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Charles Alfred “Alf” Sales

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Charles Alfred “Alf” Sales

Birth
Ontario, Canada
Death
2 Jul 1937 (aged 91)
Gallatin County, Montana, USA
Burial
Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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IOOF E 15
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Alfred Sales, aged 82, rancher in the Holland elevator district south of Belgrade, died at the hospital here about 4:30 Friday afternoon after being stricken a few hours previous with ptomaine poisoning.

Born at Berlin, Canada, Aug. 15, 1845, Sales was married near there more than 50 years ago to Miss Katherine Smith. They came to the Gallatin valley not long after they were married.

Survivors include the widow, Katherine Sales; six children, Enoch of Manhattan, Mrs. Ed (Hattie) F. Cowan of Bozeman, Mrs. John (Maggie) Cook of Bozeman, Oscar of Bozeman Route 1, Mrs. Earl (Ida) Robbins of Manhattan and Charles of Bozeman; a sister and brother in Canada and 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mr. Sales was a cousin of the late Allen Sales, Bozeman police chief.

The remains are at the Dokken Funeral Home pending arrangements.

Published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ July 3, 1937


Printed in the Belgrade Centennial in 1986: Charles Alfred and Katherine Smith Sales came to Montana in 1880 from Ontario, Canada. They settled four miles from Belgrade where they purchased the old Johnnie Lewis ranch of 600 acres. Mr. Sales farmed and raised cattle and work horses. He raised mainly wheat, oats and barley.
Alfred Sales, aged 82, rancher in the Holland elevator district south of Belgrade, died at the hospital here about 4:30 Friday afternoon after being stricken a few hours previous with ptomaine poisoning.

Born at Berlin, Canada, Aug. 15, 1845, Sales was married near there more than 50 years ago to Miss Katherine Smith. They came to the Gallatin valley not long after they were married.

Survivors include the widow, Katherine Sales; six children, Enoch of Manhattan, Mrs. Ed (Hattie) F. Cowan of Bozeman, Mrs. John (Maggie) Cook of Bozeman, Oscar of Bozeman Route 1, Mrs. Earl (Ida) Robbins of Manhattan and Charles of Bozeman; a sister and brother in Canada and 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mr. Sales was a cousin of the late Allen Sales, Bozeman police chief.

The remains are at the Dokken Funeral Home pending arrangements.

Published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ July 3, 1937


Printed in the Belgrade Centennial in 1986: Charles Alfred and Katherine Smith Sales came to Montana in 1880 from Ontario, Canada. They settled four miles from Belgrade where they purchased the old Johnnie Lewis ranch of 600 acres. Mr. Sales farmed and raised cattle and work horses. He raised mainly wheat, oats and barley.

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A place is vacant in our home,
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