Individual Details
Carrie Ellen Broughton
(8 Aug 1892 - 3 Jan 1966)
Our Search for Virgil Hollenbeck. . .
Our search for Virgil Hollenbeck began in early 1974 in the basement of the Garfield County Courthouse in Jordan, Montana where we found Art's mother, Edna, registered for school in District 51 for the 1926-27 school year as Edna
Hollenbeck, daughter of Carrie Williams. They were residing at Butte Creek at the time.
The following year, age 17, she was again registered as Edna Hollenbeck, though this time in School District 2 along with Joe, Nellie and John Williams. In 1930 she was once again registered in District 51, this time as Edna
Spracklin (Hollenbeck) with Oliver Spracklin shown as guardian.
Later that summer we returned to Montana for Art's 20th class reunion, stopping first at the Dawson County Courthouse in Glendive. Jordan had been a part of Dawson County until 1919 when Dawson was divided and Garfield County created with Jordan as its county seat.
A check of birth, death and marriage records in Dawson County revealed no information for us, but as we visited with the women working that afternoon and showed what we were doing and explained our interest in Hollenbeck, first name yet unknown, one of them asked us to wait a little longer while she went to the basement to look through some older records stored there. When she returned she had the "Enquest Over the Body of Virgil Hollenbeck" dated December 12,
1910.
Dr. Baker: I saw Hollenbeck with throat cut laying on bed with knife in hand. There could be no doubt but he did it himself. Signed/Dr. David Baker
Using this date and assuming that this death might have been a newsworthy event, we drove to Miles City, Montana the next morning. At the Miles City Public Library we found the following article in the "Yellowstone Journal" dated December 14, 1910.
BLOODY TRAGEDY IN VICINITY OF JORDAN.
Virge Hollenbeck Stabs Child, Pursues Wife, Then Suicides.
After a short but futile pursuit after his wife who was fleeing from the house of George Bozarth, who runs a restaurant at Jordan, Sunday morning, in company with Mrs. Bozarth, Virge Hollenbeck returned to the house and there, by cutting his throat with a knife, completed a tragedy which he had commenced by stabbing his one year old babe with the weapon. It was about 9 o'clock in the morning when Hollenbeck took out a jacknife and plunged it fiercely into the body of the little one, and then he turned to give his attention to his wife, but she and Mrs. Bozarth had started to flee in terror.
Hollenbeck pursued them but they had met and told their tale to several men and the party started for the Bozarth place. Seeing them coming Hollenbeck returned to the Bozarth place and locked the door. The advancing party began
to shoot at the house, but quickly desisted when informed there was a child inside. They fully expected Hollenbeck would fire on them and were cautious about approaching too near at first but as no signs of resistence were offered
by the man inside they eventually drew up to the house and forced the door open.
Then it was discovered that Hollenbeck had committed suicide by cutting his own throat, but not before he had made a desparate effort to kill the babe by stabbing it six times in addition to the first. The babe was not dead, however, but was sitting up beside the corpse of its parent. It was immediately taken in charge by Dr. Baker and when the stage left Jordan Sunday night it was still alive, with apparent prospect of recovery.
Hollenbeck was a man of about 35 years of age. He was appointed deputy sheriff subsequent to the resignation of Chas. Marrs, but his dissolute habits necessitated his removal. He married the daughter of Lou Broughton, a former
well known old timer and driver of the Jordan stage, having eloped with the girl, who is now his widow.
It is said that he was recently in Miles City with $200 handed him by a resident of Jordan which he was to expend in procuring a license for a saloon at Jordan, but instead of doing so "blew in" the money for liquor. When he
returned to his home his wife became disheartened and digusted with him for thus selfishly throwing away an opportunity to make a livelihood and compelling her to live in poverty, and left him, and went to work at the Bozarth
restaurant to support herself and child.
It was after Hollenbeck had attempted to persuade his wife to return totheir home and live with him again and she refused that he attempted the murder which thus far has resulted only in his own death.
Valley County News, Glasgow, 31 Jul 1907
TRUE LOVE NEVER RUNS SMOOTH.
Virgil A. Hollenbeck and Carrie Broughton, a young couple, arrived from Jordan with the intention of getting married but found the sheriff awaiting with a telegram ordering the man's arrest for eloping with a girl only 14 years of age. The prospective groom was lodged in jail to await further instructions while the lady was accommodated at Sheriff Small's home. After receiving no further orders by Wednesday morning the man was released and he lost no time escorting his sweetheart to the Clerk of Court's office where they secured a license to wed. Instead of giving her age as 14, she declared she was 19 and they were allowed to go their way unmolested. Judge Evans made them man and wife and they got through just in time to catch an outgoing passenger train.
It is claimed this couple put in an appearance at Malta first and as Hollenbeck answered the description of a horse thief wanted in another part of the state, he was arrested by Constable Smith and brought to Glasgow where he was released from the charge and then arrested for abduction.
On a later visit to Jordan we visited the office of the "Jordan Gazette" where we found the following article. The one year old that Hollenbeck had stabbed and who survived that bloody incident was undoubtedly Wilbur. The
article is dated Thursday, April 22, 1915.
DEATH OF WILBUR HOLLENBECK.
Little Wilbur Hollenbeck, the five year old son of Mrs. Carrie Curtis, died early Wednesday morning, April 21st, after an illness of about a month with typhoid fever. The little fellow was stricken with this malady on Vail Creek at the home of William Broughton and at first his condition was not considered serious, but about two weeks ago he was brought to Jordan to be near a physician. But the disease was so far advanced that notwithstanding the fact that excellent nursing and all the care that loving hands could administer to the little boy, he gradually grew weaker and weaker until death relieved his sufferings. His death was not entirely unexpected, as it had been realized for several days that his chances for recovery were rather doubtful.
OBITUARY: Jordan Tribune, 6 Jan 1966.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Williams, 73, long-time Jordan resident who died Monday in the Garfield County Hospital where she had been a patient four years, will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Community Presbyterian Church in
Jordan with Rev. Charles L. Strawn officiating. Burial will be in O'Connor Cemetery northeast of Jordan, with Stevenson's Miles City Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Williams was born on August 8, 1892. After her marriage to W. M. Williams about 1915, they ranched 35 miles north of Jordan. The couple retired and moved to Jordan in 1950. Mr. Williams died in 1960.
Survivors include two sons, John Williams, serving in the U.S. Armed Forces in Germany, and James Williams of 3314 Stone St., Billings; three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Amundson of Cooper Landing, Alaska, Mrs. Carrie Ornella of Oxnard, Calif., and Mrs. Dolly Stevens of Escondido, Calif., a brother, William Broughton of Jordan; a sister in California; 22 grand children and 13 great grand children.
Our Search for Virgil Hollenbeck. . .
Our search for Virgil Hollenbeck began in early 1974 in the basement of the Garfield County Courthouse in Jordan, Montana where we found Art's mother, Edna, registered for school in District 51 for the 1926-27 school year as Edna
Hollenbeck, daughter of Carrie Williams. They were residing at Butte Creek at the time.
The following year, age 17, she was again registered as Edna Hollenbeck, though this time in School District 2 along with Joe, Nellie and John Williams. In 1930 she was once again registered in District 51, this time as Edna
Spracklin (Hollenbeck) with Oliver Spracklin shown as guardian.
Later that summer we returned to Montana for Art's 20th class reunion, stopping first at the Dawson County Courthouse in Glendive. Jordan had been a part of Dawson County until 1919 when Dawson was divided and Garfield County created with Jordan as its county seat.
A check of birth, death and marriage records in Dawson County revealed no information for us, but as we visited with the women working that afternoon and showed what we were doing and explained our interest in Hollenbeck, first name yet unknown, one of them asked us to wait a little longer while she went to the basement to look through some older records stored there. When she returned she had the "Enquest Over the Body of Virgil Hollenbeck" dated December 12,
1910.
BLOODY TRAGEDY IN VICINITY OF JORDAN.
Virge Hollenbeck Stabs Child, Pursues Wife, Then Suicides.
After a short but futile pursuit after his wife who was fleeing from the house of George Bozarth, who runs a restaurant at Jordan, Sunday morning, in company with Mrs. Bozarth, Virge Hollenbeck returned to the house and there, by cutting his throat with a knife, completed a tragedy which he had commenced by stabbing his one year old babe with the weapon. It was about 9 o'clock in the morning when Hollenbeck took out a jacknife and plunged it fiercely into the body of the little one, and then he turned to give his attention to his wife, but she and Mrs. Bozarth had started to flee in terror.
Hollenbeck pursued them but they had met and told their tale to several men and the party started for the Bozarth place. Seeing them coming Hollenbeck returned to the Bozarth place and locked the door. The advancing party began
to shoot at the house, but quickly desisted when informed there was a child inside. They fully expected Hollenbeck would fire on them and were cautious about approaching too near at first but as no signs of resistence were offered
by the man inside they eventually drew up to the house and forced the door open.
Then it was discovered that Hollenbeck had committed suicide by cutting his own throat, but not before he had made a desparate effort to kill the babe by stabbing it six times in addition to the first. The babe was not dead, however, but was sitting up beside the corpse of its parent. It was immediately taken in charge by Dr. Baker and when the stage left Jordan Sunday night it was still alive, with apparent prospect of recovery.
Hollenbeck was a man of about 35 years of age. He was appointed deputy sheriff subsequent to the resignation of Chas. Marrs, but his dissolute habits necessitated his removal. He married the daughter of Lou Broughton, a former
well known old timer and driver of the Jordan stage, having eloped with the girl, who is now his widow.
It is said that he was recently in Miles City with $200 handed him by a resident of Jordan which he was to expend in procuring a license for a saloon at Jordan, but instead of doing so "blew in" the money for liquor. When he
returned to his home his wife became disheartened and digusted with him for thus selfishly throwing away an opportunity to make a livelihood and compelling her to live in poverty, and left him, and went to work at the Bozarth
restaurant to support herself and child.
It was after Hollenbeck had attempted to persuade his wife to return totheir home and live with him again and she refused that he attempted the murder which thus far has resulted only in his own death.
Valley County News, Glasgow, 31 Jul 1907
TRUE LOVE NEVER RUNS SMOOTH.
Virgil A. Hollenbeck and Carrie Broughton, a young couple, arrived from Jordan with the intention of getting married but found the sheriff awaiting with a telegram ordering the man's arrest for eloping with a girl only 14 years of age. The prospective groom was lodged in jail to await further instructions while the lady was accommodated at Sheriff Small's home. After receiving no further orders by Wednesday morning the man was released and he lost no time escorting his sweetheart to the Clerk of Court's office where they secured a license to wed. Instead of giving her age as 14, she declared she was 19 and they were allowed to go their way unmolested. Judge Evans made them man and wife and they got through just in time to catch an outgoing passenger train.
It is claimed this couple put in an appearance at Malta first and as Hollenbeck answered the description of a horse thief wanted in another part of the state, he was arrested by Constable Smith and brought to Glasgow where he was released from the charge and then arrested for abduction.
DEATH OF WILBUR HOLLENBECK.
Little Wilbur Hollenbeck, the five year old son of Mrs. Carrie Curtis, died early Wednesday morning, April 21st, after an illness of about a month with typhoid fever. The little fellow was stricken with this malady on Vail Creek at the home of William Broughton and at first his condition was not considered serious, but about two weeks ago he was brought to Jordan to be near a physician. But the disease was so far advanced that notwithstanding the fact that excellent nursing and all the care that loving hands could administer to the little boy, he gradually grew weaker and weaker until death relieved his sufferings. His death was not entirely unexpected, as it had been realized for several days that his chances for recovery were rather doubtful.
Our search for Virgil Hollenbeck began in early 1974 in the basement of the Garfield County Courthouse in Jordan, Montana where we found Art's mother, Edna, registered for school in District 51 for the 1926-27 school year as Edna
Hollenbeck, daughter of Carrie Williams. They were residing at Butte Creek at the time.
The following year, age 17, she was again registered as Edna Hollenbeck, though this time in School District 2 along with Joe, Nellie and John Williams. In 1930 she was once again registered in District 51, this time as Edna
Spracklin (Hollenbeck) with Oliver Spracklin shown as guardian.
Later that summer we returned to Montana for Art's 20th class reunion, stopping first at the Dawson County Courthouse in Glendive. Jordan had been a part of Dawson County until 1919 when Dawson was divided and Garfield County created with Jordan as its county seat.
A check of birth, death and marriage records in Dawson County revealed no information for us, but as we visited with the women working that afternoon and showed what we were doing and explained our interest in Hollenbeck, first name yet unknown, one of them asked us to wait a little longer while she went to the basement to look through some older records stored there. When she returned she had the "Enquest Over the Body of Virgil Hollenbeck" dated December 12,
1910.
Dr. Baker: I saw Hollenbeck with throat cut laying on bed with knife in hand. There could be no doubt but he did it himself. Signed/Dr. David Baker
Using this date and assuming that this death might have been a newsworthy event, we drove to Miles City, Montana the next morning. At the Miles City Public Library we found the following article in the "Yellowstone Journal" dated December 14, 1910.
BLOODY TRAGEDY IN VICINITY OF JORDAN.
Virge Hollenbeck Stabs Child, Pursues Wife, Then Suicides.
After a short but futile pursuit after his wife who was fleeing from the house of George Bozarth, who runs a restaurant at Jordan, Sunday morning, in company with Mrs. Bozarth, Virge Hollenbeck returned to the house and there, by cutting his throat with a knife, completed a tragedy which he had commenced by stabbing his one year old babe with the weapon. It was about 9 o'clock in the morning when Hollenbeck took out a jacknife and plunged it fiercely into the body of the little one, and then he turned to give his attention to his wife, but she and Mrs. Bozarth had started to flee in terror.
Hollenbeck pursued them but they had met and told their tale to several men and the party started for the Bozarth place. Seeing them coming Hollenbeck returned to the Bozarth place and locked the door. The advancing party began
to shoot at the house, but quickly desisted when informed there was a child inside. They fully expected Hollenbeck would fire on them and were cautious about approaching too near at first but as no signs of resistence were offered
by the man inside they eventually drew up to the house and forced the door open.
Then it was discovered that Hollenbeck had committed suicide by cutting his own throat, but not before he had made a desparate effort to kill the babe by stabbing it six times in addition to the first. The babe was not dead, however, but was sitting up beside the corpse of its parent. It was immediately taken in charge by Dr. Baker and when the stage left Jordan Sunday night it was still alive, with apparent prospect of recovery.
Hollenbeck was a man of about 35 years of age. He was appointed deputy sheriff subsequent to the resignation of Chas. Marrs, but his dissolute habits necessitated his removal. He married the daughter of Lou Broughton, a former
well known old timer and driver of the Jordan stage, having eloped with the girl, who is now his widow.
It is said that he was recently in Miles City with $200 handed him by a resident of Jordan which he was to expend in procuring a license for a saloon at Jordan, but instead of doing so "blew in" the money for liquor. When he
returned to his home his wife became disheartened and digusted with him for thus selfishly throwing away an opportunity to make a livelihood and compelling her to live in poverty, and left him, and went to work at the Bozarth
restaurant to support herself and child.
It was after Hollenbeck had attempted to persuade his wife to return totheir home and live with him again and she refused that he attempted the murder which thus far has resulted only in his own death.
Valley County News, Glasgow, 31 Jul 1907
TRUE LOVE NEVER RUNS SMOOTH.
Virgil A. Hollenbeck and Carrie Broughton, a young couple, arrived from Jordan with the intention of getting married but found the sheriff awaiting with a telegram ordering the man's arrest for eloping with a girl only 14 years of age. The prospective groom was lodged in jail to await further instructions while the lady was accommodated at Sheriff Small's home. After receiving no further orders by Wednesday morning the man was released and he lost no time escorting his sweetheart to the Clerk of Court's office where they secured a license to wed. Instead of giving her age as 14, she declared she was 19 and they were allowed to go their way unmolested. Judge Evans made them man and wife and they got through just in time to catch an outgoing passenger train.
It is claimed this couple put in an appearance at Malta first and as Hollenbeck answered the description of a horse thief wanted in another part of the state, he was arrested by Constable Smith and brought to Glasgow where he was released from the charge and then arrested for abduction.
On a later visit to Jordan we visited the office of the "Jordan Gazette" where we found the following article. The one year old that Hollenbeck had stabbed and who survived that bloody incident was undoubtedly Wilbur. The
article is dated Thursday, April 22, 1915.
DEATH OF WILBUR HOLLENBECK.
Little Wilbur Hollenbeck, the five year old son of Mrs. Carrie Curtis, died early Wednesday morning, April 21st, after an illness of about a month with typhoid fever. The little fellow was stricken with this malady on Vail Creek at the home of William Broughton and at first his condition was not considered serious, but about two weeks ago he was brought to Jordan to be near a physician. But the disease was so far advanced that notwithstanding the fact that excellent nursing and all the care that loving hands could administer to the little boy, he gradually grew weaker and weaker until death relieved his sufferings. His death was not entirely unexpected, as it had been realized for several days that his chances for recovery were rather doubtful.
OBITUARY: Jordan Tribune, 6 Jan 1966.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Williams, 73, long-time Jordan resident who died Monday in the Garfield County Hospital where she had been a patient four years, will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Community Presbyterian Church in
Jordan with Rev. Charles L. Strawn officiating. Burial will be in O'Connor Cemetery northeast of Jordan, with Stevenson's Miles City Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Williams was born on August 8, 1892. After her marriage to W. M. Williams about 1915, they ranched 35 miles north of Jordan. The couple retired and moved to Jordan in 1950. Mr. Williams died in 1960.
Survivors include two sons, John Williams, serving in the U.S. Armed Forces in Germany, and James Williams of 3314 Stone St., Billings; three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Amundson of Cooper Landing, Alaska, Mrs. Carrie Ornella of Oxnard, Calif., and Mrs. Dolly Stevens of Escondido, Calif., a brother, William Broughton of Jordan; a sister in California; 22 grand children and 13 great grand children.
Our Search for Virgil Hollenbeck. . .
Our search for Virgil Hollenbeck began in early 1974 in the basement of the Garfield County Courthouse in Jordan, Montana where we found Art's mother, Edna, registered for school in District 51 for the 1926-27 school year as Edna
Hollenbeck, daughter of Carrie Williams. They were residing at Butte Creek at the time.
The following year, age 17, she was again registered as Edna Hollenbeck, though this time in School District 2 along with Joe, Nellie and John Williams. In 1930 she was once again registered in District 51, this time as Edna
Spracklin (Hollenbeck) with Oliver Spracklin shown as guardian.
Later that summer we returned to Montana for Art's 20th class reunion, stopping first at the Dawson County Courthouse in Glendive. Jordan had been a part of Dawson County until 1919 when Dawson was divided and Garfield County created with Jordan as its county seat.
A check of birth, death and marriage records in Dawson County revealed no information for us, but as we visited with the women working that afternoon and showed what we were doing and explained our interest in Hollenbeck, first name yet unknown, one of them asked us to wait a little longer while she went to the basement to look through some older records stored there. When she returned she had the "Enquest Over the Body of Virgil Hollenbeck" dated December 12,
1910.
BLOODY TRAGEDY IN VICINITY OF JORDAN.
Virge Hollenbeck Stabs Child, Pursues Wife, Then Suicides.
After a short but futile pursuit after his wife who was fleeing from the house of George Bozarth, who runs a restaurant at Jordan, Sunday morning, in company with Mrs. Bozarth, Virge Hollenbeck returned to the house and there, by cutting his throat with a knife, completed a tragedy which he had commenced by stabbing his one year old babe with the weapon. It was about 9 o'clock in the morning when Hollenbeck took out a jacknife and plunged it fiercely into the body of the little one, and then he turned to give his attention to his wife, but she and Mrs. Bozarth had started to flee in terror.
Hollenbeck pursued them but they had met and told their tale to several men and the party started for the Bozarth place. Seeing them coming Hollenbeck returned to the Bozarth place and locked the door. The advancing party began
to shoot at the house, but quickly desisted when informed there was a child inside. They fully expected Hollenbeck would fire on them and were cautious about approaching too near at first but as no signs of resistence were offered
by the man inside they eventually drew up to the house and forced the door open.
Then it was discovered that Hollenbeck had committed suicide by cutting his own throat, but not before he had made a desparate effort to kill the babe by stabbing it six times in addition to the first. The babe was not dead, however, but was sitting up beside the corpse of its parent. It was immediately taken in charge by Dr. Baker and when the stage left Jordan Sunday night it was still alive, with apparent prospect of recovery.
Hollenbeck was a man of about 35 years of age. He was appointed deputy sheriff subsequent to the resignation of Chas. Marrs, but his dissolute habits necessitated his removal. He married the daughter of Lou Broughton, a former
well known old timer and driver of the Jordan stage, having eloped with the girl, who is now his widow.
It is said that he was recently in Miles City with $200 handed him by a resident of Jordan which he was to expend in procuring a license for a saloon at Jordan, but instead of doing so "blew in" the money for liquor. When he
returned to his home his wife became disheartened and digusted with him for thus selfishly throwing away an opportunity to make a livelihood and compelling her to live in poverty, and left him, and went to work at the Bozarth
restaurant to support herself and child.
It was after Hollenbeck had attempted to persuade his wife to return totheir home and live with him again and she refused that he attempted the murder which thus far has resulted only in his own death.
Valley County News, Glasgow, 31 Jul 1907
TRUE LOVE NEVER RUNS SMOOTH.
Virgil A. Hollenbeck and Carrie Broughton, a young couple, arrived from Jordan with the intention of getting married but found the sheriff awaiting with a telegram ordering the man's arrest for eloping with a girl only 14 years of age. The prospective groom was lodged in jail to await further instructions while the lady was accommodated at Sheriff Small's home. After receiving no further orders by Wednesday morning the man was released and he lost no time escorting his sweetheart to the Clerk of Court's office where they secured a license to wed. Instead of giving her age as 14, she declared she was 19 and they were allowed to go their way unmolested. Judge Evans made them man and wife and they got through just in time to catch an outgoing passenger train.
It is claimed this couple put in an appearance at Malta first and as Hollenbeck answered the description of a horse thief wanted in another part of the state, he was arrested by Constable Smith and brought to Glasgow where he was released from the charge and then arrested for abduction.
DEATH OF WILBUR HOLLENBECK.
Little Wilbur Hollenbeck, the five year old son of Mrs. Carrie Curtis, died early Wednesday morning, April 21st, after an illness of about a month with typhoid fever. The little fellow was stricken with this malady on Vail Creek at the home of William Broughton and at first his condition was not considered serious, but about two weeks ago he was brought to Jordan to be near a physician. But the disease was so far advanced that notwithstanding the fact that excellent nursing and all the care that loving hands could administer to the little boy, he gradually grew weaker and weaker until death relieved his sufferings. His death was not entirely unexpected, as it had been realized for several days that his chances for recovery were rather doubtful.
Events
Families
Spouse | Virgil A. Hollenbeck (1878 - ) |
Child | Wilbur Hollenbeck (1909 - 1915) |
Child | Edna Louise Hollenbeck (1911 - 1960) |
Spouse | Henry "Loving Henry" Curtis (1880 - ) |
Spouse | William M. "Doc" Williams (1873 - ) |
Child | Joseph "Little Joe" Williams (1917 - 1963) |
Child | Nellie Elizabeth Williams (1918 - ) |
Child | Carrie G. Williams (1925 - ) |
Child | John Williams (1926 - 1995) |
Child | James W. Williams (1928 - 1994) |
Child | Carrie Ellen Williams (1931 - 2008) |
Child | Dollie Evelyn Williams (1934 - 1991) |
Father | George Louis "Lou" Broughton (1855 - 1908) |
Mother | Mary Elizabeth Kingsley (1868 - 1951) |
Sibling | William Henry Broughton (1887 - 1966) |
Sibling | George L. Broughton (1889 - 1936) |
Sibling | David Jesse Broughton (1894 - 1934) |
Sibling | Dolly L. Broughton (1897 - 1963) |
Endnotes
1. Census: 1900 Soundex, Montana, Custer County.
2. U.S. Social Security Death Index , Montana 517-28-0340 .
3. Marriage.
4. Marriage.
5. Divorce.
6. Marriage Records: Montana, Custer County.
7. U.S. Social Security Death Index , Montana 517-28-0340 .