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) (14778471785)

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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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hey were membersof the Established Church of England, but on comingto the United States joined the Presbyterian Churchand Mrs. William Grayson was especially active inher church interests. William Grayson took out citi-zenship papers in North Dakota and espoused therepublican party. There were three children in thefamily, Richard and John, comprising the firm ofGrayson Brothers, and Sara, wife of James Stewartof Antelope. John Grayson, of the firm of Grayson Brothers,was born near Mt. Forest. Ontario. November 26,1871, and was about ten years of age when his par-ents moved to North Dakota. He spent his earlylife on the farm near Lankin. acquired a publicschool education, and began his own career as afarmer. He owned a farm and conducted it forabout nine years. He left farming to become amerchant at Lankin, and without previous experienceand with limited capital opened a stock of hardwareunder the firm name of Grayson & Wambden. Thisbusiness was continued until Mr. Gravson sold out
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i\lKS. lAMIlS W. AUSTIN HISTORY OF MONTANA 877 to his partner, and then with his brother Richardcame to Montana in 1910. He first saw Antelopebefore the first train reached the town. The gradehad been built but the steel was not yet laid, andthe townsite was nothing but barren landscape. Gray-son Brothers were really the first merchants, andtheir original store was stocked with a general sup-ply of hardware, machinery and general merchan-dise. They did their banking for a short time inMedicine Lake, and before the establishment of thepostoffice their mail was delivered from the stageas it passed through from Culbertson to Plentywood.After eight years a fire destroyed their store, andwhen they resumed business Grayson Brothers con-fined their stock entirely to machinery. Since 1915 the Graysons have also been constructivefactors in the farm development of this region. Theybought land, broke the sod, improved and put upbuildings. Their crops have comprised wheat andflax and of five year