The following is taken from The History of Idaho, the Gem of the Mountains (1920) by James H. Hawley.
Herbert S Bown was actively identified with farming, his interests including dairying and the raising of alfalfa and grain in the vicinity of Nampa, and when death called him the district lost one of its representative businessmen.
He was born in Iowa, August 4, 1856, and crossed the plains with his parents by ox team when he was only eight years of age, the family home being established three miles east of Boise. He thus became familiar with all of the experiences of frontier life, with its privations, its hardships and its opportunities. He acquired his education in the schools of Boise, which he attended to the age of eighteen years, and later he rode the range for several years.
In 1883 he married and in the same year homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, including eighty acres on which his widow now resides. Up to the time of his death, which occurred December 20, 1917, he devoted his attention to dairying and to the production of alfalfa and grain. His widow and her three sons now conduct the farm, devoting most of their attention to dairying.
It was in 1883 that Mr. Bown wedded Sophania Duncan, of California, and they became parents of six children: Grace, the wife of Elmer Tadlock, of Twin Falls; Robert L., thirty-five years of age who is married and lives on a farm adjoining the old home place; Joseph S., aged twenty-nine, who is married and owns and operates a threshing machine; Charles A., twenty-five years of age, and Clifford B., aged nineteen, at home with their mother; and Herbert S., aged sixteen, also working with his brothers on the farm.
In politics Mr. Bown was an earnest republican and while not a politician, he served for twelve years on the school board. He was intensely interested in all political questions and issues and gave earnest support to all plans and projects for the general good. With every phase of frontier life and the subsequent development and upbuilding of the state he was closely associated, and his labors constituted a substantial contribution to the work of progress and improvement, while his genuine value as a man and as a citizen was widely acknowledged by all who knew him.
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"Although it doesn't say, I'm sure he was born in Black Hawk County - where his parents lived." ______________________________________________
His parents, Joseph and Temperance Bown, homesteaded a ranch and built a house east of Boise. The ranch is now developed, and is inside town, but their house still stands, and is still in use today. It is owned by the Idaho Heritage Trust. Much in that part of town is named after the Bowns.
"The Bown House is located on the campus of Riverside Elementary School in Boise. The house is one of the earliest homes still remaining in southwestern Idaho and is in the National Register of Historic places. Built of locally quarried sandstone in 1869, it was considered the grandest dwelling in Boise's outlying districts. Joseph Bown was a rancher. Temperance Bown taught school at South Boise's pioneer one-room school and for a time, when the school burned, Mrs. Bown held classes in her home. Boise City school children now have history classes in the house. The Assistance League of Boise is a recipient of the Glenn Janss Award for Exemplary Work in Preserving Idaho's Heritage."
Herbert S Bown was actively identified with farming, his interests including dairying and the raising of alfalfa and grain in the vicinity of Nampa, and when death called him the district lost one of its representative businessmen.
He was born in Iowa, August 4, 1856, and crossed the plains with his parents by ox team when he was only eight years of age, the family home being established three miles east of Boise. He thus became familiar with all of the experiences of frontier life, with its privations, its hardships and its opportunities. He acquired his education in the schools of Boise, which he attended to the age of eighteen years, and later he rode the range for several years.
In 1883 he married and in the same year homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, including eighty acres on which his widow now resides. Up to the time of his death, which occurred December 20, 1917, he devoted his attention to dairying and to the production of alfalfa and grain. His widow and her three sons now conduct the farm, devoting most of their attention to dairying.
It was in 1883 that Mr. Bown wedded Sophania Duncan, of California, and they became parents of six children: Grace, the wife of Elmer Tadlock, of Twin Falls; Robert L., thirty-five years of age who is married and lives on a farm adjoining the old home place; Joseph S., aged twenty-nine, who is married and owns and operates a threshing machine; Charles A., twenty-five years of age, and Clifford B., aged nineteen, at home with their mother; and Herbert S., aged sixteen, also working with his brothers on the farm.
In politics Mr. Bown was an earnest republican and while not a politician, he served for twelve years on the school board. He was intensely interested in all political questions and issues and gave earnest support to all plans and projects for the general good. With every phase of frontier life and the subsequent development and upbuilding of the state he was closely associated, and his labors constituted a substantial contribution to the work of progress and improvement, while his genuine value as a man and as a citizen was widely acknowledged by all who knew him.
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"Although it doesn't say, I'm sure he was born in Black Hawk County - where his parents lived." ______________________________________________
His parents, Joseph and Temperance Bown, homesteaded a ranch and built a house east of Boise. The ranch is now developed, and is inside town, but their house still stands, and is still in use today. It is owned by the Idaho Heritage Trust. Much in that part of town is named after the Bowns.
"The Bown House is located on the campus of Riverside Elementary School in Boise. The house is one of the earliest homes still remaining in southwestern Idaho and is in the National Register of Historic places. Built of locally quarried sandstone in 1869, it was considered the grandest dwelling in Boise's outlying districts. Joseph Bown was a rancher. Temperance Bown taught school at South Boise's pioneer one-room school and for a time, when the school burned, Mrs. Bown held classes in her home. Boise City school children now have history classes in the house. The Assistance League of Boise is a recipient of the Glenn Janss Award for Exemplary Work in Preserving Idaho's Heritage."
The following is taken from The History of Idaho, the Gem of the Mountains (1920) by James H. Hawley.
Herbert S Bown was actively identified with farming, his interests including dairying and the raising of alfalfa and grain in the vicinity of Nampa, and when death called him the district lost one of its representative businessmen.
He was born in Iowa, August 4, 1856, and crossed the plains with his parents by ox team when he was only eight years of age, the family home being established three miles east of Boise. He thus became familiar with all of the experiences of frontier life, with its privations, its hardships and its opportunities. He acquired his education in the schools of Boise, which he attended to the age of eighteen years, and later he rode the range for several years.
In 1883 he married and in the same year homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, including eighty acres on which his widow now resides. Up to the time of his death, which occurred December 20, 1917, he devoted his attention to dairying and to the production of alfalfa and grain. His widow and her three sons now conduct the farm, devoting most of their attention to dairying.
It was in 1883 that Mr. Bown wedded Sophania Duncan, of California, and they became parents of six children: Grace, the wife of Elmer Tadlock, of Twin Falls; Robert L., thirty-five years of age who is married and lives on a farm adjoining the old home place; Joseph S., aged twenty-nine, who is married and owns and operates a threshing machine; Charles A., twenty-five years of age, and Clifford B., aged nineteen, at home with their mother; and Herbert S., aged sixteen, also working with his brothers on the farm.
In politics Mr. Bown was an earnest republican and while not a politician, he served for twelve years on the school board. He was intensely interested in all political questions and issues and gave earnest support to all plans and projects for the general good. With every phase of frontier life and the subsequent development and upbuilding of the state he was closely associated, and his labors constituted a substantial contribution to the work of progress and improvement, while his genuine value as a man and as a citizen was widely acknowledged by all who knew him.
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"Although it doesn't say, I'm sure he was born in Black Hawk County - where his parents lived." ______________________________________________
His parents, Joseph and Temperance Bown, homesteaded a ranch and built a house east of Boise. The ranch is now developed, and is inside town, but their house still stands, and is still in use today. It is owned by the Idaho Heritage Trust. Much in that part of town is named after the Bowns.
"The Bown House is located on the campus of Riverside Elementary School in Boise. The house is one of the earliest homes still remaining in southwestern Idaho and is in the National Register of Historic places. Built of locally quarried sandstone in 1869, it was considered the grandest dwelling in Boise's outlying districts. Joseph Bown was a rancher. Temperance Bown taught school at South Boise's pioneer one-room school and for a time, when the school burned, Mrs. Bown held classes in her home. Boise City school children now have history classes in the house. The Assistance League of Boise is a recipient of the Glenn Janss Award for Exemplary Work in Preserving Idaho's Heritage."
Herbert S Bown was actively identified with farming, his interests including dairying and the raising of alfalfa and grain in the vicinity of Nampa, and when death called him the district lost one of its representative businessmen.
He was born in Iowa, August 4, 1856, and crossed the plains with his parents by ox team when he was only eight years of age, the family home being established three miles east of Boise. He thus became familiar with all of the experiences of frontier life, with its privations, its hardships and its opportunities. He acquired his education in the schools of Boise, which he attended to the age of eighteen years, and later he rode the range for several years.
In 1883 he married and in the same year homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, including eighty acres on which his widow now resides. Up to the time of his death, which occurred December 20, 1917, he devoted his attention to dairying and to the production of alfalfa and grain. His widow and her three sons now conduct the farm, devoting most of their attention to dairying.
It was in 1883 that Mr. Bown wedded Sophania Duncan, of California, and they became parents of six children: Grace, the wife of Elmer Tadlock, of Twin Falls; Robert L., thirty-five years of age who is married and lives on a farm adjoining the old home place; Joseph S., aged twenty-nine, who is married and owns and operates a threshing machine; Charles A., twenty-five years of age, and Clifford B., aged nineteen, at home with their mother; and Herbert S., aged sixteen, also working with his brothers on the farm.
In politics Mr. Bown was an earnest republican and while not a politician, he served for twelve years on the school board. He was intensely interested in all political questions and issues and gave earnest support to all plans and projects for the general good. With every phase of frontier life and the subsequent development and upbuilding of the state he was closely associated, and his labors constituted a substantial contribution to the work of progress and improvement, while his genuine value as a man and as a citizen was widely acknowledged by all who knew him.
______________________________________________
"Although it doesn't say, I'm sure he was born in Black Hawk County - where his parents lived." ______________________________________________
His parents, Joseph and Temperance Bown, homesteaded a ranch and built a house east of Boise. The ranch is now developed, and is inside town, but their house still stands, and is still in use today. It is owned by the Idaho Heritage Trust. Much in that part of town is named after the Bowns.
"The Bown House is located on the campus of Riverside Elementary School in Boise. The house is one of the earliest homes still remaining in southwestern Idaho and is in the National Register of Historic places. Built of locally quarried sandstone in 1869, it was considered the grandest dwelling in Boise's outlying districts. Joseph Bown was a rancher. Temperance Bown taught school at South Boise's pioneer one-room school and for a time, when the school burned, Mrs. Bown held classes in her home. Boise City school children now have history classes in the house. The Assistance League of Boise is a recipient of the Glenn Janss Award for Exemplary Work in Preserving Idaho's Heritage."
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