The following was contributed by Amanda Fox (#47429422)
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
E. O. Johnston, engaged in the cultivation of a farm of twenty-five acres in the Fargo district, was born in Ohio, April 11, 1863, a son of Andrew and Margaret Jane (Osborn) Johnston, who were also natives of the Buckeye state. The father was a farmer there but died in Indiana in 1914, having removed to the latter state in 1866. There he followed agricultural pursuits until his death. His wife passed away in Indiana in 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnston were the parents of three sons. Thomas married Annie Parkinson, of Indiana, and has five children: Alva, Leita, Margaret Jane, Dorothy and Andrew. They reside near the home of E. O. Johnston in Canyon county. Rolla, the other brother, married Miss Mary Redding and they have four children: Clara, Earl, Leila and Ivah. Their home is at Fargo.
E. O. Johnston was educated in the schools of Indiana until 1880 and followed various pursuits there until 1885, when he went to Des Moines, Iowa, where he learned the baker's trade, which he followed until 1907. In that year he came to Idaho and purchased his present place, which was a relinquishment claim of eighty acres of raw land covered with sagebrush. He has cleared and leveled this land and in 1910 water was available for irrigating purposes from the Boise-Payette project. Since that time he has sold all but twenty-five acres of his original claim. He carries on mixed farming and cultivates all but two acres of his place. His has been an active and useful life in which he has accomplished his purposes by honorable methods, winning the regard and respect of his fellowmen. He keeps upon his farm a few fine cows and does dairying in a small way. He also has twenty-five colonies of bees upon his place and expects soon to greatly enlarge his business in the way of bee culture and the production of honey. He is a man of resolute purpose, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes, and he is regarded as a substantial citizen of the community in which he makes his home.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
E. O. Johnston, engaged in the cultivation of a farm of twenty-five acres in the Fargo district, was born in Ohio, April 11, 1863, a son of Andrew and Margaret Jane (Osborn) Johnston, who were also natives of the Buckeye state. The father was a farmer there but died in Indiana in 1914, having removed to the latter state in 1866. There he followed agricultural pursuits until his death. His wife passed away in Indiana in 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnston were the parents of three sons. Thomas married Annie Parkinson, of Indiana, and has five children: Alva, Leita, Margaret Jane, Dorothy and Andrew. They reside near the home of E. O. Johnston in Canyon county. Rolla, the other brother, married Miss Mary Redding and they have four children: Clara, Earl, Leila and Ivah. Their home is at Fargo.
E. O. Johnston was educated in the schools of Indiana until 1880 and followed various pursuits there until 1885, when he went to Des Moines, Iowa, where he learned the baker's trade, which he followed until 1907. In that year he came to Idaho and purchased his present place, which was a relinquishment claim of eighty acres of raw land covered with sagebrush. He has cleared and leveled this land and in 1910 water was available for irrigating purposes from the Boise-Payette project. Since that time he has sold all but twenty-five acres of his original claim. He carries on mixed farming and cultivates all but two acres of his place. His has been an active and useful life in which he has accomplished his purposes by honorable methods, winning the regard and respect of his fellowmen. He keeps upon his farm a few fine cows and does dairying in a small way. He also has twenty-five colonies of bees upon his place and expects soon to greatly enlarge his business in the way of bee culture and the production of honey. He is a man of resolute purpose, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes, and he is regarded as a substantial citizen of the community in which he makes his home.
The following was contributed by Amanda Fox (#47429422)
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
E. O. Johnston, engaged in the cultivation of a farm of twenty-five acres in the Fargo district, was born in Ohio, April 11, 1863, a son of Andrew and Margaret Jane (Osborn) Johnston, who were also natives of the Buckeye state. The father was a farmer there but died in Indiana in 1914, having removed to the latter state in 1866. There he followed agricultural pursuits until his death. His wife passed away in Indiana in 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnston were the parents of three sons. Thomas married Annie Parkinson, of Indiana, and has five children: Alva, Leita, Margaret Jane, Dorothy and Andrew. They reside near the home of E. O. Johnston in Canyon county. Rolla, the other brother, married Miss Mary Redding and they have four children: Clara, Earl, Leila and Ivah. Their home is at Fargo.
E. O. Johnston was educated in the schools of Indiana until 1880 and followed various pursuits there until 1885, when he went to Des Moines, Iowa, where he learned the baker's trade, which he followed until 1907. In that year he came to Idaho and purchased his present place, which was a relinquishment claim of eighty acres of raw land covered with sagebrush. He has cleared and leveled this land and in 1910 water was available for irrigating purposes from the Boise-Payette project. Since that time he has sold all but twenty-five acres of his original claim. He carries on mixed farming and cultivates all but two acres of his place. His has been an active and useful life in which he has accomplished his purposes by honorable methods, winning the regard and respect of his fellowmen. He keeps upon his farm a few fine cows and does dairying in a small way. He also has twenty-five colonies of bees upon his place and expects soon to greatly enlarge his business in the way of bee culture and the production of honey. He is a man of resolute purpose, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes, and he is regarded as a substantial citizen of the community in which he makes his home.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
E. O. Johnston, engaged in the cultivation of a farm of twenty-five acres in the Fargo district, was born in Ohio, April 11, 1863, a son of Andrew and Margaret Jane (Osborn) Johnston, who were also natives of the Buckeye state. The father was a farmer there but died in Indiana in 1914, having removed to the latter state in 1866. There he followed agricultural pursuits until his death. His wife passed away in Indiana in 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnston were the parents of three sons. Thomas married Annie Parkinson, of Indiana, and has five children: Alva, Leita, Margaret Jane, Dorothy and Andrew. They reside near the home of E. O. Johnston in Canyon county. Rolla, the other brother, married Miss Mary Redding and they have four children: Clara, Earl, Leila and Ivah. Their home is at Fargo.
E. O. Johnston was educated in the schools of Indiana until 1880 and followed various pursuits there until 1885, when he went to Des Moines, Iowa, where he learned the baker's trade, which he followed until 1907. In that year he came to Idaho and purchased his present place, which was a relinquishment claim of eighty acres of raw land covered with sagebrush. He has cleared and leveled this land and in 1910 water was available for irrigating purposes from the Boise-Payette project. Since that time he has sold all but twenty-five acres of his original claim. He carries on mixed farming and cultivates all but two acres of his place. His has been an active and useful life in which he has accomplished his purposes by honorable methods, winning the regard and respect of his fellowmen. He keeps upon his farm a few fine cows and does dairying in a small way. He also has twenty-five colonies of bees upon his place and expects soon to greatly enlarge his business in the way of bee culture and the production of honey. He is a man of resolute purpose, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes, and he is regarded as a substantial citizen of the community in which he makes his home.
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