Biographies for Gooding County Idaho HONORABLE CHARLES N. DILATUSH Hon. Charles N. Dilatush, who is identified with farming on the Snake river, in the Hagerman valley of Idaho, was born in Warren county, Ohio, November 16, 1864, his parents being Henry and Eliza (Hunt) Dilatush, the former a native of New Jersey, while the latter was born in Ohio. The father went to the Buckeye state when a youth of fourteen years in company with his parents and was there reared to manhood. He afterward took up the occupation of farming and was married in the Buckeye state. The young couple began their domestic life in Warren county, Ohio, where they continued to reside throughout their remaining days, the father passing away in 1911 at the advanced age of eighty-two years, while the mother died in 1877. He was a republican in politics and a progressive citizen who stood loyally for all those interests which he believed would prove of benefit to the community in which he made his home. Charles N. Dilatush spent the days of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof and is indebted to the public school system of his native county for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. It was in 1890 that he made his way to Hagerman, on the Salmon falls, and soon afterward took up his abode on the Buckley ranch. He acquired that property for the Idaho Mining & Land Trust Company and also followed gold mining on the ranch. Later he concentrated his efforts and attention upon the cultivation and development of the land and in time developed a splendid ranch property there of fifteen hundred acres, of which he continued as the manager until 1909. The company then sold that property and Mr. Dilatush purchased his present' ranch, then comprising eighty acres, although he has since sold twenty acres, retaining possession of a sixty acre tract. This is a well improved property and he is devoting his attention to general farming. Mr. Dilatush is a stalwart supporter of the republican party and a recognized leader in its ranks in the state. He represented his district in the fifth and seventh general sessions of the Idaho legislature and he has also filled the office of county commissioner of Lincoln and Gooding counties, acting in that capacity for ten years and making a most commendable record by his faithfulness to every public duty entrusted to his care. [Source: History of Idaho: the gem of the mountains, Volume 4; Edited by James Henry Hawley; Publ. 1920; Transcribed and submitted to Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack.] WILLIAM H. EVANS William H. Evans, who up to recently lived in the Maple Grove school neighborhood, Ada county, and at present is the owner of a most desirable fifteen-acre ranch in Collister, near Boise, was born in Jefferson county, Missouri, September 11, 1880. His parents, George and Anna (Huff) Evans, were also natives of Missouri, where they spent their entire lives. George Evans has been dead for some years and his wife died when the son, William H., was a child of eight. The latter has two sisters living in Missouri but no living brother. Mr. Evans was reared on his father's farm in Jefferson county, Missouri, and was married there, March 23, 1904, to Bessie Spencer, who was born in the same neighbor-hood, September 12, 1881, and is a daughter of Andrew J. Spencer, known as "Zach" Spencer. It was in 1911 that they came to Idaho and lived for one year on Fish creek in Blaine county. They then removed to a ranch near Wendell, Gooding county, where for several years Mr. Evans owned one hundred and sixty acres, which was well irrigated. In 1918 he sold that ranch and removed to South Boise but in July of the same year he located on an excellent eighty-six acre ranch near the Maple Grove school. In the spring of 1920 he sold the latter place for twenty-four thousand dollars and bought the fine and highly improved fifteen-acre ranch near Boise, known as the Charles Blaisdell ranch, a half mile north of Collister, where he and his family are making their home, which farm for its size has few equals in Ada county. Mr. and Mrs. Evans are the parents of four children, namely: Stanley, born December 10, 1904; Jean, February 9, 1907; Violet, March 17, 1909, and Spencer, March 16, 1912. Mr. Evans is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Masonic order. He supports the democratic party but has never been an office seeker. Mrs. Evans is a member of the Mountain View Club of Maple Grove district and takes an active interest in the social and cultural affairs of the community in which she and her husband make their home. [History of Idaho, the Gem of the Mountains, Volume 3, 1920, submitted by Cathy Danielson] FRANK B. FASHBAUGH Frank B. Fashbaugh, manager for the Gooding Milling & Elevator Company at Gooding, where he has resided since 1910, was born in Evans, Colorado, April 1, 1882, his parents being John and Emily (Williams) Fashbaugh. He spent his boyhood and youth at the place of his nativity, pursuing a high school course at Greeley, Colorado, and afterward attending the University of Colorado. He then took up the study of telegraphy and was in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad Company at Greeley, at Evans, La Salle, Platteville, Brighton and Fort Lupton. He acted as agent at Evans and at Fort Lupton and subsequently he purchased farm land near La Salle, Colorado, where he engaged in feeding sheep for a period of five years. He afterward removed to Ault, Colorado, where he worked for the Ault Elevator & Milling Company, beginning as elevator man. Subsequently he was advanced to the position of bookkeeper and continued with that company until the 26th of November, 1910, when he removed to Gooding, Idaho, to accept his present position as manager with the Gooding Mill & Elevator in which capacity he has since continued, the plant here being owned by the same company that owns the Ault elevator and mill. In 1903 Mr. Fashbaugh was married to Miss Edna Cooper, a native of Greeley, Colorado, and a daughter of Benjamin and Louise (Gich) Cooper. They have two children, Mabel and Florence. Mr. Fashbaugh votes with the Republican Party and fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias. He is keenly interested in all that has to do with the welfare and upbuilding of the community in which he makes his home and he is a stanch supporter of all those interests which further or conserve progress. Since starting out in life on his own account he has made steady advancement, resulting from industry and diligence, and his life record proves what may be accomplished through individual effort. [Source: History of Idaho: the gem of the mountains, Volume 4; Edited by James Henry Hawley; Publ. 1920; Transcribed and submitted to Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack.] JOHN B. JOHNSTON
John B. Johnston, who practically throughout his entire life has given his attention to the work of stationary and locomotive engineer, now owns a ranch a mile and a half west of Emmett but makes his home in town. He has been a resident of Idaho for thirty-seven years, having come to this state in 1883 from Denver, Colorado, with his parents. Martin and Nora (McNichols) Johnston, who were born and reared in Ireland but were married in England and soon afterward came to the United States, settling first at Indianapolis, Indiana, before removing to Audrain county, Missouri. It was in the latter county that John B. Johnston was born on the 7th of January, 1874. His father was a railroad man, working in various capacities. In 1879 he removed with his family to Denver, Colorado, and from that city came to Idaho in 1883, settling at Toponis, now Gooding, where he and his wife spent their remaining days. The mother passed away May 2, 1910, and the father several years later. John B. Johnston has lived in Idaho since a lad of nine years and throughout practically the period of his mature life has followed the occupation of stationary and locomotive engineer. He has worked diligently along these lines and whatever success he has achieved and enjoyed is attributable entirely to his own labors. Making wise investments in property, he is now the owner of a good ranch a mile and a half west of Emmett. In Minidoka, Idaho, on the 14th of January, 1897, Mr. Johnston was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Grace Hill, who was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, December 10, 1879, a daughter of Curtis and Sarah (James) Hill, both of whom were natives of Iowa, the father being of Scotch-Irish and the mother of Holland Dutch descent. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have become parents of nine children: Marie B., Bernice C., Nora I., Martin C., Alice L., John B., Leo M., Prudence S. and Nellie E. The parents and their family are all members of the Roman Catholic church and Mr. Johnston gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. [History of Idaho, the Gem of the Mountains, Volume 3, 1920, submitted by Cathy Danielson] JOHN W. JONES Devoting his time and attention to sheep raising in the Hagerman valley of Gooding county, was born in South Wales, November 16, 1885, his parents being James and Mary Jones. His education was acquired at the place of his nativity and in 1903 he came to the United States, attracted by the favorable reports which he heard concerning the business opportunities of this land. He located first at Wardner, Idaho, where he engaged in mining, spending two years there. He afterward made his way to the Hagerman valley, where he took up the business of sheep raising, in which he is now engaged. He has three bands of sheep, numbering six thousand head, and he owns an excellent ranch property on Clover creek. He has his headquarters with Daniel Jones, his uncle, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. Their sheep brand is three dots. John W. Jones has never had occasion to regret his determination to locate on this side of the Atlantic. Here he found good business conditions and in their utilization has worked his way steadily upward, winning a place among the prominent and progressive sheep raisers of his part of the state. His political endorsement is given to the republican party, which he has supported since becoming a naturalized American citizen. [Source: History of Idaho: the gem of the mountains, Volume 4; Edited by James Henry Hawley; Publ. 1920; Transcribed and submitted to Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack.] MISS NORA JONES Miss Nora Jones is filling the position of postmistress at Gooding, of which town she is a native. Here her girlhood days were passed and her education acquired in the public schools. In 1910 she took up a homestead on Camas Prairie, in what is now Camas county, Idaho, acquiring one hundred and sixty acres of land. She proved up on this property, complying with all the laws regarding settlement and development, and she is now the owner of an excellent quarter section. In August, 1914, she was appointed to a position as clerk in the Gooding postoffice and afterward was advanced to the position of assistant postmaster, while on the 1st of August, 1919, she was made acting postmistress and still continues in this position, the duties of which office she is discharging most promptly and capably. She has a wide acquaintance in this part of the state and is highly esteemed by all who know her. [Source: History of Idaho: the gem of the mountains, Volume 4; Edited by James Henry Hawley; Publ. 1920; Transcribed and submitted to Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack.] GLENN SEBRING MADDUX Is successfully engaged in business as proprietor of a drug store at Gooding, where he is accorded an extensive and gratifying patronage. His birth occurred at Sabetha, Kansas, on the 23d of December, 1893, his parents being Cogwell and Belle (Sebring) Maddux. The period of his boyhood and youth was passed in the Sunflower state and after acquiring a public school education he entered the Kansas City College of Pharmacy. On leaving that institution he secured a clerkship in the Onaga Pharmacy at Onaga, Kansas, where he was employed for three years. Subsequently he spent a year at Horton, Kansas, and in 1916 came to Idaho, locating first at Jerome, where he worked for a short time as a clerk in the establishment of the Jerome Drug Company. He then removed to Gooding and purchased from J. McIntosh the store which he now conducts at the corner of Third and Main streets. His is a well appointed and attractive establishment and he carries a full line of drugs and druggists' sundries, while his business methods are such as commend him to the confidence and support of the general public. In 1914 Mr. Maddux was united in marriage to Miss Tracy Grover, a native of northeastern Kansas and a daughter of George and Ella Grover, the former a well known stockman of that part of Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Maddux have one son, Grover. Mr. Maddux gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and is now serving on the city council of Gooding, exercising his official prerogatives in support of all plans and measures calculated to promote the general welfare. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias and is worthy exemplar of the teachings of those orders. He owns an attractive residence property at Gooding, where he ranks with the prosperous young business men and representative and valued citizens. [Source: History of Idaho: the gem of the mountains, Volume 4; Edited by James Henry Hawley; Publ. 1920; Transcribed and submitted to Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack.] JOSEPH W. ROBERTSONAmong the excellent ranch properties that surround Gooding is one that is owned and cultivated by Joseph W. Robertson, who has made his home in this section of the state since 1897. He was born at Air Mount, Mississippi, July 19, 1870, and is a son of John C. and Pernecia A. (Shannon) Robertson. His boyhood days were passed at the place of his nativity and his education was largely acquired in the schools there. He also attended the Pittsboro Academy of Mississippi and subsequently he took up the occupation of farming, which he followed in his native state till he reached the age of twenty-four years. He then left for the Pacific coast, making his way to Oakland and San Francisco, California, as well as other points on the western coast. In 1897 he arrived in Gooding, Idaho, although there was no town there at the time. The entire countryside was covered with sagebrush and the work of progress and civilization seemed scarcely begun. Mr. Robertson entered the employ of Governor Gooding, for whom he worked on the ranch, and later he bought cattle and engaged in cattle raising for a number of years. At length he homesteaded land and also took up a desert claim and later he engaged in raising sheep. He still continues in this business and now has seven hundred and forty acres of land in his home ranch and four thousand acres not far distant which is devoted to grazing. In 1899 Mr. Robertson was married to Miss Jennie Stoltz, a native of Oregon and a daughter of Samuel and Nancy E. (McCormick) Stoltz, who made the long journey across the plains in an early day and cast in their lot with the pioneer settlers of the northwest. They first made their way to Oregon but afterward removed to Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson occupy an attractive home in the town of Gooding. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, while fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Masons, loyally adhering to the teachings and purposes of these organizations. [Source: History of Idaho: the gem of the mountains, Volume 4; Edited by James Henry Hawley; Publ. 1920; Transcribed and submitted to Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack.] OLE M. TRONAAS Ole M. Tronaas, who is now residing on a small but valuable ranch on the Boise bench, to which he removed in February, 1920, from Gooding county, Idaho, is of Norwegian birth, having first opened his eyes to the light of day on the 15th of July, 1867, in the land of the midnight sun. His parents never came to the United States and it was in 1888, when he was about twenty-one years of age, that Mr. Tronaas crossed the Atlantic. Previous to this time he had engaged in clerking in stores in Norway and had been employed in blacksmith shops and on farms. Since coming to the new world he has resided in various states, engaged mostly in farming, but he also spent several years as an employee in bicycle shops in Chicago, and it was during his residence in that city that he was married. In June, 1910, he came to Idaho and in December of that year took up a ranch under the Carey act near Bliss, Idaho, securing forty acres. He developed two different forty-acre tracts near Bliss and in the fall of 1919 disposed of his property in that locality and removed to his present home on the Boise bench, where he is most pleasantly situated. Mr. Tronaas' wife is also a native of Norway, where she was born May 1, 1873, hearing the maiden name of Birgetta Johnson. She came to the United States alone in 1895 but had a brother living in Chicago and there joined him. It was in that city that she met and married Mr. Tronaas. They have three children who are yet living and have lost one. The eldest son, Alt M. Tronaas, was killed in France October 13, 1918, while serving as a private in Company D, Ninth Machine Gun Battalion. He had entered the war with the Second Idaho Regiment and died when twenty-one years of age, his birth having occurred June 4, 1897. In April, 1920, the family received a citation, which was for the son's gallantry in action at Cunel, France, dated October 13, 1918,—the day he was killed. The three living children are: Harold, who was born November 26, 1898; Jennie, October 28, 1900; and Lloyd, September 3, 1909. Mr. Tronaas is a member of the Non-Partisan League. He is one of the prominent representatives of the Grange of Idaho and for the past five years has been state overseer. He takes a keen interest in everything that pertains to the agricultural development of Idaho and his aid and influence are ever on the side of progress and improvement. [History of Idaho, the Gem of the Mountains, Volume 3, 1920, submitted by Cathy Danielson] Back to Gooding County Home ![]() Copyright © Genealogy Trails 2011 All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters. |