Identifier: montanaitsstoryb03stou (find matches)
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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the state as aleader in the democratic party. Mr. Merkle was born at Virginia City. Nevada.February 21, 1875, and all hjs life has lived in theatmosphere and environment of the mountain coun-try of the West. His parents were Thomas andMary Ann (Dempsey) Merkle. His father, whowas born at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1841, was abutcher by trade, and went overland to San Fran-cisco in 1863. At the discovery and early develop-ment of the famous Comstock lode he removed toVirginia City, Nevada, traveling from Californiaoverland with mule team. He did mining and pros-pecting there and also followed his trade, and in1889 removed to Butte, where he again combinedhis trade with mining and prospecting in MineralCounty. He is now living retired in the City ofButte. He has never been in politics* and has usu-ally been identified with tlie republican party. Hiswife was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, anddied in 1914. at the a.ge of seventy-two. Theywere married in Virginia City, Nevada, where she
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HISTORY OF MONTANA had come when a girl, and of their nine childreneight are still living, George W. being the fifth inage. George W. Merkle acquired his early education inthe public schools of Virginia City and later at-tended the Butte Business College. For a time hestudied law in the office of Judge Frank P. Langan,of Nevada. He lived for a time in California andworked on a farm in Plumas County at $20 a month.At Virginia City he was employed in a grocerystore for $40 a month and later, in order to learn anew business, accepted an opportunity to work in aclothing store at $15 a month. For a time he wasin a brokers office at Virginia City and then cameto Butte and put in eighteen months at the coppermines. Again he returned to Virginia City, clerkedfor a grocery merchant eight months, and then tookthe management of a grocery store at Gold Hill. Hewas there some six months and then returned toButte, working in the copper mines six months andas timekeeper for a similar period. Mr. Mer

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