James Russell Faulds
Missoula County
History of Montana, Sanders, 1913

James Russell Faulds, the editor of the North West Tribune, 
is a man of intrepid spirit, of lofty standards and of 
gifted mind.  In the early 'forties a family of the rare 
old Scotch Presbyterian type came from their home near 
Rickerton Scotland and settled in Pennsylvania.  The 
head of this family was named James Faulds and he was 
the father of several sons, who joined him in work in 
the mines of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia.  
Both James Faulds and his son James Faulds, junior 
were engineers the latter having learned in America 
to make surveys and to run stationary engines for 
the various coal companies in the states where they 
worked.  They later removed to Glencoe Wisconsin 
where they lived until the death of James Faulds, 
Sr. and also of his son, who was the father of the 
estimable subject of this sketch.  James Faulds II 
married a lady who was a member of a Scotch family 
who had come from the famous region of Ayr. Her 
father was a miner throughout his entire life and 
was one of the historic "forty-niners" of gold-
seeking fame.  He died in Placerville California in 1886.

In Yellow Springs, Dauphin County, James Russell Faulds 
was born to James Faulds II and his wife on the 
nineteenth day of April 1853.  He was but a child 
when his grandfather and his father removed with 
their families to Wisconsin.  Hence he owes to that 
state his educational equipment, obtained from the 
rural schools, the graded schools, and normal schools 
of the commonwealth.  At the age of fourteen he did 
his first writing for the press.  When only sixteen 
he first did pedagogical service.  This work 
alternated with study and with the productive work 
of the farm until Mr. Faulds was twenty seven.  At 
that time he purchased the publishing plant of the 
Independent News and engaged to supervise the graded 
schools of the same place.  Combining this 
principalship with the editing and publishing 
of his paper, he remained at Independence for 
two years after which he again enjoyed a period 
of agricultural activity.  In the spring of 1886 
his plans developed once more in the pedagogical 
direction and his ambition for a successful future 
naturally turned toward the promising west.

Miss Rosetta Mosimann was a daughter of Christopher 
Mosimann and his wife, nee Marie Bracher.  They were 
of Swiss descent and followed the vocation of farming.  
Miss Mosimann became Mrs. Faulds on April 22, 1886 and 
soon after the marriage accompanied her husband to Montana.

Here Mr. Faulds had been engaged to teach at Thompson 
Falls.  When he arrived at that place he found that a 
second contract had been made with a lady from New York 
to fill the same position.  Mr. Faulds natural gallantry 
and his reluctance to resorting to a lawsuit led him to 
seek other employment.  The toll road from Thompson to 
Murray Idaho required much transporting of goods.  The 
purchase of a team of horses made it convenient for Mr. 
Faulds to be of much service in conveying goods to the 
mining camps.  In 1887 he accepted a position as 
teacher of the Stevensville school for the ensuing 
nine months.  Mr. Faulds also organized debating 
teams among the young business men of the place and 
acted as librarian.  In the summer of 1888 he took 
up a preemption on the west side of the river and 
during the succeeding year he proved up the same.  
In the following spring he became secretary, editor 
and manager of the North West Tribune.  During the 
autumn of the same year he purchased the newspaper 
from the stockholders.

For several terms Mr. Faulds held the office of Alderman 
and for one term, that of Mayor.  During his term the 
city waterworks were installed, the electric lighting 
system put into operation and the wide cement sidewalks 
built.

Mr. and Mrs. Faulds are the parents of one son and five 
daughters.  The eldest of the second generation of this 
family is James Welcome, who was born at Thompson Falls 
in 1887.  The five daughters are: Martha, Ruth, Russell, 
Kathryn and Elizabeth.  James is his father's able 
editorial assistant and reporter.  In times of 
especial stress the daughters and even Mrs. Faulds 
also contribute to the publishing office.

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