Individual Details
Edgar Alvia Kenoyer
(25 Jun 1873 - 18 Jan 1925)
Bought It for Song. From the man who had purchased the land from the Northern Pacific Land company at 75 cents an acre, Mr. Kenoyer purchased for $4 an acre the farm on which the townsite of Sidney is now located or rather took the railroad contract off the other's hands. In a few years the government decided to build the lower Yellowstone irrigation project and there was an opportunity for the location of a townsite. Kenoyer surveyed a part of his farm and set up the little town of Sidney, located in the center of the new project. In all of the development of the valley Mr. Kenoyer was closely identified. But a few short weeks ago, a part of the original farm, now in other hands, was sold to the Holly Sugar corporation at around $100 an acre, although admittedly worth more money.
Events
Families
Spouse | Emma Naida Wilson (1886 - 1945) |
Father | Francis Woodbury Kenoyer (1852 - 1918) |
Mother | Celia Marie Herbert (1856 - 1902) |
Sibling | Minnie Belle Kenoyer (1875 - 1945) |
Endnotes
1. 1880 Census Minnehaha Co., Dakota Territory.
2. Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Database online. Registration Location: Richland County, Montana; Roll: 1711440; Draft Board: 0..
3. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
5. Montana Marriages 1889-1947.
6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
7. Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Database online. Registration Location: Richland County, Montana; Roll: 1711440; Draft Board: 0..
8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
9. U. S. Gen Web Site.
10. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995, Page 97.