The Payette Independent
Thursday, April 15, 1926
WAS BURIED HERE
Mortimer F. Holbrook was born in Vermont September 14, 1926 (this is the wrong year), and died at Tamarack, Idaho, Thursday, April 8, 1926. He came to California in 1849, at the time of the great gold rush. In 1850 he came to Oregon and for many years freighted from Umatilla to Idaho City in the days before the railroad. For several years he has made his home at Tamarack and leaves four sons at that place to mourn his death. They are Alonzo, R. C., C. E., and I. R. Holbrook.
Funeral services were held in Weiser and were conducted by the Captain of the Salvation Army, after which the remains were brought to Payette for interment.
Note: According to the Idaho Death Index, Mortimer F. Holbrook was born 9-19-1826 and died 4-8-1926 at Tamarack. ch