Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-17
wife and three children, in the suburbs OF
Great EalIs
wARREN A. CONRAD.

wife and three children. in the suburbs O
Great Falls.
WARREN A. CONRAD.
W.A.COnrad. OF Dawson and Y ellowstone
was born in 1854, near Winchester. Va
and Is the youngest son Of Col. Js,res w
Conrad, who was the largest and most sue
cessful farmer of the Shenandoah valley q
that time. lie began his education q
Smiths military academy in Winchester
with his father. The ifOlIOw wing year n,
returned 70 NinnesOts ana com pleted hi
education at Bishop Whipple's schO i a
Faribault. sOn hts return to Montana h,
was associated with the firm Of l. G. Bake
4 Co. merchants of Fort Benton and tn,
Northwest territory Of Canada. In 1887 h.
severed his connection with that firm ant
joined h mseif To til. business Of j. II. Con
rad 4 Co., Of Billings, where he has sine.
Sren located. Mr.. Conrad is largely inter
esfed In stock raising, both in NurthpYy
NontAns and the Northwest territory, ami
Is . young man OF pluck and perseverA' CO
~ we'll as Of no little ability. During hi.
residence In Billings he has gained TIN
esteem and confidence of his social snC
mercantile associates. -.
..I.r..lf... q. n. HATCH. $3.50 s4aaf
g. n. Hatch, Of PARK county, was borr
A. Griggsville, Pike county, ILL.,, May 8
Hs
Ger in the volunteer service. 10 Cairo IL
1851. and stayed with the army along IN.
Niasissippi river from CaipJ 10 New Or
j. Ans In lStS lie attended public sch.O
- Quincy, ~, in lb6S and 1857. and Racine
- eye one term IN winter II 1865 III
vent IT, wyoming territory on survey fol
the Union Pacific railway: from Chey enne
u Echo Canon July, 1S6S, To January, 1890
lie was slsO with q surveying party run
ming the line for the TailrOad from ~,
Joseph, Mich, to New Buffalo, Mich, ia
the summer Of 1870 Mr.. Hatch went u
California in July, 1871, and clerked for z.
U. Bush X Co, general merchandise. nj
liz was then employed BY Wells, Fargo 4
Co., Is agent At Reddlng, and changed that
position for that Ut messenger between
kedding and Sacramento. He formed q
partnership In 1874 with C. Z. Bush
and engaged in sheepraising and
ranching. He drove q band OF sheep from
their ranch in shasta county. Cal to Mon.
tana In 1873, wintering near Bannack. In
March. 1877, he drove to near Fort Logan,
sold out and returned to California, dis
posed Of his interests in California to his
partner, and purchased and drove sheep "a
Montana in the summer ri 1873. Reaching
Montana Mr.. Hatch located upon the Mus
s-lshell range, In Meagher county, where
he resided until March, lSs6. and engaged
in wool growing and sheep raising, when
he removed to Big Timo-r, Park county his
present residence, engaged in general nIer.
Nj. Hatch represented
Meagher county In the mousse In the four
tecnth session, and was appointed and
served as commissioner Of Park county
since Its creation by act ~ the fifteenth SEES
sion; lie was married In 1855. and has one
child.
q. W. HOFFMAN.
Charles Wheeler Hoffman, joint council
man from Galiattn and Mrsghrr counties,
was born at Niles, Mich, in 1915, and 40
has spent great portion OF his life along
the pioneer line of civilization. lie came
to Fort Union, at the mouth Of the Yellow
stone. in 1864, and to Boz-man in 1869
Since living ~ the territory he has been en-
gagged In farming, stock growing. merchan-
Using, coal mining, staging and the gem
rrol business Of successful western man.
lie was married in April, 1850, at Buffalo,
n. Y, to Elizabeth 3. Penield. lie has
Dne child, a con, IS years VI age. In poll
tics he Is democrat. lie was y member
u the preceding legislature.
... WILL KKNNEDY.
Will Kennedy, wh0 served two terms as
from MissOula county, will
represent jefferson county In the present
lie is = printer by trade. Al editor
by profession and republican IN politics.
lie was born ia Kent county, MARY land, In
IS45. In 1857 his father had settled with
lts family In southern Indiana and in 1861
le was . drummer ba,y In the Fifty second
Indiana Infantry. Ills service lasted until
he close Of the war ami he participated in
'ONe Of the hottest battles. After the war
he became rover and learning the priu-
er's art, tramped all over the Union, toll
owing his trade aud frequently doing
'spOrtOrial and editorial work. In 1851 he
'ame to Mlssoula and remained there until
August, 1887, the greater part ut the time
70 the capacity Of editor Of the Muscular.
Then he came To Helena 20 take city editor.
hip 1T the UNDERESTIMATE, succeeding to
he esiitOrship Ut this paper on the death Of
\tr. uendry. lie removed t. Boulder in
FEBRUARY. lSss. where he founded the Age,
\ hich he Is still publishing. In 1854 he
Vas elected to the territorial conRcil
md again IN 1850, as . republican. lie is
married..
c. Il. MIDDLETON.
c. II. Middleton. of Custer county. was
'orn ia Washington county. Minnesota,
an. 81, 1858, WAS raised on a farm, tduca-
"a IN the district school and In the ST.
'rOix Valley academy. In wneTe he gradu-
tied In 1874 His father enl'sted In the
var Of the rebellion IN 1864, anu died in the
eryice at Memphis. Tenn. one year later,
md as the subject Ut this sketch was the
My sOn In a family ri four, at The age of
hiiteen years he took charge of his
a'her's farm aud worked IL until he was
dnlitied- Ia tina bar in lAAl-lR- k+e-Ae-
ouInenced the study Of law, in the office
4 James Smith, Jr., In st. Paul, and in
he winter Of 1877 aud 1873 took the first
curse ut lectures 10 the law department At
he University Of Michigan. For two years
hereafter he worked ON his mothers farm
. the summer and taught school in the
inter, and IN the fall Of 1870 returned to
mn ArbOr and completed his course in
he law department. In 1891 he was al.
lifted To the bar IN Minnesota. In 1889 he
,cated in st. Paul and commenced tis
ractice Of law, where he rem ained fOT six
lOnths, after which he went to saltwater,
Minnesota, and became a member Of the
Oted law firm Of J. n. & l. W. Castle.
here ne remained until July. 1854, at
'hich time he came to Miles City. Since
nat time he has been engaged in the active
ractice of the law at Miles City. On the
b day of May, 1854. he was married to Ida
astie. In Miles City he was Q partner Of
.ndrew r. Burl~iRh, up to the time Mr..
urleigh removed from Miles City to Hell
na, in June. 1887. Ills politics are demo-
ratio. and he is possessed Of great oratO-
cal power.
l.. b. Odds, Of Madison county, was born
Norwich, VT, in March, 1880: moved to |
iva in 1850, to Colorado In 1859, and to
IOntana, At Alder gulch, In 1853 lie has |
we'd in Madison county most of the time |
nee. He IL millwright by trade and has |
common school education. liz was a |
ember Of the house Of representatives |
ON Madison county In the Ninth session.
e. Odds 10 now engaged in mining and |
y been for the past fifteen years. He |
a. Douglas democrat till 1883 and since |
zen has been republican.
". n. THOMPSON.
William NJ. Thompson, OF Deer Lodge.
- horn at La fayette, Indiana, April q, |
S. In 1850 his father located ct Cedar /
spids. Iowa There he attended scllOOi |
I'd clerked In his father store. afterwards |
kiaG course Of studies ct Cornell COL |
&c. Mount Vernon. Iowa. In 1859 hs en- |
red the Quartermaster's department In |
q United States army ~ transportation
,ent aud held the position for eleven
'ars In Nebraska. In 1850 he moved to
gden, Utah. aud was the manager Of
'wspaper called the Ogden Pilot, and !
Id the position until the latter part of
81, when he moved to Pocateiio, Idaho.
ID was there agent Of the Union Pacific
ilrOad until February, 1874, when he &C.
pied Q position from the Anaconda com