Jesse Driskill was an early day pioneer cattleman in northeastern Wyoming and western South Dakota. He founded the T + T ranch on Beaver Creek near the Belle Fourche river in 1882 with his brother William Dallas (Dal) Driskill.
He was also a member of Captain Seth Bullock's Cowboy Brigade who took their horses by train to Washington DC in March of 1905 to ride in the inaugural parade to honor President Teddy Roosevelt.
PIONEEER HILLS CATLEMAN DIES
Spearfish, March 25 - One of this area's outstanding cattleman. Jess L. Driskill, 87 died at the John Burns Memorial hospital in Belle Fourche Sunday night. He had been ill for a year. In October he was taken to the hospital in Deadwood, and later returned here. Then two months ago he was removed to the Belle Fourche hospital.
Funeral services will be held Tuedsay afternoon at the McColley Funeral home with the Rev. L. R. S. Ferguson of Deadwood officiating. Burial will be in the Spearfish cemetery.
Driskill, whose entire life was spent in the cattle business, was born in Missouri Aug. 1, 1858, but spent his boyhood in Texas. When 13 years old, he made his first trek over the old Chisholm cattle trail from Corpus Cristi, Texas to Dodge City, Kan., and at the age of 17 he was put in command of a herd from Texas to Dodge City.
That trip was outstanding in his memory for the drivers were harassed by Indians over much of the route. Other encounteres with Indians includeed a battle with a band of Sitting Bull's warriors at one of the Driskill ranches near Dodge City. The Indians broke away from a Kansas reservation determined to fight their way back to the Dakotas. One man of the Driskill outfit wass killed but the cowboys held out for several hours until rescued by soldiers from a nearby fort.
In 1882, Driskill settled near Sidney, Neb., and l;ater started a ranch near Alva, Wyo., which he owned at the time of his death. In the 1890's, he established his permanent home here. At one time he and his brother, Dell, ran the "Old Gammon" spread between here and Beulah, Wyo. There were several years when his herds numbered more than 30,000 head.
He was married to Rosa Lee Davis of Missouri in 1885 at Deadwood and five children were born. She died in 1907. In 1911, he was married to Marguerite Harlow of Spearfish, who survives him.
Also surviving are his children, Mrs. R. F. Remschel and Malcolm Driskill of Spearfish, E. F. Driskill of Harlingen, Tex.; Mrs William Boland, Pacific Grove, Calif. and Mrs. Ben Wood of Belle Fourche.
SPEARFISH CATTLEMAN BURIED TUESDAY
Spearfish, March 27-Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the McColley funeral chapel in Spearfish for Jess L. Driskill, pioneer Hills cattleman. The Rev. L. R. Ferguson, Episcopal minister from Deadwood officiated.
Music was furnished by Ernest Lown, Mrs. Lillian Fillmore, Mrs. George Gibson, and Clarence McCain, with Leatrice Ward at the piano.
Burial was in the Spearfish cemetery with the following escort, Walter Dickey, Rex Repaff, Charles McClung, Jack Nason, Oscar Anderson, Spearfish, and Charles Maple, Belle Fourche.
Obituary and funeral notice from the Leedy Collection and submitted by Ellen Bishop.
He was also a member of Captain Seth Bullock's Cowboy Brigade who took their horses by train to Washington DC in March of 1905 to ride in the inaugural parade to honor President Teddy Roosevelt.
PIONEEER HILLS CATLEMAN DIES
Spearfish, March 25 - One of this area's outstanding cattleman. Jess L. Driskill, 87 died at the John Burns Memorial hospital in Belle Fourche Sunday night. He had been ill for a year. In October he was taken to the hospital in Deadwood, and later returned here. Then two months ago he was removed to the Belle Fourche hospital.
Funeral services will be held Tuedsay afternoon at the McColley Funeral home with the Rev. L. R. S. Ferguson of Deadwood officiating. Burial will be in the Spearfish cemetery.
Driskill, whose entire life was spent in the cattle business, was born in Missouri Aug. 1, 1858, but spent his boyhood in Texas. When 13 years old, he made his first trek over the old Chisholm cattle trail from Corpus Cristi, Texas to Dodge City, Kan., and at the age of 17 he was put in command of a herd from Texas to Dodge City.
That trip was outstanding in his memory for the drivers were harassed by Indians over much of the route. Other encounteres with Indians includeed a battle with a band of Sitting Bull's warriors at one of the Driskill ranches near Dodge City. The Indians broke away from a Kansas reservation determined to fight their way back to the Dakotas. One man of the Driskill outfit wass killed but the cowboys held out for several hours until rescued by soldiers from a nearby fort.
In 1882, Driskill settled near Sidney, Neb., and l;ater started a ranch near Alva, Wyo., which he owned at the time of his death. In the 1890's, he established his permanent home here. At one time he and his brother, Dell, ran the "Old Gammon" spread between here and Beulah, Wyo. There were several years when his herds numbered more than 30,000 head.
He was married to Rosa Lee Davis of Missouri in 1885 at Deadwood and five children were born. She died in 1907. In 1911, he was married to Marguerite Harlow of Spearfish, who survives him.
Also surviving are his children, Mrs. R. F. Remschel and Malcolm Driskill of Spearfish, E. F. Driskill of Harlingen, Tex.; Mrs William Boland, Pacific Grove, Calif. and Mrs. Ben Wood of Belle Fourche.
SPEARFISH CATTLEMAN BURIED TUESDAY
Spearfish, March 27-Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the McColley funeral chapel in Spearfish for Jess L. Driskill, pioneer Hills cattleman. The Rev. L. R. Ferguson, Episcopal minister from Deadwood officiated.
Music was furnished by Ernest Lown, Mrs. Lillian Fillmore, Mrs. George Gibson, and Clarence McCain, with Leatrice Ward at the piano.
Burial was in the Spearfish cemetery with the following escort, Walter Dickey, Rex Repaff, Charles McClung, Jack Nason, Oscar Anderson, Spearfish, and Charles Maple, Belle Fourche.
Obituary and funeral notice from the Leedy Collection and submitted by Ellen Bishop.
Jesse Driskill was an early day pioneer cattleman in northeastern Wyoming and western South Dakota. He founded the T + T ranch on Beaver Creek near the Belle Fourche river in 1882 with his brother William Dallas (Dal) Driskill.
He was also a member of Captain Seth Bullock's Cowboy Brigade who took their horses by train to Washington DC in March of 1905 to ride in the inaugural parade to honor President Teddy Roosevelt.
PIONEEER HILLS CATLEMAN DIES
Spearfish, March 25 - One of this area's outstanding cattleman. Jess L. Driskill, 87 died at the John Burns Memorial hospital in Belle Fourche Sunday night. He had been ill for a year. In October he was taken to the hospital in Deadwood, and later returned here. Then two months ago he was removed to the Belle Fourche hospital.
Funeral services will be held Tuedsay afternoon at the McColley Funeral home with the Rev. L. R. S. Ferguson of Deadwood officiating. Burial will be in the Spearfish cemetery.
Driskill, whose entire life was spent in the cattle business, was born in Missouri Aug. 1, 1858, but spent his boyhood in Texas. When 13 years old, he made his first trek over the old Chisholm cattle trail from Corpus Cristi, Texas to Dodge City, Kan., and at the age of 17 he was put in command of a herd from Texas to Dodge City.
That trip was outstanding in his memory for the drivers were harassed by Indians over much of the route. Other encounteres with Indians includeed a battle with a band of Sitting Bull's warriors at one of the Driskill ranches near Dodge City. The Indians broke away from a Kansas reservation determined to fight their way back to the Dakotas. One man of the Driskill outfit wass killed but the cowboys held out for several hours until rescued by soldiers from a nearby fort.
In 1882, Driskill settled near Sidney, Neb., and l;ater started a ranch near Alva, Wyo., which he owned at the time of his death. In the 1890's, he established his permanent home here. At one time he and his brother, Dell, ran the "Old Gammon" spread between here and Beulah, Wyo. There were several years when his herds numbered more than 30,000 head.
He was married to Rosa Lee Davis of Missouri in 1885 at Deadwood and five children were born. She died in 1907. In 1911, he was married to Marguerite Harlow of Spearfish, who survives him.
Also surviving are his children, Mrs. R. F. Remschel and Malcolm Driskill of Spearfish, E. F. Driskill of Harlingen, Tex.; Mrs William Boland, Pacific Grove, Calif. and Mrs. Ben Wood of Belle Fourche.
SPEARFISH CATTLEMAN BURIED TUESDAY
Spearfish, March 27-Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the McColley funeral chapel in Spearfish for Jess L. Driskill, pioneer Hills cattleman. The Rev. L. R. Ferguson, Episcopal minister from Deadwood officiated.
Music was furnished by Ernest Lown, Mrs. Lillian Fillmore, Mrs. George Gibson, and Clarence McCain, with Leatrice Ward at the piano.
Burial was in the Spearfish cemetery with the following escort, Walter Dickey, Rex Repaff, Charles McClung, Jack Nason, Oscar Anderson, Spearfish, and Charles Maple, Belle Fourche.
Obituary and funeral notice from the Leedy Collection and submitted by Ellen Bishop.
He was also a member of Captain Seth Bullock's Cowboy Brigade who took their horses by train to Washington DC in March of 1905 to ride in the inaugural parade to honor President Teddy Roosevelt.
PIONEEER HILLS CATLEMAN DIES
Spearfish, March 25 - One of this area's outstanding cattleman. Jess L. Driskill, 87 died at the John Burns Memorial hospital in Belle Fourche Sunday night. He had been ill for a year. In October he was taken to the hospital in Deadwood, and later returned here. Then two months ago he was removed to the Belle Fourche hospital.
Funeral services will be held Tuedsay afternoon at the McColley Funeral home with the Rev. L. R. S. Ferguson of Deadwood officiating. Burial will be in the Spearfish cemetery.
Driskill, whose entire life was spent in the cattle business, was born in Missouri Aug. 1, 1858, but spent his boyhood in Texas. When 13 years old, he made his first trek over the old Chisholm cattle trail from Corpus Cristi, Texas to Dodge City, Kan., and at the age of 17 he was put in command of a herd from Texas to Dodge City.
That trip was outstanding in his memory for the drivers were harassed by Indians over much of the route. Other encounteres with Indians includeed a battle with a band of Sitting Bull's warriors at one of the Driskill ranches near Dodge City. The Indians broke away from a Kansas reservation determined to fight their way back to the Dakotas. One man of the Driskill outfit wass killed but the cowboys held out for several hours until rescued by soldiers from a nearby fort.
In 1882, Driskill settled near Sidney, Neb., and l;ater started a ranch near Alva, Wyo., which he owned at the time of his death. In the 1890's, he established his permanent home here. At one time he and his brother, Dell, ran the "Old Gammon" spread between here and Beulah, Wyo. There were several years when his herds numbered more than 30,000 head.
He was married to Rosa Lee Davis of Missouri in 1885 at Deadwood and five children were born. She died in 1907. In 1911, he was married to Marguerite Harlow of Spearfish, who survives him.
Also surviving are his children, Mrs. R. F. Remschel and Malcolm Driskill of Spearfish, E. F. Driskill of Harlingen, Tex.; Mrs William Boland, Pacific Grove, Calif. and Mrs. Ben Wood of Belle Fourche.
SPEARFISH CATTLEMAN BURIED TUESDAY
Spearfish, March 27-Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the McColley funeral chapel in Spearfish for Jess L. Driskill, pioneer Hills cattleman. The Rev. L. R. Ferguson, Episcopal minister from Deadwood officiated.
Music was furnished by Ernest Lown, Mrs. Lillian Fillmore, Mrs. George Gibson, and Clarence McCain, with Leatrice Ward at the piano.
Burial was in the Spearfish cemetery with the following escort, Walter Dickey, Rex Repaff, Charles McClung, Jack Nason, Oscar Anderson, Spearfish, and Charles Maple, Belle Fourche.
Obituary and funeral notice from the Leedy Collection and submitted by Ellen Bishop.
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