Jefferson County MT

Jefferson County, Montana 1870-1888

Jefferson County, lying north of Madison, and divided from it by the Jefferson fork of the Missouri, contained 5,000 square miles and 2,500 inhabitants. It was, after mining, chiefly a dairying county, though there several farming settlements sprang up in the valleys of Prickly Pear, Boulder, Crow, Pipestone, and other streams. In 1878, 50,000 lbs of butter and 20,000 lbs of cheese were produced. The farmers raised 50,000 bushels of grain, and there were about 10,000 acres of improved lands. The sawmills in the county cut about 1,500,000 feet of lumber. The stock of the county consisted of 25,000 range … Read more

Bailey, Elizabeth Kehler – Obituary

Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, wife of Geo. A. Bailey, died at her residence in Clancy at six o’clock last Wednesday evening, December 8th [1897]. The funeral services were held at the residence at 10 o’clock Friday morning and the body taken to Jefferson (Jefferson City) for burial, followed by a large concourse of friends. Mrs. Bailey was a native of Pennsylvania and was fifty years of age. When she was only five or six years old her family removed to Nebraska, where she lived for quite a number of years. Afterwards she removed to Colorado, where, in 1886, she married to … Read more

Spalding, Minnie Elizabeth Bonner – Obituary

Longtime Helena resident Minnie E. (Peg) Spalding of 912 Park Lane, died early today [March 30, 1981] at St. Peter’s Community Hospital. She was 74. She came to Helena in 1925. Mrs. Spalding had worked for the Internal Revenue Service and the State Department of Income Tax. She retired in 1962. She was born on December 28, 1906 in Alhambra to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bonner. She attended schools in Townsend and graduated from high school at Spokane, Wash. She married Charles A. Spalding on July 3, 1926 in Boulder. Mrs. Spalding was a member of the Josephine Hepner Chapter … Read more

Horn, Lewis Gilbert “Gil” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Lewis Gilbert “Gil” Horn, 79, a longtime Baker City resident, died June 17, 2002, at his home. His graveside funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Mount Hope Cemetery. Christopher A. Beam will officiate. There will be a reception at 525 Valley Ave. after the service. Visitations will be until 8 o’clock tonight at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. “Gil” was born on July 28, 1922, at Lewiston, Mont., the sixth of eight children born to Albert Vernon and Laura Peters Horn. He grew up in Montana where his love for the … Read more

Jefferson County, Montana Census Records

1870 Jefferson County, Montana Census Free 1870 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – 14 Days Free 1870 Jefferson County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems $ Hosted at Census Guide 1870 U.S. Census Guide Hosted at USGenWeb Archives 1870 Census of the Lower Boulder Precinct 1880 Jefferson County, Montana Census Free 1880 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – 14 Days Free 1880 Jefferson County, Census (images and index) 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems $ Hosted at Census Guide 1880 U.S. Census Guide Hosted at USGenWeb Archives 1880 Montana Census A B C … Read more