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IDA E. WILSON, PIONEER IDAHO RESIDENT, DIES
Mrs. Ida E. Wilson, 86, of 4814 Camas street, a
pioneer Idaho resident, died Thursday afternoon in a Boise nursing
home.
Mrs. Wilson was born Oct. 8, 1866, at Murphysboro, Ill. She and her
husband, the late Mr. R.B. Wilson, moved to Silver City in 1897 and
Mr. Wilson was principal of the Silver City school for several
years. The couple moved in 1900 to Emmett, where he was head of the
school system and served several terms in the Idaho legislature from
Gem county. She moved to Boise in 1940.
She was a member of the German Lutheran church.
Surviving are one son, Glenn G. Wilson of Yakima, Wash.; five
daughters, Mrs. Ruth Hall of Boise, Mrs. Leota Bachman of Anchorage,
Alaska, Mrs. Ina Faulkner of Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Blanche Gipson of
Union, Ore., and Mrs. Billee Cameron of Yakima, Wash.; one brother,
Grant Will of DeSoto, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Huffman of
Carbondale, Ill., and Miss
Nora Will of DeSoto, Ill., and 10 grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Relyea chapel is arranging services.
The Idaho Statesman, Boise Idaho Friday July
24, 1953
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DEATH CLAIMS EARLY
SETTLER
Robert B. Wilson, 78, Former Schoolman, Legislator
Succumbs
Robert B. Wilson, 78, Gem county's first county clerk and three-term
member of the state legislature, died Monday morning at a Boise
hospital following a brief illness. He had been a resident of Boise
the past six years, making his home at 217 Myrtle street.
He was a resident of Emmett for 43 years, from 1899 to 1942. He came
to Idaho following his marriage at Valparaiso,I nd., to Ida
Elizabeth Will, who survives him. He taught school at Silver City in
1898, and moved to Emmett to become superintendent of schools there.
Later he took up a homestead near Emmett and was for many years a
prominent fruit grower of that district.
Mr. Wilson was born Dec. 27, 1869, at Murphysboro, Ill. He was
graduated from law school at Valparaiso, Ind., college.
Surviving, besides his wife, are one son, Glenn Wilson, of Tucson,
Ariz.; five daughters, Mrs. Ruth Hall, Mrs. Leota Bachman, and Mrs.
Billee Cameron, all of Boise; Mrs. Ina Faulkner of Spokane, and Mrs.
Blanche Gipson of Union, Ore., and nine grandchildren. Also
surviving are two sisters, Frances Wilson of Corvallis, Ore., and
Grace Wilson of San Francisco.
Services will be arranged by the McBratney-Fowler chapel.
Idaho Statesman, Boise Idaho September
14, 1948
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Date: 1894-05-08; Paper: Idaho Statesman
Died at Idaho City. Robert Spencer Succumbs to an Operation for
Gangrene
Idaho City May 7
Robert Spencer died at 8:30 tonight. His foot was amputated this
morning and he did not recover from the shock of the operation.
Some days ago Mr. Spencer fell down stairs at the Luna House,
sustaining serious injuries, among others the breaking of a toe on
his left foot. This fracture soon begun to give trouble and it was
found last evening that gangrene had sot in.
Dr. Perrault was at once sent for, arriving here this morning. The
only chance for saving his life was by amputation, and the foot was
taken off four inches above the ankle.
Deceased was 68 years of age, and without a family. He came to the
Basin in the early sixties and followed the mines until about ten
years ago.
He then went to Placerville and had been there over since engaged in
the mercantile Business.
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