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LAWRENCE EVERT WORSTELL
 
	Lawrence Evert Worstell, who is now serving his third term as probate judge
of Shoshone county, has been a resident of Idaho since he was a lad of eleven
years. His birth occurred at Jacksonville, Switzerland County, Indiana, on July
13, 1878, his parents being William and Ella (Hitchens) Worstell. His father at
the age of fourteen years enlisted in the One hundred and fortieth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry and went to the front in defense of his country, being
discharged with the rank of corporal. Together with his wife and family, William
Worstell removed from Indiana to Denver, Colorado, in 1883, and there the mother
died in 1886. Three years later with his six children the father came to Idaho,
locating in Murray. He was married again in 1889 to Miss Mary Ginn of Murray,
Idaho. Mr. Worstell was a capable business man and was successfully identified
with the furniture interests of Wallace and Kellogg, Idaho, until his death, on
the 30th of December, 1906.
	It was in the public schools of Denver, Colorado, that Lawrence Evert
Worstell was first introduced to the elements of English learning, his
preliminary education being completed in the public schools of Idaho. Having
decided to become an attorney, he subsequently entered the Leland Stanford
Junior University at Palo Alto, California, from which institution he was
awarded the degree of LL. B. with the class of 1903. Returning to Wallace he was
admitted to the bar, but resumed his connection with commercial activities by
again becoming associated with his father in the furniture business. He
continued to be so identified until elected probate judge of Shoshone county, in
1906, since which time he has given his principal attention to the duties of his
office. He is still connected with the furniture business, however, as president
of The Worstell Furniture Company, of Wallace, and secretary of The Worstell
Thornhill Company of Kellogg, Idaho.
	On the 8th of November, 1896, Mr. Worstell was united in marriage to Mrs.
Alice E. Duffy, of Bessemer, Michigan. Both Mr. and Mrs. Worstell are
communicants of the Episcopal church, and fraternally he belongs to the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, being affiliated with Wallace Lodge, No.
331. His political allegiance Mr. Worstell gives to the republican party,
believing its policy best adapted to subserve the interests of the majority. In
addition to his county office since 1909, Mr. Worstell has been a member of the
city council. As incumbent of the office of probate judge he has discharged his
duties in a manner to meet with the general approval of the public at large, as
is attested by the length of his period of service. He is held in high esteem
and regard not only in Wallace but in the entire county, where he is widely
known and has many friends, the majority of whom have known him since boyhood.

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