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PAUL MERTEN BEST
Paul Mertin Best was born 3 Sep 1890 in Pierce County, North Dakota to
Charles and Cora M. He had six siblings; Forrest M., Ruby C.,
Bertha S., Ronald C., Louise and Rose. Charles was a farmer here
in Kootenai County, Idaho.
Paul Had a few occupations himself. At the age of 19 he was a Steamboat
Engineer in Coeur d'Alene, ID (1910 Census). I would love to know
more about that. At age 29 he was an engineer in a Wood Yard in
Skagit, WA (1920 Census) where his children were born. About ten
years later he was a truck driver for a wood company (from 1930
Census). Hard to read, but I'm sure that's what it says) in
Vancouver, WA.
According to a family record Paul married Hazel Sawley 27 Jul 1915 in
Sandpoint, Bonner Co., ID. Between their marriage and the birth
of their first child they then moved to Skagit, WA where Hazel gave
birth to Geraldine 7 Feb 1916. To follow were Melvin born 16 Mar
1918 and died Dec 1979 in Spirit Lake, Kootenai Co., ID, Harold Julian
born 3 Dec 1919 and died Jun 1977 in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai Co., ID
and Margaret born 1922.
Paul passed away 12 May 1939 in Coeur d'Alene, ID. He was laid to
rest in the Old Paupers Cemetery (now Kootenai County Cemetery) in Post
Falls, ID. The only marker to his grave in the third row first
plot is a lilac bush.
What little research I have found on Paul has been done by distant
relatives of Hazel. So I've not been able to obtain anymore
information or a photo, only what exists in public records.
Hazel went on to remarry after Paul's death twice more to a Bill Clark
and a Duvall. She lived a long life and passed away 24 Dec 1983
in Ferry, King Co., WA. I've not yet located where she was laid
to rest.
Contributed by Amy Crooks
Former Kootenai County Genealogy Trails Host
EUGENE V. BOUGHTON
Eugene V. Boughton is a partner in the law firm of Reed & Boughton
of Coeur d'Alene and in this connection has gained wide recognition as
an able and forceful lawyer who prepares his cases with great diligence
and care and presents his cause in a strong, forceful and logical
manner. He is a native of Quincy, Michigan, where his birth occurred
December 21, 1875, his parents being William H. and Julia (Ball)
Boughton, both of whom were natives of the state of New York and are
now living in Quincy, Michigan. The father is a contractor and builder
who has largely devoted his attention to stonemason work.
He removed to Michigan after the Civil War, in which he had served as a
member of a New York regiment, thus actively supporting the Union
cause. He has never sought or desired political preferment or
advancement but has always been loyal in matters of citizenship and has
given earnest support to the Republican Party. He belongs to the Grand
Army of the Republic, thus maintaining pleasant relations with his
comrades who fought for the maintenance of the Union. His religious
faith is that of the Methodist church and he has long been an active
and earnest worker in its support.
Eugene Boughton attended the public schools of Evart, Michigan, and
worked his way through high school. When his textbooks were put aside
he secured a position in a store and was afterward manager of a general
store at Leota, Michigan, for a year. Later he engaged in merchandising
at Custer and at Greenland, Michigan, but in September, 1903, disposed
of his mercantile interests and entered the University of Michigan,
from which he was graduated in 1906 upon the completion of a course in
law. In that year he became the associate of F. W. Reed, his present
law partner. They had been friends through their early schooldays and
also through their college days and in 1906 they removed westward,
making Coeur d'Alene their place of settlement. Here throughout the
intervening years they have been accorded a large and distinctively
representative clientage that has connected them with much important
litigation. Mr. Boughton devotes all of his time to his law practice
save when public concerns claim his attention and his cooperation.
Mr. Boughton married Miss Eda Sayles, of Evart, Michigan, a daughter of
Joseph Sayles, who was a prominent attorney of Evart and judge of the
probate court. He was a very active man of affairs in that city and
exerted a widely felt influence over public thought and action. To Mr.
and Mrs. Boughton have been born four children, Bernadine, Donald,
Robert and Eugene V., Jr.
Mr. Boughton is well known in Masonic circles, having taken the degrees
of lodge and chapter of the Scottish rite, and is also a member of the
Mystic Shrine of Lewiston, Idaho. He likewise belongs to the Elks lodge
of Coeur d'Alene. He served as venerable master for two terms and wise
master of the lodge of Rose Croix, has been exalted ruler of the Elks
and is a past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. His political
allegiance is given the Republican Party and he has labored untiringly
for the adoption of the principles which constitute the party platform.
He is keenly interested in civic affairs and stands for all those
forces which make for civic righteousness and advancement.
An intensely patriotic citizen, he did everything in his power to
uphold the interests of the country during the period of the World war.
He made speeches for the Red Cross, for the Liberty Loan drives and
other war work. He did everything in his power to promote the interests
of the soldiers in camp and field and he enlisted in the Y. M. C. A.
service for overseas' duty, being in Chicago attending the school of
instruction when the armistice was signed. He was with the athletic
department of the organization. His religious faith is that of the
Presbyterian Church and he is a member of its board of trustees. His
entire life has been actuated by high and honorable principles and his
activities have been far reaching and resultant.
[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.]
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