BOISE VALLEY PIONEER
PASSES AWAY AT PARMA

R. H. Stockton Died Tuesday, October 19, After Long Illness

     R. H. Stockton, an Idaho pioneer, one of the first settlers in the Boise valley, died at his home at Parma, Tuesday, October 19.  Death was due to cancer from which he had suffered for years.
    The following account of the life of Mr. Stockton is taken from the last issue of the Parma Herald:
    Mr. Stockton was born June 8, 1842, in eastern Tennessee.  In 1851 he moved to Missouri, where he was a resident until he removed to the west.  When the Civil War broke out he joined the Union army and served during the entire war.  He was married on March 25, 1866, to Martha Ann Mansell, and to this union eight children were born, four of whom are living.
    "In 1875 Mr. Stockton crossed the plains, and a couple of years later established his residence on a ranch near the present town of Parma.  The house in which he passed his last days was erected in 1888.  Mr. Stockton was 73 years, 4 months and 11 days of age at the time of his death.  Had he lived until next March he and Mrs. Stockton would have celebrated their golden wedding.
    Funeral services were held at the home this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. Bruce J. Giffen in charge; C. E. Mitchell, J. G. Watkins, Carl Peterson, S. G. Mitchell were pallbearers, and interment took place in Fraternity cemetery.
    "Mr. Stockton is survived by his wife, four children, Mrs. Belle Fouch of Boise, Mrs. E. E. Starcher of Umatilla, Oregon; Mrs. W. E. Waldrop and R. L. Stockton of Parma, a brother, H. S. Stockton of this city, and a sister living in the east.