McAdow, Perry

 

FIRST NAME:      Perry W.               LAST NAME:       McAdow              ROLE: Business

OTHER NAMES: “Bud”

BORN:   28 July 1838                        WHERE:                Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky

DIED:     1918                                       WHERE:                Punta Gorda, Florida

MOTHER:             Julia Bean           

FATHER:               Samuel McAdow, Physician

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SPOUSEs:           

Clara L. Tomlinson married 6 January 1884 Yellowstone, Montana USA (d. 19 January 1896)

Marian Ann Tyrell married 2 October 1897

 

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EDUCATION:      At 12-13, Perry McAdow attended school in Missouri

RELATIONSHIPS:               McAdow, C.L. Huddleston and Capt. M. F. Merwin organized a company for the purpose of catching shark and other fish in Charlotte Harbor for their oil, fertilizing and glue properties.

PLACES AND/OR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF RESIDENCE: Born in Kentucky, as a child lived in Missouri, at 12 the family moved to California, Utah, Montana (1861, aged 23), Jackson, Michigan, Punta Gorda Florida (1897, aged 59)

OCCUPATION, SPHERE OF ACTIVITY: In Montana: Miner, grist mill owner, saw mill owner, owner of general stores at Coulson, Billings and Andersonville. McAdow usually had partners in his various business ventures. He was a member of Council (Maiden), Tenth Session, 1877; House of Representatives, Thirteenth Session, 1883, Territorial Legislative Assembly Member Constitutional Convention, 1889, representing Ninth District, Fergus County. He was an advocate for women’s rights and public education.

In Punta Gorda: Banker, responsible for installation of kerosene street lights, opened the first telephone system. In 1900 McAdow incorporated the Solana Pinery which operated a 5 acre pineapple farm.

TITLES AND HONORS: Perry McAdow was in a small group that discovered gold in the Territory of Montana and later was the sole owner of the Spotted Horse mine at Maiden, reputed to be the most productive gold mine in Montana history.

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:         Perry “Bud” McAdow was a successful businessman and political leader in Montana. He went to Montana in 1861 at the age of 16, and moved to Punta Gorda, Florida in 1897 when he was 59 years old.

At the age of 28 Perry McAdow was paralyzed in both legs and for the remainder of his life required a wheelchair. A northern millionaire, Perry McAdow became a progressive leader in Punta Gorda after moving here with his second wife Marian in 1897 as winter residents. He formed and was president of the Punta Gorda bank, the first locally owned bank. Archival records are available for each of the years the McAdows resided in Punta Gorda.