Son Alexander Muirhead
For two years identified with the office of county treasurer of Box Butte county, then elected treasurer for the same period and nearly re-elected to a second term and now serving his second two year term as the executive head of the city government of Hemingford, Alexander Muirhead has become well and favorably known to the people of this community as a hard working, efficient and conscientious public servant. He has also won a high place in the financial circles of the county and the Panhandle as a business man for he has been identified with various industries which have tended to the upbuilding of this section and when a capable man was needed as manager of the Farmers Co-operative Association of Hemingford, he was unanimously chosen for the office.
Mr. Muirhead is a Canadian, born in the province of Ontario, January 11, 1872, the son of Gavin and Catharine (McPhail) Muirhead, the former born on the heather covered hills of "Bonny Scotland," while the mother is a native of the Island of Tyree. The sons and descendants of Scotia have always been men of thrift and industry, wherever they have elected to make their homes, and practically without exception have been found an asset to any community. Mr. Muirhead is one of the men of Scotch recent living in Box Butte county whom to a marked degree has lived up to the reputation of his worthy family and race and today is materially aiding in the development of large interests here. Alexander was next to the youngest in a family of ten children, consisting of five boys and five girls. As his father was an Ontario farmer, the boy spent his childhood days and early youth in the country attending the local school during the winter terms and assisting in farm work during the summer vacations and soon assumed many important duties which can be well performed by a small boy. He early acquired a good business education along agricultural lines while his theoretical training was gained in the school house. After finishing the elementary grades he was sent to Owen Sound Collegiate Institute, as his father was a very well to do man, and like most Scotchmen, believed that a good education was the best equipment a man could have for a start in life. After graduating from the institute, Mr. Muirhead taught school for one year. He decided to emigrate and came to the Panhandle in 1894, locating in Hemingford. As teaching was the profession that would bring in an assured and quick income, Mr. Murhead accepted a position in the schools here while he looked the country over before choosing what business field he would enter. During the five years he followed this profession he amassed a comfortable capital and in 1898, when offered the office of deputy county treasurer of Box Butte county, accepted, filling this office most efficiently for a two year term. The subsequent two years were spent in association with the Mollering Brothers in their mercantile establishment. Having made a creditable record as deputy Mr. Muirhead was elected county treasurer in the fall of 1901, served two years, and in the fall of 1903 was again nominated for the same office his opponent in the race being Charles Brennan. The contest was close, but the canvassing board declared that Mr. Muirhead had a majority of two votes; Mr. Brennan contested the election declaring the majority was his, the question was carried up to the courts and the decision given was a tie. The two men were most friendly about it and rather than call another election drew straws for it and Mr. Brennan won.
On July 10, 1903, Mr. Muirhead was married at Hemingford to Miss Georgia A. Miller, who was born in Iroquois county, Illinois, the daughter of Alvin and Addie M. (Pearson) Miller, the former an Illinoisan, while the mother was a native of the Empire state. Mrs. Muirhead was the youngest of the two children born to her parents as she had an older brother. There are two children in the Muirhead family: Ruth A., in the eleventh grade of the high school, and Fay E., in the ninth grade. The year following his marriage Mr. Muirhead established himself in business as a real estate dealer, in Alliance, where they went to live, but they were acquainted in Hemingford and liked the people here so much that when an opening with good prospects occurred in business circles here they returned and in 1905 Mr. Muirhead became associated with his father-in-law in the flour and lumber business, a partnership that continued until 1912, when Mr. Muirhead was appointed manager of the Farmers Co-operative Association, having built up a good reputation for executive ability, and honest dealing. No more capable man could have been found and the association was fortunate in being able to secure him for this important office. He has a wide circle of business acquaintances throughout the county from his many years service in county office, has warm friends and has won the confidence of the people. In 1916, Mr. Muirhead was elected mayor of Hemingford, and as in his other public offices, proved so efficient that in 1918 he was re-elected. Mr. Muirhead is one of the thrifty, farsighted men who keep fully abreast of the times, its changes and progress, and is one of the most capable and expect financiers in the Panhandle. His personal popularity coupled with his able management of affairs has won a high place for him in the financial circles of northwestern Nebraska. He is a man who does much and says little of it. Is progressive in his ideas and methods and since becoming mayor of the city has inaugurated many improvements. He is public spirited and supports every worthy movement for civic and communal uplift and improvement both with his time and generous contributions of money. Today Mr. Muirhead stands as an excellent example of the American citizens upon whom this country must rely during the coming years of unrest and adjustment to take an important part in local and national affairs, and so tide the country over a period when the so-called "melting pot" of the United States shall have melted up the pure metals, annealed and alloyed them into a compact whole and shipped the dross and dregs back to Russia, and the Balcans, whence they came. The Muirhead family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. They are a prominent family in the community and at their home dispense a true Scotch hospitality to friends and acquaintances.
Source: History of Western Nebraska and Its People; Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties. A Group Often Called The Panhandle of Nebraska, 1921 - Transcribed by: Mary Saggio
Contributor: Marvin Bowman (46921462)of Gavin and Catharine (McPhail) Muirhead.
For two years identified with the office of county treasurer of Box Butte county, then elected treasurer for the same period and nearly re-elected to a second term and now serving his second two year term as the executive head of the city government of Hemingford, Alexander Muirhead has become well and favorably known to the people of this community as a hard working, efficient and conscientious public servant. He has also won a high place in the financial circles of the county and the Panhandle as a business man for he has been identified with various industries which have tended to the upbuilding of this section and when a capable man was needed as manager of the Farmers Co-operative Association of Hemingford, he was unanimously chosen for the office.
Mr. Muirhead is a Canadian, born in the province of Ontario, January 11, 1872, the son of Gavin and Catharine (McPhail) Muirhead, the former born on the heather covered hills of "Bonny Scotland," while the mother is a native of the Island of Tyree. The sons and descendants of Scotia have always been men of thrift and industry, wherever they have elected to make their homes, and practically without exception have been found an asset to any community. Mr. Muirhead is one of the men of Scotch recent living in Box Butte county whom to a marked degree has lived up to the reputation of his worthy family and race and today is materially aiding in the development of large interests here. Alexander was next to the youngest in a family of ten children, consisting of five boys and five girls. As his father was an Ontario farmer, the boy spent his childhood days and early youth in the country attending the local school during the winter terms and assisting in farm work during the summer vacations and soon assumed many important duties which can be well performed by a small boy. He early acquired a good business education along agricultural lines while his theoretical training was gained in the school house. After finishing the elementary grades he was sent to Owen Sound Collegiate Institute, as his father was a very well to do man, and like most Scotchmen, believed that a good education was the best equipment a man could have for a start in life. After graduating from the institute, Mr. Muirhead taught school for one year. He decided to emigrate and came to the Panhandle in 1894, locating in Hemingford. As teaching was the profession that would bring in an assured and quick income, Mr. Murhead accepted a position in the schools here while he looked the country over before choosing what business field he would enter. During the five years he followed this profession he amassed a comfortable capital and in 1898, when offered the office of deputy county treasurer of Box Butte county, accepted, filling this office most efficiently for a two year term. The subsequent two years were spent in association with the Mollering Brothers in their mercantile establishment. Having made a creditable record as deputy Mr. Muirhead was elected county treasurer in the fall of 1901, served two years, and in the fall of 1903 was again nominated for the same office his opponent in the race being Charles Brennan. The contest was close, but the canvassing board declared that Mr. Muirhead had a majority of two votes; Mr. Brennan contested the election declaring the majority was his, the question was carried up to the courts and the decision given was a tie. The two men were most friendly about it and rather than call another election drew straws for it and Mr. Brennan won.
On July 10, 1903, Mr. Muirhead was married at Hemingford to Miss Georgia A. Miller, who was born in Iroquois county, Illinois, the daughter of Alvin and Addie M. (Pearson) Miller, the former an Illinoisan, while the mother was a native of the Empire state. Mrs. Muirhead was the youngest of the two children born to her parents as she had an older brother. There are two children in the Muirhead family: Ruth A., in the eleventh grade of the high school, and Fay E., in the ninth grade. The year following his marriage Mr. Muirhead established himself in business as a real estate dealer, in Alliance, where they went to live, but they were acquainted in Hemingford and liked the people here so much that when an opening with good prospects occurred in business circles here they returned and in 1905 Mr. Muirhead became associated with his father-in-law in the flour and lumber business, a partnership that continued until 1912, when Mr. Muirhead was appointed manager of the Farmers Co-operative Association, having built up a good reputation for executive ability, and honest dealing. No more capable man could have been found and the association was fortunate in being able to secure him for this important office. He has a wide circle of business acquaintances throughout the county from his many years service in county office, has warm friends and has won the confidence of the people. In 1916, Mr. Muirhead was elected mayor of Hemingford, and as in his other public offices, proved so efficient that in 1918 he was re-elected. Mr. Muirhead is one of the thrifty, farsighted men who keep fully abreast of the times, its changes and progress, and is one of the most capable and expect financiers in the Panhandle. His personal popularity coupled with his able management of affairs has won a high place for him in the financial circles of northwestern Nebraska. He is a man who does much and says little of it. Is progressive in his ideas and methods and since becoming mayor of the city has inaugurated many improvements. He is public spirited and supports every worthy movement for civic and communal uplift and improvement both with his time and generous contributions of money. Today Mr. Muirhead stands as an excellent example of the American citizens upon whom this country must rely during the coming years of unrest and adjustment to take an important part in local and national affairs, and so tide the country over a period when the so-called "melting pot" of the United States shall have melted up the pure metals, annealed and alloyed them into a compact whole and shipped the dross and dregs back to Russia, and the Balcans, whence they came. The Muirhead family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. They are a prominent family in the community and at their home dispense a true Scotch hospitality to friends and acquaintances.
Source: History of Western Nebraska and Its People; Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties. A Group Often Called The Panhandle of Nebraska, 1921 - Transcribed by: Mary Saggio
Contributor: Marvin Bowman (46921462)of Gavin and Catharine (McPhail) Muirhead.
Son Alexander Muirhead
For two years identified with the office of county treasurer of Box Butte county, then elected treasurer for the same period and nearly re-elected to a second term and now serving his second two year term as the executive head of the city government of Hemingford, Alexander Muirhead has become well and favorably known to the people of this community as a hard working, efficient and conscientious public servant. He has also won a high place in the financial circles of the county and the Panhandle as a business man for he has been identified with various industries which have tended to the upbuilding of this section and when a capable man was needed as manager of the Farmers Co-operative Association of Hemingford, he was unanimously chosen for the office.
Mr. Muirhead is a Canadian, born in the province of Ontario, January 11, 1872, the son of Gavin and Catharine (McPhail) Muirhead, the former born on the heather covered hills of "Bonny Scotland," while the mother is a native of the Island of Tyree. The sons and descendants of Scotia have always been men of thrift and industry, wherever they have elected to make their homes, and practically without exception have been found an asset to any community. Mr. Muirhead is one of the men of Scotch recent living in Box Butte county whom to a marked degree has lived up to the reputation of his worthy family and race and today is materially aiding in the development of large interests here. Alexander was next to the youngest in a family of ten children, consisting of five boys and five girls. As his father was an Ontario farmer, the boy spent his childhood days and early youth in the country attending the local school during the winter terms and assisting in farm work during the summer vacations and soon assumed many important duties which can be well performed by a small boy. He early acquired a good business education along agricultural lines while his theoretical training was gained in the school house. After finishing the elementary grades he was sent to Owen Sound Collegiate Institute, as his father was a very well to do man, and like most Scotchmen, believed that a good education was the best equipment a man could have for a start in life. After graduating from the institute, Mr. Muirhead taught school for one year. He decided to emigrate and came to the Panhandle in 1894, locating in Hemingford. As teaching was the profession that would bring in an assured and quick income, Mr. Murhead accepted a position in the schools here while he looked the country over before choosing what business field he would enter. During the five years he followed this profession he amassed a comfortable capital and in 1898, when offered the office of deputy county treasurer of Box Butte county, accepted, filling this office most efficiently for a two year term. The subsequent two years were spent in association with the Mollering Brothers in their mercantile establishment. Having made a creditable record as deputy Mr. Muirhead was elected county treasurer in the fall of 1901, served two years, and in the fall of 1903 was again nominated for the same office his opponent in the race being Charles Brennan. The contest was close, but the canvassing board declared that Mr. Muirhead had a majority of two votes; Mr. Brennan contested the election declaring the majority was his, the question was carried up to the courts and the decision given was a tie. The two men were most friendly about it and rather than call another election drew straws for it and Mr. Brennan won.
On July 10, 1903, Mr. Muirhead was married at Hemingford to Miss Georgia A. Miller, who was born in Iroquois county, Illinois, the daughter of Alvin and Addie M. (Pearson) Miller, the former an Illinoisan, while the mother was a native of the Empire state. Mrs. Muirhead was the youngest of the two children born to her parents as she had an older brother. There are two children in the Muirhead family: Ruth A., in the eleventh grade of the high school, and Fay E., in the ninth grade. The year following his marriage Mr. Muirhead established himself in business as a real estate dealer, in Alliance, where they went to live, but they were acquainted in Hemingford and liked the people here so much that when an opening with good prospects occurred in business circles here they returned and in 1905 Mr. Muirhead became associated with his father-in-law in the flour and lumber business, a partnership that continued until 1912, when Mr. Muirhead was appointed manager of the Farmers Co-operative Association, having built up a good reputation for executive ability, and honest dealing. No more capable man could have been found and the association was fortunate in being able to secure him for this important office. He has a wide circle of business acquaintances throughout the county from his many years service in county office, has warm friends and has won the confidence of the people. In 1916, Mr. Muirhead was elected mayor of Hemingford, and as in his other public offices, proved so efficient that in 1918 he was re-elected. Mr. Muirhead is one of the thrifty, farsighted men who keep fully abreast of the times, its changes and progress, and is one of the most capable and expect financiers in the Panhandle. His personal popularity coupled with his able management of affairs has won a high place for him in the financial circles of northwestern Nebraska. He is a man who does much and says little of it. Is progressive in his ideas and methods and since becoming mayor of the city has inaugurated many improvements. He is public spirited and supports every worthy movement for civic and communal uplift and improvement both with his time and generous contributions of money. Today Mr. Muirhead stands as an excellent example of the American citizens upon whom this country must rely during the coming years of unrest and adjustment to take an important part in local and national affairs, and so tide the country over a period when the so-called "melting pot" of the United States shall have melted up the pure metals, annealed and alloyed them into a compact whole and shipped the dross and dregs back to Russia, and the Balcans, whence they came. The Muirhead family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. They are a prominent family in the community and at their home dispense a true Scotch hospitality to friends and acquaintances.
Source: History of Western Nebraska and Its People; Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties. A Group Often Called The Panhandle of Nebraska, 1921 - Transcribed by: Mary Saggio
Contributor: Marvin Bowman (46921462)of Gavin and Catharine (McPhail) Muirhead.
For two years identified with the office of county treasurer of Box Butte county, then elected treasurer for the same period and nearly re-elected to a second term and now serving his second two year term as the executive head of the city government of Hemingford, Alexander Muirhead has become well and favorably known to the people of this community as a hard working, efficient and conscientious public servant. He has also won a high place in the financial circles of the county and the Panhandle as a business man for he has been identified with various industries which have tended to the upbuilding of this section and when a capable man was needed as manager of the Farmers Co-operative Association of Hemingford, he was unanimously chosen for the office.
Mr. Muirhead is a Canadian, born in the province of Ontario, January 11, 1872, the son of Gavin and Catharine (McPhail) Muirhead, the former born on the heather covered hills of "Bonny Scotland," while the mother is a native of the Island of Tyree. The sons and descendants of Scotia have always been men of thrift and industry, wherever they have elected to make their homes, and practically without exception have been found an asset to any community. Mr. Muirhead is one of the men of Scotch recent living in Box Butte county whom to a marked degree has lived up to the reputation of his worthy family and race and today is materially aiding in the development of large interests here. Alexander was next to the youngest in a family of ten children, consisting of five boys and five girls. As his father was an Ontario farmer, the boy spent his childhood days and early youth in the country attending the local school during the winter terms and assisting in farm work during the summer vacations and soon assumed many important duties which can be well performed by a small boy. He early acquired a good business education along agricultural lines while his theoretical training was gained in the school house. After finishing the elementary grades he was sent to Owen Sound Collegiate Institute, as his father was a very well to do man, and like most Scotchmen, believed that a good education was the best equipment a man could have for a start in life. After graduating from the institute, Mr. Muirhead taught school for one year. He decided to emigrate and came to the Panhandle in 1894, locating in Hemingford. As teaching was the profession that would bring in an assured and quick income, Mr. Murhead accepted a position in the schools here while he looked the country over before choosing what business field he would enter. During the five years he followed this profession he amassed a comfortable capital and in 1898, when offered the office of deputy county treasurer of Box Butte county, accepted, filling this office most efficiently for a two year term. The subsequent two years were spent in association with the Mollering Brothers in their mercantile establishment. Having made a creditable record as deputy Mr. Muirhead was elected county treasurer in the fall of 1901, served two years, and in the fall of 1903 was again nominated for the same office his opponent in the race being Charles Brennan. The contest was close, but the canvassing board declared that Mr. Muirhead had a majority of two votes; Mr. Brennan contested the election declaring the majority was his, the question was carried up to the courts and the decision given was a tie. The two men were most friendly about it and rather than call another election drew straws for it and Mr. Brennan won.
On July 10, 1903, Mr. Muirhead was married at Hemingford to Miss Georgia A. Miller, who was born in Iroquois county, Illinois, the daughter of Alvin and Addie M. (Pearson) Miller, the former an Illinoisan, while the mother was a native of the Empire state. Mrs. Muirhead was the youngest of the two children born to her parents as she had an older brother. There are two children in the Muirhead family: Ruth A., in the eleventh grade of the high school, and Fay E., in the ninth grade. The year following his marriage Mr. Muirhead established himself in business as a real estate dealer, in Alliance, where they went to live, but they were acquainted in Hemingford and liked the people here so much that when an opening with good prospects occurred in business circles here they returned and in 1905 Mr. Muirhead became associated with his father-in-law in the flour and lumber business, a partnership that continued until 1912, when Mr. Muirhead was appointed manager of the Farmers Co-operative Association, having built up a good reputation for executive ability, and honest dealing. No more capable man could have been found and the association was fortunate in being able to secure him for this important office. He has a wide circle of business acquaintances throughout the county from his many years service in county office, has warm friends and has won the confidence of the people. In 1916, Mr. Muirhead was elected mayor of Hemingford, and as in his other public offices, proved so efficient that in 1918 he was re-elected. Mr. Muirhead is one of the thrifty, farsighted men who keep fully abreast of the times, its changes and progress, and is one of the most capable and expect financiers in the Panhandle. His personal popularity coupled with his able management of affairs has won a high place for him in the financial circles of northwestern Nebraska. He is a man who does much and says little of it. Is progressive in his ideas and methods and since becoming mayor of the city has inaugurated many improvements. He is public spirited and supports every worthy movement for civic and communal uplift and improvement both with his time and generous contributions of money. Today Mr. Muirhead stands as an excellent example of the American citizens upon whom this country must rely during the coming years of unrest and adjustment to take an important part in local and national affairs, and so tide the country over a period when the so-called "melting pot" of the United States shall have melted up the pure metals, annealed and alloyed them into a compact whole and shipped the dross and dregs back to Russia, and the Balcans, whence they came. The Muirhead family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. They are a prominent family in the community and at their home dispense a true Scotch hospitality to friends and acquaintances.
Source: History of Western Nebraska and Its People; Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties. A Group Often Called The Panhandle of Nebraska, 1921 - Transcribed by: Mary Saggio
Contributor: Marvin Bowman (46921462)of Gavin and Catharine (McPhail) Muirhead.
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