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| "PORTLOCK, MR. JOHN. was born in Shelby County Indiana, Jan 22 1833 and left there at the age of sixtten, with his parents, and moved to Fulton county, Illinois. He went to Iowa in 1855 and remained there until 1857 when he crossed the plains for Ca and was engaged in mining for several years in Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou counties. In 1862 he made a prospecting tour of Idaho and located at Boise basin, where he mined until 1866 when he came to owyhee County and was engaged in mining on the War Eagle until 1882 when he located in Bruneau valley and engaged in woolgrowing and farming. He owns two ranches in Bruneau valley, consisting of 360 acres, fenced, partly cultivated, but mostly pasture lands. Mr. Portlock is a member of the Silver city lodge A.F.&A.M. but has never sought office at the hands of his neighbors. His son, H.S.Portlock who resides in the valley is a native son of Idaho and was born at Payette, Ada county." (E-mail from Charlotte Slater <lottie@magiclink.com > 16 Jan 2000 to Julie Dresser) Abstracts of "Bardolph News" Sep 1893-Sep 1912 McDonough County, Illinois pg 61, Nov. 27,1895, Vol. 3, #13 S. V. PORTLOCK visited by cousin John P. PORTLOCK, who went to Idaho in 1855. Came to Table Grove area in 1849. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| From lottie@magiclink.com (Charlotte Slater) on 10 May 1999 e-mail to Julie Dresser OWyomingHEE AVirginiaLANorth CarolinaHE SIllinoisVER CITY IdahoAHO TERRhode IslandTOregonY MassachusettsRCH 10 1894 DIED At her home on Bruneau, February 27, 1894, Mrs. John Portlock. The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon, March 1st. Mrs. Portlock has been a resident of Bruneau Valley since 1882, was widely known and much respected. The immediate cause of death was blood poisoning, occasioned by a trouble of long standing from which she had been a sufferer. Mrs. Portlock leaves a husband and eight children, all of whom reside in the vicinity of the old home, or at points in the state near by, and a large circle of friends and acquaintances who unite with the bereaved family in mourning her loss. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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