In Honor Of FRANK WYLIE CLARKSON 1874 1964
LONG TIME RESIDENT OF HORSESHOE BEND, MEMBER OF AN EARLY BOISE COUNTY PIONEER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LEADER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM 1917 TO 1921. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FROM 1903 TO 1905 AND FROM 1949 TO 1961. CONSTABLE FROM 1903 TO 1905 AND FROM 1909 TO 1913. MEMBER OF THE FIRST HORSESHOE BEND INCORPORATED BOARD OF VILLAGE TRUSTEES FROM 1947 TO 1949.
FIRST CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF THE PIONEER CEMETERY MAINTENANCE BOARD FROM 1947 TO 1964. THROUGH HIS EFFORTS AND THOSE OF SHERIDAN WOODS AND EDWARD HANSEN, THE PERMANENT WATER SUPPLY WAS BROUGHT TO THE CEMETERY. HE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOGNIZING THE EARLY BACHELORS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY WITH THE LARGE MARBLE SLAB ENGRAVED WITH THEIR NAMES.
PLACED HERE BY HIS DESCENDENTS THIS 21ST DAY OF AUGUST 2004
Final Rites Set in Gem For Pioneer
EMMETT—Services for Frank Wylie Clarkson, 89, of Horseshoe Bend, who died in an Emmett hospital Saturday, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Horseshoe Bend Ladies Hall. Interment will follow at Pioneer at Horseshoe Bend.
Born Sept. 3, 1874 at Greenton Valley, Mo., he moved with his parents to Hogim in the Boise Basin. His father was among the earliest gold miners to come into that area. During 1884 the family homesteaded close to the bend of the Payette River.
He received his early schooling at Sweet, finishing at Horseshoe Bend when a classroom was established there. At the age of 15 he started carrying mail on horseback from Horseshoe Bend to Ola.
Sold to Miners
In March, 1893, he married Molly A. Zimmer. The couple first lived on a farm on the Tim Braenard place in Jerusalem and sold produce to the miners in the basin. Mrs. Clarkson died Jan. 26, 1917.
He was an experienced carpenter and millwright. He served Horseshoe Bend as constable during the period of building the railroad. He also served as Justice of the Peace.
In 1917 he became county commissioner by appointment and was elected to a two-year term in 1918. During this period the steel bridge was built across the Payette River at Gardena and the first grader machinery purchased for the maintenance of the Boise County road.
He assisted in the incorporation of Horseshoe Bend. Served as village board member. During 1931 and the depression he worked at Yellowpine and at Stibnite in the mines. He returned to Horseshoe Bend after World War II.
He was instrumental in the renovation and landscaping of the Pioneer Cemetery and served as chairman of the cemetery board until his death.
Member of Lodge
He was married to Zoe M. Brown in December of 1919. She died in 1959.
He was a member of Liberty Lodge No. 108, 10017, served as Noble Grand in 1905, received the grand lodge at Caldwell in 1907 and served as treasurer until 1915.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Jensen, Boise, Mrs. Etta Foss, Horseshoe Bend; two sons, Samuel Clarkson, Horseshoe Bend, and Robert of Palo Alto, Calif.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Maurine DeWalt, Horseshoe Bend; a stepson, Milton Brown, Henderson, Nev.; 22 grandchildren, and 47 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Idaho Daily Statesman, August 24, 1964 Page 14
LONG TIME RESIDENT OF HORSESHOE BEND, MEMBER OF AN EARLY BOISE COUNTY PIONEER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LEADER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM 1917 TO 1921. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FROM 1903 TO 1905 AND FROM 1949 TO 1961. CONSTABLE FROM 1903 TO 1905 AND FROM 1909 TO 1913. MEMBER OF THE FIRST HORSESHOE BEND INCORPORATED BOARD OF VILLAGE TRUSTEES FROM 1947 TO 1949.
FIRST CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF THE PIONEER CEMETERY MAINTENANCE BOARD FROM 1947 TO 1964. THROUGH HIS EFFORTS AND THOSE OF SHERIDAN WOODS AND EDWARD HANSEN, THE PERMANENT WATER SUPPLY WAS BROUGHT TO THE CEMETERY. HE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOGNIZING THE EARLY BACHELORS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY WITH THE LARGE MARBLE SLAB ENGRAVED WITH THEIR NAMES.
PLACED HERE BY HIS DESCENDENTS THIS 21ST DAY OF AUGUST 2004
Final Rites Set in Gem For Pioneer
EMMETT—Services for Frank Wylie Clarkson, 89, of Horseshoe Bend, who died in an Emmett hospital Saturday, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Horseshoe Bend Ladies Hall. Interment will follow at Pioneer at Horseshoe Bend.
Born Sept. 3, 1874 at Greenton Valley, Mo., he moved with his parents to Hogim in the Boise Basin. His father was among the earliest gold miners to come into that area. During 1884 the family homesteaded close to the bend of the Payette River.
He received his early schooling at Sweet, finishing at Horseshoe Bend when a classroom was established there. At the age of 15 he started carrying mail on horseback from Horseshoe Bend to Ola.
Sold to Miners
In March, 1893, he married Molly A. Zimmer. The couple first lived on a farm on the Tim Braenard place in Jerusalem and sold produce to the miners in the basin. Mrs. Clarkson died Jan. 26, 1917.
He was an experienced carpenter and millwright. He served Horseshoe Bend as constable during the period of building the railroad. He also served as Justice of the Peace.
In 1917 he became county commissioner by appointment and was elected to a two-year term in 1918. During this period the steel bridge was built across the Payette River at Gardena and the first grader machinery purchased for the maintenance of the Boise County road.
He assisted in the incorporation of Horseshoe Bend. Served as village board member. During 1931 and the depression he worked at Yellowpine and at Stibnite in the mines. He returned to Horseshoe Bend after World War II.
He was instrumental in the renovation and landscaping of the Pioneer Cemetery and served as chairman of the cemetery board until his death.
Member of Lodge
He was married to Zoe M. Brown in December of 1919. She died in 1959.
He was a member of Liberty Lodge No. 108, 10017, served as Noble Grand in 1905, received the grand lodge at Caldwell in 1907 and served as treasurer until 1915.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Jensen, Boise, Mrs. Etta Foss, Horseshoe Bend; two sons, Samuel Clarkson, Horseshoe Bend, and Robert of Palo Alto, Calif.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Maurine DeWalt, Horseshoe Bend; a stepson, Milton Brown, Henderson, Nev.; 22 grandchildren, and 47 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Idaho Daily Statesman, August 24, 1964 Page 14
In Honor Of FRANK WYLIE CLARKSON 1874 1964
LONG TIME RESIDENT OF HORSESHOE BEND, MEMBER OF AN EARLY BOISE COUNTY PIONEER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LEADER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM 1917 TO 1921. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FROM 1903 TO 1905 AND FROM 1949 TO 1961. CONSTABLE FROM 1903 TO 1905 AND FROM 1909 TO 1913. MEMBER OF THE FIRST HORSESHOE BEND INCORPORATED BOARD OF VILLAGE TRUSTEES FROM 1947 TO 1949.
FIRST CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF THE PIONEER CEMETERY MAINTENANCE BOARD FROM 1947 TO 1964. THROUGH HIS EFFORTS AND THOSE OF SHERIDAN WOODS AND EDWARD HANSEN, THE PERMANENT WATER SUPPLY WAS BROUGHT TO THE CEMETERY. HE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOGNIZING THE EARLY BACHELORS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY WITH THE LARGE MARBLE SLAB ENGRAVED WITH THEIR NAMES.
PLACED HERE BY HIS DESCENDENTS THIS 21ST DAY OF AUGUST 2004
Final Rites Set in Gem For Pioneer
EMMETT—Services for Frank Wylie Clarkson, 89, of Horseshoe Bend, who died in an Emmett hospital Saturday, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Horseshoe Bend Ladies Hall. Interment will follow at Pioneer at Horseshoe Bend.
Born Sept. 3, 1874 at Greenton Valley, Mo., he moved with his parents to Hogim in the Boise Basin. His father was among the earliest gold miners to come into that area. During 1884 the family homesteaded close to the bend of the Payette River.
He received his early schooling at Sweet, finishing at Horseshoe Bend when a classroom was established there. At the age of 15 he started carrying mail on horseback from Horseshoe Bend to Ola.
Sold to Miners
In March, 1893, he married Molly A. Zimmer. The couple first lived on a farm on the Tim Braenard place in Jerusalem and sold produce to the miners in the basin. Mrs. Clarkson died Jan. 26, 1917.
He was an experienced carpenter and millwright. He served Horseshoe Bend as constable during the period of building the railroad. He also served as Justice of the Peace.
In 1917 he became county commissioner by appointment and was elected to a two-year term in 1918. During this period the steel bridge was built across the Payette River at Gardena and the first grader machinery purchased for the maintenance of the Boise County road.
He assisted in the incorporation of Horseshoe Bend. Served as village board member. During 1931 and the depression he worked at Yellowpine and at Stibnite in the mines. He returned to Horseshoe Bend after World War II.
He was instrumental in the renovation and landscaping of the Pioneer Cemetery and served as chairman of the cemetery board until his death.
Member of Lodge
He was married to Zoe M. Brown in December of 1919. She died in 1959.
He was a member of Liberty Lodge No. 108, 10017, served as Noble Grand in 1905, received the grand lodge at Caldwell in 1907 and served as treasurer until 1915.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Jensen, Boise, Mrs. Etta Foss, Horseshoe Bend; two sons, Samuel Clarkson, Horseshoe Bend, and Robert of Palo Alto, Calif.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Maurine DeWalt, Horseshoe Bend; a stepson, Milton Brown, Henderson, Nev.; 22 grandchildren, and 47 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Idaho Daily Statesman, August 24, 1964 Page 14
LONG TIME RESIDENT OF HORSESHOE BEND, MEMBER OF AN EARLY BOISE COUNTY PIONEER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LEADER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM 1917 TO 1921. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FROM 1903 TO 1905 AND FROM 1949 TO 1961. CONSTABLE FROM 1903 TO 1905 AND FROM 1909 TO 1913. MEMBER OF THE FIRST HORSESHOE BEND INCORPORATED BOARD OF VILLAGE TRUSTEES FROM 1947 TO 1949.
FIRST CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF THE PIONEER CEMETERY MAINTENANCE BOARD FROM 1947 TO 1964. THROUGH HIS EFFORTS AND THOSE OF SHERIDAN WOODS AND EDWARD HANSEN, THE PERMANENT WATER SUPPLY WAS BROUGHT TO THE CEMETERY. HE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOGNIZING THE EARLY BACHELORS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY WITH THE LARGE MARBLE SLAB ENGRAVED WITH THEIR NAMES.
PLACED HERE BY HIS DESCENDENTS THIS 21ST DAY OF AUGUST 2004
Final Rites Set in Gem For Pioneer
EMMETT—Services for Frank Wylie Clarkson, 89, of Horseshoe Bend, who died in an Emmett hospital Saturday, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Horseshoe Bend Ladies Hall. Interment will follow at Pioneer at Horseshoe Bend.
Born Sept. 3, 1874 at Greenton Valley, Mo., he moved with his parents to Hogim in the Boise Basin. His father was among the earliest gold miners to come into that area. During 1884 the family homesteaded close to the bend of the Payette River.
He received his early schooling at Sweet, finishing at Horseshoe Bend when a classroom was established there. At the age of 15 he started carrying mail on horseback from Horseshoe Bend to Ola.
Sold to Miners
In March, 1893, he married Molly A. Zimmer. The couple first lived on a farm on the Tim Braenard place in Jerusalem and sold produce to the miners in the basin. Mrs. Clarkson died Jan. 26, 1917.
He was an experienced carpenter and millwright. He served Horseshoe Bend as constable during the period of building the railroad. He also served as Justice of the Peace.
In 1917 he became county commissioner by appointment and was elected to a two-year term in 1918. During this period the steel bridge was built across the Payette River at Gardena and the first grader machinery purchased for the maintenance of the Boise County road.
He assisted in the incorporation of Horseshoe Bend. Served as village board member. During 1931 and the depression he worked at Yellowpine and at Stibnite in the mines. He returned to Horseshoe Bend after World War II.
He was instrumental in the renovation and landscaping of the Pioneer Cemetery and served as chairman of the cemetery board until his death.
Member of Lodge
He was married to Zoe M. Brown in December of 1919. She died in 1959.
He was a member of Liberty Lodge No. 108, 10017, served as Noble Grand in 1905, received the grand lodge at Caldwell in 1907 and served as treasurer until 1915.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Jensen, Boise, Mrs. Etta Foss, Horseshoe Bend; two sons, Samuel Clarkson, Horseshoe Bend, and Robert of Palo Alto, Calif.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Maurine DeWalt, Horseshoe Bend; a stepson, Milton Brown, Henderson, Nev.; 22 grandchildren, and 47 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Idaho Daily Statesman, August 24, 1964 Page 14
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