Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume II, Part 110

Author: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 1126

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R. PROCTOR BARCLAY. Since 1898 R. Proctor Bar- clay has been a resident of Butte and has risen in business circles until he is now president of the Barclay & Booth Abstract Company, one of the most dependable in its line in the state. The Barclay family was founded in the Virginia colony at a period antedating the American Revolution. The grandfather, Philander Barclay, died in Kentucky before the birth of his grandson R. Proctor Barclay.

R. Proctor Barclay was born at Bowling Green, Kentucky, on April 10, 1872, a son of Joseph W. Barclay, born at Glasgow, Kentucky, in 1830. His death occurred at Pembroke, Kentucky, in 1913, where he previously had large property inter- ests, and had also been an extensive property owner at Chicago, Illinois, and Atchison, Kansas. Growing up at Glasgow and Russellville, Kentucky, he went to Bowling Green, Kentucky, following the close of the war between the states, there being engaged in farming until 1900, when he moved to Pembroke and lived retired until his death. Po- litically a democrat, he took no active part in public affairs. The Baptist Church held his membership. He was a Mason.

Joseph W. Barclay was married to Sally Proctor, born in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1838, a daughter of Thomas L. Proctor, whose birth occurred in 1797. He died in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1879. He was either a native of Kentucky or brought into the state from Virginia during pioneer times. His wife was Agnes Carson prior to her marriage, and she, too, was born in either Kentucky or Vir- ginia. Her death occurred in Logan County, Ken- tucky, before the birth of her grandson. Thomas L. Proctor was a farmer and miller and owned ex- tensive timber interests, owned and operated a saw- mill and was a large slave owner and one of the prominent men of Logan County whose business operations were diversified and of considerable mag- nitude. The Proctors were Scotch-Irish and the family was founded in Virginia during the colonial period of American history. Mrs. Joseph W. Bar- clay died at Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1911. She and her husband had the following children : Agnes, who is unmarried, lives at Montgomery, Alabama, and is a teacher in the public schools of that city; R. Proctor, whose name heads this review; and Waller P., who came to Montana in 1899, and is associated with his brother in the abstract business. By a former marriage with Sallie Tandy, born at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Joseph W. Barclay had the following children: Ernest, who is a farmer and tobacco grower of Pembroke, Kentucky; Annie, who is unmarried, is a resident of Bowling Green, where she is engaged in teaching in the public schools; Sallie, who is a resident of Bowling Green, is the

widow of J. W. Evans, who died at Russellville, Kentucky, where he had been engaged in mer- chandising.

R. Proctor Barclay attended the public schools of Bowling Green, and was graduated from Ogden Col- lege of Bowling Green in 1893 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then became deputy clerk of the court of Warren County and held that posi- tion until January 1, 1898, when he entered the employ of the Warren Deposit Bank, remaining with that institution until in May, 1898, when he came to Butte, Montana, and formed connections with the Ras Rochester Hardware Company, which were maintained until Mr. Rochester sold his interests in July of that year, Mr. Barclay being chosen to close up the affairs. He then associated himself in Octo- ber of 1898 with Judge A. H. Barret in the abstract business, operating under the name of the Security Abstract Company. In 1899 Mr. Barrett was elected state treasurer, and Mr. Barclay continued to con- duct the business under his own name until April, 1901, when he took T. E. Booth into partnership with him, and in March, 1902, incorporated the busi- ness as the Barclay & Booth Abstract Company. Mr. Booth withdrew in May, 1903, and engaged in a loan business, but the name has not been changed. The present officials of the company are as follows : R. P. Barclay, president; W. P. Barclay, vice presi- dent ; and E. R. McMahon, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Barclay is the active manager and conducts all of the business of the company, and has built up the largest abstract business in Montana. Practically all of the abstracts of the claims that constitute the holdings of all of the large companies in the Butte District within the last twenty-one years have been made by Mr. Barclay. He also has a large business in the general real estate line of abstract- ing, and this is the only abstract company in Mon- tana that specializes in abstracting properties throughout the whole state and the entire northwest. The offices are at No. 108 West Granite Street, Butte. Mr. Barclay's residence is at No. 4 Malay Block on Hamilton Street, Butte.

In his political faith Mr. Barclay is a democrat, but he has never held any elective office, as his duties have been too heavy to permit of his as- suming any of a public character. Having been reared in the Baptist Church, he joined that de- nomination and has continued to worship with it. The Rotary Club of Butte holds his membership and he is one of its directors. At the International Convention of Rotary held at Salt Lake, in June, 1919, he was elected international secretary of the abstract section of Rotary. He also belongs to Butte Lodge No. 240, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Silver Bow Club and the Butte Country Club, all of Butte. He is not married.

A man of dependable character, painstaking and conservative, Mr. Barclay has concentrated his abili- ties on the development of his business, and has brought it to a state of perfection that must be gratifying. The name of the concern he has founded and fostered stands for so much not only in Butte and Montana, but all over the West, that to have its guarantee back of a title insures a sale of any realty wherever located, and it is a recognized fact that it is because Mr. Barclay is in active charge of the affairs of the company that his concern has such weight in the matter of guaranteeing pur- chasers of property against loss through faulty titles or dishonest representations.

JOSEPH SUDAR, manager of the Bear Creek Trad- ing Company, the leading general mercantile estab- lishment of this part of Montana, is one of the

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substantial and enterprising men of Bear Creek, who has risen to his present position through his own ability and steadfast adherence to business. He was born at Cratian, Austria, March 10, 1878, a son of Jerry and Martha (Ratkovich) Sudar, both natives of Cratian, Austria. There they were reared and married, and, after useful lives, passed away. They were consistent members of the Roman Catho- lic Church. The children born to Jerry Sudar and wife were as follows: Frank and Paul, who live at Cratian, Austria; Katy and Mary, both of whom also reside at Cratian, Austria; Joseph, whose name heads this review; Jerry, who is a merchant of Bear Creek, Montana; Jack, who is a miner of Bear Creek, Montana; Rosa, who married George Nag- lich, a miner of Bear Creek; Milka, who married George Dragich, who is also a miner of Bear Creek.

After attending the public schools of his native city Joseph Sudar worked as a clerk in one of its mercantile concerns, and then in 1903 came to the United States, landing at Baltimore, Maryland, from whence he went to Arkansas and was there engaged in railroad work. During 1904 and 1905 he was engaged in mining at Rugby, Colorado, and then was at Bridger, Montana, until 1907, continuing there as a miner. For five years after coming to Montana he was engaged in mining and clerking in a store, and then with his partner purchased the Bear Creek Trading Company. This store is con- veniently located on Main Street, and a very large business is carried on annually.

In politics Mr. Sudar is a democrat, and he is now a member of the City Council and takes an active part in civic affairs. Born and reared a Catholic, he belongs to the Catholic Church of Bear Creek. Since locating permanently at this point Mr. Sudar has displayed his faith in its future by investing in real estate, and owns a comfort- able residence here. He is not married. The ad- vancement Mr. Sudar has made in so short a period demonstrates the fact that this country offers un- limited opportunities to those willing to work and save, and his good sense and sterling integrity have won for him the respect of his associates, and in- creased the volume of business of his company.

CHARLES W. ALLIN, proprietor of the Anaconda Lumber Yard, is a man who enjoys the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens and is entitled to both. He was born at Bedford, Missouri, February 15, 1883, a son of Dr. C. W. Allin. Doctor Allin was born at Harrisburg, Kentucky, in 1836, and died at Bedford, Missouri, in 1913. Leaving Harrisburg, Kentucky, in young manhood, Doctor Allin came to the vicinity of Bedford, Missouri. He was gradn- ated from the Keokuk, Iowa Medical College and became a pioneer physician of Livingston County, Missouri, where he was engaged in practice the remainder of his life. During the conflict between the North and South he espoused the cause of the latter, and was a soldier in the Confederate army. Politically he was a democrat. Doctor Allin was married at Bedford, Missouri, to a Miss Hoff- man, who died in Missouri, having borne her hus- band three children, namely: Mav. who married J. P. Garham, a farmer of Hale, Missouri; an in- fant daughter: and Hallie, who married A. E. Wright, a farmer of Avalon, Missouri. After the death of his first wife, Doctor Allin was married second to Elizabeth Rickerson, born in April, 1852, near Georgetown, Kentucky, and Charles W. Allin is the only child of this union.

Charles W. Allin attended the public schools of Livingston County, Missouri, completing the ninth grade. He then took a commercial course at the

Chillicothe Business College at Chillicothe, Missouri, completing it in September, 1901. Leaving Missouri, he then went to Milligan, Nebraska, and went to work in the lumber yards there, becoming a gen- eral helper for F. M. Spaulding, remaining with him for three years. Mr. Allin then went to Hol- dredge, Nebraska, and was yardman for C. A. Gal- laway for three years. In June, 1907, he went with the Belgrave Lumber Company of Belgrave, Mon- tana, as manager, acting as such for five years, and in I911 he embarked in a lumber business of his own at Graybull, Wyoming, under the name of the Allin-Saunders Lumber Company, his partners be- ing two brothers by the name of Saunders. Dis- posing of his interests in 1914, he came to Ana- conda and established himself under the old name of the Allin-Saunders Lumber Company, but in 1918 became sole owner. This is one of the lead- ing lumber concerns of Deerlodge County, the offices and yard being at No. 223 West Commercial Avenue, at the corner of Commercial Avenue and Locust Street. Mr. Allin also has a large ware- house along the tracks of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad. His business extends all over Deerlodge County. The family resides at No. 223 West Commercial Avenue. In politics Mr. Allin is an independent.

In 1908 Mr. Allin was married at Belgrade, Mon- tana, to Miss Bertha Davis, a daughter of David and Candace (Wakefields) Davis. Mr. Davis was a farmer of the Gallatin Valley, in which he set- tled in 1863, coming to it from Wales. During the gold rush he was at Virginia City and Alder Gulch, but decided that there would be more profit in homesteading and farming, so secured his ranch in the Gallatin Valley, and was one of the suc- cessful pioneer ranchmen of that locality. Mrs. Allin was graduated from the Montana State Col- lege at Bozeman. Mr. and Mrs. Allin have one son, Charles W., who was born August 6, 1009. Mr. Allin is proud of his family and of the fact that he is 100 per cent American, the Allins having come to the American colonies from Scotland some time prior to the Revolutionary war and located in Virginia, from whence they later moved into Ken- tucky. A man of experience in his business, Mr. Allin has been able to conduct it in a manner to bring him ample patronage, and his concern is ranked among the sound commercial factors of the city.

H. P. SANDLES. The Sandles family is one of the oldest in Pennsylvania, where it was founded in colonial times, and its representatives have since then taken part in constructive work with rela- tion to the government, and been instrumental in developing many of the states of the Union. Its representative at Red Lodge, Montana, H. P. Sandles, county clerk of Carbon, is one of the alert and thoroughly progressive young men of this sec- tion, who during the late war lived up to the high- est standards of his progenitors and rendered his country invaluable service during the period of such great stress. H. P. Sandles was born in In- diana County, Pennsylvania, October 24 1882, on the farm purchased by his great-grandfather and . owned successively by his grandfather and father. The latter, also named H. P. Sandles, was born on this same farm in 1859, and here he has spent his life, still being actively engaged in conducting the homestead, and operating quite extensively as a stock dealer. A republican, he is active in his party, but not an office holder. The Presbyterian Church holds his membership and benefits through his generosity and piety. Fraternally he belongs

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to the Modern Woodmen of America. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jennie Kier, was also born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1861. Their children are as follows: Claude, who is a roller in an Ohio steel mill; Marck, who is a roller in the Gary, Indiana, steel works; Lyle, who is an attorney of Cincinnati, Ohio; H. P., whose name heads this review; and Albert, a twin brother of H. P., who is superintendent of a mine at Hannis- town, Pennsylvania.

After completing his courses in the local schools of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, H. P. Sandles became a student of the Elders Ridge Academy, from which he was gradauted in 1901, and was engaged in work as a construction engineer in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois for some time be- fore going to Fernie, British Columbia, where he remained until 1905. During that year he came back to the United States and served as construc- tion engineer for the Northwestern Improvement Company along the Northern Pacific Railroad until 1907, in which year he was sent to Red Lodge, Montana, and remained with the same company until 1916, during that period constructing the Sun- set Mine. As a side line Mr. Sandles invested in a moving picture theatre and for seven years was its manager, but sold his interests in February, 1919. In 1016 he was the successful candidate of the republican party for the office of county clerk, and was re-elected in 1918. Few men of Carbon Coun- ty, or for that matter of Montana, have been as effectively active in promoting the well being of their communities as has Mr. Sandles, and dur- ing the great war he acted as chairman of the local board on war drives, and made each one of them a success. In addition he transacted all of the governmental business which could be taken care of by the county clerk, and did not spare himself or his own interests to further those of his country. A Presbyterian by inheritance and inclination, Mr. Sandles is active in that denomination, as he is in any body with which he is connected, and his serv- ices are appreciated by his fellow members. Bear Tooth Lodge No. 534, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, holds his membership, and he also belongs to the Red Lodge Chamber of Commerce. Since coming to Red Lodge he has made the city his place of residence, and his office is at present in the courthouse.

In 1910 Mr. Sandles was married at Red Lodge to Miss Mabel Chapman, a daughter of Louis and Alma Chapman. Mr. Chapman was one of the pioneers of Oregon. He came to Montana in 1906 and is now one of the leading lumber merchants of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Sandles have no chil- dren. Mr. Sandles is proud of the fact that his family is of Scotch stock, and he inherits many of the sturdy and desirable characteristics of those people. His fidelity to the responsibilities of pub- lic office, and his ability to discharge them effec- tively and promptly, make him one of the best men in the county's roster, and his future if he cares to remain in public life is a bright one, much higher honors no doubt lying in store for one who has proven himself so worthy of them.

R. A. KELLY. The selection of Anaconda as headquarters for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company has brought here a large influx of people who have made it their permanent home and ex- pect to receive from the business men a service in every line of trade. This has created a large demand in all branches, and some of the best minds of the state of a commercial bent are occupied in satisfactorily meeting the wants of the popula-

tion. One of these men is R. A. Kelly, proprietor of the Washoe Coal Company, and a dealer in real estate and insurance.

R. A. Kelly was born at St. Martins, Ohio, De- cember 17, 1883, a son of John Kelly, and a grand- son of Thomas Kelly, born in County Cork, Ire- land, in 1821, who died at St. Martins, Ohio, in 1895. He founded the family in this locality, and was engaged in farming for many years. John Kelly was born at St. Martins, Ohio, in 1840, and died there on April 7, 1917, having spent his entire life there as a farmer. His farm was the one on which he was born and descended to him from his father, the original owner. He was a democrat and a Roman Catholic, and strong in both his po- litical and religious convictions. During the war between the states he served in the Union army for two years and ten months, as a member of the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, participating in the Battle of Gettysburg and General Sherman's "March to the Sea." His widow, who bore the maiden name of Catherine Huber, survives him and still lives on the old homestead. She was born at Fayetteville, Ohio, in 1850, and bore her hus- band the following children: T. J., who is in charge of the copper shipped by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company from Anaconda to Texas, with headquarters at Galveston, Texas; Mary, who mar- ried C. J. Tobin, claim agent for the American Railway Express Company at Cincinnati, Ohio; John, who is with the United Steel Company, lives at Chicago, Illinois; Henry, who operates the old homestead for his mother, lives at St. Martins, Ohio; Margaret, who married William Dunham, a rancher of Blanchester, Ohio; Catherine, who married John McConn, president of the Fayette- ville Bank, lives at Fayetteville, Ohio; R. A., whose name heads this review; and Anna, who is a teacher in the schools of St. Martins, Ohio.

Growing up in a wholesome home atmosphere, R. A. Kelly was taught to be industrious and thrifty by his excellent parents, and was sent to the pub- lic schools of his native place. He remained on the farm until eighteen years of age, but then feeling that his tastes would not be satisfied with a rural life, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and en- gaged with the Adams Express Company for a year, and then for the next two years was in that com- pany's Chicago office. The great copper interests be- gan to attract attention to Montana about this time, and Mr. Kelly felt that he was willing to take almost any position which would bring him into contact with the men who were developing such tremendous industries. Coming to Montana, he became a wiper for the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad, rising to be fireman and then locomotive engineer of that same road, and remaining with it until in January, 1917, when he bought the business of the Washoe Coal Company in partnership with W. H. Tuch- scherer, who is now in Siberia with the American Expeditionary Forces, so that the conduct of the company is entirely in Mr. Kelly's capable hands. This company conducts one of the leading coal businesses in this region, and the offices are at No. 209 Main Street, Anaconda, while the yards are along the tracks of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad. In addition to his coal inter- ests Mr. Kelly conducts a real estate and insur- ance business, operating extensively in the former, and representing the leading insurance companies in the latter line: His wide acquaintance gained dur- ing the nearly fourteen years he has been at Ana- conda has proved useful to him, and those who do business with him know that they will receive

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a fair and equitable deal and place implicit faith in his judgment.

On May 5, 1914, Mr. Kelly was married at Ana- conda to Miss Matilda Tuchscherer, a daughter of A. J. and Matilda (Trilling) Tuchscherer, of Ana- conda. Mr. Tuchscherer is now engaged in the ice business, but was the leading brewer of Deer- lodge County until his industry was closed by the war prohibition act. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly became the parents of the following children: Margaret, who was born February 21, 1915; Arthur Robert, who died at the age of nine months; and Edna Marie, who was born December 11, 1917.

Like his father and grandfather, Mr. Kelly is a strong democrat, but aside from voting the ticket of his party has not entered public life, although if he cared to do so there is no doubt but that he would poll a heavy vote on account of his per- sonal popularity. In him the Catholic Church has a consistent member. He belongs to Anaconda Council No. 882, Knights of Columbus, being both a third and fourth degree knight; and to the Lo- comotive Engineers' and Firemen's Association. Socially he finds congenial companionship at the Anaconda Club. Not only does he own his mod- ern residence at No. 621 West Fourth. Street, but another house at No. 409 Walnut Street, for he has faith in the future of Anaconda and proves it by investing in city realty as well as handling it. Keenly alert, Mr. Kelly has never let an oppor- tunity for advancement slip by him, provided he could take advantage of it without wronging an- other, and while he has been rising he has benefited his community in interesting outside capital and inducing those already here to invest their savings in homes of their own. Recognizing the fact that the owner of his home is a much more interested citizen than the man who drifts about as a renter, he feels that his work in the realty line is good patriotism as well as a sound business proposition, and he has other plans for the future looking to- ward a still further growth of the city. Genial and warmhearted, he makes and retains friends, and he and his wife are very popular in a congenial circle.

THOMAS A. GRIGG, M. D. Several years ago Doctor Grigg, who located at Butte in 1892, earned a place of genuine eminence in the profession of medicine and surgery in Montana. He was one of the earliest physicians and surgeons of Montana entitled to the distinction of specialist. He had been in practice for several years in Pennsylvania before he came to Montana, and he possessed means as well as the thorough training, upon locating at Butte, to confine his practice largely to the lines of his choice, as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and chest.

Doctor Grigg has also acquired extensive busi- ness interests in Montana, and in later years has had much to do with the public affairs of his home city. He was born on Prince Edward Island, Can- ada, February 1I, 1861, youngest child of Dr. Wil- liam and Willann (Daugherty) Grigg. His father was a native of England, was educated in London, and lived on Prince Edward Island from 1826 until his death at the age of eighty-one in 1881. He was a physician of fine talents, practiced his pro- fession many years, but accumulated his fortune chiefly through his extensive interests in the ship building industry. He married for his first wife a Miss Brooks, and of their nine children one is still living, Mary, whose home is at West Devon, Prince Edward Island. She is the widow of Josiah Pawe, who was a hotel proprietor and farmer. Dr. Wil-

liam Grigg by his second wife, who died at the age of fifty-six, had only two sons, John F. W. and Dr. Thomas A. The former is a farmer in Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island. -

His father being a man of wealth and substantial position, Thomas A. Grigg had every opportunity and encouragement to obtain the most complete qualifications for his chosen work. After leaving high school he studied medicine under his father and other physicians, and in 1883 entered the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. He was graduated from the Medical School of that university in 1887, with high honors and with recommendations from several members of the faculty, including men of wide re- nown in medicine and surgery. Doctor Grigg began practice at Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, in 1887, and remained there four years. At the same time he was doing advanced work in Philadelphia hos- pitals, including the Will Eye Hospital and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1891 he received a special diploma on the eye, ear. nose and throat and lungs from the Philadelphia Polyclinic.

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Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume II, Part 110

Author: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed Publication date: 1921 Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society Number of Pages: 1126

Author: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 1126