Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Moss, Frank Conklin 1926
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The Payette Independent 4-22-1926
The Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, April 22, 1926

DEATH OF FRANK MOSS

Another of Payette's prominent pioneer citizens has answered the last call and 
been taken from the sphere of his labors of nearly half a century, Frank Moss, 
one of the original founders of Payette and one of the owners of the first 
mercantile establishment, passed away at St. Luke's hospital in Boise last 
Saturday, April 17, following an operation from which he did not rally. He had 
been in poor health for some time and for the past few months had been 
suffering much although he remained comparatively active and was not confined 
to bed until after the operation.

Frank Conklin Moss was born in Belviders, Illinois, June 9, 1852, and spent 
his boyhood in his native state. He was a graduate of the State University of 
Illinois, having worked his way through college and then he came west and 
engaged in teaching in Wyoming. In 1880 he was married to Ruth Barnes, at Salt 
Lake City and the next year he secured a contract for furnishing the railroad 
ties for the Oregon Short Line Railroad from Kelton, Utah, to Huntington, 
Oregon, and with his wife and infant baby he moved into Long Valley and began 
that enormous task.

He took his brother, A. B. Moss, in on this contract and they floated the logs 
down the Payette river to the present town of Payette. They put a boom across 
the river to stop the logs and the place was given the name of "Boomerang" 
which stayed with it for a long time. A store was established and this was 
made head-quarters for the business. When the railroad contract was completed 
Mr. Moss identified himself with the business, growth and prosperity of 
Payette and Payette Valley and spent no small part of his wealth and energy in 
making the prosperous community it is. He was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in 
Payette and was prominent in lodge circles and activities.

He is survived by six children, five boys and one daughter. They are Edward, 
of Portland, Oregon; Frank, of Parma; James, of New Plymouth; Staten and West 
and Mrs. Sam Walker of Payette.

Funeral services were held at the Episcopal church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 
and were conducted by Rev. Thos. Ashworth, rector. The services at the grave 
were in charge of the Odd Fellows' lodge. A large concourse of sorrowing 
friends followed the remains to their last resting place in Riverside 
cemetery. 

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