Daniel Tewey
History of Montana,by Joaquin Miller, 1894
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Daniel Tewey, one of the enterprising and successful men of 
Butte City, Montana and the builder and proprietor of the 
Southern Hotel, is a native of New York, born at Jamestown, 
March 26, 1858.His father, Timothy Tewey was born in Ireland 
and was there married to Catharine Curren, a native of 
England. In 1841 he emigrated to America and in 1844 he 
sent for his wife who joined him in New York, and together 
they worked and saved until they were able to buy a farm 
near Jamestown, where they lived and rared their family of 
nine children,six of whom are still living and there the 
father died in the seventy-eighth year of his age. The 
mother still residesat the old home place she being now 
in her eighty-second year.Their son Daniel, the subject 
of this sketch, was next to the youngest of the family. 
He attended the public schools and remained with his 
parents until he was thirteen when he was employed as 
bell-boy in a hotel in Saratoga, New York.As soon as he 
was large enough he worked out on farms, at first 
receiving $4 per month and board and later commanding
$13 per month, the highest price then paid for farm 
hands. He was not satisfied, however, to remain thus 
employed, and soon went to the oil regions of 
Pennsylvania, where he was employed in drilling 
and shooting wells. Later he heldthe position of 
night clerk in the St. James Hotel at Bradford, 
Pennsylvania. While residing at Bradford he was 
married, October 12, 1878 to Miss Eliza Cross, a 
native of Dunkirk, New York and a daughter of John 
Cross of that place. She is of Irish descent.After 
his marriage, Mr. Tewey removed to Leadville, 
Colorado where for some time he mined and prospected, 
meeting with varied success. After this he was in
 business in Denver for three months. He then 
returned to Leadville and ran a boarding house for 
the American Mining and Smelting Company, remained 
there three years and made considerablemoney. Then 
he made a trip to Texas, returned to Chicago and 
from there went to the Coeur d'Alene country and 
prospected for some time, and on the 15th of April 
1884 he landed in Butte City, Montana. Here for 
two years he worked with pick and shovel in the 
mines. He then rented the old United States House, 
improved it considerably and gave it the name of 
the Southern Hotel. Almost from the first he had a 
good business. After he had been in the old 
building three years he found it necessary to 
enlarge his facilities and accordingly in 1889 
he bought the ground onwhich the building stood 
and erected a new and more commodious house. 
This is a brick building, 52 x 100 feet, has three 
stories and a basement, and is furnished with 
steam heat and electric light.Mr. Tewey has 
attained that he has not only filled to its 
utmost capacity this commodious house but he 
has also hadto rent other rooms for the 
accommodation of his guests. He now uses two 
stories of the two buildings immediately south 
of the hotel. Mr. Tewey himself is obliging and 
generous to a fault, and he has surrounded 
himself with an efficient force of clerks, 
cooks, and waiters, so that everything necessary 
is provided. That his efforts are appreciated is 
shown by his large patronage. Indeed, he is doing 
by far the largest hotel business of any man inthe 
city.Having spent his youthful days n the farm, 
Mr. Tewey still retains his love for farming and 
domestic animals and since he has become able to 
indulge himself in it he has purchased a valuable 
ranch of 500 acres in the Deer LodgeValley. This 
property is located thirty miles from Butte City. 
On it he is making improvements to his fancy and 
is indulging himself in raising fine horses and 
cattle and St. Bernard dogs. Mrs. Tewey joins her 
husband in these rural pastimes and they spend 
much of their time in their country home. They 
have one son, Daniel.

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