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| Dr George Monteith |
Dr. George Monteith was born 06 Apr 1887 in Adams, Green County, Wisconsin to William Boyd Monteith and Mary Anna Bleiler. After being educated in the country schools, he went on to university. He receive his medical degree from Marquette University in Wisconsin and after graduating, lived in Blanchardville, Wisconsin.
Lucy Hubbard was the daughter of Thomas and Priscilla Hubbard, born 17 Jan 1889. They originally hailed from the Rock Island area of Illinois, but had moved to near Marion in Linn County, Iowa, where Lucy was born. By 1900, they were living in Huron, Beadle, South Dakota. 1910 found them living in Cherry Grove, Emmons, North Dakota. After she completed her public school education, she taught in Hazleton in Emmons County.
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| Hazleton, 1913 |
"Hazelton, named in honor of Hazel Roop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Roop on whose farm the townsite was located, is situated 20 miles north of the geographical center of Emmons County, 15 miles east of the Missouri River and about 50 miles south and east of Bismarck. Located on the NEV4-30, 135-76 the townsite plat was recorded Nov. 19, 1902. The founding of Hazelton was tied up with the development of the railroad. Twenty years before the town was thought of, the trans-continental line of the Northern Pacific was completed. Almost from the beginning, the N. P. management was interested in the country south of McKenzie. Construction of the branch line south to Linton, however, was not started until June, 1902, and completed in October, 1903. On Nov. 5, 1903, the first trains began operating through Hazelton on a regular schedule. When the N. P. finally did come into Emmons County, the Hazelton site with its beauty of location and expanse of fertile farm land in every direction, marked this as the ideal one for a thriving town... From the date of its birth, Hazelton enjoyed a healthy growth and soon became an important market place....Hazelton, it appears, enjoyed its biggest boom during March, 1906, when 25 new families and 27 carloads of livestock and personal belongings moved into town, swelling the population to about 250 people. In Nov., 1907, J. I. Roop announced that another addition to the original townsite had been platted and that a number of desirable lots were available at reasonable prices. W. L. Yeater opened a new hotel in 1907 which was considered one of the most modern in the state. Another important event occured during November, 1907: Railway mail service was established between McKenzie and Linton, replacing service formerly offered by the stage line..."
(As written by Math Dahl for the Hazelton Jubilee in 1953)
Emmons County History, 1976
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| Hazleton, Main St Looking North, 1918 |
On October 13, 1913, he married Lucy Hubbard.
During World War I he enlisted in the armed forces. He was commissioned a 1Lt in the Medical Corps and was assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas, then Ft Sill, Oklahoma. He was sent overseas in May of 1918 and was wounded (gassed) while serving in France. He returned to the US in Apr 1919. He was discharged 06 May 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa. He returned to Hazleton after his discharge and resumed his practice.
In 1927, Dr. Monteith was sued for malpractice when Farmer McDonnell injured his arm severely in a threshing machine and he had to go through months of pain and additional treatment. Dr. Monteith prevailed in the case.
Dr. Monteith would continue on as the town surgeon until 1950, when his health began to fail. In 1954, the family moved to Eugene, Lane County, Oregon where George died 26 Feb 1959 and Lucy died 02 Feb 1987.
The couple had five children: Thomas Cavott, Mary Louise, Muriel, George Jr., and Jane Elizabeth.
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