Ida Lineaweaver Boicourt She was the daughter of Obadiah P. Lineaweaver and Elizabeth Margaret Brode, his wife. She was 5 ft. 5 in. in height and of slender build. She had abundant dark brown hair and brown eyes. Her complexion was fair. She was quick acting, energetic, and cheerful. The early years of her life were spent in or near Tipton, Iowa. In 1871, at the age of 14, she accompanied her parents as they moved to Newton, Kansas, riding horseback most of the way as they moved their cattle over the wagon road. [Well over 500 miles.] This was the time of the great Chicago fire and they could see the red glow from the road as they traveled. [Chicago is 140 miles as the crow flies from Tipton, the closest point on the trip.] She lived in Kansas until 1895 when she moved to California and made her home in Los Angeles. She was a good student and began teaching school at the age of 17. After attending school in Newton she entered Baker University at Baldwin, Kansas in 1877. Her college course was however cut short by her marriage to another student the next year. Her daughter Loula writing in 1942 says "She was a careful, inspiring mother, active in church work, a natural alto voice aiding the choir. She was an experienced seamstress, skilled cook, and an eager student always. Excellent health, cheerful disposition and tireless energy have made her, even in these retiring years, the equal of her daughters. Maintaining her own home, making rugs, sewing, quilting, reading, corresponding and entertaining." She was a member of the Methodist church. She married Feb. 28, 1878, Isaac Newton Boicourt, [born in] Cass Co., Ill. He was the son of John Strange Boicourt, b. Jan. 30, 1831, d. Aug. 23, 1885, and his wife Catherine Ann Allison, b. Nov. 27, 1831 and d. Mar. 10, 1914. She was the daughter of Joseph Allison. John and Catherine were married Oct. 16, 1850. Mr. Boicourt attended Baker University and for a short time was pastor of the Methodist Church at Wellington, Kansas but gave up this work on account of poor health.