Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 47

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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Dr. Horsky began the practice of medicine at Helena in 1895. In this he has continued with suc- cess and is now engaged in applying himself to gen- eral practice, but making a specialty of internal medicine. In the interest of his profession he has passed some time during these years in Philadelphia

and New York. He is a member of the state and county medical associations and the Rocky Moun- tain Inter-State Medical Society. He has also been secretary of the Helena board of health. Frater- nally he affiliates with the Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen and United Workmen. On October 6, 1898, he was united in marriage with Miss Annie Brooke, daughter of Dr. Benjamin C. Brooke, of Helena. They have one child, Brooke R. Dr. Horsky is highly esteemed in a wide circle of ac- quaintance, and his abilities and his winning traits of character have made him popular as a physician and surgeon and to these and to his generous and kindly character are due his marked and increasing patronage.

C 'HARLES E. HOY .- With a fine farm of 960 acres, making a beautiful home near the foot- hills of the mountains in the eastern part of the famous Gallatin valley, well watered and in a high state of cultivation, one-half producing hay and the residue oats, barley and other grain, improved by a handsome residence, ample barns and other out- houses, and enlivened with fine herds of cattle and swine, Charles E. Hoy would seem to have notlı- ing to long for in a material way, and when it is added that he is held in high esteem by the people of the valley, and considered a good representative citizen, an excellent farmer, a man of wide informa- tion and a serviceable, benevolent neighbor and friend, the civic and social side of his life is as com- plete in its combination of satisfactory elements as is the financial side.

He was born in Cedar county, Iowa, on May 16, 1852, a son of D. W. and Catherine (Doty) Hoy, natives of Ohio, who emigrated to Iowa in early life, later lived in Illinois a few years, then came overland by wagon to Montana in 1877, stopping one summer on their way in the Black Hills. They had many Indian scares but no serious trouble. They did have, however, unusual and difficult labor in making their advance, being compelled to con- struct their own roads in places for long distances. They came direct to Bozeman with their five chil- dren, and located on a portion of the present ranch, adding by subsequent purchases to the homestead. After occupying the tract for a number of years, Mr. Hoy sold it to his son Charles E. He married May 22, 1880, Miss Rachel Miller, daughter of James L. Miller, also a prosperous and progressive farmer of the valley, who came from his native

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state of Illinois and settled near Mr. Hoy's place in 1893. Three children have ben born to the Hoys : Katie, Joseph and James D., deceased. Mr. Hoy has for years been extensively engaged in rais- ing fine shorthorn cattle. He has recently added swine to his stock and has at this writing over 200 head. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed the chairs in his local lodge. He was one among the first to see the necessity for a large canal for irrigating pur- poses from the West Gallatin river, eastward along the foothills in the southern part of the valley. A company was organized in 1885 and the canal start- ed, but, being short of means, it was sold to Albert Kleinschmidt, who completed it. It was purchased from him in June, 1901, by a company of farmers, of which C. E. Hoy is one of the largest stock- holders.

JUDGE HENRY N. BLAKE, ex-chief justice of Montana, by territorial appointment and subse- quent election, and the present master in chancery for the state, and also a leading member of the Montana bar, was born in Boston on June 5, 1838. The founders of the Blake family came from Eng- land to Massachusetts colony about 1630. They became prominent factors in the early history of Dorchester, now a part of the city of Boston. The representatives of the family were makers of co- lonial history and played many important parts. One of the ancestors of the Judge, of the third gen- eration in America, James Blake, Jr., wrote "Blake's Annals of Dorchester," a history of Dorchester from 1630 to 1753, a valuable contribu- tion to New England colonial history. His great- grandfather, Jonathan Blake, served through five campaigns in the momentous struggle for American independence and for his Revolutionary service re- ceived a pension. He had nine children, the eldest of whom, James Blake, was the father of eleven children, of whom James Howe Blake, the father of Henry N. Blake, was the third. He was born on December 7, 1804. Throughout the greater part of his life he was engaged in milling, and died in 1863 in Boston. He was married on November 26, 1829, to Miss Mary Nichols, who died in 1881. They had five children, and one of their sons, William Edward, gave his life to the Union cause while serving as a soldier in the Eleventh Massa- chusetts Infantry, in 1862. The parents of Mr. Blake's mother, Joseph and Elizabeth ( Beal) Nich-

cls, were natives of Hingham, Mass., of which "Mr." Thomas Nichols was one of the founders. English in descent, they settled in Hingham in 1637.

Hon. Henry N. Blake, the fourth born of his fa- ther's family, was graduated from the Dorchester (Mass.) high school and from the law department of Harvard College, receiving from the latter emi- nent institution the degree of LL. B. in 1858. He began the practice of law in Boston in 1859, but at the first call for volunteers to crush the Rebellion in April, 1861, imbued with the patriotic spirit of his sires, Mr. Blake enlisted in Company K, Elev- enth Massachusetts Infantry, as a private. Through different grades of promotion he rose to be captain. He continued in the service, and it was active, ardu- ous duty and at all times perilous, until 1864, when he was mustered out. He was in the Army of the Potomac and participated in twenty battles and numerous skirmishes. At the first battle of Bull Run he was slightly wounded, and again at Spott- sylvania he received a wound which resulted in his being mustered out. In 1866 Mr. Blake came to the territory of Montana via the Missouri river to Fort Benton, and went from there to Virginia City, where he began the practice of law, and for twenty years devoted himself to his profession, with the exception of a brief period, when he was editor of the Montana Post, the initial newspaper in the ter- ritory. Judge Blake inherited a talent for literature and is a graphic writer, showing a fine ability and descriptive power. Soon after the war he wrote a history of his regiment, a book of unusual interest and brilliant literary style, entitled "Three Years in the Army." On April 22, 1869, Mr. Blake was appointed by President Grant United States attor- ney for Montana Territory. In March, 1871, he resigned this office to accept the position of district attorney for the First judicial district, comprising the counties of Madison, Beaverhead and Gallatin, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. W. L. McMath, while in the next November he was elected to succeed himself and served two years. On January 9, 1872, he was appointed reporter of the supreme court of the territory. He prepared the first volume of Montana Reports, and assisted in the preparation of the second and third volumes. In 1874 he was elected to the Montana territorial legislature, but resigned his seat in 1875 to accept a place on the supreme bench. Here he served with distinction until 1880, winning a reputation for high legal ability, courtesy and conscientious devotion to the principles of law. Subsequently he served in

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the legislative sessions of 1880-2-6. In 1884 he was elected district attorney for the First judicial district, and, on March 23, 1889, was appointed chief justice of the territory of Montana, serving as such until November 8, 1889. At this period Montana sprung from a mere northwest territory into being as a state. Then Judge Blake was elected chief justice of the state and served until 1893. In the election of 1892 he was the candidate of the Republican party for the same position, but, as the People's party had united with the Democrats, he was defeated by Judge William Y. Pemberton, the candidate of the fusion element. In 1897 Judge Blake was ap- pointed master in chancery for the state and is now serving in that capacity. On January 27, 1870, he was married to Miss Clara J. Clark, of Massachu- setts, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Maria (Choate) Clark. They had three daughters, Bes- sie M., Ellen A. and Mary Milley (deceased).

The military record of Henry N. Blake is an en- viable one and his ancestors, on both sides distin- guished colonial patriots, were they living would see that the unfaltering love of liberty possessed by them was but intensified in their descendants. He bravely served in these historic battles of the Civil war: Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Savage Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Bristow Station, second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chan- cellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness (seven days), Spottsylvania and many minor engagements, and was commissioned captain on April 26, 1864. He also served with distinction with the Montana militia, which responded to the governor's call for troops to fight hostile Indians in May, June and July, 1867, and was commissioned colonel of mili- tia by Gen. Meagher, then acting governor. Frater- nally the Judge is a member of the G. A. R. and the Loyal Legion. Of the former he is past com- mander. He is also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.

( EORGE W. HUBBARD, now serving with signal ability as sheriff of Yellowstone county, is a native of Greene county, Ill., where he was born on April 24, 1857, the son of William and Martha (Kline) Hubbard, the father being a farmer, as was his father, John Hubbard. George attended the public schools until 1877, then removed to Ore- gon and to Walla Walla, the historic old city of Washington, where he engaged to care for stock

on the range, remaining thus employed until 1879, when he located at Pocatello, Idaho, and secured a contract for furnishing beef for the Indians at Ross Fork agency, also was in the stockraising industry in that locality until 1884. In that year he came to Montana and engaged in the stock busi- ness on the Musselshell successfully. In 1895 he was appointed city marshal of Billings and his ex- cellent service caused his nomination for sheriff on the Democratic ticket in 1896. He was elected and gave a very acceptable administration and was elected as his own successor in November, 1900. Fraternally Mr. Hubbard holds membership in the orders of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen and the United Workmen. In 1888 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hubbard to Miss Marguerite Steinbrueck, of Billings, and they have four children: George A., Aline, Florence and Leona, all of whom are at the parental home.

STILLMAN HULING, who came to the terri- tory of Montana with but a small share of this world's goods, has achieved a handsome compe- tence through his business capacity and tireless in- dustry. The men endowed with western enthusi- asm accomplish the largest results in any one of the state's industries, and Mr. Huling is a successful type of this class. On his handsome ranch near Manhattan, in Gallatin county, there is every evi- dence of the truth of this statement. He was born in Miami county, Ind., on July 14, 1850. His par- ents were Peter and Mary Jane (Barss) Huling, the father a Pennsylvanian and the mother a native of Indiana, to which state Peter Huling came a young man and where he was married. In 1852 he crossed the plains to Yuba county, Cal., where he died in 1855. Stillman Huling, one of a family of six children, passed his boyhood's days in Califor- nia, and in 1872 removed to Nevada, where for six years he was in the cattle and horse busi- ness, and in Boise City, Idaho, on March 10, 1879, he married Miss Carrie Mott, a native of Wiscon- sin and a daughter of John Mott, of New York, and Victoria (Brown) Mott, of Indiana. John Mott was one of the pioneers of Wisconsin.

Soon after his marriage in 1880, Stillman Huling came to Bozeman, Mont., passed the winter and then bought horses in Washington and brought them to Montana for sale. In the spring of 1881

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Mr. and Mrs. Huling started for the Bitter Root country, but lost their way owing to the extraor- dinary depth of snow and took refuge in an Indian camp, not the safest thing to do in those perilous days. The Indians, however, piloted them across the river, but Mr. Huling had a very fine horse which attracted their attention and they followed them two days with the intention of stealing it. Fortunately they met a white man living with the Indians who prevented the theft and saved Mr. Huling his horse. In 1883 Mr. Huling made a trip to Utah and purchased a large herd of cattle, which he brought to Montana, and, locating on Sixteen Mile, he engaged in stockraising, which he profitably continued until 1889, when he pur- chased the Simpson ranch on Bull Run creek, where he remained with his family until 1899, when he removed to his present valuable property, three miles east of Manhattan, in Gallatin county. In 1900 he added to this the James M. Fly proper- ty and the Dickie Wright place of 640 acres, the whole comprising a ranch of 1,500 acres. Here he usually winters between 700 and 1,000 shorthorn' cattle. In horses Mr. Huling is interested in the Norman breed and generally has 100 or more on the place. Mrs. Huling is a chicken fancier, and has a large number of white crested Polands, light Brahmas and other valuable breeds. It is a beauti- ful home that Mr. Huling has here made for his family, and his comfortable residence is surrounded by good barns and other commodious outbuildings. He is one of Montana's representative men, wide- awake, enterprising and progressive.

W ILLIAM B. HUNDLEY, one of the pioneer residents of Helena, came to Montana in 1875. He was born in Kentucky on May 19, 1823. His father, John Boswell Hundley, was born Au- gust 14, 1799, in Pennsylvania, and married a Miss Dorsey and settled in Trigg county, Ky., in 1826. Ten years later he removed to Alton, Ill., and died there on June 12, 1847, his wife surviving him until March 17, 1867. He was a civil engineer for many years and also a deputy United States marshal in Illinois. His two sons reside in Montana. W. B. Hundley was reared in Kentucky and educated in her schools and at Shurtliff College at Upper Alton, Ill. He was a farmer until 1867, when he engaged in milling until 1870, in which year he was elected to the Illinois legislature, serving through

1870-I and the extra session of 1871-2. In 1872 he was elected to the state senate, resigning that office in 1875. In that year he came to Helena, where he has since resided. In 1847 he married with Miss America Luckett, a native of Virginia. Their two children, Mrs. W. G. Preuitt and Mrs. W. L. Miner, are both dead. Mr. Hundley voted for President Polk and has ever been a Democrat. Shortly after his arrival in Montana he was elected to the territorial council, to which he was twice re- elected. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1884 and an honorary member of those of 1889 and 1892. He was elected a county commissioner of Lewis and Clarke county in 1896 and in 1900 and he is still in office. His Montana career has been successful and honorable and he has a wide circle of friends.

H ON. WILLIAM O. HUTCHINSON was a member of the house of representatives of the Sixth general assembly, in which he was represent- ative of Lewis and Clark county and numbered among the alert and progressive business men of Montana. He is descended from stanch old south- ern stock, being a native of Macon county, Mo .. where he was born on March 17, 1861, the son of Elijah W. and Sarah (Coleman) Hutchinson, na- tives respectively of Virginia and Kentucky. The father of the former removed from Pittsylvania county, Va., to Missouri, when the father of our subject was a child. He was a planter, as he had been in the Old Dominion, and his death occurred in Missouri. Elijah W. Hutchinson grew to ma- turity in Missouri and engaged in agricultural pur- suits, removing to California in 1853, but eventually returned to Missouri, where he now resides.

William O. Hutchinson, the immediate subject of this review, was the eldest of three sons who grew to years of maturity, and received his educa- tional training in his native state, attending the public schools and later entering the State Normal School, at Kirksville, Mo., where he took a two- years' course. On laying aside his text-books le engaged in teaching for two years, and in 1883 came to Helena, Mont., where his time was divided between school teaching and working on a ranch. By careful methods and close application he was enabled to engage in business upon his own re- sponsibility, opening a drug store in East Helena in 1893, an enterprise which he has since success-

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fully continued. In 1893 he was appointed post- master of East Helena, under Cleveland's adminis- tration, serving for a term of four years and doing much to better the facilities of the mail service in his jurisdiction.

Mr. Hutchinson has ever been a stalwart sup- porter of the Democratic party, and his effective services in the cause brought to him distinctive rec- ognition, his eligibility for positions of public trust and responsibility being unmistakable. In 1898 he was elected to the lower house of the legislature, serving through the session of that year. He was renominated by his party in 1900. He was also the nominee of his party for county commissioner in 1900, was elected and is now serving. The father of our subject was also called upon to hold distinctive preferment in public capacities, being a man of prominence and influence in Missouri. He served as county judge for four years and as presid- ing judge of Macon county. In his fraternal rela- tions our subject is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a charter member of his lodge, with the Knights of Pythias, and is a charter member of the Woodmen of the World.

Mr. Hutchinson has been twice married. On Au- gust 10, 1887, he was united to Miss Cora Burns, a daughter of Capt. Alexander F. Burns, of East Helena, concerning whom individual mention is made on another page of this work. Of this union two children were born: Jessie D. and Annie E. The wife and mother was summoned into eternal rest in October, 1890, and subsequently Mr. Hutch- inson was married to Miss Alice Updyke, in 1890, who was born in Stark county, Ill. They are the parents of a little daughter-Alma Atta. The fam- ily occupy a prominent position in local social cir- cles, and the home is one in which the courteous amenities of life are ever in evidence.

G EORGE W. IRVIN .- In studying a clear- cut, sane, distinct character like that of Mr. Irvin, interpretation follows fact in a straight line of direction ; there is not any need of indirection or puzzling. His character has been the positive ex- pression of a strong nature. Among the pioneers of Montana there is none held in higher esteem than this well known citizen of Butte, of which city he is now postmaster. His connection with the pro- ductive activities of Montana has been from the early territorial epoch. George W. Irvin is a native

of Chicago, Ill., where he was born on February 22, 1844, the son of John B. and Ellen M. (Walton) Irvin, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father was an early settler in Chicago, but from there re- moved with his family to his native state in 1848. returning to Illinois again in 1853, and locating this time in the southern part. Later he removed to Dubuque, Iowa, where he is now engaged in rail- road construction. George W. Irvin diligently at- tended the public schools until 1861. The integrity of the Union then being menaced by armed rebel- lion, he sought to enlist in a Kansas regiment for the three months' service, but was rejected with his entire company, the regiment having filled before its arrival at Ft. Leavenworth. In July, 1863, he assisted John Bozeman in the organization of a party to make an overland trip to Idaho, of which territory western Montana was then a part. When the company reached the place where Buffalo, Wyo., now stands, they were intercepted by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, 700 strong, and, after a few days detention, Mr. Irvin and another man were dispatched 175 miles to Ft. Laramie to secure relief, traversing a hostile Indian country and making the trip in three nights' riding. Relief to the beleaguered train was refused by the post commandant, and the party thereupon returned to the Platte river. Bozeman, Irvin and eight others of the party, however, decided to continue their journey, and started onward, each equipped with a horse, a rifle and ammunition and rations for one day, depending on the wild game of the country for food. In August the little company reached the summit of the Belt mountains and gained their first view of the beautiful Gallatin valley. Mr. Irvin applied to the gap the name of Bozeman Pass, which it has ever since borne, and at the location where they camped is located the city of Bozeman. At the confluence of the three branches of the Gal- latin river the party encountered two men, who in- formed them of the discovery of gold in Alder gulch (Virginia City). Mr. Irvin reached this gulch on August 22, 1863, and engaged in mining, a line of enterprise to which he gave his attention in that locality and in California gulch for two years with his accustomed energy.

Mr. Irvin's associations with public affairs had early inception. In 1865 he was appointed one of the clerks of the commission to codify the laws of the territory, and was retained in the office of Col. WV. F. Sanders, the first senator from Montana in congress. In° 1866 he was appointed assistant

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assessor of internal revenue for the district con- prising Deer Lodge, Missoula and Beaverhead counties, and also served as deputy United States marshal. He was the first postmaster at Deer Lodge in 1866-67; under sheriff of Deer Lodge county in 1874-76; public adminstrator of the county in the centennial year, and clerk of the Second judicial district in 1879. After his removal to Silver Bow county he was sheriff from 1882 to 1884, inclusive. From 1870 to 1874 he was asso- ciated with his brother-in-law, Thomas H. Irvin, Jr., in mercantile and mining operations. He changed his residence to Butte in 1881. There lie was United States marshal in 1889 and 1890, being the last United States marshal in the territory and the first one in the state. He was also, in conse- quence of this, ex-officio superintendent of the ter- ritorial penitentiary, because the United States gov- ernment owned it, but this office he resigned when the territory became a state. In 1893-94 he was state commissioner of mineral lands. While hold- ing this office he employed counsel and fought the Northern Pacific Railway to a successful issue in the case of the Northern Pacific Railway vs. Richard P. Barden, et al. Upon the decision of the supreme court in favor of the defendant, through the aid of the senators and congresssmen from Montana, Mr. Irvin secured the enactment by congress of a law for the examination, classification and segregation of 17,000,000 acres of land within the Northern Pacific land grant, saving for the pros- pectors about one-half of the land involved and relegating it to the public mineral lands of the United States. For six years under this law, three commissions of three persons each in Montana, and also one commission in Idaho, have been in the field and have carried to completion the segregation of the mineral land from the Northern Pacific grant.

The various public positions herein enumerated which Mr. Irvin has successfully filled show by implication the mental capacity and executive ability of the man. They also show clearly the character of his services to his party and the esteem in which he is held by its managers and high of- ficials. Fraternally he is identified with the Benevo- lent Protective Order of Elks, and his religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. In March, 1898, he was appointed postmaster of Butte, a po- sition which he holds at this writing, winning high commendation for his ability and skill in the admin- istration of its affairs and the improvements he has made in the service.

In Deer Lodge valley on October 23, 1867, Mr. Irvin was united in marriage with Miss Bettie H. Irvine, daughter of Thomas H. Irvine, one of the prominent pioneers of the territory. The fruit of the union is one daughter, Mary B. Of the mar- riage ceremony and accompanying festivities, a local chronicler recorded that "three hundred citizens of the territory attended the reception at the Deer Lodge hotel, among whom were many Indian women, wives 'of white settlers." The affair was one of those joyous ones peculiar to the time and place, and one that can never be duplicated in modern Montana.

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Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 47

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