A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 156

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

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During his residence in Minnesota Mr. Galt was one of the leaders in his part of the state in public affairs, and a very active member of the Republican party. He served three terms in the state legislature, and while in that body became the father of the insurance law which was one of the important legislative ad- vances in the state, and likewise gave his support to many other beneficial laws and measures. In his home locality he had been honored with various places of trust and responsibility.

Mr. Galt was married at Albert Lea, Minnesota, on October 27, 1875, to Miss Emaretta Robinson, daugh- ter of Henry and Jane Robinson, of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Galt have had a happy wedded life for thirty- seven years. They took up the work of the world together with the energy and enthusiasm of youth, and by co-operation and mutual trust established a home, reared a fine family of children, and gained prosperity and honored positions as members of their community. Ten children, seven sons and three daugh- ters, came into their home, namely: Vernon, now deceased; Mabel, the wife of L. E. Eckert, of Min- nesota; Edna, the wife of W. E. Donaldson, of North Dakota; William, who has a family and is a resident of North Dakota; Mayme, the wife of Sanford Eckert, of Nebraska; Henry H., who is married and a resident of Stanford, Montana; Errol F., Oliver J. and Glen A., all unmarried and young, progressive citizens of Stan- ford; and the youngest, Rollin D., a student in the local schools. Mr. and Mrs. Galt took pains to give their children the best influences of home life and a good practical education, fitting them for useful and honorable careers. The sons are now proprietors and active managers of the only exclusive hardware and implement store in Stanford, and have built up a large trade in the town and surrounding country.

The family have for many years been prominent workers in the United Brethren church. In the Stan- ford church Mrs. Galt is president of the Ladies' Aid Society, while Mr. Galt is superintendent of the Sun- day school. One of Mr. Galt's positive beliefs in the near future of Montana is that it will have schools and churches the equal of any in any other state, and the influence of himself and family is one of the factors which promotes the development of these sub- stantial elements in any society. Mr. and Mrs. Galt have an attractive and comfortable home for them- selves and children. Good books, music and the whole- some recreations of body and mind are in high favor with them, and their careers have always stood for high moral worth and Christian conduct.

HENRY S. ANDERSON. As manager of the Farmers Elevator Company at Stanford, Mr. Anderson is one of the active factors in the business affairs of this town and surrounding country, and has become in a short time one of the influential citizens of this locality. He has had a varied and interesting career since boy- hood, and is one of the most experienced grain dealers in the northwest.

Henry S. Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, June 29, 1872. Samuel Anderson, his father, who is now living retired in Minnesota, is a native of Nor-

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way, and when a young man came to America, where he found his opportunities and made a substantial and prosperous career. Farming has been his chief occu- pation, but he is now enjoying a quiet retirement. He is an active member of his home Lutheran church. He was married in the city of Chicago to Aneta Amelia Hurst, also a native of Norway. Her death occurred in Minnesota in 1887, at the age of forty-five, and she is buried in that state. Of their ten children, Henry S. was the oldest.

He was a child of three years when the family moved to Red Wing, Minnesota, and two years later they moved to Herman in Grant county, where he re- ceived his early education in the public schools and lived there until he began his practical career. He was about fifteen when he began earning his own way, and has been aggressive and enterprising ever since, and his ability and services have never been without use- ful employment. As a boy he earned his first wages by work in lumber, iron and flour mills in his home state. For a number of years he had no regular head- quarters, and his travels covered nearly every western state. For about twelve years he was engaged in en- gineering work. In 1900 he returned to Minnesota and for five years was a grain buyer in that state, and for a similar period was in the same business in North Dakota. In 1910 Mr. Anderson became resident man- ager for the Montana Central Elevator Company at Stanford. August 1, 1912 he became manager for the Farmers Elevator Company, which position he now holds, and intends to make this state his permanent home. He is a loyal admirer of Montana's resources and has identified himself actively with its business and civic life.

Mr. Anderson's religious choice is the Lutheran church. He is active in the fraternal organizations, being master of the Stanford Masonic Lodge, a past grand of the Odd Fellows, and has membership with the Woodmen of America, the Maccabees and the Court of Honor. As a member of the Commercial Club he gives his support to the progressive work in his home town. His political party is the Republican, but he has not been active during his residence in this state. While in North Dakota he held the office of justice of the peace. He is a member of the Stan- ford school board. In those activities of modern life which are called diversions from the serious business, Mr. Anderson has a broad interest. He is very fond of all the outdoor sports either as a spectator or par- ticipant. Books and good music are a feature of his home life, and toward all these departments of culture or recreation he presents an open and appreciative mind.

Mr. Anderson was married at Herman, Minnesota, on December 23, 1900, to Miss Florence L. Kiefer. Mrs. Anderson is a daughter of Edward C. and Amelia Kiefer, now residents of Ladysmith, Wisconsin. One daughter has been born to their union, Hazel F., who is now a student in the local schools.

ALVAH H. LAYTON. The Layton-Peterson Hard- ware Company ranks as one of the successful business enterprises at Joplin, Montana, where it was estab- lished in 1910. Mr. Layton has gained prestige as a prosperous and influential citizen in Hill county and as a man whose business methods demonstrate the power of activity and honesty in the business world. A native of the fine old Keystone state of the Union, Alvah H. Layton was born in Bedford county, Penn- sylvania, August 17, 1872. He is a son of William M. and Rebecca J. (Wink) Layton, both of whom were likewise born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, where was solemnized their marriage. The father has been engaged in farming enterprises in Bedford county during his entire active career. His cherished and

devoted wife passed away in 1886. They were the parents of five children-three sons and two daughters, and of the number the subject of this review was the third in order of birth.

Alvah H. Layton attended the public schools of Bed- ford county until he had reached his seventeenth year and for the ensuing four years he was engaged with his father in the work and management of the home farm. At the age of twenty-one years he left home - and went to Cherokee county, Iowa, where he worked as a farm hand for a period of four years, during which time he managed to save enough money to war- rant his renting a quarter section of land, which he conducted with remarkable success for two years. In 1899 he removed to Kenmare, North Dakota, where he homesteaded a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of most arable land, cultivating the same until 1910. In the latter year he and Peter Peterson came to Jop- lin and here established the Layton-Peterson Hard- ware Company, a business enterprise that has grown rapidly in the past two years. Messrs. Layton and Peter- son began the hardware business at Joplin by first sell- ing their stock from the freight car in which it was shipped to them and after their building, which was then in process of construction, was completed, they moved into it and have since controlled an extensive and most profitable business. On other pages of this work appears a sketch of Peter Peterson.

In politics Mr. Layton is Republican and while he has never aspired for public office of any description he has been the efficient incumbent of the office of clerk of school district No. 59 since its organization, in 1910. The Layton family are devont members of the Presbyterian church in their religious faith and the home is recognized as a center of refinement and most generous hospitality.

At Spencer, Iowa, April 5, 1898, occurred the mar- riage of Mr. Layton to Miss Myrtle M. Cross, a daugh- ter of Daniel Cross, who was born and reared in the state of Illinois and who is now a prominent business man at Rochelle, Illinois. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Layton, as follows,-Alice, whose birth occurred May 13, 1899; Clara, born in Illinois, February 7, 1901; and Earl, born in North Dakota, October 8, 1903.

PETER O. PETERSON. The career of Peter O. Peter- son is a splendid illustration of what independence, self-faith and persistency can accomplish in America. He is strictly self-made and today he stands supreme as an influential business man and a loyal and public- spirited citizen at Joplin, Montana, where he has re- sided since January 26, 1910, and where he is most successfully engaged in the hardware business as a member of the firm of Layton & Peterson.

Peter O. Peterson was born in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, the date of his nativity being the 26th of February, 1876. He is a son of Ole Peterson, who was born and reared in Norway, whence he immigrated to the United States in the year 1868. The father first settled in Wisconsin, went thence to Minnesota, and in 1877 took up a homestead in Grand Forks county, North Dakota, where he has maintained the family home during the long intervening years to the present time. in 1912. He married Margaret Evenson, a native of Norway, and they are the parents of eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the firstborn.

After completing the curriculum of the public schools of Grand Forks county, North Dakota, Peter O. Peter- son began to assist his father in the work and man- agement of the home farm. He remained at home until he had reached his thirtieth year, when he took up a homestead in Williams county, North Dakota, the same lying forty miles north of Williston. He proved up on his claim in fourteen months and then

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came to Joplin, Montana, arriving in this place. Jan- uary 26, 1910. At that time there were no buildings in the town and Messrs. Peterson and A. H. Layton erected the first business building and the first resi- dence in the place. They engaged in the hardware busi- ness, beginning with a stock of one carload of goods, the greater part of which they sold right out of the car as their store building was not completed. They controlled a tremendous business from the first and the sales during the first year amounted to twelve thousand dollars. It is constantly increasing. In his political faith Mr. Peterson is an unswerving sup- porter of the principles and policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor and while he does not take an active interest in public affairs he is a willing contributor to all measures and enterprises calculated to advance the general welfare of the com- munity in which he resides. In religions matters he and his wife are devont members of the Lutheran church.

August 20, 1901, Mr. Peterson was united in mar- riage to Miss Minnie Aasboe, a daughter of Ole Aas- boe, who is engaged in farming and stock raising in Grand Forks county, North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson are the proud parents of two children, namely,-Pearl V., born in North Dakota, July 20, 1906; and Myron J. O., born in the same state July 28, I908.

LEO V. BEAULIEU. One of the ablest members of the Havre bar is L. V. Beaulien, who has been a resident of this city since 1910 and has a large business in cor- poration and general law. Mr. Beaulieu brought to his profession a thorough scholarship and broad training, and is winning advancement by a well-equipped ability for all the contingencies of legal practice.

A native of Waterloo, Iowa, he was born August 22, 1880. His father, Frank Beaulieu, was a native of Quebec and of French parentage. He now resides in Graceville, Minnesota, retired, having formerly been engaged in the real estate, live stock and mercantile lines. The mother, who is also living, was Miss Eliza- beth Lawlor, a native of Kentucky. There were five sons and one daughter in the family.

L. V. Beaulieu while a boy determined to secure the best possible , preparation for his career, and that he succeeded was due largely to his own ideals and efforts. At Sheldon, Iowa, he attended the public schools, grad- uating from the high school in 1899, and then entered the State University of Iowa at Iowa City, where he received his A. B. in 1903, in 1904 the degree of B. Di., in 1905 the M. A., and graduated from the law depart- ment as LL. B. in 1906. He also completed his work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Mr. Beaulieu was engaged in practice at Williamsburg, Iowa, for two years, was located at Little Rock, Ar- kansas, a little more than a year, and then held the chair of law and mathematics in the University of Idaho at Moscow for one year. At the conclusion of the school year he moved to Havre and has since en- gaged actively in his chosen profession, specializing in corporation law but also attending to an increasing general practice.

Mr. Beaulieu was married in Iowa City, December 27, 1905, to Miss Florence Miller, the daughter of John and Mary Miller, both of whom were natives of Iowa. Three sons have been born to Mr. Beaulieu and wife: Francis, born at Moscow, February 9, 1909; Charles, at Havre, July 31, 1910; and Lawrence also at Havre, April 19, 1912. Mr. Beaulieu's mother was a descend- ant of Kentucky pioneers, and one of her ancestors was Oliver Cromwell, the English Protector.

ELMER W. DENISON. Northwestern Montana has attracted many enterprising and capable young citizens to the service of its growing business and industrial Vol. III-33

life, and one of the representatives of this class is the present city treasurer of Chester, Mr. Elmer W. Deni- son, who has been identified with this vicinity since 1910, and was formerly engaged in banking and other lines of business in Minnesota.

He is a native of Adair county, Iowa, where he was born August 14, 1879, a son of Neldo and Erma R. (Shirk) Denison. The father, who was born near Hanna, Indiana, his father having come from Connecti- cut in an early day, was one of the first prospectors to try the Black Hills diggings. He died in 1882 at the age of thirty. The mother was born at Walnut, Illinois, a daughter of R. L. Shirk, a Pennsylvania German. She is now living with her son in Chester, Montana, and was sixty years old on July 3d of the present year (1912).

Elmer W. Denison obtained his early education in the public schools of Iowa, and also took a special course in law and English in Minnesota. His entrance into business was in the credit department of a large lumber company of Minneapolis, with which he con- tinned seven years, and was then cashier of the Shel- don Brothers Bank until May, 1910, when he resigned and located in Chester. He has built up and now con- trols a large business in land, town real estate and general real estate brokerage, and is the owner of the Denison Land Company. Mr. Denison has been twice honored with election to the office of treasurer of Chester.

His marriage occurred in the city of Minneapolis, March 24, 1909, to Miss Mary Viets. Her father, W. H. Viets, was formerly a resident of New London, Connecticut, whence he moved west to Minneapolis. Carolyn Ruth Denison, their one child, was born in Minneapolis, September 19, 1911. Mr. Denison affili- ates with the Masonic order, Lodge No. 65, at Rugby, North Dakota, is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. He takes much pleasure in the outdoor sports and recreations, and is a citizen of broad interests.

JOHN O. BERGLIN. The Sheldon Brothers Bank of Chester was organized March 23, 1910, and has since been one of the solid financial institutions of this part of northwest Montana. The Sheldon brothers (F. P. and A. M.) are residents of Minneapolis, and the local representative of the Chester bank and its executive manager is Mr. J. O. Berglin, cashier. He is an enter- prising young business man of this state, and has been identified with business life since a boy, having prospered and won his advancement on merit and a thorough ability for business details.

Mr. Berglin was born in Jemtland, Sweden, January 29, 1881, the third in a large family of children born to Peter and Sarah (Yngve) Berglin. The parents came to America in 1892, settling in Pine county, Minnesota, where the father has been a substantial farmer and respected citizen for the past thirty years. The other children in the family are named as follows : Magnus, Oscar, Axel, Vernon, George, Martha, Tenie, Signe, Anna and Reta, the last five being residents of Sweden and the others of Minnesota.

J. O. Berglin received his education in his native land, and though but a boy when he came to America he soon began working in a general store at Mora, Minnesota, where during the following nine years he laid the foundation of his business career and pros- perity. After leaving the store he entered the employ of Sheldon Brothers, the bankers, and was engaged in northern Minnesota four years, at the end of which time he was transferred to Chester as assistant cash- ier. On the retirement of Mr. Denison from the post of cashier, he succeeded to that office. Mr. Berglin is affiliated with the Masonic order. having attained the Royal Arch degrees. In politics he is an Independent, and he is a member of the

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Lutheran church. His sentiments for Montana as his present home amount to sincere loyalty and a thorough appreciation of the wonderful advantages and the future possibilities of this northwestern common- wealth. He enjoys the esteem of a large acquaintance in this section of the state. At Mora, Minnesota, the former home of Mr. Berglin, he organized and main- tained several orchestras and bands. He plays all the stringed instruments.

Mr. Berglin comes of a long-lived family, a great- grandfather having attained the extreme age of one hundred and one years. Both of his grandfathers were soldiers in the Swedish army.

CARL F. HAWKINSON. Since January, 1910, Carl F. Hawkinson has been a resident of Joplin, Montana, and here he is most successfully engaged in the res- taurant and general merchandise business. He is one of the pioneers in this town, having come hither when there was but one building in the place. He is loyal and public spirited in his civic attitude and no meas- ure forwarded for the good of progress and improve- ment fails to receive his most hearty support.

Carl F. Hawkinson was born in Sweden, the date of his nativity being August 24, 1874. He is a son of Hokanson and Kate (Kisa) Hawkinson, both of whom were born and reared in Sweden, where was solem- nized their marriage in 1856. The father came, alone, to America in 1882 and located on a farm in Douglas county, Minnesota, where he continued to reside until his demise, in 1902, at the age of sixty-nine years. Mrs. Hawkinson, with a family of nine children, fol- lowed her husband to America in 1884 and she is still living, her home being in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mr. Hawkinson, of this notice, was a child of but ten years of age at the time of his arrival in the United States and he completed his educational training with attendance in the district schools of Douglas county, Minnesota. He also pursued a one-year commercial course in Northwestern Business College at Min- neapolis. He resided on the home farm with his par- ents until he had reached his twenty-first year, when he started to farm in Minnesota on his own account. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in Red Lake county, Minnesota, and proved up on the same in five years, at the end of which he dis- posed of that estate and engaged in the general mer- chandise business at Farwell, Minnesota. He was a resident of Farwell for a period of four years and in 1894 removed to North Dakota, settling at Tolley, where he was variously engaged for the next four years. In January, 1910, he came to Joplin, Montana, and at that date there was but one building in the place. Mr. Hawkinson purchased this structure and immediately engaged in the restaurant business, which he still conducts, and in November, 1911, he purchased an additional lot, on which he erected another build- ing, in which he runs a strictly first-class general merchandise store. He also conducts a bakery-the only one in the town-and his different business enterprises are netting him a large and most gratifying profit. Mr. Hawkinson has achieved success through his own well-directed efforts and for that reason it is the more gratifying to contemplate. In his political convic- tions he is a stalwart Republican and in religious matters he and his wife are devout members of the Lutheran church.

At Farwell, Minnesota, August 25, 1899, was cele- brated the marriage of Mr. Hawkinson to Miss Esther Rystedt, who was born at Farwell and who is a daugh- ter of Andrew Rystedt, a native of Pope county, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkinson have two sons, namely,-Walter, whose birth occurred in Red Lake county, Minnesota, in 1900; and Carl Wenzel, born at Farwell, Minnesota, in 1906.

WILLIAM J. MINKIEWITZ. One of the business build- ers and leaders in enterprise in the prosperous and fast growing country along the line of the Great Northern west of Havre is the organizer and president of the Bank of Hingham, William J. Minkiewitz. While a bank is not among the first most important institutions of a newly settled country, it must follow soon to as- sure the permanent prosperity of any locality. Good banking facilities are the foundation of successful trade and industry, and as the pioneer in banking at Hingham Mr. Minkiewitz is one of the group of citizens who have promoted the solid prosperity and welfare of this splendid country.

Mr. Minkiewitz has been identified with banking throughout his active career. He was born in Hender- son, Minnesota, September 21, 1880, and after his at- tendance at the public schools of that state he became a messenger for the bank at .Arlington, Minnesota. Three years in that position was followed by his pro- motion to the post of assistant cashier in the First Na- tional Bank of Minneapolis. He was afterwards in a similar position with the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis for two years. For eight years he was cashier of the bank at Anamoose, North Dakota, and while there he became acquainted with the rapid de- velopment of the country in northwest Montana along the line of the Great Northern. In 1910 he came out to the town of Hingham, and with his prestige as an experienced and successful banker organized the Bank of Hingham, which has the distinction of having been the first bank west of Havre. It has been a successful institution, has paid its stockholders regular dividends, and has had a splendid patronage from the farming communities for many miles adjacent to the town of Hingham. The charter officials, who are still connected with the bank, were as follows: W. J. Minkiewitz, president and cashier; W. Glotzbach, vice president; J. G. Nostrand, secretary ; C. W. Patterson and Clin- ton Sailor, directors.

Mr. Minkiewitz was married at Towner, North Da- kota, October 25, 1905, to Miss Ada Kiekenapp, dangh- ter of Fred Kiekenapp, of Faribault, Minnesota. They are the parents of one child, Mary Evelyne, born at Anamoose, North Dakota, September 18, 1907. Mr. Minkiewitz has one of the attractive homes of Hing- ham, and is highly esteemed, both in business and social circles. He is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World, and is a member of the American Bankers' Association. His politics is Republican, and he and his family are members of the Catholic church.

Mr. Minkiewitz is a son of John and Antonio (Paderwski) Minkiewitz. The father, who was born in Austria, in his youth came to America and became one of the early settlers at Henderson, Minnesota, where he was a successful general merchant. He is now living at the age of sixty-nine in Arlington, Min- nesota. His wife was also born in Austria, and came to America when a young girl, their marriage taking place in Minnesota. She is now sixty-three years old. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are living, and William J. was the eight in order of birth.

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A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 156

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