24-1902. Thomas Clary was born in St Louis in 1843. He married Mary Ford, and four children were born to them. He came to Fort Benton in 1862 to work for the American Fur Company, and later, Thomas ran freight wagons between Fort Benton and Deer Lodge. The 1870 Federal census shows Thomas in Sun River with the occupation of a Wagon Master. The Clary Family remained at Sun River ranching until 1887, when his 2-year-old son, Joe, accidentally drowned in an irrigation ditch close to the family home. They moved to Fort Benton following that traumatic death, though for 9 years, Thomas continued t...