Gem County ID Archives Obituaries.....Ireton, John H. 1918
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John Ireton, Idaho Resident since 1868 Dies in Boise.

John H. Ireton, one of the most widely known pioneers of this section, died 
Tuesday night at his home in Boise of cancer of the stomach. To the early 
residents of the Payette and Squaw Creek valleys he was best known as founder 
of the Marsh and Ireton ranch, now owned by the McConnell brothers of this 
city, and upon a portion of which the town of Montour is located. He was 72 
years old. He is survived by a wife and son, J. A. Ireton of Boise; a 
daughter, Mrs. James Mills of Garden Valley; also three brothers, Samuel and 
Alex of Boise, and Obe of Salem, Oregon, and a brother-in-law, El Marsh.

John Harvey Ireton was born in Clermont county, Ohio, March 15, 1845. At the 
age of 18 he enlisted in L Company, Ninth Ohio cavalry, and became a sergeant. 
He participated in many actions of the federal army and was with Sherman in 
the march to the sea. Mr. Ireton farmed in Ohio for a few years after the war 
but in 1868 came to Idaho by way of San Francisco and stage line from New 
York, the Isthmus of Panama, San Francisco and stage line from Sacramento. He 
reached Boise in April of 1868. He settled first in Centerville, in the Boise 
Basin, then a thriving mining camp. He became interested in the stock business 
in Squaw Creek and Payette valleys and his career since then had identified 
him largely with the great stock and ranching business of Idaho. In 1878, at 
the old post office of Marsh, he married Miss Josephine Warner. Soon after, he 
became associated with Mitchell and Marsh in the ranch at Montour and for 
years the headquarters was known as the Marsh and Ireton ranch. It was one of 
the noted road houses in this section and even today one runs across some of 
the old settlers who talk of the escellent table and accommodations of the 
that country hotel. After 25 years they sold the ranch and moved to Boise, 
where Mr. Ireton engaged in the real estate business. He was a member of the 
G.A.R. and the Idaho Pioneers association. 

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