Early Pioneers & Lineages Links
Friday, October 12, 2012, Added WH McCormick
These short biographical sketches summarize the lives of many of the early
developers and founders of the
Surname, First |
Birth Date & Place |
Arrival Date & Place |
Occupation |
Where Employed |
Spouse & Marriage Date-Place |
Major Achievements |
Death Date & Place |
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Allen, Harry Mortimer |
26 Apr 1856, Roxbury, |
May 1883, |
Lumber merchant |
Montana Lumber Co; then HM Allen & Co. 3oth
& Minnesota Ave. Branches at Columbus, Forsythe & Rosebud. Previously at Kansas Lumber Co (1881-1883 |
Libbie Lord Adams, 1881 |
Lumber merchant, BPOE, Ashlar,
AF&AM, RAM, Aldemar, & Warren Council ( |
26 Sep 1934 (place not listed, but buried in
Mountview) |
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2 September 1848, Summerfield, Noble Co, OH |
1877 Coulson, stage route, Blacksmith. |
Sep 1877 picked up dentist tools at Ed Forests
Stage Stop after Nez Perce raid. |
1879 Invented a toothpaste. |
1874 Josephine Huston, married in |
Land owner & dentist, hunter, writer, Indian
fighter |
27 Jan 1944, |
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Annin, JB |
26 October 1865, |
1888, |
Merchant & State Senator. |
Clerk at Blythe-Fargo, then Thompson Bros.
Started own merchantile store in Cokedale. Elected to the MT Senate. |
Janet L. Haldane (SLC) |
World Lodge, Senator |
22 June 1918. |
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Armitage, Thomas Cole |
20 July 1859 |
1881 NPR engineering staff at |
1883 assisted in building |
Founded TC Armitage
& Son Insurance, representative of 5th Yellowstone Co State
Legislature. Trustee of Parmly billings Library |
7 May 1887 Julia Catherine Whiteside of Bearmouth in Drummand. (died:
Sep 3, 1954) |
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Jul 25, 1945, Bilings |
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Armstrong, Henry Edwards |
19 Oct 1867, |
May 1898, |
Physician |
Shared offices with Dr. Chapple |
Sally |
Major surgeon and doctor. |
10 Jan 1934, |
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Ash, George W. |
1836, Milton, Monroe Co, MO |
1881, Coulson |
Sheep Farmer |
Self |
1858 |
Stockman to 1890, then sheep |
22 November 1897, |
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Ash, James L. |
29, November, 1861, |
1881, Coulson |
Sheep Farmer (Son of George W.) |
Self |
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Dairy Farmer in Coulson, Sheepman
later |
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22 December 1851, |
Spring 1882, |
Businessman, Politician |
President of: Babcock Hardware, |
Antoinette Packer, 1877, |
Senator, Businessman, Mason, Elks, Knights of Pythias, Templar, Co Commissioner, |
May 1918, Mountview. |
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Babcock, L. F. |
23 February, 1831, Washington Co, NY |
1882, |
MN Infantry, Enlisted 1862; Capt. |
1865 rancher @ |
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Mason |
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June 18, 1857, Stark Co, |
1883, NPR Conductor |
Rancher, sheepman |
Self, |
Mary Jacobs (Jackson City, MI), c1891 |
Mining, ranching |
8 March 1943, |
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Banks, L. B. |
26 January 1872, Oswego Co, NY |
1891, |
Clerk Wayne & Burdick |
Bought into Annin & DeHart
Mercantile - President in 1899. |
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Postmaster Nov 1895, Columbus, Woodman of World |
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Barstow, Charles H. |
1850, |
1878, Crow Agency (Called Major by Indians) |
Advancment of Crow Tribal members until 1897. Head clerk for BIA |
Moved to |
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Bought & sold ranches in |
14 February 1908, |
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Belknap, Henry |
Resides in |
(Capt) |
Financial interest in |
Belknap Block, June 1883 & cattle baron in
WY |
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Billings Waterworks & Electric Light Co,
chief stockholder. |
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September 27, 1823, Woodstock, Windsor Co, VT |
March 2, 1882 George B. Hulme transferred to
Frederick Billings all of Lot #1, Section 4, Township 1 South, Range 26 East |
Acquired major interest in the Northern Pacific
in 1869 by purchasing 1/12th interest from Hiram Walbridge |
Director of the lines from 1870 onward. In 1873
the line collapsed, and he became its president in 1879. In 1881 he resigned
and Henry Villard became president. |
1883 he married Julia Parmly of |
Investment banker, RR President. Major
benefactor to |
September 30, 1890. Woodstock, Windsor Co, VT
[Note: administration of his will ensued for over 2
decades.] |
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23 December 1866, |
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Partner in Wm Barbour & Co Bankers, NY;
Union League & Lawyer’s |
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1853, |
1884
opened Billings & Bailey Bank in |
Rancher and banker |
Died before he could conclude his business
efforts. |
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School Board (Mother donated funds for Parmly
Billings Library) |
1888, after trip to a mine. |
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Boardman, E. L. |
1857, Hissborough,
Highland Co, OH |
1884 |
Journalist |
1894 on Editor for Gazette. |
1891 Julia Beaudette ( |
Editor for |
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Brayton, Henry Miller (Prof) |
20 June 1859, Barboursville, Deleware
Co, NY |
C1898, |
Principal Pacific Jctn,
IA, |
Nat’l Edu Society NE State
Teachers, Teacher |
Alice Brayton |
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22 May 1922, |
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Brown, Edwin L. |
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C1890 Livingston, 1897 |
Barber |
Self, First Nat’l Bank Basement |
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Had elegant services. |
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Budas, Albert |
24 May 1865, |
1887 |
General merchant & undertaker |
1892 became undertaker in Red Lodge |
Kathryn E. Rowan (1873, |
Grocery store in Red Lodge-sold to Yegen & Talmadge. Odd Fellows & WOW |
1946, Red Lodge |
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Burla, Gwen F. |
4 October 1868, |
C1893 Billings, c1912 Hardin ( |
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1898 re-elected with largest vote ever. |
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Teacher, many lodges, |
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Calhoun, W. B. |
25 January 1870, |
1892 |
Joined HT Ramsey Druggist. Volunteered for Grigsby’s
Rough Riders in 1898. |
Clerk for Armstrong, Red Lodge c1894, |
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Maverick Hose Co. |
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Cardwell, Edward |
18 Feb 1850 |
1878 |
Farmer, Stockman in |
Winters in |
Sarah Connolly, m: 19 Mar 1884, |
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16 Sep 1933, |
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Carstens, Chris F. |
1858, |
1888 |
Sheepman with Hanson and Heide. |
Ran sheep on Grove Creek, Lavelle
Hotel in |
1896 Nellie Talopson, died 11 mos later; 1897 Sofie Octjerdes, Omaha, NE |
Friend to all. |
Killed at sea 1898 on way to father’s funeral. |
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Carwile, Nat G. (See: Carvile) |
7 January 1855, |
1892, |
Accountant Yegen Bros. In |
Sr Manager for Carwile
& Bouton, real estate, live stock &
insurance. |
1884 Lizzie Green (MO), |
Mason, Kof P, WOW
(First Consul); 1898 county clerk on Dem Ticket. Police Judge 1905. |
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1892 |
City Council, alderman |
Assisted in development of city water plant. |
Drug store was place to take injured before |
12 June 1901 Winifred Rixon
in |
Ashlar, had over 3,000 photos of |
27 Nov 1945, in |
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Chapple, Henry (Dr.) |
10-21-1861, |
1888 |
Physician, Mayor 1897, 1890 Co Coronor, 93 & 96 elected sec state board. |
Partner with Charles Chapple
(Druggist) |
1888 Martha Murphy, |
Mason, BPOE, AOUW |
16 January 1900, |
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Clark, Andrew (Dr.) |
07 Oct 1864, |
June 1898 |
Offices in First Nat’l Bank |
Partner with wife. |
Dec 1893,Harriet Foxton
MD, b:17 Feb 1862, |
AOUW, WOW, UA |
9 March 1943, |
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Clark, William D. (Rev.) |
25 April 1866, |
April 1897, |
Pastor for |
Very active in church matters |
25 May 1890 Blanche Gettard
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Moved to |
No Record |
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Clement, H. F. |
22 November 1854, Penobscot Co, ME |
August 1881 met brother Olin and in 1882 raised
sheep in Flat Willow area |
Sheepman & Lawyer |
Alderman 2nd Ward 1898 |
Feb 1886 Belle F. Jordon in |
Mason, BPOE Charter Member, representative of
Stockmen Assn |
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Connelly, Frank B. |
05 Sep 1862, |
1885, |
Secy of AL Babcock Hardware 1886 |
1892 was major partner in AL Babcock |
1 Dec 1885 Flora Ella Hart (Baptist
Ch, Toulon, IL) |
Alderman |
06 Dec 1940, Saettle |
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Craig, James
(Dr.) |
28 April 1850, ME |
1891 White Sulphur Springs, 1898 |
Own practice |
Offices in |
24 May 1885 Lizzie Ghoue
in |
AMA, Mason, IOOF in Castle Lodge |
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Edwards, John E. (Maj.) |
17 July 1866, |
1888 |
1890 took over Thomas Cruse’s cattle interests
in Fergus Co. |
1898 bought interest in Donovan & Spear @
Junction. |
1892 Julia Anderson (Fergus Co) |
Nominee for state senator 1898 |
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Fenske, L. H. |
1854, |
1882 |
July 1884 business acq
from Asa Fisher burned down, Representative for his
Ward. |
1884 built 25x80 ft brick structure on corner |
Nancy Milinex ( |
Stockholder in |
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February 2, 1856, (Genealogy lineage available) |
1881, |
Mayor five times, Secy
of state senate twice; lawyer |
Real estate (Father created Foster’s Addition) |
19 April 1882, Georgia McLaughlin, Coulson ( |
Mayor, lawyer, Real Estate Investor, |
26 Oct 1926, |
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1844, NY |
1863, Alder Gulch searching for gold |
1879, rancher Yellowstone Co, lived at 205 N 29th (building moved to: |
Stockman 1905, Funds from estate created in 1918
by spouse; three
story commercial building |
c 28 Dec
1888, Note: transcribed in error as 12 Dec 1917 in MtView record. |
VP Yellowstone Nat’l Bank 1899 |
22 March 1912, |
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Frith, Henry Albert |
13 Apr 1847, |
1876 ordered to |
National Judge Advocate, 1879 |
1896 |
1905 Helen G.
Miller in Billings. (Moved to Long Beach
1927) |
Soldier, Indian trader, miner rancher &
lawyer. One of the founders for the Eastern Pioneers. |
19 Mar 1943, |
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Gallagher, Philip M. |
12 February 1852, Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co, PA |
1881 |
1884 |
Part Owner in Bear Creek Mine. |
Feb 1891 Helen Dodsworth
of LA |
Mason, Created west boundary of Crow Reservation
June 1891 |
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Gardner, J. William |
08 November 1859, PA (Note: Death certificate
info) |
1881 to |
Farmed ¼ Section near |
Assisted survey of Cooke City RR line. 1893
joined LM Rose, |
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AOU- Laurel, Elks-Billings. |
24 Jul 1947, |
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George, William Braxton |
1 June 1865, Platte Co, MO |
1885, MT, State Board of Education-secretary |
Postal clerk Helena-Billings route. Agent US
Fidelity & Guarantee Co & Mutual Ins Co Rep. |
Asst Postmaster-Billings (1886), Jewelry, real
estate & insurance. Co Treasurer’s office, applied 1899 for street
railway line. |
1892 Virginia Florence Sleeper, (born: |
Platted West-Side Addition (for Billings Realty
Co-1898): Masons, Elks, WOW, AOUW, Maverick Hose Co charter member. |
1 May 1954 LA (bur: Mtview
7 May) |
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Gilsdorf, Andrew John |
2 May 1860 (calc) |
1882, NPR workman, settled in Coulson |
Worked in butcher shop in Coulson, then |
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25 Nov 1885, |
IOOF, AOU |
22 Nov 1911, |
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Goddard, O. Fletcher |
20 January 1853, |
March 1883 |
Co attorney 1888; 1889 constitutional convention |
1890 state senator. State board of education,
1938 Chief Justice for MT Supreme Court. |
1881 Alwilda
Hutchinson Stevenson (b: 8-13-1858 Noble Co, OH, d: 3-7-1927(burns) |
Lawyer and spokesman, jurist, Trustee of Montana
Historical Society appointed by the governor. |
25 September 1943 |
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Goss, James R. |
17 April 1848 NY |
1882 |
Chairman of Central committee 1899, probate
judge 1884. |
Judge, county attorney, president school board,
mayor of |
17 February 1878, |
Mason, board member Parmly Billings Library,
Pioneer of Eastern Montana |
20 July 1931 (Saturday) |
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Grant, H. I. |
31 August 1865, Le Mars,
IA |
1884 Melville sheep ranch |
Bookkeeper for HO Wilcox, Big Timber sheep ranch
to 1898 |
Partner in |
23 Oct 1897 Cecilia Lavelle
(Columbus) |
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Griggs, George A. |
1859 NH |
1883 |
Assisted in creating Mexican International
Railway. |
Cashier & stockholder Yellowstone Nat’l
Bank, Mayor Billings one term. |
Wife is musician. |
Left |
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Gruwell, Colombus Oscar |
18 December 1837 Lee Co, IA (Death certificate,
others state 1838) |
7 July 1865, |
1883 to Custer Co, stockman at Junction until
1894 then |
1899 building 3-story brick building |
1867 Sarah Bohanan in |
Sheep and cattle rancher |
20 Apr 1923, Twin Falls, ID |
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Hall, W. R. |
4 April 1858, |
NPR 1880’s to MT, freighting, then Red Lodge in
1890. |
Partner with Weaver & Hughes mining
interests and livery |
Owned Morning & Evening Star mines, 1895
bought Yegen-Talmadge Merchantile |
18 Oct 1892 Renneberg,
Red Lodge |
IOOF, WOW in Red Lodge |
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Hansford, Wesland |
5 April 1839 (calc) |
1845 to |
Stock then sheep. 1893 sold ranch interest to WL
Shanks, retained livestock. |
Poor health until 1895, settled in |
Isabelle McCabe (from |
Mason |
29 Oct 1916 Billings, bur: O’Donnell. |
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Hathorn, Frederick H. |
12 August 1873 Townsend area |
Moved to |
1894 joined law office of Allen R. Roy, |
1895 |
28 June 1899 Lillian (Lillie) Reynolds in |
K of P, Elks, Maverick Hose Co. |
11 Nov 1913 |
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Hawkins, Pliney
H. |
28 October 1869 |
1893 |
1895 in charge of Columbus Schools. |
1905 Cashier & Bank Director, Columbus State
Bank |
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Politics |
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Hays, George M. |
12 March 1862, |
Before 1907 |
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Jennie Jones (Born Wales - 1868, Died Warm Springs,
MT 3-19-1946) |
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18 October 1938, |
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29 Dec 1855, |
C1882 as manager for New York Cattle Co, in |
Cattleman, soldier, empire builder. Lawyer,
Secretary Bear Creek Coal, |
1885 bought the cattle firm. County attorney
1894, |
1886, Susan Whitney in |
Troop A, |
21 Jun 1923, |
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Holmes, Eugene S. |
9 October 1845 Machias,
Cattaragus Co, NY |
1882 NPR Express Agent |
Civil war vet. Republican county administrator |
1895 joined Lieberg
& Warner Drugs, buying out Warner. 1899 retired & Calhoun bought out
his interests. |
Sarah E. ____ |
Politics |
13 October 1927 |
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Humphrey, Thomas W. |
12 august 1869 |
1893 |
1897 bought Jewelry store. |
Repairs watches, Inspector for NPR watches, |
29 April 1895 Hannah Morrison (from |
Mason, Scottish Rites, AOUW & WOW. |
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Kreidler, Frederick W. |
25 December 1861 Steuben Co, NY |
1889 |
Stenographer for the district |
Resides in |
June 1890, Etta Mellinger |
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LaMott, Allen E. |
8 January 1847, Tompkins Co, NY |
1883 to Dakotas, then 1885 |
Moved to Roundup 1900’s, |
Rancher |
Loretta Fulkerson in NY then Elizabeth Fulkerson
Dudley (sister of Loretta) 1 June 1904 in |
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July 1922 (Mtview) |
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LaVelle, Patrick |
1886 NPR employee, routes in area |
1889 quit NPR settled in |
1889 platted LaVelle’s
Addition to |
Feb 1899 sold hotel & built stone building
in town. 1896 county commissioner. |
1867 ( |
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Line, Lemuel W.
(Dr.) |
Feb 1895 |
1899 appointed NPR local physician. |
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Drug & physician services in |
Sep 1890 Mary A. Campbell (from |
AOUW (NE), KOTM (Grand Mound, IA) & WOW ( |
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Linton, W. L. |
1878 |
1884 American Fork stockman |
1892 in |
Clothing store owner & farmer in Yellowstone
Co. |
1885 Julia
A. Vining (from Ubet),
b: 5 Jan 1859 |
WOW, Elks |
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Losekamp, John D. |
1850 OH, Moved to |
1884 |
JD Losekamp &
Brother, clothing, 1898 state legislature. |
Partner with JR Yates 1900, Built |
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1893 Mayor Billings, planted trout and Chinese
Pheasants for sport hunting & fishing. |
Bur: 13 August 1913, Mtview.
Business assets went to partner Yates. |
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Loud, Charles H. |
20 November 1858 |
1880 with Engineering Corps, surveyor for NPR route.
1891 admitted to MT Bar Assn. |
Est Hereford Cattle Co 1883 in |
1893 county attorney, 1896 Judge of 7th
Judicial District. Sentenced Spotted Hawk to death by hanging ( |
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7 March 1846, |
1882 Spring and bought Billings Post. |
Published Post until May 1885. 1891 established Billings
Times-sold 1899. Realestate & Insurance. |
1885 merged Post into Billings Gazette, editor
until 1887; sold interests and obtained law degree. |
1872 Rebecca Panton,
(b: |
JP-Billings, journalist. |
7 April 1916 |
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Born 14 June 1845, |
1866 |
1870 with |
Paul relocated from |
Mary Catherine Spear on 23 February 1879 in |
Member of the territorial legislature, member of
the Knight’s of Columbus, member of Lodge 394 of the BPOE. |
21 June 1921 in |
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Born 2 Aug 1871 |
1890 to |
Managed Donovan & Spears for 12 Years |
In 1903 he organized
McCormick Mercantile Company, 1907 Established Monoana
McCormick Seeds |
Married: Frances J Murphy in 1905 |
Billings Midland Club, is a republican, is affiliated with the Catholic Church, is a third degree Knight of
a director and former president of the Rosebud
Lake Association |
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8 November 1845, |
1848 to |
May 1877 established stage at Baker’s
Battleground with Omar Hoskins, renamed Huntley. May 20th arrived
on Josephine with supplies. |
Ferry they operated was called Go-Devil. 1884
improved ranchland and devoted more to farming. Established butchershop in |
Single. Ranch bought by Charles O’Donnell |
GAR, Pioneers of |
29 Sep 1930, Long Beach (bur: Mtview) |
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Metier, Samuel D. |
28 December 1863 Decatur Co, IA |
1884 in |
March 1895 bought out A. Budas
furniture business. |
Merchant at |
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May 1898 |
Bur: 2 Jan 1906, |
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Meyer, William F. |
3 March 1857 |
1882 summer to |
1884 admitted to MT bar, 1889 Red Lodge &
assisted to found Meyer, Chapman & Breteche. |
1897 formed Red Lodge Lumber Co,
and 1898 branch in Bridger. |
1884 |
Elks, Macabees, Park
Co. representative |
25 Oct 1912, Red Lodge Cem) |
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Millis, Orville E. |
23 May 1853, NY |
Spring 1882 Coulson, then few months later to |
1887 sold ½ to HP Arnold moved to Red Lodge
& established wholesale & retail store. |
1 April 1899 to |
Agnes |
Built |
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Mills, Jacob |
18 November 1842 Topsham, Orange Co, VT |
23 March 1882 Dillon, then |
Built church Sun River Crossing, held services
in |
1885 White Sulphur Springs church operations. |
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1896 pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Butte. Sent to |
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Moffit, Lester L. (Moffett) |
1860 De Kalb Co, IN |
1895 |
Moved to |
Owns many rental units in |
4 June 1898 Susie Stocks. |
Politics |
Moved to Grant’s Pass, OR in 1904 |
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28 September 1863 |
Dec 1892 |
1896 President of bank. |
Banker, financier, Constructed “ |
5 June 1889 Mattie Woodson, |
School Board trustee, Mason |
01 Feb 1947, |
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31 March 1858, Newaygo Co, MI |
1863 by Ox Team to Bannock, Alder Gulch, and
farmed at Elkhorn Ranch. |
Moved to CA and OR & WA. 1874 returned to
Virginia City then |
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1 August 1883 Flora A. Alling,
Yellowstone Co. |
WOW |
17 May 1926, Croton, MI |
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Newman, Orson Nickerson (Death Cert Records) |
15 Feb 1830, Oneida Co, NY (Orleans Co) |
1863 Grasshopper Diggings (Bannock), 1864 |
1875 |
Farmed and drove cattle |
Elizabeth Metalda
Tripp, from: |
County commissioner 1896. |
12 Dec 1921, |
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20 May 1869, IA |
1889 |
Real estate 1892, worked with Rowley to gain
good land developments in |
Created North Subdivision, owned virtually all
land north of |
Hattie Swartz on November 19, 1884 |
Patron of the city. Acquired eastern state prison 1904, and attempted to convert
to home. |
Moved to |
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O’Donnell, Ignatius Daniel |
19 September 1860 in |
1881 Miles City, then Coulson, then on to Maiden
to look for gold. |
Farmhand at I J Horse Ranch near |
Together with Bailey he bought a Hesper farm owned by Rev. Stuart; and in 1900 he bought Bailey’s interest in the farm. He continued his agricultural career by raising the first sugar beets in the valley. He was instrumental in the 1906 construction of the sugar factory in
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31 October 1887 Louise Roeser
in |
He was a director for the Merchant’s National Bank, a leader
in the affairs of the Billings Polytechnic Institute, Chamber of Commerce,
Montana Farm Bureau, State and County Fairs, Horticulture Board, WWI Council
of Defense, Montana Stock Commission, Montana Water Conservation Board,
School Board |
28 Jan 1948, |
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Parker, W. O. |
15 January 1844, Franklin Co, VT |
1885 to MT, worked at GW Showmaker’s
dairy farm four years. |
1889 |
1893 acquired sheep (Parker & Morgan). Farmer in the
valley. |
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1896 nominated assessor, but defeated. GAR |
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Parque, Joseph A. |
23 January 1859, |
1869 to |
1885 bought Riverside Dairy (2-1/2 mi south of city on
river) |
1889 established Delmonico
Restaurant opposite NPR Station. |
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IOOF, AOUW |
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Son of Charles Peckham and Hazel
Hall. Family lineages intermarried with Walk, Cooper and Newman families |
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Owned the Rocking Horse Stables
on |
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Lineages under construction. Created an extensive photo
library of |
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Peters, Archibald. M. |
27 September 1849 |
1887 to |
1905 Merchant Tailor at under First Nat’l Bank. |
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AOUW (Populist) |
4 Feb 1914 (bur: O-Donnell Cem) |
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16 August 1866 |
15 May 1882 |
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Mary Emma Townsend |
Joined Eastern Pioneers 15 May 1907 |
12 January 1937, |
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Ramsey, W. L. |
15 April 1866 Willow Springs, KS |
1889 Billings, farm hand then clerk in town. |
Under sheriff of county |
1898 elected county treasurer |
15 May 1895 Corville L. Strom |
Interested in public affairs, became ill 1899. |
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Reynolds, Samuel Guilford |
31 October 1867, |
1895, |
First Nat’l Bank assistant cashier & teller. |
Stockman |
Carrie Brown, 21 May 1896, Big Rapids, MI |
Knights Templar, Elks |
29 May 1937, |
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(Colonel) |
01 Oct 1858, Newport, Oneida Co. NY |
1879 NPR Engineer, committed to the plat of |
1882 |
Created irrigation in area. |
May 8, 1883 Harriet Maria Meeker, in |
Mason, active businessman |
25 Jun 1931 |
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Smith, Peter H. |
28 December 1843 |
1879 buffalo hunter near |
1885 bought Wheatley Bros Livery, two termsins
Billings City Council |
Managed Chapple Furniture Co,
1905 & livery (large barn 35x100). Mayor 1896-1898 |
17 Jan 1899 Lillian V. Soule’,
m: |
KofP, |
20 Aug 1921 |
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Talmadge, William Avery |
13 Jan 1867, |
1886 |
Opened brach office for Babcock
& Miles in Red Lodge. 1897 built stone |
1891 established Yegen-Talmadge
Merchantile in Red Lodge (John Chapman partner)
Sold in 1894. |
20 June 1889, Anna W. Brown in |
1896 Carbon Co treasurer, Elks, IOOF, WOW Macabees. |
07 Sep 1926, |
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Toole, Benjamin W. |
1840, MO |
1863 placer mining near Helena, 1887 |
County commissioner, started hay operation. |
1897 formed partnership with JW Vaughan. |
1878 Emma R. Woodworth |
Brother is JK Toole, ex-Governor of MT. |
2 Dec 1917 |
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Vaughan, Jabez Warren |
07 Apr
1859 Clarksville, MO |
1879 Fort |
1883 returned to MO and brought 26 emigrants to MT, plus
bride. 1897 sold bakery to Joseph Parque. |
1883 grocer for PW McAdow, deputy sheriff, Then worked
for Babcock & Miles. 1897 he and brother George started bakery. |
1883 Mrs. |
Mason, Elks; helped organize the Yellowstone Building
& Loan Assn (treasurer) |
30 Mar 1933, |
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18 Oct 1847, |
1880 with AA Ellis brought 1,600 head of cattle onto
Yellowstone ( |
1883 brought 2,000 more cattle and started cattle
business in |
1880 resided in Canyon Creek, which became part of their ranch. Built Grand Hotel 1886, later sold to David Fratt. |
16 February 1871 Emaline Davis
near |
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04 Oct 1935, |
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Webb, William B. |
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Moved from LaCrosse, WI to MT |
Member of the MMLIC-Real Estate |
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Wells, R. C. |
20 March 1862, Pike Co, MO |
1883 |
1889-1894 with AJ Wilkerson & Co, butchers. Sold business
in 1894 to Chapman & Co. |
1898 county treasurer; disposed of all stock interests
before accepting position. |
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Williams, Thomas. A. |
16 October 1859 (File: Vol 11,Section 22) |
1886 with NPR various assignments. (In |
1896 elected clerk of District Court |
Lease agent of public lands in Yellowstone Co, accepting
various forms of script. |
1884 |
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Moved to |
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19 Jan 1857 |
1882 Glendive, ran boarding
house nearby with siblings. |
1 April 1882 Coulson & built bakery building and sold
groceries. Alderman in |
1894 elected to city council. Merchant & Banker. In 1924 the banks closed, and Chris went to
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Laura |
Mayor of |
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Yegen, Peter |
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1879 to |
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Vast business enterprise in Yellowstone Co. |
1890 Margaret Trepp (from |
AOUW |
09 Apr 1937, |
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Youmans, W. J. |
1871 MN |
1897 spring, |
1 Feb 1897 Youmans was sole
proprietor of lumber yard. Grew to 400,000 sq ft. |
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25 september 1898 Nettie Methven |
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Email
me:
Katy Hestand
Yellowstone County Coordinator