Ada County ID Archives Biographies.....Kitching, Albert C. 1864 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 January 11, 2012, 1:07 am Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher THE automobile industry, which has practically taken a foremost place in the industrial life of the nation, is represented in Boise through Albert C. Kitching, president of the Boise Motor Car Company. Mr. Kitching was born near Greenville, Texas, February 20, 1864, and is a son of James W. and Louisa Jane (Walker) Kitching, natives of Missouri, their wedding ceremony, however, being performed in Texas. The father was only a small boy when he removed to that state with his parents and there he was reared, later giving his attention to farming and stock raising and being quite successful in those pursuits. Throughout the Civil war he served as a soldier in the Confederate army. The parents, who have now passed away, both died in California. They removed from Texas to Oregon in 1872 and later became residents of Saratoga, California, where they spent their last days. Of their family six sons and two daughters are living, Mr. Kitching of this review being the only one to make his home in Idaho. He was reared in Oregon, first in Lane county and later in Crook county, spending his boyhood days upon a sheep ranch. In the acquirement of an education he attended the common schools and later better prepared himself for life's arduous duties by attending a business college in Portland, Oregon. He then followed the sheep business in Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming until 1913, becoming thoroughly acquainted with every phase and being quite successful in that line. In the last mentioned year, however, he came to Boise and in 1915, after carefully looking over the business situation, he became one of the founders and incorporators of the Boise Motor Car Company, of which he has since been president. They are distributors of the Pierce Arrow, Hudson, Reo and Dodge cars and under the able direction of Mr. Kitching the business has greatly prospered. His partner in the company is the Hon. Arthur Hodges, formerly mayor of Boise, who is mentioned at greater length on other pages of this work. In the state of Washington, May 26, 1907, Mr. Kitching was united in marriage to Margaret Nye, nee Steiner, her first husband having been Colonel M. C. Nye. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kitching are popular in the social circles of Boise, where they have many friends. In his political affiliation he is a republican but has not aspired to public office, preferring to give his whole attention to his business affairs. He finds his chief recreation in fishing and hunting and fraternally is connected with the Masons, the honorable and helpful principles underlying that organization ever guiding him in his conduct toward his fellowmen. Additional Comments: Extracted from: IDAHO DELUXE SUPPLEMENT CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1920 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/ada/photos/bios/kitching39gbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/ada/bios/kitching39gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb