Silverbow County MT Archives Obituaries.....Conlon, Patrick May 1921 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mt/mtfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Teresa Taramasso califiadesigns@yahoo.com April 28, 2008, 9:13 am The Anaconda Standard -- May 17, 1921 PAT CONLON DIES - PIONEER OF BUTTE Respected Citizen, One of First Arrivals in City Passed Away. -- Patrick Conlon, one of Montana's oldest and most respected pioneers, died at 2 o'clock this morning after an illness of a little more than 24 hours at his home, 309 West Granite street. Mr. Conlon has been ailing for some time, but was not confined to his room and was able to be about Sunday. That evening after dinner he complained that he did not feel very well, but his condition was not sufficiently serious to occasion any alarm. Yesterday morning he appeared so weak that a physician was called, and from that time on he rapidly grew weaker. He passed away in peaceful sleep. Mr. Conlon was 83 years of age. He was born in County Mayo, Ireland, and came to New York when he was 15 years of age. After two years in New York, he came West. Among his early ventures in Butte was the establishment of a restaurant which was at the time a rendezvous for a number of the old timers. Later in life he acquired considerable property and was interested largely in Butte mining securities. Mr. Conlon was one of the most respected of the Montana Pioneers and at the annual meeting of the society was the center of a group of old time friends. His activities in various early mining camps gave him a large circle of acquaintances and his reputation for business integrity and a natural disposition to form intimate friendships won for him the esteem of all who knew him. Among his warm personal friends was the late James A. Murray, whom he survived by only a few days. Mr. Conlon is the fourth of a noted group of Butte pioneers to pass away within a few weeks of each other. Gen. Charles S. Warren was the first, then Edward Hickey, and last week James A. Murray. Mr. Conlon was one of the very oldest of the pioneers left. Fifty-seven years ago he came up the Missouri by steamboat to Fort Benton, and was then one of the first white men in that territory. He visited in sequence all of the famous placer camps and conducted a mercantile business for a time in Virginia City. Later he spent a short time in the Black Hills, South Dakota, and then returned to Montana. He was a warm personal friend of the late Marcus Daly, and the last time that Mr. Daly visited Montana before his death he discussed with Mr. Conlon the opportunties in what was then the Amalgamated Copper company. It is believed that as a result of this conference Mr. Conlon invested in several mining securities which afterward netted him considerable profit. Up to a few years ago, despite his great age, he retained his vitality and enjoyed visiting with his friends daily. About a year ago the first signs of failing health began to appear, but despite the advice of his physician and his friends, he refused to remain indoors. Mr. Conlon is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Robert E. Thomas, wife of R. E. Thomas of Butte Ice company, and six grandchildren, four girls and two boys; a brother James Conlon of Missoula, and a sister, Mrs. Anna McGann of Chicago. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mt/silverbow/obits/c/conlon118gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mtfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb