Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 109

Author: Bowen, A.W., & Co., firm, publishers, Chicago
Publication date: [19-?]
Publisher: Chicago : A. W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1374

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In politics he is ever active in the cause of the Democratic party, taking a deep and intelligent in- terest in the questions and issues of the day, but al- ways independent in thought and action. In 1897 he was elected to represent Jefferson county in the lower house of the legislature, of which body he was an active and valuable working member. Fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, or the "best people on earth," as the in- itials have been generally interpreted by some ap- preciative member of the order, and while a resident of Butte was a member of the Parnell Rifles. He finds his chief diversion in athletic sports and fre- quent excursions with rod and gun, being an enthu- siastic sportsman and a man of unfailing geniality, his personality being such as to win the friendship of those with whom he comes in contact in a busi- ness or social way. In 1882, Mr. Buckley was united in marriage to Miss Mary Mangan, who was born in Michigan, and of their seven children three are living, namely: James H. Buckley, Leo M. Buckley and Olive B. Buckley.

A BRAHAM BUOL .- The free air of the moun- tains has always been considered an inspira- tion to the soul of liberty, and if it be so Abraham Buol, the subject of this review, has been under that inspiration during almost the entire term of his life. He was born in Switzerland July 8, 1849,

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the son of Caspar and Margaret Buol, also Swiss by nativity, and the parents of fourteen children, of whom our subject was the seventh in order of birth. He attended the public or national schools until he was sixteen years old, and was then ap- prenticed to a cabinetmaker. In 1870 he immi- grated to the United States, spent a year in Iowa, two in Chicago, and one in San Francisco, coming thence to Montana in 1875 and locating at Butte where he was employed in doing carpenter work for the mines, and in this way spending twelve years in the service of the Anaconda Copper Min- ing Company. He has been industrious and thrif- ty : has invested his earnings with excellent judg- ment, owning now some of the best business prop- erty in Butte and a handsome residence on West Quartz street. In 1897 Mr. Buol purchased a fine ranch in the Bitter Root valley, containing 160 acres, now improved with a comfortable and com- modious dwelling house, furnished with all modern conveniences and decorated with superior taste. The farm contains a large and fruitful orchard and all the necessary buildings and appliances for its complete equipment. Here he and his family spend their summers, living in Butte during the winters.

In politics Mr. Buol is a Republican, but is not an active partisan. In fraternal relations he be- longs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was married at Butte in 1883 to Miss Tillie Wiebel, of Iowa. Of the two children which have blessed their union, but one, Miss Emma, is living. She enlivens their home with the sunshine of her presence and her entertaining and cheerful com- panionship, and aids in making it attractive to their numerous cordial and admiring friends, who find it a center of refined and pleasing hospitality. Mr. Buol has been very successful in business and is a gentleman of affluence and of influence. He is an ornament to the community, and a fine exam- ple of the better class of American citizens.

THOMAS F. BURNS .- The subject of this sketch first saw the light of day in what is now the beautiful, picturesque and highly improved Fairmount Park, of Philadelphia, Pa., a portion of which was at the time a dairy farm belonging to his parents, William and Catherine (Whalen) Burns, natives of Philadelphia. Mr. Burns was born May 16, 1865, and was educated in the public primary and grammar schools of Malvern, in his

native state, but was obliged to leave school at the age of fifteen and assist his father with his duties on the farm during the next two years. At the age of seventeen he went to Florida and followed the carpenter's trade for a year and a half. He then spent a year at home and in 1884 went to Mexico and later to San Francisco, Cal., being engaged in various occupations in these places for about four years. In 1888 he came to Montana, and located at Butte, where he worked in the mines for a year, and in 1889 took up a homestead in Milk river val- ley fourteen miles from Havre. Some time after he took up a desert claim of forty acres, bought 160 on Clear creek, and the two, with a homestead of 160 acres taken up by his wife, make a ranch of 520 acres, all of which is devoted to raising high grade thoroughbred sheep and cattle, and fine crops of grain and hay, he being very successful in the business. Mr. Burns was married at Chinook, March 24, 1894, to Miss Hattie Luce, a native of Iowa, where she was born in 1863. They have two interesting children, Harry and Russell, and are held in high esteem by all who know them for their sterling qualities of head and heart.

ILLIAM B. BURKET .- It is a pleasure to enter record in this work concerning young men who have through their own efforts attained success in life and worked their own way to posi- tions of public trust and responsibility. We now turn attention to the life history of the popular postmaster and representative citizen of Boze- man, William B. Burket. He was born on October 12, 1866, in Iowa, the son of David and Eliza J. (Goff) Burket, the former a native of Ohio, while the mother was born in Tennessee on August 25, 1828. The father, born March 4, 1823, was one of the pioneers of Indiana, where he made his home in an early day, later removing to Iowa, where he passed the residue of his life. He died on Febru- ary 27, 1891, at Oskaloosa, Iowa, while on a visit to a son who resided there, and was then sixty- eight years of age. His home at that time was in the northwestern part of Iowa, and there he had been engaged in farming until he retired in 1883. His wife passed away on the old Iowa homestead. at the age of about forty-four years, when her son William was a child of six years.

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of the Iowa homestead until he was eighteen. His scholastic advantages to this time had been only those of the district schools, but he desired an education of higher order, and determined to sup- plement his acquired knowledge as soon as he could do this. In 1884 he came to Montana, where his brother Charles R. had preceded him and was proprietor of the Pipe Stone Hot Springs, in Jefferson county. After six months passed in the employ of his brother, William matriculated in the college at Deer Lodge, where he completed a thorough classical course, graduating in the class of 1891. This short statement gives but little idea of the struggle and the vicissitudes encountered by Mr. Burket in obtaining his collegiate course. He met the expenses by his personal endeavor, and that his self-denial, assiduous application and determinate courage did not waver is indicated by the fact that he did not graduate until the end of seven years, having to devote intervals of time to such individual efforts as would yield him funds to continue his college work. After leaving col- lege Mr. Burket engaged in business in Deer Lodge in a general store and also conducted the college boarding department. He remained there until 1894, when, selling out, he removed to Boze- man and opened a book store, being the managing partner in the enterprise. After he later disposed of his interests here he became agent for Prof. W. W. Wylie's tourist transportation business in the Yellowstone National Park. (See sketch of the life of Prof. Wylie on another page of this work.)

In 1897, while thus employed, Mr. Burket re- ceived from President Mckinley the appointment to the office of postmaster at Bozeman, and he has since been the incumbent of this important position, having done much to improve the ser- vice and having the good will and endorsement of the people by reason of his efficient administration and his unfailing courtesy. He has shown marked business and executive ability, and his popularity in Bozeman is unmistakable. He gives unwaver- ing support to the Republican party, his first presi- dential vote having been cast for Gen. Harrison in 1892, the first presidential election after the ad- mission of Montana to statehood. While in col- lege Mr. Burket met Miss Mary A. Roe, the lady who became his wife. Their marriage was sol- emnized at Dillon, Mont., on July 22, 1891, the year of his graduation. Mrs. Burket was born in Bannack, the first territorial capital of Montana, and she is a daughter of that prominent pioneer

and banker, the late Isaac Roe, of Bannack, of whom individual memoir is entered elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Burket have had two children. One died in infancy, the survivor being Alonzo D., who was born in Dillon, on August 29, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Burket are zealous mem- bers of the Presbyterian church, and he is a deacon in the church at Bozeman. They are prominent and active in the best social life of Bozeman, and their home is one in which refined courtesy is ever in evidence.

T HOMAS E. BRADY, a prominent attorney of Great Falls, numbers among his clentage many of the largest business firms in the state. His as- piration seems to be to rank with the highest in his profession. Perhaps it is to this loyalty that he owes so much of the undoubted success which he has achieved. His birthplace is the parish of St. Antoine, County Huntingdon, province of Quebec, where he was born on July 31, 1857. His father, Philip Brady, born in Ireland in 1819, at the age of sixteen came to Canada and located in Huntington county, where he married Miss Mary Murphy, a native of Canada and of Irish parentage. Philip Brady then settled on a farm, annually added to its improvements and there reared a family of eleven children, of whom Thomas E. was the seventh. Two of the number have died. On April 11, 1892, was celebrated the golden wedding of the honored parents, and they are still living lives that have been character- ized by honest industry and devotion to the Cath- olic church.

Reared on his father's farm and educated in the common schools and St. Theresa College, Mr. Brady graduated from the latter with the class of 1880. Under the instruction of the firm of Pal- mer, Weed & Smith, of Plattsburg, N. Y., young Brady began the study of law in the year of his graduation. He was an industrious as well as a most capable student, enthusiastic in his love for his chosen profession, and in due time was ad- mitted to the bar and began practice. He remained in Plattsburg until November, 1886, when he came to Helena, Mont. He remained in that city six months, removing to Great Falls on May 16, 1887. His professional career has been one of continued success, for with his legal ability Mr. Brady com- bines rare business judgment, and his various in-

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vestments have proved almost uniformly profitable. Mining and sheepraising have proven very lucra- tive under his touch. At one time he with his associates had over 12,000 head of sheep. His early life on a farm inspired him with a keen love for horses of superior breeds and he has indulged his fancy for fine horses and has some of the Bel- mont trotting stock of which he may be justly proud. At the time of Mr. Brady's first location in Great Falls he made a number of judicious invest- ments in real estate. This land has greatly ad- vanced in value. He erected the residence in town which he and his wife now occupy and here they are surrounded by the comforts and luxuries of life. In the year 1889 at Plattsburg, N. Y., Mr. Brady was married to Miss M. E. Chauvin, daughter of E. Chauvin, of that city. They have three chil- dren, Lillian M., William T. C. and C. Lucile, all born in Great Falls.

Mr. and Mrs. Brady are active members of the Catholic church. Though in no sense of the word a professional politician Mr. Brady is a pronounced Democrat and has served as chairman of the Dem- ocratic city committee. Yet notwithstanding his strong political convictions he declined at all times nominations tendered him, content to remain a leader in the legal profession that he loves so well. He is the oldest attorney in years of practice in Cascade county. Mr. Brady was associated with Mr. Freeman in 1897-98 in the practice of law. At present he is the general solicitor for the Great Falls & Canada Railway, the Galt Coal Company and other corporations. He is a prominent stock- holder and promoter of the Neihart Water Com- pany, which owns and operates the electric lighting system which was started in 1892. He is also sec- retary of the company. Of this his brother Wil- liam and himself obtained the franchise for the water works and constructed the entire system. He is also largely interested in the land and irri- gating plant at Ashfield, in Valley county. It is the largest one in the state and will have a storage reservoir covering 8,609 acres, forty-three miles in circumference, and which will irrigate 26,250 acres. This is a private company, composed of Jacob Switzer, of Helena, David W. Bateman, of Great Falls, and Mr. Brady. They also own sev- eral thousand acres of land upon which they are starting a large cattle ranch. Some of the mines in which Mr. Brady is at present interested are pro- ducers. He has large interests in Teton county in the line of cattle ranches, also in several coal mines in the state.

ROCCO CAMPANA .- A native of the glorious

little republic of the Alps, the land of Winkel- ried and William Tell, whose people draw in the spirit of liberty with the very air they breathe, Roc- co Campana, late of Butte, whose untimely death at the full maturity of his powers, left a void in the circle of his acquaintances which will not soon be filled, brought to the land of his adoption a heart well attuned to the atmosphere of freedom and the genius of productive labor which characterize it. He was born in Switzerland on May 21, 1852, the son of Philip and Johanna Campana, also natives of Switzerland. His father was a skillful tinner, and a man of standing, being mayor of his town and occupying other positions of authority. Rocco was graduated at the public schools and attended the college at Lugano. At the age of sixteen he came to San Francisco, working first in a tinner's shop, having partially learned the trade with his father. Later he worked at Salt Lake City for about a year, then returned to San Francisco and engaged in business for himself. Two or three years later he removed to Reno, Nev., in 1877, and there con- ducted a hotel. From Reno he went in 1878 to Eureka and carried on a saloon for four years. After this he was engaged in various kinds of business at different places until 1885, when he came to Butte, Mont., and opened a saloon. Two years later he sold the saloon and started a grocery, which he conducted until a short time prior to his (leath, which occurred on February 13, 1898, since which time it has been carried on vigorously and successfully by his widow.

Mr. Campana was a much esteemed member of several of the secret fraternities. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Im- proved Order of Red Men and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In political affiliations he was a Republican, took an active interest in its welfare. but was not an office seeker. He was married in 1875 to Miss Pellegrina Pescia, a native of Italy. They had twelve children, of whom Lizzie, William and Elizabeth V., are deceased, and Clara, Walter R., Eugene, Lena, Sylvia, Rocco, Jr., Frank, Philip and Clementine are living. Mrs. Campana has proven herself to be a courageous and resourceful woman, not pining over her bereavement and the difficulties of her situation, but taking firm hold of the business left by her husband and the duty of raising her large family properly and has put into each enough energy, common sense and heroic en- deavor to win marked success and the approbation of her friends and neighbors.

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F ELIX CALLANTINE .- The son of a martial family, a native of Grant county, Ind., where he was born December 14, 1861, Felix Callan- tine had his childhood and its home darkened by the dense shadow of the Civil war, wherein his father and three uncles were battling in defense of the Union. His parents were David and Mar- tha Ann (Girton) Callantine, both natives of Ohio, where his grandfather was also born, removing to Grant county, Ind., in the spring of 1848, and there engaging in farming during the remainder of his life. The father of our subject, at the be- ginning of the war, enlisted in the One Hundred and First Indiana Volunteers and served actively until the siege of Vicksburg. He was then taken sick, but after a suitable furlough returned to his regiment and took part in all its subsequent engagements, at the end being honorably dis- charged. His eldest brother, Henry J., served in the Fortieth Indiana, under Col. Blake, enlist- ing in 1864 and was honorably discharged in 1865. Evan, the third brother, volunteered and served throughout the war, being in Gen. Burnside's com- mand. William, the youngest brother, was in the Eighth Indiana, under Col. Shunk, and was wounded at the battle of Winchester. At the close of the war our subject's father removed with his family to Iowa, where Felix received his element- ary education, finishing at the Pleasantville, Iowa, high school, after which he went to farming and continued at the business until 1880, when he came to Montana and secured employment in the con- struction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1882 he quit the service of the railroad and began freighting and farming, which he followed until 1888. In that year he bought another person's right, homesteaded the claim, and thus laid the foundation for his present extensive ranch of 1,640 acres, and has a water right by means of which he irrigates his meadows, gardens, etc., and with which he could supply the necessary water to a large tract of country. The Pass creek runs di- rectly through his land, whereon he has made many improvements, including shade trees planted according to a systematic plan, a comfortable resi- dence, good barns and other outbuildings.

Mr. Callantine was married August 10, 1885, to Miss May Coffman, a native of Missouri and daughter of Henry Coffman, who came to Mon- tana with his family in 1880, locating on Pass creek. Their children are David Henry, Blanche May, Felix Earl, Dewey Miles and Dorothy Marie.

Mr. Callantine is a progressive, representative man, with a fine home, a fine ancestry, a fine fam- ily and an unblemished record for integrity. He has served for years as school trustee, and been a leading man in his neighborhood. His principal crop on his farm is fall wheat ; but he usually has from 100 to 300 head of well-bred Durham cattle.

A NGUS CAMERON .- As the full patronymic of our subject indicates, he comes of stanch old Scottish lineage, and possesses those sterling traits of character which have made the Scottish race a prominent factor in the march of civilization, and it is not difficult to recall many of the deeds related in song and story touching the clan of Cameron in the land of brown heather and shaggy wood. Mr. Cameron is one of the representative and influential ranchmen of Deer Lodge county, and has been conspicuously identified with mining in different localities and at different intervals. He is a native of Stormouth, province of Ontario, Canada, where he was born on the roth of May, 1836, being the son of Hugh and Catherine (Mc- Intyre) Cameron, both of whom were born in Scotland. The father came to Canada when a young man, and there devoted his attention to agri- cultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1889. His marriage to Miss McIntyre was sol- emnized in Canada, where she still maintains her home.

Angus Cameron was reared and educated in Canada, whence he came to the "states" in 1868, remaining for a time in Minnesota; thence making the long journey across the plains to Montana in company with a large party of emigrants who had made the city of St. Paul their rendezvous. The trip was made in the year 1869, and was enlivened by many adventures and incidents peculiar to such expeditions in the pioneer days. Mr. Cameron made his headquarters in Helena for some time, and at varying intervals for a number of years he devoted his attentions to mining operations, being well known as a successful miner in various sections of the state. In 1888 he began farming and stock- raising in Lincoln valley, Deer Lodge county, where he now has a finely improved and very arable tract of 800 acres, his ranch being located six miles southwest of Lincoln postoffice. He has brought to bear the most progressive methods in his ranch- ing operations and his efforts have been attended

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with success. He is one of the most popular citi- zens of this section of the state, his genial person- ality and sterling character having made him friends equal in number to his acquaintances. He is un- married, but at his ranch home a most cheery hos- pitality is extended, and there is usually someone there to enjoy the same, as Mr. Cameron finds much pleasure in entertaining his friends. His brother, Alexander, is a neighbor also engaged in ranching, and among his friends bears the Scotch cognomen of "Sandy," evidencing his popularity in the community. In politics Mr. Cameron sup- ports the Republican party and has served as no- tary public.

J ACOB CAROLUS .- This successful, progres- sive ranchman and farmer, and up-to-date, wide- awake citizen, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, where he was born March 20, 1856, the son of John P. Carolus, and of an excellent mother whom he lost by death when he was eight years old. His father removed to America in 1864, and located at St. Joseph, Mo., where he remained four years working at his trade of shoemaking. He then re- moved to Montana, coming by steamer up the Missouri to Fort Benton, and from there overland to Helena, where he again began working at his trade; but after a short time changed his residence to Radersburg. Here he opened a shop and did good business until about 1880, for three years of the time being also postmaster of the town. In 1880 he determined to use the profits of his business in some other enterprise, which had accumulated to a good sum. Accordingly he engaged in stock- raising, making his headquarters at Horseshoe, near Magpie, where he had a hay ranch, barns, corrals and other necessary appliances for the purpose. He continued in the cattle business until 1899, otten having on his ranch at one time more than 500 head. In that year he sold out, and since then has not pursued the business actively himself, leaving it to his son. He has, however, been adding to his possessions, having bought, in 1900, the Aldrid ranch, four miles from Bozeman, also the Radford place in the same district. He now owns 320 acres of upland, on which the principal crop is winter wheat, that is produced in great abundance.

Jacob Carolus, the subject of this narrative, spent his school days at St. Joseph, Mo., and on leaving school engaged in farming until the spring of 1870, when he and his brother came to Montana by boat

and joined their father at Radersburg Some time after arriving there he learned the blacksmith's trade, and started to work at it in Helena, remaining there some three or four years. In 1876 he joined an expedition to the Black Hills, but his health began to fail and he remained but four months, re- turning to Minnesota, where he resided two years. August 21, 1878, he was married to Miss Mary Strong, a native of New York state, of German parentage. They have five children: George, Charles, John and Rose and Alice, twins. Another daughter, Barbara, died in infancy. By a second marriage to Miss Marie Specht, of Minnesota, which occurred February 12, 1898, he has two chil- dren : Arta Marie and William H. In 1880 Mr. Carolus returned from Minnesota to Montana and joined his father in the cattle business, taking up a ranch of his own on the Flathead, which he worked until 1894, then sold it and located on the Fort Ellis reservation, also purchasing state land, hav- ing now 200 acres in wheat. In addition he cul- tivates his father's land, and has 100 acres of that in wheat.

Mr. Carolus belongs to the Woodmen of the World and the American Yeomen. He is a man of energy, intelligence and progressive methods, has a fine property, improved with first rate buildings and equipped with all the necessary machinery and appurtenances of a well ordered farm, and is doing his part in all respects to make it productive and profitable. He also gives due attention to all mat- ters affecting the welfare of the community, and is regarded by his fellow citizens as a good, substan- tial and enterprising man, worthy of high and cor- dial esteem1.

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Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 109

Author: Bowen, A.W., & Co., firm, publishers, Chicago Publication date: [19-?] Publisher: Chicago : A. W. Bowen & Co. Number of Pages: 1374

Author: Bowen, A.W., & Co., firm, publishers, Chicago
Publication date: [19-?]
Publisher: Chicago : A. W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1374