James Fergus Family Papers 1834-1967

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James Fergus Family Papers 1834-1967

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv48579

The collection consists of family papers and business records of James Fergus, rancher, businessman, political figure and pioneer of Armells, Montana, and papers of his son Andrew Fergus. The collection also contains papers of Pamelia Dillin Fergus and her family including the Dillin, McHose and Neill families as well as correspondence of the families of the Fergus daughters including the Gilpatrick, Hamilton and Maury families. Materials consist of correspondence, financial and legal papers, business records, photos, and ephemera. The collection represents the social, political, and economic conditions of ranchers, families, businessmen and early pioneers of Montana from the 1850s to the 1920s.

10.6 linear feet

eng,

University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6372809

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Gilpatrick family

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Fergus, Pamelia Dillin, 1824-1887

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Fergus family

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James Fergus Family

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James Fergus, miner, rancher, businessman and politician, was born in 1813 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He came to the United States via Canada in 1835 at the age of twenty-two. He was trained as a carpenter and a millwright at a Quaker settlement and was involved in building and managing various mill businesses in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota. He married Pamelia Dillin in Moline, Illinois in 1845 and had four children: Andrew, Mary Agnes, Luella, and Lillie. He was one of ...

Fergus Livestock and Land Company

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Neill family

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Ferguson family

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Hamilton, Mary Agnes Fergus

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James Fergus and Son

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Hamilton family

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Romunstad, Odin J.

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Maury, Lilly Fergus

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Fergus, Andrew, 1850-1928

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Andrew Fergus was born July 2, 1850 in Moline, Illinois. He was the son of James and Pamelia Fergus. As a young boy, Andrew and his family moved to the Minnesota Territory, first to St. Anthony and then to Little Falls. His father was busy with business or was out in the West looking for business prospects. While his father was away, it was necessary for Andrew to take up additional household responsibilities to help his mother. Although his formal elementary school experience was l...

McHose family

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Fergus, Hazel A.

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Dillin family

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Gilpatrick, Luella, b. 1848-

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