A history of Montana, Volume II, Part 93

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

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Since 1874, when he joined St. Peters Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at New Milford, Connecticut, Mr. Logan has taken an active and enthusiastic interest in Masonry, having passed through the chairs of Yellowstone Lodge, No. 26, Miles City, and in 1889 was elected grand master of the Grand Lodge of Montana. He Vol. 1-20

belongs to Miles City Chapter, R. A. M., of which he is a past high priest, and is a charter member of Bil- lings Commandery, K. T., and past grand potentate of Algeria Temple at Helena. With others he assisted in organizing the Shrine at Spokane, Washington, and he has always had the best interests of Masonry at heart.

Mr. Logan was married (first) at Bismarck, North Dakota, in 1884, to Miss Grace Southmayd, who was born at Columbus, Wisconsin, and she died April 2, 1892. On June 17, 1893, Mr. Logan married the sister of his first wife, Miss Bessie Southmayd, also a native of Wis- consin. Her father was Captain Ogden Southmayd, a native of Middletown, Connecticut, his father having been born at the same place. He was a lineal descend- ant of Elder William Brewster, who came from Eng- land to America on the Mayflower. Mrs. Logan's mother was a native of New York state. The five chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Logan, Fay, Tom, Dick, Harris (a daughter) and Grace, are possessed of remarkable musical talent, and have formed an orchestra that is well and favorably known all over the state. Tom married Miss Florence Polmer, of Helena, Montana, and Fay Logan married Rev. George Kesseluth. The family's religious connection is with the Episcopal church.

OTIS C. HAYNES. There can be no more satisfactory business connection anywhere than that which exists between father and son, for to the older man's long experience and intimate knowledge of the business is added the enthusiasm and enterprise of youth, a com- bination thus being formed that is desirable in every way. Such a connection is that existing between Erastus C. and Otis C. Haynes, of Custer county, who are engaged in raising fruit and vegetables for the Miles City market, as well as some live stock. The former is an old resident of Custer county, having located here more than thirty years ago, while the latter is now acting in the capacity of county clerk.

Erastus Chapman Haynes was born in Ohio, in 1841, and is a son of Philo and Electa (Chapman) Haynes, who removed to Ohio from Connecticut about 1834, and from there to Iowa in 1842, the father spending the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits and mill- ing. Erastus C. was the oldest of a family of seven children, was educated in Johnson county, Iowa, whence his parents had removed in 1844, and was there married in 1874 to Miss Edith Campbell, a native of Ohio. To this union there were born four children: Otis C .; Alda, who died in infancy; Robert Halsey; and Dixie E. In 1881 the father came by rail to Sentinel Butte. Dakota, and from that point traveled overland to Cus- ter county, Montana, locating on a tract of 160 acres, situated one mile from Miles City, which he purchased from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The family followed in the same year by steamboat from Glendive, Montana, at that time the terminal of the Northern Pacific Railroad. For a number of years he gave the greater part of his attention to the coal business, but in recent years vegetable and fruit rais- ing have been his chief ocupations. He is a Republi- can in his political views, taking a good citizen's in- terest in matters of public welfare. He is essentially the architect of his own fortune, and does credit to the good old New England Revolutionary stock from which he descends.

Otis C. Haynes was born in Johnson county, Iowa, November 20, 1875, and has been a resident of Custer county since he reached his sixth year. After attend- ing the public schools of Miles City he became a stu- dent in the normal school at Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio, from which he was graduated. Returning to Custer county, he associated himself in business with his father, with whom he has continued to the present time, and has proved that he possesses his father's

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sterling integrity and business ability. He is a Repub- lican in his political views, and in 1908 was elected to the office of clerk of Custer county, succeeding himself in that position in November, 1910. He is a capable, faithful and conscientious official, these traits having won for him the confidence of the people of the county, while his genial and courteous manner has made him many friends. Although his business and official duties have demanded a great deal of his attention he has found time to cultivate and enjoy the companionship of his fellow men, and is a popular member of Miles City Lodge, No. 537, B. P. O. E.

CHARLES H. BUFORD. In addition to extensive real- estate and banking interests in Madison county, Mon- tana, Charles H. Buford is proprietor of the Virginia City Garage in Virginia City, and also engaged in the mercantile business in Virginia City and Alder. He is a business man of unusual executive ability and during his residence in this state, which has covered a period of nearly a third of a century, he has been en- gaged in a number of different enterprises, in all of which he has met with marked success. He is loyal and public-spirited in his civic attitude and figures prominently in Democratic politics.

In Knox county, Missouri, April 7, 1860, occurred the birth of Charles H. Buford, who is descended from a fine old Southern family, his ancestors having been natives of the Old Dominion commonwealth, Virginia. His father, Wellington Buford, was born near Richmond, Virginia, as was also his mother, whose maiden name was Amanda Staples. The Senior Bu- ford migrated to Missouri as a young man and settled in Knox county, where he gained prominence as a successful agriculturist. He was a Democrat in his political convictions and during his lifetime was in- cumbent of a number of important public positions. He was a devout Christian and was a man of broad mind and most generous impulses. He was summoned to the life eternal in 1888, at the age of seventy years, and his wife died in 1889, aged sixty-nine years .. They became the parents of fifteen children, of whom thirteen are living (1912). They reside in Missouri, Washington, Idaho, California and Montana.

The tenth in order of birth in a family of fifteen children, Charles H. Buford was reared to maturity on the old homestead farm, in the work and manage- ment of which he early began to assist his father and brothers. His early educational training consisted of such advantages as were offered in the public schools of Knox county. At the age of twenty-one years he came to Montana and located in Virginia City, where he has since resided. His first occupation after coming to this state was that of freighting between Virginia City and Corinne, Utah, and subsequently he engaged in the general merchandise business for several years. He now has extensive banking interests, is the owner of a ranch in Madison county and has considerable money invested in mining enterprises of note in this section of the state. In 1911 he opened the Virginia City Garage in Virginia City and in automobile repair work he has met with unusual success. He has as- sociated with him in this business his son, Luther L.

In Virginia City, Montana, April 7, 1886, Mr. Bu- ford was united in marriage to Miss Emilia Steffens, a daughter of Ernest and Margaret Steffens, formerly of Illinois. Two children have been born to this union, namely: Walter W., a resident of Sheridan, where he is connected with the Sheridan State Bank; and Luther L., in business with his father in Virginia City. In religious matters the Buford family are devout mem- bers of the Baptist church, to whose charities and benevolences they are most liberal contributors.

In politics Mr. Buford is an uncompromising Demo- crat and he has been chairman of the Democratic county central committee for several years. In 1898

he was honored by his fellow citizens with election to the office of county treasurer, of which he was incum- bent for four years, and at the present time, in 1912, he is a valued member of the city council. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and Elk and in the former organ- ization he has filled all the official chairs twice and is now noble grand for the third time. As a sportsman he indulges in extended camping trips, being exceed- ingly fond of hunting and fishing, and he always has several good horses on hand for riding and driving. He is fond of reading and thoroughly enjoys a good public speech or lecture. Mr. Buford is a man of broad mind and high ideals and the circle of his friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances.

WALTER A. CAMERON. It undoubtedly is true that no particular part of the world invariably produces men who attain a large degree of success in their different paths of life, for this desirable condition is governed by individual effort, but it is generally conceded that there are characteristics in those whose ancestry reaches back to Scotland that are notably contributive in this direc- tion. In the best citizenship of Montana there are those who bear the Highland names and have the courage, persistence, industry and business foresight that have brought financial independence, and, also, in the case of Walter A. Cameron, a leading man in Custer county, a prominence in public affairs. Mr. Cameron was born at Boston, Massachusetts, May 1, 1862, and is a son of James M. and Frances H. (Dodge) Cameron, a grand- son of John C. and a great-grandson of John Angus Cameron.

During the Revolutionary war between England and her American colonies, John Angus Cameron was a lieutenant in one of the Highland regiments called into the service, and for his valor and fidelity received from the British government the island of Grand Manan, off the coast of Nova Scotia, and he is credited with erect- ing the first frame house in Sydney, Cape Breton. Of his family, John C. Cameron was his eldest son. He followed the sea until he was twenty-four years of age, when he married Hannah Hayden and settled on a bit of land at South Brookfield, Nova Scotia. She was born on Ragged Island, Nova Scotia, and they both survived into old age, she reaching the century mark and he passing away at the age of ninety-four. Of their nine children, James M. was the sixth in order of birth.

James M. Cameron was born at South Brookfield, Nova Scotia, July 10, 1819, and died in 1892. When he was sixteen years of age he was apprenticed to his uncle, who was a merchant at Halifax, Nova Scotia, but life there proved unattractive and he ran away and, through many adventures reached Fort Dearborn, Il- linois, and secured a position as clerk in the post trader's store on this Indian frontier. Later he started into a bakery business in the village of Chicago but had so little encouragement from the housewives that lie dis- continued and returned to New England, in the gov- ernment arsenal at Boston, Massachusetts, finding em- ployment in the manufacturing of gun carriages. From there he went to St. John, New Brunswick, and be- came interested in the manufacturing of trunks and valises. Here his wife died, and with his domestic affairs thus disturbed, he lost interest, sold out and returned to Nova Scotia. He then embarked in con- tracting and building, which he continued until 1878, when he bought a farm near South Brookfield, Nova Scotia, and there spent the remainder of his life. He married Frances H. Dodge, who was born in Canada and died in New Brunswick in 1869, a most estimable woman who is tenderly recalled by her son Walter A., who was seven years old at that time. To this mar- riage four sons and one daughter were born, all the sons surviving : Clarence B .. Arthur H., Walter A. and Fred H., but the daughter died in infancy.

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Walter A. Cameron went to live with his uncle, Joseph H. Cameron, after the death of his mother and worked on the farm and attended school in the mean- while until he was seventeen years of age, when he re- turned to his father, the latter having purchased a farm, and remained at home for one year. Afterward, through one season, he worked as a farm hand at Nic- taux, Nova Scotia, and then embarked for the United States, and after reaching Old Town, Maine, secured work with the firm of Gilmore & Webster, sawmill operators and lumbermen, and when the season for farm work opened again went to Pittsfield, Maine, where he was a farm hand for the next six months. In March, 1881, Mr. Cameron came as far west as Crystal Lake six miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and found his services gladly accepted on the farms there and re- mained until the middle of the following September, when he went to Minneapolis and engaged in teaming there until November, when he started for Montana. On December. 8, 1881, he reached Miles City, where he entered the employ of Pennell & Jones, a contract- ing firm engaged in building the Big Horn tunnel for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and con- tinued work here until April, 1882, when he was en- gaged with John Lamey on construction work on the Northern Pacific Railroad east of the Big Horn tunnel through to Helena until the fall of this year. Then, with three other young men, he entered into what ap- peared an excellent business scheme at the time but was later abandoned, but not before they built a boat at Canyon ferry, twelve miles from Helena, to be used in hunting game up and down the river. For several reasons it was not feasible and Mr. Cameron then se- cured work in constructing roads near Fort Buford, in the woods at the mouth of the Yellowstone river, for the firm of Leighton & Jordan, government con- tractors.

In May, 1883, Mr. Cameron returned to Miles City and soon secured work as a sheep herder on a ranch eighty miles south, where he remained until December, 1883, when he located a homestead on Little Pumpkin creek, in Custer county, Montana, and lived there until April, 1902. He was engaged in the sheep business ex- tensively from 1889 until 1907, and at one time owned 8000 acres of land. In the spring of 1902, after selling his homestead, he concluded to visit other sections to see if they presented better business attractions than Montana, and before he returned to his chosen home, in a contented state of mind, he had visited Washing- ton, Oregon and California. In the autumn of 1902 he located permanently near Terry, in Custer county, where he still retains 500 acres of land, as a summer home, retiring to Terry during the winter seasons and giving his personal attention to one of the leading busi- ness enterprises of the town. This is a modern, steam equipped laundry, for which he erected a commodious brick building, with its machinery costing some $9,000. He was one of the organizers of the Terry Drug Com- pany, of which he was president until January, 1911, and was also one of the organizers of the Star Lumber Company of Terry and served as its vice-president un- til March, I911, when he sold his interest. He assisted in the organization of the Farmers' Brick Company of Terry and is president of this concern. His many business interests do not conflict, as he is careful and methodical and, in this way, is also well fitted for the public services that his fellow citizens from time to time have asked of him. Politically he is in sympathy with the principles of the Republican party and wherever he has maintained his home has been an influential member of it. While residing on his homestead on Little Pumpkin creek, he served two terms as a member of the school board and it was mainly through his efforts that the school-house at Stacey, in Custer county, was erected. He was also instrumental in securing the organization of the school district in this section, feel-

ing that the educating of the children is one of the vital problems of the age. On February 2, 1910, he was appointed county commissioner of Custer county, to fill out the unexpired term of J. W. Stith, and no better selection could have been made. Although he has led a busy and during much of the time a laborious life, Mr. Cameron is a broad-thinking man, one whose experiences have widened his horizon and fitted him well for positions of trust and responsibility.

On October 18, 1892, he was married to Miss Frances E. Sweeney, a daughter of James and Bridget Sweeney. They were born in Ireland and both are now deceased. When a young man the father of Mrs. Cameron came to the United States and all his later life was spent as a farmer in Wisconsin and Iowa. Of his family of six children, Mrs. Cameron is the youngest. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, namely : Clyde S., Ruby, Ray E., Fred H., and Cecil M. Mr. Cameron is a valued member of the Commercial Club, and fraternally is identified with Miles City Lodge, No. 537, B. P. O. E., Crusade Lodge, No. 7, K. of P., and Camp No. 11I68, M. W. of A.

LOUIS V. BOGY. Prominent among the leading citi- zens of Chinook stands Louis V. Bogy, who is essential- ly a self-made man, no one having owned much less than he in early life to what is termed good fortune. He is one of the more successful merchants of the place, his prosperity being due to years of persevering industry, wise management, and sound judgment. A son of the late Charles Bogy, he was born September 10, 1859, in Dunleith, Illinois. The father moved to St. Louis, Missouri, when Louis was but an infant and thence to Texas, where the family remained until the youth was nineteen years of age.

A native of Missouri, Charles Bogy was born at Saint Genevieve, coming from a family of pioneer steamboat men, owning boats on both the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. He began life as a river boat- man, living in Illinois and in Missouri during his earlier life, and afterwards being engaged in mining in Col- orado. About 1869 he moved with his family to Bon- ham, Texas, where he resided until his death, in 1873. He married Cornelia McKnight, who was born at St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Bonham, Texas, in 1900. Five children were born of their union, as follows: William. now living in Bloomfield, Indiana; Hattie, wife of Charles E. Phillips, of Bonham, Texas ; Thomas, deceased, who came to Montana in 1865, becoming one of the early settlers of Fort Claggett, now Judith, and later being engaged in mercantile pursuits at Fort Benton ; and Louis V.

Acquiring his early education in the city schools of St. Louis, Missouri, Louis V. Bogy completed his studies in Bonham, Texas. where his parents located when he was a boy. In 1879 he returned north, for two years living and lahoring in St. Louis. Lured still further northward, thinking to find better opportunities for improving his fortunes in a newer country, Mr. Bogy settled at Poplar, Montana, in 1881, and during the ensuing five years there clerked in a general store. The following winter and summer he spent at Fort Benton. thence going, in the fall of 1887, to Belknap, where he first found employment with the T. C. Power Mercantile Company, afterwards being associated with the Thomas O'Hanlan Mercantile Company of Chi- nook for eleven years. In 1900 Mr. Bogy organized the Bogy Mercantile Company. at Chinook, and has since carried on a large and highly remunerative business. his establishment being todav one of the best stocked and most liberally patronized stores in the place. In 1903 Mr. Bogy was appointed postmaster of Chinook. and has held the office ever since. his prompt and faithful discharge of the duties devolving upon him in that capacity winning for him the good will of the people. From year to year Mr. Bogy has added ma-

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terially to his wealth; owning not only a fine ranch in Blaine county, but valuable business and city property, and a pleasant home in Chinook.

Mr. Bogy married, in March, 1889, Miss Grace Bar- rett, a native of Nevada, and they have one son, Tom V. Bogy. Politically, Mr. Bogy is a republican, and fraternally is a member of the Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Order of Masons, being past master of his lodge.

JAMES H. DALY. This enterprising, progressive and successful sheep raiser of Custer county, who is the owner of a fine ranch of four hundred acres located not far from Miles City, has been a resident of Mon- tana for more than thirty years, during which time he has risen from humble circumstances and obscurity to a position of independence and prominence among his fellow men. He may truly be termed the archi- tect of his own fortunes, for his success has been won through the medium of his own efforts, thus plac- ing himself among those whose activities have made Montana the prosperous state that it is today. Mr. Daly was born in Hancock county, Illinois, November 30, 1861, and is a son of Charles and Katherine Daly, the former a native of County Clare, Ireland, who died when seventy years of age, and the latter of whom passed away when James H., the youngest of the four children, was a baby. Charles Daly came from his native Erin to the United States in young manhood, the journey occupying six weeks, and landed at New York City. After spending some length of time in that metropolis he came to Hancock county, Illinois, there working at his trade of stone cutter until the early seventies. He then removed to David City, Bulter county, Nebraska, and engaged in build- ing and contracting up to within a few years of his death, when he retired. He was a Democrat in his political views, but his was a business life rather than one that was devoted to politics, and he was content to give his whole attention to his own interests.

James H. Daly was educated in the schools of Han- cock county, Illinois, and David City, Butler county, Nebraska, and in 1881 came to Beaverhead county, Montana, and accepted employment herding sheep. Subsequently he engaged in work as a cowboy, but in 1895, having been thrifty and economical, found himself with enough capital to engage in business on his own account, and embarked in sheep raising on the Powder river, in Custer county, where he had purchased a ranch. In 1903 he removed to Miles City, where he lived while continuing to ranch, but in 1909 went to his present ranch and has here lived ever since. He has an excellent property of 400 acres, 150 of which are under cultivation and thoroughly ir- rigated, and he now has a band of about 6,000 sheep. Mr. Daly has made numerous improvements on his land, and has the ranch thoroughly equipped with modern buildings. He has an intimate and compre- hensive knowledge of the business of sheep raising, and results have shown that he is an able business man. Like his father, he has given his whole atten- tion to his ranch and has not engaged in active poli- tics, although he takes a good citizen's interest in the issues of the day, is ready at all times to assist in movements for the betterment of his community, and votes the Republican ticket. Fraternally he is con- nected with Custer Lodge, No. 13, I. O. O. F., and Miles City Lodge, No. 537, B. P. O. E.

In February, 1898, Mr. Daly was united in mar- riage with Miss Julia Barker, who was born at Rowan, Wright county, Iowa, and to this union there have been born four children, namely : James H., Jr., Ernest, Fred and Ruth.

EDWARD T. BROADWATER. In the founding of the city of Havre and its subsequent commercial and civic

history, the man whose name most clearly belongs at the top of the pioneers and among those whose efforts and influence have contributed most to the city's pros- perity is E. T. Broadwater.

Mr. Broadwater, whose career has been identified with Montana for more than thirty years, was born at Memphis, Scotland county, Missouri, on the 22d of November, 1861, and comes of a prominent family. His parents were Thomas and Martha A. (Smoot) Broadwater. The father, a Virginian by birth, came to Memphis at the age of twenty-one, and lived there until his death on February 29, 1908, aged eighty-three years five months and seventeen days. An architect and builder by profession, he was also engaged in the live stock business, and for some years furnished under contract mules to the Diamond R. Company. The mother was born in Scotland county, Missouri, and still resides on the old homestead in that vicinity. One of the sons, Wm. C. Broadwater, died at Mem- phis, January 14, 1912, at the age of forty-four.

Up to the age of fifteen E. T. Broadwater attended the public schools at Memphis. Although reared in a good home and having more than ordinary advantages in his youthful training, he possessed the independent spirit which early ventures forth upon its own enter- prise, and since boyhood has depended on his own resources and fashioned his own career. On leaving school he spent five years in the employ of one cloth- ing firm, and there gained a business experience that was useful in his subsequent career. On May 15, 1881, he arrived at Fort Assiniboine and became book- keeper in the posttrader's store. He was in business at that point for ten years, during part of which time the firm was Broadwater, McColloch & Company.

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A history of Montana, Volume II, Part 93

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