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Mrs. Chapin certainly deserves great credit for what she has accomplished. She was born in La Salle county, Illinois, August 25, 1870, and is a daughter of William Edward and Martha Jane (Powers) Clifton, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Illinois. The father was born in the old Clifton tavern on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, the hostelry being owned by his father. It was about 1867 that the parents of Mrs. Chapin were married and she is the second in their family of eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom two of the sons have passed away. The parents now reside in Oklahoma. They removed to Iowa with their family when their daughter, Mrs. Chapin, was but five years of age and she was reared in Carroll county, that state. When she was a young lady of eighteen she made her way westward to Wyoming with her parents and in that state was married on the 29th of July, 1889, to Charles A. Chapin, a paper hanger and
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decorator. They lived for two years in Wyoming and then removed to Montpelier, Idaho, where they made their home for eleven years. Since 1902 Mrs. Chapin has resided in Emmett or vicinity and in 1908 located on her present ranch property southwest of Emmett, where she now resides with her younger children and con- ducts the dairy interests known under the name of the Silver Leaf Dairy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Chapin were born eight children: Frank, born April 17, 1890; Hazel D., January 14, 1892; Edith L., January 14, 1894; Harley D., September 15, 1896; Evelyn Muriel, who was born February 4, 1899, and was married December 25, 1919, to Gust Elmquist, of Emmett, where they reside; Eva Murvel, twin sister of Evelyn, who was married on the same day to Christ Ottersen, also a resident of Emmett; Carroll Edward, June 22, 1905; and Charles A., January 4, 1907. The eldest son. Frank, is married, lives in Emmett and has two children, Frank and Robert. He is a life insurance man, connected with the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company. Hazel D. is the wife of Carl Pedersen, of Emmett, and they have two children, Lucile and Ruth. Edith L. is the wife of Joseph J. Blanc, of Beaumont, Idaho, and they have one child, Jack Blanc.
In addition to her home ranch Mrs. Chapin owns another ranch property in the vicinity, which she recently purchased and which provides pasture for her dairy cows in the summer. She is a member of the Daughters of Rebekah and is highly esteemed by all who know her for what she has accomplished and the many admir- able womanly qualities that she displays.
GEORGE H. SMITH.
George H. Smith, a resident of Rigby, who is the owner of a highly improved farm in Jefferson county, was born in Scotland, January 21, 1847, a son of Richard and Ellen (Hogg) Smith, both of whom were natives of Scotland where the former worked as a miner. Just after the close of the Civil war in 1865, Richard Smith brought his family to America and lived for eighteen months in the state of Mary- land. Soon he heard of the greater opportunities of the newly arrived immigrant in the far west, and he therefore took his family to Logan, Utah, where he remained until he was fifty years of age. He then came to Idaho, making his home with his son who lived in Rexburg. His death occurred in 1907 after he had reached the age of eighty-two, and that of his wife two years previously.
George H. Smith spent his early life in the mining district of Scotland and it was there that he received the schooling that the time and place afforded. He was a young man of eighteen years when he accompanied his parents to America and settled in Logan, Utah, and some time later he left his father's home to go to Montana, where he worked in the gold mines. Later, however, he returned to the east and spent a short time working in the coal mines. At that time railroad building was progressing at a rapid rate in this country and the demand for work- men was so strong that Mr. Smith returned to the west, where he helped to build the Union Pacific from Green River, Wyoming, through Utah. After the completion of the first trans-continental railroad, the settlement of the west went on at a rapid rate and this, along with the inducements of the Federal government to settlers, caused Mr. Smith to decide to become a landholder. In 1878 he came to Idaho and took a homestead and a pre-emption in what was then Oneida county, the area of both tracts making a total of three hundred and twenty acres. As this section became more and more thickly settled, new counties have been organized and Mr. Smith's farm has the distinction of having lain in five counties at different times. Originally it was included in Oneida county and by subsequent divisions it has been a part of Bingham, Fremont, Bonneville and finally of Jefferson county.
Since Mr. Smith was one of the earliest settlers in the Rigby country, his land was entirely new, but he set to work with the inborn perserverance of his Scotch ancestors to develop it and soon brought it under cultivation. His farm is now one of the most highly improved in Jefferson county with a beautiful stone farm house and good, substantial outbuildings. He continued the operation of his farm and engaged in the raising of thoroughbred Percheron horses and Durham cattle until 1914, when he leased the place and removed to Righy. There he built a beautiful, modern home, where he is now enjoying well earned retirement. In addition to his home, he has other property in Rigby, being the owner of two residences and
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several lots. He constructed the building now occupied by the Smith Hardware Company, which firm is comprised of Mr. Smith and his son, Abraham P., who has charge of the business. He is also a stockholder in the Beet Growers Sugar Com- pany of Rigby.
On January 25, 1875, at Morngonia, Boone county, Iowa, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Agnes Park, who was born in Bridgeton, near Glasgow, Scotland, September 25, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of five children, one of whom died in infancy, and the others being: Maggie, the wife of Claude Carlisle, a farmer of Jefferson county, Idaho; Richard; Abraham P., a hardware merchant of Rigby, and Dr. George A., who is a veterinarian of Rigby.
Although Mr. Smith is not at this time an active member of any fraternal order, he formerly affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Free and Accepted Masons. In politics he is a stanch republican and, although he has never sought public office, he gives a good citizen's attention to the best interests of his party. He has not allied himself with any religious denomination but Mrs. Smith is a member of the Presbyterian church.
MRS. MARY ANN ZIMMERMAN.
Mrs. Mary Ann Zimmerman has been a resident of Idaho since 1912, when she came to this state with her husband, the late William Zimmerman, who passed away July 24. 1916, in St. Mary's Hospital at St. Joseph, Missouri. They had lived for three years in Idaho and then on account of the health of Mr. Zimmerman returned to their farm in Kansas, upon which they were making their home at the time of his demise. Mr. Zimmerman was born in Hawkins county, Ohio, October 20, 1844, and was a son of Casper and Elizabeth (Fox) Zimmerman. The father was a native of Germany and came to the United States when fifteen years of age. William Zimmerman went to Missouri with his parents when a young man and joined the Union army from Harrison county, that state, serving until the end of the war. He was largely on duty in Missouri and was both private and bugler with Company G of the Fourth Missouri Cavalry.
On the 7th of November, 1869, Mr. Zimmerman was married in Worth county, Missouri, to Miss Mary Ann Pyle, who was born in Perry county, Illinois, April 12, 1850, a daughter of Ulysses and Amelia (Gill) Pyle. The latter was a sister of Alethia Gill, who became the wife of Thomas Logan, the brother of General John A. Logan. The parents of Mrs. Zimmerman were also natives of Illinois, the former born in Perry county and the latter in Jackson county. They removed with their family to Worth county, Missouri, when Mrs. Zimmerman was but six years of age, and she was the eldest of a family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters, of whom seven are yet living, but she is the only one residing in Idaho. In 1874 Mr. Zimmerman and his wife removed to Smith county, Kansas, where he took up a soldier's claim of one hundred and sixty acres. They improved this and resided thereon for twenty years, after which it was exchanged for another farm, Mr. Zim- merman devoting his entire life to agricultural pursuits. In 1912 he and his wife came to Idaho and purchased the present nice little ranch property of seven acres on which Mrs. Zimmerman now resides. It is pleasantly and conveniently located a mile and a half southwest of Emmett and is an attractive place. They still owned their Kansas farm of one hundred and sixty acres and in 1915, on account of his health, Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman rented their Idaho home and returned to Kansas. In 1916 Mr. Zimmerman was taken to St. Mary's Hospital at St. Joseph, Missouri, where he died after an operation. Mrs. Zimmerman returned to the Idaho ranch near Emmett in 1917. Her youngest son, Ora Glenn Zimmerman, a young man of twenty-six years, resides with her and cares for the ranch. He is a veteran of the World war, having been at Camp Lewis when the armistice was signed. He was born in a sod house on the old homestead farm in Smith county, Kansas, November 26, 1893. After America's advent into the World war he went to Camp Lewis, where he remained for a year. There are five other children in the Zimmerman family, all older and all now married. These are: Wayne, who was born November 1, 1870; Ada Ambrosia, who was born August 27, 1875, and is now the wife of Daniel Byers, living near Emmett; Floyd L., who was born November 17, 1879; Ovia Fay, horn February 6, 1882, and now the wife of Amos Ormsbee, of Smith
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county, Kansas; and Gill C., born December 23, 1889. The son, Wayne, married Dora Marvin and lives upon a ranch adjoining his mother's property. He has three children. Mr. and Mrs. Byers have one living child. Floyd L. married Myrtle Kimball, the only daughter of Mrs. Lillie Chambers of Emmett, and resides in Smith county, Kansas. He and his wife have ten children. Mr. and Mrs. Ormsbee have three children. Gill C. married Vina Barry and makes his home in Smith county, Kansas.
Mr. Zimmerman was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also of the Grand Army of the Republic and his political belief was that of the republican party. Mrs. Zimmerman is a member of the Baptist church and of the Woman's Relief Corps, and her sons, Wayne and Ora, are both identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. All the various members of the family are held in high esteem in the different localities in which they reside. Mr. and Mrs. Zim- merman were careful in their training and instilled into their sons and daughters principles which have been guiding forces throughout their lives. In Idaho, where she makes her home, Mrs. Zimmerman is held in the highest esteem by all who know her.
CHARLES L. HAIGHT.
Through the steps of an orderly progression in the business world Charles L. Haight has reached the responsible position of manager of the Oakley Cooperative Store at Oakley, Cassia county. Making good use of his time, talents and opportuni- ties, he has steadily worked his way upward to this position of importance and re- sponsibility. He was born at Farmington, Davis county, Utah, November 24, 1873, and is a son of Horton D. and Louisa (Leavitt) Haight, the former a native of the state of New York, while the latter was born in Ontario, Canada. The father removed westward with his parents, who had become residents of Illinois and from that state they started across the plains to Salt Lake City, Utah, making the journey with ox teams, traveling after the primitive manner of the times. This was in the year 1847. Such a trip was fraught with many hardships and privations and later Horton D. Haight made seven round trips back to the Missouri river as a freighter and to assist emigrants to Utalı. He hauled the first wire that was used in the construction of a telegraphı system in Utah and was identified with various events which have left their impress upon the development and history of the state. He served as sheriff of Davis county, Utah, was a member of the state militia and also operated a farm in Utah until 1881, when he was sent by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to aid in colonizing the Goose Creek valley, where Oakley now stands. He presided over the district and was afterward made president of Cassia stake, continuing in that posi- tion until his death, which occurred January 19, 1900, when he had reached the age of sixty-eight years. The mother passed away March 28, 1915. In his political views Mr. Haight had been a democrat and for a number of terms he served as county commissioner of Cassia county and was otherwise closely connected with events which contributed to the upbuilding and development of this section of the state.
Charles L. Haight was a lad of nine years when his parents removed from Farm- ington, Utah, to Oakley, Idaho. His education was acquired in the schools of Cassia county and after his textbooks were put aside he turned his attention to the busi- ness of farming and stock raising. He was called upon to fill a three years' mission in Mississippi and Alabama for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1899 he accepted a clerkship in the store of which he is now manager. In 1905 he removed to the Minidoka project near Burley and homsteaded eighty acres of land, which he developed and improved, converting the tract into richly cultivated fields. When Burley was founded he was instrumental in securing the establishment of a postoffice and otherwise contributed to the upbuilding of the town. He organized the Burley Mercantile Store, which was the first store of the town, and remained in busi- ness there until 1910, when he returned to Oakley and took over the active management of the Oakley Cooperative Store. He has since been in charge and the success of the business is attributable to his wise direction, to his close application and enter- prising methods. He has ever recognized the fact that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement and he has therefore put forth every possible effort to please the cus- tomers and in all business dealings has followed the most straightforward and hon- orable methods.
CHARLES L. HAIGHT
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In 1899 Mr. Haight was married to Miss Stella Elison, a native of Grantsville, Utah, and a daughter of Charles G. and Mary (Worthington) Elison. They have be- come parents of six children: Mary Zina, Mabel Louisa, Charles Elmo, Harlow, Oleen and Lloyd.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints and in his political belief Mr. Haight is a republican. He has never been desirous of holding office, however, feeling that his other activities and duties make full demand upon his time and attention. Steadily he has worked his way upward since starting out in the business world and he has truly won the proud American title of a self-made man.
ALBERT CHOULES.
For about a decade Albert Choules has been a resident of Driggs and occupies a prominent place in business circles as the manager of the Arnold-Vaughn Company, He was born in England, December 29, 1877, and is a son of George and Mary (Pierce) Choules, who were also natives of that country, whence they came to the new world in 1882. They established their home at Provo, Utah, where the father engaged in the shoemaking business, which he followed throughout his entire life in England and in Utah. As the years passed he extended his activities to include the retailing of shoes and he remained a factor in the business circles of Provo until his life's labors were ended in death on the 18th of December, 1899. The mother passed away May 31, 1901. George Choules was ever a loyal member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and held various offices in the church. He was also a musician of considerable local repute.
Albert Choules, pursuing his early education in the common schools, afterward continued his studies in the Brigham Young University at Provo. He later went upon the road, selling goods for Taylor Brothers, and subsequently engaged in clerking in a men's furnishing goods store. In 1903 he filled a mission to England for the church, serving two years there, after which he returned to the new world in 1905. At that date he entered the field of insurance as representative of the Mutual Life of New York, with which he was connected for six years. In 1910 he removed to Driggs, Teton county, and established a real estate and insurance agency and also a theatre business, conducting these lines until 1915, when he entered the employ of the firm of Blodgett & Stone, general merchants. When the business was sold to Arnold & Vaughn, Mr. Choules also purchased stock in the company. On the 29th of October, 1919, Mr. Vaughn withdrew from the business and Mr. Choules was made manager. He is still a stockholder and one of the directors of the busi- ness, which is conducted under the style of the Arnold-Vaughn Company.
On the 9th of May, 1917, Mr. Choules was united in marriage to Miss Rula Wilson and to them was born a daughter, Lois, on the 23d of February, 1918. Mr. Choules, aside from filling the mission previously referred to, has been an officer in the church, serving as second counselor to Don C. Driggs, as president of the Teton stake and formerly for six years as superintendent of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. His political support is given to the republican party and he is a valued member of the Commercial Club of Driggs, of which he has served for two years as president. He is in hearty sympathy with the purposes of that organization for the upbuilding of the city, the extension of its trade relations and the development of its civic standards. In a word he is a very alert and progressive man whose life typifies the opportunities of the west and the kind of men who have been the upbuilders of its greatness.
MRS. LEONORA GOODSELL.
Mrs. Leonora Goodsell, who resides one mile west of Emmett, was born at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, January 30, 1862, being a daughter of William and Mary (Chandler) Burdge, with whom she came to Idaho when but two years of age. Her father located with his family on a homestead two miles west of Emmett, the place being now owned by Charles Fuller. Mr. Burdge was a farmer and timberman
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who after coming to Idaho 'operated both a sawmill and grist mill near Emmett, the town being then known as Emmettsville. He died ahout 1884, when seventy- four years of age, and his wife, who survived him until February 10, 1908, was also about seventy-four years of age at the time of her demise. Mrs. Goodsell has two full sisters and two brothers, all of whom are living, these being: Charles L. Burdge, of Idaho; George, who is living at Emmett; Mrs. Emma Frances Goodwin, of Boise, the widow of M. H. Goodwin; and Mrs. Nellie Buckley, of Seattle. It is a singular coincidence that three daughters of the Burdge family all married men the first syllable of whose names is "Good," Emma Frances becoming the wife of M. H. Goodwin. Leonora the wife of Jared I. Goodsell and Elizabeth, the half sister, be- coming the wife of George Goodrich. All three are widows.
Mrs. Goodsell has resided in the vicinity of Emmett since two years of age, the family coming to this state in 1864. There are few indeed who have resided in the district for a longer period and in her girlhood days she became familiar with all of the experiences of frontier life. At sixteen years of age, or on the 21st of February, 1878, she became the bride of Jared Isaac Goodsell, a native of Steuben county, New York, who served with the Fiftieth New York Engineers during the Civil war. He came to Idaho ahout 1875 and followed the occupation of farming. He passed away on the 20th of August, 1909, at the age of seventy-four years, having tor thirty-four years been a valued and representative agriculturist of Gem county. He is survived not only by his widow but also by two sons: Charles Elmer, who is married and has two children; and George Francis, who resides with his mother. Both sons are in the employ of a lumber concern near their home. Mrs. Goodsell has two grandsons, Elvin and Floyd Goodsell. Her home is a mile west of Emmett and is one of the attractive suburban residences of the district. It was begun hy her husband prior to his death and she completed it after he was called to his final rest. There is no important phase of the development and progress of Gem county and of this section of the state with which Mrs. Goodsell is not familiar, having been brought across the plains hy her parents in a covered wagon to Idaho in 1864, long before the building of the railroad. She has witnessed the marvelous changes which have reclaimed the once wild and undeveloped region and transformed it into a populous and prosperous district supplied with all of the advantages and opportunities known to the older east, and her reminiscences of the early days are most entertaining.
ANTONIO URANGA.
Antonio Uranga is one of the most prominent of the representatives of the Basque colony in Idaho. He makes his home at Boise, from which point he super- intends his extensive sheep raising interests. He is today widely known as a rep- resentative of wool growing and the sheep industry and his life record proves his adaptability, showing what may he accomplished by the man of foreign birth who, recognizing the opportunities of the new world, makes wise and prompt use of the advantages that come to him. Mr. Uranga arrived in the United States from Spain in 1893 and after nine years passed in Nevada came to Idaho in 1902, since which time he has made his home in this state, living at Hagerman and at Boise practically throughout the entire period.
Mr. Uranga was born in Spain, January 13, 1877, the son of a farmer and ranchman. He was a youth of sixteen years therefore when he came to the United States in 1893. During the period of his residence in Nevada he was employed at ranch work and as a sheep herder and became thoroughly acquainted with the business. Arriving in Idaho in 1902, he continued to work as a sheep herder until 1906, when he hegan raising sheep on his own account. For several years he was engaged in business with O. F. Bacon and L. L. Ormsby, of Boise, but in recent years has operated alone. His present flocks embrace about fourteen thousand head. He handles his flocks in Gooding, Jerome and Blaine counties and by his capable management, close application and indefatigahle energy he has become one of the most prominent sheepmen of the Basque colony.
Mr. Uranga was married in Boise, August 26, 1907, to Miss Maria Sabala, also a native of Spain, and they have become the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters. Mr. Uranga since coming to the new world has once returned to
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Spain on a visit, making the trip in 1913 in order to see his father, who still lives in that country. The mother, however, has passed away. Mr. Uranga spent twenty- nine days on his visit to his native land, after which he returned to America, thoroughly satisfied to make his home in "the land of the free." He has found splendid business opportunities here and in their utilization has made steady prog- ress until he is numbered today among the prosperous sheepmen of the state.
MRS. IDA TSCHUDY.
Mrs. Ida Tschudy is the owner and occupant of a ranch of sixty-seven and a half acres situated two miles west of Emmett and has been a resident of Idaho since 1904. She was born in Germany, May 11, 1862, and there spent the days of her girlhood, coming to the United States in 1884 in company with friends when a young lady of twenty-two years. She at once made her way westward to Spearfish, South Dakota, where she formed the acquaintance of Frederick L. Tschudy, who sought her hand in marriage, the wedding being celebrated on the 27th of August, 1885. Mr. Tschudy was a native of Switzerland, born February 1, 1849. He came to the United States at the age of sixteen years and he, too, established his home at Spear- fish, South Dakota. There he and his wife began their domestic life and continued to reside until their removal to Idaho. Mr. Tschudy was a turner by trade and later operated sawmills in South Dakota, where he made his home until 1904, when he removed with his family to Idaho and established his home in the vicinity of Emmett. He first secured one hundred and five acres of land, of which forty acres has since been sold, leaving the home ranch property a tract of sixty-seven and a half acres. This is one of the most desirable ranches of the district, being highly cultivated and improved with all modern equipments.
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