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) (14778122742)

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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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nchand stock farm. Brought up under democratic influences, it mighthave been but natural had Mr. Butler given hissupport to the candidates of that party, but he foundupon reaching mature years that he still held to thesentiments he has had since boyhood, and cast hisfirst presidential vote at Harlem in 1900 for WilliamMcKinley, and has continued in the republican ranksever since. In February, 1912, he was elected, with-out opposition, first county clerk and recorder ofBlaine County, was re-elected that fall, also with-out opposition, and has been continued in office eversince by the voters of the county. During the Worldwar he served as secretary of the local SelectiveService Board, and was one of the most generouscontributors to the various war drives. On September 15, 1905, Vernon Butler was mar-ried at Harlem, Montana, to .■Vnna Louella Cole-grove, a daughter of Herman L. and Gittie Cole-grove. Mr. Colegrove came to Harlem, Montana,from Lenawee County, .Michigan, in 1902, and has
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>e«^0T^*»i.-<^ HISTORY OF MONTANA since been a farmer of this locality. Mrs. Butlerwas born near Morenci, Michigan, June 20, 1886.After she was graduated from the Morenci HighSchool she was engaged in teaching in the Harlemschools for a few months prior to her marriage.She was the fifth born in the family of six chil-dren of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Butler have oneson, Clyde R. The career of Mr. Butler is one which points ane.xcellent lesson. It demonstrates what can be ac-complished through earnest, steadfast and honorableendeavor. Thousands of young men came to Mon-tana and were offered quite as good, if not better,opportunities as he found, and yet they have driftedout of sight because they were looking for some-thing easy, jobs which did not require any exertionon their part. He has always been a worker, and hascarried into his official life the same painstaking in-dustry which has always characterized him, with theresult that he has been returned again and again tooffice