Families

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CLAY Family

Rider Feared Lost in Snake

Council, Idaho. Sheriff's officers were searching Wednesday for a 38-year-old ranch hand whose horse collapsed under him as he was fording the Wild Horse River, a tributary of the turbulent Snake. The rider, Ed Clay of New Meadows, was feared drowned. Companions caught a glimpse of the rider and horse as they were swept into the Snake. Clay and other employes of the Circle C Ranch had been fording cattle across the river about half a mile downstream from the Idaho Power Co. Brownlee Dam construction site.

Handwritten note on newspaper clipping: March 26, 1956

Body Recovered

Whitehorse, Idaho. Adams County sheriff's said Tuesday the body of 38-year-old Ed Clay of New Meadows, who drowned March 26, has been recovered from the Snake River near the site of the Brownlee Dam. Sheriff Frank Yantis said the body was discovered on the Oregon side of the river by the victim's brother, Larry Clay, also of New Meadows.

Handwritten note on newspaper clipping: April 18, 1956

Note: Ed Clay is probably buried in New Meadows Cemetery.

Submitted by: Peggy Shuping shupingpl@webtv.ne

COLE Family

Fred Marion Cole was born 5 Sep 1907, near the T-Bone river in Missouri, and died 4 May 1992 in Council, Idaho. His wife (on the same headstone), Effie Ruth (Taylor) Cole was born 8 Nov 1912 near Whitebird (Idaho County), Idaho and she died 14 Aug 1999 in Payette (Payette County), Idaho. The lived for many years on Hornet Creek, and Great Grandpa was locally famous for his "pet" turkeys.

Submitted by Jessica Smith RoseBriarR@yahoo.com

HARRELL Family

Mrs. James W. Harrell who has been visiting friends in Meridian, left Saturday morning to return to her home in Indian valley. They will get their mail hereafter at Mesa, in Adams county, instead of at the postoffice called Indian Valley. --The Meridian Times, Meridian, Idaho, November 09, 1917, Image 8 at ChroniclingAmerica

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sims and children are visiting this week at Mesa, Adams county, with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harrell. --The Meridian Times, Meridian, Idaho, August 19, 1919, Image 8 at ChroniclingAmerica

Contributed 2024 Aug 07 by Norma Hass