LILLY GRACE CALKINS GOSSI was born June 23, 1878 on the family homestead in Spencer, Clay County, Iowa to Stephen Crawford Calkins and Francena Martha Wells Calkins. When she was a year old the family traveled by wagon and cow team to their new homes in the territory of Idaho. After wintering in the Lost River Country of southeast Idaho in 1880, they moved on to settle in the rugged mining town of Bay Horse, Custer County, Idaho on the Salmon River. It was in Bonanza where Lilly first met Carlos Gossi who was born in Italy on March 29, 1875. They were married in the Weiser Hotel on July 16, 1898. The newlyweds went to Council, to Seven Devils for three or four months where Carlos worked that fall and winter in the mining camp of Mineral. The next spring they went to Weiser where Carlos took the contract to build the first three miles of railroad, the P.I.N. out of Weiser toward Council. Next winter they spent in Weiser in a lodging house which Lilly ran. Carlos took a contract to get out timbers for a mine at Seven Devils so they sold the lodging house and drove a team to the South Peacock mine. Next, they built a house in Council and Carlos went to Goodrich Creek to cut cordwood. Lilly went to spend the day with him; a storm came on and she was kept there two months by high water. She went to Council on the first passenger train over the P.I.N. road when the road bed was soft. Their son, Laurence Stephen, was born that spring, March 28, 1901. They went to Warren to get out timbers and spent the summer. Lilly had several canaries. She hung the cages out on the trees in the daytime with the cage doors open and the birds flew about as they pleased but never failed to go back in the cages at night. People came from town to see this. That fall they moved back to Council and Carlos went to New York. The next fall he went to Mackey and soon sent for Lilly. He built the telephone line from Mackey to Challis in 1902. Their son, Vernon Pasquelina, was born in Caldwell in 1904. (from Lilly's sister Alma's memories)
Their daughter, Ardith was born on May 7, 1917 in Boise.
Lilly had six sisters, Minnie Etta Calkins (Hutchinson/Tierney); Emma Cornelia Calkins (Draper); Alma Blanche Calkins (Bingham); Frankie Pearl Calkins; Ruby Bell Calkins (Smith); and Agnes Bernice Calkins (Hahn), and one brother, Charles Henry Calkins.
Lilly's husband, Carlos was gored in the stomach by a bull and died of his injuries on October 17, 1929. Lilly kept her home in Idaho, but in 1940 she moved to Oklahoma City to be near her daughter, Ardith.
Lilly Grace Calkins Gossi died in an Oklahoma City hospital in April, 1969 at the age of 90. Graveside services were conducted at Morris Hill by Dr. Douglas Tiffany, chaplain of the College of Idaho with internment next to her husband, Carlos at the Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho.
Lilly was survived by her daughter, Ardith Gossi Dolese of Oklahoma City; two sons, Vernon Gossi and Laurence Gossi, both of Boise; a sister, Mrs. Agnes Hahn of Caldwell; and 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
(Calkins/Wells history~Ruth I. Miller)
Their daughter, Ardith was born on May 7, 1917 in Boise.
Lilly had six sisters, Minnie Etta Calkins (Hutchinson/Tierney); Emma Cornelia Calkins (Draper); Alma Blanche Calkins (Bingham); Frankie Pearl Calkins; Ruby Bell Calkins (Smith); and Agnes Bernice Calkins (Hahn), and one brother, Charles Henry Calkins.
Lilly's husband, Carlos was gored in the stomach by a bull and died of his injuries on October 17, 1929. Lilly kept her home in Idaho, but in 1940 she moved to Oklahoma City to be near her daughter, Ardith.
Lilly Grace Calkins Gossi died in an Oklahoma City hospital in April, 1969 at the age of 90. Graveside services were conducted at Morris Hill by Dr. Douglas Tiffany, chaplain of the College of Idaho with internment next to her husband, Carlos at the Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho.
Lilly was survived by her daughter, Ardith Gossi Dolese of Oklahoma City; two sons, Vernon Gossi and Laurence Gossi, both of Boise; a sister, Mrs. Agnes Hahn of Caldwell; and 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
(Calkins/Wells history~Ruth I. Miller)
LILLY GRACE CALKINS GOSSI was born June 23, 1878 on the family homestead in Spencer, Clay County, Iowa to Stephen Crawford Calkins and Francena Martha Wells Calkins. When she was a year old the family traveled by wagon and cow team to their new homes in the territory of Idaho. After wintering in the Lost River Country of southeast Idaho in 1880, they moved on to settle in the rugged mining town of Bay Horse, Custer County, Idaho on the Salmon River. It was in Bonanza where Lilly first met Carlos Gossi who was born in Italy on March 29, 1875. They were married in the Weiser Hotel on July 16, 1898. The newlyweds went to Council, to Seven Devils for three or four months where Carlos worked that fall and winter in the mining camp of Mineral. The next spring they went to Weiser where Carlos took the contract to build the first three miles of railroad, the P.I.N. out of Weiser toward Council. Next winter they spent in Weiser in a lodging house which Lilly ran. Carlos took a contract to get out timbers for a mine at Seven Devils so they sold the lodging house and drove a team to the South Peacock mine. Next, they built a house in Council and Carlos went to Goodrich Creek to cut cordwood. Lilly went to spend the day with him; a storm came on and she was kept there two months by high water. She went to Council on the first passenger train over the P.I.N. road when the road bed was soft. Their son, Laurence Stephen, was born that spring, March 28, 1901. They went to Warren to get out timbers and spent the summer. Lilly had several canaries. She hung the cages out on the trees in the daytime with the cage doors open and the birds flew about as they pleased but never failed to go back in the cages at night. People came from town to see this. That fall they moved back to Council and Carlos went to New York. The next fall he went to Mackey and soon sent for Lilly. He built the telephone line from Mackey to Challis in 1902. Their son, Vernon Pasquelina, was born in Caldwell in 1904. (from Lilly's sister Alma's memories)
Their daughter, Ardith was born on May 7, 1917 in Boise.
Lilly had six sisters, Minnie Etta Calkins (Hutchinson/Tierney); Emma Cornelia Calkins (Draper); Alma Blanche Calkins (Bingham); Frankie Pearl Calkins; Ruby Bell Calkins (Smith); and Agnes Bernice Calkins (Hahn), and one brother, Charles Henry Calkins.
Lilly's husband, Carlos was gored in the stomach by a bull and died of his injuries on October 17, 1929. Lilly kept her home in Idaho, but in 1940 she moved to Oklahoma City to be near her daughter, Ardith.
Lilly Grace Calkins Gossi died in an Oklahoma City hospital in April, 1969 at the age of 90. Graveside services were conducted at Morris Hill by Dr. Douglas Tiffany, chaplain of the College of Idaho with internment next to her husband, Carlos at the Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho.
Lilly was survived by her daughter, Ardith Gossi Dolese of Oklahoma City; two sons, Vernon Gossi and Laurence Gossi, both of Boise; a sister, Mrs. Agnes Hahn of Caldwell; and 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
(Calkins/Wells history~Ruth I. Miller)
Their daughter, Ardith was born on May 7, 1917 in Boise.
Lilly had six sisters, Minnie Etta Calkins (Hutchinson/Tierney); Emma Cornelia Calkins (Draper); Alma Blanche Calkins (Bingham); Frankie Pearl Calkins; Ruby Bell Calkins (Smith); and Agnes Bernice Calkins (Hahn), and one brother, Charles Henry Calkins.
Lilly's husband, Carlos was gored in the stomach by a bull and died of his injuries on October 17, 1929. Lilly kept her home in Idaho, but in 1940 she moved to Oklahoma City to be near her daughter, Ardith.
Lilly Grace Calkins Gossi died in an Oklahoma City hospital in April, 1969 at the age of 90. Graveside services were conducted at Morris Hill by Dr. Douglas Tiffany, chaplain of the College of Idaho with internment next to her husband, Carlos at the Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho.
Lilly was survived by her daughter, Ardith Gossi Dolese of Oklahoma City; two sons, Vernon Gossi and Laurence Gossi, both of Boise; a sister, Mrs. Agnes Hahn of Caldwell; and 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
(Calkins/Wells history~Ruth I. Miller)
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