A history of Montana, Volume II, Part 62

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883-
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1002

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Having continued at work in the Welsh mines until he reached the age of twenty-four, John Lloyd immi- grated to America. His first location was at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where he worked at mining until 1875. In June of that year he had settled in Butte, where he began work in the mines at a wage of $3.50 per day. After three years of this employment he became a pump machinist for Marcus Daly, continuing steadily and efficiently at this work until ten years had passed. At the end of that period Mr. Daly made him superintend- ent of the Amy and Silversmith mines, where he con- tinued in charge until 1886.

During that year he was elected to the responsible position of sheriff. In this office, so difficult and pre- carious in a new country, Mr. Lloyd served for three years before the admission of a state and also for three years afterward. Through many adventures and many dangers, he zestfully pursued the duties of sheriff, always without partiality, yet with a humanity that could not allow mercy to be wholly eliminated from justice. One of his achievements as a determined officer of the law was his following of the notorious criminal, "Billy Forester" to Chicago and bringing him back to Montana. Having accomplished this task unaided, Sheriff Lloyd proceeded with the prosecution until the evil-doer was sentenced to fourteen years in the peni- tentiary. His duty as sheriff also made it necessary for him to perform the first execution in the county, that of the murderer, Henry Roberts, who killed Fred Tex and was sentenced to the supreme penalty of the law. In 1892 Mr. Lloyd was given an office of large oppor- tunities in a quite different line. He was elected county commissioner and chosen chairman of that board. The great activity of that period, the rapidity with which bridges and other improvements were required, made particularly valuable Mr. Lloyd's common sense and clear-sighted executive ability.

Among the many financial enterprises, mining and otherwise, in which Mr. Lloyd has been successful, it is interesting to recall one in which he participated in 1875, even though it was of considerably less magni- tude than his later deals. When he first came west the Union Pacific Short Line extended only to Corinne, Utah, and the transportation of provisions to Butte was not an easy matter. Mr. Lloyd and three other men bought four wagons at Corinne, loading them with flour and bacon. These they took to Butte and on arrival there found competition for their supplies re- markably lively among the merchants of the place. It is needless to say that they' sold their stock for very high profits. The greater part of Mr. Lloyd's interests, however, have had to do with mining. The Johnston, the Pennsylvania and the Little Ida mines were all dis- covered by him. After working them for ten years he sold them to the Boston Mining Company, receiving $150,000 for them. These mines have become among the most prolific in the state. John E. Lloyd now has mining properties near Butte and extensive holdings both in the Butte and Basin Gold and Silver Mining

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Company and in the Silversmith Mining Company, being president of both these mines.

One of Mr. Lloyd's most interesting diversions has been the collecting of mineral and other specimens and curios. Ceramics from prehistoric grounds, water products from the South Sea Islands, handicraft from many lands, unusual natural forms of many sorts have supplemented his great variety of ore specimens. This collection he enriched by the purchase of the Emil Weinberger cabinet, one of the finest and most com- plete collections of Montana minerals extant. Unfor- tunately this valuable collection was destroyed by fire a few years ago while on exhibition at the Columbia Gardens.

During these years Mr. Lloyd's family has grown up about him and its members have gone forth to their several important walks in life, the sons being closely associated with their father's interests. In 1861 occurred John Lloyd's first marriage; but his wife, a Welsh lady named Margaret Davis, died after only two years of happy wedlock. Six years later he was again mar- ried. The second Mrs. Lloyd, nee- Margaret Lewis, and also of Welsh ancestry, lived to be the mother of six children, of whom four are living. Her death occurred on November 28, 1893. The elder son, Richard L., who lives in New York City, is widely known in smelting circles, having formerly been for many years identified with that line of business in Montana, both at Great Falls and Butte. John R., who at one time had charge of large smelting interests in Nevada, is now located at Great Falls, Montana, where he is secretary of the large mercantile firm known as the Jansen, Ward & Lloyd Company. Elizabeth Ann is Mrs. Robertson T. White, of Plainfield, New Jersey; and Edith B. is Mrs. Franklin J. Everett, of Seattle, Washington.

Mr. Lloyd is a thirty-second degree Mason and has held high rank in all branches of the fraternity. He is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, affiliating with Algeria Temple at Helena. Ever since he was twenty-one years of age he has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which organization he has passed all chairs in lodge and encampment.

A stalwart Republican is John E. Lloyd, always stand- ing by the policy and the nominees of his party. His first presidential vote was cast for Lincoln, and never since has he wavered in his allegiance to the party.

In his comfortable home at 208 West Copper Street, Mr. Lloyd modestly reviews the activities of his past life, enjoying the fruits thereof and finding in the interests of the city which long has claimed him as a citizen of importance the pleasure of reminiscence and the enjoyment of companionship.

EDWARD H. CAMPBELL was born in Fremont county, Towa, on October II, 1854, the son of Dr. John C. Campbell. As the name would indicate, the Campbell family came to America from Scotland. They were of Revolutionary stock and settled in Virginia, and among the noted families with whom they were connected were the Lisle and McDowell families, famous in the early history of the colony. After the Revolutionary war, some of the Virginia Campbells moved to Kentucky, and there John C. Camphell was born on December 30, 1812, in the city of Lexington. He was the son of John Poague Campbell, who was a famous divine in Kentucky and Ohio. Dr. Campbell settled in Nebraska in 1854, where he was a pioneer physician and came to play an important role in the early history of that state.

Dr. Campbell married Martha Ann Rodgers, a native of Tennessee and of English ancestry, her forefathers having settled in Virginia and played their good part as soldiers in the Continental army. Mrs. Campbell died in 1861, leaving five children, of whom Edward was the next to the eldest.

Edward H. Campbell spent his early life in Neo-

raska City, Nebraska, whither his father moved just after his birth. Nebraska was then one of the frontier states and the environment was that of a new com- munity. The lad received his education in the schools of Nebraska City, being graduated from the high school with the class of 1873. Upon leaving school he en- tered the drug store of his father, under whom he learned the essentials of pharmacy and the principles of business in the drug trade. In 1875 he came west and became a drug clerk for R. S. Hale, of Helena, retaining this position for four years. Having some- thing of a roving disposition, as is natural to youth, he spent several years working as drug clerk in various parts of the state.

Mr. Campbell married in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on October 17, 1888, Miss Fannie Stevenson, a native of the state of New York. The eldest of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Edward Hugh, was born in Walkerville, Montana, on the 9th of August, 1892. He is now a student at Wesleyan Uni- versity. John Paul was born on March 13, 1807, at Philipsburg, and the daughter, Julia Martha, in the same city, on the 24th of August, 1903.

Of late years, Mr. Campbell has taken no active part in politics, though he is still loyal to the Denio- cratic party. He is a member of several fraternal orders, including the Woodmen of the World, the Knights of Pythias 'and the Masons.

EDWARD J. WHYTE was born in Dublin, Ireland, in the year 1851, and lived but little over a half century, as he died in Helena on May 12, 1908. However, his years were eventful ones, and his life, though short, was a busy one. When a young man he left his native isle for America, and once here, sought a place where there was plenty of elbow room, and at the same time no dearth of excitement, for he was a true Celt, and did not live a too quiet life. The overland trip to Livings- ton, Montana, was one with hazard enough in it to make it interesting, and upon arriving there Mr. Whyte went into the hotel business. Montana was not at the time a state of homes, and the business of providing accom- modations for the shifting population was one of para- mount importance. After some time in Livingston Mr. Whyte came to Helena, in the early '8os, and opened the Queen City Restaurant and the Hotel Helena. These became most popular under his excellent manage- ment, and until his death he continued in this calling with notable success. Mr. Whyte followed the usual political bent of the Irish-American and aligned himself with the Democratic party, but contrary to the usual habits of his compatriots, he did not take any promi- nent part in party affairs. He was, however, a most devoted worker in the lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of which he had been a member for many years. Another organization to which he belonged was that of the Highlanders.

It was at Livingston that Mr. Whyte met the lady who became his wife. This was Miss Bessie Johnson, a native of Sweden. Her parents were among the first comers to Livingston, where she became acquainted with Mr. Whyte. Five children were born of their union, the eldest, Effie, in Livingston, and the others in Helena. She is now Effie Whyte Miller of Belfry, Montana. Garry J. Whyte, the oldest son, was born on October 23, 1888; Bessie, on November 1, 1890; William, in 1894; and Carl, in 1896. All are unmarried except Effie.

Garry Whyte went through the schools of Helena, finishing the high school at seventeen. As soon as he graduated he went into business independently, open- ing a fruit and confectionery store at 18 Broadway. As he is a born hustler, he made good at his first ven- ture in the commercial field and after one year disposed of his stock at a fair profit and removed to Butte. Here he went into the firm of Tripp and Dragstedt as

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a clerk to learn the grocery business. When he felt that he was sufficiently familiar with this branch of the mercantile trade, he returned to Helena and again opened a fruit and confectionery store. After one year at this he went into the grocery business and soon built up a paying trade. Mr. Whyte disposed of his first establishment to the Reinig Company and started an- other store of his own at 35 West Sixth street. This is not exactly a new concern, as it was established in 1905, by A. Hauswald. Two years later Mr. Whyte purchased it and has been running it ever since with his characteristic ability. It would be difficult to find a more complete and up-to-date retail store in Helena.

Ranching is something else in which Mr. Whyte puts some time and capital. He owns a forty-nine acre place in Lewis and Clark county, where he raises cattle and other live stock. He has also a feed store in Helena, and he finds no difficulty in keeping his various enter- prises running at a good pace.

Mr. Whyte belongs to the Elks, and also to the High- landers, as his father did before him. He also follows in his father's steps in his church affiliation, being a member of the Episcopal church. His political views are, however, different for he supports the policies of the Republican faction.

Mr. Whyte is unmarried, and makes his home with his mother at 31 East Cutler avenue. Starting in busi- ness with a capital of one hundred dollars, he has made for himself a prosperous and growing business, with a store surpassed by few in the city and all this before he has lived a quarter of a century. .

J. LEE SEDGWICK. The office of clerk and recorder of the largest county in the state of Montana, that of Chouteau, carries with it duties of multitudinous nature, making it necessary for the incumbent to be a man of more than ordinary abilities and experience. J. Lee Sedgwick, who is now acting in that capacity, came to the office well equipped to handle its affairs, having served as deputy for eleven years, during which time he thoroughly familiarized himself with every detail of its routine, thus assuring the voters of an able and efficient administration. Mr. Sedgwick has the dis- tinction of being a native son of Montana, having been born at Stevensville, Ravalli county, July 24, 1875. His father, Cassius M. Sedgwick, removed from his native state of Pennsylvania as a young man and journeyed as far west as Corinne, Boxelder county, Utah, from whence he made his way overland to the Bitter Root country, in Ravalli county, Montana, in 1872. A pioneer of that section, he was for a number of years engaged in ranching and stock raising, but in 1890 came to Chouteau county, where he now lives retired at the age of sixty-seven years. He was married in Ravalli county to Miss Eliza Sanders, who was born in Boone county, Missouri, and in 1865 went with her parents overland to Oregon. In 1869 they traveled overland to Montana and settled in the Bitter Root valley, at a time when their nearest neighbors were twenty-five or thirty miles away. The family is known there as one of the earliest settlers of the section. Mrs. Sedgwick still survives, at the age of fifty-five years, and has been the mother of five children, of whom three sur- vive: J. Lee; C. F., of Alberta, Canada; and C. O., living in Chouteau county.

J. Lee Sedgwick received his preliminary education in the public schools of Montana, and supplemented this by a course of two years in the University of Idaho, after which he came back to Chouteau county and was engaged in ranching and stock raising, both for himself and as manager of his father's interests. He was so engaged until his appointment in 1900 to the position of deputy county clerk of Chouteau county, at which time he became a resident of Fort Benton, and this city has been his home to the present time. After ably discharging the duties of deputy for eleven

years, in 1910 he became a candidate for the office of county clerk and recorder, and in the election which followed received a handsome majority. He has handled the problems that have come up in his office with marked skill, but it is characteristic of the man that he has not considered his obligation to the public limited simply to the faithful discharge of his onerous duties, as he has given of his best energies in behalf of the people and used his influence in promoting and supporting all movements pertaining to the public wel- fare. He supports Republican principles and takes a great interest in his party's success, having numerous influential friends among the organization's ranks in Chouteau county. When he can absent himself from his office, he devotes his leisure moments to outdoor occupations, having never lost his love for the free air of the open that his early training instilled in him.

On June 19, 1912, Mr. Sedgwick was married to Debora, daughter of Abram and Mary E. (Fahs) Wagy, of Hamilton, Montana. Mrs. Sedgwick received her education in the public schools of her home place, later graduating from the State University at Missoula.

HERBERT B. SELWAY, of Dillon, Montana, has a closer interest in the welfare and prosperity of his home state than have most of the residents of Montana, for he is a native son of the commonwealth. He is well known as one of the most successful ranchmen and stock raisers of this section of the state. A man of the type for which the west has come to stand, broad minded, big hearted and sincere, "Herb" Selway, as he is familiarly known, is one of the most popular men in Dillon.

Herbert B. Selway was born near Dillon, Montana, on the 22nd of August, 1875, a son of James and Eunice A. (Noble) Selway. James Selway was born in Eng- land, in 1839, and when he was seven years of age his parents immigrated to the United States, locating in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In 1863 he crossed the Great Plains to Montana. During the following winter he was engaged in mining operations in connection with W. A. Clark, who afterwards became United States senator from Montana. After a time he went into the stock raising business, and from that time until the close of his life he was engaged in the live stock industry. He was a pioneer in every sense of the word, a lead- ing man in his community who did his full share in helping to make possible the great state of Montana. In politics he was a Republican, though he never cared to take a very active part. A man of great kindliness and genuine sympathy, people were invariably attracted by him, and he made in consequence a host of friends. His death occurred in 1898. He married in the fall of 1874 Eunice F. Noble, a native of Yankee Settle- ment, Delaware county, Iowa, where she was born on March 8, 1848. She was the eldest of the seven chil- dren of her father and mother. She was well educated, completing her education at Iowa College, at Grinnell, Iowa, and then teaching for a number of years in her native state. She came to Montana in the fall of 1873 and taught the first term of school in what is known as the "Old Poindexter school house." She was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was a very active worker in this congregation, being a teacher in the Sunday-school for over thirty years. Four chil- dren were born to James Selway and his wife; Herbert B. Selway and Hawley J. Selway, both of Dillon, Mon- tana; Mrs. Eliza Selway Carlson, of Tendoy, Idaho; and Luther Selway, who died in infancy. Mrs. Selway died on the 26th of August, 1910.

Herbert B. Selway received his first instruction in the Dillon public schools, graduating from the higlı school in Dillon. He then attended the Montana State Normal School, at Twin Bridges, and later the Wes- leyan University at Helena, Montana. He was then sent east, and entered his mother's alma mater, Iowa Col- lege, at Grinnell, Iowa. Finally he took a course in

Herbert B Selway

JAMES SELWAY.

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the Highland Business College, at Des Moines, Iowa, from which he was graduated in 1897. With this thor- ough preparation he returned home and took charge of his father's business interests. In 1899 he went into the stock and general farming business on his own ac- count, and has made a splendid success of it. He owns about fourteen hundred acres on Horse Prairie, which is divided into two ranches, on both of which he car- ries on general farming as well as stock raising. As an example of the size of his stock operations, since Jan- uary, 1912, he has bought and sold between fifty and sixty thousand dollars worth of cattle. Aside from his real business he has diverted himself with dealings in real estate, though most men would scarcely call it a diversion. In 1908 he bought a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres just north of Dillon, at what was con- sidered a most exorbitant price, one hundred dollars per acre. He, however, believed that there ought to be a rise in land values in Beaverhead county, and the result proved him correct, for he sold the property in April, 1912, for one hundred and sixty-five dollars per acre. This was the first real advance in country prop- erty made in this county.

Mr. Selway was married in April, 1899, to Miss Mary Monahan, who is a native of Illinois but has spent all of her life in the west. Her father is a native of Ire- land, where he was born in 1845, while her mother was born in Kentucky, in 1848. Of the nine children of her parents, who are still living in Utah, Mrs. Selway is the next to the eldest. Mr. and Mrs. Selway have one son, Elmer James, who was born on the Ist of Septem- ber, 1903.

Mr. Selway is a member and past chancellor of Occi- dental lodge, No. 8, of Dillon, Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. In politics he is a Republican, and has taken a prominent part in furthering the interests of his party in that section of the state wherein he lives. He is a member of the Beaverhead Club and the walls of this club are adorned with a number of fine trophies of the hunt which Mr. Selway has presented to the club, re- sults of his skill with the gun. Mrs. Selway is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, and is one of the leaders in the social life of Dillon. In 1912 Mr. Selway built an attractive home in Dillon, where the family now resides.

JOHN F. MURPHY. A fairly large proportion of Montana's pioneer population was composed of vet- erans of the Civil war, a number of them former residents of the eastern states, who, after completing their service in the war between the states, continued to serve their country as soldiers in the regular army, with which they came west to engage in warfare with the hostile Indians. When their terms of enlistment were completed the greater part of these men settled at some point in the west, attracted by the opportunities offered in the new country, thus constructing a firm foundation upon which the structure of a mighty com- monwealth has been built. One of these hardy, vig- orous men who may lay claim to being one of Mon- tana's "old-timers," is John F. Murphy, city clerk of Fort Benton, and a man universally respected and esteemed. He is a native of Cork, Ireland, and was born October 31, 1843, a son of Jeremiah and Ellen (Toomey) Murphy.

Jeremiah Murphy was born in Ireland, and there married. In 1846, with his wife and children, he came to the United States, settling in New York City, where he became a prominent plasterer contractor, and died at the age of fifty-six years. His wife, also a native of the Emerald Isle, passed away in 1862, when about seventy years of age, having been the mother of sixteen children, of whom John F. was the next to the youngest. After securing a good education in the public and high schools of New York City, John F .. Murphy at the

age of sixteen years left home and succeeded in enlist- ing in Company B, Forty-third Regiment, Indiana Vol- unteer Infantry, with which he served until the close of the war. The youth saw his first real fighting at Fort Donelson, subsequently participating in the siege of Fort Madrid and Island No. 10, and after the latter, went with his brigade down the Mississippi river, where he fought in the siege of Fort Pillow and assisted in capturing Memphis. After a number of minor engagements, Mr. Murphy was captured by the enemy in lower Arkansas and subsequently transferred to Texas, where he was confined from April to the early part of June, 1864, when he managed, with dif- ficulty, to effect his escape. After many hardships and privations he rejoined his command at Little Rock, and veteranized in the same regiment, with which he continued to serve until the close of the war, when he received his honorable discharge in Indiana, June 14, 1865. In 1866 Mr. Murphy enlisted in the regular army, becoming a private in Company C, Third Bat- talion of the Eighteenth United States .Infantry, which he accompanied to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and subsequently across the plains to Camp Douglas, Utah. He spent three years in his first enlistment and later re-enlisted for five years, accompanying his division to Fort Shaw, Montana. During the entire eight years of his service, Mr. Murphy was active in Indian fight- ing, and gained a reputation among his fellows as a fearless, hard-fighting soldier, meriting the popularity of his comrades and the respect of his officers. When he had closed his military career he came to Fort Benton, where he arrived July 25, 1875, securing em- ployment as a type-setter for the Benton Record. After three years of newspaper work as a printer, he secured a position as salesman for the firm of Wetzel & Com- pany, and later was associated with others for five years, and in 1882 was elected county clerk of Chou- teau county. In 1884 he was made county assessor, and for the past six years, and at present, has acted in the capacity of city clerk of Fort Benton. He is in- dependent in his political views, reserving the right to support the man he deems best fitted for the office, regardless of party connections. Fraternally, he is popular in the local lodge of the Odd Fellows, as he is also with the members of the Grand Army post, and his religious connection is with the Roman Cath- olic church.

In 1875 Mr. Murphy was married in St. Louis, Mis- souri, to Miss Ada Archer, daughter of William Archer, a native of England, and of their children two arc living : Mrs. Ada Muir, a resident of Fort Benton, and Miss Nellie, who lives with her parents.

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A history of Montana, Volume II, Part 62

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883- Publication date: 1913 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1002

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883-
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1002