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four years and working in conjunction with C. E. Rose, the superintendent. Both are very able educators and the result is that the high school of Boise has been brought up to a marked degree of efficiency, it being one of the best educational institutions of the class in the west. Professor Young holds to the highest standards and ideals in his chosen life work and is continually seeking to promote the methods of instruction and render his service of the greatest possible value to the pupils. That he is regarded as one of the foremost and best known educators in the northwest is indicated in the fact that he has been honored with election to the presidency of the Idaho State Teachers' Association. In the spring of 1916 he became one of the organizers of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools and has since been one of its officers, serving at the present time as first vice president and as chairman of the com- mission on the accrediting of the high schools.
On the 4th of April, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois, Professor Young was married to Miss Pauline Edna Bow, who was a teacher of ability. She was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. They now have one son. Robert Bow Young, who was born May 20, 1918.
Professor Young is fond of a game of golf, to which he turns for recreation. He belongs to the Boise Country Club, also to the Boise Rotary Club and to the Boise Commercial Club and is keenly interested in the efforts of the last named organization to develop the city, to promote its business connections and uphold its standards of citizenship. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, having taken the degrees of lodge, chapter and conncil. He is also an Elk and his religions faith is indicated by his membership in the First Congregational church, of which he is a trustee. His interest is always in things which are elevating in character and he has proven a potent factor in advancing the intellectual and moral progress of the city of Boise during the period of his residence here.
FRANK M. KENDALL.
Frank M. Kendall, engaged in the hardware and implement business at Burley, Idaho, was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, February 12, 1872, and is a son of Joseph B. and Sarah Kendall. He spent his boyhood days in his native state, there remaining to the age of twenty-one years, when he left home and made his way to Golden, Colo- rado. where he engaged in selling hardware. He afterward returned to Packwood, Iowa, where he established a hardware business that he conducted for two years. He subsequently accepted a position with the McCormick Machinery Company as travel- ing salesman and later was with the International Company when the two corpora- tions consolidated. At a later period he lived for a time at Des Moines, Iowa, and in 1907 he removed to the northwest, making his way to Kimberly, Idaho, where he conducted a contract roofing business. He made his next step in the business world as a traveling salesman with the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, traveling ont of Twin Falls, and his experience in this connection brought him a wide acquaintance in the state. In 1911 he was elected state game warden for a two years' term and after retiring from the office he became a representative of the Moline Plow Company of 'Moline, Illinois, continuing to act in that capacity until January, 1915, when he entered upon the duties of sheriff of Twin Falls county, to which position he liad been elected for a four years' term. Again he proved a capable public official, discharging his duties without fear or favor, and when he had retired from office he established a hardware and implement business at Burley. His previous experience as a local salesman and also as a traveling salesman with various machinery houses well quali- fied him for the conduct of the business which he established and from the first his trade has steadily increased.
On the 20th of December, 1893, Mr. Kendall was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Pringle, a danghter of L. W. and Martha Pringle and a native of Jefferson county, Iowa, her birth having occurred near Veo. To Mr .. and Mrs. Kendall have been born four children: John W., who was with the United States army in France as a second lientenant: Frank, Jr., who became a member of the navy at the time of America's en- trance into the world war; and Dorothy and Martha, who are still at home.
Mr. Kendall votes with the democratic party, which he has supported since age conferred npon him the right of franchise. He is well known in fraternal circles, hav- ing membership with the Elks, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the
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Modern Woodmen. He is popular in these organizations, being loyal to the teachings of the different orders, while his genial nature, his unfailing courtesy and his kindly spirit have gained him the warm regard not only of his brethren in the fraternities but of all with whom he has come in contact in other relations of life.
MRS. ALICE G. COSGROVE.
Mrs. Alice G. Cosgrove, prominently identined with the educational interests of Pocatello and Bannock county, was born at Rock Island, Illinois, April 4, 1873, and is a daughter of Peter G. and Sarah Smith, both of whom have passed away. Her father, who was a native of Ireland, came to the new world in early life, served as a soldier of the Civil war and in days of peace devoted his attention to farming.
The daughter, Mrs. Cosgrove, attended the high school at Red Oak, Iowa, and also the Western Normal College at Shenandoah, that state. She completed the teachers' course in the normal school in 1891 and afterward taught in the rural schools of Iowa for two years, at the end of which time she became a teacher in the city schools of Red Oak. In 1898 she arrived in Pocatello, Idaho, where she engaged in teaching for three years. At the end of that period she became the wife of Richard J. Cosgrove, who passed away in 1908. He was a railroad engineer and a member of the Brother- hood of Railroad Engineers and of the Knights of Columbus. To them were born three children, of whom Richard, the eldest, died in 1903. The elder daughter, Alice, is attending the Sacred Heart Academy at Ogden, Utah, while the younger, Mary, is a pupil in the Whittier school of Pocatello.
Following the death of her husband Mrs. Cosgrove resumed the profession of teach- ing and was for four years county superintendent of schools, occupying the position from 1911 until 1915. She then resigned to take the principalship of the Whittier school but has been nominated for reelection to the office of school superintendent on the democratic ticket. She is recognized as one of the most able educators of this part of the state, with high ideals concerning school work and with ability to impart readily and clearly to others the knowledge that she has acquired. She is a member of the Civic Club of Pocatello and did her full part in Red Cross work through the school. She not only has her own home in Pocatello, but also residence property on the west side and is one of the most highly esteemed women of the city.
ARTHUR R. ESTES.
Arthur R. Estes, who resides on a ranch three-fourths of a mile north of Meridian, has been actively identified with farming and stock raising interests throughout his entire business career and has made his home in Ada county for the past two decades. He is now serving as deputy state inspector of sheep in Idaho and for the past ten years has been principally engaged in the breeding of registered Hampshire sheep. His birth occurred in Jefferson county, Iowa, on the 4th of October, 1870, his parents being Thomas E. and Julia (Widener) Estes, who are now residents of Boise. The father is a retired farmer, living at the corner of Twelfth and Brumback streets in the capital city. Lee Estes, who is successfully engaged in the insurance business in Boise, is a younger brother of the subject of this review.
Arthur R. Estes was reared and educated in his native county and since putting aside his textbooks has continuously devoted his attention to farming and the live stock business. In 1899, when a young man of twenty-nine years, he came to Ada county, Idaho, within the borders of which he has since remained, residing during the greater part of the time in the vicinity of Meridian. Here he has been engaged in farming and the raising of pure bred Hampshire sheep. Eight years ago he located on his present ranch property, situated three-fourths of a mile north of Meridian, where he has a handsome country home. While the ranch is small, serving merely as a home, he is extensively engaged in the raising of pure bred Hampshire sheep, having been a breeder of registered stock of this kind for the past ten years. He is now serving as deputy state inspector of sheep under Dr. J. D. Adams, state veterinarian, and Is well qualified for the position because of his long experience as a stockman.
In 1891, in Iowa, Mr. Estes was united in marriage to Miss May D. Hill, who was
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born in Michigan in 1870. They have become parents of three children, namely: Iloe, who is married; Florence, who is the wife of J. J. Byers; and J. T., who is twenty- two years of age and who served for seventeen months with the American Expedition- ary Force in France.
In politics Mr. Estes is a stalwart republican, while fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His life has been upright and honorable in every relation and the careful management of his business affairs has brought him a gratifying measure of prosperity, so that lie is numbered among the substantial and esteemed citizens of Ada county.
WALTER C. ADAMS.
Walter C. Adams is the owner and publisher of the Dubois Banner and of the Roberts Sentinel. While business interests cause him to divide his time between the two places, he makes Dubois his home. He was born at Nephi, Utah, November 8, 1892, and is a son of Henry and Charlotte (Evans) Adams, who were natives of Eng- land and of Nephi, Utah, respectively. The father came to America when a lad of eight years in company with his parents, who crossed the plains with ox teams. The mother was born at Nephi in a wagon box while her father was fighting Indians. The Adams family also established their home at Nephi and there Henry Adams was reared and educated. He took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar and engaged in the practice of his profession in Salt Lake City for several years and also served as prosecuting attorney of Juab county, Utah, of which Nephi is the county seat. For the past four years he has been engaged in the practice of law at Rexburg, Idaho, and served as city attorney for some time. The mother is also living.
Walter C. Adams was reared at Nephi and at Salt Lake City, attending school at both places. When thirteen years of age he began learning the printer's trade under his brother, W. Lloyd Adams, of Rexburg, who is state senator from Madison county. He worked with his brother and was associated with him on different publications until 1916, when he went to Ririe, Jefferson county, Idaho, and established the Ririe Press, which he published until August 1, 1919, when he sold that paper and purchased the Roberts Sentinel in partnership with S. C. Idol. They also leased the Dubois Banner and published the two papers. This partnership was dissolved January 1, 1920, and Mr. Adams is now sole owner and publisher of the Roberts Sentinel.
On the 5th of July, 1911, Mr. Adams was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Waldram and they have become the parents of four children: Ione, Veda, Walter Lavon and Denece. Politically Mr. Adams is a republican and has served as a member of the county central committee of Jefferson county, so acting until his removal to Dubois.
He belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been secretary and treasurer of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He is actuated by a most progressive spirit in all that he undertakes, stands loyally for the best in- terests of the community in every possible way and makes his papers avenues for the endorsement of all projects which he deems of public value. He holds to high stand- ards in newspaper publication and gives to the reading public papers which keep them in touch with local and general news.
PAUL PIZEY.
Paul Pizey, a member of the bar and also sole proprietor of the business conducted under the name of the Merchants Protective Association, with offices on the sixth floor of the Empire building in Boise, came to the capital city in 1911 from Dakota city. Nebraska, and has since been actively engaged in the practice of law here. He was born in Dakota city, June 7, 1869, a son of Brice M. Pizey, who was born in England and spent his last days in Dakota city, where his death occurred in 1910, when he had reached the venerable age of eighty-nine years. He came to the United States about 1851 and cast in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Nebraska. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Pinkerton, is a native of New York and is still living in Nebraska at the age of eighty-nine years.
Paul Pizey was reared in Dakota city and he supplemented his public school
PAUL PIZEY
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training by a course in the academic department of the University of Nebraska, from which he was graduated with the class of 1893. He continued as a law student there and is numbered among the law graduates of 1895. He first entered upon active practice in Omaha and later in Dakota city. Before coming to Idaho he served as assistant attorney general of Nebraska for one year. The opportunities of the growing north- west attracted him, however, and in 1911 he removed to Boise, where he opened an office and has since followed his profession. He was formerly associated in the practice of law with Harry S. Kessler, but the partnership was dissolved on the Ist of July, 1919, and Mr. Pizey has since been alone. It was also on that date that he purchased Mr. Kessler's interest in the Merchants Protective Association, which is one of the leading collection agencies of the state. Mr. Pizey belongs to both the Ada County and Idaho State Bar Associations and enjoys in large measure the confidence and respect of colleagues and contemporaries in the profession.
In Randolph, Iowa, on the 20th of January, 1909, Mr. Pizey was married to Miss Nellie B. Antrim, who was born in Fremont county, Iowa, January 18, 1878, and is a daughter of William Antrim, a farmer, whose birth occurred in Wabash, Indiana. The mother of Mrs. Pizey was Martha Kilpatrick ere she became Mrs. Antrim at Randolph, Iowa, where Mrs. Pizey was born and married. The parents now reside in Boise. Mrs. Pizey belongs to the Presbyterian church and to the P. E. O. Sisterhood of Boise. By her marriage she has become the mother of two children: Pauline M., born November 29, 1909; and Bryce A., October 3, 1913.
Mr. Pizey is a member of the Masonic fraternity and exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft. He is also connected with the Boise Chamber of Commerce and is interested in all the well devised plans and projects of that organiza- tion for the improvement and upbuilding of the city. He belongs to the First Presbyte- rian church, of which he is serving as trustee, and his aid and influence are always given on the side of progress and improvement. In 1893 and again in 1895 he visited Europe on a pleasure trip, gaining that broad and liberal knowledge and culture which can be acquired in no other way as rapidly as through travel.
ROBERT Y. CURRIN.
Robert Y. Currin, who is identified with ranching interests about two miles west of New Plymouth, was born in Clackamas county, Oregon, March 8, 1855, a son of Hugh and Diana (Young) Currin. The father was a native of Grayson county, Virginia, born in 1803, and his father was George Currin, to whom a public monument was erected at Galax, Virginia, in his honor. In 1842 Hugh Currin removed from his home farm at Galax, Virginia, to Missouri, where he remained for three years, and in 1845 he crossed the plains with an ox team, the trip consuming six months, during which time he bore all the hardships and privations incident to travel in that manner and at that period. He located in the Willamette valley, where he developed a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres, and he died possessed of the original homestead. His wife was born in Missouri and they were married in 1850. They had a family of four children, three of whom are living: George, a resident of Gresham, Oregon; Mrs. Martha Callaway, living at Brownsville, Oregon; Robert Y., of this review; and Hugh, who has passed away.
Robert Y. Currin attended the rural schools in the home district and assisted in the work of the farm until seventeen years of age, when he went to Heppner, Oregon, and engaged in running sheep on shares. Later he became actively engaged in the stock business on his own account. In 1897 he removed to Payette county, Idaho, settling on Big Willow creek, where he continued in sheep raising, having a tract of four hundred and forty acres which he purchased from Peter Pence. In 1909 he dis- posed of the ranch and removed to Payette, where he lived retired from business for three years, but indolence and idleness are utterly foreign to his nature and he could not be content without some business interest. In 1912 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres on Little Willow creek, on which he engaged in stock raising and general farming. Subsequently he sold that property and then made investment in his present place, which is situated about two miles west of New Plymouth and con- stitutes a well improved property, for he follows progressive methods of agriculture and stock raising.
In 1879 Mr. Currin was married at Heppner, Oregon, to Miss Prudence Ayers, a
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descendant of a pioneer family that crossed the plains from Decatur, Iowa, Mrs. Currin being at that time but three years of age. By her marriage she has become the mother of three children: Amy, the wife of L. A. Walker, of Ontario, Oregon; Ivy, the wife of Harry Williams, who is farming near Vale, Oregon; and Clyde, a farmer living on Little Willow creek in Payette county. Mr. Currin is associated with the old pioneers of the state and is widely and favorably known in this part of the country, having long resided here and contributed in substantial measure to public development and progress.
G. E. NOGGLE, M. D.
Dr. G. E. Noggle is a recent acquisition to the medical profession of Caldwell, al- though well known as a physician and surgeon of Idaho for a number of years. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois, May 13, 1872, and in 1874 went to Council Grove, Kansas, with his parents. On attaining school age he began his education there and supplemented his public school training by study in the University of Kansas, where he pursued a medical course, being graduated in 1895 with the M. D. degree. Thus qualified for his profession, he entered upon active practice in Kansas, where he re- mained for eight years, and in 1903 he established an office in Valley county, Idaho, where he continued until 1919, when he sought the broader fields offered at Caldwell. He has offices in the Commercial Bank building and already is building up a good prac- tice. He is personally acquainted with many of the old settlers here and there is no one more familiar with the old landmarks and the old Packer trail in Valley county than Dr. Noggle. He is a particular friend of John Hailey, Idaho's famous stage driver and operator, who is known throughout the west, Dr. Noggle assisting him to locate many of the old landmarks and places of historical interest when Mr. Hailey was gathering historical data in that section. He is also familiar with the resting places of those three old-timers who were killed by the Indians on August 20, 1878,-Gross Close, Tom Hailey and George Monday.
Before removing to Caldwell, Dr. Noggle served as coroner of Boise and Valley counties and was also county physician. He is an active worker in the democratic party, laboring earnestly for its best interests and giving unfaltering support to every project which he deems of benefit and value to the community in which he makes bis home.
In 1898 Dr. Noggle was married to Miss Madien Hodson, of Kansas, and to them have been born two children: Warren G., eighteen years of age, now a high school pupil; and Francis M., also in school. Dr. Noggle and his family are fast form- ing an extensive acquaintance in Caldwell, and his professional ability is bringing him prominently to the front in that connection. He keeps in close touch with the trend of modern professional thought and progress through wide reading, study and in- vestigation, and while he does not easily discard old and time-tried methods, he is ever ready to take up a new idea which his judgment sanctions as of value in medical or surgical practice.
JOHN SKILLERN.
John Skillern, better known as Dad Skillern, was born of Irish parentage, in 1849. His grandparents were Mary (Anderson) and John Skillern. His father, William Skillern, was born and reared in Sequatchee valley, Tennessee, and his mother, Martha Farrar, was born and reared in the valley of Virginia. John Skillern was reared on his father's plantation, receiving his first schooling at the hands of his uncle until entering Pikeville Academy. Later he attended Sequatchee College for two years and finished his education at Burrett College, Spencer, Tennessee.
In 1878 Mr. Skillern married Martha Catherine Roberts, daughter of Philip and Almeda Roberts, at Soddy, Tennessee, and nine children were born to them, seven surviving. After farming for six years Mr. Skillern removed with his family to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he purchased a hotel and also engaged in the feed and livery business until 1890, when he entered politics, being elected sheriff of Ham- ilton county, Tennessee,-one of the largest counties in the state. He held this office
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for two terms, gaining many friends and taking an active interest in the affairs of the democratic party.
In 1896 Mr. Skillern removed to Bessemer, Alabama, again engaging in the hotel business, but the following year he returned to Chattanooga and became connected with the Tom Fritts Hardware Company, with which he remained until the fall of 1900, when he came to Idaho. In February, 1901, he entered the sheep business with two partners, Mr. Moon and Mr. Blair, both of Tennessee. Starting with two bands of four thousand old sheep, by dint of hard labor and experience with much bad luck, he has become one of the largest and most influential sheepmen in Idaho. A born speculator he has handled vast numbers of sheep and quantities of wool. At present he is still actively engaged in the sheep and cattle business, and owns a number of ranches but makes his home in Boise.
HARVEY COGGINS.
Harvey Coggins, who makes his home at Twin Falls and is filling the office of treasurer of Twin Falls county, was born in South Hancock, Maine, on the 30th of November, 1880, and is a son of Wallace T. and Maria B. (Wooster) Coggins. He is a representative of old families of New England and spent his boyhood days in the Pine Tree state, where he acquired his education. The opportunities of the growing west, however, attracted him and in 1901 he made his way across the continent to Pasadena, California, where he accepted a position as teller in the Union Savings Bank. There he remained for about six years, or until 1907, when he removed to Twin Falls, Idaho, and took up ranching, in which he engaged for two years. He has been in public office since 1912, in which year he was appointed to the position of deputy auditor. On the 1st of December, 1915, he was appointed to his present position and in 1916 was elected to the office of treasurer of Twin Falls county, in which he has since served, proving a faithful custodian of the public funds. He was elected on the democratic ticket, having throughout the entire period of his manhood stanchly sup- ported that party.
In 1913 Mr. Coggins was married to Miss Grace A. Parsons, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Parsons, and they are well known in the social circles of Twin Falls, having gained many friends during the period of their residence here. Mr. Coggins has never had occasion to regret his determination to leave New England and try his fortune in the west, for he has made steady progress and has become thoroughly iden. tified with the enterprises and interests of this section, contributing in various ways to its upbuilding and development.
CHARLES S. CRABTREE.
Charles S. Crabtree, a contractor and builder of Idaho Falls and a prominent churchman who is serving as bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born in Salt Lake City, July 7, 1857, his parents being Charles and Elizabeth Crabtree, who were natives of Yorkshire, England. The father was reared in Liver- pool, England, and came to America in 1852, crossing the country to Salt Lake, where he engaged in farming for several years. About six years prior to his death he re- moved to Rexburg, Idaho, where his remaining days were passed, his death occurring in September, 1909. He had long survived his wife, who died March 21, 1883.
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