Edgar Maurice Heigho

Edgar Heigho - Grandpa Steve's uncle

Edgar was born on October 23rd, 1867.  Edgar's father was George Heigho and his mother was Amelia Stevens.  His paternal grandparents were George Heigho and Mrs. Heigho; his maternal grandparents were William Stevens and Mary. He had a brother and two sisters, named George, Amelia and Florence.  He was the second youngest of the four children.  He died due to a medical problem at the age of 58 on August 28th, 1926.

• Death Notes

  •Birth: 23 OCT 1867 in Grays-Thurrock, Essex, England
  immigrated 1873
  stroke 1918 (age 51)
  •Death: 28 AUG 1926 in Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA
  
  see:  http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=7210536&id=I531
  
  buried:  Morris Hill Cem., Boise, Ada Co., ID, Plot: MHILL_G_264_4--Find A Grave Memorial# 59540827

• General Notes

  Obituary: 
  The Payette Independent
  Payette, Idaho
  Thursday, September 02, 1926
  
  COL. E. M. HEIGO PASSES AWAY
  
  FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE P. and I. N. RAILWAY DIED AT HIS HOME IN BOISE SATURDAY MORNING
  
  Edgar Maurice Heigho, retired railroad president and a resident of Boise since 1918, was found death in bed at his home, 4?? Jefferson street, at 7:30 o'clock Saturday morning.
  
  A doctor summoned immediately said that Mr. Heigho had been dead about two hours. Mr. Heigho would have been 50 years of age October 23 of this year. He was born at Essex, England.
  
  Since 1918 Mr. Heigho has lived in retirement in Boise. In that year he suffered a stroke of paralysis which forced him to resign his position as president and general manager of the Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad company. He came to Boise then to live.
  
  During his lifetime he was connected with independent military organizations and the Idaho national guard. He served as a captian and aide-decamp on the staff of former Governor F. R. Gooding and as colonel and commissioner general on the staff of former Governor Brady. He was a colonel on the staff of former Governor Haines.
  
  He is survived by his widow, a son, Cedrie, living in Portland, two daughters, Virginia, who is now in New York, and Katherine, at home.
  
  Two sister, Mrs. W. W. Hook of Los Angeles and Mrs. S. E. Hook and his brother, George W. Heigho, both of Detroit, also survive him.
  
  Col. Heigho was president of the Pacific & Idaho Northern railroad at the time it was extended from Evergreen to Meadows Valley, and was the moving spirit in the establishment of the town of New Meadows. He was a man of indomitable will who, once he had decided to do a thing never ceased his efforts until the end had been attained.
  
  He was a man of rare talents and his library contained the very best in literature and art. To spend an evening in his home and have him lose himself in a discussion of literature was always a pleasure and the writer looks back on many such occasions in which we gained a high estimate of his attainments.
  
  To his noble wife, whose devotion in the years of his suffering and incapacity for labor, and to the son and daughters, our heartfelt sympathy is extended.
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  from:  http://sfcompanion.blogspot.com/2010/10/oct-23-colonel-edgar-heigho.html
  
  Colonel Edgar Heigho: Railroad Manager and Businessman [otd 10/23]
  
  Edgar Heigho. H. T. French photo.
  Railroad manager, business investor, and adviser on military affairs Edgar Maurice Heigho was born October 23, 1867 in Essex, England. He came to the U. S. as a young boy. With no formal schooling beyond his pre-teens, he found work as an office boy at the Detroit Free Press. At age 15, Edgar landed a job with a Detroit-based railroad.
  
  For the next five years, he bounced around among several railways, including the Union Pacific. Heigho became Chief Clerk for the Idaho Central Railway in 1887, the year that company completed the first branch line – “The Stub” – into Boise City [blog, Sept 13].
  
  In 1891, Heigho found other employment. He first worked on a survey crew in central Idaho, then as a freight traffic manager for a railroad based in St. Louis. He filled several positions until about 1895, when he began a four-year period ranching in Wyoming’s Jackson Hole.
  
  Heigho then returned to the railroad business, working for the Oregon Short Line. In 1903, he joined the Pacific & Idaho Northern Railway as an auditor. The P&IN started laying track out of Weiser in 1899 and had extended the line ninety miles north three years later.
  
  The company established a “New Meadows” station about two miles west of the existing village of Meadows. New Meadows quickly drew business to itself and left Meadows as a few scattered dwellings. Heigho rose quickly in the P&IN and, in 1909, he became its President and General Manager. For a number of years, people toyed with the notion of pushing the tracks on to Lewiston, but that never happened.
  
  P&IN Railway depot, New Meadows.
  Idaho State Historical Society.
  Besides his railway position, Heigho was President and General Manager of the Central Idaho Telegraph & Telephone Company, and also for the Coeur d'Or Development Company. The development company owned the New Meadows town site and built a substantial depot, a bank, a school, and the Hotel Heigho. Edgar served as Director of the bank in New Meadows as well as one in Weiser.
  
  Heigho also built a fine mansion for himself in New Meadows. He was described as having been associated with “independent military organizations” for a number of years. He also had a connection with the Idaho National Guard, provided advice on military affairs to the Idaho governor, and wrote on military affairs for a national audience. During World War I, he and his wife participated in various “home front” war activities, being especially interested in Belgian relief work.
  
  In 1918, Edgar suffered a stroke that forced him to resign as General Manager of the railroad. According to Hawley’s History, he retained the presidency for several years after that. He passed away in 1926. The Heigho mansion in New Meadows is on the National Register of Historic Places, and the depot there is being renovated to serve as a museum.
                                                                References: [B&W], French], [Hawley]
  “Col. E. M. Heigho Passes Away,” The Payette Independent, Payette, Idaho (September 02, 1926).
  National Register of Historic Places: Colonel E. M. Heigho House in New Meadows, Idaho. Listed May 22, 1978.
  Sage Community Resources, The Payette River Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan, Idaho Department of Transportation, Boise (September 2001). 
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  •Immigration: 1873
  •Event: 1880 US Census 12 JUN 1880 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
  •Event: 1910 US Census APR 1910 Weiser, Washington, Idaho, USA
  •Event: 1920 US Census 05 JAN 1920 Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA
  •Event: 1900 US Census 04 JUN 1900 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA 

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