PENCE, Hon. Arthur
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PENCE, Hon. Arthur
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Classification: Biography
Surnames: Pence, Thurston, Wills, Waterhouse, Hailey, Trunnell, Fogarth, Hawley
History of Idaho, The Gem of the Mountains; James H. Hawley, editor; Illustrated; Volume IV; Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company; 1920; Pages 94-97 with Photo:
HON. ARTHUR PENCE.
In various ways Hon. Arthur PENCE has been identified with Idaho's development and progress. He has been associated with its agricultural interests and at the same time has left the impress of his individuality and ability upon the legislative history of the state, having served in both the house of representatives and the senate. He now makes his home near Hot Springs. He was born in Burlington county, Iowa, near Des Moines, on the 10th of February, 1847, his parents being William and Mary (Thurston) PENCE. His youthful days were passed in his native state to the age of eighteen years, but from the age of nine years he has been dependent upon his own resources. When a youth of eighteen he left Iowa for Idaho, driving an ox team across the country from Ottumwa, Iowa, to Page county, where he spent the winter and thence crossed the plains to Idaho in 1864, arriving at Boise on the 19th of October. He spent the following winter in Idaho City and for the next three years engaged in hauling freight from Umatilla to Boise. Later he located a ranch by squatter's right in the Boise valley and for a year devoted his attention to farming there. He afterward homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the Bruneau valley, where he is now located, and through the intervening period he has carried on general ranching, gardening and cattle raising. After a time, however, he disposed of his cattle and for the past thirty-three years has given his attention largely to sheep raising, now running two bands of sheep.
In 1877 Mr. Pence was married to Miss Mary S. Wills, a native of Missouri, and they have become the parents of four children; Maud E., now the wife of J. W. Waterhouse, residing near Nampa, Idaho; Arthur, Jr., who married Miss Edith Hailey; Mattie, the wife of A. F. Trunnell, living near her father upon the ranch; and Grover W., who married Miss Theresa Fogarth, and is also living near his father on the ranch.
Mr. Pence is a faithful follower of the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also a stalwart democrat and a warm personal friend of Governor Hawley. He has been quite prominent in connection with the political history of the state, serving in 1900 as a member of the house of representatives and from 1903 until 1907 as a member of the Idaho state senate. He yet keeps in close touch with the vital problems and political issues of the country, so that he is able to support his position by intelligent and discriminating argument. He certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for starting out in life when a young lad of but nine years to provide for his own support, he has worked his way steadily upward, his industry and diligence constituting the broad foundation upon which he has built his success.
HON. ARTHUR PENCE.
In various ways Hon. Arthur PENCE has been identified with Idaho's development and progress. He has been associated with its agricultural interests and at the same time has left the impress of his individuality and ability upon the legislative history of the state, having served in both the house of representatives and the senate. He now makes his home near Hot Springs. He was born in Burlington county, Iowa, near Des Moines, on the 10th of February, 1847, his parents being William and Mary (Thurston) PENCE. His youthful days were passed in his native state to the age of eighteen years, but from the age of nine years he has been dependent upon his own resources. When a youth of eighteen he left Iowa for Idaho, driving an ox team across the country from Ottumwa, Iowa, to Page county, where he spent the winter and thence crossed the plains to Idaho in 1864, arriving at Boise on the 19th of October. He spent the following winter in Idaho City and for the next three years engaged in hauling freight from Umatilla to Boise. Later he located a ranch by squatter's right in the Boise valley and for a year devoted his attention to farming there. He afterward homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the Bruneau valley, where he is now located, and through the intervening period he has carried on general ranching, gardening and cattle raising. After a time, however, he disposed of his cattle and for the past thirty-three years has given his attention largely to sheep raising, now running two bands of sheep.
In 1877 Mr. Pence was married to Miss Mary S. Wills, a native of Missouri, and they have become the parents of four children; Maud E., now the wife of J. W. Waterhouse, residing near Nampa, Idaho; Arthur, Jr., who married Miss Edith Hailey; Mattie, the wife of A. F. Trunnell, living near her father upon the ranch; and Grover W., who married Miss Theresa Fogarth, and is also living near his father on the ranch.
Mr. Pence is a faithful follower of the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also a stalwart democrat and a warm personal friend of Governor Hawley. He has been quite prominent in connection with the political history of the state, serving in 1900 as a member of the house of representatives and from 1903 until 1907 as a member of the Idaho state senate. He yet keeps in close touch with the vital problems and political issues of the country, so that he is able to support his position by intelligent and discriminating argument. He certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for starting out in life when a young lad of but nine years to provide for his own support, he has worked his way steadily upward, his industry and diligence constituting the broad foundation upon which he has built his success.