History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests . e old home having sheltered onegeneration after another for fully a century and ahalf. The father was a farmer and died in 1883,at the age of forty-seven. The mother, whosemaiden name was Margaret Elmore, was born inNew York City and died at Hartford, Connecticut,in 1901, at the age of fifty-two. Mr. B. L. Williams, the oldest of the five children,was reared on the home farm until he was fifteen,attending the grammar and high schools of EastHartford for his education. At the age of twenty
History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests . e old home having sheltered onegeneration after another for fully a century and ahalf. The father was a farmer and died in 1883,at the age of forty-seven. The mother, whosemaiden name was Margaret Elmore, was born inNew York City and died at Hartford, Connecticut,in 1901, at the age of fifty-two. Mr. B. L. Williams, the oldest of the five children,was reared on the home farm until he was fifteen,attending the grammar and high schools of EastHartford for his education. At the age of twenty-two, in 1889, he came west and all his subsequentcareer has been spent in this northwest was his residence for several years, and from1893 to 1896 he was engaged in the lumber business,with a considerable degree of success. In the latteryear he became connected with the salmon canningindustry, and conducted an independent plant until1900, when he sold out. The next seven yearswere spent in a variety of undertakings, and in1907 he located at Mountain Home. Irrigation pro- I -^ { .i^V \. > < C
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