This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cuddy Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2076 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, Nov. 16, 1899 John Cuddy, one of Washington county's pioneers, died at his residence near Salubria last Thursday. By reason of the fact that Mr. Cuddy for years ran a flouring mill at Salubria, his was a familiar name throughout this portion of the state.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2075 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, Nov. 9, 1899 LOCAL NOTES Dan Coates of Little Willow Creek, informs us that a new school house with a seating capacity for 25 pupils has recently been built by private subscription in District No. 4. The sheep men who are the heavy taxpayers of the new district, were very liberal in their donations. Mr. Coates the farmers of his section are getting their fall plowing done in fine shape and are looking forward to another prosperous year.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Woodward Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2074 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, Nov. 9, 1899 Dr. I. R. Woodward, of Mercury, Utah, where he was surgeon for the DeLamar mine and the Mercury & Salt Lake R. R, arrived in Payette Tuesday. The doctor likes Payette and has determined to locate permanently for the practice of his profession. We understand he has been selected local surgeon for the Short Line.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coughanour Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2073 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, October 26, 1899 Mrs. D. E. Coughanour, wife of the well known man of Quartzburg, died of kidney and hart trouble in Boise on Tuesday night of last week. Deceased was one of the pioneer women of the state. Her body was taken to Quartzburg for burial.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2072 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, September 28, 1899 The prune shipments from Payette this season will reach 25 carloads. It costs about $200 a car to place the fruit on the track, and taking the market reports as a basis upon which to figure, after paying $300 freight, the shipper ought to have$800 to $900 returns per car. Thus it will be seen that it is safe to figure the prune crop at $20,000, to say nothing of other fruit that has been shipped in considerable quantities this season. All of this money except such as may represent the profits of those who buy and ship for speculation finds its way into the pockets of our people. We have today the most prosperous valley in Idaho, and the great fruit industry is yet in its infancy.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Paine, Witham, McIlveen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2071 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, June 28, 1900 When Burglars Are A-Burgling. Last Thursday the night operator at Ontario wired Payette that a suspicious-looking gang of men, supposed to be burglars and who were presumably following the circus, were heading for Payette. Marshal Paine swore in Frank Witham and D. McIlveen as deputies and, assisted by a number of others armed with all manner and shape of weapon, prowled the streets until daylight. When asked what they had discovered, the valiant marshal said: “Well, we saw a woman going for a doctor; and ran down a strange dog.”

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Richmond Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2070 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, June 28, 1900 Wednesday, at Weiser, occurred the marriage of Carl Smith and Miss Laura Richmond, both of Payette. The contracting parties are well and favorable known, and THE INDEPENDENT extends congratulations. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Robert Asa Smith, of Woodburn, Ore., brother of the groom.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bellamy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2069 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, June 7, 1900 Creamery Will Open The reopening of the Payette creamery is now practically an assured fact. Carl Giesler, secretary of the board in charge, received a letter, Wednesday, from W. W. Bellamy stating that he would be here on Saturday to close negotiations already entered into. He proposes to lease the plant for five years and take entire charge of its operation. Mr. Bellamy is now a resident of Nampa where he is largely interested in a creamery plant, and he is also negotiating for the control of the creamery at Weiser. He has wide experience in the business, and feels confident that with the output of the three plants to handle he will be successful.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vose Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2068 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, June 7, 1900 Word has just reached here from Salmon Meadows of the death, on May 21, of John Vose, better known all over this section as “Old John, the Scout.” He was camped in the cabin at the McGlinchey Hot Springs and was found at the point of death by a boy whom he had hired to cut wood. He was 72 years old and had a reputation as an Indian fighter, trapper and hunter second to none.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stegner, McBride, Newell, Carter, Royston, Davis Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2067 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho March 24, 1927 MCBRIDE-STEGNER A very pretty home wedding was solemnized Sunday at 2:30 at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stegner, at Fruitland, when their youngest daughter Opal became the bride of Mr. Sam McBride. The impressive ring ceremony was performed by Rev. E. I. Mitchell of Payette, in the presence of the following relatives and a few close friends, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McBride, Floyd McBride, parents and brother of the groom, Allen Newell of Boise, Mrs. Mary Stegner, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Carter and sons of Vale, Mrs. Etta Royston, Charles Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stegner. The bride was attractive in a gown often crepe and the groom was attired in gray. Immediately after he ceremony a wedding dinner was served from small tables. After this the happy couple left for Nampa where they remained until Monday. Upon their return they left at once for their home on Dead Ox Flat. Mr. McBride is quite well known around Fruitland, having worked in the fruit here for several years. Mrs. McBride has lived here all her life and has a large circle of friends who extend their best wishes to both of them. Josephine (Jo) Royston also attended the wedding ceremony.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boyd, Amond, Baker, Green Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2066 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, May 12, 1921 MRS. JOHN BOYD Mrs. John Boyd died at her home in the north part of town last Saturday afternoon of heart failure. She had been as well as usual and had been working in the garden that afternoon and was suddenly taken with a choking sensation and passed away with a few minutes. She was preceded by her husband John Boyd, but a few weeks ago. The deceased was 68 years old and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Susan Amond of Payette, and Mrs. Harlet Baker of Fresno, Calif., also two nieces at Fresno and one niece and one nephew in Carolina and the niece Mrs. A. O. Green of Washoe. Funeral services were held from the home Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Arygl Houser, pastor of the Church of God. Note: Burial at Riverside Cemetery. ch

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baker, Venable, Alney, Ellis Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2065 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, May 5, 1921 BELOVED CITIZEN ANSWERS CALL GEORGE W. BAKER George W. Baker, of this city, died in Portland, Ore., Saturday afternoon, April 30, at 10 minutes to three o'clock. Mr. Baker suffered break-down last fall from valvula heart trouble and began to fail rapidly during the winter. The end came at the home of his son, Malcolm D. Baker, in Portland, where he had been taken from Payette about the middle of March in the hope that his health would be benefitted by the change of altitude. It was, however, of no avail as he grew steadily weaker in his unequal fight with death and it had been realized for sometime that he had practically no chance for recovery. At his bedside when the end came - of his immediate family, were his wife, who had accompanied him to Portland, his son, Malcolm, of that city, and his daughter, Mrs. Earl Venable, of Payette. The sad news was brought to Payette in a telegram Saturday afternoon to Mr. Venable, who left that afternoon for Portland. Mr. Baker leaves also in this city to mourn his loss a sister, Mrs. D. W. Alney. Funeral services were conducted in Portland Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, from the home of the son, by Dr. W. B. Henson, pastor of the East Side Baptist Church of that city. Interment was in Mount Scott Cemetery, Portland. George W. Baker was born at New Castle, Green county, Indiana, August 8, 1849. As a small boy he moved with his parents to Jasper County, Iowa, and in that state he spend many years of his useful and active life. April 16, 1873, he was united in marriage with Miss Abbie M. Ellis, in Polk County, Iowa, the devoted wife who watched at his bedside only two weeks before he died, upon their forty-eighth wedding anniversary. To this long and happy union were born six sons and one daughter, all of whom survive except the second son, Charles F., who died in infancy. The living are; Claude M., of Chicago, Ill.; Ward E., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Malcolm D. of Portland, Ore.; George A., of San Antonio, Texas; Kate E. Venable, of Payette, Idaho, and Dwight S., of San Francisco, Calif. Besides his sister, Mrs. D. W. Alney, of Payette. Mr. Baker also leaves a brother, W. H. Baker, of Des Moines, Iowa. Twenty-seven years of his life Mr. Baker resided in Des Moines, Iowa, where he was prominent in business and financial circles. To Des Moines he brought his young wife early in their married life and in that city all of their children were born. He was for a number of years cashier of the Capaital City State Bank of Des Moines and was later treasurer of the Iowa Building & Loan association there. He was also active in church work in Des Moines. In his early manhood he became a member of the East Des Moines Baptist church and was for many years superintendent of its Sunday school. Later upon coming to Payette, he was actively affiliated with the Baptist Church of this city and for a conciderable time superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Baker with their daughter, who was later married here, and their youngest son, Dwight came to Payette in March, 1902. Here they had since resided with the exception of four years spent at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a year at Wendell, Idaho. They returned to Payette in March of last year from Wendell after five years' absence, and Mr. Baker, again became connected with the First National Bank of this city with which institution before returning to Iowa in 1915 he had for several years held the position of assistant cashier. It is rarely that a death has so grieved a whole community as his the passing of George W. Baker. Words are sometimes used loosely but it is not too much to say of him that he was loved not only by his family and immediate friends but by his business associates and all who came within the circle of his influence. The reason is not far to seek because the name of George W. Baker must be written high among those who have loved their fellow men. Blessed with splendid health until the final break-down came he went his way through life with rare energy and unfailing cheerfulness. To him life was but an opportunity for good deeds, right living and right thinking. He lived his religion day by day and year by year. His faith was screne and as simple as that of a child. So that when he realized that his end was near he accepted it calmly and with no need of preparation. He bore his suffering wihout complaint and passed into the presence of his maker as confidently as he ha! d lived -- a kind and loving husband and father, a good neighbor and a true friend, in every sense of the word a Christian gentleman.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Culp, Clough, Conner Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2064 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, April 28, 1921 OBITUARY Blanche Edna Culp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Culp, was born near Sigourney, Iowa, Sept. 22, 1885 died at the home of her brother on Payette-Oregon slope, April 19, 1921, of heart trouble. She leaves to mourn her departure, two sisters, and two brothers, Emerson of Morrell, Nebr., Mrs. Bernice Clough and Maud and George W. Culp of the Payette-Oregon slope, an aged grand-mother of Milo, Mo., and many other relatives including an uncle, J. D. Conner of Payette-Oregon Slope. Her parents and two sisters having gone on before. In early girlhood she united with the Methodist church of Harmony, Mo., and later moved to Highland, Cortland, Neb., where she united with the Congregational church. The funeral was conducted from the home of her brother on Dead Ox Flat, Thursday, April 21st, at 2 p.m., Rev. C. W. Buell, officiating. Interment took place in a cemetery on Payette-Oregon Slope near Weiser. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deep appreciation and heartfelt thanks to our many friends, the Sunday School, and the Park Improvement Club, for their kind sympathy and beautiful flowers in the loss of our dear sister. E. C. Culp and family Maud E. and Geo. W. Culp Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clough

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Switzer, Williams, Putnam, Roe Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2063 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, April 28, 1921 EZEKIEL SMITH Ezekiel Smith, was born 15, 1849 in Morgan County, Ohio, died at Payette, Idaho, April 24, 1921, age 72 years, 2 months, 9 days. When a boy of seven years his parents moved to Clark County, Iowa. His father died a year later and he and his brother, two years his senior made the living for his mother and younger brothers and sisters. He was married at Osceola, Iowa, June 30, 1870, to Lucy C. Switzer who survives him. He moved to Western Nebraska in 1886 where he resided for 18 years. He came to Payette, Idaho, in March 1902 and has lived here ever since. He leaves a wife and eight children to mourn his loss. the children are; Fred Smith, Jess Smith, Walter Smith, Mrs. W. R. Williams, Mrs. E. A. Putnam, Mrs. James Roe, Viola Smith and Eli Smith, all of Payette. Beside bringing up his own children he at the death of his sister, Mrs. W. T. Clarke, took into his home her infant babe, Marian, and cared for her and educated her, as one of his own. Three brothers and three sisters survive him all living in the East. He united with the Methodist Church when a young man. By his honesty and charitable disposition he made and retained many friends where ever he lived. Note: Burial at Riverside Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clanton Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2062 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, April 21, 1921 HILDRETH CLANTON Hildreth Clanton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Clanton, age one year, ten months and twenty-five days passed away at the home of Nurse Baker, Tuesday morning at 9:30 after suffering about six weeks with bronchial pneumonia and other complications. The little one made a hard fight, and everything was done to save her that seemingly could have been done, but death came as the only relief and she has gone to maker with all the pureness of a child untarnished with the sins of the world. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the Chrisitian church, where many sympathizing friends gathered to share with the grief stricken parents in their sad hour of bereavement. Besides the father and mother, the little one is survived by one brother seven years old. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the many friends for the beautiful flowers and their sincere kindness and sympathy shown us during the recent bereavement by the loss of our little daughter and sister. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Clanton and Son Note: Burial at Riverside Cemetery. ch

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wheeler, Oglesby Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2061 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, April 21, 1921 FRANK WILLIAM WHEELER Frank William Wheeler was born at Giltner, Nebr., June 9th, 1892, and departed this life April 14th at Payette, Idaho, after a very short illness. The immediate cause of his death was ulcer of the stomach. Mr. Wheeler was a highly respected young man, a member of the Methodist Church and of the Epworth League, he was a clean young man of "good moral habits and was taken away just when life seemed the brightest. He was married September 3rd, 1918 to Miss Bessie Oglesby, and to them were born two little girls, one two and a half years old, and one but a few days. Besides the young wife and two little children he is survived by a father and mother, and one brother, all of Payette, also a host of friends who will share in the grief stricken relatives in the loss of their dear one. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist church conducted by the pastor. Interment was made in the Riverside cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thurston, Bivens, Jacobsen, Brinnon, Stewart, Butler, Morton, Draper, Mink, McConnell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2060 Message Board Post: WASHOE FERRY When gold was first discovered in the Boise Basin in 1862 and hoards of fortune seekers poured into that section from all sides, dependable means of crossing the rivers became imperative. Very soon the Washoe Ferry was established on the Old Oregon Trail, crossing the Snake River a short distance below the mouth of the Malheur River, where it served as am important link in transportation for over forty years. The first reference to this ferry which I have found is in McConnell’s “Early History of Idaho” where he says, “A company of volunteers under the leadership of Jeff Standifer, during the early months of 1863, crossed the Snake river at Washoe Ferry to levy reprisals on a band of Piute Indians, who, having raided the lower Boise and Payette Valleys, had returned with their plunder to the Malheur Valley.” The original owners and operators of the ferry were the young Stewart brothers, who had come from Canada. Because of exposure to attack from Indians, the isolated ferry-house, located on the Oregon side of the river, was really a fort, constructed and equipped to resist assault or withstand a siege, should occasion arise. But the hostile Indians were not the only danger the early settlers had to face. Lawlessness among the whites was an even greater menace, the sheriff himself often being in league with the bandits. Not until the local Vigilantes were organized under the leadership of Col. McConnell, was law and order established. One of the boldest gangs of bandits won the friendship of the lonely boys at the ferry and, making the impregnable ferry-house their headquarters, issued proclamations of defiance to the Vigilantes. The account of the ruse by which their captures was effected by three men without loss of life is a thrilling story well worth reading. The bandits were hanged, but though the personal intercession of McConnell, the Stewart boys were allowed to escape with their lives. This was in 1865, and once safe in the Powder River section of Oregon, they sold their interest in the ferry to William Packard who operated it until 1872 when he sold it to William Emerson, who later sold it to George Brinnon. When the railroad bridge was built in 1884, Captain Payne, from Illinois, who bought the ferry from Brinnon at that time, moved it six miles up the river to a point just north of Ontario, Oregon, where it continued to serve the public until the building of the first wagon bridge in 1906 brought its usefulness to an end. There were a number of owners after the ferry was moved, among them being Ted Butler, Lew Morton, Frank Draper, William Mink, and John Bivens. The late N. A. Jacobsen, pioneer and prominent citizen of Payette, who ran the ferry a short time while the owner went away to be married, told of the interest the Indians showed in the boat. Once two of them swam across with a heard of horses, then swam back again in order to ride across on the ferry. Traces of the original location of the ferry can still be seen, according to reports, and Dorian Chapter hopes to mark the spot. Emily K. Thurston Past Regent Dorian Chapter February 22, 1939

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hull Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/1533.1 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, July 26, 1900 Card of Thanks. Mr. and Mrs. James Hull desire to extend their thanks to many friends and acquaintances for acts of kindness performed during the services incident to the burial of their daughter, Delia Fay.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Welch, Frank, Flack Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2059 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, April 7, 1921 Word was received Sunday of the death of Mrs. Anna Welch of Caldwell, who died Sunday morning. Mrs. Welch lived in Fruitland a few years ago, and is a sister of George Frank and Mrs. H. R. Flack. She leaves two sons and two daughters to mourn her loss.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Douglass, Hall, Babcock, Keith Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/2058.1 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, April 21, 1921 OBITUARY Asa C. Douglass was born Oct. 18, 1847 at Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, and died at his home here April 12, 1921, aged 73 years, 5 months, 23 days. His parents were among the early settlers at Baraboo and he was the first white child born in the settlement. While an infant his parents moved to Hillsboro, Vernon county, Wisconsin, where the family built their home in the woods with Indians for playfellows and neighbors. Here he grew to manhood and was married to Myrta A. Hall, October 20, 1972. In the spring of 1880 he moved to Farnhamville, Iowa, where he lived until coming to this state in 1903. He is survived by his wife, three daughters and two sons; Mrs. Clara S. Babcock of Farnhamville, Iowa, Mrs. Bertha P. Keith of Pasco, Wash., Florence, Howard F. and Leon L., of this place. Besides these he leaves ten grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, one brother and two sisters. He will be greatly missed by family and friends, especially those of the church to which he was devoted for years. Not only was he a very liberal giver to the Lord's work, but he was always present at its services. A good man has fallen, and gone home. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deep appreciation and heartfelt thanks for the beautiful flowers and kind sympathy shown us during our recent bereavement by the loss of husband and father. MRS. A. C. DOUGLASS AND FAMILY