Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout (1921) (14775991334)

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Title: Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ...
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Subjects: Montana -- History Montana -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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their twelvechildren nine are still living, with John D. the oldest.The parents were active members of the Presby-terian Church. John D. Ross grew up on his fathers farm andattended school to the age of seventeen. He thenworked out a? a farm hand and in the fall of 1882came to the Northwest and had his first experienceworking in the great lumber woods and campsaround Tacoma, Washington. He also engaged incoal mining, and it was his interest in the coalmining industry that brought him across the coun-try to Great Falls in the autumn of 1886. He pros-pected for coal, worked in saw mills, and in 1896settled down to his permanent business in the flour,hay, seed, wood and coal business. His partnerwas Richard Graham, under the firm name of Gra-ham S: Ross, and the firm continued business forover twenty years, until Mr. Graham retired inDecember. 1917. Mr. Ross is affiliated with Cascade Lodge No. 34.Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Great FallsChapter No. 9, Royal Arch Masons, Black Eagle
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^f^,^;%^ HISTORY OF MONTANA 737 Conimandery No. 8, Knight Templars, Algeri;t Tem-ple of the Mystic Shrine at Helena, and the Lodgeof Perfection, Scottish Rite, at Great Falls. He isalso a member of Rainbow Lodge No. 28, Independ-ent Order of Odd Fellows, a member of the Pres-byterian Churcli and in politics a republican. On June 27, 1896, Mr. Ross married Miss TenaJ. Ross. She is also a native of Nova Scotia. Theyhave four children, Donald R., Helen, Hazel andJohn D., Jr. A. L Reeves. Any city, however large or small,has reason to be grateful for the presence of sucha citizen as A. L Reeves. Mr. Reeves has built upa large business in musical merchandise at Helena,though his relations with the community have manyinteresting aspects beyond that of a mere merchant. Mr. Reeves was born January 11, 1864. For sev-eral years after his birth his parents had affixed noChristian name upon him. His father was a greatBible student and a minister of the gospel, and oneda)-, when his small son, the