Title
W.G. MINEAH FAMILY
Coverage
TOWNSHIP 139N RANGE 96W
Text
W.G. MINEAH FAMILY
I lived in Dickinson a number of years, having my senior high school year there, graduating in 1928. I also graduated from the college in 1944, having attended two years at that time and two following high school graduation. More of my life was spent in Dunn Co. I was born in Dickinson Sept. 1, 1908 in a house not far back of the post office and occupied by people named Galapu (uncertain of spelling). The hospital was not yet there. Dr. Perkins attended. I have lived in Kansas since 1950 but have been up here several times since. I never married.
My father, W. G. Mineah (Glen), was born in New York state and came to Knife River in 1902 to near where Manning was established six years later. His first post office was Fayette. He was a ranch hand for W. P. Owens, father of Mrs. Leonard Davis, now of Killdeer and of Mrs. Leslie Pelton near the river north of Killdeer.
While working for Owens and later on his own homestead all cattle shipping and purchase of most supplies had to be in Dickinson. They would be a big part of a day going and would put horses in a livery barn either in the east end near where the Walton and Davis later was or in one in the west end. They would get a room in Gem Hotel or in The St. Paul House back of where the west part of The First National bank now is. Many times going or coming they had to stay over night at Sadowsky's who made a business of keeping such people.
My mother, Josephine Deming, was born in Ohio. She, with two sisters homesteaded in 1906, across the road south of where the village of Emerson later stood. Her parents and an unmarried brother later came and homesteaded south of Manning. Two other sisters settled on the Billings County side west of Fayette. The brother lives in California and is the only survivor of that generation. None of the younger generation now live in North Dakota.
She and my father were married at the Owens’ home near Manning on Thanksgiving Day 1907. Rev. Gress of the Methodist Church in Dickinson came to Fayette on the horse stage in the morning and brought to the Owens’ home by a ranch hand. After performing the marriage he was taken back to Dickinson by a ranch hand to be present at a gathering that evening. They went to live on my father's homestead on Crooked Creek where they lived 34 years. Their first post office was Rock Springs, a few miles below Emerson and now occupied by Tex Appledorn and Appaloosa horses. They retired in 1941 to 436-5th Ave. W.
In addition to me they had one daughter, Anita, who passed away in Dickinson in Jan. 1968 and is buried there. She was married to Frank Regeth, originally of Manning. They lived in Dickinson but he has returned to Manning. There were no children.
My father passed away Dec. 1952 and my mother July 1968, both are buried in the Dickinson Cemetery. She was 95 years of age, and he was 81.
The Mineah farm house was constructed of cottonwood logs cut north of Killdeer Mts. And later covered with tin corrugated sheets.
By Thomas Mineah
I lived in Dickinson a number of years, having my senior high school year there, graduating in 1928. I also graduated from the college in 1944, having attended two years at that time and two following high school graduation. More of my life was spent in Dunn Co. I was born in Dickinson Sept. 1, 1908 in a house not far back of the post office and occupied by people named Galapu (uncertain of spelling). The hospital was not yet there. Dr. Perkins attended. I have lived in Kansas since 1950 but have been up here several times since. I never married.
My father, W. G. Mineah (Glen), was born in New York state and came to Knife River in 1902 to near where Manning was established six years later. His first post office was Fayette. He was a ranch hand for W. P. Owens, father of Mrs. Leonard Davis, now of Killdeer and of Mrs. Leslie Pelton near the river north of Killdeer.
While working for Owens and later on his own homestead all cattle shipping and purchase of most supplies had to be in Dickinson. They would be a big part of a day going and would put horses in a livery barn either in the east end near where the Walton and Davis later was or in one in the west end. They would get a room in Gem Hotel or in The St. Paul House back of where the west part of The First National bank now is. Many times going or coming they had to stay over night at Sadowsky's who made a business of keeping such people.
My mother, Josephine Deming, was born in Ohio. She, with two sisters homesteaded in 1906, across the road south of where the village of Emerson later stood. Her parents and an unmarried brother later came and homesteaded south of Manning. Two other sisters settled on the Billings County side west of Fayette. The brother lives in California and is the only survivor of that generation. None of the younger generation now live in North Dakota.
She and my father were married at the Owens’ home near Manning on Thanksgiving Day 1907. Rev. Gress of the Methodist Church in Dickinson came to Fayette on the horse stage in the morning and brought to the Owens’ home by a ranch hand. After performing the marriage he was taken back to Dickinson by a ranch hand to be present at a gathering that evening. They went to live on my father's homestead on Crooked Creek where they lived 34 years. Their first post office was Rock Springs, a few miles below Emerson and now occupied by Tex Appledorn and Appaloosa horses. They retired in 1941 to 436-5th Ave. W.
In addition to me they had one daughter, Anita, who passed away in Dickinson in Jan. 1968 and is buried there. She was married to Frank Regeth, originally of Manning. They lived in Dickinson but he has returned to Manning. There were no children.
My father passed away Dec. 1952 and my mother July 1968, both are buried in the Dickinson Cemetery. She was 95 years of age, and he was 81.
The Mineah farm house was constructed of cottonwood logs cut north of Killdeer Mts. And later covered with tin corrugated sheets.
By Thomas Mineah