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 1865 - 1951 (86 years)
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| Name |
Ulysses Grant Bishir [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Born |
1865 |
Iowa  [7] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
Abt 1866 |
Iowa [1, 8] |
| Died |
2 May 1951 |
Park Co., Montana [7, 9] |
| Person ID |
I2434 |
Bishir Family | Major Christopher & Susanna/Rebecca Bishir |
| Last Modified |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Father |
John Henry Bishir, b. 26 Jul 1829, Highland Co., Ohio , d. 20 Dec 1898, Madison Co., IA (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Eleanore Cochrane, b. 3 May 1833, Ohio , d. 7 Mar 1867, Madison Co., IA (Age 33 years) |
| Family ID |
F755 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Minnie L. Beattie, b. Abt 1874, Michigan , d. 29 Oct 1951, Montana (Age ~ 77 years) |
| Married |
22 Jan 1894 |
Seattle, King Co., Washington [3, 10, 11] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Nellie B. Bishir, b. 10 Sep 1896, Springdale, Montana , d. 11 Sep 1982, Ogden, Utah (Age 86 years) |
| + | 2. Eleanor Jeanette Bishir, b. 16 May 1909, Montana , d. 13 Jul 1989, Springdale, Park Co., Montana (Age 80 years) |
| | 3. Richard (Living) Locke |
| | 4. Doyne J. (Living) Neal |
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| Last Modified |
13 Apr 2013 |
| Family ID |
F1108 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Grant bred the first White Galloway cattle in the U.S. All present-day White Galloways in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand can be traced to his daughter’s ranch, Anchor Galloway, in Springdale, Montana.
Livingston Enterprise - May 3, 1951
GRANT BISHIR, DUCK CREEK RANCHER, DIES; FUNERAL FRIDAY
Grant Bishir, 86 and a pioneer of the Yellowstone Valley, died early Wednesday morning at the Lott Hospital. Funeral services will be held from the Cloyd Chapel at 2 p.m. on Friday, followed by burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
Born on October 31, 1864, at Winterset, Iowa, Mr. Bishir spent his early life in that state, and came to Montana in 1878. He was a water boy with the Northern Pacific construction crews when the road was built through the Livingston area. He drove stage in Yellowstone park before the turn of the century. In 1900 he established a ranch on Duck creek, east and north of Hunter's Hot Springs, and he operate the ranch until 1937, when he turned its operation over to his son in law, Bud Gibson. He and Mrs. Bishir have made their home in Springdale for several years past.
Mr. Bishir was active in the civic affairs of his community and was active in livestock circles during the years he operated the ranch, which lies in both Park and Sweet Grass Counties.
He married Minnie Battee in Seattle on February 22, 1894. He leaves his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Carney of Springdale and Mrs. Jeanette Gibson of Duck Creek, and two grandchildren. Two foster sons whom he raised but never adopted are Richard Dunn of Missoula and Bayne Neal of Superior. His parents, two brothers, a sister and a daughter preceded him in death.
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