Charles Angus

History of Montana,by Joaquin Miller, 1894
USGENWEB Montana Archives
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Charles Angus, Clerk and Recorder of Park County, Montana 
was born in Rotherhithe, England, in 1844, son of 
William Angus. His boyhood days were spent in his native 
land, and in 1860 at the age of sixteen he came to 
the United States and located first in New York City 
where he remained a short time. From there he went to 
Canada but in 1864 when the Civil War was raging, he 
returned to the states and resolved to fight for the 
country of his adoption. He accordingly enlisted in 
the First Delaware Infantry and served in the Army of the 
Potomac. After the war closed he came West and entered 
the Regular Army, Second Cavalry in which he served for 
a term of three years, taking part in all the Indian 
troubles in which his regiment was engaged. At the expiration 
of his term of service he followed other pursuits for 
four years. Military life, however, still had its 
infatuations for him and he again joined the Second 
United States Cavalry and shared its camp life and Indians 
fighting for more than seven years.

In 1882, the Indians having ceased their hostilities 
and military life becoming dull, Mr. Angus retired from 
the army and came to Livingston, Park County. That was 
about the time the village of Livingston was christened. 
Here he was for a number of years employed as clerk in 
mercantile establishments and became well and favorably 
known, his popularity being attested the fall of 1891 
when he was elected County Clerk and Recorder of Park County.
Mr. Angus has two children, James B and Effie M. His wife 
is deceased.

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