Thomas Williams Allshouse was born June 4, 1860, near Maquoketa City, Iowa, to Lebbaeus and Elizabeth Allshouse. When two years of age his parents moved to Macomb, Illinois. His father enlisted in the army infantry at Macomb in 1863, was captured at the battle of Chickamougua, was transferred to Libby Prison where he died of illness and starvation, leaving the mother with four small children, three girls and one son.
The mother and family lived in McDonough County until the spring of 1882. Thomas came to Steele, Dakota Territory, December 20th 1881. Steele township had just been platted by W. F. Steele and M. S. Jowell, editor of the Bismarck Tribune. The only building on the townsite was a small two room frame building used as a court house.
He stayed at the Steele farm a few days, looking for homestead location and filed on the NW 1/4 of section 22-139-73 on January 6, 1882. He returned to Illinois and came back to Steele with his mother and two sisters in March of 1882. Here he farmed until 1894. Then he came to Steele and bought grain and managed the Great Western Elevator for several years.
Mr. Allshouse was deeply interested and active in local politics and was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives for two terms, 1898 and 1902. He was a charter member of Myrtle Lodge No. 3, Knights of Pythias. Helped organize and was a member of The Uniform Rank of that Order. Also member of Chancellor-Walworth Lodge No. 102, AF & AM and held life memberships in each of the above mentioned orders. Also a member of Elks Lodge No. 1199 at Bismarck.
He was a guard in uniform at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 and after the close of the Fair was Street Inspector for the city of Chicago for about a year.
On account of ill health the elevator company sent a relief man and gave him a leave of absence in April of 1907. He spent the summer at Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, and his health was so much improved he decided to remain and was employed by the Elk Lumber Company at Fernie as timekeeper and stock taker at their sawmill.
F. B. Lynch together with several other heavy stockholders in several Canadian Lumber Companies organized the Summit Lake Lumber Company with timber holdings at Summit Lake near Nakusp, B. C. and built a saw mill and started operations. Mr. Allshouse purchased stock and accepted the position as secretary-treasurer of the company in January of 1910. He moved to Summit Lake. The sawmill was destroyed by fire in 1920 but the company continued to operate by taking out pilings and cedar poles and other timber products until July 1925, when another fire swept thru the valley destroying all standing timber together with all workmen's houses, the church, the school house and all other camp buildings.
Together with Nels T. Alpsen and George W. Jordan he formed an independent company, taking out logs, cedar poles and pilings near Nakusp and on the Arrow Lakes until 1934. Also operated a flour and feed store for several years with R. H. Jordan as partner.
He owned beautiful Summit Lake and made of it a nice picnic and fishing resort for any who chose to spend a day there. His kitchen was always open for making coffee and all were welcome. He had a host of friends and never a day went by without company. He was a volunteer Fire Marshall of British Columbia and Mount Allshouse was named for him. Had not been active work during the last few years of his life and spent most of his time at home at the Woodlawn Hotel in Steele, altho was still interested in fur farming in British Columbia.
He cast his first vote in Steele November of 1882 and his last one in Steele on November 5, 1940, never having relinquished United States citienship.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Steele. Departed this life April 8, 1942 and sleeps in the Steele Cemetery.
(Steele Diamond Jubilee 1952, p. 76-77)
The mother and family lived in McDonough County until the spring of 1882. Thomas came to Steele, Dakota Territory, December 20th 1881. Steele township had just been platted by W. F. Steele and M. S. Jowell, editor of the Bismarck Tribune. The only building on the townsite was a small two room frame building used as a court house.
He stayed at the Steele farm a few days, looking for homestead location and filed on the NW 1/4 of section 22-139-73 on January 6, 1882. He returned to Illinois and came back to Steele with his mother and two sisters in March of 1882. Here he farmed until 1894. Then he came to Steele and bought grain and managed the Great Western Elevator for several years.
Mr. Allshouse was deeply interested and active in local politics and was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives for two terms, 1898 and 1902. He was a charter member of Myrtle Lodge No. 3, Knights of Pythias. Helped organize and was a member of The Uniform Rank of that Order. Also member of Chancellor-Walworth Lodge No. 102, AF & AM and held life memberships in each of the above mentioned orders. Also a member of Elks Lodge No. 1199 at Bismarck.
He was a guard in uniform at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 and after the close of the Fair was Street Inspector for the city of Chicago for about a year.
On account of ill health the elevator company sent a relief man and gave him a leave of absence in April of 1907. He spent the summer at Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, and his health was so much improved he decided to remain and was employed by the Elk Lumber Company at Fernie as timekeeper and stock taker at their sawmill.
F. B. Lynch together with several other heavy stockholders in several Canadian Lumber Companies organized the Summit Lake Lumber Company with timber holdings at Summit Lake near Nakusp, B. C. and built a saw mill and started operations. Mr. Allshouse purchased stock and accepted the position as secretary-treasurer of the company in January of 1910. He moved to Summit Lake. The sawmill was destroyed by fire in 1920 but the company continued to operate by taking out pilings and cedar poles and other timber products until July 1925, when another fire swept thru the valley destroying all standing timber together with all workmen's houses, the church, the school house and all other camp buildings.
Together with Nels T. Alpsen and George W. Jordan he formed an independent company, taking out logs, cedar poles and pilings near Nakusp and on the Arrow Lakes until 1934. Also operated a flour and feed store for several years with R. H. Jordan as partner.
He owned beautiful Summit Lake and made of it a nice picnic and fishing resort for any who chose to spend a day there. His kitchen was always open for making coffee and all were welcome. He had a host of friends and never a day went by without company. He was a volunteer Fire Marshall of British Columbia and Mount Allshouse was named for him. Had not been active work during the last few years of his life and spent most of his time at home at the Woodlawn Hotel in Steele, altho was still interested in fur farming in British Columbia.
He cast his first vote in Steele November of 1882 and his last one in Steele on November 5, 1940, never having relinquished United States citienship.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Steele. Departed this life April 8, 1942 and sleeps in the Steele Cemetery.
(Steele Diamond Jubilee 1952, p. 76-77)
Thomas Williams Allshouse was born June 4, 1860, near Maquoketa City, Iowa, to Lebbaeus and Elizabeth Allshouse. When two years of age his parents moved to Macomb, Illinois. His father enlisted in the army infantry at Macomb in 1863, was captured at the battle of Chickamougua, was transferred to Libby Prison where he died of illness and starvation, leaving the mother with four small children, three girls and one son.
The mother and family lived in McDonough County until the spring of 1882. Thomas came to Steele, Dakota Territory, December 20th 1881. Steele township had just been platted by W. F. Steele and M. S. Jowell, editor of the Bismarck Tribune. The only building on the townsite was a small two room frame building used as a court house.
He stayed at the Steele farm a few days, looking for homestead location and filed on the NW 1/4 of section 22-139-73 on January 6, 1882. He returned to Illinois and came back to Steele with his mother and two sisters in March of 1882. Here he farmed until 1894. Then he came to Steele and bought grain and managed the Great Western Elevator for several years.
Mr. Allshouse was deeply interested and active in local politics and was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives for two terms, 1898 and 1902. He was a charter member of Myrtle Lodge No. 3, Knights of Pythias. Helped organize and was a member of The Uniform Rank of that Order. Also member of Chancellor-Walworth Lodge No. 102, AF & AM and held life memberships in each of the above mentioned orders. Also a member of Elks Lodge No. 1199 at Bismarck.
He was a guard in uniform at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 and after the close of the Fair was Street Inspector for the city of Chicago for about a year.
On account of ill health the elevator company sent a relief man and gave him a leave of absence in April of 1907. He spent the summer at Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, and his health was so much improved he decided to remain and was employed by the Elk Lumber Company at Fernie as timekeeper and stock taker at their sawmill.
F. B. Lynch together with several other heavy stockholders in several Canadian Lumber Companies organized the Summit Lake Lumber Company with timber holdings at Summit Lake near Nakusp, B. C. and built a saw mill and started operations. Mr. Allshouse purchased stock and accepted the position as secretary-treasurer of the company in January of 1910. He moved to Summit Lake. The sawmill was destroyed by fire in 1920 but the company continued to operate by taking out pilings and cedar poles and other timber products until July 1925, when another fire swept thru the valley destroying all standing timber together with all workmen's houses, the church, the school house and all other camp buildings.
Together with Nels T. Alpsen and George W. Jordan he formed an independent company, taking out logs, cedar poles and pilings near Nakusp and on the Arrow Lakes until 1934. Also operated a flour and feed store for several years with R. H. Jordan as partner.
He owned beautiful Summit Lake and made of it a nice picnic and fishing resort for any who chose to spend a day there. His kitchen was always open for making coffee and all were welcome. He had a host of friends and never a day went by without company. He was a volunteer Fire Marshall of British Columbia and Mount Allshouse was named for him. Had not been active work during the last few years of his life and spent most of his time at home at the Woodlawn Hotel in Steele, altho was still interested in fur farming in British Columbia.
He cast his first vote in Steele November of 1882 and his last one in Steele on November 5, 1940, never having relinquished United States citienship.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Steele. Departed this life April 8, 1942 and sleeps in the Steele Cemetery.
(Steele Diamond Jubilee 1952, p. 76-77)
The mother and family lived in McDonough County until the spring of 1882. Thomas came to Steele, Dakota Territory, December 20th 1881. Steele township had just been platted by W. F. Steele and M. S. Jowell, editor of the Bismarck Tribune. The only building on the townsite was a small two room frame building used as a court house.
He stayed at the Steele farm a few days, looking for homestead location and filed on the NW 1/4 of section 22-139-73 on January 6, 1882. He returned to Illinois and came back to Steele with his mother and two sisters in March of 1882. Here he farmed until 1894. Then he came to Steele and bought grain and managed the Great Western Elevator for several years.
Mr. Allshouse was deeply interested and active in local politics and was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives for two terms, 1898 and 1902. He was a charter member of Myrtle Lodge No. 3, Knights of Pythias. Helped organize and was a member of The Uniform Rank of that Order. Also member of Chancellor-Walworth Lodge No. 102, AF & AM and held life memberships in each of the above mentioned orders. Also a member of Elks Lodge No. 1199 at Bismarck.
He was a guard in uniform at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 and after the close of the Fair was Street Inspector for the city of Chicago for about a year.
On account of ill health the elevator company sent a relief man and gave him a leave of absence in April of 1907. He spent the summer at Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, and his health was so much improved he decided to remain and was employed by the Elk Lumber Company at Fernie as timekeeper and stock taker at their sawmill.
F. B. Lynch together with several other heavy stockholders in several Canadian Lumber Companies organized the Summit Lake Lumber Company with timber holdings at Summit Lake near Nakusp, B. C. and built a saw mill and started operations. Mr. Allshouse purchased stock and accepted the position as secretary-treasurer of the company in January of 1910. He moved to Summit Lake. The sawmill was destroyed by fire in 1920 but the company continued to operate by taking out pilings and cedar poles and other timber products until July 1925, when another fire swept thru the valley destroying all standing timber together with all workmen's houses, the church, the school house and all other camp buildings.
Together with Nels T. Alpsen and George W. Jordan he formed an independent company, taking out logs, cedar poles and pilings near Nakusp and on the Arrow Lakes until 1934. Also operated a flour and feed store for several years with R. H. Jordan as partner.
He owned beautiful Summit Lake and made of it a nice picnic and fishing resort for any who chose to spend a day there. His kitchen was always open for making coffee and all were welcome. He had a host of friends and never a day went by without company. He was a volunteer Fire Marshall of British Columbia and Mount Allshouse was named for him. Had not been active work during the last few years of his life and spent most of his time at home at the Woodlawn Hotel in Steele, altho was still interested in fur farming in British Columbia.
He cast his first vote in Steele November of 1882 and his last one in Steele on November 5, 1940, never having relinquished United States citienship.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Steele. Departed this life April 8, 1942 and sleeps in the Steele Cemetery.
(Steele Diamond Jubilee 1952, p. 76-77)
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