State of Montana Certificate of Death: John Phillip Gensman died on August 14, 1937, at Columbia Falls, Flathead County, aged 82 years, born March 28, 1855 in Schleisingerville,* Wisconsin. He is divorced from Pearl Gensman and his occupation is a civil engineer in private practice. Father's name is Gensman, Mother's is unknown, both born in Germany.
*Name changed to Slinger in 1921.
In 1860, 5 year-old John Gensman is living in the household of Phillip and Mary E. Gensman in Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, with siblings, William, Phillipine, Conrad, and Margaretha.
A newspaper article that mentions J. P. Gensman tells the fate of a gang that had robbed a Northern Pacific Railroad train near Greycliff in Park County of southcentral Montana in August, 1893. They were tracked to northcentral Montana, and in early October several confrontations with law enforcement occurred along the route of the Great Northern Railroad rails through the mountains.
From 'The River Press,' Fort Benton, MT, 01 Nov. 1893: "The last of the four N. P. train robbers has been accounted for. It will be remembered when, of the original gang, Chipman and Shermer were killed and Jones captured, one robber named Jack White escaped. He was missing until Monday afternoon, when the news came that he was killed by J. P. Gensman, near Coram, a station in the Rocky mountains, about twenty miles east of Kalispell.
Jack White worked for Clark Bros., near Choteau, in 1891, and there got acquainted with Gensman. The two were quite good friends. About a week previous to the shooting, Gensman met White in the mountains, and each recognized the other. White asked his friend to aid him, and the latter arranged to meet him on Monday. Upon that day J. P. Gensman had a companion concealed in the brush, and approaching White, ordered him to throw up his hands. White saw he had been trapped by his supposed friend, and reached for his gun, but was shot down by Gensman. Jack White, the train robber, probably deserved death for participating in the killing of Schubert; but what part that $500 reward, and what part a desire for justice played in the mind of Gensman when he pretended to be White's friend and then shot him down will probably never be known." (Recently deputized as a deputy U. S. Marshal, Henry Schubert was shot and killed near Midvale, Montana while assisting in the failed attempt to capture the outlaws.)
In 1891, John P. Gensman and John White had made land claims on adjoining properties in the Blackleaf Creek drainage on the East Front of the Rockies, west of Pendroy, Montana in what would soon become Teton County. Mr. Gensman had received a fairly wide condemnation for the killing and was actually charged with first degree murder, but was eventually cleared by a grand jury.
Another land claim of 160 acres was also finalized in April of 1909 for John P. Gensman in Flathead County on a property just northwest of the confluence of the North and Middle Forks of the Flathead River. The land, east of Columbia Falls, was included within the boundaries of Glacier National Park when it was established a year later. Mr. Gensman worked as a civil engineer surveying lands in northwest Montana, including in 1916, along the shores of Lake Five, an area quickly being favored by eastern buyers as a site for summer homes. Besides surveyor, J. P. also was employed for several terms as a night watchman (policeman) for Columbia Falls, a track walker for the Great Northern in Bad Rock Canyon, and a brief stint as deputy sheriff.
On October 30, 1909, John married Anna P. "Pearl" Christensen at the home of his brother in Enid, Oklahoma, and they resided in Columbia Falls until their divorce in 1915. Pearl married again in June 1916 to a prominent real estate and insurance man of Spokane, Washington. Mabel May Gensman, born in 1896, is shown as their daughter in newspaper items, but upon her marriage to Lester O. Hileman in September of 1914, she lists her parents as John P. Gensman and Emma Wails. It appears to be that Mabel is the only child of John Gensman.
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Update link to father provided by MaryT, #47616997, 9/3/2022.
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Plot location provided by contributor Randy Viosca #50149919, 10/5/2022.
*Name changed to Slinger in 1921.
In 1860, 5 year-old John Gensman is living in the household of Phillip and Mary E. Gensman in Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, with siblings, William, Phillipine, Conrad, and Margaretha.
A newspaper article that mentions J. P. Gensman tells the fate of a gang that had robbed a Northern Pacific Railroad train near Greycliff in Park County of southcentral Montana in August, 1893. They were tracked to northcentral Montana, and in early October several confrontations with law enforcement occurred along the route of the Great Northern Railroad rails through the mountains.
From 'The River Press,' Fort Benton, MT, 01 Nov. 1893: "The last of the four N. P. train robbers has been accounted for. It will be remembered when, of the original gang, Chipman and Shermer were killed and Jones captured, one robber named Jack White escaped. He was missing until Monday afternoon, when the news came that he was killed by J. P. Gensman, near Coram, a station in the Rocky mountains, about twenty miles east of Kalispell.
Jack White worked for Clark Bros., near Choteau, in 1891, and there got acquainted with Gensman. The two were quite good friends. About a week previous to the shooting, Gensman met White in the mountains, and each recognized the other. White asked his friend to aid him, and the latter arranged to meet him on Monday. Upon that day J. P. Gensman had a companion concealed in the brush, and approaching White, ordered him to throw up his hands. White saw he had been trapped by his supposed friend, and reached for his gun, but was shot down by Gensman. Jack White, the train robber, probably deserved death for participating in the killing of Schubert; but what part that $500 reward, and what part a desire for justice played in the mind of Gensman when he pretended to be White's friend and then shot him down will probably never be known." (Recently deputized as a deputy U. S. Marshal, Henry Schubert was shot and killed near Midvale, Montana while assisting in the failed attempt to capture the outlaws.)
In 1891, John P. Gensman and John White had made land claims on adjoining properties in the Blackleaf Creek drainage on the East Front of the Rockies, west of Pendroy, Montana in what would soon become Teton County. Mr. Gensman had received a fairly wide condemnation for the killing and was actually charged with first degree murder, but was eventually cleared by a grand jury.
Another land claim of 160 acres was also finalized in April of 1909 for John P. Gensman in Flathead County on a property just northwest of the confluence of the North and Middle Forks of the Flathead River. The land, east of Columbia Falls, was included within the boundaries of Glacier National Park when it was established a year later. Mr. Gensman worked as a civil engineer surveying lands in northwest Montana, including in 1916, along the shores of Lake Five, an area quickly being favored by eastern buyers as a site for summer homes. Besides surveyor, J. P. also was employed for several terms as a night watchman (policeman) for Columbia Falls, a track walker for the Great Northern in Bad Rock Canyon, and a brief stint as deputy sheriff.
On October 30, 1909, John married Anna P. "Pearl" Christensen at the home of his brother in Enid, Oklahoma, and they resided in Columbia Falls until their divorce in 1915. Pearl married again in June 1916 to a prominent real estate and insurance man of Spokane, Washington. Mabel May Gensman, born in 1896, is shown as their daughter in newspaper items, but upon her marriage to Lester O. Hileman in September of 1914, she lists her parents as John P. Gensman and Emma Wails. It appears to be that Mabel is the only child of John Gensman.
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Update link to father provided by MaryT, #47616997, 9/3/2022.
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Plot location provided by contributor Randy Viosca #50149919, 10/5/2022.
State of Montana Certificate of Death: John Phillip Gensman died on August 14, 1937, at Columbia Falls, Flathead County, aged 82 years, born March 28, 1855 in Schleisingerville,* Wisconsin. He is divorced from Pearl Gensman and his occupation is a civil engineer in private practice. Father's name is Gensman, Mother's is unknown, both born in Germany.
*Name changed to Slinger in 1921.
In 1860, 5 year-old John Gensman is living in the household of Phillip and Mary E. Gensman in Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, with siblings, William, Phillipine, Conrad, and Margaretha.
A newspaper article that mentions J. P. Gensman tells the fate of a gang that had robbed a Northern Pacific Railroad train near Greycliff in Park County of southcentral Montana in August, 1893. They were tracked to northcentral Montana, and in early October several confrontations with law enforcement occurred along the route of the Great Northern Railroad rails through the mountains.
From 'The River Press,' Fort Benton, MT, 01 Nov. 1893: "The last of the four N. P. train robbers has been accounted for. It will be remembered when, of the original gang, Chipman and Shermer were killed and Jones captured, one robber named Jack White escaped. He was missing until Monday afternoon, when the news came that he was killed by J. P. Gensman, near Coram, a station in the Rocky mountains, about twenty miles east of Kalispell.
Jack White worked for Clark Bros., near Choteau, in 1891, and there got acquainted with Gensman. The two were quite good friends. About a week previous to the shooting, Gensman met White in the mountains, and each recognized the other. White asked his friend to aid him, and the latter arranged to meet him on Monday. Upon that day J. P. Gensman had a companion concealed in the brush, and approaching White, ordered him to throw up his hands. White saw he had been trapped by his supposed friend, and reached for his gun, but was shot down by Gensman. Jack White, the train robber, probably deserved death for participating in the killing of Schubert; but what part that $500 reward, and what part a desire for justice played in the mind of Gensman when he pretended to be White's friend and then shot him down will probably never be known." (Recently deputized as a deputy U. S. Marshal, Henry Schubert was shot and killed near Midvale, Montana while assisting in the failed attempt to capture the outlaws.)
In 1891, John P. Gensman and John White had made land claims on adjoining properties in the Blackleaf Creek drainage on the East Front of the Rockies, west of Pendroy, Montana in what would soon become Teton County. Mr. Gensman had received a fairly wide condemnation for the killing and was actually charged with first degree murder, but was eventually cleared by a grand jury.
Another land claim of 160 acres was also finalized in April of 1909 for John P. Gensman in Flathead County on a property just northwest of the confluence of the North and Middle Forks of the Flathead River. The land, east of Columbia Falls, was included within the boundaries of Glacier National Park when it was established a year later. Mr. Gensman worked as a civil engineer surveying lands in northwest Montana, including in 1916, along the shores of Lake Five, an area quickly being favored by eastern buyers as a site for summer homes. Besides surveyor, J. P. also was employed for several terms as a night watchman (policeman) for Columbia Falls, a track walker for the Great Northern in Bad Rock Canyon, and a brief stint as deputy sheriff.
On October 30, 1909, John married Anna P. "Pearl" Christensen at the home of his brother in Enid, Oklahoma, and they resided in Columbia Falls until their divorce in 1915. Pearl married again in June 1916 to a prominent real estate and insurance man of Spokane, Washington. Mabel May Gensman, born in 1896, is shown as their daughter in newspaper items, but upon her marriage to Lester O. Hileman in September of 1914, she lists her parents as John P. Gensman and Emma Wails. It appears to be that Mabel is the only child of John Gensman.
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Update link to father provided by MaryT, #47616997, 9/3/2022.
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Plot location provided by contributor Randy Viosca #50149919, 10/5/2022.
*Name changed to Slinger in 1921.
In 1860, 5 year-old John Gensman is living in the household of Phillip and Mary E. Gensman in Texas, Marathon, Wisconsin, with siblings, William, Phillipine, Conrad, and Margaretha.
A newspaper article that mentions J. P. Gensman tells the fate of a gang that had robbed a Northern Pacific Railroad train near Greycliff in Park County of southcentral Montana in August, 1893. They were tracked to northcentral Montana, and in early October several confrontations with law enforcement occurred along the route of the Great Northern Railroad rails through the mountains.
From 'The River Press,' Fort Benton, MT, 01 Nov. 1893: "The last of the four N. P. train robbers has been accounted for. It will be remembered when, of the original gang, Chipman and Shermer were killed and Jones captured, one robber named Jack White escaped. He was missing until Monday afternoon, when the news came that he was killed by J. P. Gensman, near Coram, a station in the Rocky mountains, about twenty miles east of Kalispell.
Jack White worked for Clark Bros., near Choteau, in 1891, and there got acquainted with Gensman. The two were quite good friends. About a week previous to the shooting, Gensman met White in the mountains, and each recognized the other. White asked his friend to aid him, and the latter arranged to meet him on Monday. Upon that day J. P. Gensman had a companion concealed in the brush, and approaching White, ordered him to throw up his hands. White saw he had been trapped by his supposed friend, and reached for his gun, but was shot down by Gensman. Jack White, the train robber, probably deserved death for participating in the killing of Schubert; but what part that $500 reward, and what part a desire for justice played in the mind of Gensman when he pretended to be White's friend and then shot him down will probably never be known." (Recently deputized as a deputy U. S. Marshal, Henry Schubert was shot and killed near Midvale, Montana while assisting in the failed attempt to capture the outlaws.)
In 1891, John P. Gensman and John White had made land claims on adjoining properties in the Blackleaf Creek drainage on the East Front of the Rockies, west of Pendroy, Montana in what would soon become Teton County. Mr. Gensman had received a fairly wide condemnation for the killing and was actually charged with first degree murder, but was eventually cleared by a grand jury.
Another land claim of 160 acres was also finalized in April of 1909 for John P. Gensman in Flathead County on a property just northwest of the confluence of the North and Middle Forks of the Flathead River. The land, east of Columbia Falls, was included within the boundaries of Glacier National Park when it was established a year later. Mr. Gensman worked as a civil engineer surveying lands in northwest Montana, including in 1916, along the shores of Lake Five, an area quickly being favored by eastern buyers as a site for summer homes. Besides surveyor, J. P. also was employed for several terms as a night watchman (policeman) for Columbia Falls, a track walker for the Great Northern in Bad Rock Canyon, and a brief stint as deputy sheriff.
On October 30, 1909, John married Anna P. "Pearl" Christensen at the home of his brother in Enid, Oklahoma, and they resided in Columbia Falls until their divorce in 1915. Pearl married again in June 1916 to a prominent real estate and insurance man of Spokane, Washington. Mabel May Gensman, born in 1896, is shown as their daughter in newspaper items, but upon her marriage to Lester O. Hileman in September of 1914, she lists her parents as John P. Gensman and Emma Wails. It appears to be that Mabel is the only child of John Gensman.
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Update link to father provided by MaryT, #47616997, 9/3/2022.
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Plot location provided by contributor Randy Viosca #50149919, 10/5/2022.
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