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BIOGRAPHIES/OBITUARIES
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JOHN BENTLEY
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BENTLEY, John Boyd, bishop Protestant Episcopal Church; born
Hampton, Va., Feb. 9, 1896, son of Charles Headley and Susan Elizabeth
(Cake) Bentley: education, Hampton (Va.) public schools, student College of
William and Mary, Theological Seminary (Va.); Virginia Seminary D.D.;
member, Kappa Alpha (southern), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter; married
Elvira Wentworth Carr, Hampton, Va., May 28, 1921. Ship carpenter's helper
in shipyard, Newport News, Va., two years; served three years in U. S. Army
from private to captain of field artillery, later Major F. A. Reserve;
missionary at Anvik (Alaska) four years; master Charlotte Hall School (Md.)
one year; assistant minister Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va., four
years; archdeacon of the Yukon (Alaska) one year; suffragan bishop of Alaska
since 1931. Address: The Bishop's Lodge, Nenana, Alaska.
Source: Pan-Pacific Who's Who, 1941, page 56. |
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ALTONA
BROWN
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Biography: ALTONA BROWN - Ruby, Alaska. The index and her family tree are available -
Brown pdf file. Book published by
Spirit Mountain Press, PO Box 1214, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707 |
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FRANK M. CANTON, AKA JOE HORNER
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Canton, Frank M. (Joe Horner), lawman (1849 0 Sept. 27, 1927). B. 15 miles
from Richmond, Virginia, as Joseph Horner, son of a physician, he was taken
as a child to Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Indiana and Missouri, where the family
was located when the Civil War broke out. Joe's father was killed in the
conflict and an older brother, John Wesley Horner were in Confederate ranks;
in 1866 the Horner boys with their widowed mother moved to Denton County,
Texas. Here Joe became a cowboy, in 1869 hiring out to (Samuel) Burk Burnett
(1849-1922) for a trail drive with 1,500 head of longhorns to Abilene. As
Canton relates the adventure in his autobiography, the trip was a rough one,
…. By 1877 it was reported Horner was wanted for bank robbery, rustling,
assault with intent to kill and perhaps other crimes; he was taken in May
1877 by Texas Ranger Lee Hall, but somehow was freed and in 1878, assuming
the alias Frank M. Canton, which he would use the rest of his life,
accompanied a trail drive to Ogallala, Nebraska, then drifted into Wyoming
where he worked as a range detective for the Wyoming Stock Growers
Association and commenced a ranching operation of his own in Johnson County.
He was elected sheriff in 1882 and re-elected two years later, directing a
force of 18 deputies and picking up several badly wanted fugitives, among
them one, Teton Jackson, "a notorious murderer and rustler," Canton by now
had married and fathered two daughters. … With the major outlaws dead or
imprisoned, Canton in 1897 decided upon Alaska, then beginning to stir with
its Gold Rush. He was made deputy U.S. marshal for the Yukon District and
also deputy for the interior of Alaska. He landed at St. Michael and went up
the Yukon, wintering in a community he and others built and called Rampart
City enroute to Circle City. One of the prospectors he met in 1897 was Rex
Beach, who wintered with him. In 1899, after years of high Alaska and
northwest Canadian adventure, Canton resigned and returned to the States,
spending the winter at Buffalo, Wyoming. …
Source: Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography by Dan L. Thrapp, pages 221-223 |
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NELLIE CASHMAN
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Cashman, Nellie, frontier character (c. 1850 – Jan. 4, 1925). B. in
Queenstown, Ireland, she reached Boston about 1867, and San Francisco in
1869. She took part in the Cassiar gold rush in British Columbia in 1877,
returned to California in 1878, then visited Virginia City and Pioche,
Nevada, opened a restaurant at Tucson in 1879 and removed to Tombstone in
1880, later to Bisvee and Kingston, New Mexico. She was widely known for her
countless acts of mercy, her care of the ill, as well as for her restaurant
and lodging houses. Her widowed sister died leaving five children in
Nellie's care. She raised them, saw them educated and become responsible
citizens. … In 1897 she joined the Alaska gold rush, climbing Chilkoot Pass
before winter closed it. She operated a grocery at Dawson, later moving to
Coldfoot, Alaska, staking a claim here and there, none of them amounting to
anything. Later, in 1907, or 1908, she established herself for a time at
Fairbanks, although her true base remained Coldfoot, farther north. She made
at least one trip back to Arizona, but returned to Alaska, seeking that big
strike, which never came. Ill, she was removed in 1924 to Victoria, British
Columbia, where she died and was buried in the Catholic cemetery. Barely 5
ft. tall, she was described as "a saint with a temper." She had blue eyes,
black hair, a trim figure and a giant heart. John P. Clum, "Nellie Cashman."
Ariz. Hist. Rev., Vol. III, No.4 (Jan. 1931), 9-34; John D. Gilchriese,
"Fabled Nellie Cashman: A Saint with a Temper." Arizona Currents, Apr.,
1966.
Source: Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography by Dan L. Thrapp, page 240. |
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CHUCK
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Biography: CHUCK AND GLADYS DART - Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. The index
and their family tree are available - Dart pdf file.
Book published by Spirit Mountain Press, PO Box 1214, Fairbanks, Alaska
99707 |
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STANLEY
DAYO
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Biography: STANLEY DAYO - Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. The index and his
family tree are available - Dayo pdf file. Book
published by Spirit Mountain Press, PO Box 1214, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707 |
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JOHN HARTMAN
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HARTMAN, John Peter, lawyer; born Harveysburg, Ind., July 3,
1857, son of John P. and Mary Ann (Sines) Hartman, whose ancestors came to
America more than 200 years ago, settling in North Carolina and
Pennsylvania: education, University of Nebraska Ex. 1880, L.M. 1908, LL.D.
1930; married Emily Caroline Dryden, New Helena, Neb., Sept. 18, 1883;
children, Dwight D., Harold H., Robert N. Engaged in practice of law since
1892, now senior member firm Hartman, Hartman, Simon & Coles, Seattle,
Wash.; active in business and director of many corporations; also interested
in farming, and assisted in building railroads, establishing steamship
lines, developing irrigation projects, principally in Washington; a founder
of White Pass Railway, Alaska, and Northwestern Steamship Co.; co-founder
Wash. Good Roads Assn.; author of many pamphlets; prepared act creating Mt.
Rainier National Park, second national park in U. S.; member Board of
Regents University of Washington for many years; attended many state and
national Republican conventions, including 1888 convention which nominated
Benjamin Harrison for President; Republican; Presbyterian. Clubs: Rainier,
Arctic, Washington Press. Home: 1605 E. Madison St. Office: Empire Bldg.,
Seattle, Wash.
Source: Pan-Pacific Who's Who, 1941, page 291. |
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PETER
JOHN
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Biography: PETER JOHN - Minto, Alaska. The index and his family tree are available -
John pdf file. Book published by Spirit
Mountain Press, PO Box 1214, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707 |
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EDGAR
KALLANDS
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Biography: EDGAR KALLANDS - Kaltag, Alaska. The index and his family tree
are available - Kallands pdf file. Book published
by Spirit Mountain Press, PO Box 1214, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707 |
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BILLY
McCARTY SR
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Biography: BILLY McCARTY SR. - Ruby, Alaska. The index and his family
tree are available - McCarty pdf file. Book
published by Spirit Mountain Press, PO Box 1214, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
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SIMEON
MOUNTAIN SR.
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Biography: SIMEON MOUNTAIN - Nulato, Alaska. The index and his family tree
are available - Mountain pdf file. Book published
by Spirit Mountain Press, PO Box 1214, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707 |
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KATHERINE
PETER
A Legend In Our Time
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Katherine
Joseph William Peter Divaadido' Ch'igiioonta'
Katherine Joseph William Divaadido' Peter Ch'igiioonta', 92, passed away
Feb. 24, 2010, in Fairbanks.
She was born Jan. 27, 1918, to Ann William Vilyil'yo', from Stevens Village,
and Joseph William Divaadido', of Allakaket.
Katherine was orphaned and raised in the household of the Chief Ezias Loola
Gwats'oo and his wife, Katherine Ch'ilig Atree Englishoe Ch'ikhwaiitr'yah
Stephen Loola Gwats'oo. She grew up in Fort Yukon.
Katherine finished the eighth grade in Fort Yukon, and later at the Seward
Sanatorium she picked up more classes to further her education. She was
a strong believer in a good education.
Katherine taught English and math to the Neets'aii Gwich'in during the 1940s
and early 1950s before there was a regular school teacher in Arctic Village.
She supported her family during the 1950s by working 12 hours each day,
six days per week for $150 per month. She believed in earning a living and
providing for her family.
She was well remembered in Fort Yukon for the bakery that she had during
the 1960s. People still talk about how they looked forward to her hot cinnamon
rolls. She and her sister Louise would get up and set bread at
5 a.m. every day the bakery was open.
Katherine worked with and taught the Gwich'in language at the University
of Alaska Fairbanks. Later, she received an honorary degree from the University
of Alaska. Up to the last days of her life, she shared rare Gwich'in words
that she had forgotten about but came upon again by association. She would
say, "I don't have that word at the university."
Katherine will be laid to rest in Arctic Village, the country of her early
adulthood and her richest memories.Â
She was preceded in death by her half brother, Sam Joseph Divaadido' and
her brothers and sisters, Bessie, Sophie, Angus, Elijah, Lilly and Louise.
She also is preceded in death by her husband, Stephen Tsee Gho' Tsyaa Tsal
Peter Ch'igiioonta', and her infant son Calvin Peter Ch'igiioonta'.
She is survived by her children, Bessie, Hannah, Paul, Jean, Adeline, Walter,
Steven, Kathy and Webster, and numerous nephews and nieces, especially by
Abraham Peter Stephen Skidadlostall, Steven, Margaret, Annie, Shirley Ann,
Linda Mae and Bella, and by William Bill Stevens.
She also is survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren, among them Gloria, Peter Pan, Did-did, Angie,
Brian, Brenda, Francine, Hannah, Tierra, Dane, Princess, Evon, Odin, Shajol,
Cinga, Olav, Naniiezh, Ch'eelil, Cameron and Brandon.
A memorial service will be held at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church at 4 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27. A covered dish meal will follow and be shared by all
at 6 p.m. at the parish hall.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to St. Matthew's Episcopal Church.
Published
in Daily News-Miner on February 25, 2010
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GOODWIN
SEMAKEN
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Biography: GOODWIN SEMAKEN - Kaltag, Alaska. The Index and his family tree
are available - Goodwin pdf file. Book published
by Spirit Mountain Press, PO Box 1214, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707 |
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AL
WRIGHT
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Biography: AL WRIGHT - Minto, Alaska. The Index and his family tree are available -
Wright pdf file. Book published by Spirit
Mountain Press, PO Box 1214, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
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