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Isaac Newton Coston
1832 - 1910 (77 years)-
Name Isaac Newton Coston Birth 22 Sep 1832 Ithaca, Tompkins, New York 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 11 Jan 1910 Boise, Ada, Idaho [1] Person ID I22785 Scudder Last Modified 7 May 2013
Family Maria Sophia Drake, b. 4 Feb 1849, Chatham, New Jersey d. 29 Dec 1925, Boise, Ada, Idaho (Age 76 years) Marriage 27 Nov 1872 Boise, Ada, Idaho [1] Children 1. Helen Coston, b. 25 Aug 1873, Boise, Ada, Idaho d. 29 Jan 1957, Boise, Ada, Idaho (Age 83 years)2. Anna Coston, b. 13 Jun 1875, Boise, Ada, Idaho d. 6 Oct 1948, Boise, Ada, Idaho (Age 73 years)3. Alta Coston, b. 29 Jul 1880, Boise, Ada, Idaho d. 1959, Orofina, Clearwater, Idaho (Age 78 years)4. Olive Coston, b. 19 Aug 1882, Boise, Ada, Idaho d. 1964 (Age 81 years)Family ID F7923 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Isaac traveled west in 1862, after being admitted to the bar in New York. Upon settling in the Boise area he entered into a farming partnership with Frank C. Ghost and J.W. and Solomon Maynard. Their farm was where the Barber Lumber Mill now stands. Coston’s first wife was his partner’s sister, Wealtha Maynard. Five years after her death in 1867, he married Mary Drake. Both wives and three of his five daughters are buried in Pioneer Cemetery. Between 1870-1883 he served four terms in the territorial legislature, and was a member of the constitutional convention in 1889. He was master of the Masonic Lodge No. 2, active in Indian affairs, and served as a member of the board of trustees of the state insane asylum at Blackfoot.
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