A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 57

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

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HERBERT V. BAILEY. A number of the present repre- sentative business men of Montana came to this state very soon after its admission to the Union, a large number of these being yet in early manhood, with untried powers and youthful enthusiasm, and in the two succeeding decades have been those who have advanced the quality of citizenship in the Mountain states as well as forwarded its commercial prosperity. Herbert V. Bailey, who is secretary of the great mer- cantile firm of W. B. Jordan & Sons' Company, at Miles City, Montana, came to this section in 1891. He was born at Agency, Wapello county, Iowa, August 10, 1870, and is a son of Chapman and Anna E. (Hil- ton) Bailey.

Chapman Bailey was born in Indiana, August 17, 1848, and is a son of Howard Bailey, a native of Ken- tucky, who was a very early settler in Indiana, a farmer, stock raiser and lumberman, later in life mov- ing to Wapello county, Iowa, where the rest of his life was spent. Chapman Bailey completed his school at- tendance after his father removed to Iowa, and there he also engaged in stock raising and became addition- ally a miller and a merchant. In 1879 he moved into Dallas county, Iowa, and continued his agricultural and mercantile enterprises there for some years when he located at Springfield, Missouri, where he was a mer- chant for some years and then embarked in the same business at St. Louis, Missouri, which city is his present home. He has always been prominent in Democratic politics. He is a Knight Templar Mason and belongs to the Mystic Shrine. He married Anna E. Hilton, who was born in Virginia and they have but one child, Herbert V., of Miles City.

Herbert V. Bailey completed his education at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, at Chester, Pennsyl- vania, after which he was connected with the civil engineering department of the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company. In May, 1891, he came to Billings Montana, where he entered the office of the A. L. Babcock wholesale hardware Company and continued with this house for thirteen years, for a large part of this period being its representative on the road, and for some five years was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness on the Crow Indian Reservation. When the Span- ish-American war was precipitated, he enlisted in Troop M, Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, with which he went to Chattanooga, Tennessee, serving as regi- mental quartermaster and squadron adjutant. After the war terminated he returned to Montana and re- sumed his mercantile activities on the reservation. He was one of the organizers of the State Bank at Colum- bus, Montana, of which he became cashier, but later sold his interest in this institution and in February,

1908, bought an interest in the W. B. Jordan & Sons' Company at Miles City. This business house was es- tablished in 1879 and was incorporated in 1908, its officers and directors being: E. A. Richardson, presi- dent; Kenneth McLean, vice-president; H. V. Bailey, secretary ; E. A. Cornwell, treasurer; and J. E. Ed- wards, W. A. Jordan and Thomas Wear. Perhaps no mercantile firm in Montana is better known than the above and it is as well officered as it is splendidly financed.

On July 21, 1891, Mr. Bailey was married to Miss Lillian H. Brown, who was born at Big Rapids, Michi- gan, and is a daughter of Judge Michael Brown.

Mr. Bailey is a Republican in his political attitude but office holding has never appealed to him, business ever occupying his attention. He has frequently, how- ever, demonstrated his good citizenship by forwarding public-spirited measures, lending his interest and con- tributing financially when important civic movements have been under consideration. He belongs to Yel- lowstone Lodge, No. 26, A. F. and A. M., Miles City Chapter, No. 14, R. A. M., and Billings Lodge, No. 394, B. P. O. E.

ALEXANDER S. CHRISTIE. The business contingent of Butte, Montana, is recruited from all over the world, some of the city's shrewdest and most sub- stantial commercial leaders being natives of other coun- tries than the United States. One of the highly re- spected adopted citizens of this land whose business operations are extensive and of a high-class character, is Alexander S. Christie, who for seventeen years maintained a retail jewelry store at the northeast cor- ner of Main and Park streets, and now occupies larger and more beautiful quarters with his rich and exten- sive stock of goods at No. 20 North Main street, this being the largest retail establishment of the kind in the state of Montana.

Mr. Christie is a native of Portsoy, Banffshire, Scot- land, where he was born October 13, 1860, a member of a family of twelve children, his parents having been John and Jane (Simons) Christie, both of whom lived and died in Scotland. The father was born in 1819 and the mother in 1823. They sent their son to the public schools for his education until he arrived at the age of fourteen, when he was apprenticed to learn the trade of jeweler, five years being consumed in that task. After working for a year as a journeyman jeweler in Scotland, Mr. Christie decided to seek larger opportunities in the United States, and arrived in America in August, 1881. He chose Marion, Kansas, as the point of destination immediately after landing, and it was in that city that he made his first American business venture. The enterprise was successful from? the first, Mr. Christie being a well educated workman and thoroughly acquainted with the intricacies of the jewelry business, and he continued to conduct his store at Marion for ten years. During the latter part of that period of time he formed a partnership with his brother- in-law, James D. Leys. Mr. Leys in 1888 went to Butte and opened up a store here and carried on busi- ness under the firm name of Leys Jewelry Company, which name has ever since been retained. From the time of the first establishment of the business it was one of the three leading emporiums of the city, but its managers long since enlarged the business and left their competitors behind, Leys being now the largest of any similar store in this state.

In 1891 Mr. Christie disposed of his Kansas store and removed to Butte. The business in that city had grown to such proportions as to demand great expan- sion, and Mr. Christie as once assumed an active part in its management upon arrival there. In 1897 the company decided to enlarge its operations to include the wholesale trade, and in furtherance of this plan Mr. Leys went to New York City, opened up tne

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firm's headquarters at No. 65 Nassau street, and has continuously been in charge of that end of the business since that year. The conduct of the store at Butte has been entirely in the hands of Mr. Christie, whose able management has been a large contributory factor in the continual growth and unbroken success of the busi- ness throughout the years of its establishment.

The marriage of Mr. Christie took place in New York City at the Church of the Stranger, in August, 1887, when Miss Agnes Shepard Leys, a daughter of David Leys, and a native of Scotland, became his wife. Three children were born of this union. The oldest son, Collin Leys, who was born at Marion, Kansas, August 13, 1888, resides in New York City, and is a traveling representative for the New York branch of his father's business. Gladys was born at Marion, Kansas, December 31, 1890, and Alexander was born in Butte, October 10, 1893.

Mr. Christie is recognized as a leading citizen of Butte and one who is actively interested in every proj- ect that has for its object the promotion of the best interests of the city or state. Politically, he believes in the principles of the Republican party, but he is not an enthusiastic participant in partisan affairs. He is associated in membership with several of the leading lodges, including the Knights Templars, Shriners, and Silver Bow Lodge No. 48 of the Masonic order, being a past master of the last named. He is also secretary of the Masonic Temple Association board.

Mr. Christie has, by his own unaided efforts, suc- ceeded in accumulating considerable wealth and, besides the jewelry business, is financially interested in the Haskins Drug Company of Butte, the Silver Bow Na- tional Bank, of which he is director, and in the owner- ship of extensive mining enterprises. He is a man of high moral principles, unimpeachable personal integ- rity, liberal and progressive in his attitude on public questions, and is held in high esteem by a host of friends and acquaintances throughout this section of the state.

JOHN D. POPE. Among the industrial activities that dominate the business life of Montana that of mining stands pre-eminent, and in the advancement of this special industry are employed many men of ability and foresight, prominent among the number being John . D. Pope, widely known as general manager of the North Butte Mining Company and as an esteemed and respected citizen of Butte. He was born November 9, 1869, in Georgia, which was also the birthplace of his father, John D. Pope, Sr.

Brought up and educated in Georgia, John D. Pope, Sr., was early imbued with a spirit of loyalty and patriotism, and during the Civil war enlisted in de- fense of the south, serving under the gallant and beloved soldier, General Joseph Wheeler. He subse- quently studied law, and now, at the age of seventy- four vears, is an active and prominent attorney of Los Angeles, California. He married, in Georgia, Grace Sims, who was born in South Carolina, being a daugh- ter of Edward D. Sims and a lineal descendant of Rev. Thomas Hooker, the founder of the Hooker family in New England.

She died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1888.

Educated in St. Louis, Missouri, John D. Pope attended first the public schools of that city, and in 1890 was graduated from the mining engineering de- partment of Washington University. Beginning his professional career in Arizona, he remained there a few months, and in January, 1891, came to Montana in search of an opening that should suit him. He worked for a time for the Bimetallic Mining Company at Philipsburg, serving in all the departments of the mill and in various positions in the mine and as min- ing engineer. He remained there until the panic of 1893, when he went to Winston, Montana, where he was

engaged at mining until the summer of 1894. Going from there to Monte Cristo, Washington, Mr. Pope was engaged in mining operations until 1895, when he returned to Winston, Montana, where he remained three years. Coming back to Butte in 1898, he remained here a brief period, after which he spent a year or more in southern California. In 1900 he became associated with the Butte and Boston Mining Company, of Butte, but later severed his connection with that organiza- tion and has since been actively identified with the North Butte Mining Company, in which he has held various positions of trust and responsibility, at the present time being general maanger of all the properties belonging to the company, a position that demands a clear, cool head, keen foresight, an unlimited amount of energy and patience and a tact for dealing with men and methods.

Mr. Pope is an Episcopalian iu religion, a Democrat in politics, a member of the Silver Bow Lodge, No. 240, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Silver Bow Club.

In November, 1898, he was united in marriage with Abbie E. Shaw, a daughter of George W. Shaw, a pioneer settler of Helena, Montana, and into their home one child has been born, Grace Shaw Pope, whose birth occurred February 9, 1900, in Los Angeles, Cali- fornia.

WILLIAM EDWARD CARROLL. For more than twenty years a resident of Butte, and now one of the leading lawyers of the state of Montana, William Edward Carroll has been a very welcome and highly appreciated addition to the population of the commonwealth and especially to that of the city of his home. He has shown in many ways and on all occasions his earnest interest in the welfare of the commonwealth and its people, and as they have found him worthy of their confidence and esteem, they have bestowed their regard on him without stint, and have manifested it in tangible and substantial ways.

Mr. Carroll is a native of Independence, Missouri, where he came into being on December 24, 1868. When he was three years old the family moved to Olathe, Kansas, where it remained until 1881, then returned to Independence. In 1891 William came to Butte, Montana, and here he has ever since had his home. He is a son of Rev. Alanson and Mary F. (Murch) Car- roll, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Ver- mont. The father was a Presbyterian clergyman, and was educated and prepared for the ministry in his native state, completing his education at the Western Reserve University. He died in Independence, Mis- souri, on August 17, 1908, and his remains were buried in Olathe, Kansas. The mother is still living and has her home with one of her daughters in Independence, Missouri. They were the parents of three sons and two daughters, William Edward being the fourth in line.

William E. Carroll obtained his academic education in the public schools of Olathe, Kansas, and Independ- ence, Missouri, and at the high school in Kansas City, that state. He prepared himself for the practice of law in the law department of the University of Mich- igan, from which he was graduated in the class of 1890. Since coming to Butte he has been continuously en- gaged in the practice of his profession, with an ever increasing business and a steadily growing reputation.

In early life his circumstances were very moderate and he did whatever he could find to do to make a little money for his needs. Mr. Carroll is, as has been noted, one of the leading lawyers of the state. He is also one of its strong campaigners in political contests, and always takes a prominent part in them. He is a loyal and devoted member of the Republican party, and his fealty to it is based on firm faith in its principles and theories of government. At the time

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of this writing (1912) he holds no official position, but from 1907 to 1909 he was assistant city attorney of Butte, and his services in that office were rated as of great value by the people of the city of all classes.

For a number of years Mr. Carroll has been a mem- ber of the Masonic order, belonging to Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 24, in Butte, and has been enthusiastic and highly serviceable in his work in the fraternity. He served two years as worshipful master of his lodge, 1897 to 1899, and has also been junior grand deacon of the Grand Lodge of the state. The other fraternities in which he holds membership are the Modern Woodmen of America and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, belonging to the lodge of each which works in. Butte, but being known in all throughout the state.

On September 27, 1894, Mr. Carroll was married to Miss Anna Martin, a daughter of James T. and Mar- garet (Corby) Martin, of Butte, where the marriage was solemnized. Three children have been born to the union : Helen, whose life began on December 9, 1896; Chauncey M., who was born on August 8, 1901; and Charles R., who came into being on December 12, 1902. They are all living and attending school from the parental home, and all are worthy examplars of the estimable traits of character of their parents and fine fruits of good train- ing in the family circle.

James T. Martin, the father of Mrs. Carroll, was a native of England but lived in Montana many years. He was a mechanic and worked at his trade in times of peace. But when the Civil war raged in our af- flicted country, he became a soldier in defense of the Union. He died in Truro, Massachusetts, December 5, 1909, where his widow now resides. Uprightness in conduct, zeal for the good of their home community and genuine interest in the welfare of the people liv- ing around them have marked the lives of both, and wherever they have lived they have always been most highly esteemed.

HUGH J. MILLER. A prominent member of the Mon- tana bar for more than twenty years, during which time he has rendered distinguished service to his city, county and state in official capacities, Hugh J. Miller, city attorney of Livingston, and senior member of the well-known legal firm of Miller & O'Connor, holds an eminent position in the ranks of Montana's profes- sional men. Born December 31, 1866, at Genoa, Olm- stead county, Minnesota, he is a son of Rev. Hiram and Mary S. (Vaughn) Miller. .

The Miller family originated in Scotland, whence three brothers emigrated to America during early colo- nial days, Colonel Miller, a descendant of one of the brothers, serving as an officer in General Washington's army during the Revolutionary war. The paternal grandfather of Hugh J. Miller was John Miller, a New Yorker by birth, and his maternal grandfather, Daniel Vaughn, was a native of Vermont. Rev. Hiram Miller was born at Brokenstraw. New York, November 19, 1836, and at the age of eighteen years removed to Min- nesota, shortly thereafter being ordained by the author- ities of the Baptist Free Will church at Lansing. He subsequently entered the Northwestern University at Wasioja, Minn., for two years, continuing his labors in the pulpit in the meanwhile, and after graduation con- tinued to preach for seven years, then being obliged to retire from the ministry on account of a throat affection. Moving to the village of Genoa, in New Haven township, Olmstead county, he opened a grocery store, but in 1878 removed to Douglas, where, on the arrival of the railroad he erected a residence and store and engaged in business. He had served as post- master while a resident of Genoa, and was appointed to that position in Douglas, where he acted also as justice of the peace. After a long and useful career. Mr. Miller retired from business activities and went to the home of his son, Harley E., at Moosejaw, Northwest

Territory, Canada, where his death occurred March 10, 1909. In 1858 he was married to Miss Mary S. Vaughn, who was born near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, and she died in 1893, having been the mother of five chil- dren, as follows: Harlen E., residing at Moosejaw ; Hugh J .; Herbert B., twin of Hugh J., and postmaster at Grenada, Mississippi; Hiram A., farming in the Shields River valley, Park county, Montana; and one child which died in infancy.

After attending the public schools of Olmstead county, Minnesota, and Darling's Business College, Rochester, Hugh J. Miller began to teach school in his native state. and during the five years that followed proved himself an able instructor, his school securing second position in a competition in which the different institu- tions of the state vied for supremacy in methods of instruction. In 1889 he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated in the class of 1891, with the degree of LL. B., being recommended by the faculty for his able work as a student and his effective assimila- tion of the technical lore of the law. He also com- pleted a two-years' course in elocution and oratory, un- der the efficient instruction of the distinguished Pro- fessor Trueblood. On June 10, 1891, he was admitted to the bar of Michigan, but left that state not long after, arriving in Livingston, Montana, August 14, 1891, soon thereafter being admitted to the bar of the state on motion of the supreme court. He then formed a pro- fessional partnership with Allan R. Joy, an associa- tion which continued for about nine months, and in the fall of 1892 was the successful candidate of the Republican party for the office of county attorney of Park county. After serving one term he refused a nomination, preferring to give his attention . to his rapidly-growing practice, but in 1898 was again elected to the office, in which he succeeded himself in 1900. The excellent record made by Mr. Miller in protecting the county's interests caused a demand to be made for his re-election in 1902, but he again refused the nomination. In the case of Danforth v. Alexander Livingston, county treasurer, involving the collection of a large amount of tax money, Mr. Miller represented the defendant, meeting defeat in the lower court and promptly carrying the case before the supreme court, where the decision was reversed, thus saving to Park county many thousand dollars. The decision rendered by the supreme court stands as a precedent in the state, and Mr. Miller received high praise on all sides for the masterful manner in which he presented his cause and secured the reversal. In 1906 he was elected a member of the Tenth Assembly, serving one term as representative, and in May, IgII, was appointed city attorney, an office which he efficiently fills at the present time. He has also served as president of the Park county high school board for several terms, and during Gov. Robert B. Smith's administration acted in the capacity of judge advocate. On January 1. 1907, Mr. Miller formed a partnership with James F. O'Con- nor, formerly of Iowa, and the firm of Miller & O'Con- nor is recognized as one of Montana's leading legal concerns, representing the First State Bank of Liv- ingston and numerous other large interests. Mr. Miller has interested himself to some extent in land invest- ments in the Shield River valley, Park county, and is also well known in fraternal circles, belonging to Liv- ingston Lodge No. 246, B. P. O. E., and Aerie No. 273. F. O. E.

On January 9, 1889, Mr. Miller was married in Minne- apolis, Minnesota, to Miss Georgianna Cole. who was born near Waterloo, in Blackhawk county. Iowa, daughter of Oscar and Lavintha J. (Gordon) Cole, na- tives of New York state. Oscar Cole was a pioneer farmer of Blackhawk county. Iowa, where he was en- gaged in farming up to the time of his death, in vocg, his wife having passed away some years before. They

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were the parents of three children, of whom two sur- vive: Ella, the wife of Elmer Heskett, of Waterloo, Iowa; and Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Miller was assistant principal in the high school at Livingston for several years, being a graduate of the Iowa State Normal School, Cedar Falls, class of 1885. Her uncle, W. J. Gordon, one of the eminent citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, presented that city with Gordon Park, a property valued at upwards of $1,000,000, and recognized as one of the finest of the many beautiful parks which grace the Forest City. Mr. and Mrs. Miller's only son, Vilroy C., graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massa- chusetts, in the class of 1909; and from Princeton University, class of 1912. The family attends the Con- gregational church, and is widely and popularly known in church and social circles of Livingston.

ANDREW C. GRAVES. To the young men of our land the career of Andrew C. Graves, of Harlowton, Mon- tana, is a fit example of the cardinal virtues of indus- try, uprightness and frugality, of honorable dealing and unwearied perseverance. Born of honest but humble parentage, his life from the time he reached the age of eight years has been one of hard and un- ceasing toil, but his inherent ability triumphed in the end, and he is now one of the leading business citi- zens of Harlowton, president of the First National Bank, owner of the townsite, and identified with prac- tically every enterprise of any importance now doing business in this section of the county. Mr. Graves was horn March 12, 1866, in Denmark, and is a son of John Graves and wife. The father is still living in Denmark; the mother died in the fatherland in 1874 when about thirty-two years of age. During the war between Denmark and Germany John Graves served in the army of his native country, and was also a devout Christian and consistent member of the Lutheran church. He 'and his wife had four chil- dren, Andrew C. being the second child and youngest son.

The early education of Andrew C. Graves was slight and his opportunities for culture of a genuine sort were more so, but one cannot be in his presence long before realizing that he is a man of intellectual at- tainments and great general information. While still attending public school, at the age of eight years, he began earning money, his savings all being given to his parents. When he was sixteen years of age, feeling that there was no future for him in his own country, he embarked for the United States, first landing, a poor emigrant lad, without money or friends, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There, while work- ing faithfully during the daylight hours, he studied assiduously to familiarize himself with the English tongue. Two years later he removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, and until 1890 spent his time between that city and Duluth, working at whatever occupation pre- sented itself, usually hard, manual labor. Subsequently he went to Seattle, Washington, for one year, and in 1891 came to Montana, first settling in Helena, which city was his headquarters until 1898. In that year he removed to Castle, where he embarked in business on his own account for the first time, selecting the hide and wool industry as the medium through which to work out his success. In 1900, his shrewd foresight having convinced him that Harlowton was to become one of the leading commercial and industrial centers of the state, he located in that city, where he erected the second building in town and established a meat market. He has had no reason to regret this move, for today he is just as enthusiastic over the possibili- ties and opportunities left open for the young man, and especially the poor young man, as he was at the time of his arrival, and sincerely believes that the Treasure state is growing more rapidly than any other that he has visited.

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A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 57

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