James J. Levengood Obituary, Adams, ID
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Mr. Levengood died in 1940. This is possibly from the Montana Standard.


MONTANA PIONEER TAKEN BY DEATH
James Levengood, 77, Passes
Anaconda, Dec. 14- (special)
James J. Levengood, 77, Pioneer Montana and Deer Lodge Valley resident,
who came to this district 16 years before the founding of Anaconda, died
in New Meadows, (Adams County), Idaho, on November 28, according to word
received here by relatives. He was buried in the Idaho city on November
29.
Born in Vernon, Jennings (Van Buren), Iowa, on January 29, 1863, he came
to Montana with his mother and older brothers and sisters in 1867 to
join his father, Peter Levengood, who established a ranch on Warm
Springs creek, three miles west of the present site of Anaconda, in
1864. The Levengood family was one of the first in this section.
The Levengood ranch was a stage post and the first postoffice in this
part of the Deer Lodge Valley. His Father, Peter Levengood, was the
first postmaster.
Mr. Levengood was 20 years old when Anaconda was founded in 1883 by
Marcus Daily. As a young man he saw the valley of prairie grass become
spotted with tents and then log buildings. When his father came to the
valley there were a few families in the area.
He saw surveyors make the original plot of the smelter city and
witnessed the construction of the old smelter on the north side.
Mr. Levengood was married in Anaconda to Alfreda O'Dell on April 12,
1887. To this union there were eight children born, of whom four
daughters survive.
They are Mrs. Henry Clay, Mrs. William Powell, Mrs. Loyal Campbell and
Mrs. McMahon, all of Idaho. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs.
C. W. Sparrow and Mrs. Thomas Fleming, both of Anaconda, and Mrs.
Charles Smith of Scotts Mills, Ore. An only brother, Charles P.
Levengood, died in Sidney on October 14.

Source: Family Scrapbook