Charles Israel O'Neil was born in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, on February 18, 1869. He moved to Montana in 1891 and obtained a job in the retail lumber yard of Dubach Lumber Company in Monarch, Montana. In 1894, he went to Kalispell, Montana, and managed the retail division of the Butte and Montana Commercial Company; shortly thereafter he purchased the lumber yard of the company and went into business as the O'Neil Lumber Company. His co-owners were James Byrne and C.D. O'Neil. He obtained interest in the Northwestern Lumber Company of Kalispell, Dawson Lumber Company of Libby, Montana, and Bryne and O'Neil Lumber Company of Great Falls, Montana, in addition to the O'Neil Lumber Company of Kalispell and its subsidiary yards in Havre and other locations.
He and his wife, Kathryn, would have five children while living in Montana. The family relocated to California sometime before 1920. A conservationist, O’Neil disposed of his mill operations and placed his money in standing timber. Charles O’Neil passed away on September 28, 1957 in Los Angeles, California.
This 49-page reminiscence written by Charles I. O’Neil documents his business dealings in the lumber industry in northwest Montana between 1894 and 1912.
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The University of Montana's Archives and Special Collections also holds the Charles I. O'Neil papers, Mss 539.
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