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) (14755585426)

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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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come to this city. For two years he continuedto administer the affairs of this company with signalcapability, and then resigned as attorney to devotemore time to his increasing private practice. Hebelongs to the Musselshell County Bar Association,the Montana State Bar .Association, and the .Ameri-can Bar Association. A Mason, he belongs to UnityLodge No. 71. Ancient Free and .Accepted Masons,and Jewel Chapter No. 48. Order of the Eastern Star,of which Mrs. Thompson is worthy matron. By in-stinct, training and inheritance Mr. Thompson is aLutheran and a republican. In addition to his pro-fessional duties ^Ir. Thompson owns a ranch of1.200 acres of irrigated land and is interested inthe cattle industry, the development of oil propertyand other affairs, and is one of the most activepersons in the county. On October 14. 1903. Mr. Thompson was united inmarriage with Ida M. Jensen, born at Jackson,Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have two sons.J. Kenneth and Eldon A. Mr. Thompson represents
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HISTORY OF MONTANA 1241 in character and accomplishment the qualities whichraise and dignify democratic citizenship and are thefoundations of our best leadership. His presenceand his counsel are in great demand, and he is everready to give the best that lies in his unusual powers,his qualities of heart and brain. George Judson Murphy. A lawyer whose serv-ices have been given to Ismay during a number ofyears past, Mr. Murphy has gained a place of dis-tinction in the courts of Custer County. He cameto Montana as a citizen in April, igoy, from hisnative state of Indiana, although he spent a fewbrief years enroute in Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Mr. Murphy was born at Spencerville in DeKalbCounty, Indiana, but he was reared in Allen Coun-ty, that state, and his common school training whichhe received there was supplemented by preparatorywork in college before entering the Ohio WesleyanUniversity at Delaware, Ohio. He completed thesophomore year there and taught school one yearin Allen Count