Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 141

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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equipped for its purposes and all the appliances of his labor in good order.

He was married July 2, 1899, to Miss Catherine Black, daughter of Wm. and S. A. Black, promi- nent and prosperous ranchers and stockraisers in Madison valley from an early date to the death of the father. Mr. McDonnell is a Knight of Pythias, and both he and Mrs. McDonnell are prominent and zealous members of the Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers of Montana. In addi- tion to his interests in property belonging to the firm-consisting of his father, brother and himself -- he owns in his own right a fine farm of 320 acres about six miles west of Bozeman, known as the Randolph Brooks place, all under irrigation and well furnished with good buildings, and its yield in wheat, oats, barley and general farm products is in great abundance. Mr. McDonnell is a progres- sive young man, who sees with clear vision his op- portunities for advancement and is alert and reso- lute in seizing and using them. His skill and indus- try as a ranchman, his intelligent aid in all matters of public interest in the community and his engag- ing social qualities have given him a strong hold on the confidence and regard of his fellows, and a well-founded influence in his district and county.

ICHAEL McDONNELL .- Within the con- M fines of Montana are many men of ability and inflexible integrity of purpose who have won suc- cess by their own efforts in the productive indus- tries which have made the commonwealth one of so marked importance. Such an one is Mr. Mc- Donnell, who, being essentially the architect of his own fortunes, is now one of the leading farmers of the Madison valley and a citizen valued, respected and honored. Though Mr. McDonnell is a native of the Emerald Isle, he has passed practically his whole life in the United States and is unmistakably imbued with the progressive spirit of the great west. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, on September 29, 1849, this county being likewise the birthplace of his parents, John and Judith (Mc- Cormick) McDonnell. Shortly after the birth of Michael his father emigrated to America, where, two years later, he was joined by his wife and their three sons and three daughters. The family re- mained in the state of New York until the death of the husband and father, when they removed to Des Moines, Iowa, where the devoted mother

passed the residue of her life. Michael McDonnell secured his education in the schools of New York and Iowa, and thereafter learned the boilermaker's trade with his brother, the owner of the Union Iron Works in Des Moines and one of the in- fluential business men of that city and a director in one of its leading banking institutions. In 1899 he made a visit to his brothers, Michael and John McDonnell, who are likewise residents of Gallatin county, and also made the tour of the Yellowstone National Park and thence through to the Pacific coast.

In 1868 Mr. McDonnell started for Montana, meeting his brother John at Salt Lake City, the two then continuing their journey in company. Upon arriving in Helena he found employment at his trade, but about nine months later the pro- prietor of the shop surreptitiously left the locality, and Mr. McDonnell lost practically the entire amount of wages due him for his full term of serv- ice. He then entered the employ of A. M. Holter & Bros., taking charge of their sawmill on Sixteen Mile creek, for about one year, when he came to the Madison valley in Gallatin county, purchasing a herd of cattle and here continuing in the stock business for four years. He then disposed of his cattle interests and turned his attention to mining, the ultimate result being that he lost all he had accumulated. He then came again to Gallatin county, and has ever since been identified with its agricultural and stockgrowing industries. In 1880 he purchased from his brother John a portion of his present ranch property, and has since added to his original tract until he has a fine estate of 1,400 acres, eligibly situated on the Madison river, and located about five miles west of the village of Logan, which is his postoffice address.

Practically the entire ranch is supplied with an effective system of irrigation, and Mr. McDon- nell here secures very extensive crops of hay, the principal product of the ranch. The present sea- son (1901) he estimates that his hay crop will be in excess of 500 tons. He also continued to raise cattle, but less extensively than formerly, giving special attention to highgrade shorthorn stock. On one occasion he provided a man with 100 head of cattle to be handled on shares, but this individ- ual disappeared with the entire herd and no trace of him has ever been found. In all that touches the prosperity and material advancement of the community Mr. McDonnell has maintained a live- ly interest, and he has served as school trustee

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for the long term of twelve years, while he has also rendered efficient service as road supervisor. His political adherency is with the Democratic party, of whose principles and policies he is an earnest supporter. On January 29, 1881, Mr. McDonnell was united in marriage with Miss Mary Lane, who was born in Ireland and the daughter of Patrick Lane, who emigrated to the United States, even- tually coming to Montana and being now one of the representative ranchmen of Jefferson county. Mr. McDonnell and his wife have an interesting family of nine children, Robert Emmett (named in honor of the distinguished Irish patriot), Mary Ellen, Julia, John, Stephen, Henry, Lizzie, Lucy, Rose and Charles. Mr. McDonnell has achieved success by legitimate means and as the result of his own industry and effort. Such men consti- tute the element which has made Montana develop into a great state, and such men also have proved what may be accomplished by those who are will- ing to take advantage of the opportunities here af- forded in the various fields of industrial activity.

W M. L. McDONNELL, the oldest son of John and Harriet C. McDonnell, of whom a sketch will be found elsewhere in this volume, is a typical Montana ranchman of the best class. He is a na- tive of the state, and to the manor born. His life began May 16, 1866, amid the picturesque scenery and growing agricultural wealth of Madison val- ley, Gallatin county. The public schools of Gal- latin City furnished him his elementary education, supplemented by a course at Bozeman College, and he also took a course at the Englehorn Business College in Helena.

Mr. McDonnell was married February 6, 1893, to Miss Catherine L. Waterman, a native of the Gallatin valley and a daughter of C. H. Waterman, a brief account of whose useful life is given in this work. They have three children, all of tender years, namely : John Erval, Anna Cecilia and Cath- arine Aline. He has a farm of 320 acres situated one mile and a half west of Bozeman, all under irrigation and in an advanced condition if improve- ment, producing annually bounteous and profitable crops of hay, wheat, oats and barley. He has also an excellent, well built, and conveniently arranged farm residence, nicely furnished and supplied with all necessary modern conveniences, and sur- rounded by a full complement of fine barns and

other outbuildings. He has a particularly fine farm, and its products are above the average of even this prolific region in quantity and quality, and was awarded first prize for oats at the Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition in 1899. He is a progressive young man of superior mental endow- ments and scholastic attainments, and has before him a future full of promise in this rapidly ad- vancing state where brawn is well rewarded and brain is at a premium. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Society of the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers. In politics he is always interested, having an earnest regard for the welfare of the community and all local con- cerns have in him an interested spectator.

D ANIEL C. McKENZIE, one of the prominent sheepgrowers of Powell county, residing on an extensive ranch near Avon, has fully demon- strated his ability as a man of rare executive talent and alive to the possibilities of the state that for many years have been his home. He was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, on June 12, 1853, the son of Roderick and Catherine (McKay) Mckenzie, natives of Scotland, who immigrated to Canada in early days and there lived and died. At the time of his parents' death our subject was ten years of age, and his educational advantages had been quite limited. In 1869 he removed to Massachu- setts where he secured temporary employment, but in a short time he went to Wisconsin and en- gaged in the business of lumbering near Green Bay, where he remained three years. Impressed with the adage that "Westward the star of empire takes its way," he pushed on to Minnesota, arriv- ing there in 1875, where he continued the business of lumbering, going thence to Manitoba, Canada. In 1879 Mr. Mckenzie came to Montana, his in- itial point being Helena, where, for the following three years he worked at the carpenter's trade, and subsequently for the Kimberly Brothers, lum- bermen. It was through this connection that Mr. Mckenzie was induced to locate on his present valuable property in Deer Lodge county. On Dog creek, two miles below the present residence of our subject, a sawmill was established, in the construction of which he had charge; and so fa- vorably was he impressed with the possibilities of the vicinity that, in 1883, he located a pre- emption claim of 160 acres, and has since resided upon it, developing a fine and lucrative business

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in stockraising. It lies seven and one-half miles south of Avon and thirteen miles from Deer Lodge. To the original claim he has since added eleven sections of railroad land, and leases three and one-half sections of state land, which gives him a total of 9,600 acres, and here he carries a band of between 4,000 and 5,000 sheep, sixty head of cattle and about twenty-five head of horses. For the purpose of irrigating this tract Mr. Mc- Kenzie has constructed ten miles of ditch, supply- ing 900 acres with water. The improvements made in the way of buildings are very substantial, including a handsome residence and a building, 50x185 feet, for the protection of sheep, and numer- ous barns for cattle, horses, etc. All of the sheep sheds are enclosed and covered with cedar shin- gles, Mr. Mckenzie having been the first man in the state to demonstrate the value of this descrip- tion of roofing for sheep sheds.

On October 8, 1892, Mr. Mckenzie was mar- ried to Miss Susanna McGillaroy, a native of Ontario, Canada, daughter of James and Susanna (Campbell) McGillaroy, of Scotland. Her parents came to Canada at an early day, where they died. Mr. Mckenzie is a Republican and influential in the ranks of his party. Enjoying the esteem of all with whom he is acquainted, he is recognized as a man of great force of character and broad, pro- gressive views, a splendid type of the stalwart Mon- tanians who have brought the state to the front by their sagacity and ability.

THOS. J. MCKENZIE, M. D .- The subject of this sketch, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the great northwest, may not inap- propriately be said to have been reared in the pro- fession. His father was one of its eminent exemp- lars in west Tennessee before and after the Civil war, and during that memorable struggle saw hard and long service as a surgeon in the Confederate army, being relieved from his arduous duties only during a period of captivity after the battle of Shiloh, where he was taken prisoner ; and even dur- ing that period, being called upon frequently to attend the wounded among his captors. His name was James Franklin Mckenzie, and he was born in Kentucky, the son of a Scotch gentleman who emigrated from his native country to the Blue Grass state at the beginning of the century, about 1800. The elder Dr. Mckenzie, after a long and

useful life, devoted to the service of his fellows, the amelioration of human sufferings and the up- building of mankind, died in Texas in 1892, leaving a large estate as the fruit of his labors and judicious investments. His wife, the mother of Dr. Thomas J. Mckenzie, was Elizabeth Galbraith, a native of Tennessee, the daughter of a South Carolina planter, whose father was an emigrant from Eng- land in Colonial days. He soon adopted the spirit of the American people, and when the tyranny of the mother country became unbearable, he joined hands and forces with his neighbors and rendered good service to his adopted land in the Revolu- tionary war, and again in the war of 1812. Mrs. Mckenzie's father was a first cousin to Hon. Isham C. Harris, for a long time previous to his death a United States senator from Tennessee, and at the breaking out of the Civil war governor of the state, being distinguished in that capacity for many achievements, but especially as the first man in all the south to fully equip an army and place it in the field, having had manufactured under his supervision even the gun caps for its use.

Dr. Thomas J. Mckenzie was the third of twelve children born to his parents, and was edu- cated at Henderson, Tenn. Having chosen his father's profession as his own, he attended the Kentucky School of Medicine for two years and the Louisville Medical College for two, being graduated from the latter in 1889. He did not linger in the east, but came at once to Anaconda, Mont., and entered upon the practice of his pro- fession with a fertility of resource, a vigor of action, a manifest thoroughness of equipment for his work, and withal a grace of manner, which soon secured for him a commanding position among its practitioners, and a high place in the general estimation of the community. While con- ducting a general practice, and slighting no por- tion of its demands upon him, he has given more direct and particular attention to surgery than any other branch, and has been called to active service in it. He is surgeon for the B. A. & P. Railroad Company and the Anaconda Copper Company, and is assistant surgeon for the Great Northern Rail- way Company. He is also surgeon for St. Ann's Hospital.

The Doctor was married in 1890 to Miss Thula Hardenbrook, a native of Montana, whose family were among the early settlers at Deer Lodge, having come from Iowa or Missouri about the year 1862. They have three children: Frank, born

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August 13, 1891 ; John Allen, born July 15, 1894; and Anna, born July 4, 1896.

In the literature of his profession and the or- ganizations formed for its co-operative work and advancement, the Doctor has a constant and earnest interest. He is a member of the Montana State Medical Association, of which he is first vice-president, and of the Rocky Mountain Inter- state Medical Association. Among the fraternal orders, he belongs to the order of Elks and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In politics he is an ardent Democrat and deeply concerned for the welfare of his party, but takes no active part in party management and seeks no official recogni- tion.

JOHN McLEOD .- Among those who, in con- nection with industrial activities, have attained distinctive success and prestige in Gallatin county and are recognized as representative citizens of the state, is Mr. McLeod, and though there may be no exciting chapters in the record of his career, it has been one signally true to high ethical standards and one that has been prolific of individual and ob- jective good. Such men conserve the state's pros- perity and pride, and it is just and proper to chron- icle their lives in a work devoted to Montana's early history and progressive men. As the name indicates, Mr. McLeod comes of stanch old Scot- tish lineage, a native of Kings county, Prince Ed- ward Island, where he was born May 12, 1848, the son of William and Mary (McDougall) McLeod, the former a native of picturesque old Inverness- shire in the Highlands of Scotlands; the latter, of equally pure Scottish descent, was born in Queens county, Prince Edward Island, where her marriage to Mr. McLeod was solemnized. The father of our subject immigrated to America when a young man and became one of the influential farmers and stockgrowers of Prince Edward Island. He was a man of fine intellectuality and sterling character, and became one of the representative citizens of his section of the Canadian dominion. While he has passed to the great beyond, the widow still lives upon the old homestead.

John McLeod passed his early years at home, securing his preliminary educational discipline in the excellent public schools, and thereafter con- tinuing his studies in the Provincial Normal School at Charlottetown, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1866. He immediate-

ly put his scholastic acquirements to practical use, turning his attention to pedagogic work in which he successfully engaged for a period of two years, removing thence to. Nova Scotia, where he passed one winter and then came to the United States, accompanied by his brother Robert, who died in Bozeman, Mont., in 1875. They proceeded to Portland, Me., and thence made their way to Chi- cago, where they tarried a few months, after which they continued their journey toward the sunset gates. Thus it came about that they arrived in Montana in the year 1870. After working for a few months in the mines our subject came to the Gallatin valley, and a year later again turned his attention to mining, his identification with this industry covering a period of about five years, usually passing the winter seasons in the Gallatin valley. In 1875 Mr. McLeod took up a tract of land on West Gallatin river and engaged in farm- ing about three years, when he sold the place. In 1882 he effected the purchase of his present fine property, then known as the R. T. Burnett ranch, located near East Gallatin river and four miles northeast of Belgrade, the postoffice address of the family when on the ranch. The place com- prises 200 acres, and its value is greatly enhanced by the fact that it requires no irrigation. He has devoted especial attention to the raising of oats, but has diversified his farming as judgment dic- tated. At the time of this writing (August, 1901) he is giving over a larger portion of the farm to the raising of hay, and purposes to give more at- tention in the future to the raising of high-grade cattle. The ranch is one of the best improved in this section of the state, the residence being one of commodious order and modern architectural design, while the barns and other requisite out- buildings all indicate the progressive spirit and good judgment of the owner. Mr. McLeod also has a fine residence property in the city of Boze- man, where the family maintain their home during the winter seasons that the children may avail themselves of the superior educational advantages afforded in that city.

In politics Mr. McLeod gives a stalwart alle- giance to the Democratic party and its principles, and has been an influential worker in its cause and a prime factor in its local councils. As a man of vigorous mentality and mature judgment he has naturally been called upon to serve in positions of public trust and responsibility. In 1889 he was elected clerk of the district court for a term

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of three years, and at the expiration of the same was chosen as his own successor; he has now served in this capacity for a period of seven years. In 1898 Mr. McLeod was the successful candidate of his party for representative of Gallatin county in the lower house of the state legislature, and has proved an active and efficient working member of that body. In all the relations of life he has so deported himself as to gain and retain the con- fidence and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact, and his position in the confidence and regard of the people of Gallatin county is assured.

On the 9th of July, 1882, Mr. McLeod was united in marriage to Miss Jennie E. Williams, who was born in North Carolina, the daughter of G. B. and Ellen (Edney) Williams, natives respect- ively of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod have three daughters and one son, their names, in order of birth, being as follows: Bessie L., Mary F., Bertha E. and John Bryan. Fraternally our subject is identified with Pythagoras Lodge No. 2, K. of P., at Bozeman.

ROBERT F. McLEAN .- Blackfoot valley, Powell county, Mont., is prolific of successful and enterprising ranchmen, and prominently among them is the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this biographical sketch. His four- teen years' residence in the state and territory have witnessed the upbuilding of a fine and lucra- tive enterprise at his hands, and one of which he may be justly proud. Robert F. McLean was born in New Brunswick in 1862. His parents were Archibald A. and Elizabeth (Fowler) Mc- 'Lean. The father was a Scotchman, a farmer, and came to New Brunswick, Canada, in the 'forties, and died in New Brunswick. Elizabeth McLean, the mother, was also born in Scotland and passed away from earth in New Brunswick.

At the age of sixteen years the subject of this article left home and went to Bangor, Me., where he continued to work industriously for two years. He then departed from Bangor and removed to New Hampshire, where he remained but six months; thence to Oshkosh and Mariette, Wis., residing in the latter place three years. Leaving there he moved to Minneapolis, Minn., where he was engaged in various employments for four years. It was in 1887 that Mr. McLean first came to Montana. He remained in the territory until

it had been admitted into the Union, and then went to Hood River, Ore., where he passed three years in the lumber business, after which he re- turned to Montana, and has since continued to re- side in the Blackfoot valley. For five years he was engaged in the lumber business.

Mr. McLean was married to Mrs. Mary J. Arm- strong, a native of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Lean have one child-Hazel McLean. There is an air of general prosperity around the 800-acre ranch of Mr. McLean. It lies one mile east of Ovando and is devoted to general farming and stockraising, and it can be said that he is pre-emi- nently a successful man, financially and socially.

H ERBERT McNULTA .- Educated for the navy at Annapolis, Mr. McNulta has found agreeable and profitable use for his knowledge of mathematics and engineering in the mining re- gions of Montana, where he has rendered valuable technical and expert service. He was born at Bloomington, Ill., November 23, 1862, the son of John and Laura (Pelton) McNulta, the former of whom was born in New York city in 1837, and died in Washington, D. C., on February 22, 1900. He was a very prominent lawyer, and enjoyed a national reputation as a disciple of Isaac Walton. His widow, who is living in Chicago, was born in Connecticut in 1844. Mr. McNulta received his education in the public schools of Bloomington and the State University at Normal, Ill., from which he was graduated in 1880. He was then appointed to a cadetship at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and at the close of his four-years course went on a two-years cruise. From 1886 to 1889 he followed civil engineering at Detroit, Mich., Cleveland, Ohio, and Mobile, Ala. He followed this with a term of study and constructive engineering of a year and a half in the shops of the Brush Electrical. Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, and was afterward connected with the Detroit Electrical Works until October, 1893. Then, for a short time, he was in the em- ploy of the Belle City Street Railway Company, of Racine, Wis .; then with the Calumet Electric Street Railway Company in Chicago, as master mechanic and chief electrician. From 1895 to 1897 he was consulting engineer with the Frank B. Rae Company, of Chicago. In January, 1897, he came to Helena, Mont., as superintendent of

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the Helena Power & Light Company, and in Jan- uary, 1899, when to Cripple Creek as consulting engineer of the Colorado Electric Power Com- pany. In August, 1899, he removed to Anaconda to take the position of manager of the electric light and railway, water works and townsite de- partments of the Anaconda Copper Mining Com- pany. At Annapolis, Md., in 1898, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Presly March- land, daughter of the late Commodore John B. Marchland, of the United States navy, and Mar- garet Donelson Thornton. She was a native of Baltimore, Md., where she was born in 1864.

JOHN H. McQUEENEY .- Among the repre- sentative citizens of Montana's metropolis is Mr. McQueeney, who has conducted an extensive transfer business in Butte for years and who is the owner of valuable real estate and mining interests. He was born in the beautiful city of New Haven, Conn., on November 30, 1843. He comes of stanch Irish lineage, his father, Patrick Mc- Queeney, having been born in the Emerald Isle, whence he emigrated to the United States about 1840, locating in New Haven, from which city he removed to Chicago in 1854, and there devoted the remainder of his life principally to mercantile pursuits. His wife, whose maiden name was Cath- erine McHugh, was likewise a native of Ireland, where their marriage was solemnized and her death occurred in Chicago in 1896. They had eight children, of whom John H. was the second and he is the only one now living.

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Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 141

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