The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-04

william X. FIOwerree, a Montana
pioneer of the period during which the
state was receiving its first impetus
toward settlement, died recently at his
home in Great Falls after an extended
Illness. Death was caused by aTthrittS,
for which he had suffered at intervals
for many years.
Mr.. Flowerree was born at Huntsville,
Mo-, June 80, 1861, being GO years Of
/ age at the time Of his death. At the age
of five he accompanied his father, the
/ late D. A. G. Flowerree, to Montana with
one of the historic wagon trains Of that
! era. The family located in Helena, where
the elder Mr.. F1owerree thereafter made
his home, and where the son also lived
until he, as a young man, took up his
residence on the FloWerree ranch on Sun
river, 35 miles west of Great Falls.
/ Twenty years ago, MIR. and Mrs. Flow
erree and their children moved to Great
Falls. Mr.. Flowerree is survived by the
widow and a son, William K. Flowerree,
Jr., of Great Falls, and a daughter, Mrs.
David M. Patton Of Chattanooga, Tenn,
all Of which were with him at the time
OF his death. Three sisters also survive.
They are Mrs. W. L. Velte Of Moline, Ill,
and Mrs. William Wallace and Mrs. Dick
tnson Walsh, both of New York city.
Mr.. Flowerree was married to Miss
Norma Kenna at Helena, March 2, 1889
their marriage uniting two Of the then
territory's pioneer families. Mrs Flow
Helena'S hrSt mayor and was otherwise
active in public affairs Of the period.
| MIR. FIoWerree succeeded his father as
2 the principal figure in the Flowerree
Horse and Sheep company, the corpora
|, ton through which the family's ranch
+ ing business was carried on. For many
, years the corporation was one of the
? larger ranching enterprises in Montana
and is one Of the comparatively few
early day livestock businesses Of the state
q that still is intact.
\ In his early life Mr.. F1owerree wit
! messed the transformation Of Montani
: into its first agricultural phase and late
:. on he saw another established regime
= give way to the new, when the peoplinl
: Of the prairieS began with the coming o
N the hrst years Of the present century
y 1t was during this period that he turnet
, his attention to business enterprise
= other than ranching and during his res
: 1dence in Great Falls he was identihe,
r. in an active way with different bushes
= institutions in the city. He was vice
y president Of the American Bank & Trus
4 company while that concern was active
= AS boy, Mr.. Flowerree rode the rang
- for his father in northern Montana, whe
e the Flowerree cattle were run throughou
the country between the Missouri rive
- and the international boundary. Whe
-99 he was 19 years Of ago he was with a live
= stock outfit which was trailing cattle t
- Cheyenne, Wyo, then the nearest shiL
ping point, and at one point on the wa
- the party was held up by Sitting Blu
- and his band Of warriors for a day.
- After he had been in Montana for se7
eee eral years he returned to Missouri /
.. complete his high school course in tn;
= state.
% MIR. Flowerree was a member of one
the early Montana legislatures, represen
~ ing Teton county for two terms Few
he y Lie - - NJ Cs11Ia 1 MeIe more wIoe
US I,,1i,T.IIV TIl1H ~ anu ne w
M i-1 was the gift of making enduring frien
a. ships, while through the years he he
oo an outstanding position in the fields
lie endeavor he followed. Mr.. Flowerree w
- 20 buried in Helena.