Payette County ID Archives Biographies.....McGlinchey, John 1838 - 1916 ************************************************ 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: Patty Theurer seymour784@yahoo.com January 17, 2006, 3:02 am Author: James H. Hawley History of First Settlement Along Lower Payette River 1865-1900 By Howard W. Mason 1983 JOHN MCGLINCHEY He was born in Pennsylvania in 1838 and died in Payette, Idaho January 12, 1916 at the age of 78. No history of this region would be complete without extended reference to him. He was twelve years of age when he left home and from that time he made his own way in the world, obtaining his education through study and self-teaching. When 20 years old he made his way westward to Utah. He was engaged in merchandising in Salt Lake City until 1862, then he came to Idaho City, Idaho and again established a mercantile store which he conducted successfully for several years. Believing that better opportunities were offered in Wyoming, he then went to that state and became engaged in the hardware trade at Evanston. He was sheriff in Sweet Water County one term and represented Unita County one term in the Wyoming Legislature in 1881. However he sold out again with a brief stay in Utah then on back to Idaho taking up his abode in Weiser in 1885. He purchased a relinquished claim from the original homesteader. On the property were located medicinal hot springs which he called “McGlinchey Hot Springs.” These later were named as “Meadows.” The Indians were very troublesome at that time and as the country was sparsely settled, Mrs. McGlinchey was in constant fear for her life. So after 18 months, the required time to prove-up on the claim, they were induced by M. A. B. Moss of Payette whom he had formerly known as an intimate in Wyoming, to remove to Payette, Idaho. As an inducement Mr. Moss built them a house to live in. From the time that Mr. McGlinchey took up his residence in Idaho he gave considerable attention to the cattle business in connection with various other interests. Whatever he undertook he carried forward to successful completion. For his vocabulary there was no such word as fail, and his integrity was at all times above question. Mr. McGlinchey married Mrs. May (Noggle) Alvord, the widow of Major Alvord. The Major served as U. S. Marshall of Idaho. Also he conducted stores in Florence and Slate Creek, Idaho. Later he was with the Central Pacific Railroad as land appraiser, officials of which were among personal friends from time when they were friends in the East. Major Alvord died at Hollister, California in 1876. His widow, Mrs. Alvord was the daughter of David Noggle, a native of Pennsylvania who came to Idaho in 1869 as Chief Justice of the state, receiving his appointment from General U. S. Grant. Later he was reappointed but ill health caused him to resign. After spending some time in California he took up his abode at Janesville, Wisconsin where his death occurred. He moved to Beloit, Wisconsin from Pennsylvania back in 1837 making the journey with his family by ox team. The Judge was a man of rigid uprightness and of very strong character. He served as postmaster of Beloit in early pioneer times of Wisconsin and afterwards became a distinguished representative of the bar. Hi wife was one of the oldest twins in the United States living to the age of 92 years when death called her at Monroe, Wisconsin. Their son Major Dorman L. Noggle born in Beloit, Wisconsin volunteered in the 12th Battery of Janesville, Wisconsin and served under General Grant throughout the entire period of the Civil War, taking part in some manner of its sanguinary battles and rising from the ranks to the position of Major. He came west with his father in 1869 and served under him in Boise as clerk of the U. S. Court while at the same time he was interested with his brother-in-law, Major Alvord in the ownership and conduct of stores at Slate Creek and Florence, Idaho. He resigned his official position in 1874 to take a position in the U. S. Mint at San Francisco, California remaining there until his death in 1914, during which time over two billion dollars passed through his hands. Mrs. McGlinchey, like her brother, was born in Beloit, Wisconsin. She can relate many most interesting incidents of the early days. At the first dance which she attended after moving to Idaho, the violin was played by the Governor of Idaho. Major Alvord left a widow and one son, D. A. Alvord, who is the present manager and treasurer of the Idaho Depart Store Ltd. located in Twin Falls. He is a self made man and deserves much credit for what he has accomplished in business. Mrs. Alvord followed the death of her husband by a visit to Evanston, Wyoming to visit a sister who was wife of a railroad employee. Here she met Mr. McGlinchey and later married him. By her second husband, she became the mother of a daughter, Anna May who later July 7, 1902 became the wife of W. B. Gilmore, a native of Reynolds, Illinois who was born March 9, 1879. In 1881 W. B. Gilmore had traveled to Salt Lake, Utah, then Boise, Idaho and finally Sinker Creek, Idaho were an uncle lived, George Gilmore. Then after California in 1865, he settled in Idaho in the business of stock raising. W. B. Gilmore (age 18) is now farming the McGlinchey homestead. He received the Bronze Medal at the Panama Exposition for largest yield of corn per acre in the western states. The second prize given by the Oregon Short Line for the largest yield of potatoes per acre of $250 went to Gilmore in 1910. The following year he raised 24 tons per acre. It was in 1887 that McGlinchey took up residence in Payette. The following year his wife, Mrs. May McGlinchey purchased 40 acres upon which she now (1920) resides, from the original homesteader, who relinquished his claim to her for a consideration. The tract is now a part of the finest residential district of Payette and her home is at 1226 Seventh Avenue, North, a street that is now familiarly known as “Lovers Lane.” Following his removal to Payette, Mr. McGlinchey became a director of the Moss Mercantile Company, one of the oldest and best known mercantile establishments in Idaho. At all times his business affairs were guided by sound judgement and unfaltering enterprise that brought him a gratifying measure of success. Mr. McGlinchey was a devout Catholic in religious faith and a man of unquestionable integrity as well as business activity. He ranked for many years as one of Payette’s most energetic and progressive citizens. He served as county treasurer of Canyon County which at that time included Payette County, and he for many years filled office as school trustee. His aid and influence were ever on the side of progress and improvement, and his labors were far reaching, effective and resultant. Mrs. McGlinchey has long been a prominent figure in social circles, not only of Payette but of Idaho. She was appointed by Governor Gooding to be one of the hostesses at the Lewis and Clark Exposition held in Portland, Oregon, and was one of the few hostesses who was reappointed. She has held most important offices in women’s clubs and organizations in the state and is the present director for Idaho of the General Federation of Womens Club. She was instrumental in the organization of the Red Cross of Payette and was County Chairman of the Liberty Loan Club of Payette County. She is a devout member of the St. James Episcopal Church and associated with Mrs. A. B. Moss, has been untiring in her efforts to uphold the church which is still in a flourishing condition under the rectorship of the Reverent Thomas Ashworth. Her aid and her influence have constituted a most potent factor in the moral progress of the community and in the advancement of all these interests which make for civic virtue and for civic pride. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/bios/mcglinch19gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 8.3 Kb