Gallatin County MT Archives Obituaries.....Severns, Mrs. Daniel April 4, 1914
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Anaconda Standard -- April 12, 1914
Bozeman, April 11. -- Mrs. Daniel Severns, who died April 4 in San Francisco, 
was born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 9, 1844. She came to the United States in 
1851 and settled at Pass Christian, Fla., where she lived until 1867, moving 
then to St. Louis. She came to Montana in 1869 and lived with her sister, Mrs. 
James Shedd, at Sterling, Mont., until 1870, and removed during that year to 
Washington Bar, Mont. While in the latter place she separated from her first 
husband and Feb. 18, 1872, she was married to Daniel Severns, who was then 
engaged in mining. In 1875 they moved to a ranch on Meadow creek, where they 
made their home for about 17 years.

Mrs. Severns came to the Gallatin valley with her husband in 1892 and lived on 
the West Gallatin river near Shedd's bridge. In 1894 they opened a store near 
Shedd's bridge, keeping this store successfully until the spring of 1909, when 
they sold to Samuel Collett, Jr., and moved to Bozeman, where they made their 
home for three years, after which they went to  California, where Mrs. Severns 
died last Saturday. She is survived by her husband and by gtwo daughters, Mrs. 
Margaret Thomas of Choteau and Mrs. Clat of Loraine, Mont., and by two sons, 
James Williams and Joe Seversn, both of Bozeman. the son Joe brought his 
mother's body from California, and the daughter, Mrs. Thomas, is here for the 
funeral, which was held this morning at 11 o'clock. 

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