Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume II, Part 91

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

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In 1904, at St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Guinzy mar- ried Caroline Baima, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Baima, of Collinsville, Illinois, where Mr.

Baima is a coal miner. To Mr. and Mrs. Guinzy have been born two children, Cleda, born February 14, 1905, and Olivia, born October 31, 1907.

Plain and unassuming in manner, Mr. Guinzy has so ordered his life that today he occupies an envi- able position in the community with which he has cast his lot and to the general progress of which he is contributing in a very definite way.

HUGH ALLAN MACMILLAN, M. D. A physician and surgeon whose services have been greatly ap- preciated in Dillon since he began practice there six or seven years ago, Doctor MacMillan has never neglected an opportunity to improve his abilities and increase his experience. By hard work he paid his expenses through medical college and after grad- nating took several special courses both in this coun- try and abroad.

As his name indicates, he is of Scotch ancestry and was born in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, January 25, 1882. His grandfather, Angus Laugh- lin MacMillan, was a native of Inverness, Scot- land, born in 1806, married a Scotch girl, Ann Mac- Donald, and became one of the pioneer settlers of Lake Ainslie in County Inverness, Nova Scotia. He lived on a farm there and died in 1884. Many of his descendants are still found in that typically Scotch community. His son, Neil MacMillan, father of Doctor MacMillan, was born in the same county of Nova Scotia in October, 1838, and spent all his life there, for many years being a successful merchant. He died in May, 1913. He was a con- servative in politics and was a brother of Rev. Hugh MacMillan of Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, a Presbyte- rian clergyman and long one of the most prominent Liberals in Canadian politics. Neil MacMillan was a member of the city council for twenty-four years and never knew a defeat in any political campaign. Many of the MacMillans have become prominent in professions. Neil MacMillan was probably the most prominent member and active supporter of the Presbyterian Church in his community. He was also an Orangeman, and at one time he was in the Cana- dian forces which put down a rebellion. The Cana- dian government did not formally recognize his serv- ices until in 1914, a year after his death, when his widow received a $100 bonus for the military duty he performed. Neil MacMillan married Miss Chris- tine MacDougall, who was born at Lake Ainslie in 1843 and is still living there. Her father, Hector MacDougall, was a native of Scotland and a pioneer farmer in Inverness County of Nova Scotia. He mar- ried Ann MacLain, who was born in Scotland in 1803. and she died at Lake Ainslie in 1896, at the age of ninety-three. Neil MacMillan and wife had the following children: Annie B., wife of Jack Mac- Dougall, a plasterer and contractor at Boston, Massa- chusetts; Elizabeth, who died at the age of twenty- one; Mae C., living at Boston, widow of Dan Mac- Millan, who was a school teacher : Angus L., a car- penter and builder at Butte, Montana; Jennie M., at home with her mother ; Doctor MacMillan; and four other children that died in infancy.

Doctor MacMillan attended the public schools of Lake Ainslie and in 1896 graduated from the Why- cocomagh Academy. Following that for several years he was employed in different vocations in Bos- ton and in 1901 came out to Butte, Montana. For two years he worked for Dr. O. Y. Warren at Warren Springs, and then returned to Butte and spent a year and a half in the carpenter shop of the Rarus mine. While he was earning a living by different occupa- tions, he had for several years definitely made up his mind to become a physician and all the money he could save was set aside to complete his educa-

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tion. For several summers until 1909 he worked for the Butte Street Railway. He acquired his medi- cal education during the regular winter sessions of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Balti- more, Maryland, and graduated with his M. D. de- gree on June 3, 1910. While at Baltimore he was a member of the Delta Delta Chapter of the Phi Chi college fraternity. Doctor MacMillan attended the New York Post Graduate School in 1914-15, and was awarded a special diploma in surgery. He also has a special degree in diseases of the chest as a result of post-graduate work done at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore. In 1919 Doctor MacMillan went abroad and took special courses in the University of Edinburgh.

He began practice in 1910 at Helena with Dr. George H. Barber and Doctor Tracy. While there he was contract physician and surgeon for the Holter & Hauser Lake Dams Company until that piece of construction was completed. In 1912 he removed to Elk Horn, Jefferson County, and in January, 1913, began his career at Dillon, where he enjoys a large general medical and surgical practice. He . was absent from his practice for about a year during the late war. January 21, 1918, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps and was assigned to special duty as a surgeon at Little Rock, Arkansas, in General Hospital No. 33. He was mustered out January 1I, 1919. He was recommend- ed for promotion shortly after joining the service, and received his commission as captain in the Re- serve Corps shortly after receiving his discharge from active service. Doctor MacMillan served as county physician in 1915 and is a member of the Silver Bow, Montana State and American Medical associations. His offices are in the Telephone Build- ing at Dillon.

Doctor MacMillan is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which faith he was reared, is affiliated with the Arcanna Lodge No. 110, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Baltimore, is a member of Scot- tish Rite Consistory No. 2 at Butte and Bagdad Temple of the Mystic Shrine of the same city. He is also a member of Virginia City Lodge No. 390 of the Elks.

May 5, 1909, at Newark, New Jersey, Doctor Mac- Millan married Miss Ellen Morgan Bowling, daugh- ter of E. Gill and Nan (Hawkins) Bowling. They have one son, Hugh Allan, Jr., born September 28, 1912. Mrs. MacMillan is member of a very promi- nent family of Maryland. Her father was a Mary- land business man and a son of Colonel Bowling, one of the prominent men of the state in his time. His estate was divided among fourteen children, E. Gill Bowling being the only son. Mrs. MacMillan's mother is still living at Cumberland, Maryland. Her father, Doctor Hawkins, was one of the first gradu- ates of the University of Maryland, and lived on a grant of land in Charles County at La Plata which had been acquired by the family direct from the Crown.

HUGH D. PAGE. Sound education strengthens the character and makes possible successful opera- tion along varied lines and constructive achieve- ment which will serve as an inspiration for activi- ties of the best sort. Hugh D. Page, now repre- senting one of the leading nursery houses of the West at Billings, is an example of the progress which can be made by a professional man in the marts of trade. He was born at Glennville, Minne- sota, October 21, 1879, a son of J. R. Page, and a grandson of Abraham Page. The Page family originated in Holland, but representatives of it

came to the American colonies many years ago, and, locating in Pennsylvania, were instrumental in de- veloping that province into one of the original thir- teen states of the Union. Abraham Page was born at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and died at LaPorte, Indiana, at the age of sixty-five years, before the birth of Hugh D. Page. A farmer, he moved to Indiana in 1845, seeking better opportunities for acquiring land at reasonable prices, and was one of the pioneers of LaPorte. He was married to Mary Shriveley, born in Pennsylvania, who also died at LaPorte.

J. R. Page was born at Williamsport, Pennsyl- vania, and died at Glennville, Minnesota, in De- cember, 1918. Until he was seven years old the family lived at Williamsport, but at that time re- moval was made to Indiana, and there he was reared and lived until some time after his marriage. His first business venture was that of operating a clothing business, and he later became interested in conducting a large farm. When he was thirty years of age, in 1868, he moved to Glennville, Min- nesota, and there managed a large farm until his death. First a republican, he later espoused the principles of the prohibition party and voted for its candidates. For two terms he served as a com- missioner of Freeborn County, Minnesota. Before leaving Indiana he had united with the Baptist Church, but after he went to Minnesota he joined the United Brethren Church, and was very active in its work. J. R. Page was married to Matilda Mimmum, born at Meadowville, Pennsylvania, in 1839, and died at Glennville in May, 1914. Their children were as follows: Joseph Simon, who is a farmer of Glennville; Ada, who married O. S. Geesey, a stockman of Dupree, South Dakota; J. J., who is a clothing merchant of Northwood, Iowa; True R., who is a photographer of Brown's Valley, Minnesota; William A., who is baggageman at the Union Depot of Billings; and Hugh D., whose name heads this review.

Hugh D. Page attended the public schools of his native place, and was graduated from its high school. He then became a student of the Southern Minne- sota Normal School at Austin, and was graduated from the commercial and teacher's courses in 18-8. Entering the Austin Law College of Austin, Minne- sota, he was graduated therefrom in 1901 with the degree of Doctor of Law, and for the subsequent three years he was in the office of Judge S. T. Lit- tleton of Owatonna, Minnesota. An opening oc- curring, Mr. Page embarked in a real estate busi- ness at Owatonna, and continued to operate it until 1909. Having in the meanwhile become interested in the work of beautifying property by the proper planting of trees and shrubs, in 1909 he associated himself with the Jewell Nursery Company, and in that line of endeavor found congenial and remunera- tive work. While with that company he covered Montana and Wyoming, and in 1913 located at Billings, where he has since resided. In 1913 he resigned his position with the Jewell people and incorporated the Page-Clark Seed and Nursery Company of Billings and continued its president until 1917, in that year severing his connections to become manager for the Montana Farmers Seed Company, with which he remained for a year. In the fall of 1918 he incorporated the Page Nursery Company to handle trees, shrubs and plants, with offices at No. 12, First National Bank Building. Independent in his political views, Mr. Page has been a justice of the peace, having served as such at Glennville. The Baptist Church holds his mem- bership, and he served it during 1917 as trustee and clerk. Fraternally he belongs to Owatonna Lodge,

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Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and the Illi- nois United Commercial Travelers.

In 1903 Mr. Page was united in marriage at Owatonna, Minnesota, to Miss Jessie M. Gleason, a daughter of Emerson and Mary (Fate) Gleason. Mr. Gleason is a stockbuyer, and he and his wife still reside at Owatonna. Mrs. Page was graduated from the Austin Business College, and she, too, be- longs to the Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Page have the following children : Winfield Emerson, who was born May 23, 1904; Harlan Kenneth, who was born December 28, 1907; Maxine Violetta, who was born May 12, 1912; and Lorraine Virginia, who was born August I, 1916. Scrupulously upright in his dealings, Mr. Page has inspired confidence wher- ever he has been associated with business or pro- fessional duties, and his judgments of men and af- fairs are sound and sincere.

JOHN N. OSBORNE. The business of writing insur- ance as a vocation is one that has reached enor- mous proportions. This is not entirely due to the realization of the people of the growing necessity for proper protection, but in a large degree because the masses are being properly educated by men en- gaged in this line of endeavor of the benefits accru- ing from insurance. It is not every man who can . hope to achieve success in this field, and it is one that demands the possession of peculiar gifts and characteristics, and the man who is desirous of be- ing successful in the sale of this commodity must not only understand every angle of the business thoroughly, but be a competent judge of human na- ture, possessed in a remarkable degree of that faculty which enables him to speak logically and forcibly upon his subject, and be persevering and indefatigably industrious. Montana has long been the home of some of the most capable insurance agents in the West, and one who has been a leader in his field for several years is John N. Osborne of Lewistown.

Mr .. Osborne was born on his father's farm in Vernon County, Missouri, May 12, 1878, a son of John M. and Lydia (Hornback) Osborne, the former born in Tennessee, April 9, 1850, and the latter in Illinois, April 5, 1853. They were married in Vernon County, Missouri, and became the parents of six children, five surviving, and John N. being the third in order of birth. John M. Osborne continued to be engaged in farming in Vernon County, Missouri, until 1888, in which year he came to Gallatin County, Montana, but after remaining some time returned to Missouri and later desposed of his farm. In 1896 he again came to Montana, this time to locate perma- nently with his family in Gallatin County, where he has since been extensively engaged in grain and hay farming. He is one of the prominent men in the Baptist Church, and in politics is a democrat.

John N. Osborne secured a public school educa- tion in Missouri, and remained with his parents until he reached the age of seventeen years. At that time he struck out on his own account, coming to Gallatin County, Montana, where he obtained employment on a ranch. He next took up the business of sheep shearing, which he followed for twelve years, and followed this by a period of working at his trade of carpenter and subsequent operations in the field of contracting and building at Moore, where he re- mained about three years. Still he had not found his proper vocation, nor did he do so until he started selling life insurance for the Montana Life Insur- ance Company. Realizing that this was his forte, he applied himself whole heartedly to learning its every detail, and so successful did he become that at the end of three years he was made general agent

of the concern. In March, 1915, he established his office in the Montana Building at Lewiston, where he still remains. Mr. Osborne has been successful in the securing and placing of some large policies and in forming a wide circle of friendships. He is a democrat in his political views, although not a poli- tician. As a fraternalist he belongs to Lewiston Lodge No. 37, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Helena Consistory No. 3, thirty-second degree; and Algeria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and Lewiston Lodge No. 456, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

On December 25, 1910, Mr. Osborne was married to Miss Bertha J. Weston, who was born in Kansas, daughter of William C. and Etha (Bock) Weston, the former born in Boston, Massachusetts, and the latter in Illinois. There were six children in the family, of whom five are living, and Mrs. Osborne is the fourth in order of birth. As a young man Mr. Weston journeyed westward to Kansas, and after his marriage made his way to White Sulphur. Springs, Montana, where he was for some years en- gaged in freighting. His home is now in Fergus County, where he is a prominent cattle man. He is a republican in his political views. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne are the parents of three children: Mabel Clair, Bessie Mildred and John Weston.

WILLIAM O. HUTCHINSON. The representative and honored citizen of Wilsall whose name forms the caption to this review has been distinctively the archi- tect of his own fortunes, has been true and loyal in all the relations of life and stands as a type of that sterling manhood which ever commands respect and honor. He is a man who would have won his way in any locality where fate might have placed him, for he has sound judgment, coupled with great en- ergy and business tact, together with upright prin- ciples, all of which make for success wherever and whenever they are rightfully and persistently ap- plied. By reason of these principles he has won and retained a host of friends in whatever com- munity he is known.

William O. Hutchinson traces his family line back to sterling old English ancestry, his progenitors having come to this country in colonial days. His father, E. W. Hutchinson, was born in 1833 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, but was reared to manhood about fifty miles north of St. Louis, Mis- souri. Upon reaching mature years he took up farming as a vocation, which he followed until 1853, when, lured by the stories of fortunes to be found in the gold diggings of the coast, he went to Cali- fornia, where he prospected for three years. He then returned by way of the Isthmus of Panama. across the Gulf of Mexico and up the Mississippi River, settling near Wright City, Warren County, Missouri, where he engaged in farming. In the fall of 1866 he removed to a farm in Macon County, Missouri, where he remained until a few years before his death, when he located in Jacksonville, Missouri, where his death occurred in 1910.

Politically E. W. Hutchinson was an ardent demo- crat and took a prominent part in public affairs in the several communities where he lived. While a resident of Macon County, Missouri, he served one term as county judge and one term as presiding judge, and at the time of his death he was serv- ing as mayor of Jacksonville. Religiously he was an earnest member of the Christian church, to which he gave active and consistent support. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was chaplain of his lodge at the time of his death.

E. W. Hutchinson married Sarah Elizabeth Cole- man, who was born in 1828 in Trimble County,

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Kentucky, and who died at Jacksonville, Missouri, in 1912. To them were born five children, namely : Atta, who died at the age of twenty-one years ; William O., the immediate subject of this sketch; Jesse, who died in infancy; Charles B., who is a practicing osteopathic physician at Duluth, Minne- sota; and Edgar P., a farmer and real estate broker at Moberly, Missouri.

William O. Hutchinson received his elementary education in the rural schools of Macon County, Missouri, after which he was for two years a stu- dent in the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mis- souri. Leaving that institution in 1882, he taught two terms of school in Missouri and then came to Helena, Montana, and spent one season as a farmer. He then engaged in teaching school at Prickly Pear Valley, where East Helena now stands, at the time of the construction of the smelter theme, and was thus employed there seven years, until 1892, the greater part of the time as principal. He also taught in another district in the Prickly Pear Valley and in Beaver Creek Valley. During this period Mr. Hutchinson not only made a splendid record as an educator, but impressed his character upon the people to such an extent that he was appointed postmaster of East Helena under Presi- dent Grover Cleveland, serving five years in that position. He also bought a drug store in East Helena, which he conducted until 1900, when he sold it. Mr. Hutchinson was elected county com- missioner of Lewis and Clark County, serving five years, and then became associated with Lonis Pen- well in the sheep business, the firm being known as the Riverside Land and Livestock Company. The company was formed in 1903 and Mr. Hutchinson was managing director of the business until 1907, when he was put in full charge as general fore- man, serving as such until the company sold its interests in 1909. In 1910 Mr. Hutchinson became connected with the Montana Life Insurance Com- pany as inspector of farm loans, in which capacity he traveled all over Montana. In 1912 he severed his connection with that company and, joining in- terests with S. S. Working bought the leading mer- cantile concern at Wilsall. They incorporated the Wilsall Mercantile Company, with the following officers : President, William O. Hutchinson; vice president, V. L. Sherwin; secretary-treasurer and general manager, S. S. Working. The store is lo- cated at the corner of Elliott and Clark streets, and one evidence of the phenomenal growth of their business is the fact that they were compelled to build a splendid new business block, 50 by 100 feet, with basement of the same size, fully cemented. They have their own steam and electric light plants and in every way the building is adapted to the pur- pose to which it is devoted. It is a department store and every department is kept well stocked with up-to-date styles and full lines of such goods as meet the requirements of the local trade. The store is known far and wide, trade being drawn from a radius of twenty-five miles.

Mr. Hutchinson is also interested in a number of other enterprises, among which are the Farmers State Bank of Wilsall, of which he is a director ; the Montana Life Insurance Company; the Conrad Trust and Savings Bank, of Helena; and is presi- dent of the Wilsall Townsite Company, which owns all the unsold platted lots of the townsite of Wilsall. He also owns a farm of 280 acres in Broadwater County, Montana.

Politically Mr. Hutchinson is a democrat and has for years taken an active interest in party affairs. In 1898 he was elected a representative to the Legislature from Lewis and Clark County, serving

in the sixth legislative session. He served on the mercantile committee, the committee on credentials and elections and other important committees of that body. He is a member of the Christian Church and his fraternal relations are with Silver State Lodge No. 46, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which was organized in 1892 and of which he was a charter member. He was also formerly a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

Mr. Hutchinson has been twice married, first on August 10, 1887, at East Helena, to Cora E. Burns, the daughter of Capt. A. F. and Annie Burns, both of whom are now deceased. Captain Burns was one of the pioneer ranchers of Prickly Pear Valley. To Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson were born the follow- ing children: Jesse D., who is general agent at Topeka, Kansas, for the Goodrich Rubber Com- pany, graduated from the Helena High School and then was a student in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, for two years. For seven years he was in the claim department of the Santa Fe Rail- way. Annie E. is the wife of A. R. Sanders, of White Sulphur Springs, Montana, a district forest ranger in the Castle Mountains. She graduated from the high school at Helena, attended Knox College two years at Galesburg, Illinois, taught school for one year, and then attended the Montana State University at Missoula, where she graduated in 1914. Mrs. Cora Hutchinson died in October, 1890, at East Helena, and in September, 1892, Mr. Hutchinson married Allie Updike, a native of Illi- nois. To this union has been born one child, Alma Atta, who is now a teacher in the high school of Wilsall.

As a man of ability, sturdy integrity and use- fulness, Mr. Hutchinson has merited the considera- tion of his fellow men, for while engaged in the prosecution of his own business affairs he has never been neglectful of his duties to his com- munity and state, and today he is honored by all who know him.

S. S. WORKING. Examples that impress force of character on all who study them are worthy of record in the annals of history wherever they are found. By a few general observations the biogra- pher hopes to convey in the following paragraphs, succinctly and yet without fulsome encomium, some idea of the high standing of S. S. Working, of Wilsall, as a business man and representative citi- zen. Those who know him best will readily acqui- esce in the statement that many elements of a solid and practical nature are united in his composition and which during a series of years have brought him into prominent notice through his section of the state, his life and achievements earning for him a conspicuous place among his compeers.

S. S. Working was born at Windom, Minnesota, on February 13, 1872, and is a son of D. W. and Elizabeth (Gunderson) Working. The family is descended from sterling old English stock, the progenitors having come to this country during the colonial period, and the subject's paternal grandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812. D. W. Working was born in 1827, at Centerville, Center County, Pennsylvania, and his death oc- curred at Abilene, Kansas, in 1908. He was reared in his native town, but after attaining manhood he removed to Henderson, Minnesota, where he followed farming as a vocation and where he was married. Later he moved to Windom, Minnesota, where the subject of this sketch was born, and still later went to Logan, Kansas, where he farmed and also engaged in contracting and building from

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Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume II, Part 91

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