Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 2, Part 19

Author: Bowen, A.W., & Co., firm, publishers, Chicago
Publication date: [19-?]
Publisher: Chicago : A. W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1092

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THOMAS HALL, one of the early pioneers and most successful stockraisers and ranch- men of Boulder valley, Jefferson county, was born in Swanington, Leicestershire, England, on May 21, 1845, the son of Thomas Hall, of the same nativity. Emigrating to the United States in 1866, he came almost directly to Boulder valley, this state. Until he came Mr. Hall had no ade-

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quate idea of the vastness of the territory, the possibilities and the manifold advantages of the new country to which he had turned his face. Neither had he a conception of its difficulties and dangers. To say that he has used the former wisely and met the latter courageously and tri- umphantly is but small praise of the excellent qualities of mind and heart possessed by him. On the boat coming up the Missouri river he had a very distinguished companion, Col. C. A. Broadwater, who was then making his first trip into the country in which he was destined to play so conspicuous a part. On arriving Mr. Hall entered the service of the Diamond R Company, with whom he remained one year. He then moved on to Silver Bow creek where he engaged in placer mining. At the time he paid his initial visit to Butte, the town consisted of but six small cabins and two saloons, and, as the expression was then, they had a "dead man every morning for breakfast." He worked during the winter of 1867-8 at the Cable mine in Deer Lodge county.

In 1868 Mr. Hall returned to England, where in the fall of 1870 he was united in marriage. to Miss Mary Limm, a native of Hucknell, Notting- hamshire, in that country, and it was not until 1876 that Mr. and Mrs. Hall returned to the United States, and to Boulder valley, where he took up government land, about one mile from Boulder. Here he has since made his home, suc- cessfully following ranching. Five children have been born to them, Jane, Willis and Andrew in England, Allie and Laura in Montana. Mr. Hall has had many interesting and some thrilling ex- periences in Montana, among which may be noted that he dug the first grave made for a white man in the Boulder valley, that of John Carris who met his death by accident; that he ran one of the first tunnels made in Butte for Capt. Wall, and that he was at Fort Benton the day on which Gov. Meagher was supposed to have jumped off the boat and drowned. It will be seen from the foregoing that the story of Mr. Hall's life is a tale of two countries and that he has lived under two flags. Still, there is today no more patriotic American in every sense of the word than Thomas Hall. He has always taken a deep interest in church and temperance work, and is recognized as a man of earnest convictions and the strictest probity. Financially he has been eminently suc- cessful, and is regarded by all who know him as a citizen of progressive ideas and broad views.

VAN HENDERLIDER, who was among the - earlier settlers of Cascade county, and well known as an enterprising and successful stock- grower, was born in Jackson county, Ind., March II, 1840. He is the son of Martin and Rachael Henderlider, natives of Kentucky. The father was devoted to agricultural pursuits and removed from Kentucky to Indiana as early as 1828. He lost his wife, the mother of our subject, on March 19, 1866, and was himself called from earth on January 1, 1873. Both parents were earnest and devout members of the Methodist church. Politi- cally his active sympathies were with the Demo- cratic party, he never failing to cast his vote for the candidates of his party.

Van Henderlider received an excellent educa- tion in the common schools, supplemented by two terms at the Heartsville University, of Indiana. Until he was twenty-six years of age he re- inained with his parents, his father having given him when he arrived at the age of eighteen an interest in the homestead. Having passed two years in travel Mr. Henderlider located in Neosha county, Kansas, where he was engaged in general farming until 1876. Owing to the continual annual raids of grasshoppers he suffered a total loss of crops, and in company with Mr. J. C. Bundy he removed to Colorado and, with fair success, fol- lowed the business of freighting. He then came to Montana and settled at a place known as Pig's Eye basin, Fergus county, at the headwaters of Judith river, but in July, 1883, he located at the mouth of Government coulee, remaining until 1886, when he removed to "Never-sweat coulee," where he at present resides. Since 1886 he has devoted his entire time to the cattle industry in which he has been eminently successful. In his politics he is a Populist.

J. C. Bundy, the partner of Mr .· Henderlider, has been actively engaged in the cattle business since 1881 ; the two now have a herd of 300 head on a range of 2,320 acres, including leased lands. It is situated eighteen miles southeast of Belt, is largely devoted to the cattle industry and slightly to the cultivation of wheat, oats and hay. Mr. Bundy, unlike his partner, is a Democrat, as he says "until he dies."

L EONARD HERBOLSHEIMER, of Cascade county, residing near Eden, is a young man who has been quite successful in the stock business

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in that locality, and now owns a fine ranch of 640 acres. He was born at Bavaria, Germany, on April 9, 1865. His parents were Moritz and Elizabeth (Geim) Herbolsheimer, both natives of Bavaria, where the father was a shoemaker. In 1876 his wife, the mother of Leonard, died and in 1877 he remarried with Miss Mary Casinger. Leonard H. Herbolsheimer attended school in Bavaria until he was fifteen years of age. He seri- ously objected to his father's intention of teaching him shoemaking, and in July, 1881, the family emigrated to the United States. They located at Marysville, Kan., where they engaged in farming until 1887, and Leonard also was engaged in the manufacture of sausage.

At the age of twenty-three years, Mr. Herbol- sheimer was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Meisenbach in 1888, daughter of Caroline and Edward Meisenbach, of whom a sketch appears on another page. Of their seven children three are dead, John, Elsie and Moritz. The four liv- ing are Minnie, Alma, Edna and George. In 1889 Mr. Herbolsheimer removed to Great Falls, where he again engaged in the sausage business, which he continued three years and during this time he took up pre-emption and tree claims of 160 acres each, of which he cultivated five acres of the pre-emption and ten of the tree claim, later . he purchased 160 acres, and took up a home- stead claim in 1893, and now has ninety acres under cultivation, producing phenomenal crops.

7 ECKFORD MORGAN .- The beautiful Gal- latin valley is peopled by many of the pio- neer settlers of Montana, and Mr. Morgan is one of its numerous prosperous representatives. He was born in Vermillion county, Ill., October, 1837, the son of Josiah and Susan (Hoskins) Morgan, natives of the Old Dominion, where the ances- tral families flourished . for many generations. Uriah Morgan, grandfather of our subject, was an active participant in the war of 1812, and a lineal descendant of Gen. Daniel Morgan, of Revo- lutionary fame; also Gen. John Morgan, famous for his raids during the Civil war. As a young man Josiah Morgan removed to Illinois, becoming one of her early pioneers, but in 1849 he removed to Iowa, where he devoted his attention to agri- cultural pursuits until his death, in 1866. He left four sons and three daughters, of whom six are now living.

Weckford, son of Josiah Morgan, received his educational training in Iowa, devoted his attention to farming until 1863, and at the age of twenty- six set forth for Montana, the then western fron- tier. The long and toilsome overland trip was made memorable by its hardships, but no serious trouble occurred with the Indians, though the red men did succeed in running off a number of horses. Mr. Morgan arrived in Bannack in July, 1863, remaining a few days, and then engaged in put- ting up hay for William Ennis. One month later he went to the great placer mining camp in Alder gulch, engaged in mining until the fall of the following year, and then started on the overland trip for his old home in Iowa. At that time road agents were plentiful, and a sharp lookout for those desperadoes was necessary. Reaching Iowa in safety he remained until the following sum- mer, when he returned to Montana and engaged in ranching at the conflux of Beaver creek and the Missouri river for two years, and then made the trip down the Missouri river from Fort Ben- ton to Iowa, where his marriage was soon after- ward solemnized and where he resided until 1869, when he removed to Kansas and engaged in farm- ing until 1881. But the many attractions of Mon- tana again lured him within her borders. Com- ing to Bozeman, he there purchased of Robert Barnett a tract of land on Flathead creek to which he has added until his present ranch property com- prises 720 acres. He conducts farming operations upon an extensive scale, devoting his attention principally to wheat. The ranch has the best of permanent improvements, and the progressive methods which Mr. Morgan has pursued in carry- ing on his agricultural enterprise in this favored section of the state have been attended with grat- ifying success and made him one of the substantial men of Gallatin county. His farm is located six miles south of the hamlet of Gallop, his postoffice address. In addition to his attractive farm dwell- ing Mr. Morgan has a fine residence property in Bozeman, where the family pass the winters, and the children are afforded superior educational ad- vantages. In politics our subject exercises his franchise in support of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, and for many years has been a member of the school board, taking a deep interest in educational work and all other worthy and legitimate objects which tend to ad- vance the interests of the community.

In Iowa, on December 12, 1867, Mr. Morgan

Trackford Morgan

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was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Jane Morgan, a native of Wheeling, Wood county, born May 8, 1848, the daughter of Oliver and Roann (Springer) Morgan, both natives of Vir- ginia, as were also her paternal grandfather and great-grandfather-David Morgan and Zachariah Morgan. They are the parents of seven children, namely: Bertha, the wife of Perry Knowlton, a successful young ranchman of Gallatin valley ; Oliver Perry, a resident of Bozeman; Joseph and Gertrude, who remain at the parental home; Emile, wife of Charles Cameron, and Herbert and Zadock, at home. Joseph, the second son, was a member of Company C, First Montana Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Kessler, was in active ser- vice in the Philippines, and participant in twen- ty-nine engagements with the insurgents, receiv- ing his honorable discharge at San Francisco, October 17, 1899.

/ILLIAM J. JACKSON .- The subject of this review, now one of the progressive farmers and stockgrowers of Fergus county, has passed practically his entire life in America, since his par- ents emigrated from Ireland to Canada within the year of his birth, the date of his nativity being August 4. 1842. His parents, George and Eliza- beth Jackson, were likewise born in Ireland, whence they came with their family to Canada, where they have ever since resided, the former having devoted his attention for many years to carpenter work, in which his efforts were attended with a due measure of success. He is now retired from active business. His political sympathies are in accord with the Liberal party, and he and his wife have long been members of the Presbyterian church. Of their nine children two are deceased. Sarah and Maggie, those surviving are George, William J., Mary, Catherine, Jane, Emerson, Nel- son and James.

William J. Jackson was reared and educated in Canada, where he assisted his father until he had attained his twenty-third year, when he en- gaged in farming until January, 1891, when he came to Montana, with whose industrial life he has since been identified. He at once became a resident of Fergus county, his first place of loca- tion having been at Ubet. He subsequently re- moved to the vicinity of Philbrook, where he took up a homestead claim of 160 acres and devoted

his attention to farming and sheepgrowing for two years, during which time he was associated in the sheep industry with Fred R. Warren. In 1893 Mr. Jackson purchased eighty acres, located one and one-half miles west of Utica of B. Gray, and later bought 800 acres on Sage creek, while he also controls 1,560 acres of rented land. He raises large crops and high-grade cat- tle, having now a herd of about 500 head. From 1898 until 1901 Mr. Jackson also conducted a meat business in Utica, which he sold to Isaac F. David. His ranching enterprise is conducted under the title of W. J. Jackson & Sons, and his sons have shown themselves to be able and hon- orable young business men, valuable co-adjutors of their father. In his political adherency Mr. Jackson is identified with the grand old Republi- can party, and fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Foresters. He is held in high esteem in each, as he is also in all the relations of life. The religious faith of the family is that of the Presbyterian church.

On the 25th of January, 1864, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to Miss Jane Dalyish, who was born in Canada, the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Dalyish, natives respectively of Scot- land and Ireland. The father is a successful farmer of Canada, a supporter of the Liberal party, a member of the Presbyterian church and identi- fied with the Society of Orangemen. His wife died in 1886, and was survived by seven chil- dren: Agnes, Lucy, Grace, John, Robert, Emily and Jane. Mary, Anna, Elizabeth and Saralı are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are the par- ents of nine children, namely: William J., Jr .. Peter. Howard, Edward, Clinton, Elizabeth, Grace, Mary and Lucy. The family home is one of attractive order and here a genial hospitality is dispensed.

R ICHMOND A. JELLISON .- Born and reared in the lumber woods of Maine, and compelled by the conditions of his family to bear his portion of the labor incident to providing a livelihood therefor as soon as he was able to be of use, which was when he was ten years old, the subject of this review was able to secure but little scholastic training, and was obliged to rely mainly on the lessons of experience in contact with the busy world for what he has learned.

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He was born in Hancock county, Me., Decem- ber 9, 1854, the son of Reuben and Eliza Jellison, also natives of Maine, where the father was en- gaged in lumbering and farming. He was prom- inent in his locality, and actively connected with public affairs in a local way, serving his county in the state legislature and taking a leading part in the community. He was a Republican in poli- tics, and both he and his wife were consistent members of the Baptist church. They were the parents of fifteen children, of whom only five are living, and of these Richmond is the youngest.

Richmond A. Jellison remained with his par- ents until he was twenty-one years old. He then spent six years learning and working at the car- penter's trade in his native state, and in 1881 came to Montana, locating first at Fort Benton, later at Sand Coulee, and still later at White Sulphur Springs, working at his trade at each place. In the meantime he had secured by homesteading and purchase a ranch of 860 acres and engaged in raising horses. Of his land 250 acres are under cultivation, and yield annually abundant crops. The ranch is located a mile and a half east of Philbrook, and is in a high state of cultivation.

Mr. Jellison was united in marriage Christmas day, 1886, to a lady of the same name, Miss Monira Jellison, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary E. Jel- lison, all natives of Hancock county, Me., and emigrants from that state to Montana, where her father is now a successful rancher. Eight chil- dren have blessed their marriage: Aura, Geneva, Irving, Agnes, Dianthia, Lee, Schuyler and Colin, all of whom abide with them in their pleasant home. In political relations Mr. Jellison is a Republican, and among the fraternal orders he belongs to the Knights of Pythias.

1 ENIZEN BROTHERS .- This title refers to and includes a family of four brothers, well known to the sheep and cattle trade and the traveling public on account of their business en- terprise, progressive methods and their unstinted and gracious hospitality. They are Edward M., Charles V., Albert and William C. They are the sons of Michael and Regina (Schultz) Jenizen, the former a native of Nanci, France, and the latter of Sarbricken, Germany. Their grand- father Jenizen was a captain in the gend'armes on the border in Alsace-Lorraine. He had pre-

viously been a member of Napoleon's army and received his appointment to this post through meritorious service. Their grandfather Schultz immigrated to America in 1848, having been en- gaged in the rebellion in Germany just prior to that time. He located in Pittsburg, having in his possession a piano, which was one of the first seen in that city and was exhibited as such at the Cen- tennial exposition in Philadelphia. On his farm near the city a portion of the Carnegie works at Homestead are now located. Michael Jenizen, father of the brothers, came to America in 1847. He was employed as heater at the rolling mills at Sligo, a mile south of Pittsburg, for twenty- two years. He was industrious and frugal, and by judicious investments in real estate grew riclı. He had property at Homestead which he sold in 1866 for $16,000, and also owned fifteen city lots in Braddock's field, opposite Homestead. After selling his Homestead property he removed to LaSalle, Ill., and there erected a glass factory. But owing to the difficulty of securing coal he changed his base to Peru, where he erected an- other. These were the first glass works in Illi- nois except a bottle factory in Chicago. His venture proved unprofitable and he returned to Pittsburg in 1869. He sold his lots in Braddock and opened a dry goods store on the south side in Pittsburg. Four years later the financial panic compelled him to suspend and he returned to his trade for a livelihood. In 1879 he came to Mon- tana, located on the Musselshell twenty miles east of Harlowton and engaged in raising cattle and sheep until his death in 1888 at the age of seventy- four. His family consisted of eight children. The four sons were born at Pittsburg: Edward M., Charles V. and Albert were educated at the La- Salle (Ill.) Academy, Charles V. finishing in Chi- cago and at Pittsburg. They all remained with their father except Edward M., who came to Mon- tana in 1874 and engaged in ranching and later in mining, and then for two years was with Col. DeLacey and Mr. Kellogg-on a surveying expedi- tion. When the rest of the family arrived, in 1879, they all located on the ranch now occupied by Edward and Albert, and conducted it under the firm name of E. M. Jenizen & Bros. After six or seven years of united effort the father and William C. withdrew from the partnership and removed to Careless creek, where they started a sheep ranch, Edward and Albert having purchased their interest in the homestead. This is a fine and

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well improved ranch of more than 25,000 acres, all fenced in, of which 2,500 acres are irrigated and under cultivation. They have some 12,000 sheep, 1,300 cattle, and 100 Norman horses of superior quality. The ranch is a stopping place for all travelers, and all are welcomed with gen- uine and courtly hospitality.

Edward M. Jenizen was born at Pittsburg, Pa., March 15, 1857, and began there his education, which was finished at LaSalle, Ill. He was mar- ried in June, 1889, to Miss Louise Jenizen, a native of Philadelphia, Pa., who died in 1892, leaving one child, Nicholas Edward. His second marriage, which occurred in June, 1898, was to Mrs. Cather- ine McGregor, a native of Limerick, Ireland, and daughter of John Hickey, a prominent dairyman of that city. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen.

Albert Jenizen was born in Pittsburg, Pa., in January, 1855, and received his education in the public schools of that city. He came to Mon- tana in 1877 and joined his brother Edward.

Charles V. Jenizen was born at Pittsburg, Pa., April 14, 1853, and was educated at LaSalle (Ill.) Academy, in Chicago, and at Pittsburg. He was married in July, 1873, to Miss Caroline Bender, of Pittsburg. Their children are: Albert, de- ceased ; Regina, deceased; Edward, Joseph, Rob- ert, Carrie and Alice.

William C. Jenizen, who is in business on his own account, was born in LaSalle, Ill., in 1868, and was educated in Pittsburg, Pa. Having sold his ranch property on the Musselshell and Care- less creeks, where he and his father were in busi- ness together until the death of the former, he is taking a course in assaying and kindred subjects through the International School of Correspond- ence, of Scranton, Pa. He has yet, however, a band of 12,000 sheep which he has out on shares. He is a gentleman of superior intelligence, much reading and reflection, and on all subjects relat- ing to sheep and cattle is considered a reliable authority throughout a large territory.

The old cabin in which the Jenizens first found a home in Montana is still standing on their ranch, and is occupied. It was originally a fort, being on a trail crossed by the Crows and Piegaus on their way to Fort Benton Indian agency. The portholes are stopped up, and what was once a warlike defense is now a peaceful habitation. It must be said, however, that the Indians never mo-

lested the Jenizens, but always acted well toward them. The residence of the brothers is an artis- tic log building, elegantly furnished and comfort- able in every sense. They are themselves a credit to the community, a benefit to the county and state, and a benefaction to mankind.

EDWIN N. JOHNSON .- Located nine miles north of Wolf creek, Mont., is the handsome property of one who has led a life of strange vicissitudes and adventure. It is the home of Ed- win N. Johnson, who was born in Rock Island county, Ill., on July 25, 1835, the son of Moses and Katherine A. Johnson. The father was a na- tive of New Jersey, the mother of Switzerland. In early life Moses Johnson followed shoemaking, but later was a successful farmer. Both himself and wife were members of the United Brethren church and politically he was a Republican. The father died in May, 1871, his wife surviving him until 1899. Edwin Johnson received the benefits of education in common schools until he was twelve years of age, when he was hired out at farm work for $7.00 a month and board. Two years later he decided to make a living for himself, and went to Sioux City, Iowa, in 1856. Here he worked one year on a farm for $16 a month, saved money and began peddling among the Sioux, buying brass rings, beads, knives, etc., which he traded for furs at a handsome profit. In this business he continued three months, clear- ing $800. At one time he traded an old shotgun to an Indian for a musket. It was a hard bar- gain for the Indian, and he took a shot at Mr. Johnson, who chased him into the river, but the Indian swam through floating ice to the other shore in safety. Once with sixty other men Mr. Johnson killed nineteen hostile Indians. While on their trail they discovered five white children, ranging in age from six weeks to eighteen months, with their brains battered out and nine men and women with their heads split open.

Drawing $900 from the bank Mr. Johnson jour- neyed down the Missouri and Mississippi rivers from Sioux City to St. Louis and New Orleans. Thence he made the return trip by steamer to Cincinnati, and near there secured employment on a farm. Three months later he went to Chi- cago, visited friends and relatives, then crossing into Michigan he located at Grand Rapids, but

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returned to Rock Island, Ill., where he was for five years engaged in farming. He enlisted in 1862 and remained with the Union army two years before being regularly mustered into service. Dur- ing that time he experienced much hard fighting and endured many privations. Following the "Morgan raid" he served as guard over that dash- ing Confederate general. He obtained a fur- lough of six weeks and was taken ill at Rock Island, and on his recovery rejoined his regiment and participated in the battle of Duvall's Bluff, Ark. Following a sharp fight at Pine Bluff in which 700 prisoners were captured, his regiment there went into winter quarters. At the close of the war he returned to Bloomington, Ill., where he was mustered out of the service. He en- gaged in farming in Illinois for fifteen years, and removed to Iowa where he farmed successfully for nine years, and for eight years later he resided in Richardson county, Neb. Mr. Johnson came to Montana overland in 1878 with two teams, the trip lasting two months. Shortly afterwards he located at Craig, where he rented fifty acres of land. Subsequently he removed to his present ranch, a homestead claim of 160 acres, where he is now profitably engaged in stock raising. On October 3, 1861, he was married to Miss Susanna Tennis, born in Valparaiso, Ind. She is the daugh- ter of William and Delia Tennis, the mother a native of Tennessee, and the father of Kentucky. They were members of the United Brethren church, and died, the father in 1861, the mother in 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have one child, George T. They are members of the Presbyterian church and are greatly respected.

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Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 2, Part 19

Author: Bowen, A.W., & Co., firm, publishers, Chicago Publication date: [19-?] Publisher: Chicago : A. W. Bowen & Co. Number of Pages: 1092

Author: Bowen, A.W., & Co., firm, publishers, Chicago
Publication date: [19-?]
Publisher: Chicago : A. W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1092