The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-08
Two OLD TIMERS GONE,
David H. Cuthbert and William H,
Gebauer Pass Over the
Great Divide,
The Former Dies From the Effects
of Cold Contracted on
Arbor Day.
Tvnhoid Fever Carries on the Secretary
of the Montana Lumber Company
Sketches OF Their Lives.

David IL. Cuthbsrt died yesterday morn
ing at his residence on North Ewing street
from spinal meningitis, which developed
from a cold contracted on Arbor day. Mr..
Cuthbert was 81 years old on Saturday last.
He was a native of Portage county, Ohio.
and one of nine children. When II years
of age young Cuthbert went to Dubu1uf,
Iowa, where he secured employment Ill u
drug store. remaining there SIX or seven
wears. For the next four or five years he
was engaged i'll Il drug store at Galena, III.
When the war broke out he went south and
afterwards entered the Federal army. He
Joined the Forty-tifth Illinois infantry. Col.
Smith. at Jackson. Tenn, and WAS CON
nected with the Seventeenth Army CO ps
until after Atlanta was taken. Soon after
tina he went TO Washington and was mus
tered out. At the close of the war he re-
turned to Galena, H., out shortly afte :
wards removed to st. Louis Il engaged in
the drug business. The following year,
on February 10, 1866, no married Miss
Annie Il. Newhall, daughter of DIR. ii. New
hall. a prominent physician and an Cd
settler of Galena. In the spring of 1867
Mr.. Cuthbert bought a stock of dr. lgs and
started for Montana by way of the Mis- l i
river to Fort Benton. From Fort Benton
he came direct to Helena, where he engaged
in the drug business. He was burned out
in the big fire of 1869. and, having no insur-
ance, lost everything. For two years after
wards he WAS with the drug house of Par
cher u Paynter, and for nine years subse-
quently was in a responsible position in the
First National bank. For a number of
years he was in the insurance business. At
the time of his death he was clerk in the
Office of the surveyor general. MIR. Cuth-
bert had held quite q number of important
public Offices. He was territorial auditor
for two terms under Governor Potts, first
serving out the %unexpired term of Sol.
Starr, and then a full term of his own. He
was u member and president of the board
of county commissioners at the time the
present court house and almshouse were
built. In addition. he served
As clerk to the school board TO- ahnnt
ten years. In November, 1885,, ] res dent Ar
and he held that office until succeeded b.
Charles D.. Curtis. Mr.. Cuthbert was n o
prominent Odd Fellow and a Mason. lac
was first grand master of Odd Felio vs. in
this state. Mrs. Cuthbert and two duuGh~
ters survive him.
The funeral will take place on Saturday
from the family residence, and under the
auspices of the Masonic fraternity.
Inc death of William H. Gebauer, which
took place yesterday morning, WAS caused
by typhoid fever. He was taken sick about
April 20, and had been confined to his
home ever since. Shortly before lie was
taken i'll he lost a child, a boy, and his ED
est daughter is now very low with pneu-
monia. MIR. Gebauer WAS born at Cleve-
land, Ohio, March %, 1c4S, and was there
fore in the 44th year OF his age at the
time of his death. He lived at Cleveland,
whore he attended school in Iu3li wi
ship every winter until II years old. Dur
ing the summers he assisted on the
farm, and also learned the car
T pentsr5ns in tra CIsvs,,n at an when y;cini tT
for I'VE years. In 1878 he came to Helena
overland from Fort Benton and worked at
contracting until 1882, when, in connection
with other gentlemen, he built a large plan
ing mill. In 1880 he built the Grand Cen
trail hotel for the owne:s When he first
came to Helena, MIR. Gebauer invested all he
had, some $500, in mines. he lost it n
afterward let mining alone and devoted
was senior member of the firm Of of Geb-
auer d Yergy. At the time OF his death Ii
was secretary OF the Montana Lumber and
Manufacturing company and treasure OF
the Builders and Manufacturers Ex-
chanse. Mr.. Gebauer in 1872 married Miss
Melissa NJ. Jones, of Maytirld, Ohio, WHO
survives him with three children. He was
a prominent Mason and a member of Morn
ing star lodge. No. 5, and of Helena Chap
ter, Royal Arch Masons. The body will be
taken from the residence on Deai corn ave-
nue. to the Broadway M. T.. church, whe &c
funeral services will be held this afternoon,
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