Charles Nettleton Strevell
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In 1969, when Charley was about 11 or 12 years old, his older brother John Nettleton went on a [[Nelson Buck massacre|surveying adventure]] that almost cost him his life. Three years later, John sued his stepfather for the inheritance and received all the property plus a share of the farm's proceeds for the previous 15 years. He then married and soon left the county. | In 1969, when Charley was about 11 or 12 years old, his older brother John Nettleton went on a [[Nelson Buck massacre|surveying adventure]] that almost cost him his life. Three years later, John sued his stepfather for the inheritance and received all the property plus a share of the farm's proceeds for the previous 15 years. He then married and soon left the county. | ||
| − | When he was about 21 or 22, his parents moved to the new frontier town of Miles City, Montana in 1879 (3 years after Custer's Last Stand and 2 years before the railroad reached town). Those seeking a fortune were getting into the open range cattle business as the Native Americans were subjugated and the bison herds decimated. Charley's father combined livestock and law in the new town. Charley's younger sister married the nephew of the town's namesake and top military officer. George M. Miles followed his uncle Nelson A. Miles to the new post and started a business selling things to the soldiers. Soon he and the Strevells had gone into the hardware store business together ("Miles & Strevell", then "Miles, Strevell & Ulmer", which later was just "Miles & Ulmer"), as well as founding a local Presbyterian church together. | + | When he was about 21 or 22, his parents moved to the new frontier town of Miles City, Montana in 1879 (3 years after Custer's Last Stand and 2 years before the railroad reached town). Those seeking a fortune were getting into the open range cattle business as the Native Americans were subjugated and the bison herds decimated. Charley's father combined livestock and law in the new town. Charley's younger sister married the nephew of the town's namesake and top military officer. George M. Miles followed his uncle Nelson A. Miles to the new post and started a business selling things to the soldiers. Soon he and the Strevells had gone into the hardware store business together ("[[Miles & Strevell]]", then "[[Miles, Strevell & Ulmer]]", which later was just "[[Miles & Ulmer]]"), as well as founding a local Presbyterian church together. |
Charles married Elizabeth Crawford (b. Illinois c. 1856) in 1881 in Pontiac, Illinois. | Charles married Elizabeth Crawford (b. Illinois c. 1856) in 1881 in Pontiac, Illinois. | ||
