(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920 under William L. Thurman's son Roland Thurman)
....W. L. Thurman, came to Idaho from the south in the early '60s and settled at Soda Springs, after which he removed to Boise, while subsequently he took up his abode at the place known as the old Thurman Grist Mills on the Boise river, about eight miles west of the capital city. There he operated his mill and was the owner of most of the land adjacent thereto. He also owned the Bill Francis place on Eagle Island, now the property of Truman C. Catlin. His possessions aggregated about eleven hundred acres in these two places. After living at the mill for about twenty years he sold the property and removed to a stock ranch near Mountain Home, Idaho, which place he owned and conducted for many years, there being extensively engaged in stock raising. At one time he had five hundred head of horses upon that place. A village has since been laid out and developed there and is called Thurman. The father was also interested in mining properties and owned the Shaw Mountain property, which is today yielding excellent dividends. He traded this property to Mrs. McCarty for eighty acres and the old home mill and returned thereto. Afterward, however, he resumed stock raising and turned the old Thurman mill place over to his wife, who lived there, while Mr. Thurman remained upon the stock ranch. He ultimately sold the latter property and bought Mountain Home property and in fact he continued to make investments in property to the time of his death, which occurred at Mountain Home in February, 1913, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. At one time he owned and conducted a store in Boise and also a store at the mill. In politics he was a staunch democrat and for one term served as county commissioner of Elmore county and also was appointed to serve an unexpired term. At Soda Springs he owned a store and traded largely with the Indians, and he also traded with the Indians at the old mill store. When engaged in the stock business he owned over a thousand head of stock. He was a man of very generous disposition and helpful spirit and many a tale could be told by the old-timers of the flour and other provisions which he gave to the poor. His property at Mountain Home is a part of the family estate and is worth a very considerable fortune. The mother of Roland Thurman bore the maiden name of Victoria Augerbright and the parents were married in the east. Her death occurred at her home in Boise in 1909. The family numbered fourteen children: while nine children of the family have passed away. The father was one of the typical pioneer citizens who contributed much to the substantial development and upbuilding of the northwest.
Idaho Death Index, 1911-51; certificate 004335, indicates he was born 4 Dec 1830.
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Information below provided by Jon McConnel, #47611507, on 4-8-2012:
Date of Birth: 1900 Census says "Dec. 1831"; Idaho Death Index says "12/04/1830"; Headstone says he was 82 when he died on Feb. 20, 1913. Some of this information is contradictory. If he was born 12/4/1831, he would have been 81 when he died.
Place of Birth: Kentucky
Place of Death: Mountain Home, Elmore Co., ID
Spouse: Victoria Thurman
William L. Thurman had a flour mill near Boise from as early as 1874 to at least 1886. He was postmaster of the settlement of Thurman's Mills for its entire existence, 1878-1886. William and his wife, Victoria, had 14 children, among whom were: Japhet "Jafe" (born in NE), Lambert (Missouri), Finnette "Nettie" (Utah Terr.), William L. Jr. (Idaho Terr.), Roland, Charles, and
Claude.
William and Victoria divorced between 1900 and 1910.
....W. L. Thurman, came to Idaho from the south in the early '60s and settled at Soda Springs, after which he removed to Boise, while subsequently he took up his abode at the place known as the old Thurman Grist Mills on the Boise river, about eight miles west of the capital city. There he operated his mill and was the owner of most of the land adjacent thereto. He also owned the Bill Francis place on Eagle Island, now the property of Truman C. Catlin. His possessions aggregated about eleven hundred acres in these two places. After living at the mill for about twenty years he sold the property and removed to a stock ranch near Mountain Home, Idaho, which place he owned and conducted for many years, there being extensively engaged in stock raising. At one time he had five hundred head of horses upon that place. A village has since been laid out and developed there and is called Thurman. The father was also interested in mining properties and owned the Shaw Mountain property, which is today yielding excellent dividends. He traded this property to Mrs. McCarty for eighty acres and the old home mill and returned thereto. Afterward, however, he resumed stock raising and turned the old Thurman mill place over to his wife, who lived there, while Mr. Thurman remained upon the stock ranch. He ultimately sold the latter property and bought Mountain Home property and in fact he continued to make investments in property to the time of his death, which occurred at Mountain Home in February, 1913, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. At one time he owned and conducted a store in Boise and also a store at the mill. In politics he was a staunch democrat and for one term served as county commissioner of Elmore county and also was appointed to serve an unexpired term. At Soda Springs he owned a store and traded largely with the Indians, and he also traded with the Indians at the old mill store. When engaged in the stock business he owned over a thousand head of stock. He was a man of very generous disposition and helpful spirit and many a tale could be told by the old-timers of the flour and other provisions which he gave to the poor. His property at Mountain Home is a part of the family estate and is worth a very considerable fortune. The mother of Roland Thurman bore the maiden name of Victoria Augerbright and the parents were married in the east. Her death occurred at her home in Boise in 1909. The family numbered fourteen children: while nine children of the family have passed away. The father was one of the typical pioneer citizens who contributed much to the substantial development and upbuilding of the northwest.
Idaho Death Index, 1911-51; certificate 004335, indicates he was born 4 Dec 1830.
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Information below provided by Jon McConnel, #47611507, on 4-8-2012:
Date of Birth: 1900 Census says "Dec. 1831"; Idaho Death Index says "12/04/1830"; Headstone says he was 82 when he died on Feb. 20, 1913. Some of this information is contradictory. If he was born 12/4/1831, he would have been 81 when he died.
Place of Birth: Kentucky
Place of Death: Mountain Home, Elmore Co., ID
Spouse: Victoria Thurman
William L. Thurman had a flour mill near Boise from as early as 1874 to at least 1886. He was postmaster of the settlement of Thurman's Mills for its entire existence, 1878-1886. William and his wife, Victoria, had 14 children, among whom were: Japhet "Jafe" (born in NE), Lambert (Missouri), Finnette "Nettie" (Utah Terr.), William L. Jr. (Idaho Terr.), Roland, Charles, and
Claude.
William and Victoria divorced between 1900 and 1910.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920 under William L. Thurman's son Roland Thurman)
....W. L. Thurman, came to Idaho from the south in the early '60s and settled at Soda Springs, after which he removed to Boise, while subsequently he took up his abode at the place known as the old Thurman Grist Mills on the Boise river, about eight miles west of the capital city. There he operated his mill and was the owner of most of the land adjacent thereto. He also owned the Bill Francis place on Eagle Island, now the property of Truman C. Catlin. His possessions aggregated about eleven hundred acres in these two places. After living at the mill for about twenty years he sold the property and removed to a stock ranch near Mountain Home, Idaho, which place he owned and conducted for many years, there being extensively engaged in stock raising. At one time he had five hundred head of horses upon that place. A village has since been laid out and developed there and is called Thurman. The father was also interested in mining properties and owned the Shaw Mountain property, which is today yielding excellent dividends. He traded this property to Mrs. McCarty for eighty acres and the old home mill and returned thereto. Afterward, however, he resumed stock raising and turned the old Thurman mill place over to his wife, who lived there, while Mr. Thurman remained upon the stock ranch. He ultimately sold the latter property and bought Mountain Home property and in fact he continued to make investments in property to the time of his death, which occurred at Mountain Home in February, 1913, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. At one time he owned and conducted a store in Boise and also a store at the mill. In politics he was a staunch democrat and for one term served as county commissioner of Elmore county and also was appointed to serve an unexpired term. At Soda Springs he owned a store and traded largely with the Indians, and he also traded with the Indians at the old mill store. When engaged in the stock business he owned over a thousand head of stock. He was a man of very generous disposition and helpful spirit and many a tale could be told by the old-timers of the flour and other provisions which he gave to the poor. His property at Mountain Home is a part of the family estate and is worth a very considerable fortune. The mother of Roland Thurman bore the maiden name of Victoria Augerbright and the parents were married in the east. Her death occurred at her home in Boise in 1909. The family numbered fourteen children: while nine children of the family have passed away. The father was one of the typical pioneer citizens who contributed much to the substantial development and upbuilding of the northwest.
Idaho Death Index, 1911-51; certificate 004335, indicates he was born 4 Dec 1830.
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Information below provided by Jon McConnel, #47611507, on 4-8-2012:
Date of Birth: 1900 Census says "Dec. 1831"; Idaho Death Index says "12/04/1830"; Headstone says he was 82 when he died on Feb. 20, 1913. Some of this information is contradictory. If he was born 12/4/1831, he would have been 81 when he died.
Place of Birth: Kentucky
Place of Death: Mountain Home, Elmore Co., ID
Spouse: Victoria Thurman
William L. Thurman had a flour mill near Boise from as early as 1874 to at least 1886. He was postmaster of the settlement of Thurman's Mills for its entire existence, 1878-1886. William and his wife, Victoria, had 14 children, among whom were: Japhet "Jafe" (born in NE), Lambert (Missouri), Finnette "Nettie" (Utah Terr.), William L. Jr. (Idaho Terr.), Roland, Charles, and
Claude.
William and Victoria divorced between 1900 and 1910.
....W. L. Thurman, came to Idaho from the south in the early '60s and settled at Soda Springs, after which he removed to Boise, while subsequently he took up his abode at the place known as the old Thurman Grist Mills on the Boise river, about eight miles west of the capital city. There he operated his mill and was the owner of most of the land adjacent thereto. He also owned the Bill Francis place on Eagle Island, now the property of Truman C. Catlin. His possessions aggregated about eleven hundred acres in these two places. After living at the mill for about twenty years he sold the property and removed to a stock ranch near Mountain Home, Idaho, which place he owned and conducted for many years, there being extensively engaged in stock raising. At one time he had five hundred head of horses upon that place. A village has since been laid out and developed there and is called Thurman. The father was also interested in mining properties and owned the Shaw Mountain property, which is today yielding excellent dividends. He traded this property to Mrs. McCarty for eighty acres and the old home mill and returned thereto. Afterward, however, he resumed stock raising and turned the old Thurman mill place over to his wife, who lived there, while Mr. Thurman remained upon the stock ranch. He ultimately sold the latter property and bought Mountain Home property and in fact he continued to make investments in property to the time of his death, which occurred at Mountain Home in February, 1913, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. At one time he owned and conducted a store in Boise and also a store at the mill. In politics he was a staunch democrat and for one term served as county commissioner of Elmore county and also was appointed to serve an unexpired term. At Soda Springs he owned a store and traded largely with the Indians, and he also traded with the Indians at the old mill store. When engaged in the stock business he owned over a thousand head of stock. He was a man of very generous disposition and helpful spirit and many a tale could be told by the old-timers of the flour and other provisions which he gave to the poor. His property at Mountain Home is a part of the family estate and is worth a very considerable fortune. The mother of Roland Thurman bore the maiden name of Victoria Augerbright and the parents were married in the east. Her death occurred at her home in Boise in 1909. The family numbered fourteen children: while nine children of the family have passed away. The father was one of the typical pioneer citizens who contributed much to the substantial development and upbuilding of the northwest.
Idaho Death Index, 1911-51; certificate 004335, indicates he was born 4 Dec 1830.
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Information below provided by Jon McConnel, #47611507, on 4-8-2012:
Date of Birth: 1900 Census says "Dec. 1831"; Idaho Death Index says "12/04/1830"; Headstone says he was 82 when he died on Feb. 20, 1913. Some of this information is contradictory. If he was born 12/4/1831, he would have been 81 when he died.
Place of Birth: Kentucky
Place of Death: Mountain Home, Elmore Co., ID
Spouse: Victoria Thurman
William L. Thurman had a flour mill near Boise from as early as 1874 to at least 1886. He was postmaster of the settlement of Thurman's Mills for its entire existence, 1878-1886. William and his wife, Victoria, had 14 children, among whom were: Japhet "Jafe" (born in NE), Lambert (Missouri), Finnette "Nettie" (Utah Terr.), William L. Jr. (Idaho Terr.), Roland, Charles, and
Claude.
William and Victoria divorced between 1900 and 1910.
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