My Trails into the Past

John H. and Anna (Gleeson) Sullivan lived in South Dakota (previously Dakota Territory) from about 1880 to 1889-1890. They lived in Deer Lodge County, Montana, to the late 1920s. Not a lot came up in FamilySearch full-text search for "John H Sullivan" except for several images of trust deeds and mortgages for a piece of property in Anaconda known as lot 5 in block 18. The same lot in Anaconda was mortgaged multiple times. I did not locate the original deed from the grantor. Below is a map showing block 18 and lot 5. They lived on Commercial Avenue during the same time period as the deeds/mortgages. Map of the city of Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana, created by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company engineers, 1944; Montana State Library ,  https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/87665.  Below are the results: 1895 Nov 15. Trust Deed. Between John H Sullivan and Anna Sullivan his wife of Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co, Montana, parties of the first part, and C. K. Palmer, Trustee, ...

John H. Sullivan is my paternal great-grandfather, the father of Anna Marie Sullivan who married William Cyril Hork. I have no records naming him until he shows up in Dakota Territory getting land from the federal government. Below is a timeline of the information I have already gathered. Once this is created, I can then do more searching in newspapers, full-text search at FamilySearch , and regular searching at Ancestry and other genealogy database sites. Creating this timeline will likely spark new questions, which will be put into red text. I might even find conflicts that need to be addressed. 1854 June 20. John H. Sullivan was born 20 June 1854. There is no birth or baptism record for him. Other documents suggest his birth range: His intent naturalization in 1882 said he was born in 1853. [1] His land patent application in 1881 said he was over 21, and his own testimony as the claimant on 10 June 1882 stated he was 29 (1853). [2] 1900 census gave June 1854. [3] 1910 census i...