. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. the village of Glenavey, county ofAntrim, Ireland, being the eighth born of a family of father, Edward Cardwell, was a farmer in moderatecircumstances ; his father was a non-commissioned officerin the English army, together with five brothers, two ofwhom were killed at the battle of Waterloo. The subject of this sketch attended school while inIreland, and after the death of his parents emigrated toAmerica, then being sixteen years of age ; went to Can-ada, w
. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. the village of Glenavey, county ofAntrim, Ireland, being the eighth born of a family of father, Edward Cardwell, was a farmer in moderatecircumstances ; his father was a non-commissioned officerin the English army, together with five brothers, two ofwhom were killed at the battle of Waterloo. The subject of this sketch attended school while inIreland, and after the death of his parents emigrated toAmerica, then being sixteen years of age ; went to Can-ada, where he experienced all the vicissitudes of fortunethat young emigrants usually experience in a countrywithout friends or money ; returned iu tlie spring toRochester, New York, and there learned the trade of car-riage painting, which business he followed for someyears through the State of New York and in Canada. Inthe meantime he attended the high school at Rochesterand when short of funds was compelled to work at histrade. When in possession of the sum of one thousanddollars he decided to go West, and in the spring of 18J7. 4^^4.: c( .#^>^^.^;/^ HISTOar OF MONTANA. ports sliow tLat the courts have consumed muchtime and study in an etTort to make knownMhat the legislative assembly intended by thestatutes enacted. The statutes of Montana have always beenimperfect, confused and incomplete. One causeof confusion and lack of system is the fact thatmembers of the legislative assembly have gen-erally been men who came to Montana fromwidely separated States, and they brought withthem recollections of the statutes in force in theplace of their former homes, and thereby liavebeen enacted into the statutes of Montana de-tached, fragmentary and incomplete portions ofthe statutes of other States. For instance, ourstatutes in relation to the estates of deceased per-sons is a collection of fragments, part of themcoming from California, part from Missouri andpart from New York and Ohio. Xo
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