A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 120

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883-
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 970

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Mr. O'Neill married in Denver Miss Alice Kendrick, of Ottawa, Illinois. She died in Denver, in December, 1898, leaving a son and a daughter. John R., born July, 1890. in Colorado Springs, attended the public schools and completed his literary training at Gonzega University, Spokane, Washington. He is now a student at the Art Institute in New York City. Alice M. was born in Colorado Springs, and is now attending the Colorado State Normal School, as a member of the class of 1913.

Since locating in Butte, Mr. O'Neill has maintained his residence in that city, previous to which time the family home nad been at Denver. He is a prominent member of the Knights of Columbus, being present grand knight of the order at Butte. He is a member of Leadville Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Silver Bow Club. He is a member of the Catholic church. Politically Mr. O'Neill is a Democrat, but takes only a business man's interest in affairs of a political nature, although favoring honest government and all those movements calculated to be of benefit to the community. His business interests have never extended outside the branch with which he is regularly identified, all his time and energy being ex- pended in the interests of his company.

EDWARD J. BERRY. As Glendive has hecome, year by year, a more important commercial and industrial cen- ter, business has naturally increased and the transient population of the city has become of a magnitude which is a constantly growing tax upon the capacity of its hotels. Probably no other caravansary in the state of Montana so nearly approaches the standard of perfec- tion in their appointments as does the New Theckla, at Glendive, the proprietor of which, Edward J. Berry, has spared no expense in making this hostelry capable of accommodating a vast throng of visitors within the city's gates and catering to their needs. Mr. Berry is one whose faith in the future of the city has been evi- denced in numerous ways, not the least of which are his large investments in real estate, and he is also widely known as a breeder of fine cattle and horses and as the owner of the famous Riverside Farm, located two and one-half miles south of the city.

Edward J. Berry was born in Waushara county, Wis- consin, June 16, 1861, and is a son of James and Mary (Whalon) Berry. His father, a native of County Cork,

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Ireland, came to the United States when about eighteen years old with his parents, locating in Bangor, Maine, where James Berry became associated with his father in the lumber business. Later he removed to Wau- shara county, Wisconsin, settled on a farm in the wil- derness, and while clearing a home engaged in black- smithing. In 1862 he enlisted in the Eighteenth Regi- ment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Buell, and participated in numerous battles, including Shiloh, and was at one time captured by the enemy and confined in the prison at Andersonville. After the war he returned to Wisconsin, resumed farming, and be- came a prominent citizen of his section, being active in the ranks of the Republican party, and serving for a number of years as school trustee. His death occurred January 1, 1893, when he was seventy-four years of age. His wife, who was a native of Bangor, Maine, is now seventy-one years of age and lives in North Dakota, Stark county. They had five daughters and four sons, and Edward J. was the third in order of birth.

Edward J. Berry attended school in his native county, and when fourteen years of age came west as far as Rochester, Minnesota, where he received his introduc- tion to the hotel business as bell boy in the Cook House. In 1879 he went to Dakota, where he was em- ployed on the Dalrymple farm, but subsequently re- turned to his home and for some five or six years was engaged in the livery business at Wansau. He then turned his attention to the lumber and real estate busi- ness in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, but in 1892 removed to Bismarck, North Dakota, where he spent two years. His next location was in Dickinson, that state, where he dealt in horses, cattle and real estate, being the first man to ship corn-fed cattle from west of the Missis- sippi river to Chicago. He also built the Berry Block in that city, and became widely and favorably known in business circles. On January 1, 1903, Mr. Berry located at Glendive, where 'he entered the hotel business as proprietor of the Jordan Hotel, and in 1909 built an annex to this hostelry which he named the New Thec- kla, after his wife. This house contains fifty-four rooms, furnished in mahogany, walnut and bird's-eye maple, and its equipments are upon a scale of sumptuousness befitting a private mansion whose owner recognizes no limit of 'expense. Conceived to be one of the finest hotels in the west, it has lost none of its pristine ex- cellence, and occupies today a foremost position among the leading hostelries of Montana. The founding of such a handsome enterprise would alone have estab- lished Mr. Berry's right to prestige among the business men of Dawson county, but he also is well known as the owner of Riverside Farm, two and one-half miles south of Glendive, where he keeps the standard-bred cows that furnish the milk and butter for his hotel table. A lover of fine horses, he is a prominent figure at every race meeting of any importance held in the northwest, and owns at present two standard-bred stal- lions : Slumber Boy, 4171, and Bishop Cox, the largest standard-bred horse in the world. In regard to the latter we are allowed to quote from the Horse Review, of July 5, 1911, which stated in part as follows: "What is claimed to be the largest standard-bred horse in the world is owned by E. J. Berry, Glendive, Montana. His name is Bishop Cox. The Bishop stands seven- teen hands, one and one-half inches high, and weighs 1.730 pounds. He is now seven years old, and for a horse of his size shows quite a lot of speed, having paced a mile in 2:51, with a quarter in :38. Bishop Cox is standard registered, and is by Potosi 23731 (son of Pistachio, p. 2:21 3-4, own brother of Nutwood 2 :18 3-4) ; dam Peperomia (great broodmare), by Alcantara 2:23: third dam Jessie Pepper. Bishop Cox's dam is Vina Wills, bv W. A. Sanborn 16654: grandam Rinda, by Harry Faulkner 1544; third dam Tillie Beck (dam of Jane Eyre 2:29 3-4), by Intruder ; fourth dam Flora Belle 2:29 1-4, by Young Mambrino Chief; fifth

dam Bird, by Camden." In addition Mr. Berry has Poland-China registered hogs. He has large real estate holdings in the city, and is the heaviest tax-payer in Glendive. In political matters Mr. Berry supports the principles and candidates of the Republican party, and his fraternal connection is with the Miles City Lodge, B. P. O. E.

On January 14, 1883, Mr. Berry was married to Miss Theckla Drewsen, who was born at Two Rivers, Mani- towoc county, Wisconsin, daughter of Henry and Dora Drewsen, natives of Germany who were married in Milwaukee. They had a family of three sons and five daughters, Mrs. Berry being the fourth child in order of birth. Henry Drewsen came to the United States as a young man, and was in the hotel business for many years at Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and later in Manito- woc. A leading Republican politician of his day and locality, he served as county treasurer of Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, and was known as one of the in- fluential citizens of his district. On January 14, 1908, Mr. and Mrs. Berry celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in Glendive, and numerous friends from all over this part of the state came to pay their respects and best wishes at the Jordan Hotel. Both Mr. and Mrs. Berry are popular in social circles, and their home is a center of true western hospitality.

JOHN G. BROWN. It is speaking with all due con- servativeness to say that John Griest Brown is one of the leading young attorneys of the state of Mon- tana. Although little past thirty, he has a fine record of well-won success and is one of the best posted cor- poration lawyers at the Helena bar and the youngest corporation attorney in the state. He is also among those citizens who enjoy the distinction of having been educated at Yale. He is now engaged in general prac- tice in association with William Wallace, Jr., and T. B. Weir.

Mr. Brown, who is the scion of one of the oldest and most patriotic of American families, is himself a na- tive of Missouri, his birth having occurred in that state October 29, 1879. His father, Edward J. Brown, was a native of Pennsylvania, a doctor and druggist by profession. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served for a short time with an Iowa regiment, but was discharged on account of ill-health, not, how- ever, before he had participated in several notable en- gagements, one being in northwestern Missouri. This excellent citizen went on to the "Undiscovered Country" in 1890, while a resident at Edina, the birthplace of the immediate subject. The mother is a native of Mis- souri and now resides in Edina, Missouri. Mr. Brown's paternal ancestors were of English Quaker stock, and his father's mother's ancestor, John Griest came from England with William Penn and settled in Pennsylvania. The maternal ancestors were Scotch-Irish and came to America at an early date in its history.

John Griest Brown was next to the youngest in a family of seven sons. He was educated in the public schools of Edina, Knox county, in a preliminary sense, and subsequently pursued higher studies in the normal school of Kirksville and in the Missouri State Uni- versity at Columbia. He then entered Yale University, from which celebrated institution of learning he was graduated with the degree of L.L. B. in 1903 and he was a member of the following fraternities at Yale: Phi Lamda Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Yale Pro- fessional Book and Gavel. From the Missouri State University he received the degree of B. A. Upon finish- ing his legal preparation Mr. Brown came at once to Montana and at first located at Butte, where he was associated with John J. McHatton in the legal depart- ment of F. A. Heinze & Company, and later was as- sociated in general practice with Mr. John F. Davies. In 1907 he removed to Helena and was appointed as- sistant attorney general, under Albert J. Galen and served in such capacity for a short period, having charge

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of Railroad Commission Work. Following this he be- came assistant division counsel in the legal department of the Montana division of the Northern Pacific Rail- road, William Wallace, Jr., being chief counsel. He is now engaged in general practice with Mr. Wallace, their offices being located in the Holter Block. They are con- nected with much important litigation and enjoy high professional prestige. Mr. Brown is also director and general counsel of the Montana Fire Insurance Com- pany.

Air. Brown has ever been interested in things of a military nature and is a member of the Missouri Na- tional Guard. He stands high in Masonry, belonging to Helena Lodge No. 3, and Helena Chapter and Com- mandery. He is prominent in club life and is affiliated with the University Club at Butte and with the Mon- tana Club at Helena. His religious conviction is that of the Presbyterian church. He is a keen out-of-door man and finds his favorite diversion with rod and gun. He and his charming wife hold an assured position in Helena society and possess more than their share of friends.

On May 3, 1904, Mr. Brown was married at Kirksville, Missouri, to Miss Cordelia Ashlock, a daughter of W. J. Ashlock, a native of Missouri. They share their home with two young sons-John G. Brown, Jr., born in Butte, May 28, 1906; and William A. Brown, born at Helena, on May 24, 1911. Their residence is at 545 North Rodney street.

JOHN E. DEEGAN. Even in an age which recognizes young men and places responsibilities upon them which in the past have been laid only upon the shoulders of those of more mature years we seldom find one of twenty-eight years entrusted with the finances and complex details of the business end of so large a sec- tion as Carbon county. Such, however, is the confi- dence placed in John E. Deegan by the people of this community, that they elected him county treasurer when he had barely. passed his twenty-sixth milestone, and that by a comfortable majority. Events have shown that the trust was well merited. Mr. Deegan was born in Platte county, Nebraska, October 23, 1884, and is a son of John and Rosa (Duffey) Deegan, natives of the Emerald Isle. His father came to the United States when about twenty years of age, and after land- ing at New York City traveled extensively, visiting various sections of the north and south and finally locating at Plattsville, Grant county, Wisconsin, where until 1875 he was engaged in mining. In that year he removed to Platte county, Nebraska, and engaged in farming and stock raising, which he carried on until his retirement in 1900. Removing to Columbus, Ne- braska, he lived there quietly for several years, but his death occurred at the home of his children, in Red Lodge, while on a visit, in his seventy-second year. In Wisconsin he was married to Rosa Duffey, a native of Ireland, and she died when fifty-two years of age, having been the mother of seven children, of whom six are living: Elizabeth, the wife of M. H. Maher; and William J., Margaret, George W., Ida M. and John E. In his earlier years John Deegan was a Democrat, but later embraced the principles of the Republican party.

The education of John E. Deegan was secured in the public schools of Platte county, Nebraska, where as a youth he worked on his father's farm. He first came to Montana in the fall of 1903, securing employment in the law and abstract office of L. O. Caswell, where he was engaged until his election, in November, 1910, to the office of treasurer of Carbon county. In this office he has displayed marked ability, and he has been esteemed for his integrity, his progressiveness and alertness, and for his generous and genial disposition. His political views are those of the Republican party, and he is known as an indefatigable worker in its ranks. Fraternally he holds membership in Bear Tooth Lodge No. 534, B. P. O. E .; the Knights of Columbus;

Red Lodge Aerie No. 471, F. O. E .; and Summit Camp No. 328, W. O. W.

On March 17, 1907, occurred the marriage of Mr. Deegan to Miss Margaret D. Flynn, who was born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Michael D. and Catherine Flynn, natives of the Keystone state who are both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Deegan have two bright chil- dren : Evelyn L. and Octavia Margaret. Conscientious in the discharge of his official duties, public-spirited in his support of all measures calculated to be of benefit to his community, with a high sense of honor and the strength of his convictions, Mr. Deegan has earned the confidence of his fellow townsmen in a marked degree, and holds a prominent place among those who are as- sisting in advancing the development of the great com- monwealth of Montana,

WILLOUGHBY DYE, M. D. With the scientific knowl- edge that years of close medical study have given him, and the surgical skill that has come through exper- ience, Dr. Willoughby Dye, a leading practitioner of Deer Lodge, Montana, has also the advantage of pos- sessing a natural bent in the direction of his profes- sion, and this combination has brought him close to eminence, although he is yet a young man. He was born at Macedonia, Iowa, August 15, 1873, and is a son of Sylvester and Mary (Linville) Dye.

Sylvester Dye was born at Fort Madison, Iowa, and now lives retired at Council Bluffs. He is one of the comparatively few remaining veterans of the great Civil war, in which he served with honor as a member of Company E, in an Iowa volunteer regiment. He sur- vived injuries on the battle-field and capture by the enemy at the battle of Pea Ridge. After the war closed he located at Council Bluffs and there engaged in the mercantile business for a number of years, finally retiring with an ample fortune. He married Mary Linville, who was born in Tennessee and died at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1889. They became the parents of three children: Willoughby; Emma L., who died at the age of sixteen years; and Henry C., who is a busi- ness man of Denver, Colorado.

Willoughby Dye attended the schools of Macedonia and when he graduated from the high school entered Simpson College, where he remained through his junior year, when he became a clerk in a bank at Macedonia, Iowa and later went to Dubuque, where for three years he was bookkeeper in a business house. In 1897 he found himself ready to enter upon the serious study of medical science and entered the Northwestern Uni- versity, at Chicago, Illinois, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1901. After gradu- ation he was with Dr. Murphy at Mercy Hospital as a member of the house staff for two years, and in 1903 came to Deer Lodge, Montana. He has modern offices thoroughly equipped with appartus and conveniences that enable him to care for any surgical case, and it is particularly in the line of surgery that he is prom- inent, his success having carried his name all over the state and patients beseech his attention to the limit of his endurance.

Dr. Dve was united in marriage with Miss Helen G. Mills, who was born at Deer Lodge, Montana, and is a daughter of Captain James H. and Ella M. (Ham- mond) Mills. The father of Mrs. Dye was born at New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1837, a son of George S. and Susan (Davis) Mills. Until the opening of the Civil war, James H. Mills was engaged in mercantile and mechanical pursuits. On April 27. 1861, he enlisted as a private soldier in Company G, Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves, which became the Fortieth Pennsylvania In- fantry, and with his regiment he participated in twen- ty-seven general engagements, and for gallantry was many times promoted until he was finally, after the battle of the Wilderness, made brevet-lieutenant-col- onel, and was honorably discharged and mustered out of the service in 1864. In the spring of 1866 he came

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to Montana and was one of a company that opened a hydraulic claim at Emigrant Gulch. After many har- rowing experiences, incident to the times and condi- tions, he became editor of the Montana Post, which he ably conducted until 1909, when he founded the New Northwest, at Deer Lodge, and was the first president of the Montana Press Association. He was a member of the first constitutional convention of Montana, later served four years as secretary of the territory under appointment by President Hayes, and after declining other proffered honors became collector of internal revenue for Montana, Idaho and Utah. In 1893 he was appointed commissioner of the state bureau of agriculture, labor and industry, and in 1895 he was ap- pointed receiver for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

To Dr. and Mrs. Dye two children have been born : Willoughby, Jr., and Barbara Mills. They are mem- bers of the Presbyterian church. In addition to his ex- tensive practice, Dr. Dye has mining and ranch in- terests. He is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner and retains membership in his college fraternities, his favorite recreation being fishing and motoring. In his views on public questions he is Progressive.

DR. LOUIS H. FLIGMAN. Among the men of large ability and splendid professional and intellectual attain- ments who have selected Montana as the field of their activities, a prominent place is held by Dr. Louis H. Fligman, of Helena, who has made the most careful and extensive preparation as a specialist in internal and ner- vous diseases, in which particular branch of medicine he is one of the best qualified and most skilled prac- titioners in this state. In Dr. Fligman are combined the American spirit of energy and progressiveness and the old world spirit of thoroughness.

He was born at Berlad, Roumania, May 20, 1878, and received his earlier education in his native land. While still a youth he came to America in company with his parents, who first settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but later came to Helena, Montana, and are still resi- dents of that city. Dr. Fligman continued his education in the public schools of Minneapolis and was graduated from the high school there in 1894. He then entered the academic department of the University of Minnesota where he took a special course in chemistry. Following this he took a position as instructor in the physiological chemistry department of the university and while at- tending to those duties also studied medicine, graduating from the medical department in 1901. He began as a practitioner in 1902 and was appointed on the staff of the city physicians in Minneapolis, on which he served until February, 1903, when he located at Helena, Mon- tana. The following year he returned to Europe and took a post graduate course at the University of Vienna, where he remained one year studying internal and ner- vous diseases. He returned to Helena in 1904 and was engaged in active practice until 1907, when he returned again to the University of Vienna where he continued research work along special lines, and while there ex- tended his studies to the University of Paris. Not con- tent to let his preparation rest with the knowledge gained in these two old and famed institutions, he has also taken up special studies on internal and nervous diseases at London, the University of Padua, Italy, and the University of Berne, Switzerland. Dr. Fligman seeks every avenue for securing greater powers of efficiency in his special line of professional work and is one of the leading authorities of the state on internal and nervous diseases. Dr. Fligman is a proficient lin- guist, speaking fluently the German, French, English, Roumanian and Italian languages.

This talented and successful physician has been a practitioner but ten years, but in that short period has built up an enviable and state-wide reputation as a skilled specialist. With the true professional spirit, Dr. Fligman devotes himself to his work more for the good he may do and for the purpose of advancing the

science of medicine than for remunerative returns. His professional interest is further indicated by his mem- bership in medical fraternities, being a member of the Lewis and Clark County Medical Society, the Montana State Medical Society, the American Medical Associa- tion, and the medical associations of Vienna, Berlin and Paris. He was president of the Helena board of health from 1905 to 1907.

Dr. Fligman springs from an old Roumanian family, . his ancestors back for a thousand years on both the paternal and maternal sides all having lived in that country. He is a son of John and Fanny ( Pink) Flig- man, both natives of Roumania but now retired resi- dents of Helena. They immigrated to America along in the '8os, and for a number of years John Fligman was prominently engaged in the mercantile business both at Helena and at Butte. Dr. Fligman resides at the corner of Hemlock and Dearborn. He has one brother, Joseph B. Fligman, a high school student at Helena, and one sister, Mrs. Julia S. Holtsman, whose husband is a prominent merchant of Helena. He is a member of the Montana Club of Helena, and in politics is a Republican.

Dr. Fligman was married at Helena to Helen E. Trowbridge. In 1912 he spent seven months abroad studying at the Universities of Vienna, University of London and University of Berlin.

STEPHEN TERCZEWSKI. A fellow countryman of Thaddeus of Warsaw, Konyetspolski, whose iron le- gions broke the talons of Gustavus Adolphus, the great eagle of Scandinavia, whom no other force could with- stand in his day, and also of Kosciusko, who flashed his maiden sword in the struggle for American inde- pendence; heir of all the glory and grandeur that was Poland when she was free, and proud of his great heritage in this respect; yet for more than a quarter of a century a resident of this country and devotedly attached to its institutions, Stephen Terczewski of Butte, Montana, is by birth and training, by inheri- tance and adoption, in theory and practice, a lover of mankind and a great believer in human freedom and the largest individual liberty consistent with the gen- eral well-being of the race.

Mr. Terczewski was born in Poland on December 15, 1859, and is a son of George and Rosa (Schuster) Terczewski, also natives of Poland and residents of Posen in that country, where the father died in 1882, at the age of fifty-two. He was a cabinet-maker, and both he and his wife passed the whole of their lives in their native land. They were the parents of four sons and one daughter, all of whom are living in the old country but Stephen.

He obtained his education in his native land, attend- ing school there until he was twelve years old. He was then apprenticed to a tailor to learn the trade, and after his apprenticeship of three years worked at the craft in Europe ten years, five of which were passed in Berlin. He also spent three years in the army and one in Munich. In 1886 he came to the United States and located in St. Louis, where he worked at his trade three years. At the end of that period he moved to Chicago, and during the next twelve years was busy with his needle in that great city, working in the lead- ing merchant tailoring establishments and making a good record for skill and excellent work in every par- ticular.

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A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 120

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883- Publication date: 1913 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 970

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883-
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 970