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) (14775312841)

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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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to assist in organizing local national farm loan asso-ciations for the appraisement of lands and the mak-ing of loans through the Federal Farm Loan Bank. For fourteen years Mr. Griffin has been activelyinterested in the Montana State Fair, and at pres-ent is superintendent of the dry land division. Dur-ing the San Francisco Fair he won the gold medalfor the best display of alfalfa, and two silver cupsfor the best collective exhibits, which cups were pre-sented by J. J. Hill of the Great Northern Com-pany. On February 15, 1896, Mr. Griffin was marriedat Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to Miss .■\giies Ag-new, born in that city November 23, 1872, a daugh-ter of Dr. Agnew, a native of Aberdeen. Scotland,who died in the prime of young manhood. He wasthe father of two daughters. Mrs. Georgiana Sharp,of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Mrs. Griffin.The latter was reared by Mr. and Mrs. James Brown,retired farmers of Hamilton, and she attended thecountry and high schools of the neighlwrhood. Dur-
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Ti^coco^^ici^J a^/dcucUa^ HISTORY OF MONTANA 881 ing the World war she was very active in the localbranch of the Red Cross, and was the leader of oneof its drives for funds. Mansfield A. Daniels played a large and prom-inent part in connection with tlie development andupbuilding of Scobey—both the old and new towns—and his vigorous and well ordered activities madehim a citizen of more than local influence. He be-came one of the representative men of Montana,where high honor and recognition have been ac-corded to his memory in the naming of a countyfor him. He was a pioneer of marked initiative andconstructive ability, and of equal value to the splendidwork which he accomplished was the influence whichhe exerted in community sentiment and action. Hisname merits high place in the history of Montana,to which great commonwealth his loyalty was un-bounded, and within the border of which he con-tinued to reside until his death, on the isth ofApril, 1919. Mr. Daniels was born at Addison,