History of Idaho, The Gem of the Mountains, Vol 2 (p 975)
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George Peninger is a pioneer ranchman residing five miles southwest of Boise, on the Boise bench. He came to Idaho with his wife and one child in the year 1881,removing from California to this state. Mr. Peninger is a native, however, of Illinois, his birth having occurred about sixty miles west of the capital city of Springfield on the 21st of October, 1845. His parents were John and Charlotte (Hight) Peninger. The father died when the son was only a small lad. He was a native of Switzerland, while his wife was born in Pennsylvania and represented one of the early Pennsylvania Dutch families. The mother also passed away during the early boyhood of George Peninger, who was thus left an orphan. He was reared in the family of William R. Morrison, an uncle by marriage, and pursued his education in the public schools of Illinois and in the Presbyterian University at Lincoln, that state. Previous to the completion of his course in the university, however, he served for about five months in the army as a member of Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Regiment, near the close of the Civil war when still a boy in his teens. When hostilities ceased he was in North Carolina and was honorably discharged at Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois. As a boy he often saw Abraham Lincoln and heard him in his famous debates with Stephen A. Douglas.
In 1866 Mr. Peninger left Illinois and went to Missouri, but after a year or two continued his journey across the country to California. He remained in that state for several years engaged in various pursuits and while there residing he was married on the 10th of February, 1880, to Miss Winifred Alice Carter, who was born at Chinese Camp, a mining town of California, in the Sierra Nevada mountains, on the 21st of January, 1862, and is a daughter of George Leonard and Mary (O'Connell) Carter. The father was of English birth, while the mother was of Scotch-Irish descent, her birth having occurred on the Emerald isle. She was a daughter of Captain John O'Connell, who served in the British army and was killed in battle in Hindustan.
In the year 1880 Mr. Peninger came to Idaho, his wife and little child -their firstborn, George Carter Peninger, - remaining in the east until 1882, when they, too, came to Idaho. The family first lived in the Wood river valley for a short time but in December, 1882, removed to Boise and have lived in the city and vicinity throughout the intervening period. They continued in Boise for several
years, but later Mr. Peninger took up a one hundred and twenty acre homestead just across the road from his present home and five miles southwest of Boise. This
was during the first administration of Grover Cleveland. The tract of land was covered with sagebrush and he faced the difficult and arduous task of clearing and developing the property. After a few years, or in 1896, he took up a homestead, and he and his family located thereon and continued its farther development and improvement until it is now one of the most beautiful and valuable tracts of one hundred and twenty acres to be found between Boise and Meridian. In 1911 Mr. Peninger sold that property and immediately purchased his present home place just across the road from the homestead, a farm somewhat smaller, embracing only forty acres. This, too, is one of the best of its size in the Boise valley and Its splendid appearance indicates the careful supervision and the practical and progressive methods of the owner.
To Mr. and Mrs. Peninger have been born but two children. The elder, George Carter, is married and resides in Riverside valley. Canyon county, Idaho. The daughter, Jessie May, is the wife of Charles W. Culver, of meryville, California. They also reared an adopted son, Robert William Sherier,(FAG Memorial#77284515) who is now eighteen years of age and has been a member of the household from the age of nine months. Mr. Peninger is a republican in his political views. He proudly wears the little bronze button that proclaims him a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the Grand Army post. His wife is connected with the Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladies of the Maccabees. They are well known residents of Ada county, where they have made their home for thirty-nine years, therefore witnessing much of the growth and development of the community, while along agricultural lines Mr. Peninger has taken an active part in the work of general progress and improvement.
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George Peninger is a pioneer ranchman residing five miles southwest of Boise, on the Boise bench. He came to Idaho with his wife and one child in the year 1881,removing from California to this state. Mr. Peninger is a native, however, of Illinois, his birth having occurred about sixty miles west of the capital city of Springfield on the 21st of October, 1845. His parents were John and Charlotte (Hight) Peninger. The father died when the son was only a small lad. He was a native of Switzerland, while his wife was born in Pennsylvania and represented one of the early Pennsylvania Dutch families. The mother also passed away during the early boyhood of George Peninger, who was thus left an orphan. He was reared in the family of William R. Morrison, an uncle by marriage, and pursued his education in the public schools of Illinois and in the Presbyterian University at Lincoln, that state. Previous to the completion of his course in the university, however, he served for about five months in the army as a member of Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Regiment, near the close of the Civil war when still a boy in his teens. When hostilities ceased he was in North Carolina and was honorably discharged at Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois. As a boy he often saw Abraham Lincoln and heard him in his famous debates with Stephen A. Douglas.
In 1866 Mr. Peninger left Illinois and went to Missouri, but after a year or two continued his journey across the country to California. He remained in that state for several years engaged in various pursuits and while there residing he was married on the 10th of February, 1880, to Miss Winifred Alice Carter, who was born at Chinese Camp, a mining town of California, in the Sierra Nevada mountains, on the 21st of January, 1862, and is a daughter of George Leonard and Mary (O'Connell) Carter. The father was of English birth, while the mother was of Scotch-Irish descent, her birth having occurred on the Emerald isle. She was a daughter of Captain John O'Connell, who served in the British army and was killed in battle in Hindustan.
In the year 1880 Mr. Peninger came to Idaho, his wife and little child -their firstborn, George Carter Peninger, - remaining in the east until 1882, when they, too, came to Idaho. The family first lived in the Wood river valley for a short time but in December, 1882, removed to Boise and have lived in the city and vicinity throughout the intervening period. They continued in Boise for several
years, but later Mr. Peninger took up a one hundred and twenty acre homestead just across the road from his present home and five miles southwest of Boise. This
was during the first administration of Grover Cleveland. The tract of land was covered with sagebrush and he faced the difficult and arduous task of clearing and developing the property. After a few years, or in 1896, he took up a homestead, and he and his family located thereon and continued its farther development and improvement until it is now one of the most beautiful and valuable tracts of one hundred and twenty acres to be found between Boise and Meridian. In 1911 Mr. Peninger sold that property and immediately purchased his present home place just across the road from the homestead, a farm somewhat smaller, embracing only forty acres. This, too, is one of the best of its size in the Boise valley and Its splendid appearance indicates the careful supervision and the practical and progressive methods of the owner.
To Mr. and Mrs. Peninger have been born but two children. The elder, George Carter, is married and resides in Riverside valley. Canyon county, Idaho. The daughter, Jessie May, is the wife of Charles W. Culver, of meryville, California. They also reared an adopted son, Robert William Sherier,(FAG Memorial#77284515) who is now eighteen years of age and has been a member of the household from the age of nine months. Mr. Peninger is a republican in his political views. He proudly wears the little bronze button that proclaims him a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the Grand Army post. His wife is connected with the Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladies of the Maccabees. They are well known residents of Ada county, where they have made their home for thirty-nine years, therefore witnessing much of the growth and development of the community, while along agricultural lines Mr. Peninger has taken an active part in the work of general progress and improvement.
History of Idaho, The Gem of the Mountains, Vol 2 (p 975)
http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofidahoge02hawl#page/974/mode/2up
George Peninger is a pioneer ranchman residing five miles southwest of Boise, on the Boise bench. He came to Idaho with his wife and one child in the year 1881,removing from California to this state. Mr. Peninger is a native, however, of Illinois, his birth having occurred about sixty miles west of the capital city of Springfield on the 21st of October, 1845. His parents were John and Charlotte (Hight) Peninger. The father died when the son was only a small lad. He was a native of Switzerland, while his wife was born in Pennsylvania and represented one of the early Pennsylvania Dutch families. The mother also passed away during the early boyhood of George Peninger, who was thus left an orphan. He was reared in the family of William R. Morrison, an uncle by marriage, and pursued his education in the public schools of Illinois and in the Presbyterian University at Lincoln, that state. Previous to the completion of his course in the university, however, he served for about five months in the army as a member of Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Regiment, near the close of the Civil war when still a boy in his teens. When hostilities ceased he was in North Carolina and was honorably discharged at Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois. As a boy he often saw Abraham Lincoln and heard him in his famous debates with Stephen A. Douglas.
In 1866 Mr. Peninger left Illinois and went to Missouri, but after a year or two continued his journey across the country to California. He remained in that state for several years engaged in various pursuits and while there residing he was married on the 10th of February, 1880, to Miss Winifred Alice Carter, who was born at Chinese Camp, a mining town of California, in the Sierra Nevada mountains, on the 21st of January, 1862, and is a daughter of George Leonard and Mary (O'Connell) Carter. The father was of English birth, while the mother was of Scotch-Irish descent, her birth having occurred on the Emerald isle. She was a daughter of Captain John O'Connell, who served in the British army and was killed in battle in Hindustan.
In the year 1880 Mr. Peninger came to Idaho, his wife and little child -their firstborn, George Carter Peninger, - remaining in the east until 1882, when they, too, came to Idaho. The family first lived in the Wood river valley for a short time but in December, 1882, removed to Boise and have lived in the city and vicinity throughout the intervening period. They continued in Boise for several
years, but later Mr. Peninger took up a one hundred and twenty acre homestead just across the road from his present home and five miles southwest of Boise. This
was during the first administration of Grover Cleveland. The tract of land was covered with sagebrush and he faced the difficult and arduous task of clearing and developing the property. After a few years, or in 1896, he took up a homestead, and he and his family located thereon and continued its farther development and improvement until it is now one of the most beautiful and valuable tracts of one hundred and twenty acres to be found between Boise and Meridian. In 1911 Mr. Peninger sold that property and immediately purchased his present home place just across the road from the homestead, a farm somewhat smaller, embracing only forty acres. This, too, is one of the best of its size in the Boise valley and Its splendid appearance indicates the careful supervision and the practical and progressive methods of the owner.
To Mr. and Mrs. Peninger have been born but two children. The elder, George Carter, is married and resides in Riverside valley. Canyon county, Idaho. The daughter, Jessie May, is the wife of Charles W. Culver, of meryville, California. They also reared an adopted son, Robert William Sherier,(FAG Memorial#77284515) who is now eighteen years of age and has been a member of the household from the age of nine months. Mr. Peninger is a republican in his political views. He proudly wears the little bronze button that proclaims him a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the Grand Army post. His wife is connected with the Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladies of the Maccabees. They are well known residents of Ada county, where they have made their home for thirty-nine years, therefore witnessing much of the growth and development of the community, while along agricultural lines Mr. Peninger has taken an active part in the work of general progress and improvement.
http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofidahoge02hawl#page/974/mode/2up
George Peninger is a pioneer ranchman residing five miles southwest of Boise, on the Boise bench. He came to Idaho with his wife and one child in the year 1881,removing from California to this state. Mr. Peninger is a native, however, of Illinois, his birth having occurred about sixty miles west of the capital city of Springfield on the 21st of October, 1845. His parents were John and Charlotte (Hight) Peninger. The father died when the son was only a small lad. He was a native of Switzerland, while his wife was born in Pennsylvania and represented one of the early Pennsylvania Dutch families. The mother also passed away during the early boyhood of George Peninger, who was thus left an orphan. He was reared in the family of William R. Morrison, an uncle by marriage, and pursued his education in the public schools of Illinois and in the Presbyterian University at Lincoln, that state. Previous to the completion of his course in the university, however, he served for about five months in the army as a member of Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Regiment, near the close of the Civil war when still a boy in his teens. When hostilities ceased he was in North Carolina and was honorably discharged at Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois. As a boy he often saw Abraham Lincoln and heard him in his famous debates with Stephen A. Douglas.
In 1866 Mr. Peninger left Illinois and went to Missouri, but after a year or two continued his journey across the country to California. He remained in that state for several years engaged in various pursuits and while there residing he was married on the 10th of February, 1880, to Miss Winifred Alice Carter, who was born at Chinese Camp, a mining town of California, in the Sierra Nevada mountains, on the 21st of January, 1862, and is a daughter of George Leonard and Mary (O'Connell) Carter. The father was of English birth, while the mother was of Scotch-Irish descent, her birth having occurred on the Emerald isle. She was a daughter of Captain John O'Connell, who served in the British army and was killed in battle in Hindustan.
In the year 1880 Mr. Peninger came to Idaho, his wife and little child -their firstborn, George Carter Peninger, - remaining in the east until 1882, when they, too, came to Idaho. The family first lived in the Wood river valley for a short time but in December, 1882, removed to Boise and have lived in the city and vicinity throughout the intervening period. They continued in Boise for several
years, but later Mr. Peninger took up a one hundred and twenty acre homestead just across the road from his present home and five miles southwest of Boise. This
was during the first administration of Grover Cleveland. The tract of land was covered with sagebrush and he faced the difficult and arduous task of clearing and developing the property. After a few years, or in 1896, he took up a homestead, and he and his family located thereon and continued its farther development and improvement until it is now one of the most beautiful and valuable tracts of one hundred and twenty acres to be found between Boise and Meridian. In 1911 Mr. Peninger sold that property and immediately purchased his present home place just across the road from the homestead, a farm somewhat smaller, embracing only forty acres. This, too, is one of the best of its size in the Boise valley and Its splendid appearance indicates the careful supervision and the practical and progressive methods of the owner.
To Mr. and Mrs. Peninger have been born but two children. The elder, George Carter, is married and resides in Riverside valley. Canyon county, Idaho. The daughter, Jessie May, is the wife of Charles W. Culver, of meryville, California. They also reared an adopted son, Robert William Sherier,(FAG Memorial#77284515) who is now eighteen years of age and has been a member of the household from the age of nine months. Mr. Peninger is a republican in his political views. He proudly wears the little bronze button that proclaims him a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the Grand Army post. His wife is connected with the Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladies of the Maccabees. They are well known residents of Ada county, where they have made their home for thirty-nine years, therefore witnessing much of the growth and development of the community, while along agricultural lines Mr. Peninger has taken an active part in the work of general progress and improvement.
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