Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-03-26
Hon. A. B. Moss

at st. Alphonsus Hospital, Boise, Sat
urday afternoon of typhoid fever, was
one of Payette's most prominent pi-
oneer citizens. So intimately was he
associated with all its enterprises, his
death will have a tendency to para
lyze financial interests for time. Mr..
Moss was born Nov. 8, 1S49, at Bel
Vldere, Ill. He attended the public
school till he was sixteen, then came
west and engaged in stock raising
in Colorado and Wyoming for fifteen
years.
March 10th, 1881, he was married
to Miss Celia MelIor of Rock Springs,
coming to Idaho in 1882 to fulfill a
contract with the Oregon Short Line,
Tor quarter of million ties to be
delivered at this point, he Seeing the
possibilities of the surrounding coun-
try, drove the first stake in the dirt
OF thte fertile valley and founded Pay
cite. Later prophesying it was to be
ldaho's most populous and thriving
section and he lived to see many of
his predictions come true.
In 1883 in partnership with his
brother F. c. Moss, who survives him,
he engaged in general merchandise,
stock raising, real estate and banking
at Payette. He was the pioneer ditch |
and road builder for this section and |
was Payette's first mayor and many
times school trustee. A member of |
the Constitutional Legislature and
at the time os his death President OF
the First National Bank, President OF
Moss Mercantile, President of the
Cannery Company, Chairman of the
Asylum Board for eight years and
Treasurer of the Payette Valley rail
road, a railroad that his influence gave
us. 4
In politics he was Republican and 4
was candidate for Governor in 1896
v the Gold ticket. He was veteran
LIRE Civil War, entering the Ser
vice so young he was obliged to en-
list in an adjoining town where he
was not known. He served in the
69th. Illinois regiment and was wound
ed at Shiloh
He was a man broad and liberal IN
his religious views, devoted husband
and father with a generous hand
and warm heart in alleviating tho
sufferings of others, an energetic bus
iness man owing his high standing
to his individual efforts and most re-
markable personality. He was
Knight Templar and member Of the 9
l. o. o. F., Elks, G. A. R., o. e. 9
s., all sending beautiful emblems Of Il
their order and attending in regalia,
the funeral which was held from the /
house Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Thorn
as Ashworth, Rector of st. James,
reading the prayers and Ben Samuel I
Applegate, an old time friend, spoke C
most feelingly of his acquaintance
with the deceased.
The body lay in state in a solid
embankment of floral offerings of L
friends, from 10 to II and was viewed
by many. Coming from distance
were Masons and l. o. o. F.. from
Weiser, Ontario and Boise. The hon r
orary pail bearers were Judge Rich \
ards, Joseph Pinkham, Frank Coffin,
]. NJ. Johnson, Boise, John McGlinch- o
ey and Henry Erwin, Payette. The
Masons took charge at the cemetery.
Mr.. Moss is survived by his wife
and five sons, Lieut.. Wentworth
Moss, U. s. A., who arrived home !
Saturday, Frederic Alvord Moss, A. ]
B. Moss, Jr., William Moss and Heb
er Moss who is attending school at :
Philadelphia, one sister and two 4
brothers, to whom we extend most |
sincere sympathy. !