Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume III, Part 48

Author: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 1144

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Mr. Brennen was a member of the National Con- vention which nominated Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, and was also a delegate to the convention at Chicago in 1916 when Charles Hughes was nominated. Pres- ident Mckinley appointed Mr. Brennen as the first superintendent of the Forest Reserve under the Forest Reserve Law. Mr. Brennen enjoyed rela- tions of personal friendship with President McKin- ley, Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Thomas H. Carter. During the World war he was a member of the Montana Council of Defense. He is a past mas- ter of his Masonic Lodge, is also a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, and as a member of the Grand Lodge he participated in the ceremonies marking the laying of the cornerstone

of the gate at the entrance .of the Yellowstone Na- tional Park at Gardner. On that occasion Theodore Roosevelt was an honored guest. The Brennen fam- ily are members of the Episcopal Church at Kalispell.

When Mr. Brennen came to Flathead County for the first time in 1887 its voting population was about twenty-six. At that time the country was unsur- veyed, and the historic settlement of Demersville was the extreme northwestern town of Montana and at the head of navigation. Mr. Brennen has lent his personal influence wherever possible to the de- velopment and improvement of this wonderful coun- try and feels a sense of personal pride in the progress made in thirty years.

Mr. Brennen has made several trips to Alaska. He started on the first one on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1883. He embarked on the steamer Ancon, a side wheeler, which took him as far as Juneau, whence he continued the journey on a sailing vessel as far as the present site of Dyie.

CHARLES A. SEDERHOLM. One of the thrifty and highly respected natives of Sweden who have cast their lot with the people of Montana in the period of its rapid development and have since prospered by close application and faithfulness to duty is Charles A. Sederholm, a distinctive type of the suc- cessful, self-made man. Not a pretentious or ex- alted life has been his, but one that has been true to itself and to which the biographer may refer with feelings of satisfaction and respect. He has shown himself to be a man of strong and alert men- tality, deeply interested in everything pertaining to the advancement of the community, and is held in the highest regard and esteem by those who know him.

Charles A. Sederholm was born in Sweden on December 26, 1874, and is the son of August and Emma (Anderson) Sederholm. The father, who was born in 1852, is still living; the mother died in 1914, at the age of sixty-one years. They be- came the parents of four children, all of whom are living, Charles A. being the eldest. August Seder- holm left his native land for America in 1878, land- ing at New York City. He located at Osceola, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in mining until 1895, when he came to Montana, locating at Belt, where he engaged in farming and stock raising. He was successful in his labors, con- tinuing his work until 1918, when he sold his ranch and retired from active work. Politically he is a supporter of the republican party. Fraternally he is a member of Summit Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. He is a man of splendid character and has richly earned the high standing which he enjoys among those who know him.

Charles A. Sederholm was but four years of age when the family came to the United States. He was reared and educated in Pennsylvania, and his first money was earned in trapping doors in the coal mines, for which he received fifty-five cents a day. He remained employed in the mines until 1896, when he came to Montana, locating at Belt, where he went to work in the coal mines of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. In 1900 he became foreman of these mines, but three years later he went to Coke- dale, Montana, where for three years he was a mine foreman. During the following year he was fore- man of the coal mines at Bridger, Montana, after which, up to 1912, he was connected with the coal mines at Nashua, Montana. From there he went to Tracy, Montana, where he became superintendent of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company's coal mines. Mr. Sederholm has an absolute knowledge

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of every phase of coal mining and has no superiors in his line. Personally he is a man of fine character and generous impulses, whom to know is to like, and he is well deserving of specific mention in a work of this character.

On January 23, 1900, Mr. Sederholm was married to Elizabeth W. Heron, who was born in Barton, Maryland, the daughter of Francis and Laura (Kight) Heron, both of whom were born at Barton, Maryland, and both of whom are living. Mr. Heron came to Miles City, Montana, in 1882, going from there to Lignite, and later to Timberline, Montana, where he was employed at his vocation as a miner. He is now living in Tracy, Montana. Politically he is a republican. Religiously he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sederholm, namely: Helen, who attended the public schools of Sand Coulee, graduating from the high school, and later attended the State Normal School at Dillon, is now teaching in the schools of Manchester, Montana; Cecil is a student in the high school at Sand Coulee; and Jack, Frank, Lois, Billie, Fay and Fred. Among those who know him best Mr. Sederholm bears a reputation of a man who ex- ercises sound judgment and who keeps himself well informed upon general topics, exercising the duties of citizenship in a conscientious manner.

SAMUEL DEAN. Clearly defined purpose and con- secutive effort will inevitably result in the attaining of a due measure of success, but in following out the career of one who has attained success by his own efforts there comes into view the intrinsic in- dividuality which made such accomplishment pos- sible, and thus there is granted an objective inspira- tion and incentive, while at the same time there is enkindled a feeling of respect and admiration. The qualities which have made Samuel Dean one of the prominent and successful men of Western Montana have also brought him the esteem of his fellow men, for his career has been one of well directed energy, strong determination and honorable methods.

Samuel Dean was born in Huntingdon County. Pennsylvania, on the 4th day of March, 1843, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Mantain) Dean. The father was born in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, and died on March 12, 1853, in the seventy- third year of his age. His wife, who was a native of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, died on Feb- ruary 12, 1875, at the age of seventy-one years. They were the parents of thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch is the only survivor. Soon after his marriage William Dean went from Philadelphia to Hunting- don County, Pennsylvania, where he spent the re- mainder of his days. He engaged in farming, in connection with which he raised cattle, sheep and horses, having at times as many as 200 head of sheep. He occupied a prominent place in the com- munity and served one term as sheriff of Hunting- don County. He was a member of the school board for many years and a justice of the peace for a long period, up to the time of his death. A num- ber of years prior to his death he was shot by a robher and so badly injured that he was an invalid during the reminder of his life. He was an attend- ant of the Episcopal Church, of which his wife was a member. Politically he was first a whig and later a republican.

Samuel Dean received a good substantial educa- tion in the public schools of his native county, and his early years were spent on his father's farm. In

August, 1863, he enlisted in Company A, Pennsyl- vania Heavy Artillery, which became a part of the Twenty-fourth Corps, Army of the Potomac, with which he served until the close of the war, taking part in all the battles, skirmishes and campaigns in which his regiment had a part. He received an honorable discharge at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, August 27, 1865. His command had been at Fort Fisher twice, first under General Ben Butler and later with General Orr; he was also in the furious three-days battle at Gettysburg, and after the cap- ture of Jeff Davis Mr. Dean was one of the guard who were placed over the ex-president of the South- ern Confederacy.

In February, 1866, Mr. Dean went to Jackson County, Iowa, where he remained until April, 1867, when he went to Scott County, Minnesota, and for about a year was employed in an elevator at Blakeley. In the spring of 1868 he made the trip up the Missouri River to Buford, where he was employed in the building of the United States post, and in cutting hay and herding stock. In the spring of 1872 he was engaged in the survey of the boun- dary line between Canada and the United States, this occupying him until the fall of 1874, when he went to Helena. In 1880 Mr. Dean bought a ranch in the Prickley Pear Valley and in the spring of the following year he came to Sand Coulee with a band of horses. He entered actively in the busi- ness of breeding and raising of horses, and gave considerable attention to the mining of coal, he having been the first to discover the existence of coal in this locality. This coal interest he sold to the Nel- son Coal Company in 1906, and since that time he has practically confined his attention to farming and the raising of cattle and horses, in which he has met with splendid success. Mr. Dean has thus been identified with this section of the country for a good many years and has been a witness of the wonderful development which has characterized the history of the Treasure State for the past forty years. In 1883 he run a big herd of sheep where Great Falls now stands, and can in various ways refer to events antedating many of the now flourishing towns of this commonwealth.

On the 7th of July, 1891, Mr. Dean was married to Sarah Donley, who is a native of Ireland, and to them have been born three children, namely : Ruth is the wife of George Lucas, of Tracy, Cas- cade County, Montana, and they have one daughter ; William W. was married to a Miss Johnson, and they are living in Portland, Oregon; and Florence.

Politically Mr. Dean is an earnest supporter of the republican party and has taken a keen interest in public affairs. He rendered effective and appre- ciated service as a member of the School Board for twenty years and was public administrator of Cas- cade County for thirteen years. He is the only charter member surviving of Sheridan Post No. 18, G. A. R., at Great Falls. His life has been one of signal usefulness and honor, and he has richly earned the confidence and esteem which are accorded him by his fellow citizens.

SUMNER A. REMINGTON. It is a truly notable service that Sumner A. Remington has rendered to the city and community of Belt. He went there over twenty-five years ago, a young man of college and university training, to take charge of the local schools. Belt was then small in population and in commercial importance, and had correspondingly a very small school. Mr. Remington has been the head of the local educational system ever since, and his inspiring leadership has had much to do with keeping the school facilities apace with the growth

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and development of the city and the enlightened · standards of modern education.

Mr. Remington, who for many years has been city school superintendent of Belt, was born at Mum- ford, Monroe County, New York, August 10, 1871, son of William and Mary (Graham) Remington. His father was born at Mumford March 4, 1830, was educated in Rochester University, became a Baptist minister, and was in charge of churches of that denomination in a number of states. He is still living, at the advanced age of ninety, at San Diego, California. His wife was born at Rochester and died when her son Sumner was a small child. There were six sons altogether, five still living, Sumner A. being the fourth in age.

Sumner A. Remington spent most of his youth in Michigan and took his early college work in a noted Baptist institution, Kalamazoo College. He then taught school at Homan, Michigan, and from there entered the University of Michigan. He came to Belt in 1894 and took charge of the one room school. In 1897 the high school building was erected, eleven years later, in 1908, the school facilities were enlarged by the erection of the Castner School, while it 1912 the handsome Auditorium school build- ing was completed and gave facilities to the city hardly surpassed by any town of its size in Montana. Mr. Remington has been continuously superintendent of schools since 1897, a period of twenty-three years.

He is widely known for his work in Montana educational circles. Fraternally he is affiliated with Cascade Lodge No. 39, Knights of Pythias, at Belt, and Great Falls Lodge No. 214 of the Elks. In 1897 he married Miss Annie Mackie, a native of Scranton, Pennsylvania. They have an interesting family of six children, Sumner A., Jr., Genevieve E., Charles E., Ellen, Daphne and Maxine.

ADKIN W. KINGSBURY. It is signally consonant that in this work be incorporated at least a brief review of the life and labors of Adkin W. Kings- bury, who has long been one of the influential citi- zens of Western Montana, being a connecting link with the pioneer period, of which he has many in- teresting reminiscences. A man of forceful indi- viduality and marked initiative power, he has been well equipped for the duties of life and for leader- ship in his community, while his probity of char- acter and his genial personality, obliging nature and every-day common sense have gained for him univer- sal esteem and friendship in the town and county where he has made his home for so many years.

Adkin W. Kingsbury was born on his father's farm in Howard County, Missouri, on October 20, 1842, and he is the son of Horace and Eliza (Brashears) Kingsbury, natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Missouri. They are both deceased, the father dying at the age of seventy years and the mother passing away when the subject of this sketch was a mere child. Adkin W. was the sixth in order of birth of their eight children, and he is now the only living member of the family. During his boyhood days he attended school during the winter months, his summers being spent in work on the home farm. He gave serious attention to his work, so that when nineteen years of age he was given entire charge of the farm for about three months. On May 9, 1864, he left home, with an ox team, and in company with his brother Lilburn traveled overland to Omaha, Nebraska, where they were joined by others west- ward bound, so that shortly the cavalcade amounted to over seventy wagons, some bound for Montana, others for Idaho, Washington and Oregon. The journey was begun and everything was all right until they reached Laramie, Wyoming, where they were

stopped by United States troops, who would not per- mit them to go farther on account of the Indians then being on the war path. After things had quieted down, however, they were permitted to proceed. They reached Beaverhead, and thence went on to Jefferson City, where they passed the winter of 1864-5. In the spring Mr. Kingsbury's brother took up a ranch at the fork of the Prickly Pear River and Ten-Mile Creek, and here they engaged in farm- ing in a modest way. Expenses were very high, as may be judged from the fact that at one time they paid as high as eighteen dollars for one ounce of onion seed. This venture did not prove a success and the brother, Lilburn, returned to his old home in Missouri. Mr. Kingsbury also gave up ranching and opened a livery stable in Helena, which proved a more fortunate enterprise, and he conducted it until 1871. He then engaged in prospecting and placer mining in Overland Gulch, but after a short experience at this labor he gave it up and was asso- ciated with Davenport & Ray in the purchase of a herd of 1,800 sheep which had been brought from Oregon to Deer Lodge, Montana, by William Hark- ness. These were the first sheep brought over the mountains from the west and were also the first sheep introduced into this immediate vicinity. The herd was placed on the Boulder River range for three years, and were then brought into what was then Choteau County, now Cascade County. Mr. Kingsbury and his partners remained in that business until 1873, when they added the cattle business, and in 1882 they organized the Chouteau Live Stock Company, Mr. Kingsbury being made general man- ager of the business. The enterprise was successful and they handled many thousand head of cattle and sheep. In 1892 the Big Sag Sheep Company was organized, with Mr. Kingsbury as president, and they have done a tremendous business in the hand- ling of sheep and cattle. This enterprise has been an important factor in the stock industry of Mon- tana and has been a big success financially. Mr. Kingsbury is also interested in mining and real estate, and is numbered among the enterprising and repre- sentative men of Western Montana. Politically he has always supported the democratic party, and has been keenly interested in public questions, though never a seeker after public office for himself.

In 1894 Mr. Kingsbury was united in marriage with Margaret Britt, a native of Ohio, and they are the parents of two children, Adkin W., Jr., and Mary Marguerette. Few men of this section of the country have played a better or more notice- able role in the general progress of the locality than Mr. Kingsbury, for while laboring for his indi- vidual advancement he has never shrunk from his larger duties to civilization, and now, in the golden Indian summer of his years, surrounded by the com- forts of life as the result of his former years of in- dustry, he can look back over a career well spent, in which duty was well and conscientiously performed, and know that he has the good will and hearty esteem of all those who have come into contact with him.

MARTIN RISING has been a resident of Montana thirty-one years and has achieved prosperity and distinction among the well to do ranchers in the vicinity of Columbia Falls.

He was born at Baltimore, Maryland, a son of Andrew and Johanna (Hackle) Rising, and was educated in his native state. He came to Montana with his brother, Peter Rising. Mr. Rising married Mrs. Margaret Bradley. Her daughter by her pre- vious marriage was Martha, now Mrs. O. A. Spuhler. Mrs. Spuhler as a young girl was noted for her

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musical talents, and is now training her voice under the private instruction of one of the most noted voice teachers of Chicago and fitting herself for professional work.

Mr. and Mrs. Rising had two sons, Joseph Ivan and Daniel Martin. From earliest childhood Mr. and Mrs. Rising omitted nothing in the way of effort and planning that would contribute to the character and education of their sons. Both were sent to the Kalispell High School. Joseph grad- nated from the eighth grade and spent two years in high school.

The name of Joseph Rising stands on the roll of honor with a gold star affixed. He was one of the first to volunteer at the beginning of the World war. At that time he was under age. He enlisted in Com- pany H of the 163rd Infantry and was a part of the famous Rainbow or Forty-second Division. The first service to which he was assigned after he got into the army was as a guard for railroad bridges at Cutbank, Montana, during the early summer of 1917, and he was subsequently transferred to a point between Helena and Great Falls to guard a tunnel near Wolf Creek. He was on duty there until sent overseas in December, 1917, and reached England in time to enjoy a fine Christmas dinner in that country. After reaching France he was transferred to the 127th Regiment. He was with the American troops which distinguished themselves at Chateau Thierry, and while on the front line there was wounded in the left arm. Then followed several weeks of recuperation in hospital, and he returned to the front line duty and was killed in action on the 9th of October, 1918, at the battle of Verdun. He was a young American of great spirit, a fine athlete, and possessed the development and initia- tive which distinguished the members of the famous Rainbow Division. He was a good musician, was a member of the band at Kalispell and a member of the First Section of Ruffo's Juvenile Band in Kalis- pell. He was a member of the Sunday School of the Christian Church and a very popular boy and a general favorite. He was also a member of the Kalispell Young Men's Christian Association. In athletics he especially excelled in swimming.

Mrs. Rising's father was a Union soldier during the Civil war, and Joseph Rising used his grand- father's example as the reason why he also should volunteer and serve his country.

Mr. Rising was reared in the faith of the Catholic Church. He has been successful in his business and is a generous hearted and kind neighbor. In politics he gives his support to the best man, and both he and his wife busy themselves in behalf of the welfare and improvement of Flathead County. Mrs. Rising came to Montana in April, 1887. She served three years on the district school board, he- ing chairman of the board. Mrs. Rising is an ex- pert shot, and in the early days she was relied upon to replenish the meat supply when it ran low at home. She killed many deer, and is also an enthu- siast with the rod.

ISAAC PAPPIN for over thirty years has conducted a business at Great Falls as a building contractor. Evidences of his work might be found in abundance in the city and at many points in Montana, and the organization he has built up and maintained is noted for its fidelity and promptness of performance.

Mr. Pappin was born at Newquay, Cornwall, Eng- land, March 14, 1862. His parents were Isaac and Maria (Gribbin) Pappin. His father was a sea- faring man, and for forty years commanded a ship engaged in ocean traffic, carrying him to all the ports of the civilized world. When on shore he attended

the Baptist Church. Captain Isaac Pappin died in 1918, at the ripe age of eighty-two. His wife died in 1875, aged fifty-one, and of their seven children Isaac is the youngest and one of the four still living.

Isaac Pappin acquired a public school education in Cornwall and the first money he earned was in buying and selling fish. He spent six years learn- ing and working at the trade of ship carpenter and cabinet making, and is therefore an expert in most of the trades involved in building construction. He first came to America in 1882 and followed his trade in the mining districts of Northern Michigan, work- ing as a carpenter at the mines at Humboldt six months, then at Marquette, was then employed at the waterworks at Republic, Michigan, and for two years worked as a carpenter at Negaunee. He also spent about three months at Huron, South Dakota. In 1884 he moved to Winnipeg, Canada, and after about seven months went back to England. About that time he engaged in one of the most interesting experiences of his life. He was with the English forces sent to Egypt, and was employed as a steam- ship pilot on the river Nile, carrying the . British soldiers up and down that river. For the faithful performance of duty he received a medal and clasp from the Queen of England and also a bronze star and clasp from the Khedive of Egypt.

May 1, 1885, Mr. Pappin returned to England and on the 13th of June of that year he married Susan A. Knight. She was born at Truro, Corn- wall, England. Mr. Pappin soon brought his bride to America, spending two weeks in Winnipeg, then a short time at Toronto, and from there came direct to Great Falls, Montana. With the exception of one year at Havre he has been a resident of Great Falls ever since, and has carried on a growing busi- ness as a contractor and builder. This business is now continued under the name of Pappin & Son, his partner and business associate being J. H. Floyd Pappin. Mr. Pappin is a republican in politics.

Seven children were born to his marriage and the five now living are: Lillian Annie, wife of T. C. Hibbard and the mother of two children ; J. H. Floyd, who married Anna Pohlmeyer and has two children; and Flora, Clarice and Gordon.

WALTER C. BLOMQUIST is a Montana banker, man- aging official of the State Bank of Belt, and his record contains many proofs of his active and public spirited leadership in that community.

Mr. Blomquist was reared and educated in Mon- tana, but was born at St. Paul, Minnesota, April I, 1887, son of Louis and Hilda (Blomquist) Blomquist. His father was born in Sweden, came to this country when a young man, lived in Canada for several years and was proprietor of a hotel at Port Arthur. From Port Arthur he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he continued the hotel business, and subse- quently came to Montana. For about five years he was in the employ of the Boston & Montana Smelter Company at Great Falls, and then moved to a homc- stead in Cascade County near Belt, and his last years were taken up with farming and stock grow- ing. He died in 1917. In politics he was a repub- lican. He and his wife were married in Port Ar- thur, Canada. His wife was a native of Finland and died in 1916. Their six children, five sons and one daughter, are all living, Walter being the second in age.

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Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume III, Part 48

Author: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed Publication date: 1921 Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society Number of Pages: 1144

Author: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 1144