Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 70

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 religious faith Mr. Caplice is a Roman Catholic, firm in his devotion to the church and zealous in its service. He has made large con- tributions to its needs, aiding without stint in the erection of church, school and hospital buildings not only in Butte but in the surrounding country. In politics he is a stanch Democrat and, as in everything else, has proven his faith by earnest service. While not caring for the honors or profits of office, he has yielded on several occasions to a general demand and served as county commissioner for the common good .. This he did in Missoula, Deer Lodge and Silver Bow counties. He was united in marriage on April 3. 1855, to Miss Johanna Burke, a native of Ireland, who, in 1886, after nearly a third of a century of faithful assistance in his labors, passed over to those activities that have no weariness. Two children, a son and a daughter, were born to them. The son, Fred W., who was associated with his father in the grocery 'business, died in 1898. The daughter, Mary A., is now the wife of G. E. Rockwood, of Butte. Mr. Caplice has lived out the full complement of human life allowed by the sacred writer, but having reached his full development and hardened his frame by active outdoor labor he is still hale and full of energy. He is now principally concerned in the wholesale and retail liquor business to which he gives personal attention, having retired in the main from active participation in the management of other large enterprises with which he is or has been con- nected. But he yet has extensive interests in min- ing properties and other paying investments. He owns much property in valuable copper mines at the head of the Yukon river in Alaska and possesses many fine pieces of real estate in Butte and else-

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where. His business and the general welfare of the community in which he happened to be living always absorbed all his energies and also rewarded all his efforts with material returns and with what is much more to be desired-the liigh respect, the cordial and sincere regard and the confidence of his fellow men.

J L. PATTERSON, one of Montana's pioneer miners and now a prosperous ranchman and a Democrat, is located in Missouri valley, near Townsend. From both beneath and on the surface of this state Mr. Patterson has, through years of toil, deprivation and hardship, gleaned the fruits of patient industry, and stands a type of the sturdiest of Montana's manhood. He was born at Floressant, St. Louis county, Mo., on March 22, 1837, a son of Durett and Matilda (Harris) Patter- son, both natives of Floressant. They had three sons and six daughters. The paternal grandfather, Elisha Patterson, a native of North Carolina, mar- ried a daughter of Durett Hubbard, of that state. J. L. Patterson was reared on the farm and edu- cated in the public schools. On April II, 1864, he started for Virginia City, Mont. The trip over the plains was pleasant, nothing occurring to annoy the party. After two months passed in Virginia City, where he arrived on August 5, 1864, Mr. Patterson removed to Last Chance gulch, where there was then but one lone cabin, belonging to one John Cowan.

On leaving Virginia City Mr. Patterson formed an acquaintance with one William Embry. They journeyed together to the locality now Grizzly gulch. But it was not Grizzly gulch when they ar- rived. It remained for Mr. Embry to give the place a name by shooting and killing a grizzly bear, one of those deeds of heroism common in those pioneer days, but which today would be published through- out the United States. Here they passed the winter in the "lower district." In the fall of 1865 they re- moved to Diamond City, where they continued until 1875, when Mr. Patterson removed to the Missouri valley and purchased the ranch where he resides, surrounded by all the comforts of a home earned by many hardships in a rough and forbidding wilder- ness, and here he is engaged in raising cattle and horses. On June -30, 1883, Mr. Patterson married with Miss Ella Finn, born in St. Anthony's Falls, now Minneapolis, on August 12, 1861. She was a

daughter of Daniel, who died in February, 1901, and Catherine (McCarty) Finn, natives of Ireland. They came to America in the same ship and settled in Maine, where they were married. Five years later, in 1860, they went to Minnesota with their one son and two daughters and, in 1864, they came to Montana, where Mr. Finn engaged in mining, following the different stampedes and going to the Coeur d'Alene country, where he remained until 1897, with the first arrivals. He is now living at seventy-four years in Missouri valley. On their trip to Montana the Finn family had a most un- pleasant experience. The Indians were making it hazardous to attempt to pass through the country, and once the party was corralled for eighteen days. On several occasions they expected to be massacred, while more than once the mother put on the chil- dren's best clothes, under the impression they were to be killed by the Indians. Capt. James Fiske was in charge of the train, and affairs grew so serious that it became necessary to send the women and children back, which task was accomplished with great difficulty. Mrs. Finn never recovered from the hardships of this perilous expedition and died in Minnesota in November, 1866. Mr. Finn remained with the train, joined in its dangers and had many narrow escapes, and was joined by his children in 1870. They came with an uncle, who was a native of Maine. This time they came on a boat to Fort Benton. The craft sprung a leak and it was with the greatest difficulty the passengers were saved from deatlı. From Fort Benton they went by stage to Helena.

A LBERT P. O'LEARY, M. D .- The beautiful little city of Flint, Genesee county, Mich., figures as the birthplace of this able and popular physician and surgeon. He has been a resident of the northwest since the age of six years. He is es- sentially a western man. Dr. Albert Patrick O'Leary was born on August 26, 1870, the son of John C. and Alice M. (Vernon) O'Leary, the for- mer of whom was born in Ireland and emigrated to America in his youth, about 1849. His wife was born near Rochester, N. Y., and they now reside at Boise, Idaho, the father being interested in several ranches and one of the extensive stock men of that state. He has practically devoted his entire life to agriculture and allied lines of industry, and his integrity has gained him confidence and esteem.

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When Albert Patrick O'Leary was about six years old his parents removed to Oregon, locating at the Dalles, where he was reared and received his preliminary educational discipline, completing an academic course. In 1893 he matriculated in the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he completed a most thorough technical course, with the best of incidental clinical advantages and facilities, and was graduated in the class of 1898, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He returned to Oregon, locating in Portland, where for one year he served as interne in St. Vincent's Hospital. Soon afterward, in No- vember, 1899, Dr. O'Leary came to Montana, lo- cating in Butte, where he has since been success- fully engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery. From December, 1899, until Febru- ary, 1901, he had charge of the smallpox cases dis- covered in the city, and was signally successful in his treatment of this loathsome malady. He is a close student and gives as much time as possible to original research along the line of his profession. He keeps in touch with the members of his pro- fession and their work by maintaining membership in the Rocky Mountain Inter-State Medical Asso- ciation, the Montana State Medical Association and the Silver Bow County Medical Society. Frater- nally he is identified with the Knights of the Macca- bees, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Select Knights, being medical examiner for the local lodges of each of these organizations. His relig- ious faith is that of the Catholic church, in which he was reared. He is well known and distinctly popu- lar.

H ON. GOODWIN T. PAUL .- As a represent- ative business man, one of Montana's most loyal citizens, it is incumbent that record be here made concerning Mr. Paul, who maintains his home in the thriving little city of Dillon, with whose development and material prosperity he has been prominently identified. Mr. Paul is a native of Iowa, born in Marion, Linn county, November 9, 1856, the eldest of nine children born to Alexander and Justan (Taylor) Paul. Alex- ander Paul is a native of Pennsylvania, where the family has long been established, and it is worthy of note that his place of nativity is the same farm on which his paternal grandfather was born. He was reared to the vocation of a farmer, and in January, 1845, removed to Iowa, becom-

ing a pioneer of Linn county, where he still maintains his home, his attention having always been devoted to farming and dealing in live stock. He is a man of spotless integrity and much execu- tive ability, and his success, which is of note- worthy character, has been worthily achieved. Justan (Taylor) Paul was a native of North Caro- lina, whence she accompanied her parents, Good- win and Jane (Crawford) Taylor, on their re- moval to Iowa, as early as the year 1836. She died at the old homestead in Iowa in 1876. Her father was one of the early settlers of Iowa, and became one of the influential citizens of the state, but devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the legislature of the state in 1850, about seven years later removed to Kan- sas, where he remained for a time and then re- turned to Iowa. Eventually he took up his resi- dence in Nebraska, where he passed the residue of his life; was a candidate for the state senate a short time prior to his demise, but was defeated by a small majority.

Goodwin T. Paul, the immediate subject of this review, was reared to the invigorating life incident . to a farm, and his early educational advantages were such as prevailed in the public schools of his native county. Here he fitted himself for a col- legiate course, and in 1874 he matriculated in Cornell College, at Mount Vernon, Iowa, where he pursued a course in civil engineering until 1880. After leaving college he was for a short time identified with teaching and railroad work, but in 1881 he came to Montana and located in Dillon, then a mere hamlet which had been platted but a short time. He was employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment until 1884, went to Butte to assume charge of a department of the Montana Lumber & Produce Company, but the following year returned to Dillon and effected the organization of the Dillon Furniture Com- pany, of which he became manager. Through his efforts the enterprise showed a steady expansion of business and soon secured rank as one of the principal mercantile industries of this section of the state. He continued in charge of the business until 1892, when he purchased the entire stock of the company and is now sole owner. He is a man of marked discrimination and tact, and his careful regard for the highest ethics of busi- ness has gained for him uniform confidence and esteem, and a patronage which is the natural sequel of correct methods. He carries a large

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and select stock of furniture, and the equipment of the establishment is thoroughly modern throughout. Mr. Paul also acts as local agent for several leading fire insurance companies, and as an underwriter he controls a large and repre- sentative business.

Fraternally Mr. Paul is prominently identified with the time-honored order of Freemasons, re- taining membership in Dillon Lodge No. 30, A. F. & A. M .; Dillon Chapter No. 8, R. A. M .; and St. Elmo Commandery No. 7, K. T. In each of these bodies he has held important positions, taking a deep interest in the work and objects of the fraternity, being a close student of its history and impressive ritual.

The political allegiance of Mr. Paul is given to the Democratic party, and he is one of the leaders in its local councils and an active worker in its cause. In 1891 he was elected city treasurer of Dillon, serving until the close of the succeed- ing year ; was a member of the board of educa- tion for several years, his interest in educational affairs having been unflagging. In February, 1901, Gov. Toole appointed him a member of the state board of education, and though his business in- terests place imperative demands upon his time and attention, such is his concern in all that touches the welfare and advancement of the state that he assumed the duties of the office without hesitation. It need scarcely be said that he dis- charges the same with that zeal and discrimi- nation characteristic of the man. In November, 1900, Mr. Paul was elected to represent Beaver- head county in the lower house of the state legis- lature, and served with signal ability during the Sixth general assembly, proving himself a capable and conscientious legislator and indefatigable in his efforts to conserve the best interests of the commonwealth. He is a man of strong convic- tions, ever ready to defend the same with unwav- ering courage, while no influence is sufficient to deflect from a course he believes to be right. He was chosen chairman of the house commit- tee on appropriations, and his close application gained for him the sobriquet of "watch-dog of the state treasury." He was a member of the committee on corporations, other than municipal, and that on insurance and internal improvements. He was one of the working members of the house, and his record as a legislator is one that stands to his credit and honor and to the constituency he represents. He maintains a thoroughly pub-

lic-spirited attitude and is held in high esteem by all who know him, in both business and social circles.

On December 1, 1889, Mr. Paul was united in marriage to Miss Mary Bourret, who was born in Nebraska, and later lived in Utah and Nevada. She was educated at the well known Catholic institution at Villa Marie, Montreal. Her par- ents, Joseph and Mathilda Bourret, removed from the Province of Quebec, Canada, to Chicago, in their youthful days, and later took up their resi- dence in Nebraska. Mr. Bourret died in Dillon in 1895. Mrs. Bourret later married and resides in Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Paul have three chil- dren : Hortense, born October 1, 1890; Lucille, June 28, 1896; and Frank Goodwin, November 6, 1900.

ILLIAM H. PATTERSON, successful miner, merchant and cattlegrower, and a prom- inent and respected citizen of Butte, was born near St. Louis, Mo., on October 4, 1839. His father was Louis Patterson, a millman, also a native of Missouri, where he was born on Jan- uary 7, 1807, and died on August 21, 1861, and his mother was Nancy (Jamison) Patterson, of Kentucky, who removed from that state when she was very young. Mr. Patterson, the fourth of five children, passed his childhood and youth much as other boys in the western wilds passed theirs, in working with his father and attending thic public schools, acquiring thereby self-reliance, fertility of resources and flexibility of function along with a limited elementary education in books. In 1864 he removed to Montana, land- ing at Virginia City on August 5, of that year. He lingered there for a few months, trying his for- tune at mining, and on October 12 transferred his hopes and energies to Last Chance gulch, where he remained engaged in mining there and at Grizzly gulch until the fall of 1867, when he returned to Missouri to see his mother, who was reported in failing health. He went down the Missouri to Sioux City, Iowa, and was sev- enty-five days on the water. From Sioux City he proceeded by railroad to Chicago and thence to St. Louis, where he learned that his mother had just died. Among the persons on the boat in this long jaunt was one Foster, the first per- son convicted by civil law of crime in Montana,

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his offense being the killing of one Mallory at Diamond City in 1866.

Mr. Patterson remained at home until the spring of 1868, and then returned by the river route to Montana, being accompanied by his sisters, Anna R. and Fannie A. He purchased a ranch at the present site of the Helena fair grounds, and lived on it for ten years, when he removed to Butte and went in the ice business, which he conducted successfully for the next twenty years, during which time he also did more or less mining, both placer and quartz. He was married on Decem- ber 15, 1882, to Mrs. Nancy A. Hall, of Mis- souri. They have two children, Addie L. and Charles H. Patterson. By her former marriage Mrs. Hall has four children, namely, Dilla M., now Mrs. W. E. Zwicky, of Sandon, B. C., whose husband is superintendent of the Payne mine in that region; Lizzie J., now Mrs. Frank Glasser, whose husband is foreman of the Butte reduc- tion works ; Wilmer W., an engineer at the Payne mine, B. C., and Dezza May, still residing with her mother. In politics Mr. Patterson is an active Democrat, with an abounding interest in the wel- fare of his party and faith in its principles. He has not failed in helping to promote its success, although he has never sought any of its honors or emoluments. In all the relations of life he has borne himself creditably, and won the good will and esteem of every people among whom he has lived.

G 'EORGE D. PEASE .- The ancient adage that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country" will surely not find verification or application in the case of the subject of this brief sketch, for in the county where he was born and where he has practically passed his entire life he has attained distinction in his profession and been hon- ored with offices of public trust and responsibility. George Douglas Pease, one of the representative young members of the bar of Montana and the efficient county attorney of Gallatin county, is a na- tive of Montana, having been born in Gallatin City, February 22, 1871, the son of Joseph A. and Or- villa M. (Kimpton) Pease. Joseph Alonzo Pease was born in the state of New York March 17, 1831, and he has devoted his attention through life to farming and stockgrowing. He accompanied his parents on their removal from the old Empire state to Michigan, and later accompanied his father to

Wisconsin. In 1861 he crossed the plains to Mon- tana, where he is one of the honored pioneers. He settled in Gallatin county, at what is now known as Gallatin City, at the head of the Missouri river, and there engaged in farming and stockgrowing until 1880, when he disposed of his interests and removed with his family to Bozeman, the county seat of Gallatin county, and in the vicinity of this city he is now operating a valuable ranch, purchased in 1880. He was one of the first settlers in Gallatin valley and his efforts have been well rewarded, his sterling character and exemplary life endearing to him the respect and esteem of the entire community. In politics he is a Republican, but has never sought nor held public office. Orvilla Melissa Pease, his revered mother, was born in Wisconsin, February IO, 1851, and by her marriage to Joseph Alonzo Pease became the mother of nine children, all of whom are living, namely : George D., the immediate subject of this sketch; Joseph L. is a prominent dentist of Oakland, Cal .; and Edward A., May A., Sarah H., Allen A., Margaret I., Vern A. and Bes- sie O.

The grandparents of our subject in the agnatic line were Joseph and Cynthia Ann (Hunt) Pease, natives of Connecticut, their marriage having been solemnized in Clarkson county, N. Y., on April 22, 1827. In the early 'thirties they removed to Flor- ence, St. Joseph county, Mich., where the wife and mother died on October 22, 1844. Soon after the death of his wife the father removed with his chil- dren to Marquette county, Wis., and later to what is now the city of Eau Claire, where he devoted his attention to lumbering and farming until his death, which occurred in 1887. Joseph and Cynthia A. Pease became the parents of ten children, of whom only three are living at the present time. Their names are as follows : Eliza L., George S., Joseph Alonzo, father of George D., died November IO, 1901; Mary Eliza, who became the wife of Henry C. Hovenberg, of Eau Claire, Wis., now deceased; Cyrus D. is a prosperous farmer in Gallatin valley ; Helen A. is the wife of Curly Shea and is now liv- ing on the old Pease homestead, near Eau Claire, Wis .; Edwin D., Betsie A., who married A. D. Chappell, of Eau Claire, Wis .; Calista A. and Cyn- thia A.

The maternal grandparents of our subject were George and Sarah (Rollins) Kimpton, natives re- spectively of Vermont and the Dominion of Canada, their marriage having been solemnized in Stanstead county, Canada. They removed to Wisconsin soon

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after their marriage, and on the old homestead near the city of Eau Claire, in 1891, George Kimpton died, his widow still maintaining her home on the old place. Their eight children were as follows: Orvilla M., the mother of the subject of this re- view; Edward A., a prosperous farmer in Broad- water county, Mont .; Alvin, who resides near the old Wisconsin homestead; Lillie, the wife of Mel- ville J. Farrel, still resides near the city of Eau Claire; Archie, who also makes his home in that lo- cality; Washington I., who was an influential farmer of Broadwater county, Mont., died in 1898, and Emily and Emma M., who died in infancy.

George D. Pease was reared under the influences and sturdy discipline of the homestead ranch in Gallatin county, where he received his first educa- tional training, and upon removal of his parents to their present farm continued his studies during the summer months at the district school and attended the public schools of Bozeman during the winter until 1888, when he was sent to Madison, Wis., where he entered the high school and there com- pleted a course of study which prepared him for his collegiate work. In the fall of 1889 he matricu- lated in the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and graduated therefrom in the fall of 1893, receiv- ing the degree of LL. B. During his last year in the university Mr. Pease also prosecuted a course of study in the law department, and in the spring of 1893, prior to his graduation, he passed an ex- amination before the state board of Wisconsin, be- ing admitted to the bar of that commonwealth on the 26th of April. After graduation Mr. Pease re- turned to his home, and in November opened an office in Bozeman, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, having gained prestige through his ability as an advocate and counselor, and being recognized as a close student of the science of jurisprudence. Public recognition was soon accorded Mr. Pease, and in the fall of 1894 he became a candidate of the Republican party for the office of county attorney, but was defeated in the nominating convention by a majority of only two votes. In April, 1895, he was elected city at- torney of Bozeman, in which capacity he served two years; in May, 1897, the office having become an appointive one, he was chosen as his own suc- cessor, receiving the appointment from Mayor J. V. Bogert, and two years later was reappointed by Mayor Alward, thus being in continuous service until January 1, 1901, when he resigned to assume the duties of county attorney, to which office he had

been elected on the Republican ticket in November, 1900, his term of office extending until January, 1903. He is giving a most admirable administration, and in every way justifies the choice of the voters of the county. He was a candidate for the same office in 1898, his name appearing on the Republican, "Silver" Republican and Populist tickets, but was defeated at the polls by the Democratic nominee. Mr. Pease has been an active and efficient worker in the cause of the Republican party, and his first presidential vote was cast for William McKinley in 1896. Fraternally he is identified with the Wood- men of the World, Knights of the Maccabees and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Epis- copal church in the city of Bozeman.

At Eau Claire, Wis., on the 26th of June, 1895, Mr. Pease was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Maybell Ward, who was born in that city February 5, 1872, the daughter of Eben and Sarah C. (Brunk) Ward, and the eldest of their five children, all of whom are living. Their names in order of birth are: Nellie Maybell, Eugenie M., Ruthford B., Homer E. and LeRoy A. Eben Ward was born in Springbrook, Me., October 13, 1837, being a car- penter by trade, and still maintains his home in Eau Claire. His wife was born in Indiana May 10, 1849, and her death occurred June 22, 1885, at Eau Claire. Mr. and Mrs. Pease have three children : Edith Emogene, born October 20, 1896; George Douglas, Jr., born February 5, 1898, and Muriel, born May 5, 1889.

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Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 70

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