History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume II, Part 85

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1024

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In October, 1889, occurred the marriage of Mr. Dalton and Miss Caroline C. Bradford, a native of London, Ontario. Their beautiful home is the center of warm-hearted hospitality that is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dalton are members of the Protestant Episcopal church and he also

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belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Knights of Pythias, loyally adhering to the teachings of these different organizations, which constitute his guide in all the relations of life. His plan of life has been based upon a true recognition of the value of industry, perseverance and reliability and the utilization of con- tinued study along the specific line in which he has directed his activities.

HON. ALBERT HEATH.

While death has called Hon. Albert Heath, there are many who attest his useful- ness while he was still an active factor in the world's work, and his demise, which occurred March 31, 1919, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret among his large circle of friends. Mr. Heath was a native of South Wales. He was born May 8, 1863, his parents being George and Hannah (Gleed) Heath, who were natives of Wilt- shire, England, and of Scotland, respectively, the former born January 21, 1832, and the latter May 4, 1835. The father was a farmer in England to the time when he emigrated to America on the 21st of January, 1877. He came to Idaho in 1879 and took up land near Oxford, which he continued to cultivate and improve throughout his remaining days, his death occurring in December, 1907. For more than twelve years he had survived his wife, who died April 7, 1895.

Albert Heath was reared and educated in Cardiff, Wales, and after reaching the new world he completed his education at Oxford, Idaho, attending the New West Academy, from which he was graduated in the year 1885. He then took up the work of teaching school and was thus engaged in connection with farming in Idaho and Utah for a period of fifteen years. In 1896 he arrived in Fremont county and purchased land hear Rexburg, in that section which is now included within Madison county. For more than a decade thereafter he concentrated his efforts and attention upon farm work and in 1907 he was made field superintendent of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company at Rexburg. The duties of that responsible position he discharged most creditably and acceptably for many years, and following his retirement he was appointed city clerk and also engaged in writing insurance. He met with an accident whereby his right arm was injured and therefore he was obliged to give up a part of his work. He remained active in the insurance business throughout the residue of his days and he was also well known in public office, serving as county clerk and also as police judge, being the incumbent in the latter position at the time of his death, which occurred very suddenly on the 31st of March, 1919. He had previously demonstrated his ability and trustworthiness in other offices. In 1904 he had been called to the position of county treasurer of Fremont county and so continued until 1910. He was elected to the state senate, serving during the seventh session of the Idaho general assembly, and at all times he was loyal to every trust reposed in him, whether of a public or private nature. In addition to his service as a public official he was a stockholder and director of the First National Bank of Rexburg. He became a recognized leader in political circles and was chairman of the republican county central committee at the time of his demise.

On the 17th of March, 1897, Mr. Heath was married to Martha J. Davenport, a daughter of James and Margaret (Petty) Davenport, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Iowa. The father went to Utah with his parents in his boyhood days and afterward became a farmer at Richmond, in the Cache valley, devoting his remaining days to general agricultural pursuits. His death occurred in July, 1902, while the mother of Mrs. Heath afterward removed to Rexburg, Idaho, and later to Newdale, where she is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Heath became the parents of nine children but were unfortunate enough to lose all in infancy. By her former mar- riage, Mrs. Heath has a son, William E., who is now with the Utah Power & Light Company at Idaho Falls. Mr. Heath had also been married twice, his first union being with Mary P. Hillman, whom he wedded in 1889 and by whom he had one child, Albert R., a resident of Rexburg. His first wife died in June, 1895.

Mr. Heath was a loyal member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was ordained a bishop of Plaino ward July 29, 1903. He was also counselor to President Thomas A. Bassett and later was appointed first counselor to President Mark Austin, serving in that office until his death. At various periods he held different offices in the church and thus contributed to its development and the extension of its in- fluence. He was one of the board of Ricks Academy at Rexburg for many years, the

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cause of education finding in him a stalwart champion. He always voted with the republican party, and it was a recognized fact that his position upon any vital ques- tion was never an equivocal one. At all times he stood loyally for what he believed to be right, and his interest in community affairs was manifest in many tangible ways.

EDWIN B. ATKINSON.

Edwin B. Atkinson, one of the owners of the Intermountain Glass Company of Boise, where he has lived since 1904, was born in Freeport, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1882, a son of Milton B. and Sarah M. Atkinson, who are now living upon a ranch in the Boise valley, five and a half miles from the capital city. It was during the infancy of Edwin B. Atkinson that his parents removed to Beatrice, Nebraska, and when he was a youth of fourteen the family home was established in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1904 he came to Boise with his parents. In the meantime he had graduated from the Colorado Springs high school with the class of 1902 and after his removal to the northwest he was employed for several years by the Coast Lumber Company and subsequently worked for the Idaho Glass & Paint Company on Front street, there thoroughly learning the glass business. In 1914 he joined Harry M. Hawthorne in organizing the Intermountain Glass Company and through the intervening period they have built up a business of large and satisfactory pro- portions, their trade today being such as to make the house the principal plate glass concern in Idaho. They take contracts for building almost everything that is con- structed chiefly out of glass. The company can furnish on short notice heavy plate glass in all sizes for window construction, glass doors, etc. It also constructs on order stained glass windows and transoms in handsome design for churches. Its plant is fully equipped with modern polishing and beveling machinery and the company is therefore fully prepared to build or make anything in its line, such as heavy, beveled plate glass doors and mirrors.

In 1905 Mr. Atkinson was married to Miss Luella Howard and they have two children, Helen and Clinton, aged respectively ten and four years. In politics Mr. Atkinson maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather than party. He is a member of Emanuel Methodist Episcopal church and he also has membership with the Masonic order; the Modern Woodmen of America; Boise Lodge No. 310, B. P. O. E .; and with the Boise Chamber of Commerce, indicating the nature and breadth of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct. He stands for progress and improvement along all lines leading to the material, intel- lectual, social and moral upbuilding of the community and his cooperation can be especially counted upon to further interests which are a matter of civic virtue and of civic pride.

SAM M. STEWART.

Sam M. Stewart, founder and president of the Stewart Wholesale Company of Boise, was born on a farm near Salem, in Kenosha county, Wisconsin, April 1, 1864, being the only son of David C. and Mary E. (McCoy) Stewart, both of whom have now passed away. They were natives of the state of New York but were married in Wisconsin, where the father long followed farming, thus pro- viding for his family.

Sam M. Stewart was reared upon a Kenosha county farm and his educational opportunities were those afforded by the common schools. He took up the pro- fession of teaching, which he followed for five years in his native county, beginning when a youth of eighteen. The winter seasons were devoted to the work of the schoolroom, while after reaching the age of twenty-three he gave his summer seasons to farm work until he had reached the age of twenty-eight. He then left Wisconsin and removed to Ashton, Iowa, where he resided for four years. spending two years of that period in a bank and the remainder of the time in the conduct of an implement business. He afterward went to Brewster, Minnesota, where he was in business for four years, conducting a bank and also a lumber- yard and implement business. He likewise bought and shipped live stock, thus

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being prominently and actively identified with the financial and commercial in- terests of that district. On leaving Brewster he went to Worthington, Minnesota, where he again engaged in the banking business, owning a controlling interest in the Citizens National Bank for several years. In 1909 he came to Boise, where he has now lived for a decade, but even before taking up his abode here he had become identified with the interests of the northwest as the owner of several ranches in Malheur county, Oregon, which are still in his possession. He like- wise has farming interests in Iowa, Minnesota and Idaho. In 1916 he became the founder of the Stewart Wholesale Company, for he has also ever found delight as well as profit in commercial undertakings. Of this company he is the president and manager, with Mrs. Stewart as the vice president and George W. Voak as the secretary and treasurer. This concern does an exclusive wholesale business in handling Federal tires, woven and barb wire, nails, oils and accessories, roofing and building material, paints and power washers. The house is represented on the road by several traveling salesmen, who cover the territory adjacent to Boise in Idaho, Oregon and Utah. In founding and developing the business Mr. Stewart has displayed excellent powers of organization, has thoroughly systematized his interests and studied the situation from every possible standpoint, giving due attention to detail as well as to the principal features of the trade.

On the 7th of January, 1891, Mr. Stewart was married in Salem, Wisconsin, to Miss Ida M. Patterson, an acquaintance of his boyhood. He belongs to the Boise Commercial Club and to the Boise Country Club and in politics maintains an in- dependent course. Fraternally he is a Mason of high rank, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, while with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine he has crossed the sands of the desert. He is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and he finds pleasant associations with the members of these societies, while his social nature makes for personal popularity among those who know him.

C. REDMAN MOON.

C. Redman Moon, engaged in the practice of law at St. Anthony, was born at Shellsburg, Iowa, July 16, 1883, and is a son of Carlos H. and Sarah A. (Cowell) Moon, who were natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively. The father went to Illinois when fourteen years of age and later enlisted in a regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry, for active service in the Civil war. He was on duty with that command throughout the entire period of hostilities, having reenlisted at the close of his first three years' term. He was wounded at Atlanta and his injuries occasioned the loss of four inches of one of his legs. After the war he removed to Linn county, Iowa, where he engaged in buying and selling live stock. He also bought land there and continued the cultivation of his farm for twenty-two years. Later he went to Nebraska, where he remained for two or three years, and in the spring of 1887 he came to St. Anthony, Fremont county, Idaho, where he filed on the land that now constitutes the site of the town. He immediately platted and founded the town and he also filed on other land, at the same time securing a preemption and desert claim. He improved his property and continued the cultivation of his land throughout his remaining days, making his home continuously at St. Anthony. At the time of his demise he was the owner of nine hundred and twenty acres of valu- able farm property. He passed away in March, 1910, while his wife survived only until November, 1911.

C. Redman Moon was about four years of age when brought by his parents to Idaho and began his education at St. Anthony. He received his preparatory training in the College of Idaho at Caldwell and the Academy of Idaho at Pocatello, in which he was a student in 1906. The following year he matriculated in the University of Michigan as a law student and was there graduated with the class of 1910. Re- turning home, he entered upon the practice of his profession, being admitted to the Idaho bar in the same year. He has always been most careful and thorough in the preparation of his cases and displays marked strength in argument, while his deduc- tions are always clear and logical. He was formerly identified with farming in this locality but has now disposed of his agricultural interests.

On the 30th of April, 1912, Mr. Moon was united in marriage to Miss Elsa H.

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Haass and they have become parents of two children: Charles Redman, Jr., who was born in November, 1913; and Marie Elizabeth, whose birth occurred July 10, 1918.

In politics Mr. Moon is a democrat and in 1917 and 1918 he served as county attorney of Fremont county, while for one year he occupied the position of city clerk of St. Anthony. He has ever discharged his duties with marked capability, promptness and fidelity. He belongs to the Phi Alpha Delta, a law fraternity, and his religious faith is manifest in his membership in the Union church. His life has heen characterized by high and honorable principles and prompted by a laudable ambition, and his many sterling traits have gained for him the respect, confidence and goodwill of his fellowmen.

JOHN C. BOWMAN.

John C. Bowman, of the John C. Bowman Land Company of Boise, dealers in real estate, was born in the Boise valley, about thirty miles west of the capital, September 26, 1867. His entire life has been passed in the valley but he did not take up his abode in the city until 1912. His father, John M. Bowman, is yet an honored resident of the state. He came to the Boise valley from Sullivan county, Missouri, in 1864 and is now living in Caldwell, Idaho, at the age of eighty-four years, still hale and hearty. He was born in Greene county, Tennessee, and served in the Confederate army with the rank of captain during the Civil war or until 1864, when he removed to the northwest. He is one of the pioneer settlers of the Boise valley and is still a very vigorous man, as is indicated by a little incident which occurred recently, when despite his more than four score years he gave a big, burly member of the I. W. W. a good caning for his treatment of a young United States recruiting officer. Captain Bowman wore out his cane in the encounter, but the citizens of Caldwell and Nampa soon raised over one hundred dollars and bought him a new one- a gold-headed cane appropriately engraved. The mother of John C. Bowman of this review hore the maiden name of Sarah Ireland, was a native of Missouri and passed away in the year 1875.

John C. Bowman was reared upon the old home ranch and continued to devote his attention to ranching until 1912, when he came to Boise and turned his attention to the real estate business. He is the founder of the John C. Bowman Land Com- pany and deals in land for the public and at the same time handles much of his own real estate, wisely utilizing his opportunities to make judicious investments in property, which he holds until he has a chance for a profitable sale. He is thoroughly informed concerning realty values in this section and has secured a large clientage.

Mr. Bowman was married in Oregon City, Oregon, to Miss Emma D. Brown and they have become parents of a son and two daughters: Luther Ison, now deceased; Lola Ada, the wife of Floyd A. Davidson, of North Bend, Oregon; and May Irene, fourteen years of age.

In politics Mr. Bowman is a democrat. He belongs to the Boise Commercial Club and when leisure permits takes his gun into the open for the pleasure of a hunting trip and is familiar with many of the sections in the northwest where the best hunting can be enjoyed. As a representative of one of the pioneer families of the state he has witnessed much of the growth, development and progress of Idaho and has ever been deeply interested in its advancement.

HARRY M. HAWTHORNE.

Harry M. Hawthorne, one of the founders and promoters of the Intermountain Glass Company of Boise, was born in Denver, Colorado, March 2, 1891, a son of John A. and Mary Hawthorne, who are still living. The father, a brick mason by trade, was born in Ireland, while the mother's birth occurred in Illinois. They removed to the west, however, and their son, Harry M., was reared and educated in Colorado, attending the schools of Denver and of Leadville. He became identified with the paint business when a lad of but thirteen years, securing employment along that line at Leadville, and when a youth of fourteen he came with his parents to Boise. At the age of seventeen years he entered the employ of the Builders' Supply

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Company and was at the head of its glass department for some time. In 1914 he entered into partnership with Edwin B. Atkinson in founding the Intermountain Glass Company. They conduct a general jobbing business in all kinds of glass and under contract build almost everything that is made chiefly out of plate glass. On short notice the company can furnish plate glass in all sizes for window construction, for glass doors, etc. In fact they handle more plate glass than any other firm in the state. They also take orders for stained glass windows and transoms in hand- some design for churches. Their plant is splendidly equipped with modern polishing and beveling machinery and they are prepared to take care in every way of the plate glass trade, especially in furnishing heavy beveled plate glass doors and mirrors. From the beginning the firm has enjoyed continuous success and has built up its business to gratifying proportions.

On the 1st of January, 1910, Mr. Hawthorne was married in Boise to Miss Ethel M. Kinsey, who was at that time living in the capital but is a native of Kansas. Mr. Hawthorne has one brother and one sister younger than himself who are living in Boise, these being Emmett W. and Ethel M., the former now married. Mr. Haw- thorne belongs to the Boise Chamber of Commerce and is interested in all the plans of that organization for the upbuilding and benefit of the city. He is also a member of the Masonic Order and Boise Lodge No. 310, B. P. O. E. He enjoys fishing and baseball and formerly played the national game. In politics he has always been a republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise but has never taken active part in politics, preferring to concentrate his time and efforts upon his business affairs, which have gradually grown and developed in extent and in importance.

FRED W. CRICHFIELD, D. D. S.

The dental profession of Boise, which includes the highest type of modern and progressive dental practitioner, is typically represented by Dr. Fred W. Crichfield, whose parlors are located in the Overland building. He has been located in Boise since 1911 and as his reputation has spread his clientage has increased from year to year. He is now considered one of the leading dentists of the capital, having made his way to the front rank within the comparatively short space of nine years. Dr. Crichfield is yet a young man, his birth having occurred in Weldon, Iowa, July 9, 1886. He is a son of Robert J. and Matilda A. (Jordan) Crichfield, both now residents of Boise, having come to this city a few years ago in order to be near their son Fred. The father for many years was prominently connected with newspaper work and also was successful as a lawyer but is now retired. He was born in Mills county, Ohio, while his wife is a native of Iowa, coming of a long line of distinguished American ancestry, members of her family having participated in the Revolutionary war. Both parents are in the best of health and take an active interest in the day's doings, fully appre- ciating the advantages of the progressive city in which they now reside.

Fred W. Crichfield was reared in Weldon, Iowa, and there attended the common schools, subsequently continuing his education in the Des Moines high school. In 1905 he entered the dental department of the University of Iowa, devoting three years to his professional studies and being graduated with the degree of D. D. S. in 1908. He then practiced for two years in South Dakota and later was for one year located in Iowa City, Iowa, being during this period associated in dental practice with Dr. Frank T. Breen, dean of the dental department of Iowa State University. In 1911 Dr. Crich- field came to Boise, where he has since built up a gratifying practice, being not only well versed in all the scientific phases of his profession but also having acquired that mechanical skill so necessary in order to perform successful dental work.

On the 22d of November, 1907, Dr. Crichfield married Gertrude V. Luce, a native of Iowa and a boyhood acquaintance and schoolmate. Both are very popular in the social circles of the capital, where they have many friends.

Dr. Crichfield is a member and formerly was secretary of the Idaho Dental Society. While at the university he was prominent in his college, being a well liked fraternity man, and he also was tenor in the University Glee Club. He is deeply and helpfully interested in the upbuilding of Boise and participates in all movements undertaken for that purpose by the Boise Commercial Club, of which he is a valued member. He also is on the roster of the Boise Country Club, the Boise University Club and the Elks Club. He finds his chief recreation in hunting and fishing, being a good shot of

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small as well as hig game. Visible evidence of his prosperity is found in the fact that he owns a valuable one hundred sixty acre alfalfa ranch in Owyhee county, near Homedale. Mrs. Crichfield gives much of her time to charitable work and participates eagerly in movements for moral and intellectual upbuilding. She is a member of the Boise Columbian Club. There is great credit due Dr. Crichfield for what he has achieved along professional lines, as he made possible his professional training by waiting on tahle, thus earning the means to complete his college education. The energy that prompted him to steadfastly pursue his course to the final goal has never left him and he has continually improved in the profession for which his tastes and in- clinations seem to have particularly destined him.

JOHN G. DOERR.

John G. Doerr, secretary and treasurer of the C. R. Shaw Wholesale Company, one of the foremost lumher concerns of southern Idaho, with extensive wholesale yards at Boise, was born in Quincy, Illinois, May 27, 1879. He is a son of John G. and Elizabeth (Tishbein) Doerr, both of whom have now passed away. Both were born in Germany and were reared and married there. The father was a cooper hy trade.

John G. Doerr spent his youthful days in Quincy, Illinois, and since attaining his majority he has been identified with the lumher business. He came to Boise in 1907 and through the intervening period has been associated with C. R. Shaw in the wholesale lumber trade. Upon the incorporation of the C. R. Shaw Wholesale Company in 1911 he was made the secretary and treasurer and has since occupied that official position. The concern is too well known to need comment. It is one of the most important lumber companies of the northwest and has long maintained this position, while the reputation of the house for enterprise and reliability also maintains it in the front rank among the leading lumher companies of the northwest.

On the 25th of June, 1908, Mr. Doerr was married in Quincy, Illinois, to Miss Maud Mueller, an acquaintance of his boyhood days. They have four living children, two sons and two daughters: Maurice J., Elizabeth Margaret, John G., and Agnes Josephine.

The religious faith of the family is indicated in the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Doerr are communicants of St. John's Cathedral of the Roman Catholic church, and he is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He also has membership with the Elks Club of Boise and with the Boise Commercial Club. As an enterprising business man he has made for himself a most creditahle position. Starting out in life without special advantages or without the aid of wealthy or influential friends, he has steadily progressed, overcoming all difficulties and obstacles in his path and working his way steadily upward to a most enviable position in trade circles.

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History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume II, Part 85

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed Publication date: 1920 Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 1024

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1024