John Harvey History of the State of Montana, by Joaquim Miller, 1894 John Harvey, Alderman for the Second ward of Livingston Montana is one of the representative citizens of this place and was elected to his present position in the spring of 1892. Mr. Harvey was born in Jo Daviess County Illinois in 1850, son of James and Letitia Hosking Harvey, his parents being of English descent. James Harvey was superintendent of one of the largest copper mines in the Lake Superior region and while acting in that capacity in 1856, he was killed by a falling stone. The subject of our sketch was educated in the public schools of his native state and at the early age of sixteen he resolved to seek his fortune in the great west of which so much was at that time being said. He accordingly joined a caravan, which finally joined the Wilson/Rich train of which Charles Rich became commander and proved himself a vigilant and safe leader. They had many encounters with the Indians. This was in 1866. Upon his arrival in Montana, young Harvey spent his first two years in Madison Valley, Gallatin County, where he helped to build a log schoolhouse and where during these two winters he worked for his board while attending school. This school was taught by Esquire Stephen Allen. Harvey worked on a ranch for wages for a time, saving his money until he accumulated means sufficient to go into business for himself. Then he turned his attention to freighting and dealing in stock, carrying on the stock business on his own account and also having charge of a large amount of stock for other dealers. He frequently drove stock as far east as Bismarck, North Dakota. He now owns a half interest in a valuable ranch of 2,300 acres on Shields' River, Park County where he located in 1879 in partnership with Thomas Tregloan. They are engaged in raising grain and hay as well as having large stock interests, and they also have the largest meat market in Livingston. Mr. Harvey was married in February 1885 to Jennie Cox, daughter of John and Eliza Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey have one child--Lester. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format forprofit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express writtenpermission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist.