen months he acted as engineer and electrician under Dr. Hoover. He then turned his attention to the plumbing business at Pocatello, where he continued for six months, at the end of which time he went upon a ranch owned by Mr. Capps, spending two years in managing that property. He next began pumping water for the railroad company and after a year and a half spent in that connection he became a brakeman on the Oregon Shore Line Railroad. A year later he entered the employ of the Brown-Eldredge Furniture Company at Blackfoot, with which he remained for four years, and later he spent a year with the Pearson Grocery Company. In September, 1917, he was appointed deputy sheriff and has since served in that connection, discharging his duties in a prompt, fearless and efficient manner.
On the 19th of October, 1898, Mr. Ezell was married to Miss Minnie I. Jackson and they became the parents of seven children. Guy W., twenty-one years of age, enlisted- in 1917 in the United States army and served on the Texas border with Troop L, One Hundred and Sixteenth Cavalry, until the spring of 1919, when he reenlisted in Motor Truck Company, No. 20, his term of service to continue until April, 1920. He is now stationed at Brownsville, Texas. Lilly E. died June 1, 1914, at the age of eleven years. The others are: Nancy Lee, who is sixteen years of age; Fanny May, aged thirteen; Robert J., eight; and two children who died in infancy.
Fraternally Mr. Ezell is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and with the Royal Neighbors and on the 1st of December, 1919, was elected manager for a three years' term. His political endorsement is given to the repub-
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lican party, which finds in him a stalwart champion, and his religious faith is that of the Baptist church. In the community in which he resides he is spoken of in terms of regard and respect by reason of a well spent life.
WALTER F. FORBES.
Walter F. Forbes is the manager of the Farmers Equity at Buhl, handling grain, feed, live stock, hay and hogs and also bee supplies, as well as the products of the J. I. Case Manufacturing Company. He was born in Bath, England, and in 1909 came to Buhl, since which time he has been identified with the interests and upbuilding of this section of Idaho. He filed on a ranch northwest of the town, securing forty acres which he developed and improved, residing thereon for eight years. In 1917 he took charge of the business of the Farmers Equity of Buhl, all of the stock being owned by the farmers of Buhl and vicinity. The husiness was established in a small way in 1911 and the company now has a large warehouse and elevator. The president of the company is Gustav Kunze, with Alhert Winters, a farmer living three and a half miles west of the town, as the secretary. Mr. Forbes is the general manager and under his direction the business is steadily increasing and is proving a valuable element to the farmers of the community in placing their products upon the market and securing for them good prices.
JUDGE GEORGE CHAPIN.
Judge George Chapin, who for many years was a well known figure in newspaper circles in Idaho, making his home at Idaho Falls, was born in Rochester, New York, in 1840. His parents were natives of the Empire state. The father was a soap manufac- turer of Brooklyn, New York, and there remained until his life's labors were ended in death. The mother afterward came west with her son George and passed away in Idaho, after living upon a ranch in this state for several years.
George Chapin was reared and educated in New York city and in Brooklyn, New York, and after his textbooks were put aside he served as bookkeeper for his father in. connection with the soap manufacturing business until 1863. Attracted by the oppor- tunities of the growing west, he then came to Idaho, settling in Owyhee county, where he filed on land and also purchased property, becoming the owner of six hundred and forty acres, all of which he brought under cultivation. The county seat was then Silver City and he was distant therefrom three hundred miles. He improved his ranch in splendid manner and had the best water rights of the district. He continued the further development and cultivation of his place until 1892, when he removed to Idaho Falls. While living upon the ranch he had become an active factor in public affairs of the community and was elected to the state legislature. It was through his efforts that the county was divided and the section in which Mr. Chapin resided was called Cassia county, while Albion was made the county seat. Upon his removing to Idaho Falls, Mr. Chapin turned his attention to newspaper interests and continued the publi- cation of his paper for a decade. He then sold and, was elected probate judge of Bonne- ville county, which office he filled for two years. He was always a very active and prominent factor in local politics and gave stalwart support to the democratic party. He erected a building in Idaho Falls which he occupied as the printing office of the Idaho Falls Times and he became the owner of valuable property and invested interests which enabled him to leave his family in very comfortable financial circumstances.
On the 26th of February, 1861, Judge Chapin was united in marriage to Miss Del- phine Henion, who was born in New York city, February 26, 1842, a daughter of Jacob and Cornelia (Fisher) Henion, who were also natives of the Empire state. The father was a harhor master in New York and resided in Brooklyn throughout his entire life, as did his wife. To Judge and Mrs. Chapin were born three children. Charles, who was a civil engineer and talented violinist, died January 19, 1912, at the age of forty- seven years. Cornelia is the wife of A. R. Hutten, a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Clarence is a rancher living one mile from Idaho Falls on property that was given him by his father.
With the development of the west George Chapin was actively identified. In early
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days he formed a company and scoured the country to keep the Indians from running the white settlers out of the district. He was closely associated with the pioneer devel- opment of the community and experienced many of the hardships, privations and trials incident to frontier life but contributed in marked measure to the upbuilding of the region as the years passed. He died very suddenly, after an extremely brief illness, in February, 1917, when seventy-seven years of age. His political allegiance had always been given to the democratic party and fraternally he was connected with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, while his religious faith was that of the Episcopal church, in which he served as a trustee. In these associations were found the rules which governed his conduct and shaped his relations with his fellowmen. He pos- sessed many sterling traits of character which endeared him to those who knew him and caused his memory to be revered and cherished by a large circle of friends.
HENRY A. McCORNICK.
Henry A. McCornick represents important financial interests in Twin Falls, Idaho, as vice president of the Twin Falls Bank & Trust Company. In this posi- . tlon he has done much towards promoting the growth and development of the city by making the institution with which he is connected a really first class banking enterprise. He was born in Austin, Nevada, May 1, 1870, and is a son of William S. and Johannah (Keogh) McCornick. In 1873 the family removed to Salt Lake City, Utah, where the son received his primary education. He also attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1890 and previous to this time went to Europe, being a student in colleges in both Paris and Dresden for some years.
On the completion of his education Mr. McCornick resided in Salt Lake City for a time but in 1895 became a resident of Custer, Idaho, where he was connected with mining operations for seven years. He was then assistant cashier of the Mc- Cornick & Company Bank at Salt Lake City until 1910, at which time he entered upon his present duties as vice president of the Twin Falls Bank & Trust Com- pany. The firm of McCornick & Company had organized this bank as a private institution in 1905 but in 1909 the name was changed to the Twin Falls Bank & Trust Company. The success of the institution is largely due to the initiative and executive ability of Mr. McCornick, who has devoted much of his time to its inter- ests, although he is also engaged in the real estate business and has other property in the city of Twin Falls as well as in the county.
MARTIN O. LUTHER.
Almost the width of the continent separates Martin O. Luther, of Payette, from the place of his birth, for he is a native son of New York, his natal day being March 8, 1876. His grandparents in the paternal line were both born in Jefferson county, New York, his grandfather, Isaac Luther, becoming a captain in the War of 1812 and participating in the battle of Sackett's Harbor. The powder horn which he carried during that war is now in possession of George I. Luther, a brother of Martin O. His father, A. S. Luther, was born in Watertown, New York, in 1834 and is now living at Payette. He married Amanda Thum, also a native of Watertown, and she, too, survives at the age of eighty-two years. They are both enjoying good health and on the 5th of July, 1919, occurred the sixty- third anniversary of their marriage. They had a family of nine children, six of whom are living; Mrs. Hattie L. Ackerman, of New Plymouth, Idaho; Marion M., who is keeping house for her parents; George L. and Herbert S., residents of Watertown, New York; Mrs. Ada C. Duke, living at Albany, New York; and Martin O., of this review.
The last named, spending his youthful days in New York, attended the common schools and afterward entered college but owing to illness was unable to complete his course. He afterward pursued a business course and at the age of nineteen years left school. Later he spent four years as a bookkeeper and in 1899 he came to Payette, Idaho, where in a short time he was appointed to the office of deputy assessor for Canyon county, the county seat being Caldwell. This
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position he held for a year and a half and then went to Boise, where he taught bookkeeping and stenography at Ways Business School for three years. On ac- count of the illness of his mother he returned to the east hut after three years again came to Payette, Idaho, arriving the second time in 1907. In the following year he was elected to the office of city clerk and police judge and in 1918 he was appointed prohate judge. His leisure time is devoted to the study of law and he expects to be admitted to the bar within the next two years and will then engage in law practice. He is naturally of a studious nature and is the possessor of one of the finest private libraries in the state, containing about twelve hun- dred volumes. He is particularly fond of natural history and especially ot orni- thology and has read broadly along those lines.
In 1917 Mr. Luther was married to Miss Pearl B. Waterman, a native of Kansas. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has always been a great admirer of Theodore Roosevelt, whose example in many ways has stimulated his own activity. Mr. Luther is a most affable and genial young man who at all times commands the respect and confidence of those who know him, and his circle of friends constantly broadens as the circle of his acquaintance increases.
REILLY ATKINSON.
Reilly Atkinson, president of the firm of Reilly Atkinson & Company, mer- chandise brokers of Boise, is a native of Michigan. He was the fourth in a family of seven children, six sons and a daughter, born to John and Lida (Lyons) Atkin- son, the place of his nativity being Detroit and his natal day the 7th of August, 1880. His father was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, and became a mem- ber of the bar, practicing for a number of years in Detroit, where he was also numbered among the lawmakers of the state, representing his district in the gen- eral assembly. He died in 1898, just two days after the return of his son Reilly from service in the Spanish-American war. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served for three years in different Michigan regiments. He had joined the army as a lieutenant and at the close of the war was serving with the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the time of his death he had reached the age of fifty- seven years. He was of Irish descent, his parents having removed from the Emer- ald isle to become residents of Ontario, Canada. The wife of Colonel John Atkin- son bore the maiden name of Lida Lyons and was born in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of a surgeon of the Confederate army who served with the rank of major. It was at the close of the Civil war that Colonel Atkinson was sent to San Antonio with his regiment and there he met Lida Lyons. Notwithstanding the difference of opinion between her father and Colonel Atkinson, he was suc- cessful in winning her hand in marriage. She still survives her husband and yet makes her home in Detroit. Among her ancestors were those who aided in the struggle for independence.
Reilly Atkinson is the only one of the family of seven children who resides in Idaho. He was reared in Detroit and in the pursuit of his education attended the Detroit College, also Fordham College, New York, and the University of Michi- gan. In the latter institution he pursued a law course, winning the Bachelor of Laws degree upon graduation with the class of 1901. He has never engaged in practice, however. Following the termination of his university course he spent five years in Colorado, where he engaged in mining. In January, 1906; he came to Boise and for six years was the efficient secretary of the Commercial Club. In 1912 he purchased the merchandise brokerage business of Harry K. Fritchman and at once incorporated his interests under the name of Reilly Atkin- son & Company, of which he is the president. This is the oldest merchandise brokerage business in Boise and the trade is one of extensive and gratifying proportions.
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