- Jack L. Fraser, 58, Came to Yellowstone County in 1885 Jack Logan Fraser, 68, early-day resident of Tellowstone died at a local hospital at 6 p. m. Sunday following a long illness. He had been In 111 health for the last four months, and was taken to a hospital Saturday night.
Death was caused by a stomach ailment. He was born Aug. 17, 1880, at Cold-brook, Nova Scotia, a son of Judge and Mrs. Alexander Fraser, and came to Yellowstone county with his parents In 1885. For many years he was engaged In the livestock Industry in this area, and for the last two years was employed at the Stockman in Billings.
Mr. Fraser married Augusta Stark at Harvard, 111., on Sept. 27, 1927. They made their home here at 212 North Thirtieth street. In addition to his widow, Mr.
Fraser Is survived by a son. Jack Fraser of Billings; two sisters. Mrs. Janet Fraser Tompkins of Billings, and Mrs. Teenle Lynch of Hollywood, and a brother, Ed Fraser, of Billings.
The body is at the Smith funeral home.
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Jack Fraser was born in Coldbrook, Nova Scotia in 1880; moving to Billings, Montana in with his family in 1885. His family was involved in the sheep raising industry, but from that early time Jack involved himself in every possible aspect of livestock production and sale. Jack became a protege of Richard Ashworth, a wealthy Englishman and family friend who had become a bold range cattle baron. After graduating from Billings High School in 1895, Jack lived in Ashworth's ranch home in Wyoming and soon became foreman of the large cattle and horse operations in Wyoming and Montana. Under his strong and sometimes controversial leadership, the operations transformed from a scattering of big investments in development to a large, stable and profitable enterprise. In his final illness, Ashworth wrote a will which attempted to leave his life's achievement in Jack Fraser's custody. Ashworth's English family sought immediate liquidation. Ultimately, the two sides made an equitable settlement in which the business was sold. Fraser then chose to further his formal education by enrolling in Shattuck University. In 1902 he joined the very large Rhea Sheep Company as manager of their operations based in Sentinel Butte, North Dakota. By 1903, he was stationed at the Rhea headquarters near Forsyth, Montana. That year, he joined the with his two brothers and father in the family firm of A. Fraser & Co.; as well as serving as a clerk for his father in the United States Commissioner's office.
He spent the rest of his life with A. Fraser & Co., buying, selling, raising and shipping sheep and cattle. He was known throughout the livestock industries for his expertise and business acumen.
Jack Fraser was a life member of the Knights of Pythias and the B.P.O.E.
In 1907, Jack Fraser journeyed to Detroit to purchase one of the first, and fastest automobiles to drive in southeastern Montana.
He married Augusta Stark.
John L. "Jack" Fraser died March 12, 1939 in Billings. He was survived by his wife Gussie, and ten year old son, John S. Fraser, brother Ed Fraser of Billings, and sisters Nettie Tompkins of Billings and Christina Lynch of Hollywood, California.
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