James M. Young was born in 1839 in Illinois and moved to Arkansas wit his parents when he was eight years old.

On August 26, 1865, he married Mrs. Susan Caroline (Seitz) Whiteley, widow with a son, Charles Whiteley. She was born in South Carolina and came to Arkansas when she was quite young.

James Young was a farmer. He was in the Army during the Civil War, serving under General Price in many battles. He was wounded and discharge( from duty.

James and Caroline Young had six children, the youngest being Robert, who was born near Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas, September 29, 1871

The Youngs left Arkansas in 1885, traveling by teams and wagons to eastern Oregon, where they settled. From there they moved to Council in 1898. Mrs. Young died October, 1906, in Weiser and Mr. Young in November, 1909.

Robert Young was a range rider for three years in Oregon and was a carpenter in Council. He built a great number of the homes there between 1898 and 1908, when he opened a mercantile business. Two years later he formed a partnership with H. H. Cossitt in a lumber yard. He bought Mr. Cossitt out in 1911.

Robert Young married Elva Kesler, daughter of Alex and Martha, August 31, 1899.1

They had five children. Frankie died at five months old and Violet at five years old. The others were Lila, Marion, and Herschel.

Elva Kesler was born at Salubria, December 18, 1877, and died August 17, 1954.

1.French, History of Idaho, Vol.2, p.811

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ZINK

Samuel James Zink was in the militia during the Civil War. His wife died, leaving him with several children. He married Minnie J. a widow with two sons.

They farmed in South Dakota for a while after they decided to move to Nebraska. They had three covered wagons and a farm wagon loaded with farm machinery and tools. In Jefferson County, Nebraska, Mr. Zink became ill of appendicitis and died there. His son, Clark, took his body to Iowa to be buried beside his first wife. Minnie took the other children on to Union Star, Missouri, where her parents lived.

After election in the fall of 1896 she and her family started west with a team and buggy. Her two older sons were teachers. Harry taught at Central Park School in Middleton and Washoe Bottoms at Payette.

From Weiser the Zinks travelled to Council by covered wagon, arriving July 1, 1897.1

Minnie J. Zink patented a one hundred sixty acre homestead on Hornet Creek in 1908.2 In 1899 her son built her a house in town. She started caring for old people who were ill and she soon had a nursing home and hospital. She had a second story added to her house so she could care for more people. Those having tuberculosis were cared for in tents so they might benefit from fresh air. Among those who lived out their last days at Mrs. Zink's hospital were Mrs. Kidwell, Mrs. Tom Nichols, and Lewis Lakey.3

The first residential telephone in Council connected Dr. Frank E. Brown's old office and Mrs. Zink's home. Her daughter Hazel went to nursing school In Salt Lake City and came home to help her mother with the patients.

Vollie Zink's first school In Council was the one on the hill. teacher was Mida Lorton.4

Mrs. Zink died in 1932 and Is buried in the I.O.O.F.
Cemetery.

 1 Edith Zink, Mountain Home, Idaho, oral interview, 1974.
 2 Homestead records, State Bureau of Land Management, Boise, Idaho.
 3 Edith Zink, oral interview.
 4 Vollie Zink, Mountain Home, Idaho, oral interview, 1974.