Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume II, Part 184

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

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In the summer of the following year he crossed the plains with an ox team, arriving at Virginia City, Montana, in August, 1863, and was engaged in placer mining at Alder Gulch for a few months. In 1864 he went to Helena and continued placer mining, working extensively at Last Chance Gulch, remov- ing from there to the Missouri Valley in the fall of 1865, and entered a claim for a homestead near the present site of Townsend, being one of the very earliest pioneers of Broadwater County. From then on until his death he was engaged in ranching and stock raising. He was a real Jeffersonian demo- crat, and a strong believer in free trade. For a num- ber of years he held the office of justice of the peace. By his first marriage he had two children, namely : Duane, who is a rancher living near Townsend, and LaFayette, who is a farmer of Nebraska. Moses Doggett was married secondly to Susan Rose, who survives him and lives near Valentine, Montana, with her daughter, Mrs. Ida Lyng. Mrs. Doggett was born in Indiana in 1838. She and her husband had the following children: Charles B., who is a rancher in the neighborhood of Townsend, served as sheriff for eight years, and also as assessor, be- ing elected on the democratic ticket; Jefferson D., whose name heads this review; James S., who is a rancher and stock raiser in the neighborhood of Fort Logan, Montana; L. R., who went to the Alas- kan gold fields in the early days, has remained there and is regarded as one of the successful miners of that territory; Ida, who married Frank Lyng, a ranchman of Valentine, Montana; Robert, who is a merchant of Helena, Montana, and Lillian, who was

a public school teacher of Helena, died in that city when she was thirty-five years of age.

Jefferson D. Doggett, who was the first white child born at Virginia City, was reared in what was Meagher County, but is now Broadwater County, attending its rural schools and remaining on his father's ranch until he was twenty years of age. During 1884 Mr. Doggett was in the stampede to Coeur d'Alene, and remained there for the re- mainder of that year, being engaged in placer min- ing, but in 1885 he ran a pack train from Thomp- son Falls, Montana, to Murray, Idaho. . In the fall of 1885 he returned to the Smith River Valley, and was engaged in ranching and the livestock business near White Sulphur Springs until 1898. Mr. Dog- gett then moved to his ranch on Duck Creek, fifteen miles northeast of Townsend, and still owns this valuable property of 7,000 acres, on which he car- ries on sheep raising upon an extensive scale. He also owns a ranch of 5,000 acres at Fort Logan, Montana, and a modern residence at Townsend.

In his political sentiments Mr. Doggett is a re- publican and was representative from Broadwater to the State Assembly during the Thirteenth Session in 1913, and is now chairman of the water board of Townsend, proving himself an upright and capable official, and one who is fully equal to any duties · assigned him.

For some time Mr. Doggett has been a member of the board of directors of the Montana Life Insur- ance Company, but his most important connection with the financial and commercial life of his com- munity is that of vice president of the Townsend State Bank. According to the last statement of the bank its capital is $100,000; its surplus and undi- vided profits, $17,011.81, and its deposits $696,544.35. The officials of the bank are as follows: J. P. Kearns, president; J. D. Doggett, vice president ; N. O. Bowman, vice president; P. H. Murphy, cashier, and J. W. Seibold, assistant cashier. The board of directors is as follows: D. J. McCarthy, John Hines, Sr., Con Sweeney, Jeff Doggett, N. O. Bowman, J. P. Kearns and P. H. Murphy, all men of high standing in Broadwater County.

In 1896 Mr. Doggett was married at Diamond City, Montana, to Miss Amelia Schreiber, a daugh- ter of Philip and Mary (Yochum) Schreiber, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. Schreiber was a successful merchant at Pomeroy. Ohio, where he located after coming to the United States from Germany, where he was born. His advent into this country occurred when he was quite young, and he had the advantage of being reared here. He was not spared to live very long after his marriage. Mrs. Doggett is a graduate of the Pomeroy High School. Mr. and Mrs. Doggett became the parents of one son, Howard J., who was born on January 27, 1903, attended the Townsend High School for two years and is now a student of the high school at Long Beach, California.

Well known in Masonry, Mr. Doggett belongs to Valley Lodge No. 21, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Townsend; Helena Consistory, No. 3, Scottish Rite, in which he has been made a Thirty- second Degree Mason, and Algeria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Helena, Montana. He is also a member of Helena Lodge No. 193, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Montana Club of Helena and the Town- send Commercial Club.

During the late war Mr. Doggett took a very active part in all local war activities, and was chair- man of the War Savings drives, and helped to put all of them over the top. A man of genial person-

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ality, he is one of the most popular men in Broad- water County, and is recognized as one of the region's best types of American citizenry, one who can be depended upon to respond quickly and gen- erously to any call made upon his sympathies or patriotism, and to influence others to follow his ex- cellent example. Mr. Doggett is a product of the West and is very proud of the fact, as he has every reason to be, and his fellow citizens are proud of him and what he has accomplished for them and for this section.

SAMUEL K. CAMPBELL, M. D. The community of Harlowton, which has had Doctor Campbell as a residence since 1907, has been fortunate not only in the skill he has exemplified in his profession, but in the energetic responsiveness he has exhibited to all the interests and welfare of the people and the city.

Doctor Campbell spent his early life in the state of Missouri. He was born in Johnson County De- cember 1, 1880. His parents, Robert Lee and Lydia (Huff) Campbell, were natives of the same state. His father was for many years a farmer and later engaged in banking at Warrensburg.

Samuel K. Campbell was the oldest of six chil- dren, and grew up on his father's farm in Henry County, Missouri. He acquired a substantial edu- cation, at first in the district schools, and subse- quently graduated from the high school at War- rensburg and the Missouri State Normal School of that city. Though he had some experience as a merchandise clerk, his mind was set on a profes- sional career, and he acquired his first knowledge of medicine while at home. He then entered the medical department of St. Louis University, grad- uating in 1905. A few months later he came to Montana and practiced at Bozeman fifteen months before he moved to Harlowton on April 19, 1907. Since then his name has become synonymous with the very best abilities as a physician and surgeon. He served as local surgeon at Harlowton for the Mil- waukee Railway, and has been health officer of Wheatland County since the county was organized. He was a member of the Wheatland County Ex- emption Board from May 17, 1917, until the close of the war, and gave much of his time to the exam- ination of the county's quota of men for the army service. Doctor Campbell was appointed a member of Governor Stewart's staff as surgeon. general in 1913 and served until 1917. He is a member of the Montana Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and is also a member of the United States Public Health Association.

A busy man in his profession, he has yet found time to perform a wide routine of duty in his home city. For the past ten years he has held the offices of city clerk and city treasurer of Harlowton, and for eight years has been chairman of the City School Board. Doctor Campbell is a democrat, and is re- garded as one of the party leaders in his section of the state. He has some extensive farming and cattle raising interests in Wheatland County, on Hopley Creek.

Doctor Campbell is a member of the Kappa Sigma and Phi Beta Pi college fraternities, and is affiliated with Musselshell Lodge No. 69, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Harlowton Chapter No. 22, Royal Arch Masons; Palestine Commandery No. 18, Knights Templar; Algeria Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Helena, and Bozeman Lodge No. 463 of the Elks. He is a member of the Christian Church, while Mrs. Campbell is a Presbyterian. Doctor Campbell has been able to do a great deal of hard, concentrated work in his life, and he owes that ability partly

to the sound constitution he developed as a farm boy, and also to his later avocations, which have taken him much out of doors. He has hunted and fished, is a follower of outdoor sports, and an en- thusiastic motorist.

October 12, 1910, Doctor Campbell married Miss Laura Foote, of Redwing, Minnesota. They have three children: Robert Edwin, Samuel K., Jr., and Jean Catherine.

WILLIAM C. HUSBAND, city attorney of Harlow- ton, organizer of the Farmers' National Bank of this city, and one of the best attorneys of Wheatland County, is widely and favorably known throughout this part of the state. He was born at Guelph, On- tario, Canada, on February 23, 1882, a son of Wil- liam N. and Agnes (McLagan) Husband, the for- mer of whom was born at\ Hamilton, On- tario, Canada, in 1848, and the latter at Mitchell, Ontario, Canada, in 1854. Of their ten children nine survive, and William C. Husband is the sec- ond in order of birth. William N. Husband was a merchant tailor at Guelph, Ontario, Canada, where he lived until 1889, and then came to the United States and located at Hensel, North Dakota, where he was engaged in farming. Subsequently he went into a grain and agricultural implement business at Hensel, North Dakota, and conducted it until his retirement in 1918. In politics he is a republican, and he served as county drainage commissioner for some time, making an excellent record in that office. In 1913 he was elected to the Lower House of the State Assembly, and re-elected in 1915, serving for two terms, and being connected with the introduc- tion and passage of some important legislation.

William C. Husband attended the public schools of Pembina County, North Dakota, and the uni- versity of that state, from which he was graduated in 1907, having taken the legal course. That same year he was admitted to practice in the courts of North Dakota, and was engaged for a time in prac- tice at Grand Forks. In the fall of 1908 he was ad- mitted to the bar in Montana, and came to Harlow- ton in December of that year, since which time he has become one of the leading members of his pro- fession in Wheatland County. Prior to the organi- zation of Wheatland County Mr. Husband served as deputy county attorney of Meagher County for seven years, and is now serving his fourth consecu- tive term as city attorney of Harlowton. A repub- lican, he has been extremely effective in the party organization, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1912. A booster for Harlowton, he has been president of the Com- mercial Club for two terms, and did and is doing much for the industrial and financial development of the city. For two years he was in executive charge of the Meagher County Fair Association, and largely responsible for the successful conduct of these ex- hibitions, which in his opinion are strong factors in promoting the community welfare and arousing local pride. There are few measures which come before the public in which Mr. Husband does not take an effective interest, for he is very public spir- ited and advanced in his ideas. The Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias hold his membership and receive his fraternal fealty.

On June 12, 1910, Mr. Husband was married to Miss Eva May Stevens, born at Russell, Ontario, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Husband have three chil- dren, namely : Gordon R., Jean Campbell and Evelyn Agnes.

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logically from his premises. He treats law as a science, founded upon established principles, and because of his methods he receives a large share of the legal business of this region, for his clients know that their interests will be handled ably and fairly, and his uniform dignified procedure inspires the respect of his associates in the profession.

Mr. Husband has a wide and most favorable repu- tation as a trial lawyer; in fact, a large proportion of his business is devoted to that branch of the law. This, however, would necessarily follow in line with his splendid abilities as an orator and public speaker, possessing as he does a forceful and at the same time time a convincing personality on any subject he has in hand.

BENJAMIN T. STEVENS. Upon the roll of repre- sentative citizens and prominent and influential busi- ness men of the southern part of Montana con- sistently appears the name of Benjamin T. Stevens, of Harlowton. He is one of those sturdy spirits who have contributed largely to the material welfare of the locality in which he resides. He has been a resident of this community for a number of years, during which time he has gradually won his way into the affections of the people, for he possesses those sterling qualities of character which commend themselves to persons of intelligence and the highest morality.

Benjamin T. Stevens was born in Waldo County, Maine, on October 28, 1864, and is the son of Shelito and Mary (Reckleiff) Stevens. Both parents were also natives of Waldo County, the former born in 1830 and the latter in 1840, and both are deceased, the father dying in 1914, at the age of eighty-four years, and the mother in 1886, at the age of forty- six years. Of the ten children born to these worthy parents six are still living. Shelito Stevens taught school in his younger days, but eventually engaged in the lumber business. He hewed a farm out of the wilderness in Waldo County and became a suc- cessful general farmer and stock raiser. He was a lover of horses and owned a number of standard bred animals, and also blooded cattle. He was a Quaker in his religious belief and in politics was a democrat, though not an aspirant for public office.

Benjamin T. Stevens spent his boyhood days on the paternal farmstead in "old rock-ribbed Maine," working for his father during the summer and attending the district school during the winter time. Later he spent his summers in sawmill work until seventeen years old, when, being ambitious to strike out for himself, he came to White Sulphur Springs, Montana, the journey being made by rail to Butte, thence by stage to White Sulphur Springs, where he arrived in the spring of 1882. Here he obtained employment on a sheep ranch, where he rode the range for a time. Later he engaged in mining in Thompson Gulch, but a year later he returned to his former occupation on a sheep and cattle ranch. In 1898 Mr. Stevens went to Alaska, where he spent three years in prospecting and mining, then for a similar period he was engaged in the mercantile business at Coldfoot. At the end of that period he disposed of his holdings there and returned to Mon- tana and became associated with the Winnecook Live Stock Company in the capacity of manager. Two years later he became identified with the Urner Merchandise Company, with whom he remained until 1915. He remained connected in a financial way with the Winnecook Company up to 1917. In February, 1915, Mr. Stevens engaged in the real estate business at Harlowton under the name of the Stevens Realty Company, and during the subsequent years he has handled an enormous quantity of city

and farm land. Careful and methodical in his deals, he has been a safe and sound advisor in matters re- lating to property and his opinion on values is sidered authoritative.

Mr. Stevens has taken a keen interest in every- thing looking to the upbuilding of this section and is a stockholder in the Continental Bank and Trust Company and a stockholder in the T. J. Donnellen Live Stock Company, which does a big business in the buying and selling of cattle. He has taken a deep interest in educational matters and has served as a member of the school board during the past five years. He has also served three terms, 1914- 16-18, as alderman from the Third Ward, and has consistently stood for the best things for the com- munity.

Politically Mr. Stevens is a stanch supporter of the republican party, while, fraternally he was a member of Star of the West Lodge No. 38, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, but demitted and be- came a charter member of Musselshell Lodge No. 69, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Harlow- ton.

On February 5, 1908, Mr. Stevens was married to Elizabeth E. Ring, nee Doran, a native of Illinois, and they are the parents of one son, Edwin Shelito. Mr. Stevens is a man of pleasing personal address and enjoys the friendship of all who know him.

JACOB H. KARNOP, one of the substantial business men of Harlowton, has had a somewhat varied ex- perience and has brought out of it ample means and a good knowledge of men and their motives. His garage and supply business is one of the best in the county, and he holds the confidence. and re- spect of his associates and competitors.

Jacob H. Karnop was born on his father's farm in Crawford County, Wisconsin, January 17, 1866, a son of Fred and Wilhelmina Karnop, both of whom are deceased. They were natives of Germany, who came to the United States at an early day and be- came pioneers of Wisconsin. Of their six children but two are now living, and of them all Jacob H was the third in order of birth. All of the efforts of Fred Karnop were devoted to farming, and he became a successful man in his calling. Growing up in his native county, Jacob H. Karnop learned to be a good farmer, and at the same time attended school in the rural districts. In 1876 he came to Deerlodge County, Montana, making the trip over- land with pack horses, and later to what was then the Musselshell Valley in Meagher County, but now included in Wheatland County. For some years thereafter he rode the range as a cowboy, and then in 1891 invested his savings in a ranch and embarked in the cattle business, in which he continued until 1907, when he sold it and located at Harlowton. Realizing that there was a good opening for a first class garage and supply business, in I911 he went into that line, and has built up an excellent trade. He is also the agent for this section of the Ford cars. Mr. Karnop has been very prominent as an official, serving as city marshal for several terms, deputy sheriff for several terms, and has been deputy stock inspector for a number of years. In politics he is an independent. Fraternally he belongs to the Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen of America.

On March 9, 1895, Mr. Karnop was married to Ida Smith, a native of Missouri, and they became the parents of six children, namely: Katherine, Frelda, Herman, Hubert, Lucile, and one who died in infancy. A hardworking man, Mr. Karnop has always sought to do his full duty in whatever posi- tion he was placed, and when the enforcement of law and order was in his capable hands he proved him-

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self worthy of the confidence reposed in him by his courageousness in pursuing the wrongdoer and insisting that there be no infringement of the law so far as lay in his power.

WILLIAM H. CHENEY. One of the chief figures in all the region about Sidney is William H. Cheney, whose life has been given to the Northwest, and more especially to Montana, where his interests have been centered for more than fifty-five years. He is now a farmer, cultivating one of the fertile tracts of the locality around Sidney, and Richland . num- bers him among her highly respected citizens. Al- though so long identified with the interests of Mon- tana and the Northwest, Mr. Cheney is a native son of Ohio, born in Harrison County August 1, 1838, and he grew up in the home of a successful farmer there and in Iowa, to which latter commonwealth his parents had moved in 1844. His father, Elzy Cheney, was born in Maryland, and he was a son of Elzy Cheney, of Pennsylvania birth, but who subsequently settled in Maryland, where he became a drover and farmer. He was the father of several children, in- cluding Joshua and Elzy, and he died in Harrison County, Ohio. Elzy Cheney, the son, married Susanna McDaniel, a daughter of Joseph McDaniel. a Scotchman. Mrs. Cheney died at Sublett, Missouri, at the home of her son, Alfred. Her children who attained years of maturity comprised three sons and three daughters, namely: Hannah and Mary, who married brothers, Thomas and Robert Henry, and all lived in Harrison County, Ohio; Alfred, who died in Sublett, Missouri; William Henry, of Sidney, Montana; Elzy, who died near Bentonsport, Iowa; Sarah, who became the wife of John Harrison and died at Grays Harbor, Washington. Mrs. Harri- son at her death left the following children: Wil- liam, of Abilene, Kansas; Mary, who married George Hodge, of Springfield, Missouri; Elzy, of Aberdeen, Washington; Reason, of Los Angeles, California; Martin, of Aberdeen, Washington, and Susie, who is the housekeeper for her uncle, Wil- liam H. Cheney.

When the family located in Iowa they established their home in Lee County, on Honey Creek, eight miles west of West Point, where the father died within a month, leaving his widow with four small children to rear and provide for. William was the second child in age, and with his brothers he did some successful small farming for a year or two, and then joined Billy Criswell in the purchase of one of the first threshing machines brought into that country. During the two years the partners fol- lowed threshing they made money, and William Cheney gained a capital of $1,000 or $2,000 before he attained the years of maturity. But pre- vious to taking up this enterprise he had worked in a coal bank for wages, and by this means as well as by farming he created the capital which enabled him to buy the threshing outfit. When the machine was sold after the second year the partners sepa- rated, Mr. Criswell going to California and Mr. Cheney decided to cast in his lot with the West. Soon afterward with some companions he went to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he purchased two yoke of cattle from Billie Waddell, the junior member of the firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell, and equipped himself for the long and hazardous trip to Cali- fornia. His companions soon became disheartened and discouraged and returned home on an early boat, and Mr. Cheney then sold his oxen to Mr. Waddell and hired to Jones & Cartwright, a sub-contracting firm under Russell, Majors & Waddell.

Mr. Cheney's first freighting trip was to Denver in 1859, which was accomplished without Indian Vol. 11-42

troubles, and on reaching their destination the goods were unloaded in the company's warehouse, and he returned to Leavenworth with the same train. The chief incident of the journey was the tremendous hail storm which struck them and turned over a wagon, but although their damage was slight, the storm almost destroyed a wagon train of pilgrim emigrants a day behind them and rendered them helpless.

Mr. Cheney's second trip into the West was be- gun at Nebraska City and the same outfit took goods to Fort Laramie, where Mr. Cheney spent the win- ter engaged in herding the company's cattle, his companion being known as "Old Pat, the Irishman." It was while at Fort Laramie that he heard of the outbreak of the rebellion, and in the spring with Billie Comstock he was ordered to Fort Pierre, South Dakota, with dispatches from the Government to General Harney, ordering that general to Santa Fe. But after starting he was turned back with orders to go to Leavenworth, and the dragoons under his command almost all went south, deserting the army, and taking possession of a boat on the Mis- souri, entered the Confederate service. At Leaven- worth Mr. Cheney was given a Government team and ordered to Fort Scott, Kansas, with a train of wagons, and spending the winter there he returned to Leavenworth in the following spring, where he was engaged in herding mules for two months and was then made wagon master of a train of twenty- five wagons and ordered to join other outfits and proceed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, with quarter- master stores. On the return trip a prairie fire in- tercepted them, and one train was entirely destroyed by the fire and another run through by a herd of buffalo running from the fire. Reaching Leaven- worth, Mr. Cheney was transferred to Kansas City, to Gen. Tom Ewing's command, where he was en- gaged in gathering supplies during the winter, cache- ing them at Kansas City, was sent back to Leaven- worth the following spring, and was then sent upon Government orders to Fort Smith, Arkansas, and assumed charge of his company's transportation de- partment as master of transportation. From there he was ordered to St. Louis to assume charge of transportation for General Sully, who had been ordered to fit out an expedition up the Missouri River to cope with the Sioux uprisings occurring in this region. The trip up the Missouri began at St. Joe, five loaded wagons comprising the train out- fit for the expedition, and at Sioux City they found the Sixth and Seventh Iowa and Major Brackett's Cavalry, and the entire outfit journeyed overland. to Montana, reaching the Yellowstone River at Searss Crossing, and proceeded down stream to Fort Union crossing the river there. The Sixth Iowa was dropped at the first ferry to guard it, while the other troops followed on to Fort Union. They were then in the country of the hostiles, and the Indians followed them down the river, but on the other side, and at the same time the opposite hills were covered with the red skins, waiting the opportunity to strike, but fortunately for the troops the opportune time never arrived. The train proceeded eastward to Bismarck, and Mr. Cheney built the bridge across Apple Creek over which the train proceeded to Fort Rice, where they joined the cavalry they had left there, also the Thirtieth Wisconsin, which had helped construct that fort.

In 1865 Mr. Cheney's train was ordered on the Devil's Lake trip into Dakota under General Sully, and several months were spent on this trip. In 1866 he made a trip into Montana, this time by boat from Fort Pierre and under the command of Colonel Reeves. They proceeded up the Missouri

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River to Camp Cook, above the month of Judith River, where the needed supplies for the camp were left with the quartermaster, the troops immediately returning to Fort Rice to bring back the wives of the soldiers to Fort Buford, from whence they again went down the old Missouri for the last time. At Omaha in 1866 Mr. Cheney turned over everything. men, teams and supplies, and was ordered back to Fort Sully to assist in the construction of that fort, remaining there four years, when he was trans- ferred to St. Paul, and there came under the com- mand of General Hollabird, chief quartermaster of the army. During his service, Mr. Cheney hauled the first lumber for the building of Fort Pembina on the Red River of the North, loading the lumber at Anoka, on the Mississippi River, 2,000 feet to the load, and at the expiration of his year's service he bought teams of condemned mules and engaged in the teaming business for himself, spending two win- ters in Winnipeg, and during the course of his work there hauled the lumber for the building of one wing of the new penitentiary. His next employment was with Mr. Rideout, the American contractor for timbers for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He had fourteen teams engaged in this work, but the work proved disastrous to him financially, as he lost all his teams but one in the epidemic of epizootic then pre- vailing.

Returning in the following year to Montana, Mr. Cheney went back into the locality where he had made his frontier friends, first stopping near the present site of Sidney and for two or three years

following furnished wood for fuel for boats on the Yellowstone, and when he finally abandoned this business he located in section 12 in the valley north of Sidney, following the Government survey. After a time he removed to section 10, subsequently enter- ing a quarter of the section, and he has since been a permanent resident of the locality. For thirty years he has continued his residence on his ranch in section 10, participating in the development of this fertile valley and associating in its business and civic affairs. His half section is devoted to alfalfa and the improvements on the place represent the work of his hands or have been done under his com- mand, and his pasture lands back in the hills are splendidly watered. His cattle brand is known as "VC" and the extent of his cattle industry placed him among the prominent shippers of the region. His first home in section 10 was a log shack of two rooms, which in time gave place to his present home of six rooms, and his barns and sheds are ample for the housing of his stock.

Mr. Cheney cast his first presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln in Missouri in 1860 and throughout his life he has been a consistent supporter of repub- lican principles. His father was a supporter of the old-time whig party. Mr. Cheney has never mar- ried.

On December 13, 1920, Mr. Cheney died suddenly at Albuquerque, New Mexico, of apoplexy. Tem- porary interment was at Los Angeles, California, December 27, 1920.

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Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume II, Part 184

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