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GENEALOGY  COLLECTfON 


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HISTORY 

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COLORADO 


ILLUSTRATED 


VOLUME  IV 


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NATHANIEL  P.  HILL 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


NATHANIEL   PETER   HILL. 

In  the  halls  of  congress  Nathaniel  P.  Hill  was  one  of  the  most  influential  and 
commanding  figures;  in  his  own  state  of  Colorado  he  was  a  leader  among  the  citizens, 
and  one  who  was  repeatedly  delegated  by  them  to  carry  the  name  and  interests  of  the 
Centennial  state  before  national  bodies.  Nathaniel  P.  Hill  was  of  rare  ancestry,  traces 
of  which  can  be  identified  as  far  back  as  Robert  de  la  Hull,  who  "came  into  England 
with  ye  Conqueror";  this  ancient  warrior  lived  at  the  hamlet  of  Hull,  now  the  Court  of 
Hill,  Shropshire.  From  him  the  line  may  be  noted  down  to  Sir  Moses  Hill  and  his  son, 
Peter,  who,  during  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  in  1573,  accompanied  the  earl  of  Essex, 
at  the  head  of  the  English  troops,  to  suppress  the  trouble  known  as  O'Neill's  Rebellion, 
for  which  services  the  Hills  were  given  large  estates.  Nathaniel  Hill,  the  great-grand- 
father of  Senator  Hill,  came  to  the  United  States  with  wealth  and  located  at  a  Scotch- 
Irish  settlement  west  of  the  Hudson  river,  then  on  the  westernmost  frontier,  and 
known  as  Dwarskill,  in  the  precinct  of  Hanover,  but  now  known  as  the  town  of 
Crawford.  Orange  county.  New  York.  His  second  son,  Peter,  (1751-1795)  was  a  captain 
in  Colonel  James  Clinton's  Regiment  of  minute  men  at  the  age  of  twenty-four;  he 
was  in  command  of  his  company,  with  two  lieutenants  and  sixty-flve  men,  on  duty  at 
Fort  Constitution,  February  13,  1776.  and  was  at  Fort  Montgomery,  October  6,  1777. 
Captain  Hill's  second  son.  Nathaniel  Peter,  father  of  Senator  Hill,  was  a  lieutenant  of 
cavalry  in  the  War  of  1812  and  was  captain  of  the  Orange  Hussars  for  many  years 
thereafter.  He  served  in  the  New  York  general  assembly  for  four  terms  and  was  a 
.iudge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  from  1823  to  1825. 

Nathaniel  P.  Hill,  our  immediate  subject,  was  born  at  the  old  homestead  in 
Orange  county,  New  York,  February  18,  1832,  and  died  in  Denver.  Colorado,  May  22, 
1900.  The  homestead  mentioned  was  located  about  three  miles  east  of  Montgomery, 
New  Y'ork.  Nathaniel  P.  was  the  third  of  seven  children  and.  after  the  death  of  his 
father,  he  succeeded  his  brother,  James  K..  in  the  management  of  the  home  farm,  at 
the  same  time  attending  Montgomery  Academy.  He  entered  Brown  University  in  the 
year  1853,  there  majoring  in  chemistry  and  graduating  with  honors  in  1857.  From 
1859  until  1864  he  occupied  the  chair  of  chemistry  at  Brown. 

His  knowledge  of  metallurgical  subjects,  particularly  the  chemistry  processes. 
and  his  success  at  Brown  University,  resulted  in  certain  capitalists  of  Providence  and 
Boston  seeking  his  services.  These  men  had  been  offered  a  tract  of  land  in  Colorado, 
called  the  Gilpin  grant,  and  they  requested  Mr.  Hill  to  investigate  the  tract  and  report 
upon  its  characteristics.  So  it  was  that  in  the  year  1864  he  came  to  Colorado  by 
Concord  coach.  Blackhawk  was  his  destination  and  he  arrived  at  a  time  when  that 
camp  had  reached  a  turning  point  owing  to  the  lack  of  scientific  methods  of  treating 
ores.  This  brought  a  subject  to  his  attention  which  was  to  result  later  in  a  change  of 
metallurgical  processes  to  which  the  entire  subsequent  history  of  the  state  is  due.  In 
a  word,  the  free  gold  quartz  had  practically  been  dug  out  and  was  succeeded  by  re- 
fractory copper,  iron  and  other  ores;  rich  in  gold,  but  which  could  not  be  worked  in 
the  stamp  mills. 

Mr.  Hill  twice  more  visited  Colorado  in  1865,  endeavoring  to  arrive  at  some  method 
of  handling  the  ores.  In  pursuit  of  this  knowledge  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  Swansea, 
Wales,  where  he  further  studied  the  ore  reduction  methods  used  in  the  world  known 
smelters  there.  In  the  same  year,  1866,  he  made  a  second  trip  to  Swansea,  carrying 
with  him  samples  of  Colorado  ore  and  which  he  proved  to  be  amenable  to  the  processes 
there  used.  With  this  valuable  knowledge  he  returned  to  the  states  and  quickly 
interested  Boston  and  Providence  capitalists  in  the  future  of  the  Blackhawk  field. 
These  men  subscribed  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  and  the  Boston 
&  Colorado  Smelting  Company  was  organized  in  1867;  this  company  began  the  active 
smelting  work  at  Blackhawk  in  January,  1868.  The  business  grew  to  such  an  extent 
that  in  1873  a  branch  was  established  at  Alma,  Colorado.  Products  were  received  from 
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8  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

all  parts  of  the  mining  west  and  the  capital  was  increased  to  the  sum  of  one  million 
dollars,  and  a  larger  establishment  built  at  Argo,  in  the  suburbs  of  Denver. 

In  addition  to  the  above  interests,  Mr.  Hill  became  identified  with  the  United 
Oil  Company,  which  controlled  the  larger  part  of  the  oil  output  of  Florence,  Colorado. 
He  was  president  of  the  Colorado  Smelting  &  Refining  Company,  the  Denargo  Land 
Company  and  many  other  enterprises  connected  with  the  development  of  the  west. 

In  politics  Nathaniel  P.  Hill  was  a  republican  and  quickly  became  a  party  leader. 
He  became  noted  as  a  foe  of  monopolies,  although  he  himself  was  heavily  interested 
in  many  corporations.  His  first  office  of  political  nature  was  that  of  mayor  of  Black- 
hawk  in  1871.  Then  in  1872  and  1873  he  was  a  member  of  the  territorial  council. 
In  January,  1879,  at  the  republican  caucus  he  was  nominated  for  United  States 
senator  and  elected  for  a  term  of  six  years,  his  term  beginning  March  4,  1879,  when 
he  succeeded  Jerome  B.  Chaffee.  During  his  service  in  the  national  law-making  body 
Senator  Hill  accomplished  many  conspicuous  deeds  and  was  the  instigator  of  many 
acts  by  congress.  He  was  the  author  of  the  bill  for  the  removal  of  the  Uncompahgre 
Utes  from  southwestern  Colorado  to  the  Uintah  reservation  in  Utah,  also  a  bill  appro- 
priating money  for  the  sinking  of  artesian  wells.  The  section  of  school  land  in  the 
mineral  districts,  having  been  exempted  under  the  law  donating  to  the  state  two  sec- 
tions in  each  township,  was  of  no  value  to  Colorado,  so  Senator  Hill  introduced  a  bill 
to  take  other  land  in  lieu  of  the  sixteenth  and  thirty-sixth  sections,  found  to  be 
mineral,  and  this  finally  became  a  law  in  1884.  The  sum  of  three  hundred  thousand 
dollars  was  secured  by  appropriation  for  public  building  in  Denver  by  the  terms  of 
another  bill  which  Senator  Hill  sponsored.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  debate 
over  the  tariff  bill  in  1883,  championing  the  wool  interests  of  Colorado  and  demanding 
that  the  tariff  of  1867  be  unchanged.  He  took  special  interest  in  fighting  the  railroad 
land  grabbers  and  exposed  a  stupendousi  fraud  connected  with  the  New  Orleans, 
Baton  Rouge  and  Vicksburg  land  grant.  His  speeches  on  the  postal  telegraph  and  on 
the  silver  question  are  among  the  most  intelligent  and  virile  upon  those  subjects.  The 
service  Senator  Hill  rendered  to  his  state  and  country  during  his  years  in  congress 
were  not  unrewarded,  for  in  1891  President  Harrison  nominated  him  as  one  of  the 
three  members  of  the  International  monetary  commission,  a  position  of  high  honor  and 
trust.  His  last  public  appearance  occurred  in  the  year  1893,  when  he  acted  as  repre- 
sentative of  the  Denver  Chamber  of  Commerce  to  the  bimetallic  conference  at  Chicago 
and  Washington.  As  the  owner  of  the  Denver  Republican  for  a  number  of  years. 
Senator  Hill  moulded  to  a  great  extent  the  republican  policies  of  the  state. 

Senator  Hill  was  married  in  July,  1860,  to  Miss  Alice  Hale,  who  was  born  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in  January,  1840,  and  who  died  in  Denver,  Colorado,  July 
19,  1908.  She  was  of  New  England  stock,  of  that  family  which  gave  Nathan  Hale,  the 
patriot.  In  Denver  Mrs.  Hill  was  a  social  leader  and  became  a  woman  loved  and 
respected  by  reason  of  her  charitable  and  philanthropic  work.  She  was  the  founder  of 
the  kindergarten  system  in  the  city  and  was  one  of  the  chief  workers  for  the  Young 
Women's  Christian  Association  building.  For  twenty  years  she  was  the  regent  of 
the  Mount  Vernon  Ladies'  Association.  The  Hill  mansion,  located  at  the  corner  of 
Welton  and  Fourteenth  streets  and  now  headquarters  for  the  Mountain  division  of  the 
Red  Cross,  was  for  many  years  the  center  of  the  social  activities  of  the  city.  Four- 
teenth street  was  then  the  best  residence  street  of  Denver  and  the  Hill  home  occupied 
a  prominent  position  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  residences  of  the  Berger,  Kountze  and 
other  notable  families.  To  Senator  and  Mrs.  Hill  were  born  three  children,  namely: 
Crawford  Hill  of  Denver,  Mrs.  Franklin  Price  Knott  of  Santa  Barbara,  California,  and 
Mrs.  Lucius  M.  Cuthbert  of  Denver. 


HON.  LAWRENCE  C.  PHIl'PS. 

Hon.  Lawrence  C.  Phipps,  United  States  senator  from  Colorado,  former  member 
of  the  Colorado  State  Council  of  Defense  and  member  of  the  National  Finance  Com- 
mittee of  the  American  Red  Cross  Association,  is  furthermore  known  in  financial 
circles  of  Denver  by  reason  of  his  extensive  investments  in  various  corporations  and 
as  a  stockholder  and  director  in  various  commercial,  mining  and  agricultural  interests. 

Mr.  Phipps  was  born  in  Amwell  township.  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
August  30,  1862,  a  son  of  iho  Rev.  William  Henry  and  Agnes  (McCall)  Phipps,  the 
former  a  native  of  England,  while  the  latter  was  bom  in  Dumfries.  Scotland.  He 
graduated  from  the  high  school  at  Pittsburgh.  Pennsylvania,  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
years,  and  later  won  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  Denver  University. 


LAWRENCE  C.  PHIPPS 


10  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Soon  after  leaving  school  he  began  work  in  the  iron  mills  in  the  capacity  of  night 
weigh  clerk  in  one  of  the  Carnegie  plants  and  from  that  time  until  1901,  when  the 
Carnegie  interests  were  sold  to  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  he  advanced  from 
one  position  to  another  and  was  finally  admitted  to  a  partnership  in  the  concern, 
together  with  other  young  men  who  had  been  selected  by  Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie  as 
being  most  deserving  of  such  recognition.  At  the  time  of  the  sale  of  the  Carnegie 
plant  Mr.  Phipps  was  vice  president  and  treasurer  of  the  company.  He  then  retired 
from  active  business  and  removed  to  Colorado,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 
He  has  important  business  investments  in  the  west  and  maintains  offices  in  the  Ga,s 
&  Electric  building  of  Denver.  He  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
Denver  &  Salt  Lake  Railroad  and  a  director  of  the  Nevada-California  Electric  Corpora- 
tion, owning  a  power  line  operating  in  California  and  Nevada,  serving  the  Goldfleld 
district  of  Nevada  and  the  mining  and  farming  districts  of  southern  California. 

Long  before  entering  public  life  Mr.  Phipps  took  a  very  active  interest  in  move- 
ments intended  for  the  general  development  and  upbuilding  of  the  city  of  Denver  as 
well  as  the  entire  state  of  Colorado.  He  has  constantly  reached  out  along  lines  of 
helpfulness  and  of  public  pr.jgress  and  in  July,  1904,  he  founded  the  Agnes  Memorial 
Sanatorium  for  the  treatment  of  tuljerculosis  and  endowed  the  institution  with  a 
fund  producing  an  annual  revenue  of  seventeen  thousand  dollars.  He  has  closely 
studied  all  vital  questions  bearing  upon  the  welfare  and  upbuilding  of  city,  state  and 
country.  In  1913  he  was  selected  as  president  of  the  Colorado  Tax-Payers  Protective 
League,  organized  for  the  betterment  of  state  and  city  administrations.  He  took  a 
most  active  interest  in  the  development  of  the  Moffat  road  and  made  large  investments 
in  irrigation  projects  in  northwestern  Colorado  with  a  view  to  developing  the  territory 
served  by  that  road.  He  is  one  of  the  large  stockholders  in  the  Eastern  Colorado  Farm 
Loan  Company  and  is  one  of  the  largest  contributors  to  the  fund  being  raised  by  the 
Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  foi  assisting  farmers  in  cultivating  additional 
land.  He  is  also  interested  in  the  Denver  Morris  Plan  Company,  which  loans  money  to 
deserving  citizens,  thereby  keeping  them  out  of  the  hands  of  the  loan  sharks. 

On  the  5th  of  September,  1885,  Mr.  Phipps  was  united  in  marriage  at  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  to  Ibrealla  Hill  Loomis,  who  passed  away  in  July,  1888,  leaving  a  son, 
Lawrence  C.  Phipps,  Jr.,  and  a  daughter,  -^ho  is  now  Mrs.  William  White.  Later  Mr. 
Phipps  wedded  Genevieve  W.  Chandler,  of  Pittsburgh,  on  the  22d  of  April,  1897.  This 
marriage  was  annulled  by  law  in  1904.  They  had  two  daughters,  Dorothy  Chandler 
and  Helen  Chandler  Phipps.  On  the  25th  of  January,  1911,  Mr.  Phipps  wedded  Mar- 
garet Rogers,  a  daughter  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  Piatt  Rogers,  of  Denver,  and  they  have  two 
sons.  Allen  Rogers  and  Gerald  Hughes.  The  eldest  son,  Lawrence  Phipps,  Jr.,  who  is 
the  father  of  three  children,  volunteered  for  military  service  in  1917,  and  completed  his 
course  in  the  balloon  school,  earning  a  commission  as  second  lieutenant. 

The  religious  faith  of  Mr.  Phipps  is  that  of  the  Episcopal  church.  He  turns  for 
recreation  to  golf,  shooting  and  fishing,  which  he  greatly  enjoys.  He  is  prominently 
known  in  club  circles,  being  a  member  of  the  De'nver,  Denver  Country,  University, 
Cactus,  Denver  Athletic  and  Mile  High  Clubs  of  Denver;  the  Bankers  and  Engineers 
Clubs  of  New  York;  the  Pittsburgh  and  Duquesne  Clubs  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania; 
and  the  California,  Los  Angeles  Country  and  the  Brentwood  Country  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles. 
His  political  allegiance  has  always  been  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  has 
long  exercised  considerable  influence  over  public  thought  and  opinion  in  relation  to 
vital  political  questions  and  activities.  In  the  fall  ^of  1918  he  was  elected  on  the 
republican  ticket  to  the  office  of  United  States  senator  by  a  majority  of  thirty-four 
hundred,  succeeding  John  F.  Shafroth.  His  efforts  in  brlialf  of  public  welfare  since 
the  entrance  of  the  country  in  the  war  have  been  most  pronounced.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  life  members  of  the  American  Red  Cross,  and  when  the  Colorado  Division  was 
organized  in  1913  he  became  chairman  of  the  Denver  Chapter,  which  position  he  held 
continuously,  with  the  exception  of  one  year,  until  he  entered  the  recent  senatorial 
campaign.  Immediately  after  the  declaration  of  war  against  Germany  he  was  nam.ed 
by  President  Wilson  a  member  of  the  National  Finance  Committee  of  the  American 
Red  Cross. 

He  was  made  chairman  of  the  Mountain  Division,  comprising  the  states  of  Colorado, 
Wyoming,  Utah  and  New  Mexico,  for  the  second  Liberty  Loan  drive.  The  results 
obtained  in  that  campaign  compared  most  favorably  with  those  reached  in  any  other 
division,  being  approximately  two  hundred  end  thirty-six  per  cent  of  the  amount  asked 
for  by  Washington  headquarters,  as  against  an  average  of  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
six  per  cent  for  the  entire  country.  He  was  also  made  a  member  of  the  Colorado  State 
Council  of  Defense  and  his  deep  interest  in  Denver's  welfare,  upbuilding  and  develop- 
ment is  further  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  is  serving  on  the  board  of  directors  of 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  11 

the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Assocjation.  He  has  been  a  dynamic  force  in  the 
promotion  of  all  those  activities,  individual  and  public,  with  which  he  has  become 
identified,   the  results   achieved   o'ertopping  both   private  and   public  anticipations. 


JOHN  GOOD. 


Almost  sixty  years  have  been  added  to  the  cycle  of  the  centuries  since  John  Good 
became  a  resident  of  Denver,  as  he  arrived  in  this  city,  then  a  western  frontier  village, 
in  1859.  Through  all  the  intervening  years  until  his  death  he  had  been  an  interested 
witness  of  its  growth  and  development  and  took  an  active  part  in  promoting  its 
progress  and  improvement.  His  labors,  too,  were  an  element  in  the  advancement  of 
the  interests  of  the  state,  for  he  had  been  closely  associated  with  mining,  with  railroad 
building,  with  banking  and  with  real  estate  activity.  He  passed  the  eighty-fourth  mile- 
stone on  life's  journey  before  answering  the  final  summons,  passing  away  November 
22,  1918.  in  Denver.  His  birth  occurred  at  Uhrweiler,  Alsace-Lorraine,  then  a  part  of 
France  but  taken  over  by  Germany  in  1871.  His  natal  day  was  October  14,  1834,  his 
parents  being  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Kiefer)  Guth.  It  was  in  1854  that  Mr.  Good 
of  this  review  changed  his  name  from  Guth  to  the  form  that  he  afterward  used — that  of 
John  Good.  His  father  was  born  in  1800  and  was  a  large  landowner  and  farmer  of 
France  and  afterward  of  the  United  States,  leading  a  busy,  useful  and  active  life  of 
eighty-six  years,  his  death  occurring  in  1886.  His  wife  was  the  daughter  of  Philipp 
and  Elizabeth  Kiefer.  She  had  two  brothers,  George  and  Philipp,  who  fought  with 
Napoleon  and  perished  in  the  memorable  retreat  from  Moscow,  being  then  respectively 
eighteen   and   seventeen   years   of   age. 

John  Good  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  until  1854,  when 
at  the  age  of  twenty  years  he  determined  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  United  States,  his 
cousin,  John  T.  Good,  of  Uhrweiler,  having  come  to  the  new  world  in  1837,  settling 
in  Akron,  Ohio.  John  Good  joined  his  cousin  at  Akron  and  engaged  in  business  with 
him,  there  remaining  for  about  five  years.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Den- 
ver, arriving  in  this  city  in  1859  with  his  ox  team  and  wagon.  In  that  year  he  estab- 
lished one  of  the  first  general  merchandise  stores  in  Denver,  its  location  being  on 
Blake,  near  Fifteenth  street.  To  secure  goods  he  had  to  make  sixteen  trips  across  the 
plains,  hauling  all  his  own  freight,  and  one  of  these  trips  required  ninety  days.  There 
was  always  danger  of  Indian  attack,  but  he  bravely  and  fearlessly  made  the  journey 
in  order  to  secure  the  stock  necessary  for  the  conduct  of  the  business.  He  conducted 
the  store  for  only  a  short  time,  however,  for  while  he  was  absent  on  one  of  his  trips 
the  man  whom  he  left  in  charge  of  the  store  suddenly  made  his  departure  after  dispos- 
ing of  the  entire  stock,  and  when  Mr.  Good  returned  he  found  an  empty  store.  In  1859 
he  became  associated  with  Charles  Endlich  in  organizing  the  Rocky  Mountain  Brewery 
Company,  thus  founding  the  first  brewery  in  Colorado.  They  conducted  the  business 
until  1864,  when  Mr.  Good  sold  out  to  his  partner,  but  upon  the  latter's  death  six 
months  afterward  he  resumed  ownership  and  control  of  the  plant.  In  1871  Philip 
Zang  purchased  the  brewery,  which  was  thereafter  conducted  under  the  name  of  the 
Philip  Zang  Brewing  Company.  In  1901  Mr.  Good  consolidated  the  Milwaukee  and 
Union  breweries  into  the  Tivoli-Uuion  Brewing  Company,  of  which  he  became  the  presi- 
dent and  treasurer,  continuing  as  such  until  his  death.  He  did  not  confine  his  efforts 
to  a  single  line,  however,  but  reached  out  along  many  fields  of  usefulness  in  business. 
Forceful  and  resourceful,  he  became  one  of  the  organizers  and  promoters  of  the  old 
German  Bank,  organized  under  the  laws  of  Colorado  on  the  3d  of  March,  1874.  The 
German  National  Bank  was  the  outgrowth  of  the  German  Bank,  its  charter  as  a  na- 
tional bank  being  secured  in  April,  1877.  Mr.  Good  was  elected  to  the  vice  presi- 
dency of  the  institution  and  also  became  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors.  He 
saw  the  possibilities  for  Colorado's  development  along  various  other  lines  and  became 
one  of  the  promoters  and  first  stockholders  of  a  number  of  railroad  enterprises,  in- 
cluding the  Denver  &  Pacific,  the  Denver  &  Gulf  Railroad  and  the  Denver  &  South 
Park  Railroad.  He  likewise  extended  his  efforts  into  the  field  of  real  estate  and 
also  became  a  large  investor  in  mining  properties  as  well  as  in  railroads  and  in 
banks.  His  interests  and  activities  constituted  a  potent  element  in  the  growth  and 
material  development  of  city  and  state. 

In  May,  1862,  Mr.  Good  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rosalia  M.  Wagner,  a 
daughter  of  J.  Christopher  and  Anna  Barbara  (Meyer)  Wagner,  of  Mishawaka,  In- 
diana, and  a  niece  of  Serephine  Meyer,  who  was  a  judge  of  the  supreme  court  and 
during  the  Civil  war  served  as  colonel  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventh  Ohio  Regi- 


12  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

ment.  He  had  two  sons,  Turine  and  Tulius  Meyer,  who  were  members  of  his 
regiment  and  were  Isilled  in  battle.  A  third  son.  General  Edward  Meyer,  was  con- 
nected with  the  Nineteenth  Ohio  Volunteers.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Good  became  the  parents 
of  six  children,  as  follows:  Leonora  R.,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  J.  E.  Hasier,  of  New 
York  city;  Carrie,  who  gave  her  hand  in  marriage  to  J.  J.  Reilly,  of  Salt  Lake  City; 
Louis;  Nellie;  Louis  Wagner;  and  John  Edward,  who  was  graduated  from  Yale  Uni- 
versity as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1895. 

Mr.  Good  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  in  state  and  na- 
tional matters,  while  in  local  affairs,  he  supported  issues  and  men,  who,  according  to 
his  judgment  would  be  of  greatest  benefit  to  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  city, 
irrespective  of  political  party.  He  was  twice  elected  city  treasurer  of  Denver,  filling 
the  office  from  1875  until  1878  inclusive.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  charter 
members  of  the  old  Lotus  Club  and  exercised  marked  influence  over  the  social  as 
well  as  the  political  and  business  interests  of  the  city.  In  fact  Denver  ranked  him 
with  her  leading  men  and  his  public-spirited  devotion  to  her  welfare  was  widely 
recognized. 


ORA  HALEY. 


Ora  Haley,  of  Denver,  was  until  his  retirement  from  business  a  few  years  ago  the 
largest  individual  range  and  aittle  owner  in  Wyoming  and  western  Colorado  and  ranks 
with  the  well  known  pioneer  settlers  of  the  two  states.  He  first  visited  Denver  in  the 
spring  of  1865,  when  he  drove  a  bull  team  into  the  city, — then  a  young  man  of  about 
twenty  years.  He  was  born  in  East  Corinth,  Maine,  nineteen  miles  from  Bangor,  and 
at  thirteen  years  of  age  he  started  to  carve  out  a  career  for  himself.  At  Bangor,  where 
the  family  had  many  friends,  he  spent  the  first  few  years  of  his  independent  life  and  at 
nineteen  years  of  age  was  in  Iowa,  beginning  life  anew  in  the  strenuous  west.  This 
was  about  the  year  1864  and  it  was  in  the  following  spring  that  he  drove  the  bull  team 
across  the  country  to  Denver.  The  life  of  a  "bullwhacker"  appealed  to  him  and  he 
continued  freighting  in  the  hills  until  he  finally  decided  to  go  into  the  butchering 
business  at   the  new  Blackhawk   camp. 

In  1868  Mr.  Haley  settled  in  Albany  county,  Wyoming,  locating  first  at  old  Fort 
Sanders  and  later  at  Laramie,  where  he  again  turned  his  attention  to  the  butchering 
business,  from  time  to  time  making  small  ventures  into  cattle  raising.  Almost  from  the 
outset  he  became  a  leader  in  his  part  of  Wyoming.  He  was  elected  to  the  lower  house 
of  the  territorial  legislature  in  1871  and  was  a  member  of  the  council  in  the  legislative 
session  of  1881.  He  was  also  one  of  the  county's  representatives  in  the  first  state  legis- 
lature in  1890  and  gave  thoughtful  and  earnest  consideration  to  vital  questions  which 
came  up  for  settlement  and  was  a  cooperant  factor  in  shaping  the  destiny  of  the  state 
during  its  formative  period.  Always  a  stanch  republican,  he  was  and  still  is  one  of  the 
strongest  supporters  of  Senator  Warren. 

In  1877  Mr.  Haley  was  still  operating  a  meat  market  in  Laramie,  but  he  had  already 
made  his  brand,  a  cut  of  a  heart,  famous  on  what  is  still  known  as  the  Heart  ranch  on 
the  Little  Laramie.  In  1880  he  started  the  Two  Bar  brand  in  what  was  then  Routt 
county,  but  the  district  has  since  been  made  a  part  of  Moffat  county.  Soon  he  had  hold- 
ings on  the  Snake,  on  Lay  creek,  on  Elkhead  creek  and  in  Brown's  Park.  His  ranch 
near  Laramie  contained  about  thirty-six  thousand  acres  and  in  all  he  was  the  owner 
of  about  sixty  thousand  acres.  In  1888  he  obtained  possession  of  the  Hutton  ranch 
and  his  ranches  finally  extended  for  twenty-five  miles  along  the  Laramie  river.  His 
cattle  interests  gradually  grew  and  developed  until  he  attained  a  position  of  leadership 
as  the  largest  individual  range  and  cattle  owner  in  Wyoming  and  western  Colorado. 
In  business  affairs  his  vision  has  always  been  broad,  his  sagacity  keen  and  his  judg- 
ment sound,  and  whatever  he  has  undertaken  he  has  carried  forward  to  successful 
completion.  About  seven  years  ago,  or  in  1912,  he  disposed  of  much  of  his  range,  the 
Clay  Springs  Cattle  Company  of  Hackberry,  Arizona,  buying  the  Moffat  county  holdings. 

It  was  in  the  early  '90s  that  Mr.  Haley  became  one  of  the  principal  stockholders  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Laramie  and  afterward  acted  as  its  vice  president  for  many 
years.  His  bank  interests  were  disposed  of  about  the  time  that  he  sold  his  Moffat 
county  ranch  and  he  then  retired  to  Denver,  where  he  now  owns  a  palatial  home  and 
some  of  the  valuable  business  and  office  buildings  of  the  city,  notably  the  West  Hotel 
and  the  Cooper  building.  His  business  interests  and  investments  are  looked  after  by 
his  son.  Ora  B.  Haley,  and  his  extensive  holdings  in  Logan  county  are  supervised  by 
his  partner,  Mr.  Harris. 


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In  Omaha,  on  the  8th  of  January,  1872,  Mr.  Haley  was  married  to  Miss  Augusta 
Pfeiffer,  of  that  city,  a  daughter  of  Frank  A.  and  Susan  (Maddox)  Pfeiffer.  Mrs. 
Haley  in  her  paternal  line  comes  of  German  ancestry,  while  on  the  maternal  side  she 
is  descended  from  the  well  known  Maddox  family  of  Virginia,  prominent  in  the  days 
of  the  Revolution.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haley  have  three  children  living.  These  are:  Mattie, 
now  Mrs.  Arthur  A.  Smith,  of  Sterling,  Colorado;  Annie,  now  Mrs.  R.  L.  George,  of 
Laramie,  "Wyoming;  and  Ora  B.,  who  married  Maud  Hunn,  of  Denver.  There  are 
eleven  grandchildren,  of  whom  Ora  B.  Haley  has  six— Carla  M.,  Mabel  Augusta,  Juliana 
B.,  Ora  B.  Jr.,  Patricia  and  Charles  T.  Mrs.  R.  L.  George  has  three  children— Adelaide 
H.,  Ora  H.  and  Ann  H.,  while  Mrs.  Arthur  A.  Smith  is  the  mother  of  two,  Nancy 
Augusta  and  an  infant  daughter.  Mrs.  Haley  is  most  domestic  in  her  tastes,  devoting 
her  time  to  the  welfare  of  her  home  and  family,  promoting  the  comfort  of  husband 
and  children  and  extending  a  most  warm-hearted  hospitality  to  their  many  friends. 
The  career  of  Ora  Haley  has  constituted  an  important  factor  in  the  development  of  the 
west  and  he  has  been  associated  with  every  phase  of  the  state's  progress  and  upbuilding 
from  pioneer  times  to  the  present. 


JOHN  FRANCIS   CAMPION. 


John  Francis  Campion,  a  Denver  capitalist  whose  success  had  its  foundation  in  the 
rich  mineral  resources  of  the  state,  to  the  development  of  which  he  brought  energy, 
persistency  of  purpose  and  keen  discernment,  became  well  known  through  business  con- 
nections all  over  the  west.  It  is  said  that  what  a  man  does  and  what  he  attains  depends 
largely  upon  his  opportunities,  but  the  well  balanced  man  mentally  and  physically  is 
possessed  of  sufficient  courage  to  venture  where  favoring  opportunity  is  presented,  and 
his  judgment  must  determine  the  real  value  and  worth  of  every  opportunity.  Not  all 
days  in  the  career  of  John  Francis  Campion  were  equally  bright,  but  he  managed  to 
turn  threatened  failures  into  victory  and  dispersed  the  clouds  of  defeat  with  the  sun 
of   prosperity. 

Mr.  Campion  was  born  on  Prince  Edward  Island  in  December,  1849,  a  son  of  M.  B. 
and  Helen  (Fehan)  Campion,  who  were  also  natives  of  Prince  Edward  Island  and 
were  of  English  and  Irish  lineage.  For  many  generations  the  family  had  been  exten- 
sive landowners  in  England.  The  first  representative  of  the  name  in  the  new  world 
was  John  Francis  Campion,  Sr.,  who  crossed  the  Atlantic  with  his  wife  and  children 
and  settled  on  Prince  Edward  Island,  where  he  and  his  wife  lived  to  an  advanced  age, 
the  former  passing  away  at  the  age  of  seventy-five,  while  the  latter  reached  the  seven- 
tieth   milestone   on   life's   journey. 

M.  Brevort  Campion,  who  was  one  of  their  family  of  nine  children,  four  sons  and 
five  daughters,  became  a  successful  shipbuilder  and  owner,  building  his  own  vessels  in 
his  own  shipyards,  and  as  captain  he  was  able  to  sail  any  craft.  He  not  only  figured 
prominently  in  connection  with  the  commercial  activity  of  the  island  but  was  also  a 
recognized  leader  in  political  circles,  first  as  a  supporter  of  the  liberal  party  and  after- 
ward of  the  conservative  party.  He  was  chosen  to  represent  his  district  in  the  Prince 
Edward  Island  parliament  and  he  was  especially  prominent  in  the  administrative 
affairs  of  the  island.  The  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  were  passed  in  Colorado  and 
he  became  a  leading  citizen  of  Leadville  and  was  also  widely  known  throughout  the 
state.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Helen  Fehan,  was  a  daughter  of  Dr. 
Fehan,  a  prominent  physician  on  Prince  Edward  Island,  who  lost  his  life  one  stormy 
winter's  night  while  crossing  the  Northumberland  strait,  which  has  a  width  of  nine 
miles. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  B.  Campion  were  born  four  children  and  as  a  member  of  that 
household  John  Francis  Campion  spent  his  youthful  days  as  a  public  school  pupil  in  his 
native  locality  and  in  the  Prince  of  Wales  College  at  Charlottetown.  to  which  he  re- 
turned in  1862,  his  parents  having  previous  to  that  time  removed  with  their  family 
to  California.  The  brothers.  John  F.  Campion,  then  seventeen  years  of  age.  and  George 
Campion,  a  youth  of  fifteen,  anxious  to  participate  in  the  Civil  war  in  the  United  States, 
ran  away  from  college  and  attempted  to  enlist  in  the  American  navy,  but  because  of 
his  youth  the  younger  brother  was  rejected.  After  passing  the  necessary  examination 
John  F.  Campion  was  accepted  and  assigned  to  a  position  as  assistant  quartermaster. 
He  was  on  duty  on  the  ship  Dolphin  and  carried  to  General  Sherman  the  first  dis- 
patches he  received  at  Savannah,  after  completing  his  famous  march  to  the  sea.  With 
difficulty  and  danger  the  boat  proceeded  to  the  entrance  of  the  Savannah  river,  ther€ 
being  many  sunken  vessels  in  the  harbor,  while  a  great  conflagration  raged  along  the 
wliarves,  immense  quantities  of  cotton  being  then   in  flanies. 


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16  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Following  the  close  of  the  war  John  F.  Campion  returned  to  California  on  a  visit 
to  his  parents,  who  were  then  residents  of  Sacramento,  and  turning  his  attention  to 
mining,  he  became  interested  in  the  development  of  the  rich  mineral  resources  of 
the  west  as  miner,  prospector  and  mine  owner.  In  186S  he  discovered  the  White  Pine 
silver  mine  but  after  making  a  fair  start  in  its  development  lost  all  that  he  had  in  that 
venture,  amounting  to  about  five  thousand  dollars.  He  afterward  took  up  mining  at 
Eureka,  Nevada,  where  he  developed  and  sold  valuable  properties  and  won  substantial 
fortune  through  his  operations  there.  Subsequently  he  went  with  his  father  and  brother 
to  Pioche,  Nevada,  where  he  continued  mining,  becoming  the  owner  of  the  Pioche- 
Phoenix,  a  valuable  silver  property.  He  organized  the  PiochePhoenix  Mining  Com- 
pany but  was  compelled  to  make  a  hard  fight  for  the  property,  as  other  claimants 
attempted  by  force  to  assert  their  alleged  rights.  Mx.  Campion,  however,  succeeded 
in  holding  the  mine  until  the  courts  awarded  him  formal  possession  thereof. 

After  disposing  of  his  interests  in  Nevada,  Mr.  Campion  went  to  tlie  new  mining 
camp  of  Leadville,  Colorado,  in  April,  1879,  and  there  bought,  developed  and  sold 
various  properties,  also  retaining  valuable  interests  in  that  district.  He  became  the 
owner  of  the  Bison,  Reindeer,  Elk  and  Ibex  mines,  the  last  better  known  as  the  Little 
Johnny.  He  began  the  development  of  all  these  properties,  naming  them  for  animals. 
The  Ibex  became  one  of  the  richest  mines  in  the  west  and  has  given  out  great  fortunes 
to  many  of  its  operators.  Mr.  Campion  was  the  general  manager  of  the  Ibex  Mining 
Company,  was  also  president  of  the  Napite  Mining  Company  of  Breckenridge,  a  director 
of  the  Carbonate  National  Bank  of  Leadville,  the  vice  president  of  the  Seventeenth 
Street  Building  Company  of  Denver,  vice  president  of  the  Denver  National  Bank,  vice 
president  of  the  Denver,  Northwestern  &  Pacific  Railway  Company  (Moffat  Road), 
president  of  the  Northwestern  Terminal  Company  and  president  of  the  Big  Horn  Min- 
ing and  Cattle  Company.  Thus  he  extended  his  efforts  over  a  broad  field,  contributing 
in  substantial  measure  to  the  material  upbuilding  of  the  state.  In  business  matters 
his  judgment  was  seldom,  if  ever,  at  fault  and  his  keen  discernment  enabled  him  to 
readily  recognize  every  difficulty  as  well  as  every  opportunity  of  a  situation.  Avoid- 
ing the  former  and  utilizing  the  latter  to  the  best  possible  advantage,  he  built  up  his 
fortunes  along  substantial  lines,  employing  constructive  methods,  so  that  his  path  was 
never  strewn  by  the  wreck  of  other  men's  failures. 

In  the  year  1895-6  Mr.  Campion  erected  a  palatial  home  at  No.  800  Logan  street  and 
there  installed  a  happy  family.  It  was  on  the  15th  of  April,  1895,  in  Denver,  that  he 
wedded  Miss  Nellie  May  Daly,  a  sister  of  Thomas  F.  Daly,  and  their  children  are: 
John  F.,  Jr.,  born  June  26,  1896;  Helen;  Phyllis;  and  Roland,  born  September  12,  1901. 
John  F.  Campion,  Jr.,  prepared  for  college  at  Exeter  and  left  Dartmouth  in  his  junior 
year  for  service  in  France,  where  he  is  a  member  of  Company  C,  Three  Hundred  and 
Second   Heavy  Tank  Battalion. 

Mr.  Campion  was  a  member  of  various  clubs,  including  the  Denver  Club,  the  Den- 
ver Athletic  Club  and  the  Denver  Country  Club.  He  was  one  of  the  promoters  and 
organizers  of  the  Colorado  Museum  of  Natural  History,  of  which  he  was  chosen  presi- 
dent and  in  this  connection  directed  one  of  the  most  interesting  attractions  at  City 
Park.  While  engaged  in  mining  at  Breckenridge  he  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Pro- 
fessor Edwin  Carter,  who  had  made  a  splendid  collection  of  the  fauna  of  Colorado, 
including  the  bison  and  many  other  rare  specimens  of  natural  history.  This  most 
valuable  group  of  Rocky  Mountain  wild  animals  was  in  danger  of  loss  by  fire,  or  want 
of  attention,  being  stored  in  the  cabins  of  the  owner.  Mr.  Campion,  assisted  by  Joseph 
A.  Thatcher  and  others,  obtained  the  old  Carter  collection,  and  made  il  the  nucleus 
for  the  museum  at  City  Park.  He  was  also  a  patron  of  art,  being  president  of  the 
Municipal  Art  League,  and  that  his  Interests  extended  into  other  lines  is  indicated  in 
the  fact  that  he  was  a  trustee  of  Agnes  Memorial  Sanitarium.  Any  man  of  generous 
impulses  and  broad  views  can  give  money  away  to  worthy  objects,  so  while  Mr.  Cam- 
pion's contributions  to  charity  and  benevolence  were  real  and  creditable,  his  signal 
service  was  in  the  vigor  he  lent  to  the  pioneer  era  in  making  this  region  habitable 
and  in  bringing  its  resources  to  light.  Such  careers  are  too  near  us  now  for  their 
significance  to  be  aopraised  at  their  true  value,  but  the  future  will  be  able  to  trace 
the  tremendous  effects  of  their  labors  upon  the  society  and  the  institutions  of  their 
time.  The  possibilities  of  high  position  afforded  in  the  United  States  to  industry  and 
fidelity  have  never  been  better  illustrated  than  in  Mr.  Campion's  case.  Starting  out 
in  the  world  without  special  advantages,  he  came  to  be  possessed  of  wealth  and)  of 
high  social  position,  with  a  mind  enriched  by  books  and  art  and  a  constant  mingling 
with  men  and  women  of  the  highest_  education  and  accomplishments.  He  came  to  be 
possessed  of  almost  everything  that  men  covet  as  of  value  and  this  was  won  through 
his  unaided  exertions.     It  is  well,  too,  that  so  successful  a  life  should  have  found  time 


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for  the  finer  things  which  our  self-made  men  are  so  prone  to  overlook — aid  in  money 
and  personal  attention  to  schools,  collection  of  rare  objects  of  beauty  from  all  over 
the  world  and  the  artistic  adornment  of  his  city  and  of  his  home.  His  career  was 
an  illustration  of  the  fact  which  Carlyle  has  expressed:  "The  obstacles  in  the  paths 
of  the  weak  become  stepping  stones  for  the  strong." 


WILLIAM  RILEY  CALLICOTTE. 

William  Riley  Callicotte  ranks  among  the  great  men  of  the  state  and  nation,  and 
yet  it  is  but  a  comparatively  small  circle  that  knows  intimately  how  vast  his  labors  have 
been  in  the  preparation  for  and  in  the  espousal  of  notable  reform  legislation.  As 
national  delegate  of  the  National  Farmers  Educational  and  Cooperative  Union  much 
of  his  time  is  spent  in  Washington.  It  was  the  farmers  union  committee,  of  which  he 
is  one  of  the  most  active  members,  that  brought  about  the  establishment  of  the  Bureau 
of  Markets ;  that  fought  side  by  side  with  others  and  most  effectively  for  the  parcels  post, 
now  long  in  operation.  It  was  also  his  committee  that  secured  the  amendment  to  the 
anti-trust  law  exempting  farmers  and  labor  unions  from  its  drastic  provisions.  The 
establishment  of  the  National  Children's  Bureau  was  the  work  of  the  Farmers  Bureau 
and  other  evidences  of  the  important  work  performed  could  be  cited.  Mr.  Callicotte  is 
now  and  has  tor  many  years  been  vice  president  of  the  National  Farmers  Educational 
and  Cooperative  Union,  with  a  membership  of  three  million.  For  years  he  has  been 
closely  studying  problems  that  have  to  do  with  agriculture  and  those  engaged  therein. 

His  early  training  was  that  of  the  farmbred  boy.  He  was  born  upon  a  farm  near 
Franklin,  Johnson  county,  Indiana,  July  12,  1847.  His  father  was  John  Bailey  Callicotte, 
while  his  mother  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Elender  Thomas.  The  son  pursued  his 
education  in  the  schools  of  Clarinda,  Iowa,  but  at  fifteen  years  of  age  entered  the  army, 
serving  until  he  was  eighteen  in  the  Twenty-fifth  Missouri  Infantry  and  the  First 
Missouri  Engineers.  As  an  engineer  he  assisted  in  laying  the  bridges  for  Sherman's 
famous  march  to  the  sea.  It  was  when  on  this  mission  that  he  was  among  those  who 
captured  Captain  Charles  S.  Thomas,  of  Georgia,  now  United  States  senator  from  Colorado 
and  a  close  friend  of  Dr.  Callicotte.  The  latter  was  at  Shiloh,  also  participated  in  the 
siege  of  Vicksburg,  was  present  at  the  capture  of  Atlanta  and  at  the  capture  of  Savannah 
and  of  Raleigh,  at  the  battle  of  Jonesboro,  Georgia,  and  at  the  capture  of  Fort  McAllister. 
After  witnessing  the  surrender  of  General  Johnston  to  General  Sherman  he  returned  home 
at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  and  after  the  death  of  his  parents  he  reared  and  educated 
his  younger  brothers  and  sisters,  three  of  whom  are  now  engaged  in  teaching.  Dr.  Calli- 
cotte also  followed  the  profession  of  teaching  and  in  the  early  days  supplemented  his 
efforts  in  that  field  by  acting  as  county  surveyor.  For  ten  years  he  successfully  taught 
school  in  Iowa  and  in  1880  came  to  Colorado.  He  was  for  four  years  principal  of  the 
high  school  at  Leadville  and  for  six  years  he  was  city  and  county  superintendent  of 
schools  at  Aspen,  Colorado.  Under  Governor  Waite  he  was  called  to  state  office,  serving 
as  fish  and  game  warden  for  two  years,  and  during  all  this  period  he  was  likewise  engaged 
in  farming,  while  later  he  entered  the  business  of  fish  culture,  which  he  still  follows. 
His  activities  in  behalf  of  farming  interests  and  the  agriculturists  of  the  country  have 
been  of  the  most  far-reaching  importance.  In  addition  to  his  labors  as  vice  president 
of  the  National  Farmers  Educational  and  Cooperative  Union,  he  assisted  in  organizing 
the  National  Farm  Federation,  which  includes  all  federated  farm  organizations  of  the 
United  States.  The  headquarters  are  in  Washington  and  as  the  representative  of  the 
organization  Dr.  Callicotte  framed  the  bill!  "for  the  conservation  of  food  and  the  pro- 
duction of  live  stock."  This  is  about  to  become  a  law  and  will  save  animals  to  the  nation 
by  drastic  measures.  Approximately  nine  hundred  thousand  head  of  cattle  now  allowed 
to  perish  by  the  neglect  of  owners  will  be  saved.  This  will  compel  stockmen  to  see  that 
herds  on  storm-swept  plains  are  more  properly  looked  after  in  the  future. 

In  state  legislation  Dr.  Callicotte's  work  has  been  just  as  elTective.  The  pure  seed  law 
and  the  present  herd  law  were  drafted  by  him.  The  first  bill  for  the  initiative  and 
referendum  in  this  state  was  drafted  by  Michael  Lorenz,  private  secretary  to  Governor 
Waite,  and  Dr.  Callicotte.  The  first  great  fight  in  this  state  for  the  Australian  secret 
ballot  was  initiated  by  Dr.  Callicotte  in  1886.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that  his  studies  and 
labors  have  covered  a  broad  scope  and  that  he  has  taken  the  initiative  in  bringing 
about  many  reforms  which  are  now  recognized  as  of  great  value  to  commonwealth  and 
country.  But  the  work  that  has  been  nearest  to  his  heart  is  as  an  officer  of  the  State 
Bureau  of  Child  and  Animal  Protection.  This  position  he  has  held  for  nearly  fourteen 
years  and  he  has  traveled  over  the  state  many  times  seeing  that  the  law  for  the  physical 


18  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

examination  of  school  children  has  been  properly  complied  with;  also  educating  teachers 
in  the  methods  of  detecting  defective  children;  seeing  that  parents  provided  for  the 
care  and  cure,  if  possible,  of  defective  children.  He  organized  the  first  classes  in  moral 
and  humane  education  at  the  Teachers  College  in  Greeley  and  seven  years  ago  the 
first  class  in  this  course  was  graduated.  Prompted  by  the  keenest  interest  in  his  fellow- 
men  and  in  the  welfare  of  every  individual,  he  has  supported  all  those  interests  which  he 
has  believed  to  be  for  the  physical,  mental  and  moral  benefit  of  the  race.  His  studies 
and  researches  have  been  most  comprehensive  and  his  labors  have  been  promoted  along 
scientific  and  humanitarian  lines. 

Dr.  Callicotte  was  married  in  Iowa  to  Miss  Duly  A.  Aiken  and  to  them  have  been 
born  the  following  named:  Alta  Pearl,  now  Mrs.  John  Funk;  Maud  E.,  now  the  wife 
of  Roy  D.  Maxfield;  Jesse  D„  a  farmer  at  Carbondale;  and  Willard  Ellen. 

In  the  career  of  Dr.  Callicotte  may  be  found  many  of  the  characteristics  which  were 
manifest  in  his  Huguenot  ancestry.  Fleeing  first  from  France  to  England,  later  repre- 
sentatives of  the  family  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  Virginia,  thus  founding  the  American 
branch.  The  same  spirit  which  caused  his  ancestors  to  seek  religious  liberty  has  led 
Dr.  Callicotte  to  seek  liberation  for  all  those  people  whose  opportunities  and  chances 
are  in  many  ways  curtailed  by  environment,  by  inherited  tendencies  or  by  oppression. 
His  labors  have  been  largely  of  a  constructive  character,  seeking  not  only  to  do  away 
with  the  old  but  to  institute  new  methods  and  measures,  reaching  out  along  continually 
broadening  lines.  The  citizens  of  Colorado  and  the  statesmen  at  Washington  have 
come  to  regard  him  as  authority  upon  many  problems  which  he  has  presented  to  public 
attention  and  in  many  instances  his  advanced  opinions  have  become  crystallized  in  state 
and  national  legislation. 


FRANK  S.  BYERS. 


Frank  S.  Byers  has  for  almost  six  decades  been  a  resident  of  Colorado  and  two 
years  ago  was  chosen  for  the  honored  position  of  president  of  the  Society  of  Colorado 
Pioneers.  A  son  of  William  N.  Byers,  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work,  he  was 
born  in  Omaha,  Nebraska,  in  1855,  and  was  therefore  but  a  little  child  when  he 
came  to  Denver  with  his  father  on  the  7th  of  August,  1859.  During  his  youthful 
days  he  attended  the  common  schools  of  the  town,  for  Denver  was  then  a  western 
frontier  village,  and  also  worked  in  his  father's  newspaper  oflSce.  In  1867-68  he  car- 
ried the  pony  route  of  the  Denver  News,  attending  to  his  duties  after  school  and 
was  one  of  Denver's  first  news  carriers.  The  money  which  he  earned  he  saved  and 
this  he  judiciously  put  into  the  cattle  business  with  John  Evans,  thus  launching 
forth  upon  a  business  line  in  whicli  he  later  became  very  prominent.  He  afterward 
had  the  benefit  of  instruction  in  the  Agricultural  College  at  Lansing,  Michigan,  in 
1870-71.  In  1S68,  however,  he  had  entered  the  live  stock  and  cattle  business,  begin- 
ning by  gathering  cattle  on  the  Arkansas  river  in  connection  with  Governor  Evans 
and  William  Dailey.  He  was  the  first  settler,  with  stock  to  remain,  in  what  is  now 
Grand  county,  then  a  part  of  Summit  county,  where  he  went  in  June,  1874,  with 
cattle.  With  the  passing  years  he  took  a  very  prominent  and  active  part  in  the 
development  of  that  region.  He  served  as  county  treasurer  and  also  as  commis- 
sioner of  Grand  county  and  he  carried  the  first  mail  into  the  county  in  1878.  He 
aided  in  the  organization  and  was  the  first  president  of  the  Bank  of  Grand  County, 
which  was  the  first  financial  institution  in  that  civil  division  of  the  state.  At  the 
present  time  he  is  largely  living  retired,  deriving  a  substantial  income  from  well 
placed    investments. 

Mr.  Byers  has  been  married  twice.  In  1877  he  wedded  Elizabeth  McQueary  and 
for  his  second  wife  he  chose  Mary  W.  Sullivan,  of  New  York,  who  was  teaching  in 
Denver,  their  wedding  being  celebrated  January  1,  1885.  Mr.  Byers  has  one  child, 
Grace,  who  was  born  in  July,  1880,  and  is  the  wife  of  H.  C.  Boston,  of  Fort  Lupton. 
They  have  become  the  parents  of  a  son,  Byers  C.  Boston. 

The  name  of  Byers  from  pioneer  times  has  been  most  closely  associated  with 
the  history  of  development  and  progress  in  Colorado  and  has  ever  stood  as  a  syno- 
nym for  that  which  is  of  value  and  benefit  to  the  individual  and  to  the  community 
at  large.  Frank  S.  Byers  has  for  twenty-five  years  been  active  in  humane  work. 
He  succeeded  his  father  on  the  board  of  the  Humane  Society  and  for  ten  years 
prior  to  that  time  was  a  volunteer  agent  of  the  society.  He  is  now  its  firstj  vice 
president  and   for  the  past  fifteen   years  has  been  officially  connected   with   the   State 


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20  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Humane  Society,  taking  his  father's  place  in  May,  1903.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  State  Board  of  Child  and  Animal  Protection  and  he  is  continually  reaching  out 
a  helping  hand  to  alleviate  the  hard  conditions  of  lite  for  the  unfortunate.  For 
six  years  Mr.  Byers  has  served  as  a  director  of  the  Pioneers  Society,  has  been  its 
first  vice  president  and  in  1916  was  elected  to  the  presidency.  He  has  a  great  fond- 
ness for  horses  and  holds  the  state  pole  record  and  also  most  of  the  running  race 
records  of  the  track,  being  an  active  and  prominent  member  of  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  and  Riding  Club. 

No  feature  of  Denver's  history  in  its  more  salient  points  is  unfamiliar  to  him 
and  with  many  events  which  have  contributed  to  its  progress  and  upbuilding  he 
has  been  closely  associated.  He  is  a  worthy  scion  of  an  honored  race,  while  his 
life  record  is  measured  by  individual  accomplishment  and  not  by  the  acts  of  an- 
cestors. 


DAVID   J.   VAN  BRADT. 


Among  those  who  are  successfully  practicing  at  the  Fort  Morgan  bar  and  whose 
ability  places  them  in  the  front  rank  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  their  section  of  the 
state  is  numbered  David  J.  Van  Bradt,  a  Canadian  by  birth  and  a  loyal  son  of  his 
adopted  country.  He  was  born  in  Canada.  December  10,  1872,  a  son  of  Milton  and 
Anna  (McGuire)  Van  Bradt,  who  were  also  natives  of  Canada.  The  father  was  a 
farmer  whose  ancestors  came  from  the  Mohawk  valley  of  New  York  and  were 
obliged  to  leave  their  home  there  at  the  time  of  the  American  Revolution.  They 
went  to  Canada,  where  land  was  purchased.  Milton  Van  Bradt  became  a  farmer 
of  that  country  and  there  carried  on  the  work  of  the  fields  for  many  years,  or  until 
1914,  when  he  retired  from  active  agricultural  life.  He  now  resides  at  York,  Haldi- 
mand  county,  Canada,  but  in  1915  was  called  upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  his  wife,  who 
passed  away  in  February  of  that  year. 

David  J.  Van  Bradt  was  reared  and  educated  in  Canada,  attending  the  public 
schools  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twelve  years,  after  which  he  worked  upon  his 
father's  farm  to  the  age  of  sixteen.  He  then  determined  to  devote  his  attention  to 
music  and  at  eighteen  years  of  age  left  home>  going  to  Buffalo,  New  York,  where 
he  taught  music  and  also  worked  his  way  through  college.  He  likewise  pursued  a 
high  school  course  in  Buffalo  and  later  attended  the  Buffalo  Law  School.  He  com- 
pleted his  studies  in  the  latter  institution  in  1896  and  afterward  was  employed  in 
a  law  office  for  two  years.  He  then  took  up  the  practice  of  law  on  his  own  account 
in  Buffalo  and  there  resided  until  January  2,  1908,  when  he  came  to  Colorado,  making 
his  way  to  Fort  Morgan,  where  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his  brother,  Irving 
Van  Bradt,  who  had  removed  to  this  state  in  1905.  The  partnership  relation  between 
them  was  continued  until  January  9,  1917,  when  their  professional  connection  was 
dissolved,  the  brother  having  been  appointed  to  the  office  of  assistant  attorney  gen- 
eral. Since  that  time  Mr.  Van  Bradt  of  this  review  has  practiced  alone  and  he  is 
accorded  a  liberal  clientage,  to  the  interests  of  which  he  is  most  loyal.  He  has  wide 
and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  principles  of  jurisprudence  and  is  seldom  it 
ever  at  fault  in  the  application  of  such  principles  to  the  points  in  litigation.  His 
careful  analysis,  the  thoroughness  with  which  he  prepares  his  cases  and  the  earnest- 
ness with  which  he  presents  his  cause  before  the  court  combine  to  win  for  him  most 
gratifying  success  and  he  is  now  accorded  a  place  among  the  leading  members  of 
the  bar  of  this  section  of  the  state. 

On  the  13th  of  September,  1899,  Mr.  Van  Bradt  was  married  to  Miss  Odelia  Bal- 
lard, a  native  of  Hamburg,  New  York,  and  to  them  have  been  born  four  children-. 
Milton  Irving,  born  July  14,  1900,  who,  in  March,  1917.  volunteered  in  the  aviation 
section  and  since  then  has  been  in  the  First  Aero  Squadron,  having  gone  to  France 
for  active  service  in  August,  1917;  Harriet  E.,  born  July  28,  1901;  Catherine,  who 
passed  away  in   February,  1903;    and  Eimon,  born   February   13,   1904. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and 
fraternally  Mr.  Van  Bradt  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  with  the  Homesteaders.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  having  membership  in  Lodge.  No.  1143,  of  Fort  Morgan.  He  and  his  family 
occupy  a  pleasant  home  at  No.  916  Lincoln  street  which  he  owns,  and  in  addition 
he  has  farming  interests  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  valuable  farm- 
ing land  in  Morgan  county.     At  all  times  he  is  a  patriotic  and  loyal  citizen  and  at 


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22  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  present  time  he  is  serving  as  county  attorney,  having  been  appointed  to  the 
office  in  January,  1913,  since  which  time  he  has  been  the  Incumbent  in  the  position. 
He  served  as  deputy  district  attorney  from  January,  1913,  until  January,  1917.  He 
has  also  served  as  government  appeal  agent  in  the  selective  draft  since  the  begin- 
ning of  the  war  and  has  devoted  at  least  halt  of  his  time  to  that  work  without 
compensation,  even  paying  his  own  expenses.  He  is  putting  forth  every  effort  in 
his  power  to  advance  the  interests  of  his  country  in  this  great  world  struggle,  actu- 
ated by  the  most  patriotic   spirit  and   by  the   highest  ideals. 


HON.  GEORGE  CONRAD  FAHRION. 

Many  there  are  who  would  accord  to  George  Conrad  Fahrion  the  place  of  prom- 
inence among  the  citizens  of  Elbert  county.  For  thirty-seven  years  he  sat  upon  the 
bench  of  the  county  court  and,  although  a  democrat,  was  never  defeated  in  a  county 
which  has  a  normal  republican  majority.  The  record  of  no  other  county  Judge  In 
the  history  of  the  state  can  parallel  this,  and  the  fairness  and  impartiality  of  his 
decisions  constitute  an  unblemished  record.  Judge  Fahrion  was  born  in  Leonberg, 
Wurtemberg,  Germany,  in  April,  1832.  and  came  of  that  fine  stock  of  Germans  who 
preferred  to  live  under  the  flag  of  a  free  country  rather  than  under  the  military  rule 
of  the  fatherland.  He  was  seventeen  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  the  new  world 
and  in  1860  he  made  the  trip  by  team  across  the  plains  'to  Colorado.  Here  he  soon, 
took  advantage  of  the  opportunities  denied  him  in  his  native  land  and  homesteaded 
some  of  the  best  land  in  Elbert  county.  He  had  been  educated  at  Stuttgart,  Germany, 
and  throughout  his  life  he  remained  a  student  of  books  and  of  events  and  was  a  close 
and  keen  observer  of  men  and  their  motives.  He  came  to  Colorado  when  they  needed 
men  to  fight  for  the  Union  cause  and  he  soon  enlisted.  His  service  was  largely  along 
the  Mexican  border  and  he  rendered  valuable  aid  to  his  adopted  country  there.  Today 
his  widow  is  on  the  government  pension  roll,  a  tribute  to  his  valor  and  honorable  career 
as  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war. 

It  was  in  1865  that  Mr.  Fahrion  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Swena,  of  Denver, 
and  with  his  young  bride  he  removed  to  Elbert  county.  He  was  identified  with  farm- 
ing and  cattle  raising  for  many  years  and  at  one  time  owned  as  high  as  two  thousand 
acres  of  land.  In  1918  his  heirs  sold  a  thirteen  hundred  acre  tract  which  had  been 
left  to  them  by  their  father.  There  are  five  sons  and  one  daughter  in  the  family, 
including  Mrs.  E.  N.  Wood,  who  is  secretary  of  the  Kiowa  school  board. 

George  Conrad  Fahrion  possessed  a  mind  judicial  in  character  and  one  that  could 
not  be  swerved  by  personal  prejudice.  Wliile  he  had  not  pursued  the  study  of  law  in 
early  manhood,  he  was  called  to  the  bench  and  for  thirty-seven  years  served  as  county 
judge,  being  again  and  again  re-elected  on  the  democratic  ticket  in  a  republican  county. 
He  was  the  most  noted  representative  of  the  county  bench  in  the  state.  Time  and  again 
he  called  litigants  before  him  and  settled  their  disputes  without  the  expense  of  lawyers 
or  court  costs.  From  all  over  the  county  people  who  had  trouble  over  property  rights 
would  come  to  him  and  agree  to  let  him  decide  the  case  privately.  His  clear  vision 
and  his  sterling  Integrity  made  his  name  a  synonym  for  uprightness  and  fair  dealing 
In  every  household.  He  was  county  judge  of  Douglas  county  during  the  period  when 
Elbert  county  was  created  and  there  began  a  career  on  the  bench  which  continued  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  on  December  6,  1909.  His  picture  now  occupies  the  place  of  honor 
on  a  wall  of  the  Elbert  county  courthouse.  His  record  should  ever  be  a  source  of 
inspiration  and  encouragement  to  those  who  knew  him  and  his  memory  remains  as  a 
benediction  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 


OSCAR  LEE  YOUNG. 


Oscar  Lee  Young,  the  president  and  manager  of  the  Kansas-Colorado  Oil  &  Re- 
fining Company  of  Denver,  was  born  in  Allen  county,  Ohio,  September  3,  1850,  a  son 
of  William  and  Jane  (Ralston)  Young.  The  father  was  born  in  Maryland  and  the 
mother  in  Pennsylvania.  They  became  residents  of  Ohio  in  early  life  and  there  the 
father  followed  the  occupation  of  farming.  He  afterward  removed  from  Ohio  to 
Dekalb  county,  Indiana,  where  he  passed  away,  and  his  wife  also  died  in  that  locality. 

Oscar  Lee  Young  is  the  only  surviving  member  of  a  family  of  nine  children. 
Three  months  out  of  the  year  he  attended  the  country  schools  and  during  the  remainder 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  23 

of  the  time  devoted  his  attention  to  farm  work,  but  by  diligent  night  study  he  secured 
sufficient  information  to  enable  him  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  to  take  up  teaching 
in  the  country  and  village  schools  of  Ohio.  He  afterward  entered  the  law  office  of 
Judge  L.  M.  Ninde,  of  Indiana,  and  was  admitted  to  general  practice  in  the  courts  of 
that  state  in  1876.  He  entered  upon  the  practice  of  law  at  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  and 
afterward  removed  to  Duluth,  Minnesota,  where  he  remained  for  twenty  years  a 
prominent  figure  of  the  bar  of  thai  city.  For  fifteen  years  of  that  period  he  devoted 
his  attention  to  corporation  work,  especially  in  regard  to  laws  affecting  the  mines  and 
mining  Interests.  His  knowledge  in  that  department  became  so  widely  recognized 
and  his  fame  spread  abroad  to  such  an  extent  that  the  officers  of  one  of  the  larga 
corporations  decided  to  make  Mr.  Young  an  offer  to  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  in- 
terests of  the  corporation  and  relinquish  all  outside  practice.  From  that  time  he 
was  connected  with  a  number  of  very  important  cases  for  the  said  corporation.  At 
length,  however,  he  severed  his  connections  and  in  1917  came  to  Denver,  where  he 
immediately  began  investigating  oil  interests  with  the  result  that  he  entered  into 
active  association  with  the  Kansas-Colorado  Oil  &  Refining  Company,  which  has  hold- 
ings in  the  Wyoming  fields,  where  operations  are  now  being  conducted.  Of  this  com- 
pany Mr.  Young  is  the  president  and  is  most  wisely  and  carefully  directing  its 
interests.  He  is  also  preparing  to  open  law  offices  in  Denver  and  his  established 
reputation  as  an  expert  on  mining  law  will  undoubtedly  insure  him  an  extensive 
clientage.  He  belongs  to  the  Denven  Bar  Association  and  the  Colorado  Bar  Associa- 
tion as  well  as  to  the  Minnesota  State  Bar  Association. 

On  the  24th  of  May,  1882,  Mr.  Young  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jane  M. 
Walker,  of  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana.  They  became  parents  of  two  children,  of  whom 
one  has  passed  away.  Walker  R.,  born  in  Butler,  Indiana,  in  May,  1885,  was  grad- 
uated from  the  high  school  of  Duluth,  Minnesota,  and  from  the  University  of  Idaho 
and  is  now  with  the  United  States  government  in  the  engineering  department  reclama- 
tion service,  located  in  Denver.  He  married  Miss-  Marguerite  Bush,  of  Boise,  Idaho, 
and  they  have  one  child,  Jane  Bush  Young,  who  was  born  in  Boise.  They  are  main- 
taining their  home   in  Denver. 

With  limited  opportunities  in  youth,  Oscar  Lee  Young  has  nevertheless  steadily 
advanced,  wisely  utilizing  the  talents  with  which  nature  endowed  him  and  taking  ad- 
vantage of  every  opportunity  offered.  Step  by  step,  therefore,  he  has  progressed  until 
he  has  long  occupied  an  enviable  position  in  legal  circles  and  is  today  also  well  known 
as  a  prominent  representative  of  oil   interests. 


HENRY  RICHARD  PHILLIPS. 

Henry  R.  Phillips,  prominent  in  railroad  construction  work  and  contracting,  has 
been  a  resident  of  Colorado  from  the  pioneer  epoch  in  its  history.  He  was  born  in 
Garnett,  Kansas,  April  12,  1870,  a  son  of  E.  C.  and  Stella  J.  (Barnheiser)  Phillips,  the 
former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter  of  Indiana.  The  mother  removed  to  Brecken- 
ridge,  Colorado,  with  her  parents  when  but  nine  years  of  age  and  they  were  married 
at  Golden.  In  early  life  E.  C.  Phillips  also  removed  to  the  west  and  was  one  of  those 
hardy  trail  blazers  whose  efforts  constituted  an  initial  element  in  the  early  development 
of  this  state.  Afraid  of  neither  man  nor  beast,  he  engaged  in  freighting  and  braved 
the  dangers  and  hardships  of  pioneer  life.  His  freighting  trips  took  him  between  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  and  Butte,  Montana.  During  the  Civil  war  he  volunteered  for  active 
duty  and  served  his  country  through  four  and  a  half  years  of  that  crisis,  enlisting  in  an 
Ohio  regiment.  In  the  early  days  of  railroad  building  he  gave  up  his  freighting  outfit 
and  became  a  railroad  builder  through  Kansas,  continuing  in  that  work  for  many 
years.  At  a  later  period  in  his  life  he  resided  at  Longmont,  Colorado,  where  he  passed 
away  in  March,  1912.  His  widow  survives  and  is  still  a  resident  of  Longmont.  In  their 
family  were  four  children:  Henry  R.,  of  this  review;  Mrs.  A.  H.  St.  Clair,  of  Longmont; 
Mrs.  L.  C.  Rash,  and  Mrs.  Charles  C.  Lewby,  also  living  in  Longmont. 

Henry  R.  Phillips  was  a  pupil  in  the  schools  of  Salina,  Kansas,  after  which  he 
entered  college  as  a  student  in  the  WeSleyan  University  there,  in  which  he  pursued  a 
business  course.  He  then  returned  home  to  become  the  active  assistant  of  his  father 
in  railroad  construction  work  and  continued  with  him  along  that  line  of  business  for 
fifteen  years  or  until  1905,  when  he  decided  to  conduct  business  on  his  own  account  in 
that  way.  Removing  to  Denver,  he  organized  the  Phillips  Construction  Company,  with 
offices  in  the  Railroad  building,  and  has  since  been  very  successful  as  a  railroad  builder 
and  contractor.   His  business  has  taken  him  to  various  parts  of  the  country  and  his  con- 


24  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

tract  work  has  been  of  a  most  important  character  along  various  lines  aside  from  rail- 
roading. He  and  his  associates  had  the  contract  for  the  building  of  a  considerable 
portion  of  the  pipe  lines  for  the  Denver  Union  Water  Company,  also  built  the  interurban 
street  car  line  between  Denver  and  Boulder  and  has  executed  many  other  large  and 
notable  contracts.  His  business  is  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  Phillips  Construc- 
tion Company,  of  which  he  is  the  president. 

In  1894  Mr.  Phillips  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maude  Cushman,  who  was  bom 
in  Boulder,  Colorado,  and  died  in  Salina,  Kansas,  in  1901.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Washburn  Cushman,  of  Longmont,  Colorado.  In  1907  Mr.  Phillips  was  again 
married,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Anna  Belle  Davis,  of  Denver.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Phillips  are  well  itnown  socially  and  receive  the  hospitality  of  many  of  the  best  homes 
of  Denver.  Mr.  Phillips  belongs  to  the  Denver  Motor  Club  and  is  widely  and  favorably 
known.  The  extent  and  importance  of  his  business  interests  have  gained  him  a  large 
acquaintance  in  various  sections  of  the  country  and  his  ability  has  brought  him  promi- 
nently to  the  front  along  the  line  which  he  has  chosen  as  a  life  work.  One  element 
of  his  success  is  undoubtedly  the  fact  that  he  has  always  continued  in  the  field  of  labor 
in  which  he  made  his  initial  business  step.  He  has  never  dissipated  his  energies  over 
many  lines  but  has  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  with  the  result  that  he  has 
gained   expert  knowledge   and   skill   in   his   particular   field. 


WILLIAM  J.  BARKER. 


"William  J.  Barker,  vice  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Denver  Gas  & 
Electric  Light  Company,  has  risen  to  his  present  position  by  a  method  which  has 
come  to  be  known  all  over  the  world  as  distinctively  "American."  This  means  that 
ability  met  with  its  reward  wherever  someone  was  needed  for  the  next  higher  job. 
By  the  exercise  of  his  native  powers,  whereby  these  powers  have  grown  and  developed, 
William  J.  Barker  has  reached  the  notable  place  which  he  occupies  today  in  connection 
with  one  of  the  leading  corporations  of  his  city. 

Mr.  Barker  was  born  in  London,  England,  December  24,  1855.  In  1869  he  came  to 
America  to  fight  his  way  to  the  top.  It  was,  however,  much  of  a  boyish  adventure — 
this  coming  to  America,  for  first  of  all  he  had  worked  his  way  to  Australia  on  a  sail- 
ing vessel — an  experience  that  gave  him  some  notion  of  what  hard  toil  means  in  this 
world.  But  in  this,  as  with  everything  else  he  has  since  done,  he  mastered  the  "sail- 
ing" business  and  there  was  nothing  in  connection  with  a  full-rigged  craft  that  he  did 
not  know. 

On  one  of  these  trips  and  while  still  a  very  young  man,  Mr.  Barker  made  his 
way  to  New  York  and  the  hustling,  bustling  spirit  of  America  appealed  so  strongly  to 
him  that  he  decided  it  would  be  worth  his  while  to  anchor  here  for  life.  He  finally 
landed  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  worked  as  an  engineer.  With  a  mind  trained  to  look 
for  and  apply  needed  mechanical  improvements,  he  soon  attracted  the  attention  of 
employers.  The  climax  was  reached  when  he  came  into  the  employ  of  E.  W.  Rollins, 
a  great  genius  whose  success  was  based  largely  upon  his  ability  to  put  the  right  man 
into  the  right  place.  Mr.  Barker  was  now  given  every  opportunity  to  develop  his 
talents  along  mechanical  lines.  When  electric  lighting  was  needed  in  Denver,  it  was 
to  W.  J.  Barker  that  the  Denver  company  turned  for  effective  installation.  He  found 
Denver  an  ideal  spot  for  the  best  work  along  his  new  lines.  He  found  in  the  office 
of  the  general  manager,  Frank  Frueauff,  now  president  of  the  Denver  Gas  &  Electric 
Light  Company,  one  of  the  most  progressive  minds  in  the  industrial  world.  Later 
there  came  into  office  Robert  W.  Speer,  one  of  the  greatest  mayors  the  country  has 
known.  The  result  of  this  combination  is  the  "best  lighted  city  in  the  world."  At  the 
time  of  the  triennial  conclave  of  the  Knights  Templar  the  illumination  was  of  so 
unique  a  character  that  Mr.  Barker  and  his  associates  in  the  work  achieved  a  nation- 
wide fame.  In  fact  the  lighting  at  all  of  the  great  national  conventions  held  in 
Denver  has  done  much  to  make  these  gatherings  memorable.  No  city  in  the  country 
has  a  "Movie  Row"  as  wonderfully  lighted  as  is  Curtis  street.  In  the  street  lighting 
of  Denver  it  was  Mr.  Barker  who  supervised  the  work,  suggesting  many  valuable  im- 
provements to  Mr.  Speer  and  the  Art  Commission  which  had  general  charge  of  the 
matter.  He  has  now  for  some  years  been  the  general  manager  of  the  company  and 
the  wheels  run  as  smoothly  in  the  large  Gas  &  Electric  Light  building  on  Champa 
and  Fifteenth  streets  as  the  myriad  clusters  of  lights  that  have  made  this  structure 
the  greatest   feat  in  illumination  in   America. 

A  friend,   in   writing   of   Mr.   Barker's  more   intimate  life,   has   said:      "His   hand 


WILLIAM  J.  BARKER 


26  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

is  open  to  those  in  need;  he  is  a  booster  of  the  first  rank;  he  believes  in  Denver  and 
always  does  his  sBare;  he  never  forgets  the  friends  of  his  youth;  the  worthy  and 
deserving  never  appeal  to  him  in  vain;  he  enjoys  companionship;  he  is  a  never 
failing  friend;  he  Is  a  good  husband  and  father;  all  in  all  he  is  a  man,  and  when  he  has 
finally  been  gathered  to  his  fathers  there  will  be  real  mourning  in  ranks  high  and  low, 
and  it  can  be  well  said  of  him:  'The  world  was  brighter  and  better  for  Bill  Barker 
living  in  it.' " 


AKTHUR  L.  HOYT,  M.  D. 


Dr.  Arthur  L.  Hoyt,  a  well  known  and  representative  citizen  of  Akron,  is  the 
efficient  treasurer  of  Washington  county.  He  was  born  in  Monticello,  Iowa,  on  the 
12th  of  January,  1867,  a  son  of  Lyman  and  Adeline  (Hallett)  Hoyt,  who  were  natives 
of  New  York  and  Michigan  respectively.  In  1850  the  father  removed  to  Iowa,  locating 
in  Jones  county,  where  he  purchased  and  improved  a  tract  of  land  which  he  successfully 
cultivated  throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life.  His  demise  occurred  on  the  4th  of 
April,  1879,  while  his  wife  was  called  to  her  final  rest  in  April,  1882. 

Arthur  L.  Hoyt  was  reared  in  the  state  of  his  nativity  and  after  completing  his 
more  specifically  literary  education  went  to  Iowa  City  to  enter  the  medical  department 
of  the  State  University,  which  institution  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in 
1896.  He  first  located  for  practice  at  Popejoy,  Iowa,  where  he  remained  for  six  years, 
and  next  removed  to  Dows,  Iowa,  there  successfully  following  his  profession  until  1911. 
In  that  year  he  came  to  Colorado  for  the  benefit  of  his  health  and  took  up  his  abode 
in  Akron,  Washington  county,  where  he  opened  a  drug  store.  He  did  not  practice 
medicine  but  continued  in  business  as  a  druggist  until  the  1st  of  January,  1915,  when 
he  was  elected  county  treasurer,  in  which  capacity  he  has  since  served.  In  this  con- 
nection he  is  making  a  most  creditable  and  commendable  record,  discharging  his  duties 
with  marked  promptness,  ability  and  faithfulness.  He  has  farming  interests  in  this 
state  and  has  now  long  been  numbered  among  the  substantial  and  esteemed  citizens 
of  his  community. 

On  the  15th  of  March,  1888,  Dr.  Hoyt  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louetta  Swisher, 
a  daughter  of  Philip  O.  and  Margaret  Elizabeth  (Swisher)  Swisher,  by  whom  he  had 
three  children,  namely:  Otto  J.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  jewelry  business  in  Akron;  and 
Phillip  Otho  and  Audrey  Lyman,  both  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  Dr.  Hoyt  gives  his 
political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party,  while  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Masons,  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 


ROBERT  WILBUR  STEELE. 


Denver's  history  records  no  more  illustrious  name  than  that  of  Hon.  Robert  Wilbur 
Steele,  whose  developing  powers  brought  him  to  the  highest  judicial  position  within  the 
gift  of  the  people  of  the  state.  He  lives  in  the  memory  of  his  friends,  enshrined  in  the 
halo  of  a  gracious  presence,  as  a  man  of  marked  professional  ability  and  the  highest 
sense  of  personal  honor.  He  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Warren  county,  Ohio,  November  14, 
1857,  and  was  the  second  in  a  family  of  five  children,  an  elder  sister  and  younger  brother 
passing  away  in  early  life.  His  parents  were  Dr.  Henry  King  and  Mary  Frances 
(Dunlavy)  Steele.  The  former  was  born  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  April  1,  1825,  and  was  a  son 
of  Dr.  John  and  Cornelia  (King)  Steele,  who  were  representatives  of  pioneer  families 
of  Ohio  and  Kentucky.  After  attending  Center  College  at  Danville,  Kentucky,  Dr.  Henry 
Steele  pursued  a  course  in  medicine  and  surgery  at  the  University  of  New  York  and 
became  a  successful  practitioner  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  to  which  city  his  father  had  removed 
from  Kentucky  in  1812.  The  latter  was  a  son  of  Robert  Steele,  who  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  Transylvania  College  at  Lexington,  Kentucky.  Thus  it  was  that  he  came 
of  an  ancestry  honorable  and  distinguished  and  his  own  lines  of  life  were  cast  in 
harmony  therewith.  Dr.  John  Steele  cared  for  the  sick  and  wounded  in  the  Dayton 
Military  Hospital  in  1812  and  Dr.  Henry  Steele  was  surgeon  of  the  Forty-fourth  Ohio 
Infantry  and  later  of  the  Eighth  Ohio  Cavalry  in  the  Civil  war. 

During  this  period  the  family  largely  resided  at  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  there  Robert 
Wilbur  Steele  began  his  education.  He  was  not  a  robust,  but  was  always  a  likable  lad 
and  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  relatives.     It  was  the  desire  to  improve  the  condition 


DR.  ARTHUR  L.  HOYT 


28  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

of  his  son's  health  that  led  Dr.  Henry  Steele  in  1870  to  remove  with  his  family  from 
Ohio  to  Colorado.  That  was  the  year  which  distinctly  marked  the  ending  of  the 
pioneer  epoch  and  the  beginning  of  an  era  of  modern  day  development.  Dr.  Steele 
became  a  most  prominent  and  influential  resident  of  Denver,  was  appointed  a  member 
of  the  state  board  of  health  in  1S79  and  again  called  to  the  office  in  1891.  He  was 
among  the  organizers  of  the  Colorado  Medical  Society  in  1871  and  served  as  its  presi- 
dent in  1875,  while  in  1877  he  became  the  first  dean  of  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Denver.  He  passed  away  January  20,  1893,  and  the  Steele  Memorial 
Hospital  has  been  most  appropriately  named   in  his  honor. 

Robert  Wilbur  Steele  was  a  youth  of  but  thirteen  years  when  he  accompanied  his 
father  to  Denver  and  he  became  a  member  of  the  first  graduating  class  of  the  city, 
completing  his  course  in  1877.  Almost  from  the  time  of  his  arrival  in  Denver  he  earned 
all  of  his  own  spending  money  and  it  was  not  long  before  he  was  substantially  con- 
tributing to  his  own  support.  He  was  employed  in  the  Union  Bank  in  a  minor  capacity 
and  also  acted  as  collector  for  Dr.  Williams,  who  was  associated  with  Dr.  Steele  in 
practice.  In  those  early  years  he  spent  his  summer  vacations  upon  a  ranch  owned  by 
his  cousins,  in  the  San  Luis  valley,  near  Villa  Grove,  and  the  outdoor  life  contributed 
much  toward  the  development  and  maintenance  of  his  health.  In  his  schooldays  he  was 
not  a  particularly  brilliant  scholar,  set  off  from  others  by  his  intellectual  attainments, 
but  is  well  remembered  by  his  classmates,  owing  to  the  charm  of  his  personality  and 
his  ability  as  a  speaker.  He  won  the  prize  in  the  third  Woodbury  contest  for  oratory, 
which  was  held  June  14,  1876,  on  which  occasion  he  declaimed  Webster's  famous  oration 
in  reply  to  Hayne.  Even  in  his  schooldays  he  manifested  a  deep  interest  in  politics, 
coupled  with  the  capacity  of  readily  making  friends— traits  of  character  which  are  of 
unmistakable  worth  to  the  political  leader.  Of  him  at  this  period  in  his  life  it  was 
written:  "Sincerely  democratic  in  his  thought  and  attitude  toward  others,  affable 
to  all  of  whatever  rank  or  station,  just  in  his  judgments,  yet  always  willing  to  find  an 
excuse  for  the  weak  or  misguided,  he  had  all  the  dangerous  weapons  of  the  demagogue, 
yet  without  any  of  the  demagogue's  disposition  to  use  them  wrongfully.  He  was  inter- 
ested, though  not  so  profoundly  as  in  later  years,  in  the  fundamental  principles  and 
problems  of  government;  he  had  a  lively  and  active  interest  in  men  as  men;  and  he  was 
also  interested  in  the  practical  problems  of  political  organization  and  in  the  results 
that  may  be  accomplished  by  the  union  and  coordination  of  individuals  in  political 
parties."  He  seemed  to  turn  naturally  to  the  study  of  law,  having  almost  intuitive 
interest  in  questions  which  concerned  legal  practice,  while  his  oratorical  ability  also 
constituted  a  potent  force  in  his  chosen  life  work.  He  began  his  reading  in  the  office 
and  under  the  direction  of  the  firm  of  Wells,  Smith  &  Macon,  very  prominent  attorneys 
of  Denver,  and  the  next  year  he  became  a  student  in  the  Columbian  University,  now 
the  George  Washington  University  of  Washington,  D.  C.  The  climate  of  the  east, 
however,  proved  detrimental  to  him  and  in  1879  he  returned  to  Colorado  and  resumed 
his  law  studies  with  the  firm  of  Wells,  Smith  &  Macon,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1881.  Not  long  afterward  the  board  of  commissioners  appointed  him  clerk  of  the  county 
court  of  Arapahoe  county,  of  which  Denver  was  then  the  county  seat,  and  he  devoted 
his  attention  for  three  years  to  these  duties,  during  which  time  he  completed  the  study 
of  law,  history  and  general  literature.  In  1S84  he  resigned  to  engage  in  the  active 
practice  of  his  chosen  profession. 

On  the  28th  of  February,  1884,  Judge  Steele  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  B.  Truax 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters:  Henry;  William; 
Frances  Edwina,  who  died  in  early  childhood;  Robert,  born  in  1891;  and  a  daughter, 
Jane,  who  is  yet  a  resident  of  Denver. 

It  was  not  long  after  his  marriage  that  Judge  Steele  formed  a  law  partnership  with 
William  H.  Malone,  and  he  continued  actively  and  successfully  in  the  private  practice 
of  law  until  called  to  the  office  of  district  attorney.  In  1885  he  was  appointed  land 
attorney  for  Colorado  for  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company,  which 
was  extending  its  line  through  the  state,  and  in  the  capacity  of  attorney  Mr.  Steele 
became  familiar  with  the  districts  through  which  the  line  was  being  built  and  utilized 
his  opportunity  for  judicious  investment,  acquiring  large  land  holdings,  from  which 
he  afterward  derived  a  handsome  income.  Moreover,  he  became  extensively  interested 
in  land  law  practice,  in  which  field  of  jurisprudence  he  was  regarded  as  an  expert. 
Thus  he  was  steadily  advancing  along  professional  lines  and  at  the  same  time  his  inter- 
est and  activity  in  politics  was  bringing  him  prominently  to  the  front  in  that  connection. 
In  the  fall  of  1890  he  was  elected  chairman  of  the  republican  central  committee  of 
Arapahoe  county,  at  which  time  there  were  two  very  decided  factions  in  -republican 
ranks.  He  immediately  set  to  work  to  heal  the  breach  and  with  notable  tact  and 
ability  brought  the  two  opposing  sides  together.    He  was  elected  to  the  office  of  district 


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attorney  and  his  course  was  generally  endorsed  as  that  of  an  extremely  fair-minded 
and  capable  man,  who.  as  one  of  the  local  papers  expressed  it,  was  "a  prosecutor  and 
not  a  persecutor." 

Up  to  the  year  1893  Colorado  was  the  leading  state  among  those  which  advocated 
the  silver  standard  and,  when  owing  to  conditions  which  have  become  a  matter  of 
history  sliver  declined  rapidly  in  value  causing  the  financial  failure  of  various  banks 
throughout  the  state,  the  investments  of  the  firm  of  Steele  &  Malone  were  not  exempt 
from  the  wide  disaster  and  suffered  heavy  losses.  Many  there  were  who  at  that  time 
tooli  refuge  behind  the  bankruptcy  law,  but  the  standards  of  conduct  to  which  Robert 
Steele  adhered  were  too  high  to  admit  of  such  a  course.  We  again  quote  from  a 
contemporary  biographer:  "In  the  dark  days  of  1S93  he  wrote  for  the  relief  of  others 
a  bankruptcy  law  that  gained  high  repute  for  its  mingled  mercy  and  justice,  but  for 
himself  he  claimed  no  clemency.  Men  saw  and  respected  the  quality  of  his  character 
and  the  integrity  of  his  purpose  and  gladly  accorded  to  him  the  one  thing  he  asked — 
the  time  to  meet  their  claims.  Only  those  most  Intimately  in  his  confidence  knew  the 
burden  he  carried  through  the  years,  or  how  much  strength  and  time  tliat  might  well 
have  been  devoted  to  better  things  went  toward  the  discharge  of  that  indebtedness. 
For  nearly  twenty  years  he  faced  his  task  and  performed  his  duty  and  when  the  end 
came  he  went  to  the  great  hereafter  a  free  man,  having  discharged  not  only  every 
personal  debt,  but  also  every  one  that  had  been  assumed  by  him  as  a  result  of  business 
entanglement  or  association  with  other  men." 

In  January,  1895,  Mr.  Steele  was  appointed  to  the  office  of  judge  of  the  court  of 
Arapahoe  county.  His  work  upon  that  bench  did  much  toward  the  development  of  his 
attitude  toward  his  fellowmen.  He  always  believed  in  tempering  justice  with  mercy 
and  he  regarded  the  law  as  a  safeguard  and  protection  rather  than  as  a  means  of 
punishment.  Moreover,  it  was  an  added  experience  in  his  life  which  was  further 
qualifying  him  for  the  graver  and  more  responsible  duties  that  were  to  devolve  upon 
him  in  his  election  to  the  supreme  court  bench.  At  this  period  of  his  life  he  was  not 
only  studying  legal  problems  but  was  keeping  in  touch  with  the  best  thinking  men  of 
the  age  in  regard  to  all  the  questions  which  were  paramount  and  vital  before  the  people. 
He  had  always  been  a  republican  in  politics  but  when  the  party  became  divided  upon 
the  silver  question  he  followed  the  leadership  of  Senator  Teller,  not  because  he  had  the 
highest  regard  and  respect  for  that  statesman,  but  because  he  recognized  the  importance 
of  the  silver  issue  to  the  welfare  of  Colorado.  He  was  an  independent  thinker  and  his 
study  and  intelligence  convinced  him  that  the  silver  problem  involved  fundamental 
principles  affecting  the  rights  and  the  interests  of  the  common  people.  He  therefore 
could  no  longer  call  himself  a  republican  while  the  republican  party  plainly  declared 
itself  opposed  to  the  maintenance  of  the  monetary  system  that  had  been  the  established 
practice  from  the  earliest  days  of  the  republic.  A  silver  republican  party  was  the 
necessary  and  logical  result  and  in  1898  Judge  Steele  became  a  candidate  for  reelec- 
tion to  the  bench,  receiving  also  the  endorsement  of  the  people's,  the  democratic,  the 
Teller  silver  republican  and  the  national  people's  parties,  receiving  two-thirds  of  the 
total  number  of  votes  cast  at  that  election.  Judge  Steele  while  serving  upon  the  bench 
inaugurated  what  was  known  eCs  juvenile  field  day.  In  his  position  as  county  judge 
he  was  succeeded  by  Judge  Ben  B.  Lindsey,  who  enjoys  a  world-wide  reputation  as  the 
promoter  of  a  court  established  exclusively  for  juvenile  offenders.  Judge  Lindsey  freely 
and  frankly  acknowledged  the  value  and  importance  of  Judge  Steele's  services  in  this 
great  work  of  reform.  Writing  to  him  some  years  afterward,  he  said:  "You  were  the 
first  judge  to  enforce  our  law  of  1899,  which  contained  the  germ  of  the  present  juvenile 
laws."  Judge  Steele  in  the  course  of  his  judicial  career  rendered  many  important  deci- 
sions which  have  found  their  place  upon  the  state  records.  He  delivered  a  dissenting 
opinion  in  the  Moyer  case  and  from  all  parts  of  the  country  came  to  him  letters  endors- 
ing his  position.  Possibly  the  most  notable  tribute  to  the  strength  and  convincing  logic 
of  the  minority  opinion  was  that  of  Chief  Justice  Gabbert,  who  delivered  the  original 
opinion  of  the  court  and  who  considered  it  advisable,  after  the  minority  opinion  had 
been  presented,  to  file  an  extraordinary  and  supplementary  opinion,  in  which  he 
practically  admits  the  overwhelming  truth  of  Justice  Steele's  main  points.  It  was  in 
January,  1900,  that  Robert  Wilbur  Steele  was  called  to  the  ofiice  of  supreme  court  judge 
of  Colorado,  and  when  destiny  brought  him  to  a  higher  tribunal  he  had  ah-eady  received 
nomination  by  acclamation  at  the  hands  of  his  party  as  its  candidate  tor  the  office,  a 
second  term,  and  his  reelection  was  generally  conceded.  Death,  however,  intervened 
and  on  the  12th  of  October,  1910,  he  passed  to  the  home  beyond.  The  life  of  Robert 
Wilbur  Steele  was  dominated  by  the  spirit  of  democracy— a  democracy  that  believed 
that  "All  men  are  created  free  and  equal,"  and  it  was  his  constant  effort  to  uphold 
democracy  in  its  highest  and  best  sense.     It  permeated  his  actions  in  every  relation  of 


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life  and  his  opinions  upon  the  bench.  In  this  regard  he  stood  far  in  advance  of  many 
of  his  fellows,  so  much  so  that  his  course  at  times  awakened  the  opposition  of  even 
his  associates  upon  the  bench  and  led  to  his  filing  various  dissenting  opinions.  It  is 
said  that  while  the  decisions  from  which  he  dissented  were  being  written  into  the 
recorded  law  of  the  state  the  people  were  gathered  to  the  support  of  the  standards  he 
had  raised.  "His  clear,  authoritative  and  unanswerable  presentation  of  the  primitive 
principles  of  American  free  government  was  a  great  rallying  cry  that  brought  the 
invincible  hosts  of  democracy  to  his  aid  and  swept  to  oblivion  the  structure  that  had 
been  raised  against  his  protest.  Within  two  years  from  the  time  when  his  presence 
in  the  supreme  court  ceased,  the  right  to  defend  it  and  the  principles  he  maintained 
were  reestablished  and  confirmed,  even  though  in  some  of  these  cases  the  majority 
decision  yet  stands  as  the  highest  judicial  authority.  A  beautiful  and  well  merited 
tribute  was  paid  to  his  memory  by  one  who  was  long  associated  with  him  and  who 
said:  "From  his  ancestors  of  the  Ohio  valley  Robert  Steele  drew  his  patriotism,  his 
aptitude  for  culture  and  learning  and  his  strong  inclination  toward  those  traits  of 
mind  and  body  that  are  most  aptly  summarized  in  the  expression,  'an  American  gentle- 
man.' Those  hereditary  dispositions  were  fixed  and  strengthened  by  the  associations 
of  his  youthful  years.  His  education  and  his  environment  in  early  Denver  confirmed 
his  democracy  of  thought  and  feeling  toward  everyone  that  shared  his  highly  prized 
right  of  American  citizenship.  His  work  as  district  attorney  inculcated  respect  for  law 
and  order  and  gave  him  practical  experience  in  dealing  with  the  demoralizing  and  dis- 
integrating forces  of  modern  society.  In  the  county  court  he  profited  by  the  study  of 
human  nature  and  learned  to  judge  motive  and  impulse  as  well  as  the  legal  issues  that 
were  presented  to  him.  In  the  activities  and  associations  of  politics  he  encountered  the 
complicated  problems  of  matching  great  principles  of  human  rights  and  liberties  to 
the  trivial,  selfish  and  often  sordid  conditions  of  local  government.  In  the  supreme 
court  his  mental  powers,  stimulated  by  responsibility,  rose  and  expanded  to  the  meas- 
ure of  their  opportunity  and  proved  equal  to  the  demands  that  were  made  upon  them. 
*  *  *  The  unfolding  of  his  personality  through  the  years  was  something  more  than 
the  shaping  of  a  material  being  through  the  incidence  of  events.  It  was  rather  the 
progressive  triumph  of  a  master  spirit,  embodied  in  earthly  form,  rising  ever  to  the 
level  of  higher  opportunities  and  using  every  experience  gained  and  power  won  as 
instruments  for  the  achievement  of  better  things.  From  the  central  fire  of  his  personal 
integrity,  the  genial  light  and  warmth  of  honesty,  kindliness,  unselfishness,  gentle 
humor,  patience,  meekness,  temperance,  humility,  and  faith  in  the  eternal  righteous- 
ness of  God  and  man,  irradiated  his  pathway  for  his  own  blessing  and  for  the  benefit 
of  all  with  whom  he  had  to  do.  *  *  *  The  broadness  of  his  mental  vision  and  the 
range  of  his  active  interest  were  befitting  to  a  judge  who  was  called  upon  to  deal  with 
the  widest  variety  of  personal  and  property  rights  and  possessions. 

"He  loved  the  free  air  of  God's  great  outdoors.  He  loved  the  trees  and  the  beautiful 
flowers  that  cover  the  ungardened  meadows  of  the  remote  highlands;  he  loved  the  birds 
that  build  their  nests  where  none  may  see  or  make  afraid;  he  loved  the  wild,  shy  beasts 
that  live  on  the  wide  upper  pastures,  that  shelter  themselves  in  the  groves  of  aspen  and 
spruce,  or  that  lurk  in  the  willow  thickets  along  the  mountain  streams.  He  transferred 
his  kindly  thought  and  care  to  the  animals  of  the  cities.  He  was  instrumental  in  pro- 
moting the  anti-docking  laws  and  in  establishing  Denver's  trafiic  squad,  when  he  saw 
the  horses  slipping  on  the  icy  pavement.  He  wore  but  two  badges,  that  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,  which  indicated  the  honorable  service  of  his  father  in  the  Civil  war,  while  the 
other  was  that  which  commissioned  him  as  a  humane  oificer  to  intervene  in  the  name 
of  the  state  for  the  protection  of  animals  abused  or  neglected.  But  with  all  his  interest 
in  the  world  of  nature,  Robert  Steele's  chief  concern  was  with  the  world  of  man.  He 
shared  as  best  he  might  the  burdens  of  the  common  people  in  the  common  ways  of  life, 
and  gave  himself  freely  to  service  in  the  place  and  the  manner  in  which  he  could  do 
the  most  good.  He  loved  the  children  and  liked  to  play  with  the  little  ones  of  his  own 
household.  His  juvenile  field  day  in  the  county  court  showed  his  fatherly  interest  was 
extended  to  the  fatherless.  He  gave  substantial  proof  of  his  Interest  in  the  Steele 
Hospital  and  in  beneficent  work  of  that  character.  He  was  also  much  interested  in 
educational  matters,  but  was  no  respecter  of  persons  along  the  lines  of  wealth  and 
station.  Men  invariably  accorded  to  him  the  respect  he  merited  but  he  never  claimed 
their  tribute  to  his  mental  or  moral  worth.  He  was  scrupulously  honest  and  honorable 
in  small  matters  as  well  as  large,  according  to  the  faultless  guiding  of  an  inner  sense. 
He  was  temperate,  walking  always  in  the  light  of  that  reason  that  despises  intemper- 
ance in  thought,  in  word  and  in  action  as  a  folly  even  worse  than  crime.  He  was  pure 
himself  in  word  and  in  deed.  He  was  brave  under  circumstances  that  would  have 
tried  the  courage  of  any  man." 


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Such  are  the  words  and  phrases,  not  of  empty  eulogy  or  lavish  encomium,  but  of 
the  sober  judgment  of  the  men  of  his  own  day  and  of  his  personal  acquaintance,  the 
painstaking  portraiture  for  the  benefit  of  the  men  of  other  times  and  of  other  states, 
of  one  of  whom  it  may  be  said  in  sober  truth  and  exactitude: 
"None  knew  him  but  to  love  him, 
None  named  him  but  to  praise." 

To  the  young  men  of  Colorado,  and  especially  to  the  young  lawyers  of  the  Denver 
bar,  Judge  Steele  was  a  model,  an  example,  an  inspiration,  a  friend  and  helper.  He 
had  a  high  sense  of  the  ethics  and  the  responsibilities  of  the  legal  profession,  and 
scrupulously  upheld  its  honor  both  as  an  attorney  and  a  judge.  But  he  also  had  a 
most  kindly  interest  in  and  regard  for  the  young  men  around  him  and  he  always  did 
wTiatever  he  could  to  help  them  along  the  path  he  had  pursued.  The  beautifully 
illuminated  seal  upon  the  certificate  issued  upon  admission  to  the  bar  is  a  mark  of  his 
consideration,  for  he  arranged  its  colors  with  his  own  hand,  thinking  that  "the  young 
men  ought  to  have  something  better  than  a  plain  seal  in  black  and  white."  His  interest 
in  them  they  returned  with  something  warmer  and  more  personal  than  the  respect  due 
to  an  older  and  wiser  man,  with  something  more  affectionate  than  the  honor  paid  to  the 
judge  who  was  eminently  successful  in  the  profession  they  had  chosen  for  their  own. 
They  loved  him  because  he  appealed  to  the  best  that  was  in  them,  as  men  and  aa 
Americans.  He  had  faith  in  them,  as  he  had  faith  in  the  nation  to  which  he  gave  the 
unstinted  measure  of  his  service  and  devotion. 

Patriotism  and  love  of  humanity  were  the  guiding  stars  of  his  career — not  rival 
and  inconsistent  objects  of  his  regard,  but  harmonious  parts  of  a  resolute  purpose. 
To  those  high  ideals  his  life  was  consecrated,  not  in  the  formalism  of  a  conscious 
statement,  but  rather  in  the  expression  of  a  lifetime  of  loyalty  and  truth.  As  in  the 
county  court  he  had  guarded  the  interests  of  the  widows  and  orphans,  so  in  the  higher 
tribunal  he  defended  the  inheritance  of  liberty.  The  citizens  of  the  republic  were  his 
wards;  the  usurpers  of  the  people's  rights  were  his  adversaries;  freedom  was  a  sacred 
trust  committed  to  his  keeping;  and  he  recognized  no  other  treason  so  vile  as  that  of 
the  public  oflicial,  in  legislative,  executive  or  judicial  position,  who  would  use  the  power 
entrusted  to  him  for  the  people's  welfare  to  betray  their  trust. 

He  held  ever  a  supreme  faith  in  the  American  republic;  a  glory  in  its  historic 
achievements;  a  pride  in  its  wealth,  its  resources,  its  strength,  its  prosperity,  and  in 
all  the  magnificent  accomplishments  of  its  civilization.  He  felt  a  steadfast  confidence 
in  its  future,  believing  that  through  all  its  diflSculties  and  dangers  things  would  come 
out  right  in  the  end,  because  he  believed  in  the  people,  in  their  patriotism  and  in  their 
love  of  truth  and  justice. 

Through  the  distraction  and  the  temptations  of  an  age  when  the  conditions  in  state 
and  nation  seemed  to  appeal  as  never  before  to  the  selfishness,  to  the  avarice  and  to 
the  ambition  of  men's  natures,  Robert  Steele  kept  faith  with  the  people  and  with  himself. 
He  did  his  full  part  to  hand  on  to  Americans  of  the  future  the  full  measure  of  the 
inheritance  of  freedom  with  which  he  had  been  endowed;  and  he  never  doubted  that 
there  would  always  be  men  of  his  own  mould,  who  would  carry  forward  his  work  as  he 
had  sustained  the  work  of  others,  and  that,  amid  the  struggle  for  wealth  and  the  strife 
of  selfish  ambition,  there  would  always  be  those  who  would  resolutely  pursue  the  higher 
way,  and  who,  guided  by  reason  and  enlightened  by  truth,  would  strive,  fearlessly  and 
unfailingly,  according  to  the  full  measure  of  their  powers  and  opportunities  for  liberty 
and  justice  and  humanity. 


JAMES  M.  MORRIS. 


James  M.  Morris,  engaged  in  the  raising  of  live  stock  and  poultry  in  Arapahoe 
county,  was  born  in  Canada,  October  21,  1857,  a  son  of  Michael  and  Mary  (O'Shea) 
Morris,  the  former  a  native  of  Ireland,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Canada.  The  father 
came  to  America  in  the  '40s  and  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Mexican  war  in  1844. 
He  remained  ■  with  the  army  for  three  years  or  until  honorably  discharged  in  San 
Francisco  in  1847,  then  devoting  three  years  to  gold  prospecting,  along  which  line  he 
was  very  successful.  At  the  end  of  that  period  he  went  to  Canada,  where  his  death 
occurred  May  16,  1916,  at  the  age  of  ninety-four  years.  His  wife  also  passed  away  in 
that  country.     They  had  a  family  of  eleven  children,  eight  of  whom  are  living. 

James  M.  Morris  spent  his  youthful  days  in  his  native  country  and  was  a  young 
man  of  about  twenty-one  years  when  in  1878  he  came  to  Denver.  The  following  year 
he  removed  to  Leadville,  where  he  resided  for  a  short  time,  and  was  there  engaged  in 


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the  live  stock  business.  In  1909  he  purchased  a  ten  acre  tract  of  land,  whereon  he 
now  resides  in  Arapahoe  county,  and  in  addition  to  giving  his  attention  to  the  raising 
of  live  stock,  he  is  also  engaged  in  the  poultry  business.  Both  branches  of  his  activity 
are  proving  profitable  and  his  success  is  well  deserved.  He  is  likewise  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  irrigating  ditch  and  is  thus  active  in  promoting  general  farming 
interests. 

In  1883  Mr.  Morris  was  married  to  Miss  Flora  McGillis,  a  native  of  Canada  and  a 
daughter  of  Angus  and  Anna  (McDonald)  McGillis,  the  former  now  deceased,  while 
the  latter  is  still  living.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  were  born  three  children,  but  all 
have  passed  away.  The  parents  are  members  of  the  Catholic  church,  and  in  his  political 
views  Mr.  Morris  is  a  democrat.  He  is  a  self-made  man  whose  prosperity  has  been 
gained  since  coming  to  Colorado.  At  one  time  he  was  engaged  in  merchandising  in 
Nebraska  for  three  years,  but  the  greater  part  of  his  life  since  he  has  attained  his 
majority  has  been  passed  in  this  state  and  his  close  application  and  unfaltering  energy 
have  been  the  salient  features  in  bringing  to  him  the  measure  of  success  which  is  now 
his. 


CHARLES  H.  REYNOLDS. 


Charles  H.  Reynolds,  vice  president  of  the  board  of  water  commissioners,  is  one 
of  Denver's  leading  citizens,  who  has  taken  an  important  part  in  the  public  life  of  the 
city,  having  promoted  a  number  of  interesting  and  far-reaching  measures  for  a  greater 
and  more  beautiful  Denver.  He  has  served  in  numerous  public  positions  and  semi- 
public  oflices,  and  in  these  connections  has  wrought  much  good  for  his  fellow  citizens. 
He  was  born  in  Kendall  county,  Illinois,  August  28,  1848,  his  parents  being  Augustus 
Spencer  and  Sarah  (Beach)  Reynolds,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Saratoga  county. 
New  York,  whence  they  removed  to  Illinois  in  the  early  days  in  the  history  of  that 
state — in  1844.  The  father  there  remained  until  1849,  when  the  seemingly  fabulous 
reports  of  gold  discoveries  in  California  induced  him  to  join  the  gold  seekers  and  by 
way  of  the  overland  route  he  traveled  to  California.  He  spent  a  short  time  in  the  gold 
fields  of  that  state  but  then  returned  to  Illinois  and  entered  the  postal  service  in 
Chicago,  remaining  in  that  connection  for  thirty-five  years.  In  1895  he  came  to 
Denver,  where  he  passed  away  fourteen  years  later,  at  the  age  of  ninety-one  years. 
His  wife  preceeded  him  to  the  beyond,  passing  away  in  Denver,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
two,  in  1902. 

Charles  H.  Reynolds  was  the  only  child  born  to  this  union.  He  attended  school  in 
Chicago  for  a  number  of  years  and  after  putting  aside  his  textbooks  was  connected 
with  business  interests  in  that  city  until  coming  to  Denver  in  1873.  Here  he  entered 
the  internal  revenue  service  under  Dr.  Morrison  and  continued  in  the  government 
employ  for  about  two  years.  Desirous  of  having  a  business  of  his  own.  he  then  opened 
a  hardware  store  which  he  successfully  conducted  from  1876  until  1880,  in  which  latter 
year  he  organized  the  Austin-Reynolds  Passenger  and  Baggage  Express,  remaining 
at  the  head  of  this  business  from  1881  until  1889  and  deriving  considerable  profit  from 
this  enterprise.  In  1890  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  his 
qualifications  well  fitting  him  for  this  important  position.  That  Denver  has  become 
one  of  the  most  popular  convention  cities  and  a  haven  for  tourists  is  largely  due  to  the 
untiring  efforts  of  Mr.  Reynolds.  He  continued  as  secretary  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  for  two  years,  or  until  1891.  and  his  service  earned  for  him  the  entire 
approval  of  all  of  its  members  and  the  commendation  of  the  general  public.  All 
recognized  his  peculiar  fitness  for  his  work  in  this  connection  and  spoke  highly  of 
his  energy  in  pursuing  a  given  object.  The  results  of  his  labors  as  secretary  are  still 
seen  and  his  work  is  yet  bearing  fruit.  In  1891  Mr.  Reynolds  retired  from  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  organized  the  Western  Steam  Laundry  Company,  which  is  now 
one  of  the  largest  enterprises  of  its  kind  in  the  city  and  of  which  he  has  since  been 
president. 

In  November.  1871,  Mr.  Reynolds  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Alice  Goss,  of 
Fond  du  Lac,  Wisconsin,  a  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Cynthia  Goss.  Mrs.  Reynolds 
passed  away  in  1915.  On  January  1,  1918.  he  contracted  a  second  union  with  Miss 
Anabel  Holland,  of  San  Diego,  California,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  J.  Holland. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reynolds  occupy  an  enviable  position  in  the  social  circles  of  Denver, 
extending  a  truly  warm-hearted  hospitality  in  their  home  at  1600  Pennsylvania  street. 
Their  friends  in  Denver  are  legion  and  all  of  them  are  equally  enthusiastic  in  praise 
of  their  high  qualities  of  heart  and  mind.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reynolds  maintain  a  summer 


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34  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO       * 

home  at  Buffalo,  Colorado,  where  they  spend  most  of  their  time  during  the  hot  season. 
Outside  of  the  office  of  secretary  of  the  old  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Mr.  Reynolds  has 
held  many  public  and  semi-public  offices  and  in  all  of  these  has  contributed  towards 
the  development  and  beautification  of  his  city.  He  served  as  director  and  treasurer 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  during  his  term  signed  all  of  the  bond  issues  of  the 
organization.  For  two  years  he  ser.ved  as  president  of  the  Mountain  and  Plain 
Festival  Association  and  was  also  connected  with  the  Convention  League,  at  different 
times  filling  the  offices  of  president,  treasurer  and  director.  This  league  he  assisted 
in  organizing  after  having  resigned  from  his  position  as  director  and  treasurer  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  depot  commission  and  was  a 
director  during  its  existence.  The  work  of  this  commission  was  of  tremendous  value 
and  had  a  far-reaching  influence.  It  brought  into  harmonious  cooperation  a  combina- 
tion of  interests,  that  for  years  had  defied  all  similar  efforts  and  made  impossible,  the 
superior  depot  facilities  now  enjoyed  by  the  city.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Denver  park  board  and  it  is  largely  due  to  his  efforts  that  Denver  today  has  such 
beautiful  parks,  which  give  it  a  nation-wide  reputation.  At  present  he  serves  as  vice 
president  of  the  board  of  water  commissioners,  having  been  elected  to  this  position 
in  August,  1918.  This;  board  was  only  recently  organized  and  has  taken  over  the 
Denver  Union  Water  Company,  whose  stockholders  received  bonds  in  lieu  of  their 
stock  certificates.  As  member  of  this  newly  created  and  very  important  board  Mr. 
Reynolds  is  doing  very  valuable  work  in  the  interests  of  his  fellow  citizens.  His  busi- 
ness and  public  interests  being  very  important,  Mr.  Reynolds  has  found  little  time  for 
club  work,  his  only  connection  in  this  regard  being  with  the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  of 
which  he  is  a  life  member.  In  the  Masonic  order  he  belongs  to  Lodge  No.  33,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M..  and  also  is  a  Knight  Templar  of  Denver  Commandery,  No.  25,  and  a  Shriner. 
His  political  affiliations  are  with  the  republican  party,  with  non-partisan  leanings. 

Mr.  Reynolds  has  achieved  a  success  in  business  life  which  is  truly  remarkable, 
considering  that  he  began  with  nothing.  He  has  earned  the  proud  American  title 
of  self-made  man.  Moreover,  he  has  not  considered  his  own  benefit  alone  in  pursuing 
his  life  work  but  has  ever  been  cognizant  of  his  duties  as  a  citizen  and  has  cooperated 
in  many  ways  to  promote  the  welfare  of  his  fellows.  He  has  many  friends  in  Denver, 
which  has  now  been  his  home  for  forty-five  years,  so  that  he  is  numbered  among  the 
honored  pioneers  of  the  city.  Those  who  know  him  longest  speak  of  him  in  the 
highest  terms  of  praise,  for  they  know  best  his  admirable  qualities. 


WOODFORD   A.   MATLOCK. 


It  is  impossible  to  determine  what  would  have  been  the  condition  in  the  west  had 
it  not  been  for  the  oil  discoveries,  so  important  has  the  development  of  the  oil  fields 
become  as  a  source  of  prosperity  and  progress  beyond  the  Mississippi.  Opportunities 
in  this  direction  have  called  forth  the  efforts  and  enterprise  of  many  men  who  have 
made  for  themselves  notable  places  in  the  business  world,  men  of  marked  energy,  of 
keen  foresight  and  perseverance.  With  development  projects  Woodford  A.  Matlock 
has  long  been  connected  and  he  is  now  fiscal  agent  for  the  Kinney  Oil  &  Refining 
Company,  with  office  in  Denver.  He  was  born  in  Bowling  Green.  Kentucky,  September 
18,  1870.  His  father,  Woodford  A.  Matlock,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  his  grand- 
father was  also  born  in  that  state.  He,  too,  bore  the  name  of  Woodford  A.  Matlock, 
so  that  the  subject  of  this  review  is  of  the  third  generation  to  be  so  called.  His 
father  was  an  active  business  man  but  is  now  deceased.  His  mother,  who  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Amanda  Cochran,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  is  now  living  in 
California.  At  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  Woodford  A.  Matlock,  father  of  the  subject 
of  this  review,  responded  to  the  call  of  the  country  to  preserve  the  Union  and  Joined 
the  Eighth  Kentucky  Cavalry,  with  which  he  did  active  duty  in  defense  of  the  stars 
and  stripes.  '  ' 

Woodford  A.  Matlock,  Jr.,  came  to  Greeley.  Colorado,  with  his  father  in  1872,  at 
which  time  he  was  but  two  years  of  age.  The  days  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  were 
there  passed  and  he  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  Greeley.  He  afterward 
took  up  the  work  of  telegraphy  as  an  operator,  entering  upon  that  field  when  but 
fifteen  years  of  age,  and  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  followed  railroad  interests:, 
Gradually  he  was  advanced  in  that  connection  until  he  became  traffic  manager  of 
the  Cripple  Creek  Railway.  The  next  change  in  his  business  career  brought  him  into 
close  relations  with  the  McNeil-Penrose  Company  in  connection  with  land  development 
enterprises  and   afterward  he  developed  the  Maxwell  land  grant  in  Mexico.     He  then 


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turned  his  attention  to  tlie  oil  business  and  is  now  fiscal  agent  for  the  Kinney  Oil  & 
Refining  Company.  Each  change  that  he  has  made  in  his  business  connections  has 
brought  him  a  broader  outlook  and  wider  opportunities,  marking  a  step  forward  in 
his  career. 

In  1893  Mr.  Matlock  was  united  In  marriage  to  Miss  Jessica  Shadony,  of  Jennings, 
Indiana,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  four  children.  Their  eldest  son,  Paul 
B.,  born  August  16,  1896,  is  now  a  lieutenant  in  the  Twentieth  Infantry,  United  States 
Army,  stationed  at  the  present  time  at  Fort  Douglas.  Woodford  A.,  bearing  the  name 
in  the  fourth  generation,  is  a  student  in  Princeton  University  of  New  Jersey  with 
the  class  of  1920.  Bruce  King,  fourteen  years  of  age,  is  a  student  in  the  Denver  high 
school.     Jessica,  a  little  maiden  of  nine  summers,  is  also  in  school. 

Mr.  Matlock  belongs  to  the  Country  Club,  the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  to  the  Lake- 
wood  Country  Club  and  to  the  Civic  Association.  He  Is  much  interested  in  shooting, 
golf  and  other  sports,  to  which  he  turns  for  recreation  when  leisure  permits.  He 
belongs  to  the  Central  Christian  church  and  its  teachings  have  guided  him  in  all  of 
life's  relations.  As  a  member  of  the  Civic  Association  he  manifests  his  deep  interest 
in  the  welfare  and,  progress  of  Denver  and  its  upbuilding  along  those  lines  which 
are  a  matter  of  civic  virtue  and  of  civic  pride.  What  he  has  accomplished  represents 
the  fit  utilization  of  his  innate  talents  and  his  life  record  is  indicative  of  the  power 
that  may  be  developed  in  the  individual  through  the  exercise  of  effort. 


ROSE  KIDD  BEERE,  M.  D. 


Among  various  professional  fields  in  which  western  women  have  rapidly  forged 
their  way  to  the  front  in  the  past  quarter  of  a  century  is  that  of  medicine — and  in  this 
line  of  work  Dr.  Rose  Kidd  Beere  of  Denver  is  among  the  most  able. 

She  is  nationally  known  through  her  activities  in  medical  and  charitable  enter- 
prises, and  through  her  war  service  contributions  during  the  Spanish-American  con- 
flict and  tlie  recent  World  war,  of  the  efficient  labor  that  is  the  result  of  her  fine 
physical   strength   and   tremendous   vitality,   reinforced   by   a  vivid  personality. 

After  the  battle  of  Santiago  in  1898  Major  Kidd,  her  father,  a  Civil  war  veteran, 
wrote  to  her,  "This  is  the  first  war  of  our  country  in  which  our  family  has  no  part. 
I  am  too  old  and  your  boys  are  too  young. 

"Do  you  remember  the  sealed  fruit  can  we  found  in  the  'spring  house,'  after  the 
peach  canning  for  the  military  nospitals  in  Indianapolis,  at  the  close  of  the  Civil 
war — containing  a  few  unpeeled  peaches,  some  bits  of  broken  blue  dishes,  and  your 
little  china  doll,  minus  an  arm  and  a  leg— your  contribution  of  your  treasures  to  the 
returning  'Yanks'  of  that  day — labeled  'From   Rose  to   the  Soldiers'?" 

It  was  in  answer  to  that  communication  that  Dr.  Beere  wired:  "You  take  care 
of  my  boys  and  I'll  represent  our  family  in  this  war.  I  can't  raise  a  regiment,  or 
carry  a  gun,  but  I  can  help  nurse  the  men  who  do." 

Dr.  Beere  wore  a  two-star  service  pin  during  the  World  war  but  neither  son 
represented  by  those  stars  did  better  work  for  America  than  their  mother  during 
her  term  as  representative  of  the  Colorado   Springs  Red  Cross,  in  Manila,   in   1898-99. 

Dr.  Beere  was  born  in  Wabash,  Indiana,  a  daughter  of  Meredith  Helm  and  Milll- 
cent  (Fisher)  Kidd,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  that  state,  her  father  being  a 
prominent  member  of  tlie  Indiana  bar. 

On  the  paternal  side  she  is  descended  from  English  forebears.  Sir  Francis  Drake 
and  the  Corys,  the  Hampton  and  Jones  families  of  Virginia,  and  the  DeCamps  of  New 
Y'ork,  originally  from  Holland.  On  her  mother's  side  she  is  descended  from  the  Stearns 
and  Fishers  of  New  England  and  the  Ingersolls  and  Steelmans  of  New  Jersey,  the  first 
Frederick  Steelman  holding  a  large  grant  of  land  from  the  king  in  the  sixteen  hun- 
dreds, including  Great  and  Little  Egg  Harbors,  and  the  country  where  Atlantic  City 
now  stands. 

At  the  outbreak  of  hostilities  between  the  North  and  South.  Dr.  Beere's  father, 
Meredith  Kidd,  organized  the  Thirteenth  Indiana  Battery,  of  which  he  was  made  cap- 
tain. Subsequently  he  was  transferred  to  the  Eleventh  Indiana  Cavalry,  with  the  rank 
of  major.  The  close  of  the  war  found  him  a  lieutenant-colonel  of  infantry  of  an 
Indiana   regiment. 

After  the  war  he  was  commissioned  a  major  of  the  Tenth  United  States  Cavalry. 
Owing  to  frequent  troubles  with  the  Indians,  the  cavalry  was  kept  on  the  frontier  in 
those  days.  Major  Kidd  was  commanding  officer  at  the  time  Fort  Larned,  Kansas, 
was  built  and  later  was  stationed  at  Fort  Sill,  then  Indian  Territory,  now  Oklahoma, 


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and  built  Camp  Supply.     His  name  became  linked  with  the  development  of  the  west 
as  that  of  a  brave  and  fearless  officer  and  an  honored  and  respected  man. 

In  the  early  '70s  he  resigned  from  the  army  and  returned  to  Wabash.  Indiana, 
where  he  resumed  the  practice  of  law,  in  which  he  continued  until  his  death  in  1908. 

The  mother  of  Dr.  Beere,  Millicent  Fisher,  was  a  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Stearns 
Fisher,  who  was  one  of  three  men  to  pledge  their  private  fortune  to  equip  the  first 
regiment  that  went  from  Indiana  to  the  Civil  war.  He  was  a  close  friend  and  asso- 
ciate of  Governor  Morton,  the  great  war  governor  of  that  state.  Mrs.  Millicent  Fisher 
Kidd  died  at  the  family  home  in  Wabash,  Indiana,  in  18S1,  after  twenty-four  years  of 
happy  married  life.     She  was  a  woman  of  broad  sympathies  and  beautiful  character. 

It  was  during  the  years  of  her  early  girlhood  at  frontier  posts  that  Dr.  Beere 
acquired  her  love  for  the  independence  and  freedom  of  western  life.  She  recalls  many 
interesting  incidents  of  those  days;  the  spring  raids  of  the  lordly  Cheyennes,  the 
thieving  Kiowas  and  bloodthirsty  Comanches,  when  they  came  down  on  the  post  picket 
.lines  or  settler  wagon  trains,  painted  and  be-feathered,  their  blankets  flying,  their 
naked  bodies  weaving  on  their  ponies,  their  war  whoops  shrilly  echoing,  to  stampede 
horses  and  secure  supplies;  the  issue  days  at  the  posts  when  the  wide  circle  of  squat-  , 
ting  Arapahoes  surrounded  the  huge  piles  of  flour,  sugar,  bacon,  and  herds  of  ration 
beef.  She  rode  her  pony  with  the  officers  and  scouts  when,  buffalo  or  antelopes  sighted, 
a  party  would  set  out  for  fresh  meat.  She  remembers  a  headquarters  dinner  given  by 
her  father,  to  General  Hancock  and  staff,  at  Fort  Larned,  before  the  railroad  was 
built,  when  the  wild  turkeys  were  served  with  snowbird  stuffing  and  the  decorations 
were  deer  and  antelope  heads,  with  wolf  and  buffalo  robes  for  souvenirs.  She  lived  in 
the  heart  of  the  excitement  following  the  Beecher's  Island  fight  and  the  Custer  mas- 
sacre. 

All  these  are  childhood  memories,  but  later,  when  married  and  living  in  New  Mexico, 
she  was  in  the  path  of  Geronimo's  band,  on  its  career  of  murder  and  devastation  as  it 
swept  through  the  southwest  with  General  Miles  on  its  trail,  and  a  young  second  lieu- 
tenant named  Pershing,  who  was  with  the  cavalry  at  that  time. 

Dr.  Beere  is  the  eldest  of  a  family  of  five  children:  Edmund  Stearns;  Lelia 
Christine  (Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Nottzger  of  Wichita,  Kansas);  Alice  Mary,  of  Los  Angeles, 
California;    and  Dr.  Helen  Mcllvaine    (Mrs.   Thomas   O.,   of  Huntington,   Indiana). 

In  her  girlhood  she  attended  the  army  post  schools,  and  St.  Mary's  Academy, 
of  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  the  well  known  girls'  school  of  that  day,  later  being  gradu- 
ated from  the  high  school  of  her  native  city.  "■ 

At  Topeka,  Kansas,  in  May,  1883,  she  became  the  wife  of  Edmund  Burke  Beere, 
an  attorney  of  Las  Cruces,  New  Mexico,  and  a  son  of  the  Reverend  Robert  Beere,  a 
Presbyterian   minister  of  Valparaiso,   Indiana. 

There  were  three  sons  of  that  marriage,  all  born  in  Las  Cruces:  Robert  Morrison, 
the  eldest,  a  well  known  newspaper  man;  Donald  Meredith,  graduate  of  West  Point 
Military  Academy  and  regular  army  man  (a  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Three  Hundred 
and  Twenty-first  Field  Artillery,  National  Army,  in  France) ;  and  Stearns  Kidd, 
formerly  in  commercial  life,  a  sergeant  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fourth  Infantry 
in  France,  during  the  great  war. 

Following  the  death  of  her  husband.  Dr.  Beere  returned  to  the  east,  and  entered 
the  Woman's  Medical  College  of  Northwestern  University  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  winning 
her  professional  degree  upon  graduation  with  the  class  of  1892.  She  practiced  in 
Durango  for  three  years,  coming  to  Denver  in  1895  as  superintendent  of  the  State 
Home  for  Dependent  Children,  which  position  she  occupied  until  she  went  to  Manila 
in  1898  as  a  representative  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Red  Cross,  the  first  woman  granted 
permission  to  go  to  the  islands  on  a  government  transport.  She  sailed  from  San  Fran- 
cisco in  August,  accompanied  by  seven  nurses  sent  by  the  California  and  Oregon  Red 
Cross  organizations. 

This  little  band  of  pioneer  volunteers  served  for  a  year  in  the  hospitals  of  the 
Eighth  Army  Corps,  establishing  diet  kitchens,  doing  surgical  dressings  and  general 
nursing.  Dr.  Beere  returned  to  Denver  with  the  Colorado  regiment  to  which  she  had 
endeared  herself  by  her  heroic  and  untiring  devotion. 

In  1900  Governor  Orman  appointed  her  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Arbi- 
tration, the  only  woman  who  ever  served  in  that  capacity.  The  same  year  she  was 
appointed  assistant  county  physician,  in  which  position  she  did  excellent  work  at  the 
County  Poor  Farm,  segregating  the  tuberculous  patients  and  inaugurating  numerous 
other  reforms  for  the  benefit  of  the  inmates.  For  ten  years  she  was  attendant  officer 
and  medical  inspector  of  the  Denver  public  schools,  establishing  while  in  that  position 
a  much  needed  dental  clinic  for  the  school  children   of  the  poor. 

In   1912   she  was   appointed   superintendent   of  the   County   Hospital  and   assistant 


38  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

health  commissioner,  by  Mayor  Arnold.  On  her  retirement  from  this  position  (being 
the  first  woman  to  have  served  as  such)  the  staff  of  one  hundred  physicians  and 
surgeons  passed  resolutions  to  the  effect  that  her  administration  had  been  the  most 
efficient,  economical  and  satisfactory  that  the  hospital  had  ever  known.  It  was  due 
to  the  social  service  department,  inaugurated  at  the  hospital  by  Dr.  Beere,  that  the 
Church  Convalescent  Home  was  founded. 

After  serving  one  term  as  head  of  the  hospital,  she  established  a  private  sanatorium 
in   Denver,   for  mental   and   nervous   diseases,   known   as   "Rest-A-While." 

Dr.  Beere  is  a  member  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  City  and  County  of  Denver, 
and  also  of  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society.  She  is  recording  secretary  of  the 
Colorado  Medical  Women's  War  Service  League,  and  chairman  of  the  committee  of 
that  organization  for  hospitals  in  the  home  zone.  She  was  instrumental  in  gathering 
a  ton  of  children's  clothing  in  December,  1917,  half  of  which  was  sent  through  the 
American  Women's  Hospitals  to  the  orphans  of  France,  and  the  remainder  to  Belgium. 

Dr.  Beere  is  a  capable,  energetic  woman,  of  rare  courage  and  fine  intellect,  high 
spirited,  independent  and  companionable.  To  all  her  public  work  she  has  brought 
great  efficiency  through  her  medical  experience  and   broad  social   sympathies. 


WILLIAM  K.  BURCHINELL. 


For  forty-three  years  William  K.  Burchinell  has  been  a  resident  of  Colorado  and  is 
now  filling  the  position  of  secretary  of  the  board  of  capitol  managers  at  Denver.  Various 
chapters  in  his  life  record  indicate  his  faithful  service  in  connection  with  public  affairs, 
not  the  least  important  of  which  covers  his  record  as  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war,  when 
he  valiantly  followed  the  stars  and  stripes  on  southern  battlefields  and  aided  in  defense 
of  the  Union.  He  was  born  in  Huntingdon,  Pennsylvania,  in  October,  1846,  and  is  de- 
scended from  ancestors  who  came  from  England  to  America  with  Lord  Baltimore  and 
settled  in  Maryland.  Representatives  of  the  family  participated  in  the  Revolutionary 
war  and  marked  loyalty  to  this  land  has  always  been  one  of  the  salient  characteristics 
of  the  Burchinells.  Thomas  Burchinell,  the  father  of  William  K.  Burchinell,  was  born 
in  Maryland  and  became  a  successful  architect  and  builder.  His  birth  occurred  at  Ches- 
tertown,  Maryland,  and  his  education  was  acquired  in  his  native  state.  In  1835  he  re- 
moved to  Huntingdon,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  resided  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1877,  when  he  was  sixty-five  years  of  age,  for  his  natal  year  was  1812.  In 
early  manhood  he  had  married  Ann  Maria  Wilson,  a  native  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  who 
belonged  to  one  of  the  old  families  of  that  state,  of  English  lineage.  She,  too,  was  born 
in  1812  and  died  in  1857  at  the  age  of  forty-five  years. 

William  K.  Burchinell  was  the  fifth  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  three  sons  and 
three  daughters.  Two  of  the  sons  died  in  Colorado,  one  in  Leadville  and  the  other  in 
Boulder.  They  were  Thomas  Wilson  and  John  Emery  Burchinell.  The  former  became 
a  resident  of  Colorado  in  1879  and  John  E.  Burchinell  established  his  home  in  this  state 
in  1893. 

William  K.  Burchinell  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Altoona, 
Pennsylvania,  and  afterward  continued  his  studies  in  an  academy  at  Hollidaysburg, 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  then  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  engine  making  in  the 
Baldwin  Locomotive  Works  at  Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania,  but  he  did  not  find  that 
pursuit  to  his  liking  and  after  eight  months'  service  there  he  ran  away  from  home  in 
1862,  when  a  youth  of  but  sixteen  years,  and  joined  the  Fifteenth  Pennsylvania  Cavalry 
for  active  service  in  the  Civil  war.  He  was  first  attached  to  Company  L  of  that  regiment 
and  later  to  Company  K  and  he  continued  at  the  front  until  the  close  of  hostilities.  Fol- 
lowing the  battle  of  Chickamauga  he  was  transferred  to  the  signal  corps  of  the  regular 
army,  with  which  he  continued  to  the  end  of  the  war,  being  mustered  out  at  Nashville, 
Tennessee,  in  July,  1865.  He  participated  in  every  engagement,  from  the  battle  of  Stone 
River  in  1862  to  the  battle  of  Franklin  in  front  of  Nashville  in  December,  1864.  Although 
often  in  many  hotly  contested  engagements  he  was  never  wounded  or  taken  prisoner. 
He  became  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  first  Grand  Army  post  in  Pennsylvania,  which 
was  formed  under  the  name  of  the  Veterans'  Union,  and  later  he  organized  another  post, 
of  which  he  served  as  adjutant.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  a  clerk  in  the  quarter- 
master's department  in  the  spring  of  1866  and  later  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his 
father  in  the  planing  mill  business  at  Huntingdon,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  continued 
until  the  wide  spread  financial  panic  of  1873,  when  the  business  was  closed  out.  It  was 
about  that  time  that  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  state  legislature,  in  which  he  served 


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40  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

for  a  term.  He  was  afterward  appointed  receiver  at  the  land  office  at  Pairplay,  Colorado, 
the  appointment  coming  from  President  Grant  during  his  second  administration.  Later 
he  was  appointed  by  President  Hayes  when  the  land  office  was  removed  to  Leadville, 
Colorado,  in  1879,  and  he  continued  to  act  in  that  capacity  until  1883,  or  for  a  term  of 
eight  years  in  all.  He  arrived  in  Colorado  in  February,  1875,  so  that  for  forty-three  years 
he  has  continued  a  resident  of  this  state.  From  1883  he  has  made  his  home  in  Denver, 
taking  up  his  abode  in  this  city  in  December  of  that  year.  Here  he  engaged  in  the 
machinery  business  until  1891,  being  president  of  the  Denver  Machinery  Company, 
dealers  in  mining  machinery.  In  the  fall  of  the  latter  year  he  was  elected  sheriff  of 
Arapahoe  county  and  was  reelected  in  1893,  serving  until  1896,  and  upon  the  death  of 
his  successor,  who  occupied  the  position  for  two  years,  Mr.  Burchinell  was  appointed  to 
fill  the  unexpired  term  of  Mr.  Webb.  Upon  his  retirement  from  the  office  in  the  fall 
of  1898  he  became  connected  with  mining  interests  in  Colorado  and  Mexico.  On  the  6th 
of  February,  1906,  he  was  appointed  to  his  present  office,  which  position  he  has  since 
continuously  filled,  serving  for  twelve  years  as  secretary  of  the  board  of  capitol  managers. 
He  is  most  prompt,  systematic,  efficient  and  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  and 
has  thus  been  retained  throughout  the  entire  period  in  the  office. 

Mr.  Burchinell  was  married  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  November  21,  1872,  to 
Miss  Samantha  A.  Cunningham,  a  native  of  Huntingdon,  Pennsylvania,  and  a  daughter 
of  Josiah  and  Ann  (Moore)  Cunningham,  representatives  of  an  old  and  prominent  family 
of  Huntingdon.  Mrs.  Burchinell  passed  away  in  Denver,  July  18,  1907,  at  the  age  of 
fifty-eight  years.  Two  children  were  born  of  that  marriage.  Ann,  whose  birth  occurred 
in  Huntingdon,  Pennsylvania.  January  12,  1874,  is  now  the  wife  of  J.  Grattan  O'Bryan, 
a  resident  of  Seattle,  Washington.  Edna,  the  younger  daughter,  died  in  Philadelphia  In 
1881. 

In  politics  Mr.  Burchinell  has  always  been  a  stanch  republican  and  in  early  manhood 
took  quite  an  active  part  in  political  affairs.  He  is  prominently  known  in  Masonic 
circles,  having  been  made  a  Mason  in  Mount  Moriah  Lodge.  No.  300,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  on 
the  12th  of  October.  1868,  in  Huntingdon,  Pennsylvania.  He  has  since  taken  all  the  inter- 
mediate degrees  up  to  and  including  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite  and 
has  ever  been  a  loyal  and  faithful  follower  of  the  craft.  Since  leaving  home  to  become  a 
soldier  of  the  Civil  war  he  has  been  dependent  upon  his  own  resources  and  has  ever 
been  actuated  by  a  spirit  of  loyalty  and  progress  in  business  and  official  life,  just  as  he 
was  when  he  followed  the  nation's  starry  banner  on  the  battlefields  of  the  south. 


JOHN  G.  KENNEDY. 


John  G.  Kennedy,  deceased,  was  for  a  considerable  period  actively  associated  with 
farming-  interests  in  Arapahoe  county,  near  Aurora.  He  was  born  in  Ireland  on  the  24th 
of  June,  1S44,  a  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Gleason)  Kennedy,  both  of  whom  were  natives 
of  the  Emerald  isle.  The  mother  died  in  her  native  land,  but  the  father  afterward  came 
to  America,  crossing  the  Atlantic  in  1864,  at  which  time  he  took  up  his  abode  in  Han- 
cock, Michigan.  He  there  resided  for  five  years  and  in  1869  removed  to  Colorado,  settling 
in  Denver,  where  his  remaining  days  were  passed. 

John  G.  Kennedy  spent  the  period  of  his  minority  in  the  green  isle  of  Erin  and  was 
a  young  man  of  twenty  years  when  he  accompanied  his  father  on  the  emigration  to  the 
new  world.  He  also  came  to  Colorado  with  him  and  in  Georgetown,  this  state,  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  Curtin,  who  was  born  in  New  York,  a  daughter  of  Charles 
and  Katherine  (Ryan)  Curtin,  who  were  also  natives  of  Ireland.  Coming  to  the  new 
world,  they  established  their  home  in  the  Empire  state,  where  they  continued  to  reside 
until  called  to  their  final  rest.     Their  family  numbered  eleven  children. 

Following  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kennedy  began  their  domestic  life  in  George- 
town, where  they  lived  for  seven  years  and  then  removed  to  a  ranch  in  Arapahoe  county, 
upon  which  Mr.  Kennedy  continued  until  he  passed  away  in  the  year  1902.  His  business 
interests  were  extensive  and  of  a  most  important  character.  Adding  to  his  possessions 
from  time  to  time,  he  acquired  thirty-four  hundred  acres  of  land  and  as  the  years  passed 
carried  on  stock  raising  extensively.  He  carefully  studied  the  needs  of  the  stock  and 
knew  just  what  breeds  of  cattle  and  horses  were  best  adapted  to  climatic  conditions  here. 
He  was  very  thorough  in  all  that  he  did.  painstaking  in  all  of  his  business  affairs  and 
possessed  excellent  executive  ability  combined  with  unfaltering  energy  and  enterprise 
These  qualities  therefore  won  him  substantial  success  as  the  years  passed. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kennedy  were  born  six  children:  John  W.;  Mary  F.,  who  is  a  high 
school  graduate  and  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  teaching  for  thirteen  years;  Patrick 


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42  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

E.;  Katherlne,  deceased;  Helen  N.,  who  Is  a  high  school  graduate  and  Is  also  teaching; 
and  Ruth  W.,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Sacred  Heart  high  school.  The  family  are  all 
members  of  the  Catholic  church,  of  which  Mr.  Kennedy  was  an  adherent.  Mrs.  Kennedy 
still  owns  seventeen  hundred  acres  of  the  land  acquired  by  her  husband  and  carefully 
and  wisely  manages  her  business  interests.  Almost  a  half  century  has  passed  since  the 
family  home  was  established  in  Colorado  and  throughout  the  intervening  period  the  name 
of  Kennedy  has  been  a  synonym  for  progressiveness  along  agricultural  and  stock  raising 
lines.  Mr.  Kennedy,  passing  away  in  the  year  1902,  left  behind  him  a  large  circle  of 
friends  who  entertained  for  him  warm  regard  and  high  esteem  because  of  his  well  spent 
life,  his  intelligently  directed  activity  and  his  fidelity  to  every  trust  reposed  in  him. 


W.   E.  HARDY. 


W.  E.  Hardy,  conducting  business  under  the  name  of  the  W.  E.  Hardy  Motor 
Company  at  Denver,  was  born  in  Pratt  county,  Kansas,  March  4,  1885,  a  son  of  Cleo 
E.  and  Frances  Virginia  (Martin)  Hardy.  The  father's  birth  occurred  at  Ravenswood, 
West  Virginia,  while  the  mother  was  a  native  of  Gallipolis,  Ohio.  They  removed  to 
Kansas  at  an  early  day  and  the  father  became  a  pioneer  cattleman  and  rancher  of 
that  state.  After  living  there  for  some  time  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  Kansas 
and  removed  to  Converse  county,  Wyoming,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  cattle 
raising  and  ranching.  His  wife  passed  away  in  Denver  in  December,  1909.  There 
were  five  children  in  their  family:  William  H..  who  is  now  engaged  in  merchandising 
at  Freeman,  Missouri;  Virgil  C,  living  in  Akron,  Ohio;  Mrs.  Theodore  Bruning,  of 
Denver;  W.  E.,  of  this  review;  and  Mrs.  H.  M.  Munn,  whose  home  is  in  Los  Angeles, 
California. 

In  early  life  W.  E.  Hardy  attended  the  country  schools  of  Kansas  and  after  his 
textbooks  were  put  aside  applied  his  time  to  learning  the  candy  maker's  trade  in 
Kansas  City,  Missouri.  He  continued  to  follow  the  trade  for  a  number  of  years,  asso- 
ciated with  various  prominent  firms,  and  during  that  period  he  saved  his  earnings, 
until  his  capital  was  sufl^cient  to  enable  him  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account. 
On  the  3d  of  August,  1903,  he  arrived  in  Denver,  where  he  opened  a  real  estate  and 
loan  office,  conducting  that  business  successfully  for  thirteen  years,  after  which  he 
sold  out.  In  1917  he  established  what  was  known  as  the  Moore-Hardy  Motor  Com- 
pany, handling  the  Stephens  motor  cars  and  Staude  tractor  for  Ford  cars.  After  a 
time  he  purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner  and  has  since  conducted  the  agency  very 
successfully  on  his  own  account  under  the  name  of  the  W.  E.  Hardy  Motor  Company 
and  his  location  is  considered  to  be  one  of  the  finest  on  Broadway. 

On  the  26th  of  July,  1911,  Mr.  Hardy  was  married  to  Miss  Genevieve  M.  Johnson, 
of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Johnson,  well  known  and  prominent 
pioneer  people  of  Colorado.  The  father  is  now  deceased,  but  the  mother,  Mrs.  Augusta 
Johnson,  still  lives  in  Denver.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hardy  have  one  child,  Marjorie,  who 
was  born  in  Denver  in  February,  1915. 

Mr.  Hardy  maintains  an  independent  course  in  politics.  He  is  well  known  in 
trade  circles  and  belongs  to  the  Auto  Trades  Association,  to  the  Denver  Automobile 
Association  and  to  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association,  all  of  which  have 
been  organized  to  advance  business  interests  in  Denver.  He  is  a  man  of  alert  dis- 
position and  energetic  spirit,  carrying  forward  to  successful  completion  whatever  he 
undertakes,  and  his  enterprise  has  placed  him  in  the  front  rank  among  the  automobile 
of   the   city. 


ZOPHAR  L.  HOLDEN. 


Zophar  L.  Holden  was  born  February  14.  1870,  on  the  ranch  whereon  he  now  resides 
in  the  beautiful  Bijou  basin  in  the  northern  central  part  of  El  Paso  county.  He  is 
a  son  of  D.  M.  and  Isabelle  (Hayden)  Holden,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  the  state  of 
New  York.  They  came  to  Colorado  in  the  '60s,  making  the  overland  trip  to  the 
Bijou  basin  from  the  Empire  state.  The  father  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  and  preempted  an  equal  amount  and  continued  purchasing  prop- 
erty from  time  to  time  until  his  landed  possessions  were  very  extensive.  In  1S88  he 
retired  from  active  business  life  and  removed  to  Colorado  Springs.  His  family  num- 
bered six  children,  of  whom  L.  W.,  the  eldest,  resides  upon  a  ranch  seven  miles  south- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  43 

east  of  Bijou  Basin.  Zopliar  L.  is  the  next  of  tlie  family  and  resides  on  the  home  ranch 
which  he  purchased  from  his  father.  Edna,  who  wag  the  wife  of  Robert  McCoy,  of 
Colorado  Springs,  passed  away  in  November.  1918.  Olive  is  a  trained  nurse  now  living 
in  Arizona.  Erma  is  the  wife  of  Harry  Mclntire,  a  resident  of  Arizona.  J.  D.  is  on 
a  ranch  near  Steamboat  Springs,  Colorado. 

Reared  to  the  occupation  of  farming,  Zophar  L.  Holden  has  always  continued  busi- 
ness along  that  line  and  is  today  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  prosperous  agricul- 
turists of  this  section  of  the  state,  his  landed  possessions  embracing  thirty-three 
hundred  acres.  He  is  a  leading  and  well  known  sheep  farmer,  feeding  about  fifteen 
hundred  head  of  sheep.  He  has  a  most  attractive  and  commodious  two-story  resi- 
dence upon  his  farm,  together  with  large  and  substantial  buildings  and  sheep  pens. 
The  buildings  are  all  in  good  repair  and  well  painted  and  everything  about  his  place 
is  kept  in  first-class  shape.  He  is  a  most  progressive  farmer  and  stockman  and  his 
business  ability  is  manifest  in  the  excellent  appearance  of  his  place.  He  is  a  stockholder 
of  the  Peyton  Bank  of  Peyton.  Colorado. 

In  1S93  Mr.  Holden  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Violet  Baldwin,  a  daughter 
of  E.  E.  Baldwin,  of  Elbert,  Colorado.  Mr.  Holden  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
democratic  party  but  has  never  been  an  aspirant  for  office,  preferring  to  concentrate 
his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  business  affairs,  which  are  wisely  and  carefully 
directed  and  bring  to  him  the  merited  success  of  earnest  and  persistent  labor.  His 
entire  life  has  been  passed  upon  the  ranch  which  he  yet  occupies  and  he  is  thoroughly 
familiar  with  the  history  of  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  this  section  of  the 
state  and  at  all  times  has  borne  his  part  in  promoting  the  work  of  general  improve- 
ment, stanchly  supporting  all  measures  which  are  a  matter  of  civic  virtue  and  of  civic 
pride. 


WILLIAM    DAVID    HOOVER. 

Comparatively  few  men  look  far  into  the  future.  They  are  concerned  mostly 
with  questions  and  interests  which  bear  directly  upon  the  present  hour,  its  difficul- 
ties and  its  advantages  and  do  not  recognize  the  exigencies  and  the  opportunities  which 
a  later  hour  may  bring  forth.  There  are  men,  however,  with  keen  sagacity  and  broad 
vision  who  look  beyond  the  moment  and  see  in  conditions  of  the  present  the  £orer 
shadowings  of  future  events.  Such  a  man  is  William  David  Hoover,  who  has  been 
most  prominent  in  connection  with  the  development,  in  late  years,  in  the  growing 
of  sugar  beets  and  in  beet  sugar  manufacture,  which  has  come  to  be  one  of  the  chief  ' 
industries  of  the  state.  His  work  in  this  connection  has  been  most  vital  and  he  has 
borne  an  important  part  in  promoting  interests  which  have  become  a  feature  in  the 
development  of  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company. 

Mr.  Hoover  comes  to  Colorado  from  Ohio.  He  was  born  in  Miamisburg.  that  state, 
December  IS,  1S62,  a  son  of  Abel  and  Clara  Elizabeth  Hoover,  both  of  Dutch  ancestry, 
whose  respective  parents  had  removed  to  Ohio  from  the  Dutch  settlement  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Miamisburg,  being  graduated  with 
honors  from  the  high  school  there.  Both  his  father  and  grandfather  being  engaged 
in  agricultural  implement  manufacturing,  William  D.  Hoover  entered  into  this  line  of 
work  after  his  graduation.  It  is  interesting  to  note  in  this  connection  that  the  firm 
was  among  the  earliest  manufacturers  of  binders  that  used  twine  in  Ohio.  Until  1890, 
Mr.  Hoover  was  interested  with  his  father  in  the  manufacture  of  harvesting  machinery 
and  twine  but  in  that  year  removed  to  Akron,  Ohio,  where  he  organized  the  Western 
Linoleum  Company,  of  which  he  became  vice  president  and  general  manager.  His 
arduous  duties  in  this  connection,  however,  undermined  his  health  and  in  1S97  a 
change  of  climate  was  considered  advisable  and  he  came  to  Colorado.  He  thoroughly 
interested  himself  in  the  resources  and  possibilities  of  this  new  state  and  in  1899 
he  was  one  of  the  first  men  to  recognize  the  vast  possibilities  of  the  beet  sugar  industry 
in  Colorado.  On  September  11,  1S99,  his  first  prospectus  for  the  Loveland  factory  was 
issued.  The  Loveland  factory  was  later  built  by  other  interests  and  is  today  one  of 
the  largest  producers  of  beet  sugar  in  the  country.  Subsequently  he  became  inter- 
ested in  the  preliminary  work  for  beet  sugar  development  at  Eaton  and  Windsor, 
being  president  and  general  manager  of  such  plants  for  a  year  or  two.  Later  he  was 
active  in  the  preliminary  work  in  the  South  Platte  valley,  which  resulted  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  new  factory  at  Sterling,  but  he  was  later  not  connected  therewith. 
His  undaunted  energy  and  sincere  enthusiasm  as  to  the  future  of  this  industry  con- 
vinced  others   and   he   succeeded   in   establishing   other   factories    in   the   South   Platte 


44  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

district,  thus  becoming  one  of  the  important  factors  in  founding  beet  sugar  manu- 
facture in  this  state.  These  factories  are  now  an  integral  part  of  the  Great  Western 
Sugar  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Hoover  is  manager  of  public  relations.  The  importance 
of  his  position  is  most  poignantly  recognizable  in  these  days  when  the  sugar  question 
has  become  one  of  vital  national  significance.  After  his  work  in  the  South  Platte 
valley  Mr.  Hoover  and  his  associates  established  the  sugar  factory  at  Monte  Vista, 
which  has  long  since  been  removed  to  Lovell,  Wyoming,  and  which  is  today  also  part  of 
the  Great  Western   Sugar  Company's  interests. 

In  1885  Mr.  Hoover  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Hunt,  of  Miamisburg,  Ohio, 
and  they  have  two  children:  Edwin  H.,  who  is  a  gunner  in  the  Thirty-fifth  Infantry 
of  the  United  States  army;  and  Donald  H.,  who  at  this  writing  has  graduated  from 
the  Western  Reserve  Medical  School  and  has  entered  the  medical  division  of  the 
United   States  army  as  a  lieutenant. 

In  the  civic  life  of  the  city  of  Denver,  which  Mr.  Hoover  makes  his  home,  he 
has  always  been  deeply  interested  and  has  ever  been  a  leader  in  movements  for  the 
development,  advancement  and  trade  expansion  of  city  and  state.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Mason  but  is  not  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  order.  The  family  home  is  located  at 
No.  1119  York  street  and  is  one  of  the  handsome  residences  of  that  section  of  Den- 
ver. There  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoover  entertain  their  many  friends,  cheerful  hospitality 
always    prevailing   at    their   fireside. 


STORRS  H.  HALL. 


Storrs  H.  Hall  is  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Hall  Brothers,  proprietors  of  the  Western 
Holstein  Farm  and  also  of  the  Cooperative  Milk  Company  of  Denver.  In  this  con- 
nection he  has  become  known  as  one  of  the  leading  breeders  of  thoroughbred  Hol- 
steins  in  Colorado  and  the  west.  The  story  of  his  life  is  the  story  of  earnest  endeavor 
and  continuous  progression  to  the  goal  of  success.  He  was  born  in  Cleburne,  Texas, 
September  14,  1878,  a  son  of  William  S.  and  Mary  (Wheeler)  Hall,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Massachusetts  and  in  early  life  went  to  Wisconsin,  crossing  the  country 
with  ox  team.  In  1874  they  removed  to  Texas,  where  the  father  devoted  ten  years 
to  the  cattle  business,  and  in  1884  he  became  a  resident  of  Denver,  Colorado,  where  he 
established  a  livery  stable,  which  he  conducted  for  two  years.  He  next  concentrated 
his  energies  upon  farming  in  Arapahoe  and  Jefferson  counties  and  at  the  present  time 
he  is  engaged  in  mining  in  Clear  Creek  county,  Colorado.  He  has  reached  the  age  of 
seventy-two  years,  while  his  wife  is  living  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight.  They  had  a 
family  of  six  children,  of  whom  four  are  living,  Carlos,  Storrs  H.,  Mrs.  Kittle  Mcintosh 
and  Ira. 

In  early  life  Storrs  H.  Hall  attended  the  country  schools  and  afterward  had  the 
advantage  of  training  in  the  city  schools  of  Denver.  He  subsequently  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  dairying,  in  which  he  engaged  for  a  short  time,  and  later  he  worked  for 
wages  for  two  years.  In  1898  he  became  interested  in  the  Holstein  dairying  business 
in  connection  with  his  brother  and  they  established  what  is  known  as  the  Western 
Holstein  Farm  of  about  sixteen  hundred  acres  in  Jefferson  county.  Upon  it  they  now 
have  one  hundred  head  of  thoroughbred  Holstein  cattle  and  milk  cows.  At  the  head 
of  the  herd  is  one  of  the  best  known  thoroughbred  Holsteins  in  the  country.  Western 
Ascalon  Colantha  Boy,  registered  as  No.  116,247.  On  the  1st  of  May.  1918,  the  Hall 
Brothers  had  a  large  sale,  in  which  they  disposed  of  all  of  the  animals  of  their  great 
milking  and  milk  and  butter  bred  Holstein  cows  and  heifers  which  had  no  registra- 
tion papers.  There  were  about  one  hundred  and  thirty  of  them,  in  ages  from  one  to 
ten  years,  constituting  one  of  the  best  lots  of  milking  and  milk  and  butter  bred  animals 
ever  offered  for  sale,  representing  over  thirty  years  of  intelligent  breeding,  and 
selection  of  the  kind  that  makes  good.  The  Western  Holstein  Farm  is  situated  on  the 
Morrison  road,  five  and  a  half  miles  southwest  of  Denver.  The  Hall  Brothers  are 
now  owners  of  a  herd  of  thoroughbred  Holsteins,  including  Sir  Colantha  Lass,  No. 
45,670,  a  well  known  show  bull  that  has  won  many  ribbons,  and  champion  of  the  state. 
They  have  done  much  to  improve  the  grade  of  stock  raised  in  Colorado  and  to  stimulate 
an  interest  in  high  bred  cattle.  They  were  also  the  organizers  of  the  Producers  Dairy 
in  Denver  in  January,  1918,  with  Storrs  H.  Hall  as  secretary  and  treasurer.  The 
president  is  M.  E.  Penrose,  while  C.  W.  Hall  is  vice  president  of  the  company.  With 
twenty  delivery  wagons  they  cover  the  city  in  the  distribution  of  their  dairy  products 
and  they  have  thirty-five  employes.  Storrs  H.  Hall  is  also  a  director  and  treasurer 
of  the  Western  Holstein  Dairy  Company. 


STORRS   H.   HALL 


46  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

On  the  23d  of  April,  1903,  Mr.  Hall  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie  B.  Ashton,  of 
Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  J.  Ashton,  of  a  well  known  Denver  family. 
They  have  two  children:  Clyde  S.,  who  was  born  in  Denver  in  1904  and  is  now 
attending  high  school;  and  Irene,  born  in  Denver  in  1906. 

In  politics  Mr.  Hall  maintains  an  independent  course,  nor  has  he  ever  sought 
office.  For  six  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Jefferson  county  and  the 
cause  of  education  finds  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  He  is  an  exemplary  representa- 
tive of  the  Masonic  fraternity  belonging  to  Lodge  No.  61,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  he  also 
belongs  to  the  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  of  Denver.  Of  a  nature  that  could 
never  be  content  with  mediocrity,  he  has  steadily  worked  his  way  upward,  actuated  by 
a  laudable  ambition  that  has  resulted  in  the  attainment  of  notable  success.  He  has 
taken  no  steps  backward.  His  career  has  been  marked  by  steady  progress  and  he  js 
today  one  of  the  best  known  breeders  and  raisers  of  Holstein  cattle  in  the  state. 


JAMES  E.  JEWEL. 


There  are  many  points  of  interest  in  the  life  record  of  James  E.  Jewel,  a  well 
known  attorney  at  law  of  Fort  Morgan,  a  prominent  breeder  of  registered  Holstein 
cattle  in  Morgan  county,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  whose  loyalty  to  his  country  was 
not  only  manifest  on  southern  battlefields  but  has  also  been  evidenced  in  his  atti- 
tude toward  public  questions  throughout  his  life.  Ohio  claims  him  as  a  native  son,  his 
birth  having  occurred  in  Montgomery  county  on  the  19th  of  October,  1847,  his  parents 
being  Aaron  W.  and  Susanna  (Peck)  Jewel,  who  were  natives  of  Miami  and  of  Mont- 
gomery county,  Ohio,  respectively.  The  father  was  of  Welsh  lineage,  while  the  mother 
was  of  German  descent.  Aaron  W.  Jewel  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  followed  that 
pursuit  until  he  reached  the  age  of  thirty-five  years,  when  he  turned  his  attention 
to  farming  and  also  took  up  the  practice  of  law  in  Iowa.  He  removed  to  that  state 
in  1854,  settling  at  Brandon,  in  Buchanan  county.  It  was  after  his  removal  to  the 
west  that  he  studied  law.  He  also  entered  land  there  and  developed  and  improved 
a  farm,  devoting  his  remaining  days  to  its  further  cultivation.  In  his  law  practice 
his  clientage  connected  him  with  most  of  the  important  cases  that  came  up  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  county.  He  died  upon  the  old  homestead  in  March,  1886,  and 
is  survived  by  his  widow,  who  now  resides  at  Vinton,  Iowa,  at  the  notable  old  agd 
of  ninety-three  years.     In  the  family  were  nine  children,  eight  of  whom  are  living. 

James  E.  Jewel  was  reared  and  educated  in  Buchanan  county,  Iowa.  His  early 
school  privileges  were  very  limited,  being  confined  to  about  six  months'  attendance 
at  a  district  school.  After  he  had  attained  his  majority,  however,  he  continued  his 
studies,  working  his  way  through  au  academy  and  through  Western  College,  while 
still  later  he  attended  Cornell  College  at  Mount  Vernon,  Iowa.  He  took  up  the  study 
of  law  in  the  State  University  at  Iowa  City  and  was  graduated  there  with  the  class 
of  1877.  Locating  for  practice  at  Independence.  Iowa,  he  followed  his  profession  at 
that  place  from  1S77  until  1900,  when  he  removed  to  Chicago,  where  he  continued 
until  September,  1901.  At  that  date  he  became  a  resident  of  Fort  Morgan,  Colorado, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  in  stock  raising  and  also  in  the  buying  of  wool 
and  sheep.  He  purchased  eight  hundred  acres  of  land  under  the  Morgan  ditch  and 
at  that  time  was  the  largest  landowner  under  the  ditch  and  the  largest  owner  of 
water  rights.  With  characteristic  energy  he  began  the  development  and  improve- 
ment of  his  ranch  property  and  his  labors  soon  wrought  a  marked  transformation  in 
the  appearance  of  the  place.  In  1908  he  opened  a  law  office  and  has  since  actively  and 
successfully  followed  his  profession.  He  has  ever  prepared  his  cases  with  great  thor- 
oughness and  care  and  has  displayed  marked  ability  in  presenting  his  cause  to  the 
courts.  In  1910  he  sold  his  land  under  the  Morgan  ditch,  which  he  had  purchased  at 
from  twenty  to  twenty-five  dollars  per  acre,  for  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars 
per  acre.  In  1913  he  bought  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  under  the  Bijou  ditch  and 
has  improved  it  at  a  cost  of  ten  thousand  dollars.  It  is  now  stocked  with  pure  bred 
Holstein  cattle  and  Berkshire  hogs  and  is  the  best  improved  farm  in  northeastern 
Colorado,  lacking  in  none  of  the  accessories  and  conveniences  found  upon  the  model 
farms  of  the  twentieth  century.  He  also  makes  a  business  of  feeding  cattle  during 
the  winter  months.  In  1908  he  lost  twenty  thousand  dollars  in  feeding  sheep,  but 
.undeterred  by  this  he  has  continued  his  efforts  and  his  success  has  placed  him  among 
the  foremost  stock  raisers  of  his  section  of  the  state.  His  property  interests  also  in- 
clude a  fine  modern  residence  at  No.  123  East  Platte  avenue,  in  Fort  Morgan,  which 
at  a  cost  of  ten  thousand  dollars. 


JAMES  E.  JEWEL 


48  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

On  the  5th  of  March,  1871,  Mr.  Jewel  was  married  to  Miss  Mahala  Roszell, 
ter  of  Hiram  and  Mary  (Dole)  Roszell,  who  were  natives  of  Kentucky.  The  father 
was  of  French  ancestry  and  devoted  his  life  to  farming.  In  early  manhood  he  removed 
to  Indiana  and  in  1848  went  to  Benton  county,  Iowa,  where  he  carried  on  farming 
throughout  his  remaining  days,  his  death  occuring  in  1883,  while  his  wife  passed 
away  in  1880.  In  the  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jewel  were  four  children.  Fred  B.,  bom 
June  25,  1872,  was  engaged  in  the  hotel  business  in  Missouri  and  in  the  fall  of  1918 
expected  to  take  charge  of  and  operate  his  father's  farm,  but  on  his  way  from  Missouri 
by  automobile  he  and  his  wife  were  stricken  with  the  influenza,  and  died  at  Marshall, 
Missouri.  Jed  Lake,  bom  August  26,  1875.  is  engaged  in  the  laundry  and  newspaper 
business  in  Chicago  and  is  said  to  have  the  finest  laundry  in  the  United  States.  Ray 
W.,  born  January  3,  1883,  is  engaged  in  the  wholesale  oil  and  gas  business  at  Pueblo, 
Colorado.     Helen  M.,  born  March  11,  1891,  is  at  home. 

Mr.  Jewel  has  a  most  interesting  military  record,  for  on  the  27th  of  October, 
1864,  when  he  was  a  youth  of  but  seventeen  years,  he  enlisted  at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  as 
a  member  of  Company  C,  Twenty-seventh  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry,  with  which  com- 
mand he  was  engaged  in  active  duty  until  transferred  to  Company  C  of  the  Twelfth 
Iowa  Infantry,  which  regiment  had  reenlisted.  He  then  served  until  the  close  of 
the  war  and  was.  mustered  out  with  a  most  creditable  military  record  on  the  18th 
of  December,  1865,  at  Mobile,  Alabama.  He  was  engaged  in  the  two  days'  fight  at 
Nashville,  Tennessee,  under  General  Thomas,  was  also  in  the  siege  of  Mobile  and  took 
part  in  the  siege  and  capture  of  Spanish  Fort  and  of  Fort  Blakely,  the  latter  being 
captured   after   General   Lee's    surrender. 

Mr.  Jewel  is  a  stockholder  and  the  president  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
Farmers  Union  Cooperative  Creamery  Company  of  Fort  Morgan  and  is  a  stockholder 
in  the  Farmers  Union  Elevator  &  Mercantile  Company.  He  likewise  belongs  to  the 
Farmers  Union  and  fraternally  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to 
the  republican  party  and  he  is  allied  with  the  more  progressive  wing  of  the  organ- 
ization. He  has  voted  for  every  republican  since  President  Grant  was  a  candidate  for 
office  in  1868.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  he 
has  been  identified  therewith  since  reaching  the  age  of  nineteen,  or  for  fifty-one  years. 
He  is  supporting  a  student  in  a  preparatory  school  in  China.  Throughout  his  entire 
life  his  aid  has  ever  been  given  on  the  side  of  progress  and  improvement  and  his  per- 
sistent purpose  has  enabled  him  to  accomplish  excellent  results  not  only  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  his  individual  interests  but  for  the  benefit  of  the  public  fortune  and  wel- 
fare. Those  who  know  him,  and  he  has  a  wide  acquaintance,  esteem  him  as  a  man 
of  genuine  worth. 


JOSEPH  RAMSEY  HEWITT. 


Joseph  Ramsey  Hewitt,  who  identified  his  interests  with  those  of  Elbert  county 
in  February,  1918,  when  he  purchased  his  present  large  ranch  in  the  vicinity  of 
Elizabeth,  was  born  upon  a  farm  near  Elizabeth  City,  North  Carolina,  on  the  21st  of 
May,  1874.  a  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  Ellen  Hewitt,  whose  ancestral  line  can  be  traced 
back  through  five  generations  in  the  Old  North  state. 

In  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  Joseph  R.  Hewitt  pursued  his  education 
and  was  identified  with  agricultural  interests  in  the  south  until  1900,  when  he  left 
North  Carolina  and  removed  to  Wyoming,  settling  near  Saratoga,  where  for  six  years 
he  again  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits.  In  February,  1918,  he  purchased  his  present 
large  ranch,  which  is  one  of  the  valuable  properties  of  Elbert  county.  He  has  always 
employed  the  most  progressive  methods  in  the  development  and  cultivation  of  his 
fields  and  his  progressive  spirit  has  been  manifest  in  the  excellent  improvements 
placed  upon  his   land. 

In  New  Jersey,  on  the  7th  of  September,  1905,  Mr.  Hewitt  was  married  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Belle  Davis,  who  in  the  maternal  line  is  a  descendant  of  the  Sawyer  fam- 
ily that  for  generations  has  occupied  one  of  the  old  colonial  homes  near  Elizabeth 
City,  North  Carolina,  the  bricks  and  material  having  been  brought  from  England. 
One  end  of  the  building  is  blue  and  the  other  red.  It  is  still  standing  in  a  good 
state  of  preservation.  It  was  originally  built  by  a  noted  tory  family  who  later  returned 
to  England,  and  the  property  was  purchased  by  the  Sawyers  during  or  about  the  time 
of  the  Revolutionary  war.  The  great-great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Hewitt  on  the  mater- 
nal side  and  also  the  great-great-grandfather  on  the  paternal  side  were  high   sheriffs 


HISTORY  OF  COLaRADO  49 

of  Pasquotank  county.  North  Carolina,  during  the  Revolution,  one  succeeding  the  other 
in  that  position.  Mrs.  Hewitt  has  one  brother  who  is  federal  district  judge,  located 
at  Trenton,  New  Jersey.  He  was  democratic  leader  in  the  state  senate  of  New  Jersey 
when  President  Wilson  was  governor  of  that  state.  Two  other  brothers  are,  the 
Rev.  Quinton  C.  Davis,  of  Durham,  North  Carolina,  and  the  Hon.  James  Mercer  Davis, 
of  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hewitt  have  been  born  three  children, 
Joseph  Ramsey,  Jr.,  Quinton   Davis  and  Elizabeth  Davis. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Hewitt  hold  membership  in  the  Baptist  church  and  take  an  active 
interest  in  its  work  and  upbuilding.  Their  aid  is  always  found  on  the  side  of  right, 
advancement  and  improvement  and  throughout  his  life  Mr.  Hewitt  has  been  actuated 
by  a  progressive  spirit  that  is  manifest  in  his  business,  and  citizenship  relations  as 
well.  During  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Elbert  county  he  has  gained  the  respect  of 
all  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact  and  is  rapidly  winning  many  friends. 


HON.  JOHN  G.  LILLEY. 


Hon.  John  G.  Lilley,  deceased,  left  the  impress  of  his  individuality  and  ability 
upon  the  history  of  the  state,  not  only  by  reason  of  his  active  and  prominent  connec- 
tion with  agricultural  interests  but  also  as  a  legislator  and  as  a  factor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  state  along  many  other  beneficial  lines.  His  life  record,  therefore,  should 
find  a  prominent  place  upon  the  pages  of  Colorado's  history. 

A  native  of  England,  John  G.  Lilley  was  born  at  Gillsboro  on  the  12th  of  June, 
1833,  his  parents  being  John  and  Ann  (Buck)  Lilley,  who  were  born  at  North  Gills- 
boro, England.  About  1847  they  removed  from  their  farm  at  that  place  to  Birkenhead, 
Cheshire,  where  the  father  engaged  in  the  laundry  business  until  his  death  In  1886, 
having  for  three  years  survived  his  wife,  who  died  in  1883.  Both  were  members  of 
the  Church  of  England. 

John  G.  Lilley  was  a  youth  of  fourteen  when  the  family  home  was  established  in 
Cheshire  and  for  six  years  he  was  employed  in  the  Birkenhead  market.  On  reaching 
the  age  of  twenty  he  bade  adieu  to  friends  and  native  country  and  sailed  for  the  new 
world,  attracted  by  the  business  opportunities  which  he  believed  he  might  secure  on 
this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  He  spent  a  few  days  in  Portland,  Maine,  and  then  went 
to  New  Brunswick,  where  he  remained  for  ten  days,  after  which  he  changed  his  plans 
and  shipped  as  a  steward  on  a  vessel  bound  for  Ireland.  He  remained  on  the  Emerald 
isle  for  six  weeks,  while  the  vessel  was  anchored  in  Cork,  after  which  he  returned  to 
his  home  in  England  and  devoted  a  year  to  the  butchering  business.  At  the  end  of 
that  time  he  once  more  crossed  the  Atlantic,  landing  at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  whence 
he  made  his  way  to  La  Crosse,  Wisconsin,  where  he  engaged  in  the  butchering  busi- 
ness from  1854  until  1860.  In  the  latter  year  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in 
Denver,  which  was  then  a  little  mining  town.  For  two  years  he  devoted  his  attention 
to  prospecting  in  the  mountains  and  in  1S62  purchased  the  farm  whereon  he  continued 
to  reside  from  that  date  until  his  demise.  His  purchase,  made  in  February,  1862, 
established  his  ownership  to  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  town 
of  Littleton.  As  the  years  passed  and  lie  prospered  he  added  to  his  holdings  until 
within  the  boundaries  of  his  place  were  comprised  three  hundred  and  eighty  acres. 
At  a  later  period,  however,  not  wishing  to  have  the  care  of  so  extensive  a  property, 
he  sold  all  but  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  his  land.  He  not  only  most  progressively 
developed  his  farm  property  and  met  with  substantial  success  in  that  undertaking  but 
also  became  one  of  the  builders  of  the  Rough  and  Ready  grist  mill  in  1868.  This 
mill  soon  won  the  reputation  of  manufacturing  the  finest  flour  in  the  state,  and  for 
years  its  products  were  shipped  as  far  east  as  Boston,  commanding  the  highest  prices 
on  the  market.  Twice  during  Mr.  Lilley's  connection  with  the  mill  the  plant  was 
destroyed  by  fire  but  was  immediately  rebuilt.  He  also  became  the  senior  partner  in 
the  firm  of  Lilley  &  Coberly,  which  took  extensive  contracts  for  supplying  ties  for  the 
building  of  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad.  These  ties  were  secured  on  the  Divide  and 
taken  to  the  territory  between  Littleton  and  Sheridan.  In  executing  his  contracts  Mr. 
Lilley  utilized  forty  wagons,  each  drawn  by  seven  yoke  of  oxen,  for  hauling  over  the 
trail.  These  oxen,  together  with  much  other  live  stock,  were  stolen  and  driven  off  by 
the  Indians,  the  herder  escaping  the  red-skins  by  hiding  in  a  dug-put.  A  man  of 
marked  business  enterprise,  Mr.  Lilley  never  faltered  in  the  accomplishment  of  his 
purpose  and  in  his  vocabulary  there  was  no  such  word  as  fail.  Wlien  one  avenue  of 
opportunity  seemed  closed  he  recognized  the  fact  that  he  could  carve  out  other  paths 
whereby  he  might  reach  the  desired  goal  and  as  the  years  went  on  he  carefully  and 

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HON.  JOHN  G.  LILLEY 


MRS.  ALICE  JAMES  LILLEY 


52  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

wisely  directed  liis  business  efforts  with  tlie  result  that  he  won  most  substantial  success 
in  that  connection. 

Mr.  Lilley  was  always  a  republican  and  when  the  currency  question  became  a 
paramount  issue  he  stood  with  the  silver  wing  of  the  party.  He  was  for  more  than 
a  quarter  of  a  century  president  of  the  school  board  in  his  district  and  in  1872  his 
fellow  townsmen  sent  him  as  their  representative  to  the  state  legislature,  where  he 
took  a  most  active  part  in  supporting  those  measures  which  he  believed  would  be  of 
benefit  to  the  commonwealth.  He  was  particularly  earnest  in  his  advocacy  of  legisla- 
tion having  to  do  with  the  cattle  industry  in  the  state.  In  1879  he  became  county 
commissioner  of  Arapahoe  county  and  served  most  capably  in  that  position  for  three 
years.  He  was  familiar  with  every  phase  of  pioneer  life  and  experiences  and  in  1864 
became  captain  of  a  company  that  was  organized  to  protect  life  and  property  from 
the  raids  of  the  Indians.  This  company  was  called  into  active  service  in  1868  to 
suppress  the  Utes  and  Cheyennes,  who  had  been  most  troublesome.  At  all  times  Mr. 
Lilley  took  a  most  active  and  helpful  part  in  promoting  every  movement  or  project  for 
the  benefit  and  welfare  of  community,  commonwealth  and  country.  He  was  a  pro- 
gressive citizen,  highly  honored  because  of  his  sterling  personal  worth,  and  when 
death  called  him  in  April,  1909,  his  loss  was  deeply  felt  by  many  friends  as  well  aa 
by  his  immediate  family. 

It  was  in  1855  that  Mr.  Lilley  returned  to  England,  where  on  Christmas  day  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Louise  Ann  Hay,  after  which  he  brought  his  bride  to  his  new  home. 
He  was  at  that  time  residing  in  La  Crosse,  Wisconsin.  Some  time  later  they  came  to 
Colorado,  where  Mrs.  Lilley  remained  until  called  to  her  final  rest  on  the  7th  of  May, 
1895.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lilley  became  the  parents  of  ten  children:  William  H.,  a  resident 
of  Jefferson,  Colorado;  Anna,  deceased;  Maggie,  the  wife  of  Frank  Soper;  Fred;  Lucy, 
who  has  also  passed  away;  Harry;  Marcia  L.,  the  wife  of  Charles  Watlington;  Josepha, 
the  wife  of  J.  Sherman  Brown;   Benjamin  E.;   and  John  G. 

In  1898  Mr.  Lilley  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Alice 
James,  a  native  of  Missouri  and  a  daughter  of  Leroy  B.  and  Sarah  (Tilton)  James, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Missouri.  The  mother  died  in  that  state  and  the 
father  afterward  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  passed  away  in  1909.  They  had  a  family 
of  nine  children,  three  of  whom  survive.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lilley  was  born  a  daughter, 
Alice,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Earl  Radcliffe,  of  Littleton. 

Mrs.  Lilley  is  a  highly  educated  woman  who  was  graduated  from  the  high  school 
at  Louisiana,  Missouri,  and  taught  in  that  state  for  several  years.  She  then  came 
to  Colorado  and  was  a  teacher  in  Littleton,  acting  as  assistant  principal  of  the  high 
school  of  that  place  for  a  decade  prior  to  her  marriage.  She  afterward  took  up  the 
dairy  business,  in  which  she  still  continues  and  she  is  now  conducting  a  most  exten- 
sive business,  having  a  herd  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  cows.  The  product  is  sold  at 
wholesale  in  Denver,  averaging  two  hundred  gallons  per  day  throughout  the  year. 
She  has  all  the  latest  dairy  equipment,  such  as  milking  machine  and  everything  found 
in  a  first-class  dairy  establishment.  Her  ranch  comprises  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
of  fine  bottom  land,  all  of  which  is  irrigated.  There  are  two  large  silos  upon  the 
place,  eighteen  by  forty  feet.  She  utilizes  two  big  motor  trucks  to  deliver  milk  in 
Denver.  Another  attractive  feature  of  the  farm  is  a  fine  orchard  containing  various 
kinds  of  fruit.  She  is  extensively  engaged  in  raising  corn  and  alfalfa,  and  all  of  the 
latest  improved  farm  machinery  to  facilitate  the  work  of  plowing,  planting  and  harvest- 
ing is  found  upon  her  place.  There  are  also  large  poultry  buildings  and  she  is  making 
a  specialty  of  raising  fine  chickens.  In  addition  to  her  ranch  property  she  owns  many 
valuable  building  lots  in  the  village  of  Littleton  and  a  fine  residence  there.  She  is  also 
a  stockholder  in  the  Nevada  Irrigation  Company,  which  has  one  of  the  best  water  rights 
in  the  state. 

Mrs.  Lilley's  literary  talent  in  her  younger  years  was  manifest  in  the  writing  of 
several  fine  poems,  but  her  extensive  business  affairs  at  present  leave  her  little  oppor- 
tunity for  activity  of  that  kind.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  she 
has  exercised  a  widely  felt  and  beneficial  influence  in  the  community  along  lines  of 
moral  and  cultural  development.  Her  efforts  during  her  labors  in  the  educational 
field,  were  not  limited  to  the  curriculum  of  the  school  room  but  were  broad  enough  to 
include  the  all  important  feature  of  character  building  and  moral  worth.  She  was 
largely  instrumental  in  securing  the  establishment  of  a  public  library  in  Littleton, 
having  been  one  of  the  original  committee  of  three,  chosen  for  that  purpose.  She  also 
sponsored,  and  brought  about,  the  organization  of  a  literary  society  among  the  pupils 
of  the  high  school,  and  was  president  of  the  Reading  Club,  an  organization  which  was 
the  nucleus  of  the  Woman's  Club  of  today.  In  looking  back  over  the  past,  with  due 
consideration,  and  giving  credit  for  the  part  she  has  had  in  community  building,  it  is 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  53 

difficult,  if  not  wholly  impossible,  to  accurately  gauge  the  exact  extent  ot  her  influence 
in  moulding  the  minds  and  shaping  the  characters  of  the  boys  and  girls  who  came 
under  her  influence  as  pupils,  and  who  have  become  the  active  men  and  women  of 
today,  many  of  whom,  freely  acknowledge  to  her  in  person,  their  gratitude  for  her 
interest  in  their  welfare.  A  lady  of  splendid  traits  of  heart  and  mind  as  well  as  of 
marked  business  ability,  she  commands  the  highest  respect  of  all  and  those  who  know 
her  are  proud  to  call  her  friend. 


RAA'MOND  REEVES. 


Raymond  Reeves,  vice  president  of  the  W.  E.  Moses  Land  Scrip  and  Realty  Com- 
pany of  Denver,  was  born  at  Brownwood,  Texas,  July  22,  1S85,  and  was  therefore  a 
young  man  of  twenty-four  years  when  in  1909  he  became  a  resident  of  Denver,  where 
he  has  now  made  his  home  for  a  decade.  His  parents,  William  Bush  and  Paulinei 
(Murray)  Reeves,  are  both  natives  of  Tennessee.  The  father  became  one  of  the  pio- 
neer settlers  of  Texas,  where  he  engaged  in  educational  work.  As  a  teacher  he  gained 
a  very  wide  reputation  and  became  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  prominent  repre- 
sentatives of  the  school  interests  of  the  Lone  Star  state,  being  now  retired.  He 
makes  his  home  at  Gorman,  Texas,  where  he  has  now  lived  for  many  years,  and  there 
he  and  his  wife  reared  their  family  of  three  children:  Charles  E.,  now  living  in  Des 
Moines,  Iowa;  Mrs.  J.  C.  McDearman,  of  Cookeville,  Tennessee;  and  Raymond,  of  this 
review. 

The  last  named,  after  attending  the  public  schools  of  Brownwood,  Texas,  entered 
the  Haskins  Normal  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  and  then  took  up  the 
profession  of  teaching,  which  he  followed  for  three  terms,  continuing  in  educational 
work  in  Eastland  county,  Texas.  Subsequently  he  entered  Cumberland  University 
at  Lebanon,  Tennessee,  for  the  study  of  law  and  won  his  LL.  B.  degree  as  a  graduate 
of  the  class  of  1907.  He  was  then  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Chattanooga,  Tennessee,; 
where  he  entered  upon  active  practice,  continuing  successfully  in  his  chosen  calling 
there  until  1909,  when  he  removed  to  Colorado,  establishing  his  home  in  Denver. 
Here  he  became  connected  with  The  W.  E.  Moses  Land  Scrip  and  Realty  Company  as 
field  attorney  and  gradually  advanced  through  various  departments  until  he  was 
elected  vice  president  of  the  company,  in  wliich  capacity  he  now  serves.  This  company 
is  conducting  an  extensive  real  estate  business,  tlieir  clientage  steadily  increasing  and 
their  profits  thereby  accruing. 

On  the  22d  of  July.  1909,  the  twenty-fourth  anniversary  of  his  birth,  Mr.  Reeves 
was  united  in  marriage  at  Cisco,  Texas,  to  Miss  Ina  Owen,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Almus  Owen,  the  former  a  very  prominent  member  of  the  medical  profession 
in  the  Lone  Star  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reeves  have  a  son,  Malcolm  Patterson,  who 
was  born   in  Denver,  April   24,   1910,  and  is  now  a  pupil  in  the  Park  Hill  school. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Reeves  is  a  democrat,  having  always  supported  the  party 
yet  never  seeking  or  desiring  office.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masons, 
being  a  Knight  Templar  and  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and  also  with  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  is  identified  with  the  Denver  Motor 
Club  and  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association,  while  his  religious  faith  is 
indicated  by  his  connection  with  the  Park  Hill  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


GEORGE  ELLIOTT  COAK. 


George  Elliott  Coak,  identified  with  general  farming  interests  in  Jefferson  county; 
•was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  February  20,  1855,  and  is  a  son  of  K.  Jones  and 
Jemima  (HoUenbeck)  Coak.  The  father  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  thus  pro- 
vided for  the  support  of  the  family.  The  mother  was  one  of  the  nearest  heirs  to  the 
old  Trinity  Church  estate  in  New  York.  The  ancestral  line  dates  back  to  pre-Revo- 
lutionary  days,  the  great-grandfather  serving  in  the  war  for  independence. 

George  E.  Coak  of  this  review  was  educated  in  the  district  school  of  Flint,  Michi- 
gan, and  in  a  business  college  at  Kalamazoo,  that  state.  He  then  entered  upon  a  mil- 
itary career  by  enlisting  in  Company  K  of  the  Fourth  United  States  Infantry  and  with 
his  regiment  went  to  Fort  Laramie,  Wyoming,  where  he  remained  on  active  duty  for 
five  years.  Following  his  discharge  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in 
Nebraska  from    1883   until   1889   and   also   in   the   operation   of  a   sawmill.     He   after- 


54  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

ward  came  to  Colorado,  settling  near  Broomfield,  and  is  now  the  owner  of  ten  acres  of 
land.  He  also  leases  and  farms  considerable  other  land  and  devotes  his  energies  and 
attention  to  the  production  of  general  crops.  He  is  an  active,  diligent  man  and  is 
meeting  with  well  merited  success  in  his  undertakings. 

At  Raw  Hide  Buttes,  Wyoming,  on  the  20th  of  January,  1S82,  Mr.  Coak  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  K.  Weber,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Weber.  Mrs.  Coak 
was  born  in  the  state  of  Washington,  which  was  then  a  territory,  her  birthplace  being 
near  the  mouth  of  the  Columbia  river.  She  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  north- 
west. By  her  marriage  she  has  become  the  mother  of  seven  children:  Amelia,  who 
is  now  the  wife  of  W.  D.  Bradley  and  has  two  children,  George  and  Herman;  Mary, 
the  wife  of  H.  A.  Bancroft  and  the  mother  of  one  child;  Sarah,  deceased;  George,  who 
married  Josephine  Bohm  and  has  a  daughter,  Georgia  B.;  Helen,  who  was  the  only 
woman  acting  as  billing  clerk  with  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company  until  the  busi- 
ness of  that  corporation  was  taken  over  by  the  government;  and  Albert  and  Thomas. 
The  son,  George,  is  now  a  construction  engineer  on  active  duty  in  France. 

Mr.  Coak  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  belong- 
ing to  United  Lodge.  No.  4,  of  Denver,  in  which  he  has  passed  through  all  the  chairs. 
His  wife  is  also  active  in  the  Rebekahs,  has  filled  all  of  the  offices  and  has  been  a  del- 
egate to  the  Grand  Lodge  and  also  district  president.  Mr.  Coak  gives  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  is  at  all  times  loyal  to  any  cause  which  he 
espouses.  His  genuine  worth  has  gained  him  high  regard  and  he  has  many  excellent 
traits  of  character  which  have  brought  to  him  the  friendship  and  goodwill  of  those 
with   whom  he   has   come  in   contact. 


WALTER  EVANS  WHITE. 


The  true  measure  of  success  is  determined  by  what  one  has  accomplished  and,  as 
taken  in  contradistinction  to  the  old  adage  that  a  prophet  is  not  without  honor  save  in 
his  own  country,  there  is  particular  interest  attaching  to  the  career  of  Walter  E.  White, 
since  he  is  a  native  son  of  the  city  where  he  has  passed  his  active  lite  and  so  directed 
his  ability  and  efforts  as  to  gain  recognition  as  one  of  its  representative  residents  and 
able  lawyers.  He  is  actively  connected  with  a  profession  which  has  important  bearing 
upon  the  progress  and  stable  prosperity  of  any  section  or  community  and  one  which 
has  long  been  considered  as  conserving  public  welfare  by  furthering  the  ends  of  justice 
and  maintaining  individual  rights.  Mr.  White  was  born  in  Denver,  November  21,  1872. 
His  father,  Jonathan  E.  White,  a  native  of  Huntingdon,  Pennsylvania,  was  born  on 
the  28th  ot  February.  1833,  and  was  a  little  lad  of  but  three  years  when  the  family 
removed  to  Ohio,  settling  near  Mansfield.  There  Jonathan  E.  White  was  reared  and 
educated  and  in  March.  1859,  he  removed  westward  to  Colorado,  taking  up  his  abode 
in  the  frontier  village  ot  Denver,  where  he  spent  his  remaining  days,  living  to  see  Denver 
develop  into  a  most  progressive  city  of  metropolitan  proportions  and  opportunities.  Here 
he  passed  away  December  17,  1904,  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years.  During  the  greater 
part  of  his  active  life  he  was  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  and  was  quite  successful. 
During  the  last  decade  of  his  earthly  existence  he  lived  retired,  enjoying  tlie  fruits  of 
his  former  toil.  He  belonged  to  one  of  the  old  families  of  Pennsylvania,  of  Dutch  descent. 
When  he  started  westward  it  was  with  the  intention  of  going  to  California,  but  he  arrived 
in  Denver  on  the  31st  of  March,  1859.  and  then  started  for  Pike's  Peak,  where  he  arrived 
in  May.  For  three  or  four  months  of  his  early  Aay  in  Colorado  he  was  at  South  Clear 
Creek,  where  he  worked  a  claim  and  then  returned  to  Denver,  settling  on  a  ranch  a 
mile  south  of  the  city.  He  afterward  purchased  the  land,  upon  which  he  lived  from 
1865  until  1889  and  concentrated  his  entire  time  and  energies  upon  the  development, 
cultivation  and  improvement  of  this  place,  which  has  since  been  divided  into  town  lots 
and  is  now  the  site  of  many  attractive  residences.  In  1890  he  took  up  his  abode  in  the 
city,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  The  Pioneers'  Society,  of  which  he  was  the  fourth 
member  to  pass  away,  drew  up  resolutions  expressing  their  grief  over  his  demise  and 
bearing  evidence  of  his  honorable  and  upright  life.  He  was  familiar  with  all  phases 
of  frontier  life.  On  leaving  Ohio,  on  his  western  trip,  he  stopped  first  in  Cedar  county, 
Iowa,  and  in  the  tall  went  to  Mills  county,  intending  to  start  on  his  western  trip  from 
that  point.  But  just  as  he  was  ready  to  start  with  a  party  of  friends,  the  governor  of 
Iowa  issued  a  proclamation  to  the  effect  that  unless  the  party  numbered  one  hundred, 
well  armed  and  equipped,  they  could  not  cross  the  plains  because  the  Sioux  Indians  were 
on  the  warpath  at  that  time.  Accordingly  Mr.  White,  not  being  able  to  carry  out  his 
plan  of  reaching  the  Pacific  coast,  went  to  Calhoun,  Nebraska,  and  from  that  place  to 


"WALTER  E.  WHITE 


56  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Desoto,  in  the  same  state,  where  he  remained  for  four  years.  In  1856  he  took  a  con- 
tract to  build  some  farm  houses  and  a  blacksmith  shop  and  to  break  two  hundred  acres 
of  land  on  the  Omaha  Indian  reservation.  Before  the  contract  could  be  completed  he 
and  the  men  were  ordered  into  the  service  of  the  state  by  Governor  Cummings  on  ac> 
count  of  trouble  with  the  Indians.  He  returned  to  Desoto  in  1857  and  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business,  there  residing  until  1859.  In  the  meantime  he  was  appointed  a 
deputy  city  marshal.  He  was  afterward  elected  to  the  same  oflice  and  after  retiring  from 
that  position  he  removed  to  Denver.  Here  again  he  became  identified  with  pioneer  life 
and  development  and  was  among  the  early  agriculturists  of  his  section  of  the  state. 
His  business  affairs  were  always  wisely  and  carefully  conducted  and  by  reason  of  his 
close  application  and  unfaltering  energy  he  won  a  most  gratifying  measure  of  success. 
His  remains  are  interred  in  Fairmount  cemetery  of  Denver.  He  married  Alice  Lutz, 
who  came  to  Colorado  in  1870  and  in  the  early  days  taught  school.  Here  she  met  and 
married  Mr.  White,  whom  she  survives,  still  making  her  home  in  Denver.  They  became 
the  parents  of  two  children,  the  daughter  being  Laura,  now  the  widow  of  Charles 
H.  Green. 

Walter  E.  White,  the  only  son  and  the  younger  of  the  two  children,  was  educated 
In  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Denver  and  also  attended  the  University  of  Colorado, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1897  with  the  LL.  B.  degree.  His  early  life  was  spent 
upon  the  home  farm  and  he  became  familiar  with  the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil 
and  caring  for  the  crops  but  determined  to  enter  upon  a  professional  career  and  after 
his  graduation  took  up  the  practice  of  law.  becoming  associated  with  the  firm  of  Benedict 
&  Phelps.  He  continued  in  various  law  offices  until  1905,  when  he  entered  upon  active 
practice  independently  and  has  since  given  his  attention  to  general  law  work.  He  is 
now  accorded  a  liberal  clientage  and  his  ability  has  enabled. him  to  successfully  solve 
many  involved  and  intricate  legal  problems. 

On  the  24th  of  October,  1900,  in  Denver,  Mr.  White  was  married  to  Miss  Edna  C. 
Curtis,  a  native  of  this  city  and  a  daughter  of  Nathan  S.  and  Anna  J.  Curtis,  the  former 
now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White  have  become  the  parents  of  a  son,  Curtis,  who  was 
born  in  Denver,  September  7,  1904. 

In  politics  Mr.  White  maintains  an  independent  course.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver 
Bar  Association  but  has  never  been  active  in  fraternal  or  club  circles.  He  was  captain 
of  the  East  Denver  high  school  cadets  during  his  school  days  and  as  a  representative 
of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  the  city  he  has  witnessed  much  of  the  growth  and 
development  of  Denver,  having  spent  his  entire  life  here,  covering  a  period  of  forty- 
six  years.  His  youthful  days  were  passed  in  the  old  home  which  his  father  built  in 
1859  at  the  corner  of  West  Twelfth  and  Bryant  streets,  in  the  South  Fairview  addition. 
Great  have  been  the  changes  which  have  occurred  since  that  time  and  the  transforma- 
tion that  has  been  wrought  as  the  work  of  progress  and  improvement  has  been  carried 
steadily  forward.  Energy  and  enterprise  have  produced  notable  results  and  at  all  times 
Mr.  White  has  lent  his  aid  and  cooperation  to  plans  and  movements  for  the  general 
good.  In  addition  to  his  law  practice  he  is  now  serving  as  president  of  the  Platte  Valley 
Canning  Company,  one  of  the  successful  industrial  enterprises  of  Colorado.  He  is  a  pop- 
ular member  of  the  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  fraternity. 


DUNCAN    MATHESON. 


Duncan  Matheson  was  not  alone  the  founder  of  the  thriving  town  of  Matheson, 
Colorado,  but  ranked  for  over  forty  years  as  one  of  the  leading  sheep  men  of  the 
state.  It  was  due  largely  to  his  initiative  that  Elbert  county  became  one  of  the  most 
prominent  sheep  feeding  sections  of  the  west.  He  saw  and  utilized  possibilities  in  this 
direction  and  the  results  achieved  were  most  gratifying. 

Duncan  Matheson  was  born  in  Gairloch,  Ross-shire,  Scotland,  in  November,  1849, 
and  came  to  America  in  1871,  settling  first  in  Chicago,  where  he  remained  for  three 
years.  When  he  left  that  city  he  made  his  way  direct  to  Colorado,  where  he  arrived 
in  May,  1874,  and  his  experience  in  sheep  raising  was  at  once  put  to  practical  use  on 
the  bottom  lands  of  Elbert  county.  He  entered  the  employ  of  Colonel  Holt,  of  the 
Holt  Live  Stock  Company,  and  later  he  formed  a  partnership  with  John  Cameron,  an 
association  that  was  maintained  for  a  few  years.  Seven  years  after  Mr.  Matheson 
arrived  in  America,  his  brother  Hector,  now  located  at  Hugo.  Colorado,  joined  him  and 
they  formed  a  partnership  in  the  sheep  industry.  In  1876  Duncan  Matheson  located  a 
homestead  that  included  the  site  of  the  present  town  of  Matheson  in  the  southern  part 
of  Elbert  county.     With  hard  work  and  knowledge  of  the  business  he  developed   his 


DUNCAN  MATHESON 


58  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

flocks,  which  grew  in  number,  and  added  to  his  land  until  the  Matheson  sheep  range 
was  one  of  the  largest  In  the  county.  After  being  joined  by  his  brother.  Hector 
Matheson,  they  operated  their  joint  holdings  together  until  1886.  ■  Duncan  Matheson 
then  became  sole  owner  of  what  had  been  their  united  interests,  while  Hector  Mathe- 
son purchased  a  large  ranch  in  Lincoln  county  in  1896,  which  he  is  still  operating. 

Duncan  Matheson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jessie  Morgan,  a  Scotch  lassie 
who  had  removed  to  Kansas  with  her  parents  in  1881.  Six  children  were  born  of 
this  marriage,  of  whom  Donald  and  Robert  were  drowned  in  the  Big  Sandy  in  1899. 
The  others  are:  John;  William;  Norman,  who  is  now  in  France,  with  the  Ameri- 
can troops;  and  Mrs.  Henry  Beuck,  the  young  wife  of  one  of  the  largest  ranch  owners 
of  Elbert  county. 

Duncan  Matheson  passed  away,  May  20,  1915,  at  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Colorado 
Springs.  He  was  laid  to  rest  by  his  fellow  members  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks  in  the  cemetery  at  Colorado  Springs.  His  worth  was  indeed  widely  acknow- 
ledged. He  possessed  the  sterling  traits  which  have  ever  characterized  the  Scotch 
people — industry,  integrity  and  perseverance^and  he  left  the  impress  of  his  individ- 
uality and  ability  for  good  upon  the  history  of  the  section  in  which  he  lived  and 
labored. 


JOHN   McEWEN   FOSTER,   M.   D. 

Dr.  John  McEwen  Foster,  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Denver,  was  born 
in  Nashville.  Tennessee,  January  11,  1861,  a  son  of  Turner  Saunders  and  Harriet 
(Erwin)  Foster,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  (Caldwell)  Erwin.  The 
father.  Turner  S.  Foster,  was  bom  in  the  year  1820,  devoted  his  life  to  the  practice 
of  law  and  passed  away  in  the  year  1898. 

Dr.  Foster,  who  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth  in  his  father's  family  of  five  chil- 
dren, pursued  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and 
afterwards  became  a  student  in  the  Montgomery  Bell  Academy  of  Nashville.  He  next 
entered  the  University  of  the  South  at  Sewanee.  Tennessee,  and  having  determined 
upon  the  practice  of  medicine  as  a  life  work,  he  matriculated  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Tennessee,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1891.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1889,  he  first  visited  Colorado,  and  after  completing  his  medical  course  in 
1891  took  up  his  abode  in  Denver,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home,  devoting  his 
attention  to  the  active  practice  of  his  profession,  in  which  he  has  won  substantial 
success.  After  completing  his  course  in  the  University  of  Tennessee  he  had  gone  to 
New  York,  where  for  a  time  he  was  house  physician  in  the  City  Hospital  on  Ward's 
island,  retaining  that  position  for  a  year  and  a  half,  during  which  he  gained  the 
broad  and  valuable  training  and  knowledge  that  only  hospital  experience  brings. 
He  afterward  traveled  throughout  Europe,  visiting  the  various  medical  centers  of 
learning  of  the  old  world  and  the  noted  hospitals  on  that  side  the  Atlantic,  particu- 
larly in  Berlin,  Vienna,  Paris  and  London.  He  pursued  special  courses  on  diseases  of 
the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat  and  remained  abroad  for  several  years.  He  is  today 
regarded  as  an  eminent  authority  upon  ophthalmology,  otology,  rhinology  and  laryngol- 
ogy in  this  section  of  the  west.  He  is  continually  carrying  his  studies  forward,  thus 
promoting  his  efficiency,  and  he  has  won  more  than  local  renown  as  professor  and 
lecturer  at  the  University  of  Colorado  and  at  the  University  of  Denver,  where  he  has 
given  special  courses  on  diseases  of  the  ear,  nose  and  throat.  He  is  now  serving  on 
the  staffs  of  St.  Joseph's  Hospital,  St.  Luke's  Hospital  and  the  Children's  Hospital  of 
Denver  and  is  likewise  connected  in  a  professional  capacity  with  the  Denver  City 
&  County  Hospital.  He  holds  membership  in  the  Denver  City  and  County  Medical 
Society,  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association. 
He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Ophthalmology,  Otology  and 
Rhinology  and  the  American  College  of  Surgeons.  He  is  ex-eye  and  ear  surgeon  for 
the  Colorado  Midland  and  the  Colorado  Southern  Railways,  and  is  examiner  for  the 
eye  and  ear  on  the  board  of  examining  surgeons  for  United  States  pensions  in  Denver. 

On  the  29th  of  December,  1885,  at  Memphis,  Tennessee,  Dr.  Foster  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Bessie  Bethel,  a  daughter  of  Captain  and  Mrs.  W.  D.  Bethel. 
They  have  become  the  parents  of  three  children.  William  B.,  born  in  Denver  in  1890, 
is  now  engaged  in  ranching  in  Weld  county.  Colorado.  Pinckney  Bethel,  born  in  Den- 
ver in  1894,  is  married  and  makes  his  home  in  Denver  but  is  now  connected  with  the 


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quartermaster's  department  of  the  regular  army.     John  McEwen,  Jr.,  born   in  1899,   is 
attending  school   at   Salisbury,  Connecticut. 

Dr.  Foster  belongs  to  the  Denver  Club  and  to  the  Denver  Country  Club  and  is 
appreciative  of  the  social  amenities  of  life  although  his  profession  makes  heavy  de- 
mands upon  his  time  and  energies.  He  has  won  for  himself  most  favorable  crit- 
icism as  a  lecturer  and  educator  as  well  as  a  medical  practitioner  in  the  field  in 
which  he  specializes  and  his  pronounced  ability  is  attested  by  colleagues  and  contem- 
poraries. 


HARVEY   S.   HAMILTON. 


Cheyenne  Wells  perhaps  never  lost  a  more  valuable  and  more  valued  citizen 
than  Harvey  S.  Hamilton,  who  was  long  identified  with  its  banking  and  other  busi- 
ness interests  and  contributed  in  most  substantial  measure  to  the  development  and 
upbuilding  of  his  section  of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Indiana,  March  5, 
1841.  a  son  of  Henry  and  Polly  (Parks)  Hamilton,  who  were  southern  people  and 
in  1S48  removed  from  Indiana  to  Iowa. 

Harvey  S.  Hamilton  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching  when  a  young  man  but 
afterward  turned  his  attention  to  carpentering,  which  he  followed  for  three  years. 
At  a  subsequent  period  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  California,  rafting  lum- 
ber on  the  bay.  He  remained  in  the  Golden  state  for  three  years,  after  which  he 
returned  to  Iowa,  where  he  again  spent  a  few  months.  He  then  came  to  Colorado, 
settling  at  Cheyenne  Wells  in  18S7.  Here  he  purchased  an  interest  in  a  mercantile 
store  in  connection  with  Mr.  Hickman.  Cheyenne  county  was  organized  in  January, 
1889,  and  with  its  development  and  progress  Mr.  Hamilton  was  associated  to  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  continued  to  engage  in  merchandising  with  fair  success  until  1893. 
In  1896  he  entered  the  field  of  banking,  being  instrumental  in  organizing  the  Cheyenne 
County  State  Bank,  of  which  he  was  a  half  owner.  He  remained  president  of  the 
bank  from  the  beginning  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  1st  of  January,  1912. 
He  proved  a  friend  in  need  to  many.  On  many  occasions  people  who  could  not  get 
anyone  to  endorse  their  personal  notes,  when  hard  pushed  for  money,  would  take  their 
case  to  Mr.  Hamilton,  who  after  carefully  considering  the  question  would  endorse  the 
notes,  so  the  cashier  of  the  bank  would  then  loan  them  money.  He  was  very  liberal  and 
just  in  everything,  had  confidence  in  the  integrity  of  his  fellowmen  and  rarely  was  this 
confidence  betrayed.  He  indeed  proved  a  friend  in  need  and  a  friend  indeed  and  there 
are  many  who  have  reason  to  revere  his  memory  for  his  timely  assistance  to  them.  In 
1908  he,  with  the  Hickman  brothers,  purchased  the  controlling  interest  in  the  bank  of 
Windsor,  Colorado,  while  in  1906  he  had  become  identified  with  the  sheep  industry. 
During  the  last  six  years  of  his  life  he  was  in  ill  health  but  he  remained  active  in 
business  to  the  last  and  successfully  and  wisely  controlled  his  interests.  The  capital 
of  the  Cheyenne  County  State  Bank  of  Cheyenne  Wells  was  increased  from  fifteen 
thousand  to  forty  thousand  dollars,  showing  the  success  of  the  institution.  Mrs. 
Hamilton  still  remains  a  member  of  its  board  of  directors.  As  the  years  passed  Mr. 
Hamilton  prospered,  winning  a  substantial  measure  of  success  which  the  most  envious 
could  not  grudge  him,  so  worthily  was  it  gained  and  so  honorably  used.  He  was 
also  interested  in  the  Keyless  Lock  Company,  now  the  American  Keyless  Lock  Com- 
pany, and  he  owned  land  in  Florida  and  had  large  real  estate  holdings  in  Colorado, 
making  judicious  investment  of  his  money  in  farm  property   in   the  state. 

On  the  30th  of  May,  1889.  Mr.  Hamilton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret 
Woodrow,  a  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Parmelia  (Byers)  Woodrow,  both  of  whom  n-ere 
natives  of  Ohio  and  were  among  the  pioneers  there,  Mr.  Woodrow  following  farming 
and  prospering  in  his  undertakings.  He  passed  away  October  2,  1918.  The  maternal 
grandfather,  Ed  Byers,  was  born  in  Kentucky  and  was  a  great  hunter  and  trapper 
of  southern  Ohio.  His  wife  lived  to  be  one  hundred  and  five  years  of  age,  passing 
away  in  the  year  1884.  She  lived  through  the  period  when  all  manner  of  work  was 
done  by  the  women  of  the  household  and  she  spun  many  a  hank  of  flax  thread.  The 
father  of  Mrs.  Hamilton  was  a  cousin  of  President  Wilson.  Mrs.  Hamilton  was  the 
second  child  in  her  father's  family.  She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
later  took  up  dressmaking.  She  came  to  Cheyenne  county,  Colorado,  in  1888  and 
here  met  Mr.  Hamilton.  They  were  married  in  1889,  their  marriage  being  the  first 
on  the  records  of  Cheyenne  county.  For  thirty  years  she  has  lived  in  her  present 
home.  At  the  time  of  her  arrival  there  were  in  Cheyenne  Wells  but  two  stores,  a 
depot,  a  land  office  and  a  schoolhouse.     Her  garden  produced  the  first  rose  that  ever 


60  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

bloomed  in  Cheyenne  county.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hamilton  was  born  a  son,  Harry 
Woodrow  Hamilton,  whose  birth  occurred  January  19,  1899".  He  acquired  a  public 
school  education  and  after  his  father's  death  he  and  his  mother  went  to  Ohio  in  order 
to  forget  their  deep  sorrow.  They  lived  in  that  state  for  three  years  and  then  re- 
turned to  Cheyenne  Wells,  where  the  son  completed  his  education  in  the  high  school. 
He  did  some  splendid  work  in  manual  training,  especially- along  the  line  of  cabinet 
work,  evidence  of  which  is  seen  in  his  home.  On  the  11th  of  December,  1917.  he 
went  to  Denver  to  enlist  in  the  first  division  of  Company  B  of  the  Marine  Corps  and 
was  sent  to  Mare  Island.  After  a  few  months  he  was  promoted  to  first  private  and 
several  responsible  duties  were  assigned  him,  including  guard  duty  at  the  navy  yard. 
He  was  afterward  one  of  seven  selected  to  go  to  Virginia  to  prepare  for  overseas 
service  and  left  for  France  in  October,  1918. 

Mrs.  Hamilton  is  very  prominent  in  Red  Cross  work  and  is  chairman  of  the 
chapter  of  Cheyenne  county.  Since  her  husband's  death  she  has  purchased  the  ele- 
vator at  Cheyenne  Wells  and  she  is  also  interested  in  the  cheese  factory,  which  is  a 
profitable  concern.  It  was  her  son  who  conceived  the  idea  of  investing  therein  about 
two  years  ago  and  the  mother  carried  out  the  plan.  No  woman  has  for  a  longer  period 
been  a  resident  of  Cheyenne  Wells  than  Mrs.  Hamilton,  who  is  thoroughly  familiar 
with  every  phase  of  its  history  and  development.  She  is  most  highly  esteemed  by  rea- 
son of  her  personal  worth  and  the  memory  of  her  husband  is  enshrined  in  the  hearts 
of  all  who  knew  him  because  of  his  sterling  traits  of  character,  his  business  ability, 
his  spirit  of  accommodation  and  friendliness.  His  record  is  indeed  one  well  worthy 
of  emulation   and   there  are  many  who  might  profitably   follow   his  example. 


MRS.  IDA  L.  GREGORY. 


Strong  in  its  purpose,  beautiful  in  its  simplicity  and  most  fruitful  in  its  results,  the 
life  of  Ida  L.  Gregory  has  added  new  luster  to  the  record  of  womanhood  in  Colorado.  Im- 
bued in  early  life  with  the  noble  purpose  of  assisting  the  young,  she  has  devoted  many 
years  to  educating  those  who  by  an  untoward  fate  have  been  surrounded  by  hardships, 
temptations  or  uninviting  environment,  and  to  the  work  of  the  juvenile  court  she  has  also 
given  her  thought,  time  and  energy,  being  for  many  years  the  active  associate  of  Judge 
Ben  B.  Lindsey.  Hundreds  of  boys  and  girls  have  been  befriended  by  her  and  the  influence 
of  her  life  work  extends  to  thousands  of  homes. 

Mrs.  Gregory  was  born  in  Bolivar,  Missouri,  April  18,  1860,  a  daughter  of  Silas  and 
Laurinda  (Cleveland)  Sturdavent.  The  former  was  a  son  of  Abel  Sturdavent,  of  Holland 
Dutch  descent,  who  was  born  in  the  land  of  the  dikes  and  on  coming  to  the  new  world 
settled  in  Lawrenceburg.  Kentucky.  The  maternal  grandfather.  James  H.  Cleveland,  was 
born  in  Lawrenceburg,  Kentucky,  and  was  a  cousin  of  Grover  Cleveland.  He  became  one 
of  the  first  followers  of  Alexander  Campbell,  founder  of  the  Campbellite  or  Christian 
church,  and  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel  until  his  death  in  1869. 

Mrs.  Gregory  pursued  her  early  education  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Brooklyn,  Indiana,  being  there  graduated  with  the  class  of  1877.  She  afterward  spent 
four  years  as  a  student  in  St.  John's  Academy  and  won  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree  upon 
graduation  with  the  class  of  1881.  Later  she  taught  five  years  in  the  Gregory  free  night 
school  at  Denver,  continuing  the  work  from  1898  until  1903.  She  became  president  of  the 
Colorado  Art  Club  and  one  day  while  the  art  students  were  giving  an  exhibit  a  poor  boy 
gazed  longingly  in  at  the  window  and  then  started  down  the  street.  Mrs.  Gregory  watched 
him  from  the  inside,  and  seeing  him  hasten  on,  she  called  after  him.  inviting  him  to 
enter.  "I  ain't  got  the  price,"  he  said  and  again  turned  away.  But  Mrs.  Gregory  assured 
him  that  she  had  and  while  conducting  him  through  the  art  exhibit  they  talked  to  each 
other  of  their  plans.  It  seems  that  the  boy  had  desired  an  education  but  had  had  no  op- 
portunity to  meet  his  desire.  Mrs.  Gregory  had  dreamed  of  founding  a  night  school  and 
hoped  that  money  and  opportunity  might  be  forthcoming  toward  that  end,  but  after  her 
conversation  with  the  boy  she  decided  that  now  was  the  opportune  moment  for  opening  the 
school  and  asked  the  lad  to  bring  his  brother  and  any  other  boys  of  the  neighborhood  who 
desired  education.  That  night  the  school  was  opened  with  an  attendance  of  five,  with 
Mrs.  Gregory  as  the  sole  instructor.  The  school  was  maintained  for  about  five  years, 
during  which  time  the  attendance  steadily  grew  and  Mrs.  Gregory  gathered  about  her,  as 
the  occasion  demanded,  other  teachers,  some  of  whom  gave  their  services  gratuitously 
until  the  school  numbered  about  four  hundred  and  fifty  pupils  under  the  charge  of  ten 
teachers.     Its  worth  has  long  since  become  recognized  by  city  authorities,  by  philanthro- 


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62  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

pists  and  others  and  In  the  end  it  was  taken  over  by  the  board  of  education  of  Denver. 
This  constituted,  however,  the  initial  step  in  night  schools  in  Denver. 

Mrs.  Gregory  had  charge  of  the  University  School  of  Music  from  1900  to  1910  and  dur- 
ing this  period  became  the  active  assistant  of  Judge  Lindsey.  She  had  been  appointed 
probation  officer  in  1903  and  this  gave  her  excellent  opportunity  to  study  the  youth  of  the 
city,  to  learn  of  his  environment,  his  temptations  and  his  needs.  In  1906  she  was  ap- 
pointed chief  probation  officer  and  assistant  judge  and  in  1907  she  was  appointed  clerk  of 
the  Denver  Juvenile  court,  in  which  capacity  she  is  still  serving.  In  this  connection  she 
became  the  active  assistant  of  Judge  Lindsey,  sitting  with  him  upon  the  bench  in  all 
cases  relative  to  delinquent  boys,  girls  and  women.  These  cases  are  tried  in  the  utmost 
privacy  with  only  the  parents  present.  Mrs.  Gregory  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  first 
woman  in  the  United  States  to  receive  an  appointment  of  associate  judgeship  and  often  in 
the  absence  of  Judge  Lindsey  she  presides  over  such  cases,  taking  full  charge  of  the  court 
and  carrying  on  the  work  fully  as  well  as  the  judge.  Her  keen  insight  into  child  nature 
has  made  her  invaluable  and  Judge  Lindsey  accepts  with  implicit  confidence  her  decisions 
in  the  cases  she  handles.  She  has  sat  with  him  in  thousands  of  cases  relating  to  chil- 
dren and  has  acquired  a  fund  of  information  in  regard  to  juvenile  court  work  in  all  of 
its  ramifications  which  makes  her  one  of  the  authorities  in  this  much  studied  field. 

It  was  on  the  26th  of  October,  1881,  in  Indianapolis,  that  Ida  L.  Sturdavent  was  mar- 
ried to  Thomas  Gregory  and  she  has  a  daughter,  Maud  Sturdavent  Gregory,  who  is  now 
in  the  employ  of  the  government  in  Washington.  D.  C.  Mrs.  Gregory  was  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Colorado  Arts  Club,  belongs  also  to  the  Wednesday  Current  Events  Club  and 
to  the  Poets  &  Artists  Club  of  Colorado.  Her  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Divine  Science 
church.  Her  religious  belief  actuates  her  at  every  point  in  all  of  her  busy  life.  Mrs. , 
Gregory  conceived  the  idea  and  was  the  main  factor  in  organizing  the  Colorado  Junior 
Reserves,  the  pioneer  organization  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States.  The  Denver  Times, 
on  May  17,  1918,  editorially  said  in  part:  "The  proposed  organization  will  be  known  as 
the  Colorado  Junior  Reserves.  Plans  to  give  every  boy  between  the  ages  of  sixteen  and 
eighteen  a  course  of  training  under  efficient  drill-masters  to  be  appointed  by  Adjutant- 
General  Baldwin,  that  cannot  fail  to  be  healthful  for  them.  And  to  build  their  character, 
to  give  them  initiative  and  self-confidence,  to  inspire  them  with  patriotism,  to  mold  them 
at  the  formative  stage  of  life  into  strong  virile  men.  assets  to  their  community.  These 
things  they  will  be  blessed  with  even  though  the  call  of  war  never  comes  to  them.  *  *  *  * 
Credit  for  the  idea  should  go  to  Mrs.  Gregory,  a  pioneer  in  work  among  Denver  boys.  It 
is  constructive  effort  of  the  kind  that  Colorado's  sister  states  will  watch  and  emulate. 
And  it  is  one  more  step  the  state  will  have  taken  toward  bringing  this  war  to  the  quickest 
possible  conclusion." 

Who  can  measure  her  usefulness  or  indicate  the  true  force  of  her  example?  Sympa- 
thetic, kindly,  gentle  and  yet  firm  when  occasion  requires,  she  has  dealt  with  thousands 
of  children,  winning  their  confidence  and  starting  many  a  one  on  the  road  to  higher  and 
better  things.  She  is  a  believer  in  the  goodness  of  every  individual  and  has  closely  fol- 
lowed the  admonition  of  Browning:  "Awake  the  little  seeds  of  good  asleep  throughout 
the  world." 


MARTIN  HER  STROM. 


The  record  of  Martin  Herstrom  is  the  history  of  one  who  through  successive  steps 
has  advanced  from  newsboy  to  the  ownership  of  one  of  the  largest  forge  plants  west 
of  the  Mississippi.  He  is  entitled  to  considerable  credit  and  distinction  for  what  he 
has  accomplished.  With  borrowed  capital  he  has  more  than  made  good  and  is  one  of 
the  best  known  foundrymen  and  forge  owners  in  the  west.  He  was  born  in  Chicago, 
January  10,  1870,  a  son  of  Martin  and  Anna  ( (Kopen)  Herstrom,  who  were  natives  of 
Herstrom  Hall,  Norway.  They  came  to  America  in  early  life,  settling  in  Chicago,  and 
in  1880  removed  to  Denver,  where  the  death  of  the  father  occurred  in  1885,  while  the 
mother  survived  until  1913.  They  had  a  family  of  six  children:  Martin,  of  this  review; 
Mrs.  C.  T.  Wright,  of  Huntington,  Indiana;  Haakon,  of  Denver;  Mrs.  Harry  Dickson,  of 
Fort  Scott.  Kansas;  Thomas,  who  was  killed  in  a  wreck  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  in 
1906,  being  a  fireman  on  that  road;  and  Louis,  of  Seattle,  Washington,  who  is  connected 
with  the  Seattle  Union  Record. 

Brought  to  Denver  when  a  lad  of  ten  years,  Martin  Herstrom  pursued  his  early 
education  in  the  Broadway  school  and  subsequently  attended  college.  He  later  worked 
on  the  Republican  and  the  Tribune  and  then  began  learning  the  blacksmith's  trade.  Ad- 
vancing in  that  connection,  he  became  foreman  in  the  shops  of  the  Burlington  Railroad 


MARTIN  HERSTROM 


64  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Company  and  occupied  that  responsible  position  for  a  number  of  years,  it  bringing  to  him 
broad  and  valuable  experience.  Anxious  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account,  he 
organized  the  American  Forge  Works.  By  1904  he  had  progressed  as  far  as  it  was 
possible  on  a  salary  basis  and  he  therefore  decided  to  begin  business  on  his  own  account, 
so  with  a  borrowed  capital  of  seventy-flve  dollars  he  made  the  initial  step  in  the  establish- 
ment of  what  has  since  developed  into  one  of  the  largest  forge  plants  in  the  west  and  one 
of  the  best  equipped  in  the  country.  He  employs  a  force  of  thirty-five  men,  working 
night  and  day  on  government  work  at  the  present  time.  He  has  always  been  accorded 
a  liberal  patronage  and  his  business  has  long  since  reached  profitable  proportions.  He 
has  one  of  the  most  modern  forge  plants  west  of  New  York.  The  output  is  in  demand  in 
all  parts  of  the  world,  particularly  in  connection  with  heavy  mining  machinery,  manu- 
facturing forged  steel  shoes,  dies  and  balls  for  ball  mills.  His  work  has  ever  been 
characterized  by  the  utmost  thoroughness  and  his  energy  and  determination  have 
enabled  him  to  overcome  all  obstacles  and  difficulties  in  his  path  and  make  his  way 
steadily  upward  to  success,  his  patronage  growing  year  by  year. 

On  the  28th  of  December,  1892,  in  Denver,  Mr.  Herstrom  was  married  to  Miss  Metta 
Rose,  of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Monteville  Rose,  representing  a  well  known 
family  of  Denver  and  Missouri  in  which  state  Mrs.  Herstrom  was  born  at  Sturgeon.  They 
have  become  parents  of  four  children.  Merle  Rose,  born  in  Denver,  is  a  high  school 
graduate.  Martin,  Jr.,  born  in  Denver,  May  13,  1900,  was  also  graduated  from  the  high 
school  and  is  chief  bugler  on  the  United  States  Battleship  Delaware  and  was  on  active 
duty  in  France  with  the  marines  and  on  the  North  sea.  He  sounded  the  bugle  at  the 
visit  of  King  George  and  Queen  Mary  to  the  Grand  Fleet,  assembled  for  the  auspicious 
occasion  in  the  North  sea.  Emily  Phyllis,  born  in  Denver,  is  a  noted  toe  dancer  and 
as  representative  of  her  art  has  traveled  throughout  the  country.  She  is  now  attending 
Mrs.  Speer's  exclusive  school  for  girls,  learning  French  and  Spanish.  Dorothy  Fain, 
born  in  Denver  is  still  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools. 

In  politics  Mr.  Herstrom  maintains  an  independent  course.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Mason  of  high  rank  and  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  he  also  beloogs  to  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  At  the  early  age  of  fourteen  he  was  the  champion 
roller  skater  at  Belmont  and  Hanson's  rink  at  Denver,  and  won  the  seventy-five  mile 
race  open  to  all,  covering  over  seventy-five  miles  in  six  hours  which  at  that  time  was  a 
world's  record.  Mr.  Herstrom  is  also  prominent  socially,  having  organized  the  Silver 
Leaf  Social  Club  and  the  Shakespeare  Literary  and  Debating  Society.  His  religious 
faith  is  that  of  the  Christian  Science  church.  Guided  by  a  sane  philosophy  of  life,  actuated' 
by  a  laudable  ambition  and  characterized  by  a  determined  purpose,  Martin  Herstrom, 
who  begaft  earning  his  living  by  selling  papers,  is  today  a  prominent  representative  of 
industrial  activity  in  Colorado's  capital. 


ADAM  -WOEBER. 


Adam  Woeber,  builder  of  wagons,  carriages,  street  cars  and  automobiles,  in  which 
connection  he  has  developed  a  business  of  extensive  proportions,  is  still  active  along 
this  line  although  he  has  now  passed  the  eighty-first  milestone  on  life's  journey.  He  was 
born  in  Bavaria,  Germany,  in  April,  1S37,  a  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alois  Woeber,  who 
were  likewise  natives  of  Bavaria,  whence  they  came  to  America  in  1840,  when  their 
son  Adam  was  but  three  years  of  age.  They  settled  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  the 
father  took  up  work  at  the  blacksmith's  trade,  which  he  had  previously  learned  and 
followed  in  his  native  land.  He  remained  in  Cincinnati  until  1853,  when  he  removed 
to  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  he  resided  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  the 
early  '60s.  His  wife  passed  away  in  Davenport  in  1872.  In  their  family  were  five 
children. 

Adam  Woeber,  the  youngest  of  the  household,  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  after  which  he  learned  the  moulder's  trade  and  in  1853  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  on  their  removal  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  he  learned  the  trade 
of  wagon  and  carriage  making.  This  he  followed  from  1853  until  1867  in  Iowa,  when 
he  left  the  Mississippi  valley  and  made  his  way  across  the  plains  to  Denver,  Colorado. 
When  he  had  found  a  suitable  location  he  established  a  wagon  and  carriage  making 
plant,  having  brought  his  stock  and  men  with  him  from  Iowa.  He  succeeded  so  well 
in  the  new  undertaking  that  he  has  remained  in  the  business  to  this  day.  In  1882  he 
built  all  of  the  street  cars  for  Denver,  Salt  Lake  City,  Grand  Junction,  Pueblo,  Colo- 
rado Springs  and  Fort  Collins,  Colorado.  The  Woeber  Company  has  built  practically 
all  of  the  cars  since  that  time  for  the  Denver  Traction  Company  and  of  recent  years 


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Mr.  Woeber  has  devoted  much  attention  to  automobile  manufacturing.  Himself  an 
expert  workman,  he  has  been  enabled  to  wisely  direct  the  labors  of  those  in  his  em- 
ploy and  has  developed  his  plant  along  the  most  progressive  lines,  equipping  it  with 
the  latest  improved  machinery. 

In  1854,  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  Mr.  Woeber  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  Hommes, 
who  passed  away  in  Denver  in  1900.  In  the  family  were  four  children  of  whom  three 
are  living,  Rudolph  L.,  Josephine  and  Clara. 

Mr.  Woeber  remains  still  a  very  active  and  well  balanced  business  man,  retaining 
the  vigor  of  one  of  middle  age.  In  politics  he  is  independent  and  from  1870  until 
1872  was  an  alderman  of  Denver.  He  has  ever  been  keenly  Interested  in  the  welfare 
and  upbuilding  of  the  city  in  which  he  has  so  long  made  his  home,  having  removed 
to  Denver  during  the  pioneer  epoch  in  its  development,  and  through  all  of  the  inter- 
vening years  he  has  cooperated  heartily  in  every  project  for  the  general  good.  He  is 
a  devout  communicant  of  St.   Elizabeth's  Catholic   church. 


CONVERSE    C.    BARNET. 


Converse  C.  Barnet  is  today  district  manager  of  the  Toledo  Scale  Company, 
manufacturers  of  counter  and  heavy  capacity  scales.  Ohio  numbers  Mr.  Barnet 
among  her  native  sons,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Camden,  that  state,  on  the  26th 
of  November,  1867.  His  father,  William  Barnet,  also  born  in  Ohio,  belonged  to  one 
of  the  old  families  of  that  state  and  of  Pennsylvania  that  came  of  French  ancestry. 
The  founder  of  the  American  branch  of  the  family  settled  in  the  new  world  prior 
to  the  Revolutionary  war  and  the  family  was  represented  in  the  colonial  army  in 
the  struggle  for  independence.  William  Barnet,  the  father,  was  for  many  years 
senior  partner  in  the  firm  of  Barnet  &  Whiteside,  who  were  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  flour,  and  in  sheep  and  cattle  raising  at  Camden,  Ohio.  He  became  very 
prominent  in  that  section.  At  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  he  put  aside  all  business  and 
personal  considerations  in  order  to  respond  to  the  country's  call  for  troops,  enlisting 
in  an  Ohio  company.  He  was  engaged  in  active  duty  along  the  Maryland  and  Ohio 
borders.  When  the  country  no  longer  needed  his  aid  he  resumed  his  business  activities 
and  made  for  himself  an  enviable  position  in  agricultural  and  manufacturing  circles. 
He  was  born  in  1833  and  had  therefore  reached  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years  when  he 
passed  away  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  December  31,  1911.  He  had  married  Celia  Amanda 
Duggins.  whose  name  was  originally  spelled  Duggan.  She  was  born  in  Ohio,  August 
16,  1837,  and  is  descended  from  Irish  ancestry,  the  family  being  established  in  New 
England  at  a  very  early  day,  while  later  representatives  of  the  name  became  pioneer 
settlers  of  Ohio  and  Indiana.  Mrs.  Barnet  survives  her  husband  and  is  living  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  By  her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  five  children  but 
only  two  are  now  living.  Converse  C.  and  Bertha. 

The  former  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Eaton,  Ohio, 
being  graduated  with  the  class  of  1885.  The  following  year  he  was  a  student  in  the 
Richmond  Business  College  of  Richmond,  Indiana,  from  which  he  was  graduated, 
and  he  later  attended  the  Longley  Business  College  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  which  he 
completed  a  course  by  graduation  in  18S8.  On  the  1st  of  January,  1887,  he  had  become 
identified  with  the  Eaton  Manufacturing  Company  of  Eaton,  Ohio,  having  charge  of 
the  clerical  force.  He  continued  there  for  eighteen  months,  after  which  he  completed 
his  preparation  for  a  business  career  as  a  student  in  the  Longley  Business  College  of 
Cincinnati.  After  leaving  that  school  he  entered  the  office  of  the  Frisco  Railroad 
Company  at  Cincinnati  in  the  commercial  agent's  department,  there  remaining  for 
several  months.  He  was  afterward  with  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company  as  assistant 
to  the  manager  in  the  Cincinnati  office  and  continued  in  the  Pullman  service  for  a 
year  and  a  half.  He  next  removed  to  Sidney,  Ohio,  and  was  associated  with  the  Sidney 
School  Furniture  Company,  having  charge  of  the  sales  force  from  the  spring  of  1890 
until  the  spring  of  1893.  This  was  his  first  commercial  experience  along  salesman- 
ship and  constituted  his  initial  step  to  his  present  success.  He  afterward  served  as 
a  salesman  with  the  company  from  1893  until  1897  and  later  was  in  the  furniture 
business  with  the  Miner  &  Moore  Furniture  Company  of  Cincinnati,  as  salesman, 
from  1897  until  1899.  He  then  returned  to  Sidney  and  was  a  salesman  with  the  Sidney 
School  Furniture  Company  until  March.  1899,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
National  Cash  Register  Company,  being  given  charge  of  the  prospective  business 
department,  a  very  important  department  of  the  service.  He  remained  in  that  con- 
nection, largely  developing  the  trade  of  the  house,  until  the  spring  of  1906,  when  he 


66  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

entered  into  active  connection  with  S.  F.  Bowser  &  Company,  Incorporated,  at  Toronto, 
Canada,  having  charge  ot  the  Canadian  traveling  force.  He  there  remained  for  a  year 
in  that  connection.  He  served  the  company  consecutively  as  sales  manager,  field 
superintendent  and  district  manager,  having  been  made  district  manager  for  Colorado 
on  the  1st  of  January,  1913.  He  made  a  most  creditable  record  during  his  six  years' 
connection  with  this  position  and  as  district  manager  he  built  up  for  the  company 
a  business  of  extensive  proportions  in  the  sale  of  gasoline  oil  tanks,  pumps  and  storage 
systems.  He  had  his  headquarters  in  the  Gas  and  Electric  building  in  Denver.  He 
now  is  district  manager  of  the  Toledo  Scale  Company. 

On  the  23d  of  August,  1893,  Mr.  Barnet  was  married  in  Troy,  Ohio,  to  Miss  Jean 
MacKinzie,  a  native  of  that  place,  daughter  of  James  and  Lydia  (Robbins)  MacKinzie. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barnet  have  one  child,  Corinne,  who  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  March 
15,  1895. 

Mr.  Barnet  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  holds  membership  also 
in  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  and  is  an  associate  member  of  the 
Denver  Manufacturers  Association,  thus  being  active  in  promoting  interests  of  value 
in  connection  with  the  upbuilding  and  improvement  of  the  city  and  the  extension  of 
its  trade  relations.  He  belongs  to  the  First  Baptist  church,  in  the  work  of  which  he 
takes  an  active  and  helpful  part.  His  various  connections  have  been  the  motive  force 
of  his  continued  advancement  in  business  life  until  his  position  today  is  one  that 
places  him  in  the  front  rank  of  the  business  men  of  the  city.  He  is  most  energetic 
and  determined  in  all  that  he  undertakes  and  never  stops  short  of  the  successful 
accomplishment  of  his  purpose. 


A.  NEWTON  PATTON. 


Knowledge  of  the  law  with  ability  to  accurately  apply  its  principles  has  made  A. 
Newton  Patton  a  prominent  attorney  at  the  Denver  bar  as  a  specialist  in  bonds  and  pub- 
lic and  corporation  securities,  while  business  acumen  in  other  directions  has  led  to  his 
selection  as  the  president  of  The  Denver  Title  Guarantee  Company.  He  is  actively  identi- 
fied with  interests  having  to  do  with  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  of  Denver  and  the  pros- 
perity of  the  state.  A  substantial  proportion  of  Denver's  and  Colorado's  citizenship  came 
from  Ohio  and  to  this  class  A.  Newton  Patton  belongs.  He  was  bom  in  Highland,  Ohio, 
on  the  ISth  day  of  July.  1867.  His  parents  were  Andrew  Newton  and  Mary  McCullough 
(Fairley)  Patton.  His  earlier  ancestors  were  natives  of  Kentucky,  belonging  to  the 
earliest  settlers  of  that  state,  whither  they  migrated  from  Virginia,  and  originally  from 
England  and  Scotland.  His  father  served  in  a  judicial  capacity  in  Ohio  for  over  twenty 
years  and  was  prominent  with  the  legal  profession  until  his  death.  He  had  attained  the 
venerable  age  of  eighty-seven  years  when  he  passed  away  in  1899.  Both  Mr.  Patton's  par- 
ents were  educated  in  Ohio.  Their  family  numbered  nine  children,  of  whom  A.  Newton 
Patton  of  this  review  is  the  youngest.  One  of  his  brothers,  James  F.  Patton,  enlisted  for 
service  in  the  Union  army  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  when  he  was  only  sixteen 
years  of  age  and  was  assigned  to  a  regiment  stationed  on  the  frontiers  of  Wyoming  to 
protect  the  government  telegraph  lines  from  the  Indian  raids.  He  was  stationed  at  Fort 
Laramie  and  Fort  Casper.  Wyoming,  in  1863  and  while  repairing  and  guarding  the  tele- 
graph lines  in  the  Sweetwater  district,  which  had  been  cut  by  a  party  of  Sioux  Indians  on 
the  warpath,  he  was  shot,  the  bullet  piercing  the  right  lung  and  going  clear  through  his 
body.  Of  fourteen  men  who  were  sent  out  on  that  particular  expedition  only  three  re- 
turned alive,  one  of  these  being  "Jim"  Patton.  After  careful  examination  by  the  post 
surgeon  his  case  was  pronounced  hopeless  and  he  was  given  until  the  next  morning  to 
live.  He  secured  a  number  of  morphine  tablets  prescribed  by  the  army  surgeon  and  in 
the  absence  of  his  attendant  he  took  a  greater  number  of  these  to  relieve  his  pain  than 
had  been  prescribed.  Immediately  he  fell  into  a  deep  sleep,  from  which  he  awoke  Just 
seventy-two  hours  afterward.  While  he  was  in  that  condition  his  wound  was  kept  thor- 
oughly cleansed  by  the  crude  method  of  a  clean  cloth  being  used  to  clear  out  the  wound 
by  passing  it  entirely  through  his  body,  and  from  the  time  he  awakened  his  condition 
began  to  improve  and  in  eleven  months  he  had  entirely  recovered.  He  had  scarcely  re- 
gained his  normal  condition  when  he  was  again  accidentally  shot  by  a  soldier  cleaning 
his  gun.  this  time  in  the  abdomen,  and  once  more  he  was  given  up  to  die,  but  his  almost 
superhuman  strength  enabled  him  to  weather  this  crisis  also.  Surgeons  from  various 
sections  pronounced  both  wounds  incurable.  Not  another  one  out  of  thousands  of  simi- 
lar cases  known  to  surgery  had  ever  survived,  his  last  wound  being  very  similar  to  that 


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68  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

which  caused  the  death  of  President  James  A.  Garfield.  Mr.  J.  F.  Patton  is  still  living, 
making  his  home  in  Ohio,  and  is  today  enjoying  fairly  good  health. 

In  early  life  A.  Newi^on  Patton  of  this  review  attended  the  public  and  high  schools, 
of  Greenfield,  Ohio,  from  which  he  graduated.  He  then  came  to  Denver  and  entered  the 
law  department  of  the  University  of  Denver  as  a  law  student,  matriculating  in  1893.  He 
had  the  honor  of  being  the  first  law  student  to  matriculate  in  that  institution,  so  that  his 
name  is  the  very  first  one  on  the  register  of  representatives  of  the  bar  v/ho  are  numbered 
among  the  alumni  of  the  University  of  Denver.  He  began  practice  immediately  after 
graduation,  and  has  since  become  an  authority  on  bond,  title  and  trust  laws.  He  has 
specialized  along  that  line  in  his  practice  and  has  developed  ability  in  that  field  of 
jurisprudence.  Hjs  opinions  are  recognized  as  authority  on  questions  of  that  char- 
acter. In  1914  he  organized  The  Denver  Title  Guarantee  Company,  of  which  he  has 
since  become  the  president.  This  is  now  one  of  the  leading  corporations  of  Its  kind 
In  Colorado.  He  is  also  attorney  for  a  number  of  mining,  irrigation  and  industrial 
corporations. 

On  the  12th  of  October,  1898,  Mr.  Patton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lucia  Cas- 
sell,  of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  J.  Cassell,  well  known  and  promi- 
nent people  of  the  city,  identified  with  Denver's  interests  from  pioneer  times  and  es- 
pecially with  the  temperance  and  reform  work  of  the  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patton  are 
proud  of  their  three  children.  Lucia  Cassell  Patton,  born  in  Denver  in  1900,  a  graduate  of 
the  North  Denver  high  school  and  who  was  a  student  in  the  University  of  Colorado,  is 
at  present  teacher  of  French,  Spanish  and  mathematics  in  the  Kiefer,  Oklahoma,  high 
school.  Marietta  Elizabeth,  born  in  Denver  in  1902,  is  a  senior  in  the  North  Denver  high 
school;  and  Newton  Cassell  Patton,  born  in  Denver  in  1906,  is  now  attending  the  Aaron 
Gove  school  of  Denver.  The  religious  faith  of  the  family  for  many  generations  has  been 
that  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  In  social  circles  they  occupy  a  highly  respected  posi- 
tion. 

Mr.  Patton  is  Identified  with  various  fraternal  organizations,  belonging  to  the 
Masons,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of 
The  Maccabees,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the 
Junior  Order  of  American  Mechanics.  Along  strictly  professional  lines  he  is  a  member  of 
the  American  Bar  Association,  the  Colorado  State  Bar  Association  and  the  Denver  Bar 
Association,  being  an  ex-president  of  the  last.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Civic  and 
Commercial  Association.  His  political  endorsement  has  ever  been  given  to  the  republican 
party  and  for  nine  successive  years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  council  of  the  city  and 
county  of  Denver.  He  was  a  member  of  the  committee  which  organized  the  department 
of  building  and  loan  associations  of  the  state  of  Colorado.  In  the  republican  primary 
election  of  1918  he  was  one  of  his  party's  candidates  for  district  judge  of  the  second  ju- 
dicial district,  within  and  for  the  city  and  county  of  Denver.  Mr.  Patton  has  always 
stood  loyally  for  the  best  interests  and  activities  in  society  and  state  affairs  and  the 
ability  which  he  has  displayed  and  prominence  to  which  he  has  attained  in  business 
circles  enable  him  to  speak  with  authority,  while  his  support  of  any  proposition  secures 
to  it  a  large  following. 


JACOB  D.  GUMAER. 


Jacob  D.  Gumaer  is  the  general  manager  of  the  Parlin  &  Orendorff  Plow  Company 
at  its  large  branch  house  in  Denver  and  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  popular  men 
in  the  implement  trade  in  the  Mountain  States  country,  while  Denver  classes  him  as 
an  honored  and  respected  citizen.  He  has  made  his  home  in  the  Queen  City  of  the  Plains 
for  many  years  and  is  therefore  widely  known.  He  was  born  in  Sullivan  county.  New 
York,  April  21,  1857,  and  is  a  son  of  Peter  and  Esther  (Smith)  Gumaer,  both  of  whom 
were  born  in  the  Empire  state,  where  they  were  reared,  educated  and  married.  The 
father  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  flour  on  his  own  account  for  many  years  and  passed 
away  in  New  York,  after  which  his  widow  removed  to  Kansas,  where  her  last  days 
were  spent.    They  had  a  family  of  five  children. 

Jacob  D.  Gumaer  of  this  review  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth  in  the  family  and 
in  early  life  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Sullivan  and  Tompkins  counties  in 
New  York.  In  the  latter  county  he  also  attended  the  Monticello  Academy  and  following 
his  graduation  from  that  institution  he  went  to  New  York  city,  where  he  entered  the 
wholesale  grocery  business,  continuing  actively  in  that  line  for  three  years.  He  came  to 
Colorado,  March  29,  1879,  locating  in  Denver,  and  immediately  secured  a  position  with 
the  firm  of  Hartig  &  Patch,  with  whom  he  remained  for  two  years.     In  1881  he  went 


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to  Kansas  City  and  entered  into  the  farm  implement  business  with  the  Smith-Keating 
Implement  Company  and  became  the  traveling  representative  of  the  house.  For  nine 
years  he  was  manager  of  the  Racine-Sattley  Company  of  Denver  and  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri, for  the  states  of  Colorado,  Wyoming,  New  Mexico  and  Kansas.  He  returned  to 
Denver  in  July,  1901,  to  take  over  the  management  of  the  Parlin  &  Orendorff  Plow  Com- 
pany. Denver  branch.  This  is  one  of  the  largest  farm  implement  manufacturing  con- 
cerns and  plow  companies  of  the  west.  They  have  a  very  extensive  plant  in  Denver, 
requiring  a  man  of  long  experience,  wide  knowledge  and  ability  to  carefully  direct  its 
interests.  Mr.  Gumaer  thoroughly  understands  every  phase  of  the  business,  the  value 
of  the  mechanical  construction  of  its  output  and  at  the  same  time  his  long  experience 
in  salesmanship  splendidly  qualifies  him  for  the  management  of  that  branch  of  the 
business — the  introduction  of  its  goods  to  the  trade  and  the  development  of  its  patronage. 
Mr.  Gumaer's  business  record  covers  thirty-flve  years  of  intense  activity  intelligently 
directed.  What  he  has  accomplished  represents  the  fit  utilization  of  his  time  and  talents. 
He  has  at  different  periods  been  connected  with  leading  implement  houses  of  the  country 
and  every  change  that  he  has  made  has  indicated  a  marked  step  in  advance.  He  has 
telegrams  in  his  possession  indicating  the  regret  of  a  house  that  was  losing  his  services 
and  also  telegrams  from  other  houses  desiring  to  at  once  seal  the  contract  that  would 
secure  his  services.  His  name  is  indeed  a  well  known  one  in  implement  trade  circles 
of  the  west  and  he  is  very  popular  among  the  men  engaged  in  this  line  of  business.  In 
1917  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  president  of  the  Hardware.  Implement  and  Paint  Club 
and  made  the  opening  address  at  the  convention  of  the  State  Hardware  Implement 
Dealers'  Association  in  January,  1918. 

On  the  8th  of  March,  1892,  Mr.  Gumaer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  Cold- 
water,  of  Lyons,  Kansas,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Coldwater,  who  were  natives 
of  Illinois.  Mrs.  Gumaer  has  become  the  mother  of  two  children:  Frank,  who  was 
born  in  Newton.  Kansas,  March  10,  1893.  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Denver  high  school; 
and  Esther,  who  was  born  in  Newton,  May  23,  1896,  and  is  also  a  graduate  of  the  high 
school  of  Denver  and  a  graduate  in  music  of  the  Denver  Conservatory.  She  is  well  known 
and  popular  in  musical  circles  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Gumaer  holds  membership  with  the  United  Commercial  Travelers.  Politically 
he  maintains  an  independent  course,  not  caring  to  ally  himself  with  any  party  but  pre- 
ferring to  cast  his  ballot  according  to  the  dictates  of  his  judgment.  He  is  a  self-made 
man  who  has  reached  a  point  of  prosperity,  his  advancement  being  due  entirely  to  his 
capability  and  earnest  effort.  His  close  application,  the  integrity  of  his  course,  his 
progressive  spirit  and  his  indefatigable  energy  have  been  the  salient  features  in  bringing 
him  to  the  creditable  and  responsible  position  which  he  now  fills.  The  fine  home  which 
he  occupies  is  an  indication  of  his  success  and  of  his  well  directed  energy  and  thrift. 
His  religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his  membership  in  the  City  Park  Congregational  church, 
of  which  he  is  an  officer  and  trustee. 


JOHN  B.   MAYERS. 


John  B.  Mayers,  who  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  been  engaged  in  the  ice, 
business  in  Littleton  and  who  has  served  as  mayor  of  his  city,  was  born  in  Wurtem- 
berg,  Germany,  December  29.  1843,  a  son  of  Kaspar  and  Rosina  Mayers.  He  was 
brought  to  the  United  States  by  his  parents  when  twelve  years  of  age.  arriving  on 
the  1st  of  September,  1856.  He  attended  school  in  his  native  land  until  ten  years  of 
age  and  as  he  is  a  well  read  man,  well  informed  on  many  subjects,  his  higher  educa- 
tion must  be  ascribed  entirely  to  his  own  efforts.  Of  a  studious  mind,  he  has  an 
insatiable  appetite  for  good  literature  and  has  especially  delved  into  history,  both 
religious  and  secular.  Continuing  along  this  line,  he  later  in  life  studied  Buckle's 
"History  of  Civilization  in  England,"  deriving  keen  satisfaction  from  this  critically 
authentic  work.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  made  his  debut  in  the  world  of  hard 
knocks  and  disillusions — willing  to  work  and  ambitious  to  conquer — but  without  a 
cent.  He  has  made  of  life  a  success  and  is  therefore  entitled  to  the  proudest  title 
bestowed  in  America — that  of  a  self-made  man.  When  this  country  was  thrown  into 
that  bitter  struggle,  arising  out  of  the  conditions  of  the  south,  clashing  with  the 
principles  of  the  north,  Mr.  Mayers  gave  his  services  to  his  newly  adopted  country  and 
continued  throughout  the  Civil  war,  his  record  being  more  extensively  given  below. 

When  twenty  years  of  age  he  began  learning  the  butchering  business,  at  which  he 
continued  for  many  years.  On  the  16th  of  February,  1876,  he  arrived  in  Denver  and 
again    became    identified    with    the    butchering    business,    forming    a    partnership    with 


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Henry  Weinrich,  their  location  being  at  Arapahoe  and  Eighteenth  streets.  There  he 
continued  for  four  months  and  fourteen  days.  He  then  walked  to  Littleton,  where 
he  arrived  June  2,  1876,  with  forty  dollars  of  borrowed  money.  Throughout  the  inter- 
vening period  he  has  largely  made  Littleton  his  home,  being  absent  for  only  a  brief 
time  during  all  the  intervening  years.  He  first  engaged  in  the  butchering  business 
and  in  the  conduct  of  a  hotel  for  two  years,  cooking  tor  the  men  who  were  engaged 
on  railroad  construction.  On  tha  1st  of  July.  1878,  he  went  to  Leadville,  where  he 
engaged  in  prospecting  but  was  not  fortunate  in  striking  gold.  He  then  turned  his 
attention  to  contracting  and  made  some  money  in  that  way,  but  after  four  years  he 
left  Leadville  and  again  came  to  Littleton.  For  ten  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
artesian  well  business  and  made  some  money  in  that  connection.  His  next  venture 
was  in  the  ice  trade  and  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  has  been  an  ice  merchant  of 
Littleton,  a  fact  that  indicates  his  success.  He  has  built  up  a  big  business  and  for 
many  years  has  enjoyed  an  extensive  and  gratifying  patronage. 

Mr.  Mayers  was  first  married  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  on  the  27th  of  May,  1866,  to  Miss 
Barbara  Waters,  who  passed  away  in  1912.  The  children  of  that  marriage  are:  Charles 
W.;  Ella,  the  wife  of  George  Griffith,  living  in  Idaho;  Fannie,  the  wife  of  R.  W.  Cand- 
ler; and  Mary,  the  wife  of  S.  N.  Playford.  of  Utah.  For  his  second  wife  Mr.  Mayers 
chose  Lunette  Dailey  Harrigan  and  they  were  married  in  Denver  on  the  16th  of 
November,  1914. 

Mr.  Mayers'  military  record  covers  service  with  Company  E  of  the  Seventy-First 
Ohio  Infantry,  in  which  he  fought  for  four  years  and  four  months  during  the  Civil 
war.  While  working  as  a  lineman  near  Cumberland,  Tennessee,  he  was  taken  prisoner, 
but  was  paroled.  On  parole  he  went  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  was  exchanged  in  February, 
1863,  then  rejoining  his  regiment.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh  and  he 
participated  in  the  battle  of  Missionary  Ridge,  went  to  Nashville.  Tennessee,  and  he 
was  also  in  the  Atlanta  campaign  and  thus  loyally  defended  the  Union  throughout  the 
entire  period  of  hostilities  between  the  north  and  the  south.  Mr.  Mayers  has  always 
been  interested  in  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  city  in  which  he  has  so  long  made 
his  home  and  has  served  as  alderman,  while  for  one  term  he  was  mayor  of  Littleton. 
He  has  not  adhered  to  any  political  party  but  maintains  an  independent  attitude, 
voting  for  men  and  measures  that  he  thinks  are  most  valuable  to  the  country.  He 
is  widely  known  as  a  progressive  business  man  and  his  enterprise  has  brought  to  him  a 
substantial  measure  of  success. 


THOMAS    BAYARD    BURNITE. 

Thomas  B.  Burnite  is  the  president  of  the  Western  Engineering  Specialties  Com- 
pany of  Denver  and  as  such  is  at  the  head  of  an  extensive  and  prosperous  business, 
with  headquarters  in  the  Boston  building.  Through  business  and  social  connections 
he  has  become  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  of  Denver,  highly  esteemed  by  all  with 
whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact.  He  was  born  in  Felton,  Delaware,  July  6,  1879, 
a  son  of  Wilbur  H.  and  Marie  Lindale  Burnite,  the  former  a  native  of  Maryland,  while 
the  latter  was  born  in  Delaware.  The  father  was  well  known  in  connection  with  public 
life  in  Delaware,  where  he  served  for  two  terms  as  state  treasurer  and  held  other  im- 
portant offices.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  state  legislature,  serving  as  representa- 
tive and  as  state  senator  one  term  each.  In  business  lite  he  was  a  manufacturer  of 
lumber  and  operator  of  a  sawmill  producing  ship  keels,  and  he  was  also  owner  of 
large  peach  orchards.  He  died  October  21,  1918,  and  is  survived  by  his  widow,  who 
resides  at  Snow  Hill,  Maryland.  Their  family  numbered  six  children:  Martha;  Lindale, 
a  resident  of  Denver;   Clara;   Thomas  B;   James  Hyland;   and  Pauline. 

In  his  boyhood  days  Thomas  B.  Burnite  attended  the  country  schools  of  Felton, 
Delaware,  and  afterward  entered  the  Williamson  Technical  and  Trade  School  at  Phila- 
delphia Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1900.  After  leaving  that 
school  he  secured  a  position  with  the  Deane  Steam  Pump  Company  of  Holyoke,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  remained  with  the  firm  for  a  year,  when  he  went  with  the  Chicago 
Pneumatic  Tool  Company  of  Franklin,  Pennsylvania,  and  Cleveland,  Ohio,  as  designing 
engineer  for  two  years.  He  next  entered  the  Schenectady  Locomotive  Works  as  a 
member  of  the  engineering  staff  and  continued  in  that  position  for  two  years,  after 
which  he  resigned  and  accepted  a  position  with  Charles  C.  Moore  &  Company,  of 
San  Francisco,  California,  on  power  plant  designing,  with  which  he  was  thus  con- 
nected for  two  years.  In  July,  1906,  he  came  to  Denver,  after  the  earthquake  and 
fire,   and   organized    The   Western   Engineering   Specialties   Company,    which   under   his 


72  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

guidance  has  developed  into  a  prosperous  industry.  They  are  general  agents  for  tht 
T.  L.  Smith  concrete  mixers,  Telsmith  gyratory  crushers,  Byers  hoisting  engines, 
Byers  auto-cranes,  Erie  City  Iron  Works  engines,  Kimball  elevators.  Hill  pumping 
machinery,  Chicago  Pneumatic  Tool  Company  compressors  and  pneumatic  tools,  and 
Parsons  trench  excavators  and  back  fillers,  and  Elgin  motor  driven  street  sweepers. 
They  take  large  contracts  for  mining  machinery  and  equipment.  The  business  was 
incorporated  in  1908  with  Mr.  Burnite  as  president  and  treasurer. 

On  the  17th  of  December,  1902,  Mr.  Burnite  was  married  to  Miss  Marion  Craw- 
ford of  Lansdowne,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  Captain  Robert  Crawford,  U.  S.  N., 
who  has  passed  away.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burnite  have  become  parents  of  three  children: 
Thomas  Bayard,  Jr.,  born  in  Denver,  January  27,  1907;  Jean,  in  1913;  and  Marion,  in 
1915. 

Mr.  Burnite  is  a  prominent  Mason.  He  has  passed  up  through  both  routes  and 
has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite  and  the  Knight  Templar 
degree  of  the  York  Rite,  and  is  a  Shriner.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Denver  Athletic 
Club  and  the  Lakewood  Country  Club,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Jovian  Order,  a 
national  electrical  engineers'  association,  in  which  he  has  the  title  of  Atlas,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association.  His  religious  faith  is  that 
of  the  Presbyterian  church.  His  aid  and  influence  are  always  on  the  side  of  progress 
and  improvement,  of  truth,  reform  and  advancement.  His  business  enterprise  and 
thorough  reliability  have  constituted  the  foundation  upon  which  he  has  builded  his 
success,  while  the  sterling  worth  of  his  character  has  gained  for  him  the  high  regard 
of  all  with  whom  he  has  been  associated. 


GRANT   S.  PECK,  M.   D. 


Dr.  Grant  S.  Peck  of  Denver,  was  born  in  Swatara,  Dauphin  county,  Pennsylvania, 
on  September  10,  1864,  being  the  fourth  son  and  the  seventh  child  in  a  family  of 
eleven  children  born  to  the  late  John  F.  and  Angeline  Peck.  The  family  was  founded 
in  America  by  four  brothers  who  came  to  the  new  world  prior  to  the  Revolutionary 
war,  one  of  these  being  the  great-grandfather  of  Dr.  Peck.  During  the  Civil  war,  his 
father  who  was  also  a  native  of  the  Keystone  state,  organized  Company  C,  One  Hundred 
and  Seventy-seventh  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  of  which  he  was  chosen  captain  by  his 
company.  He  was  with  that  command  for  three  years  and  his  military  record  was 
one  of  distinction  and  honor.  In  the  spring  of  1865  he  became  a  resident  of  southern 
Michigan,  settling  on  a  farm  in  Berrien  county  where  he  devoted  his  attention  to 
farming  and  to  the  lumber  trade.  He  died  at  this  place  in  1909,  at  the  age  of  eighty 
years.  His  wife  prior  to  her  marriage  bore  the  name  of  Angeline  Stober.  She,  too,  is 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  a  representative  of  one  of  the  old  families  of  that  state. 
Mrs.  Peck  is  still  living  and  is  yet  enjoying  good  health,  making  her  home  in  Buchanan, 
Michigan,  at  the  age   of  eighty-seven  years. 

Dr.  Peck  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Berrien 
county,  Michigan,  and  afterward  attended  the  State  Normal  College  at  Ypsilanti, 
Michigan,  and  the  Northern  Indiana  Normal  School,  from  there  going  to  Wheaton 
College  at  Wheaton,  Illinois,  for  one  year.  The  succeeding  five  years  he  was  engaged 
in  teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  Michigan  during  the  winters,  providing  for  summer 
schooling  at  the  Northern  Indiana  Normal  School  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana,  excepting 
one  year  which  was  spent  pioneering  in  South  Dakota,  holding  government  land. 
Later,  deciding  to  take  up  the  medical  profession,  he  matriculated  in  the  University 
of  Michigan  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1890  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  Following 
his  graduation  he  settled  in  New  Buffalo,  Michigan,  where  he  engaged  in  general 
practice  for  a  year.  He  then  returned  to  his  alma  mater  to  become  house  surgeon 
and  assistant  professor  of  practice  and  materia  medica  in  the  University  of  Michigan, 
there  remaining  until  1892,  when  he  came  to  Denver  and  was  associated  with  Dr. 
Norman  G.  Burnham,  with  offices  at  708  Fourteenth  street.  His  connection  with  Dr. 
Burnham  was  maintained  for  seven  years;  he  then  moved  his  offices  to  1427  Stout 
street,  there  remaining  until  1912,  when  he  removed  to  his  present  location  in  the 
Majestic  building,  specializing  in  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and 
throat. 

He  belongs  to  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  American  Institute  of  Homeo- 
pathy, the  Colorado  State  Homeopathic  Society,  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society 
and  the  Twentieth  Century  Medical  Club.  He  is  conscientious  iu  his  practice,  faithful 
to  the  interests  of  his  patients,  and  his  highly  developed  power  ranks   him  with   the 


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74  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

leading  physicians  of  Denver  and  the  state.  His  own  labors  provided  the  means  of 
his  education  and  his  success  is  the  merited  and  direct  reward  of  his  perseverance 
and  ability. 

During  the  World  war  he  held  an  appointment  from  the  president  as  medical 
examiner  and  member  of  Local  Exemption  Board  No.  6,  his  associates  on  this  board 
being  Mr.  W.  P.  Horan  and  Mr.  W.  N.  W.  Blayney. 

He  also  served  for  ten  years  as  professor  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat  in  the 
Denver  Homeopathic  College  and  was  registrar  of  that  college  for  two  years,  while 
for  twenty-four  years  he  was  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat  surgeon  for  the  Denver  Orphans' 
Home  and  of  the  People's  Tabernacle  free  clinic  for  fifteen  years.  He  served  on  the 
staff  of  the  County  Hospital  for  a  number  of  years;  is  examiner  for  a  number  of  the 
old  line  life  insurance  companies;  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  State  Homeopathic 
Medical  Society,  the  Denver  Homeopathic  Club  and  of  the  Twentieth  Century  Medical 
Society. 

He  has  pursued  post  graduate  work  at  various  times,  taking  several  courses  of 
lectures  in  clinics  in  the  New  York  Ophthalmic  Hospital,  in  the  New  York  Eye  and 
Ear  Hospital  and  the  New  York  Polyclinic.  He  was  the  first  vice  president  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Homeopathy,  serving  in  that  office  in  1913-14. 

On  the  6th  of  October,  1S92,  Dr.  Peck  was  married  in  Birmingham,  Michigan,  to 
Miss  Edla  A.  Park. 

Dr.  Peck  belongs  to  Oriental  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Colorado  Chapter,  No.  29i 
R.  A.  M.;  Denver  Commandery,  No.  25,  K.  T.;  and  to  El  Jebel  Temple  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  is  treasurer  and  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  belongs 
to  the  Denver  Country  Club,  the  Lakewood  Country  Club,  the  Denver  Civic  and  Com- 
mercial Association  and  to  the  Denver  Rotary  Club. 

His  associates  in  every  relation  entertain  for  him  high  respect  by  reason  of  hi^ 
ability,  his  personal  worth  and  his  public-spirited  devotion  to  the  welfare  of  city,  com- 
monwealth and  country. 


HIRAM  G.  WOLFF. 


The  history  of  any  state  is  but  a  record  of  the  lives  of  those  men  whose  activities 
have  had  to  do  with  its  building  up  and  development.  Thus  in  the  history  of  Colorado 
there  are  few  men  living  today  who  will  more  fully  measure  up  to  that  standard  of 
eligibility  than  Hiram  G.  Wolff,  of  Denver.  Nearly  three  score  years  have  passed  since 
Mr.  Wolff,  then  a  boy  of  sixteen,  came  into  the  territory  of  Colorado.  Here  he  resided 
continually  during  the  territorial  days  and  on  into  the  days  of  statehood;  during  this 
long  period  his  identification  with  various  lines  of  development  has  been  a  substantial 
contribution  to  Colorado's  progress. 

Hiram  G.  Wolff  was  born  October  23,  1845,  at  West  Liberty,  Ohio  county,  Virginia, 
His  father,  John  B.  Wolff,  who  was  born  at  Martinsburg,  Virginia,  July  7,  1S16,  was 
the  owner  and  editor  of  the  Wheeling  Argus  prior  to  the  Civil  war;  always  an  aboli- 
tionist, later  a  republican.  His  mother  was  Caroline  J.  Hedges,  a  native  of  West  Liberty, 
Virginia,  one  of  the  F.  F.  V.'s.  The  father  of  John  B.  Wolff  was  Joseph  Wolff,  a  veteran 
of  the  War  of  1812  and  the  Mexican  war,  and  was  enlisted  in  the  service  of  his  country 
in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion.  He  lived  to  be  ninety-four  years  of  age.  The  father  of 
Caroline  J.  Hedges  was  Hiram  Hedges,  who  married  Miss  Hannah  Forman  and  crossed 
the  Allegheny  mountains  into  the  upper  Ohio  valley  prior  to  the  Revolution  and  settled 
near  what  is  now  the  city  of  Wheeling,  West  Virginia. 

John  B.  Wolff  went  to  Kansas  during  the  border  ruffian  troubles  of  1857,  in  which 
he  took  an  active  part  helping  to  bring  in  Kansas  as  a  free  state.  In  August,  1859,  he 
came  to  Colorado,  leaving  his  family  in  Kansas,  but  returned  in  the  fall  to  join  them 
at  Leavenworth.  In  1860  he  removed  to  Colorado.  In  the  spring  of  1S62  the  family, 
consisting  of  the  mother  and  eight  children,  Hiram  G.,  the  oldest,  then  sixteen  years 
of  age,  with  two  teams  of  oxen  crossed  the  plains  from  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  to  join 
the  father  on  his  claim  on  Clear  creek,  near  Denver,  which  was  afterward  known  as 
the  Wolff  homestead,  near  Arvada.  The  family  belonged  to  that  class  of  hardy  pioneers 
known  as  "Pike's  Peakers,"  who  knew  no  such  thing  as  failure,  and  while  others  returned 
to  the  "States"  discouraged,  they  remained  to  help  break  the  way  and  lay  the  founda- 
tion on  which  this  great  commonwealth  now  stands.  With  no  schools  in  which  to 
educate  their  growing  children,  with  the  most  meager  facilities  for  inter-communication, 
their  auto  a  lumber  wagon,  their  engine  a  yoke  of  cattle,  their  chauffeur  the  father  or 


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son,  their  fuel, an  ox  goad,  they  put  their  hands  to  the  plow  and  never  thought  oi 
looking  backward. 

In  1868  the  father  returned  to  the  east  in  an  attempt  to  collect  from  the  govern- 
ment pay  tor  stock  stolen  by  the  Indians,  in  their  depredations  of  1864,  1865  and  1866. 
This  took  him  to  Washington,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  leaving  the  care  and 
support  of  the  family  to  the  older  boys.  For  eleven  years  the  older  boys  worked 
together  to  accomplish  this  end,  sent  the  younger  children  to  school,  built  a  home  for 
the  mother  and  maintained  it  until  her  death  years  later.  This  home  had  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  first  house  of  any  pretension  built  in  what  was  afterward  the  town 
of  Highlands. 

Of  the  family  of  ten,  only  three  remain:  Hiram  G.,  who  resides  in  Denver;  John, 
who  resides  at  Boulder,  Colorado;  and  Mrs.  Ella  Leimer,  who  lives  with  her  son, 
Walter  A.,  in  Denver.  Albert,  having  recently  departed  this  life,  lived  at  the  old  home- 
stead for  fifty-six  years. 

Hiram  G.  Wolff,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  attended  school  in  Clear  creek  valley 
in  a  log  schoolhouse,  which  he  helped  to  construct  in  1863.  This  was  one  of  the  first 
Bchoolhouses  erected  in  the  territory  of  Colorado.  It  was  burned  down  after  a  "watch 
meeting"  on  the  night  of  December  31,  1864.  After  a  time  a  new  frame  district  school 
was  built  at  Arvada  and  this  he  attended  during  the  four  winter  months,  and  worked 
on  the  farm  and  in  the  garden  eight  months  of  the  year  until  his  majority. 

In  1862  Mr.  Wolff  became  market  gardener  and  farmer;  a  pioneer  in  fruit  raising 
in  this  part  of  Colorado.  In  the  fall  of  1863  he  drove  a  team  from  Denver  to  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  for  his  first  installment  of  nursery  stock,  returning  to  Denver,  December  16,  1863. 
This  venture  was  only  partially  successful  because  of  floods  and  ravages  of  grasshoppers, 
but  perseverance  finally  brought  ample  success.  The  nursery  and  fruit-raising  business 
was  continued  for  many  years  and  thousands  of  the  fruit  and  shade  trees  in  and  around 
Denver  and  throughout  this  section  of  the  country  came  from  his  nursery.  The  trees 
around  the  courthouse  at  Denver  are  products  of  his  nursery.  He  was  the  first  to  engage 
in  the  ice  business  in  Denver  and  drove  the  first  ice  wagon,  at  which  time  one  wagon 
served  the  whole  town. 

Mr.  Wolff  was  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  Indian  troubles  from  1864  to  1866, 
having  seen  people  who  were  scalped  by  the  Indians.  He  was  personally  acquainted 
with  Colonel  Chivington,  who  commanded  the  Colorado  Third  Regiment  in  the  memorable 
Sand  Creek  fight,  which  ended  the  Indian  troubles  in  Colorado.  He  has  seen  all  the 
notable  floods  in  Cherry  creek  since  May  19,  1864,  and  can  tell  familiar  details  of  each. 
He  has  seen  Judge  Lynch  deal  with  the  horse  thieves  and  noted  criminals  of  the  early 
days.  Mr.  Wolff  has  met  every  president  since  Lincoln;  has  known  every  governor  of 
Colorado;  and  every  mayor  of  Denver  since  1860. 

Mr.  Wolff  was  one  of  the  first  residents  of  what  after  became  the  town  of  High- 
lands, building  the  first  house  on  the  hill  west  of  Denver,  at  a  time  when  there  were 
not  enough  resident  males  within  the  boundary  to  fill  the  offices  of  the  newly  organized 
town.  He  took  a  most  active  part  in  the  development  of  that  growing  suburb,  as  well 
as  in  the  city  proper,  securing  franchises  for  the  first  electric  street  car  lines  con- 
structed in  Highlands.  He  organized  and  was  president  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Lake 
Street  Car  Company,  and  constructed  and  operated  the  line  to  Rocky  Mountain  Lake; 
raised  the  subsidy  which  built  the  West  Twenty-ninth  avenue  street  car  line,  graded 
the  street  and  had  the  cars  running  in  thirty  days;  secured  the  franchise  for  the 
Berkeley  motor  line,  afterward  turning  it  over  to  the  tramway;  secured  all  the  electric 
franchises  for  the  Tramway,  for  all  the  lines  in  what  was  then  the  town  of  Highlands; 
and  secured  the  electric  light  franchise  for  the  town  of  Highlands  for  a  less  rate  than 
the  city  of  Denver  was  at  that  time  paying.  He  circulated  the  petition  for  opening 
the  county  road,  which  afterward  became  Federal  boulevard,  the  longest  and  best 
boulevard  in  or  near  Denver;  organized  the  Fourteenth  Street  Viaduct  Association 
to  provide  a  way  over  the  railroad  tracks  for  residents  of  the  north  side;  was  its  presi- 
dent and  after  years  of  persistent  effort  and  continual  opposition  by  the  city  mayor 
and  council  board  of  public  works  and  the  railroad  companies  succeeded  in  the  comple- 
tion of  the  present  Fourteenth  street  viaduct. 

Mr.  Wolff  worked  for  twenty  years  for  a  system  of  parks  and  viaducts,  with  varying 
success.  He  caused  the  old  city  charter  (a  franchise  granted  by  the  legislature)  to  be 
amended  by  the  legislature,  permitting  the  city  council  to  divide  the  city  into  park 
districts,  only  to  have  the  proprietors  of  the  two  daily  newspapers  personally  oppose 
the  plan,  to  its  utter  defeat.  He  was  a  member  of  the  charter  convention  which  formed 
the  present  city  charter.  His  efforts  in  this  convention  were  devoted  to  getting  such 
provisions  into  the  charter  as  would  assure  a  comprehensive  park  system,  realizing  the 
natural  advantages  to  be  gained  by  dividing  the  city  into  park  districts,  and  allowing 
each  district  to  secure  its  own  park  system  by  issue  of  district  bonds.     This  was  bit- 


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terly  opposed  by  some  who  now  claim  to  be  the  originators  of  the  plan  and  system. 
It  required  two  years  of  persistent  effort  to  get  the  first  district  unit  of  the  system 
through,  namely,  the  Highland  park.  This  secured  for  the  city  more  than  four  hundred 
acres  of  lakes  and  land,  for  a  very  nominal  cost;  next  the  Washington  park  system, 
and  the  Montclair  park  and  boulevards.  About  this  time  the  late  Mayor  Speer  seemed 
to  realize  the  possibilities  and  took  up  the  civic  center  and  boulevards  and  worked  out 
a  comprehensive  park  and  boulevard  system  equaled  by  few  cities  in  the  world  and 
one  that  future  generations  will  refer  to  with  pride.  The  real  fight  of  this  same  charter 
convention  was  over  the  provision  for  viaducts.  The  railroads  opposed  this  by  all  the 
means  usually  employed  but  without  success.  The  result  was  the  present  Twentieth 
street  and  Colfax  viaducts. 

Mr.  Wolff  has  had  more  than  fifty  years  of  experience  in  irrigation.  He  helped  to 
construct  the  first  large  ditch  in  Colorado — the  Rocky  Mountain  ditch,  taking  water 
from  Clear  creek  near  Golden,  using  a  yoke  of  cattle  and  a  home-made  wooden  scraper, 
in  the  years  1862,  1863  and  1864.  He  has  been  an  officer  and  director  in  this  company 
fifty  years,  and  is  at  present  the  president  and  manager  of  the  company,  which  position 
he  has  held  the  past  thirty  years.  This  ditch  waters  some  eight  hundred  gardens  west 
of  the  city— the  most  sought  after  lands  in  Colorado.  He  was  the  president  and  prin- 
cipal owner  of  the  Farmers  Highline  (Arapahoe)  ditch,  when  its  decrees  were  produced, 
also  interested  in  the  Church  and  other  ditch  and  reservoir  enterprises  of  the  state. 
He  caused  the  district  irrigation  law  known  as  the  "Church  law"  to  be  rewritten  and 
placed  on  the  books,  the  abuse  of  which  has  resulted  in  much  turmoil  in  irrigation 
enterprises,  though  the  law  in  itself  is  a  very  good  one.  He  organized  the  Inter  Moun- 
tain Water  Company  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  seven  hundred  cubic  second  feet  of 
water  from  Williams  river  to  the  Platte  river  water  shed  for  irrigation  purposes.  This 
was  opposed  by  the  government  and  the  Union  Water  Company,  the  Colorado  Central 
Power  Company  and  others,  but  the  decrees  were  finally  granted  and  work  commenced, 
but  the  completion  was  defeated  by  the  action  of  the  government  and  collapse  of  irriga- 
tion securities.  He  is  and  has  been  a  strong  advocate  of  bringing  absolutely  pure  water 
across  the  range  for  Denver's  domestic  supply  and  for  power  purposes  for  street  and 
city  lighting,  using  Cheesman,  Antero  and  Lost  Park  reservoirs  water  for  irrigating 
lands  near  Denver.  Mr.  Wolff  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  best  posted  men  in  Colorado  on 
all  lines  of  irrigation  matters. 

He  organized  the  Higgins  Investment  Company,  a  holding  company  for  the  property 
of  the  late  L.  L.  Higgins,  and  has  been  a  director  and  officer  in  this  company  since  its 
organization.  He  has  been  actively  engaged  in  irrigation  and  real  estate  enterprises 
for  many  years,  platted  several  additions  to  Denver,  some  of  which  bear  his  name.  His 
fruit  place  in  Highlands  is  now  occupied  by  the  Mullen  Home  for  the  Aged. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Pioneers  Association  and  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  Central  Presbyterian  church,  during  the  building  of  that  edifice. 
He  bought  the  tour  corner  lots  where  the  Equitable  building  now  stands  from  the  late 
Henry  C.  Brown  for  twelve  hundred  dollars,  where  the  Seventeenth  Street  Presbyterian 
church  was  built  in  1872.  These  lots  are  now  said  to  be  worth  six  hundred  thousand 
dollars.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  also  a  member  for 
years  of  the  Real  Estate  Exchange  and  other  associations.  A  director  in  several  banks 
prior  to  the  panic  of  1893  and  directly  thereafter.  At  one  time  was  one  of  the  heaviest 
tax  payers  in  the  city  and  county  of  Denver.  The  panic  of  1893  and  subsequent  depre- 
ciation of  real  estate  stripped  him  of  everything,  so  he  has  been  compelled  to  start  at 
the  beginning  again.  His  long  and  honorable  connection  with  the  real  estate  business 
in  Denver  has  won  for  him  the  highest  standing  and  a  reputation  for  straightforwardness 
and  integrity  not  surpassed  by  any  of  his  contemporaries. 

In  his  political  connection  he  has  always  been  a  stalwart  republican.  The  keen 
and  active  interest  manifested  by  him  in  political  matters  has  never  been  prompted 
by  pecuniary  consideration  but  solely  by  his  public  spirit  and  genuine  desire  for  the  city's 
good  and  progress.  While  never  having  held  a  political  office,  his  work  and  influence 
have  been  of  distinct  value  to  the  residents  of  Highlands  as  the  residents  of  the  old 
western  district  well  remember.  It  is  doubtful  if  the  city  of  Denver  has  a  private  citizen 
living  today  whose  interest  in  civic  betterment  and  whose  activities  have  been  of  such 
distinct  value  and  with  less  personal  gain.  His  labors  in  connection  with  the  securing 
of  franchises,  viaducts,  park  systems  and  boulevards  have  invariably  been  without 
remuneration. 

Mr.  Wolff  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife.  Miss  Sara  A.  Carver,  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  school  teachers  of  Denver  and  a  daughter  of  Professor  Henry  Carver,  who  was 
one  of  the  first  principals  of  the  Denver  public  schools  before  the  Denver  district  owned 
a  single  school  building.  This  wife  died  in  1895,  and  in  1897  he  married  his  present 
wife,  Jean  A.  Carver,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife.     He  has  a  son,  Frank  C,  born  October  22, 


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1873,  who  is  married  and  lives  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  this  son  has  one  daughter. 
Another  son,  Hiram  B.,  born  May  25,  1898,  is  registered  in  the  navy  and  is  in  his  junior 
year  at  the  Colorado  University,  taking  the  course  in  chemical  engineering. 

Mr.  Wolff's  wonderfully  well  preserved  condition  is  more  becoming  of  one  twenty 
years  the  junior  of  his  three  score  and  ten.  He  has  the  happy  faculty  of  growing  old 
gracefully  which  seems  but  the  just  reward  for  a  regular,  temperate  life.  He  has 
never  used  whiskey  or  tobacco  in  any  form. 


HARRY   E.   MULNIX. 


Harry  E.  Mulnix,  state  treasurer  of  Colorado  and  one  of  the  best  known  men  In 
the  state,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  October  15.  1856,  a  son  of  the  late 
Alexander  Mulnix,  who  was  likewise  a  native  of  the  Keystone  state,  where  his  an- 
cestors had  lived  for  several  generations.  Mingled  strains  of  Scotch  and  Irish  blood 
flow  in  his  veins  and  through  succeeding  generations  there  has  been  manifest  in  the 
family  a  force  of  character  that  has  made  its  representatives  substantial  and  valued 
citizens  of  the  various  communities  in  which  they  have  lived.  The  founder  of  the 
American  branch  of  the  Mulnix  family  arrived  In  the  new  world  shortly  after  the 
Revolutionary  war.  Alexander  Mulnix  was  a  successful  farmer,  who  spent  his  entire 
life  in  Pennsylvania.  He  wedded  Mary  Margaret  Sampson,  a  native  of  the  Keystone 
state  and  a  representative  of  one  of  tlie  old  Pennsylvania  families  of  Scotch-Irish 
descent.  His  wife  died'  in  Pennsylvania,  in  1902,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years.  Her 
family  numbered  eight  children,  six  sons  and  two  daughters. 

The  youngest  of  the  household  was  Harry  E.  Mulnix.  who  is  indebted  to  the  public 
schools  of  Pittsburgh  for  his  early  education,  which  was  supplemented  by  study  in  the 
Iron  City  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1875.  He  started 
out  to  provide  for  his  own  support  when  a  youth  of  eighteen.  His  second  employment 
was  that  of  a  clerk  in  mercantile  lines  and  his  first  position  was  that  of  a  bookkeeper 
with  the  firm  of  Harshaw  &  Templeton.  His  initial  experience  was  therefore  of  a 
broadening  character  that  qualified  him  for  further  advancement.  In  1878  he  came 
to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Pueblo  on  the  17th  of  May.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he 
removed  to  Trinidad  and  there  he  engaged  in  general  merchandising.  While  a  resident 
of  that  city  he  served  for  four  years  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  and  was  acting 
mayor  of  the  city  when  but  twenty-three  years  old.  In  1887  he  entered  the  railroad 
contracting  business,  which  he  followed  until  1893.  In  1892  he  was  the  candidate  for 
state  treasurer  but  went  down  to  defeat  in  the  democratic  landslide  of  that  year, 
although  leading  his  ticket  in  a  manner  that  Indicated  great  strength  throughout  the 
state.  In  1894  he  was  elected  state  treasurer  on  the  republican  ticket  and  served  for 
one  term  of  two  years,  after  which,  in  1896,  he  was  nominated  for  the  position  of 
secretary  of  state  but  declined  the  proffered  honor.  In  1898  he  was  again  nominated 
for  the  position  of  state  treasurer  but  refused  to  become  a  candidate.  His  party  thus 
acknowledged  his  powers  of  leadership  as  well  as  his  efficiency  and  ability  in  office. 
From  1898  until  1914  he  followed  his  profession  as  a  certified  public  accouiTtant.  In 
the  latter  year  he  was  nominated  for  the  office  of  state  auditor,  to  which  he  was 
elected.  His  incumbency  in  1915  and  1916  was  one  noted  for  a  degree  of  efficiency  that 
has  seldom  been  attained  and  never  surpassed  in  the  management  of  a  state  office  in 
Colorado.  It  involved  the  handling  of  over  forty  millions  of  dollars  of  staffe  funds, 
without  having  to  account  for  a  single  penny.  In  1916  he  was  the  imanimous  choice 
of  the  republican  assembly  for  the  office  of  state  treasurer,  thus  obviating  the  necessity 
of  a  primary  campaign,  and  in  the  election  that  followed,  while  he  was  defeated,  he 
ran  seventy-five  thousand  six  hundred  votes  ahead  of  his  ticket.  The  democrats  carried 
the  state  by  seventy-six  thousand  five  hundred  and  eight.  This  was  one  of  the  most 
remarkable  instances  of  personal  political  strength  ever  shown  in  the  political  history 
of  the  state.  Resuming  his  practice  of  accountancy  together  with  the  management 
of  other  private  Interests,  Mr.  Mulnix  continued  until  assuming  the  duties  of  state 
treasurer  in  January,  1919,  to  which  he  was  elected  in  the  fall  of  1918.  Mr.  Mulnix 
owes  much  of  his  great  popularity  in  the  state  to  the  unquestioning  faith  the  people 
have  in  his  unswerving  integrity.  When  out  of  office  he  has  been  for  nearly  two  de- 
cades the  official  auditing  authority  for  most  of  the  counties  of  the  state.  He  has 
uncovered  no  little  in  the  way  of  wilful  wrongdoing  and  in  the  way  of  accounting 
errors  due  to  mistaken  methods.  In  all  cases  he  acted  with  such  tact  that  publicity 
was  avoided,  wrongs  were  quietly  made  good  and  penalties  were  imposed,  but  never 
with  the  blare  of  trumpets.     In  most  of  the  courts  of  the  state  his  methods  of  book- 


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keeping  have  been  adopted.  It  is  this  element  of  personal  contact  with  county  officials 
that  has  endeared  him  to  leading  citizens  of  both  parties  throughout  the  state  and 
gave  them,  too,  an  insight  into  the  absolute  trustworthiness  of  the  man. 

Mr.  Mulnix  has  always  been  a  stalwart  republican  since  becoming  a  voter.  He 
perhaps  has  a  more  extensive  acquaintance  throughout  Colorado  than  any  other  man 
in  the  state.  His  democratic  manner,  his  innate  courtesy  and  politeness  have  always 
been  prominent  characteristics,  which  are  probably  surpassed  only  by  his  admirable 
family  lite  and  ideal  devotion  to  the  rearing  and  training  of  his  children.  His  hosts 
of  friends  know  and  address  him  as  "Harry"  without  the  least  thought  of  indignity  or 
affront.  His  kind-heartedness  and  generosity  are  seldom  appealed  to  in  vain  by  worthy 
causes.  A  deserving  appeal  invariably  meets  with  response  and  has  never  been  turned 
away  without  help  of  some  kind. 

Mr.  Mulnix  has  been  married  twice.  In  Trinidad,  Colorado,  he  wedded  Miss 
Sophia  A.  Lewelling,  who  was  the  first  American  white  child  born  in  southern  Colorado, 
a  daughter  of  Jefferson  W.  and  Anne  Lewelling.  Jefferson  W.  Lewelling  was  a  pioneer 
of  this  state,  coming  to  Colorado  in  1860.  He  was  also  a  Civil  war  veteran,  enlisting 
from  Colorado  for  service  in  that  struggle.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  yet  living  and 
are  residents  of  Dodge  county,  Kansas.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mulnix  were  born  five  chU- 
dren,  three  of  whom  survive.  Sophia  Jane  is  the  wife  of  Colonel  E.  J.  Boughton,  who 
is  a  colonel  on  General  Pershing's  staff  and  prior  to  his  participation  in  the  war  was 
an  attorney  of  Denver.  To  him  and  his  wife  have  been  bom  three  children,  Elizabeth 
J.,  Edward  J.  and  Evelyn  J.,  all  born  in  Colorado,  as  was  Mrs.  Boughton.  Harry  B. 
Mulnix,  the  eldest  son  of  Harry  E.  Mulnix,  married  Edna  Olcott  and  died  in  Denver, 
October  13,  1917,  at  the  age  of  thirty-flve  years,  leaving  a  son,  Harry  Olcott,  who  is 
nine  years  of  age.  Llewellyn  Grant,  the  next  member  of  the  family,  is  a  resident  of 
Denver  and  is  office  manager  of  the  Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company 
of  this  city.  He  married  Lucy  Fortune  and  they  have  a  daughter,  Barbara.  Robert 
C,  the  next  of  the  family,  married  Novella  Stull,  of  New  York,  and  is  engaged  in  the 
automobile  business  in  Denver.  He  and  his  wife  have  a  daughter,  Charlotte  Louise. 
Anna  May,  the  next  member  of  the  family,  became  the  wife  of  William  J.  O'Brien 
and  died,  leaving  a  son,  James  Llewellyn.  Mrs.  Mulnix  passed  away  October  23,  1889, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years.  On  the  4th  of  September,  1907,  Mr.  Mulnix  was  again 
married,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Grace  Alice  Strayer,  a  native  of  Indiana 
and  a  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Alice  Strayer,  the  former  now  deceased,  while  the  latter 
resides  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mulnix. 

Mr.  Mulnix  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Society  of  Certified  Public  Accountants 
and  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Accounts.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Denver  Civic 
and  Commercial  Association  and  is  interested  in  all  that  has  to  do  with  the  welfare, 
progress  and  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  the  extension  of  its  trade  relations.  He  has 
ever  figured  prominently  in  public  connections,  nature  seeming  to  have  qualified  him 
for  leadership.  The  integrity  of  his  motives  is  never  questioned  and  his  progressive- 
ness  has  led  him  to  take  a  forward  step  in  such  a  way  that  he  has  drawn  with  him  a 
large  following.  He  is  public-spirited  in  the  true  sense  of  giving  his  time,  efforts  and 
ability  for  the  welfare  of  community  and  commonwealth,  even  at  the  sacrifice  of  his 
personal  interests.  Stanoh  as  he  is  in  his  republicanism,  he  places  the  general  good 
before  partisanship  and  is  unfaltering  in  his  support  of  measures  which  he  believes 
will  benefit  city  and  state,  while  over  the  record  of  his  official  career  there  falls  no 
shadow  of  wrong  or  suspicion  of  evil. 


FRANK  H.  POTTER. 


Frank  H.  Potter,  conducting  business  at  Brush  as  a  general  merchant  and  under- 
taker, was  born  in  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  October  4,  1868,  a  son  of  Alexander  W.  Potter, 
who  is  of  Irish  descent,  while  the  mother  was  of  Scotch  lineage.  She  died  when  their 
son  was  an  infant.  On  coming  to  the  new  world  the  father  first  located  in  Ohio  in 
company  with  his  parents  and  afterward  removed  to  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa,  where  his 
father  was  engaged  in  the  shoe  business.  Alexander  W.  Potter  took  up  the  trade  of 
bricklaying  and  was  thus  employed  for  a  time  but  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war 
put  aside  all  business  and  personal  considerations  and  responded  to  the  call  for  troops, 
enlisting  in  Michigan.  He  served  throughout  the  period  of  hostilities  between  the 
north  and  the  south  and  on  one  occasion  was  wounded.     After  the  war  he  removed  to 


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Denver  and  worked  at  his  trade  for  many  years  but  is  now  living  retired  and  makes  his 
liome  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he  is  enjoying  a  well  earned  rest. 

Frank  H.  Pcftter  was  reared  at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa.  His  youth  was  spent  upon  a 
farm  in  Iowa,  and  there  he  received  his  education,  and  early  became  familiar  with  the 
best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring  for  the  crops.  Later  he  learned  the  machin- 
ist's trade  and  followed  steam  engineering  for  fifteen  years.  In  1903  he  came  to  Brush 
and  for  a  year  was  at  Fort  Morgan  before  taking  up  his  abode  in  the  town  where  he 
still  resides.  Here  he  established  a  furniture  and  undertaking  business  in  partner- 
ship with  J.  A.  Yenne,  of  Fort  Morgan,  and  in  1908  he  sold  the  furniture  stock  but 
has  since  continued  in  the  undertaking  business.  He  is  also  manager  of  a  department 
of  the  Nelson  Mercantile  Company,  of  which  his  wife  is  one  of  the  owners.  They 
carry  aij  immense  stock  of  goods,  occupying  two  floors  and  basement,  and  Mr.  Potter 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  progressive  merchants  of  this  section  of  the  state,  actu- 
ated by  a  spirit  of  progress  and  enterprise  in  all  that  he  does. 

In  October,  1902,  Mr.  Potter  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lena  Yenne,  a  daugh- 
ter of  J.;  A.  Yenne,  who  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Potter 
was  borri  one  child,  Helen,  whose  birth  occurred  June  9,  1907.  The  wife  and  mother 
passed  away  on  the  17th  of  July  of  the  same  year  and  on  the  20th  of  May,  1915,  Mr. 
Potter  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Clara  Nelson,  a  daughter 
of  Ole  and  Christina  (Christenson)  Nelson,  who  are  mentioned  below.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Potter  are  consistent  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  he  is  a  faithful  fol- 
lower of  Masonic  teachings,  belonging  to  the  lodge,  chapter,  commandery,  the  Mystic 
Shrine  and  the  Eastern  Star.  He  likewise  has  membership  with  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Rebekahs  and  also  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Politically 
he  is  a  republican,  believing  firmly  in  the  principles  of  the  party,  and  he  has  been 
called  upon  to  serve  in  some  public  positions,  acting  as  county  coroner  of  Morgan 
county  and  also  as  mayor  of  Brush.  He  is  of  a  high  type  of  American  manhood,  loyal 
to  each  interest  entrusted  to  his  care  and  thoroughly  reliable  as  well  as  progressive  in 
business; 


OLE  NELSON. 


Ole  Nelson,  who  was  a  most  enterprising,  far-sighted  and  sagacious  business  man, 
the  founder  of  the  Nelson  Mercantile  Company,  was  born  in  Denmark  on  the  16th  of 
June,  1854.  He  partially  acquired  his  education  in  that  country,  where  he  remained 
until  he  reached  the  age  of  eighteen  years  and  then  sought  a  home  in  the  new  world. 
Crossing  the  Atlantic  to  America,  he  made  his  way  first  to  Chicago,  where  he  resided, 
however,  for  only  a  brief  period.  He  then  went  to  Hampton,  Iowa,  where  he  pur- 
chased and  improved  a  farm  and  as  the  years  passed  he  continued  its  cultivation  until 
sixteen  years  had  been  added  to  the  cycle  of  the  centuries.  In  the  spring  of  1896  he 
arrived  in  Brush,  Morgan  county,  Colorado,  and  purchased  land  within  the  borders 
of  the  county,  carrying  on  farming  for  a  year.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  however,  he 
abandoned  agricultural  pursuits  and  removed  to  Brush,  where  he  established  business 
under  the  name  of  the  Nelson  Mercantile  Company.  He  opened  a  store  and  from 
the  beginning  his  trade  constantly  increased,  so  that  he  found  it  necessary  to  enlarge 
his  stock  from  time  to  time  in  order  to  meet  the  growing  demands  of  the  business. 
He  developed  one  of  the  most  important  commercial  interests  of  the  county  and  was 
active  in  its  control  and  management  until  his  den>ise,  which  occurred  on  the  26th 
of  January,  1913,  when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  nearly  fifty-nine  years. 

In  early  manhood  Mr.  Nelson  was  married  to  Miss  Christina  Christenson,  also  a 
native  of  Denmark,  born  on  the  19th  of  December,  1864.  She  still  survives  her  hus- 
band and  now  makes  her  home  in  California.  By  her  marriage  she  had  five  children: 
Ida  M.,  who  is  now  a  student  in  the  University  of  Denver;  Elizabeth  A.,  the  wife  of 
W.  J.  Clark,  residing  in  Los  Angeles.  California;  Clara,  the  wife  of  Frank  H.  Potter, 
mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work;  Bflie  N.,  the  wife  of  R.  C.  Grigg.  of  Brush,  Colorado; 
and  Uriel,  who  is  at  home  with  his  mother. 

Mr.  Nelson  served  on  the  town  council  of  Brush  for  a  long  period  and  was  county 
assessor  while  in  Iowa.  Mrs.  Nelson  still  owns  the  old  home  farm  and  two  residence 
properties,  one  of  which  is  situated  in  Brush.  Mr.  Nelson  erected  the  first  brick  build- 
ing in  Brush  and  contributed  in  very  marked  measure  to  the  development  and  progress 
of  the  town  as  the  years  passed  by.  In  addition  to  promoting  one  of  its  chief  com- 
mercial interests  he  was  the  vice  president  of  the  Stockmen's  National  Bank,  His 
worth  and  ability  were  widely  recognized  and  in  his  passing  the  community  lost  one 


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of  its  most  valued  citizens.  He  was  a  loyal  and  exemplary  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  of  which  he  served  as  treasurer  for  five  years,  and  his  religious  faith  was 
that  of  the  Lutheran  church,  which  found  in  him  a  faithful  follower. 


RAY   E.   HAVERLAND. 


Ray  E.  Haverland  is  a  member  of  the  well  known  firm  of  Hoch  &  Haverland, 
prominent  lumber  dealers  of  Otis,  Colorado.  Although  he  is  yet  a  comparatively  young 
man  he  has  attained  a  success  in  commercial  life  which  entitles  him  to  be  numbered 
among  the  successful  business  men  of  his  section  of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Elgin, 
Nebraska,  in  February,  1883,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Esther  (Ball)  Haverland.  natives  of 
Wisconsin,  who  in  1876  went  to  Nebraska,  where  they  took  up  a  homestead  in  Antelope 
county,  which  the  father  successfully  cultivated  until  1910,  when  he  removed  farther 
west,  taking  up  his  home  in  Yuma  county,  Colorado,  where  he  was  engaged  in  thei 
coal  business  for  four  years.  He  is  now  living  retired,  having  accumulated  a  com- 
fortable competence  through  his  years  of  labor  and  industry  and  resides  in  Y'uma. 
The  mother  of  our  subject  is  also  living. 

Ray  E.  Haverland  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  received  his  education 
in  Antelope  county,  Nebraska,  where  he  attended  the  county  schools.  Upon  complet- 
ing his  education  he  decided  upon  the  carpenter's  trade  as  a  profitable  occupation  and 
learned  that  trade,  at  which  he  worked  tor  about  eight  years.  At  the  end  of  that 
time,  in  1909,  he  came  to  Y'uma  county,  Colorado,  and  took  up  a  homestead  claim, 
which  he  improved  to  some  extent  but  later  sold.  He  was  also  connected  with  the 
lumber  business  for  two  years  while  following  the  carpenter's  trade  in  Yuma  and 
Nebraska.  In  1913  he  formed  a  partnership  with  H.  C.  Hoch  and  they  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business  at  Otis,  Mr.  Haverland  having  had  practical  charge  of  the  enter- 
prise ever  since  its  organization.  His  sound  business  judgment,  his  indefatigable 
energy  and  his  thorough  knowledge  have  enabled  him  to  extend  the  enterprise  con- 
siderably, and  today  their  business  is  a  profitable  one.  He  has  always  followed  honor- 
able methods  and  his  reputation  as  a  reliable  dealer  and  trustworthy  business  man  is 
thoroughly  established. 

In  September,  1906,  Mr.  Haverland  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Bertha  Realim 
and  to  them  were  born  two  children:  Hazel  G.,  January  1,  1908;  and  Harry  E..  Febru- 
ary 2,  1911.  In  his  political  affiliations  Mr.  Haverland  is  a  republican  but,  although 
interested  in  the  success  of  his  party,  has  never  been  a  politician  in  the  sense  of  office 
seeking.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in  the  work 
of  which  he  takes  a  laudable  and  helpful  interest,  and  fraternally  he  belongs  to  the 
Royal  Highlanders.  Outside  of  his  lumber  interests  he  is  a  stockholder  and  director 
in  the  Farmers  State  Bank  of  Otis,  which  institution  has  greatly  prospered  since  its 
foundation,  only  a  few  years  ago.  As  a  public-spirited  citizen,  as  a  business  man  and 
in  private  life  Mr.  Haverland  enjoys  the  great  esteem  and  respect  of  all  who  know 
him  and  is  most  highly  rated  by  those  who  know  him  best,  this  indicating  the  true 
worth  of  his  character. 


EDWARD  L.  CLOVER. 


Edward  L.  Clover,  attorney  at  law  of  Denver,  was  born  in  Hardin  county,  Iowa,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1861,  a  son  of  Gerettus  and  Susan  D.  (Maddox)  Clover,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Indiana.  In  1858  they  removed  westward  to  Iowa,  where  Mr.  Clover  engaged 
in  farming,  thus  providing  for  the  support  of  his  family.  In  1863.  however,  he 
established  the  family  home  in  Grundy  county,  Illinois,  where  both  he  and  his  wife 
passed  away  and  were  laid  to  rest.  During  the  period  of  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Clover 
responded  to  the  country's  call  for  troops,  enlisting  as  a  private  in  the  Sixteenth 
Iowa  Infantry,  with  which  he  served  under  the  old  flag  for  thirty-seven  months  and 
during  this  period  was  on  the  firing  line  in  many  of  the  most  hotly  contested  battles 
of  the  war.     In  the  family  were  two  children  but  one  son,  Thomas  P.,  has  passed  away. 

The  younger,  Edward  L.  Clover  of  this  review,  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of 
Illinois  and  of  Oswego,  Kansas,  and  also  attended  a  private  school  in  Oswego,  Kansas, 
whither  his  parents  had  removed  in  1879,  returning  to  Illinois  in  1882.  After  master- 
ing the  common  branches  of  learning  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  an  attorney's 
office  of  Oswego.  Kansas,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  there  in   November,  18<5l,   but 


84  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

did  not  immediately  enter  upon  the  active  practice  of  the  profession,  devoting  his 
attention  to  other  pursuits  for  five  years.  He  then  opened  a  law  office  at  Morris, 
Grundy  county,  Illinois,  and  became  a  prominent  member  of  the  legal  fraternity  there 
during  the  nineteen  years  in  which  he  engaged  in  his  chosen  profession  in  that  city. 
For  three  terms  he  filled  the  office  of  city  attorney  of  Morris,  making  a  most  creditable 
record  in  that  position.  In  1907  he  decided  to  come  west  and  after  a  careful  survey 
of  the  field  determined  to  locate  in  Denver.  Subsequent  results  have  justified  this 
determination,  for  in  the  intervening  years  he  has  built  up  a  large  practice  and  is 
today  regarded  as  one  of  the  representative  atlorneys  of  the  Colorado  bar. 

On  the  20th  of  May,  1883,  Mr.  Clover  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jessie  M. 
Coles,  of  Gardner,  Illinois,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  H.  Coles.  They  have  one 
child,  Inez  H.,  who  was  born  in  Morris,  Illinois,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  high  school 
of  Joliet,  Illinois,  and  of  a  girls'  school  at  Evanston,  that  state.  She  makes  her  home 
in  Grundy  county,  Illinois  and  has  become  the  mother  of  two  children,  Edward  F. 
and  Elizabeth  Harford. 

Mr.  Clover  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party,  which  he  has 
supported  since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  He  is  a  Master  Mason, 
loyal  to  the  teachings  of  the  craft,  and  he  also  has  membership  with  the  Sons  of  Vet- 
erans. Along  strictly  professional  lines  his  connection  is  with  the  County  and  City 
Bar  Association,  with  the  Colorado  State  Bar  Association  and  the  American  Bar 
Association.  Those  who  know  him,  and  he  has  gained  a  wide  acquaintance,  esteem 
him  as  a  man  of  genuine  personal  worth  and  high  professional  attainments,  while  as 
a  citizen  he  stands  loyally  in  support  of  all  that  has  to  do  with  public  progress  and 
improvement. 


DAVID   BROTHERS. 


Among  Denver's  citizens  who  became  octogenarians  was  numbered  David  Brothers, 
whose  connection  with  the  city  dated  from  early  pioneer  times.  He  made  the  trip 
across  the  country  from  Wisconsin  in  the  year  1859  and  cast  in  his  lot  with  those  early 
settlers  who  were  laying  the  foundations  for  Denver's  future  development  and  great- 
ness. He  was  born  near  London,  England,  May  16,  1838,  being  one  of  twelve  children 
whose  parents  were  John  and  Mary  CWightman)  Brothers.  He  was  but  six  years  of 
age  when  he  began  to  assist  in  farm  work  and  was  employed  in  agricultural  pursuits 
In  his  native  country  until  he  reached  young  manhood,  when  he  bade  adieu  to  friends, 
family  and  native  land  and  sailed  for  the  United  States,  believing  that  he  might  have 
better  business  opportunities  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  Making  his  way  to  Wisconsin, 
he  there  resumed  the  occupation  of  farming,  which  he  followed  in  that  state  for  four 
years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  came  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  1859.  In  1869 
he  purchased  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  in  Jefferson  county.  He  then  took 
up  farming  on  his  own  account  and  was  so  engaged  for  more  than  a  third  of  a  century, 
bringing  his  fields  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  transforming  his  land  into 
a  rich  and  productive  farm.  In  1903,  however,  he  put  aside  the  active  work  of  the 
fields  and  retired  from  business,  removing  to  Denver,  where  he  resided  »mtil  the  time 
of  his  demise.  He  was  interested  in  the  Central  Savings  Bank,  of  which  he  had  been 
a  director  since  1892. 

On  the  30th  of  June,  1879.  in  Denver,  Mr.  Brothers  was  married  to  Mrs.  Thomasine 
(Thomas)  Manhart,  a  daughter  of  Francis  and  Elizabeth  (Meyers)  Thomas.  The 
Thomas  family  was  early  established  in  Indiana,  where  Francis  Thomas  w£is  born, 
while  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Meyers)  Thomas,  was  descended  from  an  old  Virginia 
family.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  subsequently  removed  to  Missouri  and  in  that  state 
Mrs.  David  Brothers  was  born.  Later  the  family  went  to  Kansas,  where  Mr.  Thomas 
became  owner  of  two  fine  ranches.  In  the  spring  of  1860  they  again  took  up  their 
course  toward  the  west,  starting  for  Colorado  with  ox  teams,  the  father,  mother 
and  six  children  riding  in  a  light  wagon  or  buckboard.  They  were  one  month  in 
making  the  five  hundred  miles  to  Pike's  Peak,  which  was  then  the  slogan,  as  the 
name  of  Colorado  was  hardly  known.  During  their  westward  journey  no  troubles 
were  incurred  with  the  Indians,  who  always  remained  friendly  and  were  frequently 
entertained  at  their  camp.  The  Thomas  family  located  at  Globeville,  now  a  part  of 
Denver,  where  Mr.  Thomas  acquired  land.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
of  whom  four  daughters  survive,  as  follows:  Mrs.  Brothers.  Mrs.  Anna  Manhart,  Mrs. 
Laura  Ramsey  and  Jlrs.  Emma  Corfman,  all  residents  of  Denver.     Mrs.  Brothers  was 


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86  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

but  ten   years  of  age  when   brought  to' Colorado,   where   she   was   largely   reared   and 
received  her  education. 

Mr.  Brothers  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party,  which  he  had 
supported  since  becoming  a  naturalized  American  citizen.  He  belonged  to  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church  of  Highlands,  of  which  his  widow  is  a  devoted  attendant,  and 
to  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association,  connections  which  indicated  the 
nature  of  his  interests  and  the  rules  which  governed  his  conduct.  He  ever  stood  for 
progress  and  improvement  in  public  affairs,  for  integrity  and  honor  in  the  life  of 
the  individual,  and  his  course  made  his  an  honored  name.  Death  called  him  on  the 
24th  of  November.  1918.  He  lived  to  see  many  changes  in  the  great  west  and  in  the 
world  at  large.  Born  during  the  presidential  administration  of  Martin  Van  Buren,  he 
saw  the  introduction  of  the  telegraph  and  the  telephone  and  the  extension  of  a  most 
wonderful  system  of  railroads  over  all  parts  of  the  country.  Moreover,  he  lived  to 
see  the  country  emerge  triumphantly  from  four  different  wars— the  Mexican,  the  Civil, 
the  Spanish-American  and  the  World  war,  so  recently  and  so  brilliantly  won.  He 
was  ever  keenly  interested  in  great  world  movements  and  in  his  home  locality  he  bore 
his  full  share  in  the  work  of  general  development  and  progress. 


G.  A.  NEWKIRK. 


G.  A.  Newklrk  arrived  in  Denver  an  absolute  stranger.  Today  he  is  widely  known 
in  social  and  business  circles  and  has  won  an  enviable  position  as  the  general  agent 
at  Denver  for  the  Mutual  Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Newark,  New  Jersey. 
He  has  advanced  steadily  to  this  position  since  starting  out  in  the  business  world  in 
a  humble  capacity,  yet  all  days  in  his  career  have  not  been  equally  bright.  Obstacles 
and  difBculties  have  arisen  but  perseverance  and  determined  effort  have  enabled  him 
to  overcome  these  and  steadily  push  forward  to  the  goal  of  prosperity. 

Mr.  Newkirk  is  a  native  son  of  New  York.  He  was  born  at  Fort  Hunter,  Mont 
gomery  county,  August  14,  1857,  and  comes  of  Dutch  ancestry,  belonging  to  that  class 
of  Knickerbockers  who  founded  the  Empire  state.  Three  brothers  of  the  name  came 
to  the  new  world  and  the  progenitor  of  the  branch  of  the  family  to  which  G.  A.  Newkirk 
belongs  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Amsterdam,  now  New  York  city.  Later  repre- 
sentatives of  the  name  participated  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  still  others  In  the 
War  of  1812.  His  father.  Abraham  Newkirk,  was  born  in  the  Empire  state  and  became 
a  successful  farmer  there.  Ultimately,  however,  he  removed  to  the  west,  taking  up  his 
abode  in  Denver,  Colorado,  in  1890.  There  he  lived  retired  to  the  time  of  his  demise, 
which  occurred  in  1904,  when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  His  wife 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Catherine  Snook  and  was  born  near  Fort  Hunter.  New  York. 
She,  too,  belonged  to  one  of  the  old  families  of  that  state,  of  Scotch  descent.  Her  death 
occurred  in  Fonda,  New  York,  in  1883,  when  she  was  fifty  years  of  age.  The  family 
numbered  seven  children,  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  of  whom  G.  A.  Newkirk  is  the 
third  in  order  of  birth. 

While  spending  his  youthful  days  to  the  age  of  thirteen  years  upon  the  home  farm 
G.  A.  Newkirk  attended  the  district  schools  and  then  put  aside  his  textbooks,  since 
which  time  he  has  learned  his  lessons  in  the  school  of  experience.  Starting  out  to  earn 
a  living,  he  was  first  employed  in  scraping  broomcorn  on  a  neighboring  farm.  He 
afterward  took  up  clerking  in  a  variety  store  at  Fultonville,  New  York,  thus  gaining 
his  first  experience  along  commercial  lines.  He  afterward  followed  clerical  work  in 
this  store  for  three  years,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  in  order  to  secure  thorough 
training  for  business  duties,  he  entered  the  Eastman  Business  College  at  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York,  in  which  he  completed  a  commercial  course.  He  then  removed  to  New  York 
city  and  secured  employment  with  John  H.  Starin,  who  was  largely  engaged  in  the 
transportation  business  and  was  a  steamboat  owner.  He  acted  as  cashier  for  Mr.  Starin 
at  Glen  Island,  the  celebrated  summer  resort  in  Long  Island  Sound,  continuing  in 
that  position  for  a  year,  after  which  he  returned  to  Fonda,  where  he  secured  a  position 
In  a  general  store,  there  remaining  until  the  death  of  his  mother,  which  occurred  in 
March,  188.3. 

Mr.  Newkirk  afterward  removed  to  the  west,  arriving  in  Denver  on  the  5th  of 
April  of  that  year.  He  had  no  acquaintance  in  the  city  but  he  believed  that  individual 
effort  and  ability  would  gain  him  a  start,  and  after  a  time  he  obtained  a  clerkship  in 
the  store  of  J.  J.  Joslyn,  with  whom  he  was  connected  until  December  31,  1884.  At  that 
date  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  life  insurance  business,  becoming  a  solicitor  for 
the  Washington  Life  Company,  with  which  he  continued  until   December  31,   1886,  or 


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88  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

for  a  period  of  two  years.  He  afterward  entered  the  employ  of  the  Mutual  Benefit  Life 
Insurance  Company  as  general  agent  on  the  22d  of  March,  1887,  and  has  continued  in 
the  position  to  the  present  time.  He  is  today  in  point  of  time  and  service  the  oldest 
general  agent  of  the  Mutual  Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Newark,  New  Jersey, 
and  also  dean  of  the  insurance  business  in  Denver,  and  he  has  built  up  his  agency  from 
a  small  business  to  one  of  large  proportions.  He  now  has  an  organization  in  which  he 
employs  twenty-five  solicitors  and  he  ranks  with  the  leading  insurance  men  of  the 
west.  His  advancement  has  come  as  the  direct  result  of  his  close  application,  his  inde- 
fatigable energy  and  his  sound  judgment. 

In  Denver,  in  1S92,  Mr.  Newkirk  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Emma  L.  Milheim, 
a  native  of  Denver  and  a  daughter  of  John  Milheim.  Politically  Mr.  Newkirk  main- 
tains an  independent  course.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masons.  He  was 
made  a  member  of  the  organization  in  Fultonville,  New  York,  in  1878  and  now  belongs 
to  Union  Lodge,  No.  7,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  to  the  chapter  and  to  Colorado  Commandery, 
No.  1,  K.  T.  He  also  has  membership  with  the  Denver  Athletic  Club  and  the  Denver 
Motor  Club,  with  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  and  with  the  Denver  Civic  and 
Commercial  Association.  His  interests  as  thus  indicated  are  broad  and  varied  and 
yet  more  than  all  else  his  interest  centers  in  his  home  and  his  activities  are  directed 
toward  the  furtherance  of  the  welfare  and  happiness  of  his  wife  and  daughter.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Newkirk  was  born  one  child,  Grace,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Edwin  M.  Tucker, 
of  Denver.  Mrs.  Newkirk  is  quite  an  active  Red  Cross  worker.  In  a  word,  their  aid 
and  influence  are  always  given  on  the  side  of  advancement  and  improvement  and  they 
are  continually  reaching  out  a  helping  hand  to  assist  others.  Through  thirty-five  years 
as  a  resident  of  Denver  Mr.  Newkirk  has  indeed  become  widely  and  favorably  known 
and  in  the  city  has  a  circle  of  friends  almost  coextensive  with  the  circle  of  his 
acquaintance. 


D.   EDGAR   WILSON. 


D.  Edgar  Wilson  has  during  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Denver,  covering 
twenty-two  years,  gained  distinction  as  a  leading  lawyer  and  citizen  whose  loyalty 
and  progressiveness  in  public  affairs  place  him  among  those  who  are  taking  a  fore- 
most part  in  the  development  of  Denver.  He  comes  to  the  west  from  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, where  his  birth  occurred  on  the  12th  of  April,  1874,  his  parents  being  Dr.  David 
and  Frances  O.  (Smith)  Wilson.  The  father  was  born  in  Martinsburg,  Pennsylvania, 
March  30,  1825,  and  after  pursuing  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Bed- 
ford county,  Pennsylvania,  became  a  student  in  the  Logansport  Academy  at  Logansport, 
Indiana,  and  later  in  the  Washington  County  Male  and  Female  Seminary  at  Salem, 
Indiana.  He  was  afterward  for  two  years  a  student  in  the  medical  department  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  at  Philadelphia  and  was  later  a  student  at  and 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Washington  University  at  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, in  1868.  He  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Huntingdon  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  early  manhood.  An  earnest  desire  to  become  an  active  force  in  the  work  of  the 
ministry  led  him  to  join  the  Maryland  Annual  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Protestant 
church  at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  in  March,  1845,  and  he  largely  devoted  his  time, 
thought  and  energies  to  his  holy  calling.  He  was  first  married  March  6,  1856,  to  Annie 
M.  Zollickoffer,  whose  death  occurred  May  29,  1870,  and  on  the  12th  of  December,  1872, 
he  wedded  Frances  O.  Smith,  who  died  September  6,  1907.  He  had  four  daughters 
and  two  sons:  Carrie  F.;  Annie  M.,  the  wife  of  Major  James  C.  Ord;  Jennie  F.,  the 
wife  of  Major  Joseph  C.  Byron;  E.  Blanche,  the  wife  of  Joseph  H.  Hampson;  Daniel 
Z.;  and  D.  Edgar.  Dr.  Wilson  was  active  in  the  organization  of  and  became  one  of 
the  charter  trustees  of  the  Western  Maryland  College  at  Westminster,  Maryland,  in 
1868.  He  was  elected  a  representative  to  the  General  Conference  of  the  Methodist 
Protestant  church  in  1874,  1877,  1880  and  1896  and  was  elected  to  the  presidency  of 
the  Maryland  Annual  Conference  for  three  successive  years,  beginning  in  1874.  On 
the  17th  of  June,  1880,  he  was  commissioned  post  chaplain  of  the  United  States  army 
and  retired  from  active  army  service  March  30,  1890.  His  last  days  were  passed 
in  Denver,  where  his  death  occurred  February  28,  1906.  His  ability  as  a  preacher, 
his  tender  and  effective  ministrations  in  the  pastorate,  his  polished  manner,  and  his 
sympathetic  soul  gave  him  great  power.  His  character  for  piety,  fidelity  to  duty  and 
ability  were  recognized  outside  of  his  own  church  circles.  Companionable,  genial, 
generous,  true,  intelligent,  any  man  could  feel  sincerely  grateful  whose  privilege  it 
was  to  number  him  among  his  friends.     He  was  a  well  informed  man.     He  read  much. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  89 

was  conversant  with  the  theological  literature  of  the  age,  and  an  author  of  some 
reputation. 

In  the  army  he  never  lost  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  officers  and  soldiers. 
Dr.  Wilson  did  not  only  win  the  respect  of  the  men,  but  his  interest  in  them,  his 
uniform  urbanity,  and  pleasing  manner,  won  their  confidence  and  their  love,  and 
made  him  one  of  the  most  popular  officers  in  his  regiment. 

D.  Edgar  Wilson  was  the  fifth  in  order  of  birth  in  his  father's  family.  He  was 
reared  in  the  atmosphere  of  a  refined  and  cultured  home  and  began  his  education  under 
private  tutors.  He  afterward  attended  the  Western  Maryland  College  at  Westminster, 
where  he  won  his  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree  in  1893.  He  pursued  his  university  course  at 
George  Washington  University  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  was  graduated  with  the  LL.  B. 
degree  in  1S95,  while  the  following  year  the  Master  of  Laws  degree  was  conferred  upon 
him.  He  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  District  of  Columbia  in  the  fall  of  1896  and 
entered  upon  the  active  work  of  his  profession  in  Washington.  The  following  year,  how- 
ever, he  removed  to  Denver,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  here  and  has  since  been  in  active 
practice  in  this  city.  His  ability  and  the  thoroughness  of  his  work  have  brought  him 
connection  with  much  of  the  important  litigation  in  the  courts  of  the  district  and  his 
capability  and  power  are  recognized  by  his  colleagues  and  contemporaries.  He  has  also 
figured  in  business  circles  of  the  city  as  a  director  of  various  corporations. 

On  the  10th  of  February,  1904,  Mr.  Wilson  was  married  to  Miss  Dorothy  E.  Webb,  a 
daughter  of  Jean  FYancis  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Webb,  of  Denver,  formerly  residents  of 
Lebanon,  Illinois.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  have  one  daughter,  Grace  Eleanor,  who  was  bom 
in  Denver,  December  19,  1910,  and  is  attending  the  city  schools. 

Mr.  Wilson  belongs  to  the  Mile  High  Club,  is  a  member  of  Temple  Lodge,  No.  84, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  of  the  Junior  Order  of  American  Mechanics.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Denver  Bar  Association  and  the  Colorado  Bar  Association.  Outside  the  strict  path  of 
his  profession  he  is  perhaps  most  widely  known  as  an  ardent  republican  and  one  who 
has  occupied  a  position  of  leadership  in  connection  with  party  affairs  in  Denver.  For 
two  terms  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council,  being  first  elected  in  1904  and 
reelected  in  1906,  and  during  his  connection  with  the  city  council  he  served  on  various 
important  committees.  He  has  ever  been  a  believer  in  progress  and  one  who  is  fear- 
less in  the  expression  of  his  honest  convictions,  who  places  the  public  welfare  before 
personal  aggrandizement  and  seeks  the  benefit  of  the  community  rather  than  of  self. 
He  has  taken  a  most  active  interest  in  patriotic  work,  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of 
managers  of  the  Colorado  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  for  a  number  of  years 
and  in  1913  and  1914  was  state  president  of  that  society. 


JOSEPH  H.  HARRISON. 


Joseph  H.  Harrison  was  born  in  Manchester,  England.  His  parents,  Mark  and 
Rebecca  Harrison,  gave  him  the  notable  traits  that  go  to  build  up  what  the  world  calls 
a  good  reputation  and  what  is  inherently  character.  In  the  spring  of  1872  he  came  from 
England  to  the  United  States,  settling  in  Philadelphia.  For  a  time  he  was  employed  in 
a  store  in  that  city  and  later  went  to  Wilkes-Barre,  where  he  took  a  position  in  a  general 
store.  During  these  formative  years  he  acquired  not  alone  a  fundamental  knowledge  of 
business,  but  also  laid  the  basis  for  an  education  which  has  made  him  one  of  the  best 
informed  men  in  the  state. 

In  January,  1881,  Mr.  Harrison  came  to  Denver  and  in  1882  he  became  general  agent 
for  the  Penn  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Philadelphia.  Later  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  executive  committee,  and  afterwards  second  vice  president  of  the  agency 
organization  of  the  company;  positions  which  he  still  holds,  being  classed  among  the 
most  capable  men  in  his  line. 

In  1906  Mr.  Harrison  was  elected  as  a  republican  to  the  state  senate  and  perhaps 
his  most  notable  work  in  that  body  was  the  assistance  he  rendered  in  the  preparation 
and  enactment  of  an  insurance  measure  which  has  since  been  used  as  a  model  by  other 
states.  He  was  the  father  of  a  proposed  amendment  to  the  constitution  making  judges 
appointive;  but  the  progressive  spirit  was  not  yet  strong  enough  to  pull  it  through.  It 
passed  the  senate  but  failed  of  passage  in  the  house.  One  of  the  evils  of  the  state  at 
that  time  was  the  inability  to  convict  in  cases  where  those  working  in  a  fiduciary  capacity 
and  whose  compensation  was  derived  from  commissions  could,  and  in  numerous  cases 
did,  appropriate  to  their  own  use  the  funds  collected  for  and  belonging  to  others.  He 
had  a  bill  prepared  and  succeeded  in  passing  it  through  both  houses,  making  such  acts 
of  misappropriation  the  crime  of  larceny  and  punishable  accordingly;  the  effect  of  which 


90  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

has  been  to  reduce  very  largely  the  number  of  such  cases  which  had  been  quite  numerous 
theretofore. 

On  February  13,  1912,  President  William  Howard  Taft  appointed  Senator  Harrison 
postmaster  of  Denver,  and  during  his  incumbency  (he  retired  from  the  position  April 
1,  1915),  the  new  post  office,  one  of  the  finest  in  the  land,  was  planned  and  constructed. 
The  adoption  of  many  improvements  incidental  to  the  interior  arrangements,  under  con- 
sideration by  the  committee  at  Washington,  with  whom  he  was  frequently  called  in  con- 
ference, were  suggested  by  Mr.  Harrison.  His  work  as  postmaster  was  made  notable  by 
his  introduction  of  new  systems  for  handling  the  funds  of  the  post  office,  and  the  general 
delivery  patrons.  He  revolutionized  the  methods  employed  for  the  supervision  and  regu- 
lation of  the  work  of  the  employes  in  the  interests  of  the  clerks  and  carriers,  no  less 
than  in  that  of  the  post  office  department  itself,  for  which  he  was  highly  commended 
by  the  authorities  at  Washington,  who,  after  investigation.  Introduced  these  improve- 
ments in  many  other  post  offices  over  the  country. 

Senator  Harrison  has  been  a  factor  in  promoting  the  welfare  and  upbuilding  of 
the  state  in  general,  and  Denver  in  particular.  After  becoming  its  general  agent,  he 
induced  The  Penn  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Philadelphia,  a  conservative 
Quaker  institution,  to  adopt  a  program  of  investments  in  Colorado  which  in  time  secured 
to  its  citizens  an  aggregate  sum  of  over  twenty  million  dollars,  which,  invested  in  first 
mortgages,  enabled  our  enterprising  people  to  build  up  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and 
substantial  cities  (Pueblo  and  Colorado  Springs  included)  in  the  country  as  evidenced 
by  its  business  blocks  and  dwellings,  some  of  which  the  Senator  had  built  on  his  own 
account. 

Mr.  Harrison  was  married  to  Esther  Abrahams,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  on 
May  14,  1884.  The  death  of  his  wife,  a  few  years  ago,  came  as  a  shock  to  the  entire 
community,  for  she  had  endeared  herself  to  all  by  her  philanthropic  activities,  to  which 
she  devoted  many  years  of  her  life.  Senator  Harrison  is  the  father  of  three  sons,  all 
natives  of  Denver:  Mark  M.,  born  November  7.  1885,  now  in  business  with  his  father; 
Samuel  A.,  born  January  1,  1891,  who  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army  in  the  fall  of 
1917,  was  commissioned  as  a  lieutenant  of  Company  D,  Twenty-fifth  Infantry,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1918,  and  Is  stationed  at  Rockwell  Field,  San  Diego,  California;  and  Horace  L. 
Harrison,  born  February  24,  1893,  an  ensign  in  the  United  States  navy.  Engineering 
Division,  with  headquarters  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

Senator  Harrison  has  always  played  a  prominent  part  in  the  philanthropic,  civic, 
social  and  political  activities  of  the  community,  as  an  ofllcer,  director,  or  member  of 
many  of  such  organizations.  His  activities  cover  a  wide  field  in  the  progress  and 
advancement  of  the  community. 


JOHN  RICHARDS  CHAMPION. 

The  name  John  Richards  Champion  is  indelibly  impressed  upon  the  history  of 
the  development  of  the  mining  interests  of  Colorado.  He  was  born  in  the  Breage 
mining  district  of  Cornwall,  England,  on  the  20th  of  May,  1856,  a  son  of  the  Rev. 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Richards)  Champion,  the  former  a  minister  of  the  Methodist 
church. 

He  acquired  a  common  school  education  and  throughout  his  life  was  a  deep  and 
earnest  student  of  mining  and  mining  methods,  in  which  field  of  labor  he  became  very 
successful,  occupying  positions  of  trust  and  importance.  He  came  to  the  new  world 
in  1877  and  for  thirty-nine  years  was  identified  with  the  development  of  the  rich 
mineral  resources  of  Colorado.  His  ability  won  him  recognition  in  that  field  and  he 
was  called  to  various  places  of  responsibility.  During  the  last  sixteen  years  of  his 
life  he  was  superintendent  of  the  Yak  Mining  and  Tunnel  Company  at  Leadville, 
Colorado,  his  high  efficiency  being  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  was  so  long  retained 
in  that  important  position. 

It  was  in  Leadville  on  the  3d  of  June,  1890,  that  Mr.  Champion  was  married  to 
Miss  Nellie  M.  Lazenbey,  a  daughter  of  Charles  and  Helen  Lazenbey,  the  former  a 
mining  man  of  Leadville.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Champion  became  the  parents  of  two  daughters: 
Claire  L.,  now  the  wife  of  Joseph  E.  Purcell,  Jr.,  of  Fairplay,  Colorado;  and  Edith  L., 
a  successful  teacher  in  the  high  school  at  Arvada.  In  October,  1910,  Mr.  (;;hampion 
removed  with  his  family  to  Arvada  where  he  erected  a  handsome  and  commodious 
dwelling.  In  August.  1916,  he  retired  from  active  business  life  and  on  the  22d  of 
May,  1917.  after  a  brief  illness,  was  called  to  his  final  rest. 


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92  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

In  his  religious  faith  Mr.  Champion  was  a  Methodist,  adhering  to  the  teachings 
of  his  boyhood.  He  was  well  known  in  Masonic  circles,  being  received  as  an  entered 
apprentice  at  Georgetown,  September  4,  1880.  He  was  raised  to  the  master's  degree 
in  Leadville,  April  11,  1883,  and  he  served  as  worshipful  master  of  Leadville  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  for  the  term  of  1888-9.  He  was  afterward  secretary  of  the  same  lodge 
from  1891  until  1897  inclusive.  He  became  a  member  of  Leadville  Chapter,  No.  1, 
R.  A.  M.,  on  the  1st  of  July,  1886,  and  was  elected  high  priest  in  1890.  He  was  made  a 
Knight  Templar  of  Mount  of  the  Holy  Cross  Commandery,  No.  5,  on  the  20th  of 
December,  1893,  and  served  as  its  eminent  commander  in  1901.  He  likewise  had 
membership  relations  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  he  was 
ever  most  loyal  to  his  professions  and  to  his  obligations.  His  political  allegiance  was 
given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  kept  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues 
of  the  day,  but  he  never  sought  or  desired  office,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  energy 
and  his  thought  upon  his  business  interests  and  duties.  He  was  a  self-made  man  in 
the  highest  and  best  sense  of  the  term,  carving  out  his  own  fortunes  and  shaping  his 
career  in  most  honorable  fashion. 


REV.  ALANSON  MOODY  VIR  DEN. 

Rev.  Alanson  M.  Vir  Den,  of  Hugo,  Colorado,  is  one  of  the  most  forceful  preachers 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  known  to  this  state.  For  thirty  years  he  has  ex- 
pounded the  gospel  and  it  is  due  to  his  untiring  efforts  and  his  convincing  arguments 
that  six  thousand  people  have  joined  the  church.  His  fame  is  not  only  known  to  Colo- 
rado but  he  is  a  man  of  national  reputation,  and  his  unselfish  efforts  are  so  eager  and 
carrying  that  he  has  succeeded  in  bringing  back  to  God  many  lost  souls.  Twenty-one 
churches  were  built  and  rebuilt  because  of  his  earnest  appeals  and  largely  through  his 
efforts  the  present  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  Hugo  was  erected.  He  was  born  in 
Ohio,  March  16,  1863,  a  son  of  William  A.  and  Mahala  (Drake)  Vir  Den,  both  natives 
of  Ohio,  the  father  being  engaged  along  agricultural  lines  in  that  state.  The  grandfather 
on  the  mother's  side  belonged  to  the  famous  Drake  family  of  which  Sir  Francis  was  the 
best  known  member.  A  great-grandfather  on  the  father's  side  is  said  to  be  descended 
from  that  Duke  of  Aleni;on  who  was  the  commander  in  chief  of  the  army  which  was  vic- 
toriously led  by  Joan  of  Arc.  The  great-grandparents  of  our  subject  were  driven  out  of 
France  at  the  time  of  the  French  revolution. 

Alanson  M.  Vir  Den  was  the  eldest  in  a  family  of  six  children  and  the  only  one  to 
take  up  a  profession.  He  received  his  primary  education  in  Ohio  and  then  attended  the 
Ohio  Northern  University  of  that  state  for  two  years,  while  subsequently  he  studied  in 
Valparaiso  University  for  three  years.  His  desire  to  lead  his  fellow  beings  to  pursue  a 
true  Christian  life  influenced  him  to  take  up  theological  studies  and  for  two  years  he  at- 
tended the  Garrett  Bible  Institute  of  Chicago.  He  entered  upon  his  ministerial  duties 
in  South  Dakota,  beginning  to  preach  in  a  little  sixteen-by-twenty  sod  church,  his  humble 
congregation  consisting  of  about  forty  members.  This  was  in  the  year  1888.  He  con- 
tinued to  preach  in  South  Dakota,  near  Huron,  which  was  one  of  the  live  towns  of  that 
day,  for  some  time,  subsequently  was  for  eleven  years  engaged  in  church  work  in  In- 
diana and  for  five  years  in  Ohio  and  then  removed  to  Oklahoma  on  account  of  the  health 
of  his  wife.  In  1913  Mr.  Vir  Den's  health  also  gave  way  on  account  of  his  untiring  labors 
and  he  decided  upon  removal  to  a  more  congenial  climate,  settling  at  Rush  Creek,  Colo- 
rado, where  he  homesteaded  a  farm  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  He  has  trans- 
formed this  tract  into  a  beautiful  place  of  residence,  creating  from  a  v.'ildemess  produc- 
tive fields,  instituting  modern  improvements  and  facilities  and  putting  up  suitable 
buildings.  Following  the  most  progressive  methods  and  ever  ready  to  embrace  new 
ideas  if  found  practical,  he  has  made  his  farm  one  of  the  valuable  properties  in  the 
neighborhood.  He  gives  considerable  attention  to  dairying,  keeping  Brown  Swiss  cattle, 
and  his  principal  crops  are  corn,  barley  and  a  new  grain  which  has  been  imported  from 
Africa  called  feteretia  and  also  Sudan  grass,  which  are  considered  two  of  the  finest  and 
highest  grade  crops  in  that  country.  Rev.  Vir  Den  makes  his  home  in  Hugo.  Colorado, 
and  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  moral  and  intellectual  development  of  the  commu- 
nity. He  has  been  helpfully  interested  in  building  the  present  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  here  and  in  other  ways  has  proven  himself  a  public-spirited  citizen  who  is 
always  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand  or  give  a  good  word  to  those  who  are  in  sorrow 
and  distress.  He  has  now  been  a  member  of  the  Oklahoma  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
Conference  for  fourteen  years  and  for  thirty  years  he  has  preached  the  gospel  to  such 
good  purpose  that  six  thousand  people  have  been  taken  into  the  church.     Through  his 


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efforts  and  earnest  appeals  twenty-one  churches  In  different  parts  of  this  country  were 
built  or  rebuilt  and,  in  fact,  his  work  has  been  of  national  importance  in  the  spread  of 
true  Christianity.  Moreover,  Mr.  Vir  Den  has  been  instrumental  in  educating  for  the 
church  twenty  young  men  and  women,  who  are  now  preaching  the  gospel  or  are  engaged 
in  other  Christian  work.  The  Vir  Den  family  is  of  French  extraction  and  our  subject  is 
proud  of  his  descent.  In  his  forceful  oratory  he  injects  strength  of  expression  by  using 
the  simplest  language,  preferring  the  plainest  words  in  order  to  make  his  statements 
carry  to  his  hearers.  In  preaching  the  Christ  and  exhorting  his  audiences  he  is  so 
positive  and  convincing  that  it  is  practically  impossible  to  escape  from  the  righteous- 
ness of  his  arguments,  and  his  conversions  therefore  are  but  the  natural  outcome  of  his 
personal  (appeal.  He  is  "^not  a  man  to  impress  by  outside  appearances — that  means  a 
man  who  seeks  to  impress  by  clothes  and  mannerisms,  but  he  is  a  man  who  by  five 
minutes  jaf  his  presence  wins  his  audiences,  who  acclaim  him  as  one  of  them,  and  their 
kind.  Ajman  of  the  masses,  he  is  with  the  masses  and  stands  for  the  masses.  In  his 
work  he  jlias  been  ably  assisted  by  bis  wife  and  they  are  inseparable  in  their  Christian 
work.  Tjhey  cheer  and  strengthen  each  other  and  in  his  home  Mr.  Vir  Den  finds  that 
inspirati(jin  which  ever  guides  him  to  new  effort.  Both  are  students  of  human  nature 
and  by  closely  applying  this  quality  they  have  succeeded  in  touching  the  human  heart 
and  convincing  the  soul.  Mr.  Vir  Den  uses  all  his  force,  all  the  noble  earnestness  of  his 
soul  and  lall  his  physical  powers  in  order  to  combat  sin  in  all  of  its  forms  as  prevalent  in 
modern  Society  and  he  is  particularly  insistent  in  regard  to  temperance.  Mrs.  Vir  Den 
sometimejs  assists  her  husband  on  the  platform  and  sometimes  she  preaches  herself. 
Their  home  in  Hugo  is  a  cheerful  American  abode,  and  the  outcast  or  the  one  whom 
life  has  played  hard,  the  oppressed  and  the  distressed,  all  receive  encouragement,  help 
and  sympathy  there. 

The  Stroud  (Okla.)  Democrat  says  of  Rev.  Vir  Den:  "Rev.  A.  M.  Vir  Den,  formerly 
Methodist  Episcopal  pastor  at  Edmond,  Newkirk  and  Kingfisher,  but  now  in  charge  of 
the  Methodist  church  at  Pawhuska,  is  no  doubt  the  most  energetic,  original  and  most 
industrioiis  minister  of  the  gospel  in  this  state.  Mentally,  physically  and  nervously 
he  is  a  compound  of  eccentric  Ijorenzo  Dow,  belligerent  Peter  Cartwright  and  laughter 
exciting  Sam  Jones.  He  has  been  and  still  is  one  of  the  hardest  workers  in  Oklahoma. 
He  is  fearless,  eccentric,  humorous  and  full  of  pure  religion."  This  is  the  impression 
which  Rev.  Vir  Den  created  in  Oklahoma.  What  the  people  of  his  native  state  of  Ohio 
think  of  his  work  is  evident  from  the  following  extract  from  the  Lima  Gazette:  "Rev. 
A.  M.  Vir  Den  is  certainly  a  man  desperately  in  earnest — a  fearless,  uncompromising 
preacher.  He  strikes  quick  and  hard  and  hits  the  center  every  time.  All  who  heard 
him  were  profoundly  impressed  with  his  zeal  for  leading  men  to  better  things.  He  is 
undoubtedly  a  winning  speaker.  He  awakens  in  men  at  once  a  desire  for  nobler  living; 
men  can  scarcely  refrain  from  acting  at  once  on  their  better  feelings.  He  is  unique  in 
his  manner  and  methods,  as  well  as  in  his  presentation  of  the  truth.  His  illustrated 
lecture,  'Life's  Golden  Pathway,'  was  attended  by  an  army  of  young  people.  An  adequate 
description  of  this  lecture  could  not  be  given  in  a  few  words.  One  must  hear  it  to 
fully  appreciate  its  excellence.  Sam  Jones  never  spoke  more  directly  or  fearlessly  than 
Mr.  Vir  Den.  They  learned  that  the  speaker  knew  how  to  talk  to  men,  for  he  demon- 
strated by  trend  of  thought  and  incidents  that  he  knew  his  subject.  Men  were  pro- 
foundly stirred  and  lasting  impressions  for  good  made." 

Charles  N.  Haskell,  governor  of  Oklahoma,  speaks  of  Mr.  Vir  Den  in  the  highest 
terms,  expressing  his  pleasure  at  having  been  able  to  attend  one  of  his  lectures,  and 
Senator  Robert  Owen  of  the  same  state  speaks  highly  of  the  value  of  his  lectures,  which 
"combine  humor,  pathos  and  instruction."  H.  B.  Brown,  president  of  Valparaiso  (Ind.) 
University,  says:  "His  addresses  and  sermons  are  inspiring  and  uplifting,"  and  Con- 
gressman Bird  McGuire  of  Oklahoma  says:  "He  entertains  his  audience  continuously 
from  the  first  to  the  last  and  imparts  to  his  audience  information  and  not  misinforma- 
tion.    I  regard  him  as  one  of  the  most  entertaining  speakers  I  have  ever  known." 

In  1SS8  Rev.  Alanson  Moody  Vir  Den  was  united  in  marriage  to  Docia  Grace  Hawk, 
who  was  born  in  southern  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  Charles  E.  Hawk,  one  of  the  bravest  men 
who  took  up  the  cause  of  the  Union.  For  four  years  he  served  in  the  Civil  war  as  a 
member  of  the  Thirty-sixth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry  and  participated  in  many  of  the 
hotly  contested  and  sanguine  engagements,  serving  mostly  under  Sherman  in  the  eastern 
army,  and  with  him  he  made  the  famous  march  to  the  sea.  He  married  Christina 
Barger,  who  was  born  in  Ohio  of  German  descent.  When  General  Morgan  was  on  his 
famous  raid  through  the  southern  part  of  that  state  Mrs.  Vir  Den  and  older  brothers 
and  sisters,  as  well  as  her  mother,  slept  in  the  sugar  camp  in  order  to  let  General 
Morgan  have  the  use  of  her  bed.  To  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Vir  Den  were  born  the  following 
named  children.     Frances  Pearl,  who  was  born  in  1S89,  pursued  her  early  education  in 


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the  public  schools,  subsequently  attended  the  Defiance  high  school,  of  Defiance,  Ohio, 
from  which  she  was  graduated,  and  later  the  State  Normal  School  in  Oklahoma.  On 
September  6,  1908,  she  married  Ed  G.  Klein,  who  is  a  professor  of  English  literature  in 
that  state.  He  is  very  prominent  in  the  democratic  party  of  his  commonwealth,  being 
at  present  chairman  of  the  Democratic  Club  of  the  state.  Earle  Alanson  Vir  Den  was 
born  January  5,  1S92.  He  received  his  college  education  in  the  Central  State  Normal 
School  of  Edmond.  Oklahoma,  and  in  the  Southwestern  College  of  Winfield,  Kansas. 
He  was  connected  for  five  years  with  the  Dunbar  Bell  Ringers,  one  of  the  best  known 
musical  organizations  of  its  kind  in  the  country,  and  was  under  The  Ridpath-Horner 
Lyceum  Bureau.  Since  this  country  entered  the  war  he  has  enlisted  and  is  now  a 
member  of  an  artillery  band  in  France  belonging  to  a  Heavy  Artillery  unit  of  the 
Thirty-fourth  Division,  U.  S.  A.  Miner  Raymond,  who  was  born  December  3,  1895,  at- 
tended the  Central  State  Normal  School  of  Edmond,  Oklahoma,  being  also  a  graduate  of 
the  City  High  School  of  Oklahoma  City.  He  spent  three  years  in  New  York  city  in  order 
to  train  his  voice  for  grand  opera  and  Martinelli  and  some  other  Italian  singers  have 
expressed  their  opinion  that  he  is  the  greatest  American  born  tenor.  In  July,  1918,  his 
patriotism  prompted  him  to  enlist  in  the  United  States  navy  and  at  present  he  is 
battalion  adjutant  at  the  Fort  Pelham  naval  training  station  and  is  considered  one  of 
the  best  trombone  players  in  the  navy.  Blanche  Marie,  who  was  born  June  1,  1897,  also 
attended  the  Central  State  Normal  School  of  Edmond.  Oklahoma,  having  previously 
graduated  from  the  Oklahoma  City  high  school.  She  married  William  Jennings  Quilliam, 
of  Oklahoma  City,  a  graduate  of  the  Oklahoma  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  of 
Stillwater,  who  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  was  appointed  state  food  inspector  and 
was  probably  the  youngest  official  of  t'his  kind  in  the  country. 

In  fraternal  circles  Rev.  Vir  Den  is  well  known,  having  long  been  connected  with 
several  of  the  foremost  orders  of  this  country.  He  has  been  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  since 
1890,  having  received  that  degree  in  Valparaiso,  Indiana.  Since  1893  he  has  been  a 
valued  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  in  1896  he  joined  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  Although  Rev.  Vir  Den  is  now  numbered  among  the 
prosperous  agriculturists  of  his  part  of  the  state,  owning  a  valuable  farm  property,  his 
greatest  success  lies  In  the  work  which  he  has  accomplished  as  a  teacher  of  Christianity 
and  right  principles  of  living.  He  is  repaid  for  his  arduous  work  by  the  consciousness 
of  having  accomplished  things  for  humanity  which  are  greater  to  him  than  are  riches, 
and  his  achievements  in  life  may  be  summarized  in  the  words  of  a  modern  philosopher, 
who  has  said:  "Not  the  good  that  comes  to  us,  but  the  good  that  comes  to  the  world 
through  us,  is  the  measure  of  our 


ROLANDUS  G.  WALKER,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Rolandus  G.  Walker,  whose  ability  in  medical  circles  won  him  prominence,  his 
knowledge  and  skill  being  attested  by  professional  colleagues  and  contemporaries,  was 
born  in  Paris,  Ohio,  on  the  14th  of  July.  1867,  a  son  of  Albert  and  Sarah  (Brownewell) 
Walker,  who  were  representatives  of  old  families  of  Ohio.  He  pursued  a  public  school 
education,  supplemented  by  study  in  Mount  Union  College,  from  which  in  due  time  he 
was  graduated.  He  next  entered  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  where  he  completed  a 
thorough  course  of  study  in  preparation  for  the  practice  of  medicine,  after  which  he 
located  in  Canton,  Ohio.  Later  he  was  a  resident  of  Lewisville,  Ohio,  for  two  years.  He 
arrived  in  Denver  in  1906  and  opened  an  ofl^ce  on  Court  place,  where  he  continued  in 
active  practice  for  eleven  and  a  half  years.  His  professional  skill  and  ability  soon 
became  recognized  and  he  was  accorded  a  liberal  practice.  Constant  study  kept  him  in 
touch  with  the  onward  trend  of  the  profession  and  his  wide  reading  was  manifest  in  the 
excellent  results  which  attended  his  efforts.  As  a  business  man,  too,  he  became  widely 
known.  He  was  interested  in  the  Jefferson  County  Power  &  Light  Company  of  Golden, 
Colorado,  and  was  otherwise  well  known  in  business  and  commercial  connections  as  well 
as  in  mining. 

On  the  29th  of  May,  1890.  at  Paris,  Ohio,  Dr.  Walker  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Mary  E.  Meyer,  a  daughter  of  Frederick  and  Mary  (Wolfe)  Meyer.  They  became  the 
parents  of  a  daughter  and  two  sons;  L.  Leland,  Harry  Hugh  and  Mary  Lucile.  Mrs. 
Walker,  who  is  well  known  socially  and  in  spheres  where  other  cultured  women  meet 
and  exert  their  efforts  in  support  of  worthy  movements,  is  a  member  of  the  Eastern  Star 
and  the  Royal  Neighbors. 

Dr.  Walker  was  prominently  known  in  fraternal  and  church  circles.  He  was  a 
thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  member  of  El  Jebel  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.     He 


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was  past  master  of  his  lodge  and  served  in  various  other  offices  in  the  order,  among 
them  as  past  patron  of  the  Eastern  Star.  He  held  membership  with  the  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Royal  Neighbors,  the  Junior  Order  of  American 
Mechanics  and  with  the  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  fraternity.  His  membership  relations 
also  extended  to  the  Denver  Athletic  Club.  His  religious  faith  was  that  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  He  held  membership  in  the  Central  Presbyterian  church,  in  which 
he  served  as  deacon  for  three  years  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  usher,  taking  a  very 
active  and  helpful  part  in  its  work.  His  political  belief  was  that  of  the  democratic 
party  and  while  residing  in  Lewisville,  Ohio,  he  served  as  health  officer.  Along  strictly 
professional  lines  he  was  connected  with  the  Denver  City  and  County  Medical  Society 
and  served  on  its  board  of  censors.  He  was  a  member  of  the  council  of  the  Denver 
Civic  and  Commercial  Association  and  he  stood  stanchly  in  support  of  all  those  things 
which  have  to  do  with  civic  advancement,  cooperating  in  many  well  defined  plans  and 
measures  for  the  public  good.  He  was  one  hundred  per  cent  American,  was  an  active 
worker  in  the  Liberty  Loan  drives  and  stood  as  a  splendid  type  of  American  manhood 
and  chivalry.  Death  called  him  when  he  was  but  little  over  fifty  years  of  age.  It 
seemed  that  he  should  have  been  spared  for  many  years  to  come  and  yet  in  the  five 
decades  covered  by  his  earthly  career  he  accomplished  much  for  the  benefit  of  his  fellow- 
men  and  for  the  organized  community  in  which  he  lived.  Denver  had  reason  to  class 
him  with  her  valued  and  representative  citizens  and  his  friends,  who  were  legion,  will 
cherish  his  memory  for  years  to  come.  His  demise  occurred  on  the  21st  of  March,  1918, 
after  but  four  days  of  illness. 


SAMUEL  JOHN   THOMAS. 


Samuel  John  Thomas,  deceased,  was  the  organizer  and  the  president  of  the 
Merchants  Bank  of  Denver,  one  of  the  strong  financial  institutions  of  the  metropolis 
and  a  city,  county,  state  and  United  States  depository.  Through  well  formulated 
plans,  carefully  executed,  he  brought  the  establishment  to  its  present  position,  while 
he  made  for  himself  a  creditable  name  and  place  as  a  financier.  His  birth  occurred 
in  Gainesville,  Florida,  October  10,  1871,  his  parents  being  Dr.  G.  P.  and  Omerea 
B.  (Fraser)  Thomas,  both  of  whom  were  of  southern  birth,  having  been  natives  of 
South  Carolina.  In  early  life  they  removed  to  Florida  and  the  father  became  a 
well  known  and  prominent  member  of  the  medical  profession  of  that  state,  where 
he  continued  to  reside  to  the  time  of  his  death.  His  wife  also  passed  away  in 
Florida. 

Samuel  J.  Thomas  was  the  youngest  in  their  family  of  five  children.  In  his 
early  life  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Gainesville,  Florida,  and  afterward 
entered  the'  State  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  Bachelor  of 
Arts  degree  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1888.  After  leaving  the  University  he 
established  himself  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Gainesville,  where  he  remained 
until  1908,  and  during  that  period  made  steady  progress  not  only  along  commercial 
lines  but  also  became  identified  with  the  banking  business  as  a  representative  of  the 
Dutton  Bank  of  Gainesville.  He  became  one  of  its  heavy  stockholders,  servfd  as  one 
of  its  directors  and  took  an  active  interest  in  shaping  its  financial  policy.  At 
length,  however,  he  disposed  of  all  of  his  interests  in  Florida  for  the  purpose  of 
removing  to  Denver.  He  came  to  this  city  on  the  advice  of  his  physician,  as  hi."* 
health  had  become  impaired.  Here  he  sought  rest  and  recuperation  and  was  engaged 
in  no  business  for  a  year.  At  the  end  of  that  time  his  health  and  strength  had 
so  improved  that  he  again  became  an  active  factor  in  the  business  world.  He 
organized  what  is  now  the  Merchants  Bank  and  managed  its  affairs  most  success- 
fully to  the  time  of  his  demise,  making  it  one  of  the  most  substantial  banking  insti- 
tutions of  Denver.  From  1912  he  had  been  its  president  and  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors.  The  other  officers  are:  Dr.  F.  L.  Bartlett  and  Allison  Stocker, 
who  are  vice  presidents:  C.  R.  Cotton,  cashier;  and  G.  F.  Hudson,  assistant  cashier, 
while  on  the  list  of  directors  appear  the  names  of  E.  M.  Ammons,  who  is  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Farmers  Life  Insurance  Company;  Dr.  Bartlett,  who  is  a  capitalist;  H. 
J.  Bourk,  of  the  Brule  &  Bourk  Commission  Company;  Carl  P.  Schwalb  of  the 
Denver  Terra  Cotta  Company;  Allison  Stocker  of  the  firm  of  Stocker  &  Fraser, 
building  contractors;  and  Chris  Irving,  president  of  the  Chris  Irving  Company. 
The  bank  is  capitalized  for  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  and  its  deposits  amount 
to  five  hundred  and  sixty-five  thousand  dollars.  Courtesy  and  accommodation  are 
made    the    watchwords   of   the   bank    and    from    its    establishment   the   business   has 


SAMUEL  J.  THOMAS 


98  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

steadily  grown.  Mr.  Thomas  was  also  the  president  of  the  S.  J.  Thomas  Realty 
Company  and  conducted  a  considerable  business  in  that  direction  in  connection 
with   banking. 

On  the  10th  of  October,  1895,  at  Greenville,  South  Carolina,  Mr.  Thomas  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  Hamilton  Hill,  born  in  Abbeville,  that  state,  May  12, 
1875,  a  daughter  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  R.  E.  Hill.  They  became  the  parents  of  one 
child,  Samuel  John,  who  was  born  in  Gainesville,  Florida,  November  1,  1896,  and  is 
now  an  officer  in  the  United  States  army.  He  became  a  student  at  the  New  Mexico 
Military  Institute,  at  Roswell,  New  Mexico,  and  upon  coming  to  Colorado  with  his 
parents,  served  as  a  member  of  Troop  E,  Colorado  National  Guard.  When  his 
country  entered  the  great  war,  in  1917,  he  promptly  volunteered  but  was  unable  to 
meet  the  physical  requirements  of  the  service.  Persisting  in  his  efforts,  he  entered 
the  Officers  Training  School,  at  Camp  Gordon,  where  he  won  a  commission  as 
second  lieutenant  and  was  assigned  to  active  duty. 

Mr.  Thomas  was  a  member  of  St.  Thomas  Episcopal  church  of  Denver,  to  which 
his  family  also  belong.  He  was  also  a  member  of  Park  Hill  Lodge,  No.  148,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  and  he  was  likewise  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  political  allegiance  was  given  to  no  party.  He 
preferred  to  maintain  an  independent  course,  voting  according  to  the  dictates  of 
his  judgment  without  regard  to  party  ties.  He  stood  for  progress  and  improvement 
in  community  affairs  as  well  as  in  individual  life  and  he  gave  active  aid  and  co- 
(iperation  to  all  movements  which  he  believed  would  prove  of  real  public  worth. 
Such  qualities  made  him  a  man  of  genuine  worth  in  his  community,  so  that  when 
death  called  him  on  the  25th  of  September,  1918,  his  demise  was  the  occasion  of 
deep  and  widespread  regret.  He  left  to  his  family  that  good  name  which  is  rather 
to  be  chosen  than  great  riches,  but  his  possessions  were  also  extensive,  his  record 
proving  that  prosperity  and  an  honored  name  may  be  won  simultaneously. 


FRANK  R.  COFFMAN,  M.  D. 


Prominent  among  the  leading  physicians  of  Colorado  stands  Dr.  Frank  R.  Coff- 
man,  who  in  his  practice  has  made  a  specialty  of  stomach,  intestinal  and  rectal  dis- 
eases, in  which  branch  of  the  profession  he  has  developed  eminent  ability.  Ever 
studying  along  progressive  lines,  he  has  kept  in  touch  with  the  latest  scientific  re- 
searches and  discoveries  and  his  practice  is  the  embodiment  of  the  most  progressive 
thought  in  this  field.  Dr.  Coffman  is  a  native  of  Columbus.  Ohio.  He  was  born  Octo- 
ber 25,  1868,  of  the  marriage  of  Milton  H.  and  Abbie  H.  (Knight)  Coffman,  who  were 
also  natives  of  Columbus,  where  they  were  reared,  educated  and  married.  In  early 
life  the  father  turned  to  merchandising  and  after  a  few  years  he  extended  liis  busi- 
ness from  one  city  to  another  in  southeastern  Ohio  until  he  had  become  the  owner 
of  a  chain  of  seven  large  stores  in  that  section  of  the  state  and  accordingly  ranked 
with  the  foremost  merchants  of  Ohio,  his  ramifying  trade  interests  reaching  out 
over  a  very  broad  territory.  Whatever  he  undertook  he  completed  and  he  never 
stopped  short  of  the  successful  accomplishment  of  his  well  defined  purposes.  He 
engaged  in  grain  buying  in  connection  with  mercliandising  and  was  the  owner  of 
a  fleet  of  one  hundred  grain  carrying  canal  boats  on  the  Erie  canal.  In  a  word  he 
was  a  man  of  marked  business  capacity  and  vast  resourcefulness,  of  undaunted  energy 
and  of  keen  foresight.  His  business  affairs  represented  the  investment  of  a  large 
amount  of  capital  and  also  represented  notable  administrative  direction  and  executive 
control.  Obstacles  and  difficulties  in  his  path  seemed  but  to  serve  as  an  impetus  for 
renewed  effort  on  his  part.  He  died  in  southeastern  Ohio  at  the  comparatively  early 
age  of  forty-four  years.  After  the  death  of  her  husband  Mrs.  Coffman  removed  to 
Smith  Center,  Kansas,  where  she  remained  until  her  demise,  which  occurred  in  1915. 
when  she  had  reached  the  age  of  seventy-five.  In  the  family  were  two  children,  the 
younger  being  Bruce  Coffman,  a  resident  of  Yuma,  Colorado,  who  is  editor  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Yuma  County  Times,  a  well  known  newspaper  of  that  section  of  the 
state. 

The  elder  son.  Dr.  Coffman  of  this  review,  pursued  his  early  studies  in  the  public 
schools  of  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  and  afterward  entered  the  academy  there,  while  later 
he  became  a  student  in  the  office  of  a  well  known  physician  of  that  city,  who  directed 
his  reading  in  preparation  for  the  practice  of  medicine  for  several  years.  He  was 
also  engaged  in  teaching  school  for  a  time  in  Ohio  before  his  removal  to  Denver.  On 
coming  to  Colorado  he  entered  the  Gross  Medical   College  and  completed  his  prepara- 


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100  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

tion  for  the  profession  as  a  graduate  of  the  class  of  1S90.  Immediately  afterward  he 
removed  to  Castle  Rock,  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  private  practice  for  two  years 
with  a  fair  measure  of  success.  He  then  accepted  a  position  as  physician  and  surgeon 
with  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway  Company  and  removed  to  Roseburg,  Oregon,  where 
he  made  his  headquarters  while  serving  as  surgeon  for  that  corporation,  remaining 
there  from  1892  until  1899.  In  the  latter  year  he  returned  to  Colorado  to  take  up  his 
duties  as  division  surgeon  with  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railway,  having  headquarters 
at  Minturn,  Colorado,  from  1899  until  1903.  In  the  latter  year  he  returned  to  Denver 
to  become  medical  inspector  and  commissioner  of  the  board  of  health  and  continued 
actively  in  that  service  for  eight  years.  He  also  engaged  in  the  private  practice  of 
medicine  and  at  length  resigned  his  public  office  in  June,  1916,  for  the  demands  of  a 
growing  private  practice  were  such  as  to  make  it  imperative  that  he  give  all  of  his 
attention  to  his  work  in  that  connection.  He  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  success- 
ful physicians  and  surgeons  of  the  city.  He  has  taken  a  number  of  post-graduate 
courses,  specializing  in  stomach,  intestinal  and  rectal  diseases,  and  he  is  an  authority 
upon  questions  relative  thereto.  His  last  post-graduate  work  was  done  in  the  New 
York  Post  Graduate  Hospital  and  also  in  Detroit,  Michigan. 

On  the  17th  of  July,  1890,  Dr.  Coffman  was  united  in  marriage  in  Castle  Bock, 
Colorado,  to  Miss  Helen  M.  Lapham,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Lapham, 
of  Denver,  and  they  now  have  one  child.  Max,  who  was  born  in  Roseburg,  Oregon, 
in  1895.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Manual  Training  high  school  of  Denver  and  was 
a  student  for  three  years  in  the  University  of  Colorado,  and  later  a  chemist  with  the 
Great  Western  Sugar  Company.  In  September,  1918,  he  entered  the  Chemical  Warfare 
Service  of  the  Untied  States  government,  in  connection  with  the  war  department,  at 
Yale  University. 

In  his  fraternal  relations  Dr.  Coffman  is  a  Mason.  He  has  attained  the  thirty- 
second  degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite  and  is  also  a  Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  like- 
wise has  membership  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  he  is  now  serving  as  a 
member  of  the  state  board  of  health,  while  along  strictly  professional  lines  his  con- 
nection is  with  the  Denver  City  and  County  Medical  Society,  the  Colorado  State  Medi- 
cal Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association.  He  holds  to  high  professional 
standards  and  ideals  and  is  ever  careful  to  conform  his  practice  to  the  most  advanced 
ethics  of  the  profession. 


ROSA  E.  BACHMAN. 


The  education  of  the  young  has  ever  been  a  most  important  problem  of  any,  but 
particularly  the  newer  districts,  and  Washington  county  is  to  be  congratulated  upon 
having  such  an  able  superintendent  of  schools  as  is  Rosa  E.  Bachman,  of  Akron,  who 
is  well  fitted  and  highly  qualified  to  fill  this  important  office.  Under  her  administration 
the  school  system  of  the  county  has  been  greatly  improved  and  education  here  made 
noticeable  forward  strides.  Born  in  Mount  Carmel,  Illinois,  she  is  a  daughter  of  W.  P. 
and  Elizabeth  (Riel)  Kingsbury,  the  former  born  in  Ohio  and  the  latter  in  Illinois. 
The  father  was  an  agriculturist  by  occupation  and  removed  to  Illinois  in  the  early  days 
of  the  history  of  that  state.  There  he  acquired  land  which  he  cultivated  to  good  advan- 
tage for  many  years  and  then  once  more  moved  westward,  going  to  Nebraska.  He  sub- 
sequently retired  and  resided  in  Ponca,  that  state,  during  the  balance  of  his  life,  his  wife 
also  having  passed  away. 

Mrs.  Bachman  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  received  her  primary  educa- 
tion in  Mount  Carmel,  Illinois,  where  she  attended  the  public  schools.  She  also  studied 
at  Ponca  and  Wayne,  Nebraska,  and  in  the  latter  place  she  attended  normal  school,  sub- 
sequently teaching  in  Nebraska  for  five  years.  In  1909  she  came  to  Colorado  and 
attended  the  State  Teachers  College  at  Greeley,  graduating  from  that  institution  with 
tlje  class  of  1912.  While  att&nding  school  in  Greeley  she  made  her  residence  in  Akron, 
Colorado.  She  then  taught  in  rural  schools  in  Washington  county  and  also  for  two 
years  in  the  primary  schools  at  Akron.  She  displayed  rare  qualities  as  a  teacher  and 
soon  demonstrated  that  she  was  fitted  for  higher  office.  In  1913  she  was  elected  county 
superintendent  of  schools  and  has  since  served  in  that  important  capacity.  She  not  only 
thoroughly  understands  the  needs  of  the  scholars  but  is  equally  able  to  judge  of  the 
capabilities  of  the  teachers.  She  sees  to  it  that  the  latter  are  always  kept  informed 
of  the  latest  methods  of  obtaining  results  and  has  succeeded  in  making  the  force  of 
teachers  in  Washington  county  more  efficient  and  of  greater  benefit  to  the  schools.  More- 
over, she  is  an  able  organizer  and  administrator  and  has  made  her  office  one  of  real 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  101 

importance  in  regard  to  educational  progress  in  Washington  county.  Slie  has  improved 
school  facilities  and  has  seen  to  it  that  where  schoolhouses  or  school  equipment  were  In 
need  of  improvement  such  Improvement  was  made.  Therefore  she  has  made  good 
use  of  her  official  position  in  furthering  the  interests  of  the  public,  who  well  realize  the 
importance  attaching  to  her  work. 

In  October,  1914.  Rosa  E.  Kingsbury  was  united  in  marriage  to  R.  Bachman,  a 
successful  agriculturist  of  Washington  county.  He  is  prominent  in  fraternal  circles, 
being  connected  with  the  blue  lodge  of  Masons  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
the  principles  of  brotherhood  underlying  these  organizations  guiding  him  in  his  life's 
relations. 

Mrs.  Bachman  takes  a  great  interest  in  war  service  work  and  is  thoroughly  patriotic. 
She  is  chairman  of  the  Woman's  Council  of  Defense  and  also  chairman  of  the  Junior  Red 
Cross  and  devotes  a  great  deal  of  her  time  to  this  important  work.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Parent-Teachers  Association,  in  the  proceedings  of  which  she  takes  a  leading  part, 
and  was  the  organizer  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Washington  County.  Fraternally 
she  belongs  to  the  Eastern  Star  and  to  the  Rebekahs.  Her  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  she  is  much  interested  in  the  work  of  that  organization 
and  charitable  institutions.  Politically  she  is  a  republican,  supporting  the  party  plat- 
form and  party  principles.  Mrs.  Bachman  has  done  much  to  promote  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion in  Washington  county  as  well  as  other  public  causes  here,  as  is  evident  from  her 
record.  She  has  proven  herself  a  citizen  of  the  first  class  and  underlying  all  of  her  work 
there  is  a  loyal  and  unwavering  patriotism. 


CHARLES  WILLIAM   SEITZ. 

Charles  William  Seitz,  of  Denver,  is  the  president  and  manager  of  what  is  one 
of  the  largest  industrial  enterprises  in  the  state  of  Colorado,  known  as  the  Mountain 
Iron  Works  Company.  The  company  is  a  close  corporation  and  the  business  estab- 
lished by  Mr.  Seitz  in  a  small  way  has  developed  until  the  enterprise  is  scarcely 
second  to  anything  of  the  kind  in  the  west.  A  most  modest  beginning  was  made 
with  a  capital  of  about  thirty-five  dollars  in  cash  and  for  nearly  two  weeks  this 
was  all  of  the  money  which  Mr.  Seitz  had  at  his  command.  He  had  to  buy  supplies 
for  his  foundry  and  also  meet  the  demands  of  his  household,  then  consisting  of 
himself  and  his  parents.  He  faced  the  situation,  as  he  has  many  other  trying  prob- 
lems since  that  time,  bravely,  courageously  and  with  determination.  Step  by  step 
he  has  advanced,  enlarging  and  extending  his  efforts  as  opportunity  has  offered,  and 
today  his  name  figures  most  prominently  upon  the  pages  of  the  history  of  manu- 
facturing in  the  west. 

Such  a  life  story  should  serve  as  a  source  of  encouragement  and  inspiration 
to  all  who  have  the  will  to  dare  and  to  do.  Charles  W.  Seitz  was  born  in  Cahokia, 
Illinois,  now  within  the  boundary  lines  of  East  St.  Louis,  February  12,  1875,  a  son 
of  Fred  and  Louise  Seitz,  who  were  of  European  birth  but  came  to  America  in 
early  life  and  established  their  home  on  Cahokia  creek,  where  the  father  engaged 
in  farming.  In  later  years  he  disposed  of  his  farm  and  removed  to  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, where  he  conducted  a  hotel  for  an  extended  period.  In  1891,  however,  he 
came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Valverde,  where  he  engaged  in  gardening  and  where 
he  still  makes  his  home.  His  wife  passed  away  in  St.  Louis  in  1879.  They  had  a 
family  of  six  children,  four  of  whom  survive,  namely:  Fred,  who  is  connected  with 
the  Tacoma  Times  of  Tacoma,  Washington;  Mrs.  Tina  Shelton,  residing  in  Texas; 
Bertha,  living  in  Denver;  and  Charles  W.,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named,  the  youngest  in  the  family,  attended  the  public  schools  of  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  but  at  the  early  age  of  ten  years  put  aside  his  textbooks  and  began 
work  for  the  Missouri  Car  Wheel  Company,  now  the  American  Car  &  Foundry  Com- 
pany. There  he  remained  until  1890,  when  he  came  to  Denver  and  secured  a  posi- 
tion in  the  employ  of  Thomas  Walker  at  Fourteenth  and  Wazee  streets.  In  that  con- 
nection he  completed  his  trade  as  a  moulder  and  subsequently  went  to  work  for 
Alfred  Cordingly  in  the  Queen  City  Foundry.  He  remained  a  faithful,  capable  and 
efficient  employe  there  for  nine  years  and  then  in  1902,  with  a  small  amount  of 
money,  he  began  business  on  his  own  account  under  the  name  of  the  Western 
Foundry  Company.  He  struggled  through  one  year  with  limited  capital,  but  ere  the 
close  of  the  year  his  trade  had  substantially  increased  and  he  leased  a  lot  on  Twelfth 
street,  between  Market  and  Wazee  streets,  whereon  was  a  foundry.  Later,  he  sold 
his  interest  in  the  property  at  a  handsome  profit.     He  afterward  operated  the  Colo- 


CHARLES  W.  SEITZ 


MRS.  CHARLES  W.  SEITZ 


104  HISTORY  OF  C0L0R7\I>0 

rado  Gray  Iron  Works  tor  a  year  and  at  the  end  of  that  period,  or  in  1909,  he 
purchased  the  ground  and  erected  thereon  the  first  buildings  that  now  constitute  a 
part  of  the  plant  of  the  Mountain  Iron  Works  Company.  Since  the  beginning  he 
has  greatly  improved  this  property  and  has  made  addition  after  addition  in  build- 
ings and  equipment  until  the  plant  now  occupies  a  solid  block  of  ground  and  is 
one  of  the  busiest  centers  to  be  found  in  the  industrial  district  of  the  city,  with 
from  eighty-five  to  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  workmen.  At  the  present  time 
they  have  a  large  allotment  of  government  work  and  contracts  on  hand  and  their 
activities  are  constantly  broadening  in  scope.  This  is  destined  to  become  one  of 
the  most  prosperous  industrial  institutions  of  the  west,  with  more  than  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  invested  in  buildings  and  improvements,  while  other  thoroughly 
modern  types  of  buildings  are  soon  to  be  added.  The  foundry  is  today  an  important 
industrial  enterprise  of  Denver,  which  was  incorporated  in  1906  as  a  close  corpora- 
tion, of  which  Mr.  Seitz  has  always  been  president  and  general  manager,  while  his 
wife  has  been  secretary  and  treasurer.  Mr.  Seitz  still  remains  one  of  the  active 
workers  in  the  establishment  and  all  of  the  business  is  conducted  under  his  imme- 
diate personal  supervision.  He  is  unassuming  and  at  all  times  approachable  and 
is  constantly  among  his  employes,  working  with  them  and  assisting  them.  Besides 
his  present  large  contracts  for  government  work,  he  has  done  much  for  the  following 
corporations:  the  Colorado  &  Southern  Railway,  the  Denver  &  Salt  Lake  Railway, 
the  Western  Chemical  Corporation,  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company  and  many 
smaller  concerns. 

On  the  2d  of  December,  1896,  in  Denver,  Mr.  Seitz  was  married  to  Miss  Clara 
W.  Wedell,  of  this  city.  She  was  born  in  Yankton,  South  Dakota,  but  from  girl- 
hood was  reared  in  Cheyenne,  Wyoming.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Cornelius  and 
Susan  (Holzwarth)  Wedell.  Mrs.  Seitz  has  taken  not  only  a  keen  but  active 
interest  in  the  business  affairs  of  her  husband,  and  has  rendered  most  helpful  influ- 
ence as  well  as  material  assistance,  sharing  with  her  husband  credit  for  the 
building  up  of  the  business  in  the  days  when  their  combined  help  was  quite  neces- 
sary for  the  success  that  came  later.  They  have  become  parents  of  four  daughters 
and  one  son.  Frank  W.  Seitz,  who  was  born  in  Denver,  was  accidentally  drowned  in 
Cherry  creek,  July  15,  1913,  on  his  twelfth  birthday.  The  daughters  are:  Irene 
Louise,  born  in  Denver  in  1906;  Lillion  May,  in  1908;  Elsie  Beatrice,  in  1911; 
and  Kathleen  Maria,  in  1916.     The  three  eldest  daughters  are  now  in  school. 

In  politics  Mr.  Seitz  maintains  an  independent  course.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver 
Manufacturers  Association  and  his  time  and  interests  have  largely  centered  upon 
his  business  affairs.  Working  his  way  upward  unaided  and  alone,  his  progress  has 
been  continuous  and  his  diligence  has  wrested  fortune  from  the  hands  of  fate.  In 
no  other  land  is  the  opportunity  for  individual  progress  so  great  as  in  the  United 
States.  Unhampered  by  any  traditions  of  caste  or  class,  the  Individual  may  prove 
his  worth  and  his  intelligently  directed  industry  becomes  the  means  of  his  pros- 
perity. 


JOHN   WESLEY   BAKER. 


John  Wesley  Baker,  owner  of  a  farm  in  the  Wolfcreek  district  of  Elbert  county, 
•was  born  at  Lexington,  Indiana,  in  1867.  a  son  of  John  H.  and  Susanne  Baker.  In  the 
paternal  line  he  comes  of  German  ancestry,  his  grandfather  having  left  Germany  to 
establish  a  home  in  the  new  world.  He  made  his  way  to  Indiana,  where  representatives 
of  the  family  have  since  lived.  On  the  maternal  side  Mr.  Baker  comes  of  French  and 
Irish  lineage  and  his  great-great-grandfather,  who  was  of  English  and  French  descent, 
•was  born  in  Illinois. 

With  the  removal  of  his  parents  to  Avon,  Illinois,  John  Wesley  Baker  there  pur- 
sued his  education  and  in  1884  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  entered  upon  railroad 
■work,  being  connected  with  the  Burlington  &  Missouri  and  afterward  with  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande  systems.  About  fourteen  years  ago  he  homesteaded  in  Elbert  county  and 
has  since  given  his  time  and  energies  to  the  development  of  his  farming  interests.  He 
has  greatly  extended  his  holdings,  adding  to  his  farm  from  time  to  time  as  his  financial 
resources  have  permitted  until  he  is  today  owner  of  one  of  the  most  excellent  farm 
properties  in  the  Wolfcreek  district.  His  place  is  equipped  with  modern  machiney,  sub- 
stantial buildings  and  every  accessory  found  upon  the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  cen- 
tury and  the  methods  which  he  employs  in  the  production  of  his  crops  are  most  gratify- 
ing and  resultant. 


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On  the  16th  of  February,  1897,  in  Denver,  Mr.  Baker  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Maud  Sturns,  a  daughter  of  Washington  Sturns,  who  was  a  native  of  Indiana,  and 
Josephine  Sturns,  a  native  of  Sweden.  Mrs.  Baker  was  born  in  the  building  in  which 
the  constitution  of  Colorado  was  framed.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  have  been  born  three 
children,  Washington  Edward,  Harold  Wesley  and  Linnie  Ruth. 


JOHN  SLATTERY. 


John  Slattery,  who  was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York  in  1860,  passed  away  in. 
Colorado  in  1902.  He  was  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Alice  (Ryan)  Slattery.  He  pursued 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  New  York  and  when  still  a  boy  came  to  Colorado, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  mining.  At  a  later  date  he  settled  in  Boulder,  where  he  took 
up  the  occupation  of  farming,  which  he  followed  for  nine  years.  He  then  removed  to 
Central  City,  where  he  again  engaged  in  mining,  and  later  was  connected  with  the 
Cripple  Creek  district  and  sought  a  fortune  in  the  mines  in  Leadville.  He  met  with 
only  a  fair  measure  of  success  in  his  work  as  a  miner,  however,  and  settled  on  a  ranch 
near  Denver,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  became  the 
owner  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which  he  converted  into  rich  and  produc- 
tive fields  and  from  which  he  annually  gathered  large  harvests.  He  was  also  interested 
quite  extensively  in  mining  in  Leadville  and  his  various  business  affairs  and  investments 
brought  to  him  a  gratifying  measure  of  prosperity  as  the  years  passed. 

Mr.  Slattery  was  married  in  Leadville,  Colorado,  to  Miss  Jane  Gully,  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Temperance  Ann  (Powell)  Gully.  Mrs.  Slattery  was  born  in  Tipperary, 
Ireland,  and  with  her  parents  came  to  Colorado  during  her  girlhood,  after  which  she 
attended  school  in  Central  City.  By  her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  three  chil- 
dren, Katherine,  Thomas  and  John,  all  deceased.  The  religious  faith  of  Mr.  Slattery  was 
that  of  the  Catholic  church  and  Mrs.  Slattery  is  also  a  communicant  thereof.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Altar  Society  and  has  worked  most  earnestly  for  it.  At  his  death  Mr. 
Slattery  left  his  widow  in  very  comfortable  financial  circumstances  owing  to  his  careful 
business  management  in  former  years  and  he  also  left  the  priceless  heritage  of  an  un- 
tarnished name,  for  in  his  business  dealings  he  had  been  straightforward  and  honorable, 
having  won  creditable  success  as  the  years  passed  by. 


LOUIS  J.  STARK. 


For  twenty  years  Louis  J.  Stark  has  been  a  representative  of  the  Denver  bar,  having 
begun  active  practice  in  1899.  He  was  born  at  Johnson  Creek,  Wisconsin,  May  27,  1873, 
and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Mary  ( (Bieck)  Stark,  both  of  whom  were  pioneers  of  Wisconsin, 
the  father  following  the  occupation  of  farming.  He  died  at  Johnson  Creek  in  1898  and 
there  the  mother  also  passed  away  in  1907. 

Louis  J.  Stark  was  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  nine  children.  He 
entered  Lawrence  University  at  Appleton,  Wisconsin,  in  his  fifteenth  year  but  before 
completing  the  course  there,  changed  to  Northwestern  College  at  Naperville,  Illinois,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  on  the  completion  of  the  college  course  with  the  class  of  1895. 
The  degrees  of  B.  S.  and  LL.  B.  were  conferred  upon  him  by  Northwestern  College. 
Determining  upon  the  practice  of  law  as  a  life  work,  he  then  matriculated  in  the  law 
department  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin  in  the  fall  of  1895.  Removing  to  the  west, 
he  entered  the  law  school  of  Denver  University  in  1897.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish- 
American  war  he  volunteered  for  active  service  as  a  member  of  a  regiment  of  Colorado 
troops  but  became  ill  with  typhoid  fever  and  was  honorably  discharged.  After  his 
recovery  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  law  in  1899  and  has  become  a  successful  mem- 
oer  of  the  Denver  bar. 

On  the  23d  of  April,  1902,  Mr.  Stark  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lillian  Hutton, 
of  Denver,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Hutton.  They  have  become  parents 
of  six  children.  Ethel,  born  in  Denver  in  1903,  and  Annie  D.,  in  1904,  are  attending 
high  school.  John  H.,  born  in  1906,  Louis  B.,  in  1908.  and  Henry  L.,  in  1910,  are  all 
in  the  public  schools.    Meritt  W.,  the  youngest,  born  in  1916  is  the  life  of  the  household. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stark  are  members  of  the  Unitarian  church.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver 
Bar  Association.  His  political  endorsement  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  In  1912  he 
was  a  candidate  for  congressman,  and  in  1916  for  the  office  of  district  attorney  for  the 
city  and  county  of  Denver,  but  was  defeated.     In  1916  he  served  as  chairman  of  the 


106  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Booth  Charter  Committee  at  the  time  the  present  charter  was  adopted.  He  has  actively- 
advocated  that  the  judiciary  should  be  independent  of  politics  and  that  the  judges  be 
selected  by  the  members  of  the  legal  profession.  During  his  practice  he  was  attorney  for 
the  Italian,  Austro-Hungarian.  German  and  Mexican  consulates,  and  has  also  been 
connected   with   many   important   cases   in   our   courts. 


ADOLPH   JOSEPH   ZAXG. 


Time  gives  the  perspective  which  places  every  individual  in  his  true  position  in 
relation  to  the  community  of  which  he  has  been  a  part,  and  in  the  instance  of  Adolph 
Joseph  Zang  time  serves  to  heighten  the  regard  in  which  he  is  held,  for  it  is  recog- 
nized that  his  labors  have  been  a  most  important  element  in  the  upbuilding  of  the 
city  of  Denver  and  of  the  state  at  large.  For  many  years  he  figured  prominently  as 
a  banker  and  mine  owner  and,  following  constructive  lines,  he  built  up  business  in- 
terests of  extensive  proportions.  He  also  acquired  large  property  holdings  and  was 
at  the  head  of  the  Zang  Realty  &  Investment  Company. 

A  native  of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  Mr.  Zang  was  born  on  the  14th  of  August,  1856, 
a  son  of  Philip  and  Elizabeth  (Hurlebaus)  Zang.  The  father  was  born  in  Aschaffen- 
burg,  Bavaria,  Germany,  and  coming  to  America  in  1853.  established  his  home  in 
Philadelphia,  but  the  following  year  removed  to  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where  he  founded 
a  brewery  in  1859,  conducting  it  for  ten  years  under  the  firm  style  of  Zang  &  Com- 
pany. He  then  removed  to  Denver,  where  he  established  the  Rocky  Mountain  Brew- 
ing Company,  and  during  the  period  of  his  residence  in  this  state  he  recognized  and 
utilized  the  opportunities  offered  by  the  natural  resources  of  Colorado.  He  became 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Vindicator  Consolidated  Gold  Mining  Company  and  he 
furthermore  contributed  to  the  early  development  of  the  state  through  his  coopera- 
tion and   support  of  many  of   its   pioneer   industries. 

His  son,  Adolph  Joseph  Zang,  after  acquiring  his  early  education  in  a  private 
school  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  conducted  by  Professor  Heilman,  went  to  Germany, 
where  he  spent  two  years  in  further  study.  He  made'  his  initial  step  in  the  business 
world  in  connection  with  the  firm  of  J.  Dolfinger  &  Company  of  Louisville,  dealers  in 
queensware,  and  his  business  enterprise  and  capability  contributed  much  to  the  suc- 
cess of  the  undertaking.  Attracted  to  Denver,  he  became  a  resident  of  the  city  in 
1882  and  entered  into  business  in  connection  with  his  father.  Their  interests  in  the 
brewing  business,  however,  were  sold  to  an  English  syndicate  in  1889.  but  the  firm 
insisted  that  Mr.  Zang  remain  in  the  capacity  of  president  and  general  manager  and 
he  so  continued  until  1912.  However,  he  was  extending  his  efforts  in  many  other 
directions  as  the  years  passed  and  his  investments  showed  the  soundness  of  his  judg- 
ment and  gave  proof  of  his  belief  in  Denver  and  her  future.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Schlrmer  Insurance  &  Investment  Company,  which  later  developed 
Into  the  banking  house  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  German  American  Trust 
Company  of  Denver,  now  the  American  Bank  &  Trust  Company.  He  was  instrumental 
in  developing  this  into  one  of  the  foremost  financial  institutions  of  the  west  and 
served  as  one  of  its  directors  from  the  time  of  its  organization  until  his  death,  as 
well  as  the  first  vice  president.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  famous  Vindicator 
Consolidated  Gold  Mining  Company,  operating  large  and  heavily  producing  prop- 
erties in  the  Cripple  Creek  district  of  Colorado,  and  at  the  time  of  his  demise  was 
its  president.  The  town  of  Goldfield  owes  its  establishment  to  Mr.  Zang,  who  was 
its  founder.  Extending  his  activities  in  mining,  he  became  one  of  the  directors 
of  the  Cresson  Consolidated  Gold  Mining  &  Milling  Company  and  one  of  its  largest 
stockholders.  He  did  much  to  assist  in  the  legitimate  development  of  the  mining 
industry,  not  only  in  Colorado  but  throughout  the  west,  and  was  never  afraid  to 
back  his  judgment  by  the  investment  of  his  own  resources.  He  made  extensive  pur- 
chases of  land  in  the  state  and  founded  the  Zang  Realty  &  Investment  Company.  He 
was  the  owner  of  one  of  Colorado's  model  farms,  comprising  four  thousand  acres  and 
situated  only  a  few  miles  from  Denver.  This  was  devoted  largely  to  the  breeding  of 
pure  blooded  horses,  for  Mr.  Zang  was  a  true  lover  of  the  noble  steed  and  his  horses 
were  exhibited  throughout  the  entire  country,  winning  many  blue  ribbons.  He  im- 
ported from  Prance  a  number  of  the  finest  animals  that  could  be  purchased,  among 
them  a  Percheron  stallion  which  won  prizes  at  practically  every  large  horse  show  in 
France  and  the  United  States. 

On  the  29th  of  March,  1881,  Mr.  Zang  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  Louise  Vogt, 
a  daughter  of  William  P.  Vogt,   a  jeweler  of  Louisville.   Kentucky,   and   they   became 


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108  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  parents  of  the  follo^'ing  named.  Philip  Adolph,  who  is  mentioned  at  length  on 
another  page  of  this  work;  Adolph  Frank,  vice  president  of  the  Vindicator  Consolidated 
Gold  Mining  Company,  secretary  of  the  Cresson  Consolidated  Gold  Mining  Company, 
secretary  of  the  Adolph  J.  Zang  Investment  Company,  director  of  The  Rare  Metals 
Ore  Company  and  treasurer  of  The  Ferro  Alloy  Company;  Gertrude,  the  wife  of 
Charles  Leedom  Patterson;  Minnie  Elizabeth;  and  Louise  Adelgunda,  the  wife  of 
John  Henrj'  Morrison. 

The  family  circle  was  broken  by  the  hand  of  death  on  the  28th  of  September, 
1916,  Mr.  Zang  having  been  taken  suddenly  ill  while  on  a  trip  of  inspection  to  the 
Vindicator  mine.  His  death  was  the  occasion  of  the  deepest  regret  because  of  his 
wide  acquaintance  and  his  many  admirable  traits  of  character.  He  was  a  Scottish 
Rite  Mason,  an  Elk.  a  life  member  of  the  Denver  Athletic  Club  and  was  a  member 
of  every  civic  and  commercial  organization  of  Denver,  all  of  which  profited  by  his 
cooperation  and  his  public  spirit.  One  of  his  most  marked  characteristics  was  his 
love  of  literature  and  his  taste  along  that  line  was  most  discriminating.  His  library 
was  equaled  by  but  few  private  collections  in  the  United  States,  either  in  its  size,  its 
range  or  in  its  intrinsic  value.  A  contemporary  writer  said  of  Mr.  Zang:  "He  was 
essentially  and  before  all  else  a  devoted  and  home-loving  man,  domestic  in  all  hig 
tastes  and  neglecting  no  opportunity  to  cultivate  the  beautiful  things  of  life.  He 
was  a  (j-ue  and  liberal  philanthropist,  never  making  known  his  beneficiaries  but  giv- 
ing freely  to  charities  of  all  kinds.  He  was  most  democratic  in  his  attitude  toward 
all  men,  a  man  of  imposing  stature,  lovable  and  genial  to  an  extreme  and  loyal  not 
only  to  his  friends  but  to  the  world." 


JOHN   GULLY. 


John  Gully  was  one  of  the  representative  farmers  of  Colorado  who  through  well 
directed  efforts  accumulated  extensive  holdings  and  in  course  of  time  became  the 
owner  of  eleven  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  in  Arapahoe  county.  His  life  record 
should  serve  to  inspire  and  encourage  others  who  have  to  begin  business,  as  he  did, 
empty-handed.  He  was  born  in  Tipperary,  Ireland,  June  24,  1850,  and  his  life  activities 
covered  the  intervening  years  to  the  29th  of  May,  1915.  when  he  nearly  had  reached 
the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  He  was  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Temperance  (Powell)  Gully 
and  in  1862  came  to  Colorado  with  his  parents,  this  being  fourteen  years  before  the 
state  was  admitted  to  the  Union.  They  crossed  the  plains  with  team  and  wagon,  and 
Mr.  Gully  acquired  his  education  in  the  schools  of  the  mining  towns  of  Central  City, 
Blackhawk  and  Silver  Plume  as  the  family  removed  from  place  to  place.  When  he 
was  sixteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  Tollgate  with  his  parents  and  there  worked  upon 
the  home  ranch,  assisting  largely  in  the  development  and  cultivation  of  the  property. 
When  about  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
in  Arapahoe  county  and,  as  the  years  passed  on,  kept  adding  to  his  possessions  from 
time  to  time,  as  his  financial  resources  increased,  until  he  accumulated  eleven  hun- 
dred and  twenty  acres.  He  engaged  extensively  in  raising  live  stock  and  also  carried 
on  dry  farming  to  the  time  of  his  death.  His  methods  were  practical  and  his  work 
was  characterized  by  a  progressiveness  that  brought  good  results.  His  sons  are  now 
operating  the  ranch  and  are  raising  wheat  and  live  stock.  They  have  inherited  the 
industrious  spirit  of  the  father  and  their  labors  are  being  attended  with  excellent 
results. 

On  the  20th  of  September.  1892,  Mr.  Gully  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Clifford,  a  daughter  of  Patrick  J.  and  Mary  Ann  (Maher)  Clifford.  Mrs.  Gully 
was  born  in  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  state.  She 
made  progress  in  her  studies  and  won  a  teacher's  certificate  there,  after  which  she 
engaged  in  teaching  in  Iowa  for  two  years.  Later  she  went  to  Colorado  and  taught 
for  several  years  or  up  to  the  time  of  her  marriage.  She  proved  a  capable  teacher. 
Imparting  clearly  and  readily  to  others  the  knowledge  that  she  had  acquired.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gully  were  bom  five  children:  Mary  Frances,  James  Edward,  John 
Thomas,   William  Anthony  and  Elizabeth  Alphonese. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church,  to  which  Mr. 
Gully  always  adhered.  His  political  allegiance  was  given  to  the  democratic  party 
and  on  several  occasions  he  was  offered  the  nomination  to  public  office  but  always 
declined.  He  preferred  to  give  his  thought,  attention  and  effort  to  his  business  affairs 
and  by  reason  of  the  sound  judgment  which  he  displayed  in  the  conduct  of  his  farm- 
ing interests  he  became   one   of  the  prominent   ranchmen   of  Arapahoe   county.     John 


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no  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Gully  was  a  man  of  striking  personality  and  charm  of  manner  which,  endeared  him 
to  those  who  knew  him  well.  His  integrity  was  unquestioned  and  in  all  of  his  deal- 
ings with  his  fellow  men,  he  applied  the  principle  of  the  Golden  Rule.  Coming  to 
Arapahoe  county  when  that  section  of  the  state  was  practically  an  unbroken  wilder- 
ness, he  manifested  his  confidence  in  the  future  of  the  country  by  meeting  the  priva- 
tions, and  even  the  dangers,  with  smiling  fortitude,  and  it  may  truly  be  said  that  he 
had  no  small  part  in  the  development  of  Colorado's  greatness.  Those  who  knew  him, 
and  he  had  a  wide  acquaintance,  esteemed  him  for  his  sterling  worth  and  when  death 
called  him  on  the  29th  of  May,  1915,  there  were  many  who  deeply  regretted  his  pass- 
ing and  who  yet  cherish  his  memory. 


AARON  GOVE. 


For  thirty  years — the  entire  formative  period  of  Denver's  school  system — Aaron  Gove 
was  in  charge  of  the  educational  interests  of  the  city.  While  at  the  outset  of  his  task 
there  were  other  school  districts  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  District  No.  1,  of  which  he 
was  the  head,  comprised  the  greater  part  of  the  population.  Later  he  became  superin- 
tendent of  all  the  merged  districts.  This  was  his  life  work.  From  the  time  that  he 
was  three  years  old  until  he  was  sixty-five,  with  the  exception  of  the  period  during 
which  he  was  a  participant  in  the  Civil  war,  he  was  never  out  of  a  schoolroom.  He 
not  only  became  one  of  the  great  educators  of  the  country,  honored  in  1S87-8  by  the 
presidency  of  the  National  Educational  Association,  but  proved  himself  a  wise  and  care- 
ful administrator  and  financial  manager. 

From  1864  until  1874  he  was  in  charge  of  the  schools  at  Normal.  Illinois.  During 
that  period  he  was  mastering  his  profession  and  demonstrating  his  energy  and  capacity 
at  teachers'  institutes  and  on  the  lecture  platform. 

In  1874,  while  on  a  lecture  tour,  he  received  the  curt  information  that  he  had  been 
elected  superintendent  of  the  Denver  schools  at  a  salary  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars 
a  year.  "Kindly  wire  acceptance"  was  the  laconic  conclusion  of  the  message.  He  wired 
that  he  would  "look  them  over"  and  incidentally  they  might  "look  him  over."  Not  yet 
sure  that  he  could  get  his  release  from  Normal,  he  made  his  way  to  Denver  and  found 
the  town  was  just  recovering  from  a  bitter  school  board  quarrel. 

On  his  arrival  members  of  the  board  kept  in  close  touch  with  him,  hoping  that  the 
story  of  the  quarrel  would  not  reach  his  ears.  But  Roger  W.  Woodbury,  then  publisher 
of  the  Times,  al«o  a  native  New  Hampshire  boy.  finally  getting  to  him,  said:  "Mr.  Gove, 
I'm  mighty  sorry  for  you.  You're  undertaking  an  impossible  job."  That  night,  at  twelve 
o'clock,  Mr.  Woodbury  put  the  file  of  the  Times  under  Mr.  Gove's  eyes,  so  that  he  might 
learn  the  entire  story  of  the  fight  which  was  still  in  the  air.  But  there  was  enough 
fighting  blood  in  Mr.  Gove  to  make  him  feel  that  the  "impossible  job"  was  worth  while. 
He  went  back  to  Normal  and  asked  for  a  release.  He  was  told  that  he  could  not  be 
spared  that  year,  but  he  secured  his  release.  In  1874.  therefore,  he  assumed  his  position 
under  the  law  creating  the  East  Denver  school  district. 

Mr.  Gove  found  the  district  in  debt  for  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  and  its  fifteen 
year  bonds  drawing  twelve  per  cent,  interest  in  the  hands  of  New  England  banks.  His 
first  attempt  in  financing,  failed  of  success.  Though  the  legislature,  at  his  suggestion, 
passed  a  law  permitting  refunding  of  school  bonds,  his  offer  under  the  law  to  the  New 
England  banks  to  substitute  thirty-year  six  per  cent,  bonds  for  their  twelve  per  cent, 
holdings  failed  to  persuade  his  fellow  Yankees.  But  during  his  entire  term  of  office, 
there  was  but  a  single  further  instance  of  a  bond  issue  to  meet  a  school  debt.  This  was 
after  congress  had  given  the  school  district  the  present  East  Denver  high  school  site, 
compelling  the  erection  of  a  school  building  within  a  year.  There  was  local  opposition 
to  the  law  and  it  took  two  terms  of  congress  to  get  it  through.  It  was  asserted  that  the 
people  didn't  want  the  site,  but  Superintendent  Gove,  then  in  Washington,  telegraphed 
to  Robert  W.  Steele,  later  chief  justice,  to  send  him  a  petition  favoring  the  measure. 
It  took  the  active  young  attorney  less  than  a  week  to  find  a  thousand  people  who  wanted 
that  block  of  ground.  Senators  Jerome  B.  Chaffee  and  Henry  M.  Teller  saved  the  day  on 
the  last  day  of  the  session.  Senator  Morrill  of  Vermont  fought  hard  to  defeat  it.  Dr. 
Bancroft,  battling  for  Jarvis  Hall  and  Judge  France,  believing  that  the  property  should 
be  a  park  and  not  a  school  house  site,  also  lost  out.  The  bond  issue  provided  for  the 
west  wing.  In  seven  years  the  entire  building  was  completed  and  when  the  last  nail 
•was  driven  there  was  not  a  penny  of  indebtedness  on  the  structure. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  111 

When  Aaron  Gove  came  to  Denver,  his  first  great  fight  was  to  establish  tlie  high 
school  grades  in  the  district.  Here  he  demonstrated,  at  the  very  outset  of  his  local 
career,  his  capacity  for  diplomacy.  He  was  a  shrewd  observer  of  men,  his  power  in 
that  direction  being  above  even  his  rare  skill  as  a  schoolmaster  and  as  a  manager.  There 
were  four  elements  opposed  to  his  effort  to  establish  high  school  grades.  The  Methodists 
were,  generally  speaking,  against  the  plan.  They  had  just  secured  a  charter  for  what  is 
now  the  University  of  Denver,  but  Governor  John  Evans,  who  had  been  with  him  at 
teachers'  institutes  in  Illinois,  promised  Mr.  Gove  his  support  and  he  kept  his  word. 
Mr.  Gove  once  said:  "My  reliance  was  Governor  John  Evans.  When  he  promised  me 
that  my  public  high  school  should  not  be  antagonized,  I  knew  he  meant  what  he  said." 
He  was  also  opposed  by  the  Episcopalians,  who  were  building  up  Jarvis  Hall,  but 
stanch  friends  in  that  denomination  also  stood  by  him.  The  Catholics  also  fought  him, 
but  there  too  he  was  able  to  find  many  broad-minded  men  who,  while  they  did  not  wish 
openly  to  assist  him,  saw  to  it  that  the  antagonism  was  not  continued.  There  were  in 
the  community  many  southerners  who  had  come  from  sections  where  the  free  common 
school  had  never  been  planted.  These,  too,  he  won  over;  and  so  at  last  he  established 
his  high  school  in  the  third  floor  of  the  school  building  on  the  site  of  what  is  now  the 
Club  building. 

He  had  with  him  for  twenty  years  the  best  men  in  the  community  as  members  of 
his  school  board.  In  those  years  Fred  Steinhauer.  E.  M.  Ashley,  Peter  Gottesleben,  L.  C. 
Ellsworth,  Dr.  Stedman,  K.  G.  Cooper,  George  W.  Kassler,  C.  S.  Morey  and  Governor 
Grant  were  wise  enough  to  appreciate  the  services  of  a  great  educational  expert  and 
gave  lavishly  of  their  time  and  ability  in  the  public  service.  There  was  no  contention. 
Progress  was  rapid  and  the  great  school  system  which  ranks  among  the  finest  in  the 
nation  was  established  on  a  firm  and  sound  foundation. 

When  in  1904  Mr.  Gove  gave  up  his  school  work,  he  became  identified  with  the 
great  sugar  industry  of  Colorado.  Here  again,  his  remarkable  mind  quickly  assimilated 
what  was  necessary  in  those  years  to  successfully  maintain  that  most  important  enter- 
prise. Documents  prepared  by  him  for  legislative  reference  have  been  pronounced 
among  the   ablest   presented   at   congressional  hearings. 

Mr.  Gove  was  born  in  Hampton  Falls,  New  Hampshire,  September  26,  1839,  the  son 
of  John  Francis  and  Sarah  Jane  (Wadleigh)  Gove.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Illinois 
Normal  University  in  1861.  Then  began  his  military  career.  He  entered  the  service  of 
the  United  States  as  a  private  of  Company  B,  Thirty-third  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry, 
September  18,  1861,  and  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  on  the  26th  of  September. 
He  became  first  lieutenant  and  adjutant  on  the  6th  of  September,  1862,  and  was  mustered 
in  as  adjutant  on  the  12th  of  December  of  that  year.  The  regiment  was  organized  at 
Camp  Butler,  Illinois,  moved  to  Ironton,  Missouri,  September  20.  1861,  and  was  on  duty 
there  until  March,  1862.  It  was  sent  in  the  expedition  to  Fredericktown,  Missouri,  from 
the  12th  to  the  25th  of  October,  1861,  and  participated  in  a  skirmish  at  Big  River  Bridge, 
near  Potosi  on  the  15th  of  that  month.  It  was  also  in  action  at  Fredericktown  on  the 
21st  of  October.  From  March  until  May,  1862,  the  regiment  was  attached  to  the  Second 
Brigade  of  the  Army  of  Southeast  Missouri  and  then  to  the  First  Brigade  of  the  First 
Division  of  the  Army  of  Southwest  Missouri,  Department  of  Missouri,  until  July,  1862. 
It  was  next  at  Helena,  Arkansas,  in  the  District  of  Eastern  Arkansas,  Department  of 
Missouri,  until  October,  1862,  and  afterward  with  Harris'  Brigade,  Benton's  Division, 
Davidson's  Army  of  Southeast  Missouri,  until  January,  1S63.  Its  next  assignment  was 
to  the  First  Brigade,  First  Division,  District  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  Department  of 
Missouri,  until  March,  1863,  and  to  the  First  Brigade,  Fourteenth  Division,  Thirteenth 
Army  Corps,  Army  of  the  Tennessee,  until  July  of  the  same  year.  Its  next  assign- 
ment was  to  the  First  Brigade,  First  Division,  Thirteenth  Army  Corps  of  the  Army 
of  the  Tennessee  until  August,  1863,  and  afterward  to  the  Army  of  the  Gulf  until  April 
1864. 

The  record  of  his  service  has  been  given  in  official  documents  as  follows:  "Moved 
to  Reeve's  Station,  Missouri,  March  3.  1862.  Steele's  expedition  to  White  River,  Arkan- 
sas, March  23— May  10.  March  to  Batesville,  Arkansas,  thence  to  Helena.  Arkansas,  May 
25 — July  14.  Action  at  Hill's  Plantation,  Cache  River,  July  7.  Duty  at  and  near  Helena 
till  September  1,  participating  in  numerous  expeditions.  Ordered  to  Sulphur  Springs, 
September  1,  Friar's  Point,  September  28.  Moved  to  Pilot  Knob,  Missouri,  thence  moved 
to  Van  Buren,  Arkansas,  November  15.  Campaign  through  southeast  Missouri,  Decem- 
ber 1862.  to  March  1863.  Ordered  to  Ste.  Genevieve.  March  5,  thence  to  Milliken's  Bend, 
Louisiana,  and  duty  there  till  April  25.  Movement  on  Bruinsburg  and  turning  Grand 
Gulf,  April  25-30.  Battle  of  Port  Gibson,  May  1.  Fourteen-Mile  Creek,  May  12.  Battle 
of  Champion's  Hill,   May   16.     Big  Black  River  Bridge,   May   17.     Siege  of  Vicksburg, 


.112  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Mississippi,  May  18 — July  4.  Assaults  on  Vicksburg,  May  19  and  22.  Hill's  Plantation, 
June  22.  Surrender  of  Vicksburg,  July  4.  Advance  on  Jackson,  Mississippi,  July  5-10. 
Big  Black  River  July  5.  Siege  of  Jackson,  Mississippi,  July  10-17.  Duty  at  Vicksburg 
till  August  20.  Ordered  to  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  August  20.  Duty  at  Carrollton, 
Brashear  City  and  Bervsrick  till  October.  Western  Louisiana  campaign,  October  3  to 
November  10.  Served  detached  as  aide-de-camp  on  staff  of  General  C.  C.  Washburn, 
commanding  First  Division,  Eighteenth  Corps,  October  and  November,  1863,  and  as 
division  ordnance  officer  on  staff  of  General  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  January  to  April,  1864.  Ex- 
pedition to  New  Iberia,  Louisiana,  October  3-6,  1863,  and  to  Vermillion  Bayou,  October 
8-30.  Ordered  to  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  November  10,  thence  to  Texas,  November  12. 
Capture  of  Mustang  Island,  Matagorda  Bay,  November  17.  Fort  Esperanza,  November 
27-30.  Duty  at  Indianola  and  Lavacca,  Texas,  till  March,  1864.  On  veteran  leave 
March  and  April.  Moved  to  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  April  18-29,  thence  to  Brashear 
City,  May  17,  and  duty  in  District  of  La  Fourche  till  June.  Resigned  June  18,  1864,  and 
honorably  discharged  from  service  on  the  strength  of  a  surgeon's  certificate.  Brevetted 
captain  and  major.  United  States  Volunteers,  March  13,  1865,  'For  gallant  and  meritori- 
ous services  during  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  Mississippi.'  "  ' 

Nature  seems  to  have  designed  Mr.  Gove  for  the  educational  field  and  the  school 
system  of  Denver  stands  as  a  monument  to  his  ability  and  efficiency.  Impossible  as  it 
is  for  most  men  sixty-five  years  of  age  to  make  a  change  in  their  life  work,  Mr.  Gove 
accomplished  this  and  became  a  successful  factor  in  connection  with  the  development 
of  the  sugar  industry  of  the  west. 

Mr.  Gove  was  married  February  13,  1865,  to  Caroline  Spofford  of  North  Andover, 
Massachusetts.  She  died  in  Denver,  September  29,  1916.  There  were  four  children  of 
this  marriage,  Frank  E.  Gove,  Aaron  M.  Gove,  Mrs.  Henry  Hanington  and  Mrs.  John  G. 
McMurtry,  all  of  Denver.  In  politics  Mr.  Gove  is  a  republican.  He  has  been  commander 
of  the  Loyal  Legion,  is  a  thirty-third  degree  TWason  and  was  for  three  years  grand 
commander  of  the  Knights  Templar  of  Colorado.  Dartmouth  College  in  1878  conferred 
upon  him  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  and  in  1888  he  received  from  the  University  of 
Colorado  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Club  and  the  University 
Club.  Now  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine  years,  without  invidious  distinction,  he  may  be 
characterized  as  one  of  the  foremost  and  honored  residents  of  Denver. 


RAYMOND  H.  TURVER. 


Raymond  H.  Turver,  of  Denver,  who  is  general  sales  agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast 
Shredded  Wheat  Company,  has  in  large  measure  that  quality  which  has  been  termed 
commercial  sense,  but  which  when  analyzed  is  found  to  be  composed  of  close  applica- 
tion, keen  sagacity,  thorough  study  of  tasks  and  the  capability  of  reading  and  under- 
standing the  men  with  whom  one  deals.  Possessing  all  these  requisites  of  successful 
salesmanship,  Raymond  H.  Turver  has  made  for  himself  a  creditable  position  in  busi- 
ness circles.  He  was  born  in  Niagara  Falls,  New  York,  October  16,  1S80,  a  son  of 
Charles  Henry  Turver,  who  was  a  native  of  England  and  came  to  America  at  the  age 
of  eight  years,  being  apprenticed  to  a  family  crossing  the  Atlantic.  Their  home  was 
established  in  southern  Wisconsin  and  there  he  was  reared  and  educated. 

Charles  H.  Turver  served  an  apprenticeship  at  the  carpenter's  and  builder's  trade, 
which  he  followed  successfully  throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  1874  he  became 
a  resident  of  Rochester,  New  York,  which  was  his  home  until  1879,  in  which  year 
he  removed  to  Suspension  Bridge,  now  Niagara  Falls,  where  he  was  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  general  contractor  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  November  28, 
1910,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two  years.  He  was  active  in  civic  matters  and  greatly  inter- 
ested in  labor  problems  and  conditions  bearing  thereon.  He  was  a  prime  factor  in 
promoting  a  bill  presented  before  congress  to  regulate  the  importation  of  Canadian 
labor,  opposing  the  course  of  employing  Canadians  who  resided  in  their  own  country 
but  earned  their  living  across  the  American  border.  He  was  also  a  champion  of  various 
other  measures  which  he  believed  would  benefit  labor  and  business  conditions  in  this 
country.  In  politics  he  was  an  ardent  republican  but  was  never  an  aspirant  for  office. 
He  married  Stella  Harroun,  who  was  born  at  Niagara  Falls  and  is  a  direct  descendant 
of  John  Quincy  Adams  and  John  Adams,  two  of  the  presidents  of  the  United  States, 
and  of  Captain  Abner  Adams,  who  commanded  a  company  in  the  Revolutionary  war 
and  had  charge  of  a  line  of  forts  and  communications  between  Albany,  New  York,  and 
the  Niagara  frontier.  Mrs.  Turver  is  still  a  resident  of  Niagara  Falli.  By  her  marriage 
she  became  the  mother  of  fdiir  children,  two  of  whom  have  passed  away,  while  those 


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114  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

still  living  are  Raymond  H.  and  Charles  Henry,  the  latter  a  resident  of  Lewiston, 
New  York. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  in  the  place  of  his  nativity,  Raymond  H.  Turver  acquired 
his  education  in  attendance  at  the  public  and  high  schools  there  to  the  age  of  eighteen 
years  and  then  started  out  to  earn  his  own  livelihood.  He  first  served  an  apprentice- 
ship with  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  at  Niagara  Falls  as  a  telegrapher,  remaining 
there  for  eighteen  months.  He  was  afterward  with  the  New  York  Central  as  telegraph 
operator  and  billing  clerk,  which  position  he  continued  to  fill  until  the  fall  of  1902, 
when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Shredded  Wheat  Company,  accepting  the  position 
of  clerk  in  the  filing  department.  After  two  months'  service  he  was  advanced  to  the 
sales  department,  being  placed  in  a  clerical  position,  and  there  he  continued  for  six 
months.  Being  desirous  of  learning  the  business  in  all  of  its  phases  and  departments, 
he  was  transferred  to  the  branch  office  at  Toronto,  Ontario,  as  office  assistant  and  sales- 
man and  remained  in  that  city  for  two  years.  He  then  returned  to  the  home  office 
at  Niagara  Falls  as  assistant  in  the  sales  department,  occupying  the  position  until 
190S,  when  he  was  promoted  to  general  sales  agent  of  the  office  at  Minneapolis,  Minne- 
sota, where  he  successfully  and  creditably  managed  the  business  for  the  company  for 
three  years.  He  was  then  placed  in  charge  of  the  Denver  office,  arriving  in  this  city 
on  the  2Sth  of  December.  1911.  In  the  intervening  years  he  has  developed  the  business 
to  a  large  extent,  greatly  increasing  the  trade  through  his  territory,  which  embraces 
Colorado,  Wyoming,  Utah  and  New  Jlexico.  Throughout  practically  his  entire  business 
career  he  has  been  connected  with  the  Shredded  Wheat  Company — a  fact  which  is 
indicative  of  his  marked  ability,  trustworthiness  and  indefatigable  energy.  Step  by 
step  he  has  advanced  from  a  humble  position,  acquainting  himself  with  every  phase 
of  the  work  that  has  come  under  his  direction,  and  today  as  sales  manager  for  this 
district  he  is  controlling  a  trade  of  large  and  growing  proportions. 

On  the  24th  of  November,  1904,  at  Niagara  Falls,  Mr.  Turver  was  married  to  Miss 
Maude  E.  Cannon,  a  native  of  that  place  and  a  daughter  of  William  E.  and  Elizabeth 
(Vogt)  Cannon,  the  former  now  deceased,  while  the  latter  is  still  living.  They  belonged 
to  old  and  well  known  families  of  Niagara  Falls.  Mr.  Turver's  military  experience 
covers  eight  years'  service  as  a  member  of  the  Third  Regiment  of  the  New  York 
National  Guard  at  Niagara,  with  which  he  served  as  a  non-commissioned  officer.  He 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Warren  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  has  been  a  worker 
in  the  Sunday  school,  having  formerly  served  as  secretary.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver 
Civic  and  Commercial  Association  and  is  helpfully  interested  in  all  those  things  which 
have  to  do  with  the  upbuilding  of  the  city.  He  also  has  membership  in  the  Denver 
Motor  Club  and  the  Kiwanis  Club,  serving  as  chairman  of  the  membership  committee 
in  the  latter.  He  is  likewise  an  officer  in  Arapahoe  Lodge,  No.  130,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
in  the  Scottish  Rite  bodies,  attaining  the  thirty-second  degree  in  Colorado  Consistory, 
No.  1,  A.  &  A.  S.  R.,  on  the  Sth  of  April.  1915.  He  is  likewise  a  past  councilor  of  the  Junior 
Order  of  United  American  Mechanics.  His  has  been  an  active  and  useful  career,  charac- 
terized by  progressiveness  and  marked  devotion  to  duty  whether  in  business  life,  in 
social  connections  or  in  citizenship. 


HON.  JAMES  PHILIP  MAXWELL. 

Hon.  James  Philip  Maxwell,  of  whom  it  is  said  he  has  never  had  a  superior  as  pre- 
siding officer  in  the  state  senate,  has  at  various  times  been  called  upon  for  public 
service  although  usually  it  has  not  partaken  of  a  political  nature,  and  the  record  of 
none  has  been  more  faultless  in  honor,  fearless  in  conduct  or  stainless  in  reputation. 
Mr.  Maxwell  was  born  upon  a  farm  in  Walworth  county,  Wisconsin,  on  the  20th  of 
June,  1839,  and  is  a  son  of  James  A.  and  Susan  (Vreland)  Maxwell.  The  father  was 
born  in  the  Empire  state  in  1814  and  passed  away  in  1892,  having  long  survived  his 
wife,  who  died  in  1852. 

When  James  Philip  Maxwell  was  seven  years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Bara- 
boo,  Wisconsin,  and  there  he  attended  the  public  schools,  remaining  a  resident  of  that 
city  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty.  His  early  educational  privileges  were  sup- 
plemented by  a  course  in  the  Lawrence  University'  of  Appleton,  Wisconsin,  where  he 
was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1859.  He  left  his  native  state  in  the  spring 
of  1860,  well  qualified  for  life's  practical  and  responsible  duties,  and  with  a  strong 
will  to  succeed,  sustained  by  the  stimulating  knowledge  of  having  back  of  him  an 
honorable  ancestry,  while  his  home  training  was  such  as  developed  admirable  traits 
of   character.     His   grandfather,   Colonel   James   Maxwell,   had   been   a   pioneer   of  Wal- 


HON.  JAMES  P.  MAXWELL 


116  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

■worth  county,  Wisconsin,  had  been  chosen,  to  represent  his  district  in  the  territorial 
legislature  and  had  served  with  distinction  as  a  colonel  in  the  Wisconsin  State  Militia. 
His  father,  James  A.  Maxwell,  was  a  merchant  and  landowner,  who  exerted  consider- 
able influence  in  shaping  public  thought  and  action  in  Walworth  and  in  Sauli  counties 
of  Wisconsin.  In  1860  he  removed  westward  to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  the  sawmill 
business  at  Boulder.  He  assisted  in  the  construction  of  a  wagon  road  known  as  the 
Boulder  and  Blackhawk  road  and  operated  it  for  several  years.  He  was  not  only 
Identified  with  the  material  development  of  his  locality  but  with  its  moral  progress 
as  well.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at  Boulder 
and  continued  as  an  active  and  helpful  member  and  generous  supporter  thereof  until 
his  demise. 

James  P.  Maxwell  was  the  eldest  of  a  family  of  six  children  and  was  in  his  four- 
teenth year  at  the  time  of  his  mother's  death.  His  youthful  experiences  were  those  of 
the  farmbred  boy  but  his  ideas  of  life  were  broadened  by  contact  with  the  world  as 
he  went  out  to  further  his  education  as  a  student  in  the  I^awrence  University  at  Ap- 
pleton.  He  pursued  a  classical  course  and  won  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree  upon 
graduation  with  the  class  of  1859.  In  1860  he  joined  his  father  in  Omaha,  Nebraska, 
and  then  traveled  across  the  plains  with  horses  to  Denver,  where  he  arrived  on  the 
10th  of  June  after  having  spent  six  weeks  en  route.  He  made  his  way  to  Central  City, 
afterward  to  Nevadaville  and  to  Lump  Gulch,  where  he  became  identified  with  placer 
mining.  In  the  year  of  his  arrival  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  the  Gold  Dirt  District 
and  occupied  that  position  for  one  year,  subsequent  to  which  time  his  attention  was 
given  to  lode-mining  in  Leavenworth  Gulch.  In  1863,  however,  he  entered  into  part- 
nership with  his  brother-in-law.  Captain  C.  M.  Tyler,  in  the  conduct  of  a  lumberyard 
on  South  Boulder  creek,  where  they  erected  a  mill  and  manufactured  lumber,  for 
which  they  found  a  market  in  Central  City,  Blackhawk  and  Cheyenne.  Mr.  Maxwell 
also  became  the  associate  of  his  father  in  the  operation  of  a  sawmill  at  the  mouth  of 
Four  Mile  creek  and  in  1867  removed  from  South  Boulder  to  Four  Mile,  but  in  1870 
became  a  resident  of  Boulder.  He  was  thus  actively  associated  with  the  pioneer  de- 
velopment of  the  section  in  which  he  lived,  becoming  identified  with  the  initial  busi- 
ness enterprises  and  taking  an  active  interest  in  promoting  progress  along  various 
lines. 

The  personal  worth  and  the  marked  business  and  executive  ability  of  Mr.  Max- 
well caused  him  to  be  selected  at  various  times  for  important  public  positions.  He 
served  as  deputy  United  States  mineral  and  land  surveyor  through  appointment  of 
the  United  States  surveyor  general  of  Colorado  and  in  later  years  has  given  much 
time  to  survey  work  of  that  character,  thereby  acquiring  a  very  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  geography  and  resources  of  the  state.  Having  taken  up  his  abode  in  Boulder, 
he  was  chosen  in  1872  to  represent  his  district  in  the  territorial  legislature  and  the 
value  of  his  service  in  that  connection  was  demonstrated  in  his  reelection  two  years 
later.  In  1876,  following  the  admission  of  Colorado  into  the  Union,  he  became  a  mem- 
per  of  the  first  state  senate  and  served  as  president  pro  tern  during  the  session  o£ 
1879  and,  according  to  a  contemporary  biographer,  "presided  over  that  body  with  dis- 
tinguished ability.  He  was  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  rules  and  with  parliamen- 
tary practice.  His  decisions  were  prompt,  just  and  impartial,  his  bearing  forceful, 
dignified  and  admirable  and  the  general  assembly  from  first  to  last  has  had  no  su- 
perior presiding  officer."  In  1878  Mr.  Maxwell  was  elected  mayor  of  Boulder  and 
served  as  chief  executive  of  the  city  until  ISSO,  when  he  resigned,  after  which  he 
filled  the  office  of  county  treasurer  for  two  years.  From  1882  until  1888  Mr.  Maxwell 
engaged  in  government  surveying  in  western  Colorado  and  in  the  latter  year  was 
made  state  engineer  under  appointment  of  Governor  Cooper  and  was  continued  in  that 
position  until  1893  by  Governor  Routt.  In  1896  he  was  again  elected  to  represent  his 
district  in  the  state  senate  and  in  the  eleventh  session  was  chosen  president  pro  tem. 
Private  business  interests  had  occupied  his  attention  in  the  interval  prior  to  1899, 
at  which  time  he  was  appointed  city  engineer  of  Boulder  and  was  regularly  elected  to 
the  office  in  1900.  For  about  thirty  years  he  continued  active  in  surveying  and  min- 
ing engineering  and  in  1911  he  entered  the  First  National  Bank  of  Boulder  as  a  di- 
rector and  vice  president  and  in  1912  was  elected  to  the  presidency,  which  position 
he  still  fills.  There  are  many  tangible  evidences  of  his  public  spirit,  his  devotion  to 
duty  and  to  the  welfare  of  the  state  which  may  be  cited.  He  assisted  in  obtaining 
an  appropriation  for  the  State  University  and  while  state  engineer  he  had  charge  of 
irrigation,   reservoirs,   bridge  building  and   roads   throughout  the   state  of   Colorado. 

At  different  times  Mr.  Maxwell  has  directed  his  efforts  into  various  fields.  He 
has  engaged  quite  extensively  in  the  cattle  business  and  he  was  president  of  the 
Silver    Lake    Ditch    Company    which    in    1S8S    began    the    construction    of    the    highest 


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irrigation  ditch  in  the  country  from  Boulder  canyon.  He  was  instrumental  in  hav- 
ing Silver  lake  stocked  with  fish  and  he  became  the  president  of  the  Steamboat 
Springs  Company,  which  laid  out  Steamboat  Springs  in  Routt  county.  He  also  laid  out 
Maxwell's  addition  to  Boulder,  consisting  of  fifteen  acres,  and  he  became  the  owner 
of  the  Maxwell  block  in  Boulder. 

On  the  23d  of  January,  1S63,  in  Gilpin  county,  Colorado,  Mr.  Maxwell  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Francelia  0.  Smith,  a  native  of  Wisconsin  and  a  daughter  of  N. 
K.  Smith,  who  came  to  Colorado  in  pioneer  times  and  passed  away  in  Boulder  in  1S94. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maxwell  became  the  parents  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters:  Clint  J.;' 
Mark  N.:  Helen  F.,  who  died  in  January,  1899,  at  the  age  of  thirty  years;  Maria  O., 
who  became  the  wife  of  Charles  R.  Burger,  who  occupies  the  chair  of  mathematics 
in  the  School  of  Mines  at  Golden,  Colorado;  and  Ray,  who  died  in  1897  at  the  age  of 
nineteen  years. 

In  politics  Mr.  Maxwell  has  always  been  a  republican.  Fraternally  he  is  well 
known  as  a  Mason,  having  taken  the  degrees  of  the  Scottish  Rite  and  he  belongs  to 
the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  was  elected  grand  commander  of  the  Colorado  Grand  Comman- 
dery  of  Knights  Templar  and  various  other  official  honors  have  been  conferred  upon 
him  in  his  Masonic  connections.  He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Denver  Society  and 
the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  His  career  has  been  one  of  eminent  useful- 
ness and  honor.  None  has  ever  questioned  the  integrity  of  his  motives  and  seldom  has 
the  correctness  of  his  position  been  doubted.  He  has  labored  earnestly  and  persis- 
tently for  the  right  as  he  has  seen  it  and  his  work  in  behalf  of  the  state,  its  develop- 
ment, its  upbuilding  and  its  welfare,  has  been  most  earnest  and  effective. 


EDWARD  J.  MORELAND. 


Edward  J.  Moreland,  who  is  engaged  in  ranching  in  El  Paso  county  and  is  also  the 
manager  of  the  elevator  at  Peyton,  was  born  December  30.  1S67,  in  Perry  county,  Indiana, 
a  son  of  James  H.  and  Martha  Moreland.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  removed 
with  his  family  from  Indiana  to  Olney,  Richland  county,  Illinois,  during  the  early  boy- 
hood of  Edward  J.  Moreland,  who  was  there  reared  and  educated.  In  1885  the  latter 
went  to  Kansas  and  for  a  short  period  engaged  in  freighting  out  of  Garden  City,  Kansas. 
Afterward  he  was  connected  witli,  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  Railway  Company, 
being  employed  as  foreman  of  the  track  gang  until  the  road  was  completed  to  Colorado 
Springs.  He  then  took  up  his  abode  at  Peyton,  where  he  preempted  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land  and  also  took  a  timber  claim  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  Later 
he  purchased  other  tracts,  adding  to  his  place  from  time  to  time  until  his  landed  posses- 
sions now  aggregate  fourteen  hundred  and  forty  acres.  The  ranch  is  devoted  to  general 
farming.  He  raises  various  crops  best  adapted  to  soil  and  climate  and  is  also  extensively 
engaged  in  raising  stock,  keeping  from  one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  head  of 
cattle  upon  his  place  in  the  winter.  In  1917  he  raised  five  hundred  and  sixty  bushels  of 
beans  on  a  forty  acre  lot,  which  is  a  record  crop  for  dry  farming.  He  is  the  president 
of  The  Peyton  Farmers  Cooperative  Elevator  Company  and  in  this  connection  is  also 
conducting  a  profitable  and  growing  business. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Moreland  is  a  socialist.  He  is  a  highly  respected  citizen 
of  Peyton,  active  and  industrious  and  a  recognized  leader  among  the  residents  of  that 
locality,  his  worth  being  acknowledged  by  all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact. 


ELMER  E.  SCHLOSSER. 

Elmer  E.  Schlosser,  attorney  at  law,  was  born  in  Chambersburg,  Franklin  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1861,  a  son  of  Dr.  Noah  and  Katherine  (Maxwell)  Schlosser,  who  were 
also  natives  of  Franklin  county,  where  four  generations  of  the  family  had  previously 
been  represented.  The  ancestral  record  can  be  traced  directly  back  to  an  early  period 
in  the  seventeenth  century.  Dr.  Noah  Schlosser  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  dental 
profession  for  many  years.  In  early  life,  however,  he  was  a  minister  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  cliurch  and  during  the  period  of  the  Civil  war  served  as  chaplain  of  his  regi- 
ment. He  afterward  took  up  dentistry,  which  he  followed  in  Denver  from  1883  until  the 
time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1909,  and  throughout  the  entire  period  was  accorded 
a  liberal  patronage,  for  his  marked  ability  placed  him  in  the  front  rank  among  the 
ablest  members  of  the  profession.    His  wife  survived  him  for  several  years,  passing  away 


118  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

In  Denver  in  1914.  Their  family  numbered  five  children:  Dr.  Frank  G.,  Maxwell  D., 
Elmer  E.,  Mrs.  A.  D.  White  and  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Spangler,  all  of  Denver. 

Elmer  E.  Schlosser  was  reared  in  the  place  of  his  nativity  and  in  early  life  was  a 
pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Carlisle.  Pennsylvania.  Later  he  became  a  stenographer 
and  telegraph  operator  at  Elmira.  New  York,  taking  up  the  work  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
years  and  continuing  active  in  that  line  until  liis  removal  to  Denver  on  the  12th  of 
April,  1883.  Here  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Pence  &  Pence,  under  whose  direction  he 
continued  his  reading  until  admitted  to  the  bar  in  May,  1891.  He  has  since  engaged 
in  active  practice  and  by  reason  of  individual  merit  and  ability  has  steadily  worked  his 
way  upward,  being  at  times  connected  with  much  of  the  important  litigation  tried  in 
the  courts  of  his  district.  He  is  very  careful  and  painstaking  in  the  preparation  of 
his  cases,  is  strong  and  logical  in  argument  and  clear  in  his  deductions.  He  belongs  to 
the  Denver  City  and  County  Bar  Association  and  also  to  the  Colorado  Bar  Association. 

On  the  31st  of  January,  1S91,  Mr.  Schlosser  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Gertrude 
Ramey,  who  was  born  in  Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  C.  Ramey,  representatives  of  a  prominent  old  family  of  the  Keystone  state. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schlosser  have  become  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  DeRugh,  who  was 
graduated  from  the  North  Denver  high  school  and  is  now  the  wife  of  F.  E.  Brainard. 
She  was  born  in  Denver  in  1899. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Schlosser  has  always  been  a  republican  since  age  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  right  of  franchise  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to 
concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  professional  interests,  which  have  con- 
stantly grown  and  developed  until  he  now  has  a  large  and  distinctively  representative 
clientage.  His  legal  learning,  his  analytical  mind,  the  readiness  with  which  lie  grasps 
the  points  of  an  argument,  all  serve  to  make  him  an  able  advocate  and  his  ability  is 
combined  with  an  excellent  presence,  an  earnest  manner  and  marked  strength  of  char- 
acter. 


CHRIS  IRVING. 


Chris.  Irving,  prominent  in  the  busy  industrial  life  of  Denver,  having  by  honest 
dealing  and  thorough  workmanship  become  a  leading  figure  in  the  business  life  of 
the  community,  is  now  president  of  the  Chris  Irving  Plumljing  &  Heating  Company, 
which  is  the  largest  and  oldest  concern  in  this  line  of  work  in  the  state,  having  through 
the  years  of  its  existence  executed  many  important  contracts  not  only  in  Denver  but 
throughout  the  west. 

The  life  story  of  Chris  Irving  is  one  of  earnest  endeavor  crowned  with  substantial 
success.  He  was  born  in  Scotland,  May  9,  1860,  a  son  of  William  and  Margaret 
(Richardson)  Irving,  who  were  also  natives  of  Scotland,  where  they  spent  their  entire 
lives,  the  father  passing  away  in  1869,  while  the  mother  died  in  1870.  There  were 
three  children  born  of  this  union,  of  whom  Chris  Irving  is  the  only  survivor.  He 
was  left  an  orphan  at  a  tender  age.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of 
Glasgow,  Scotland,  but  when  a  youth  of  only  thirteen  years  he  laid  aside  his  text- 
books and  went  to  work.  He  served  an  apprenticeship  at  the  plumber's  trade  covering 
a  term  of  six  years  and  after  having  received  his  papers  went  to  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
where  he  secured  a  position  in  his  chosen  vocation.  Eighteen  months  later  he  went 
to  London,  England,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade  for  various  prominent  iirms  through 
a  period  of  ten  years.  While  thus  engaged  he  installed  the  plumbing  and  heating 
plants  in  many  of  the  most  prominent  public  and  private  buildings  of  the  city  and 
these   are   still    doing   service. 

In  1890  Mr.  Irving  decided  to  come  to  the  United  States  and  first  located  in  New 
York  city,  where  he  remained  for  eight  months.  He  then  made  his  way  westward 
to  Denver  and  for  two  years  was  employed  by  various  firms  but  in  the  meantime  was 
watching  for  an  opportunity  to  engage  advantageously  in  business  on  his  own  account. 
He  carefully  saved  his  earnings  until  his  economy  and  industry  had  brought  to  him 
sufficient  capital  to  enable  him  to  take  the  desired  step,  which  was  done  in  1892.  In 
many  of  the  large  buildings  throughout  Denver  and  the  state  he  has  installed  the 
plumbing  and  heating  systems,  securing  important  contracts  of  this  character  while 
still  alone  in  business  and  after  the  organization  of  the  present  Chris  Irving  Plumb- 
ing &  Heating  Company.  His  work  is  found  in  the  new  Denver  Federal  building  and 
post  office,  also  in  the  State  Museum,  the  Colorado  National  Bank  building  and  other 
of  the  large  and  fine  structures  of  the  city.  One  recent  contract  of  the  firm  Involved 
the   expenditure   of   more   than    two   hundred   thousand   dollars    for   the   plumbing   and 


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120  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

heating  system  in  tlie  two  million  dollar  Broadmoor  Hotel  of  Colorado  Springs. 
Their  latest  contract  is  for  all  the  plumbing  as  well  as  the  high  pressure  steam  heat- 
ing in  the  Government  Recuperation  Camp  buildings  at  Aurora.  Colorado,  and  is  the 
biggest  job  of  the  kind,  calling  forth  the  most  expert  knowledge,  experienced  manage- 
ment, punctilious  execution  and  reliable  workmanship  with  vast  resources  and  exten- 
sive facilities,  ever  performed  by  a  Colorado  plumbing  firm,  and  will  cost  approximately 
half  a  million  of  dollars.  These  and  many  hundreds  of  other  buildings  in  which  their 
work  is  found  constitute  the  testimonial  of  the  ability  and  prominence  of  the  firm.  Their 
work  is  of  the  highest  possible  standard  and  they  are  alive  to  every  improvement  in 
the  trade  and  the  methods  of  heating  and  plumbing  installation.  The  business  was 
incorporated  in  1900  with  Mr.  Irving  as  the  president,  James  Flockhart  as  vice  presi- 
dent and  Stephen  J.  Slattery  as  secretary.  In  addition  to  his  connection  with  this 
important  and  growing  business   Mr.   Irving   is  a   director  of  the  Merchants   Bank. 

In  1898  Mr.  Irving  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  C.  Murray,  of  Denver.  In  politics 
he  maintains  an  independent  course  and  fraternally  he  is  identified  with  high  degree 
Masonry  as  a  member  of  the  various  branches  of  the  York  Rite  and  the  Mystic  Shrine. 
He  is  also  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association.  His  high  standing  along  the  line 
of  his  chosen  vocation  is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  is  a  valued  member  of  the 
Colorado  Master  Plumbers'  Association  and  in  1913  and  1914  was  president  of  the 
National  Master  Plumbers'  Association.  Unaided  and  alone  he  has  worked  his  way 
upward,  dependent  upon  his  own  resources  from  the  age  of  thirteen  years,  careful 
analysis  of  his  life  history  bringing  to  light  the  fact  that  industry  has  been  the  broad 
foundation  upon  which  he  has  built  his  success. 


BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  WOODWARD. 

Colorado  was  fortunate  in  its  pioneers — fortunate  in  having  within  its  borders  in  its 
early  days  men  who  could  apply  to  its  development  the  resources  of  modern  science. 
To  this  class  belongs  Benjamin  Franklin  Woodward,  to  whose  skill  and  energy  Colorado 
owes  the  speedy  construction  of  telegraph  lines  which  brought  the  news  of  the  mo- 
ment to  its  doors,  accelerated  its  trade  and  thoroughly  modernized  its  communities. 

Benjamin  F.  Woodward  was  born  in  Newark,  Ohio,  June  25,  1834.  His  father, 
Thomas  H.  Woodward,  was  a  plow  manufacturer,  who  invented  many  improvements  on 
the  cast  iron  plow  of  that  period.  He  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  where  the  family  had 
been  prominent  since  1634 — not  many  years  after  the  founding  of  Plymouth  colony  by 
the  Pilgrims.  The  family  of  Thomas  H.  Woodward,  which  had  early  removed  to  Ohio, 
later  settled  in  Rochester,  New  York,  where  Benjamin  F.  Woodward  went  to  school  until 
his  thirteenth  year.  In  1847  the  family  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and 
there  Benjamin  F.  Woodward  soon  obtained  a  position  with  the  Atlantic  &  Ohio  Tele- 
graph Company,  which  a  little  later  was  merged  with  the  Western  Union.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  he  became  the  Pittsburgh  office  manager  for  that  corporation.  A  remarkable 
capacity  for  administration  soon  brought  the  young  man  to  the  attention  of  men  of 
large  means  and  William  McCutcheon,  a  wealthy  wholesale  grocer,  offered  him  a  co- 
partnership and  unlimited  capital  to  establish  a  mercantile  business  in  the  west.  This 
offer  he  accepted,  although  but  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  from  1856  until  1862  he 
conducted  business  at  Fulton,  Illinois. 

In  that  city  Mr.  Woodward  was  married  in  1861  to  Miss  Helen  S.  Bassett,  a  daughter 
of  Dr.  William  Bassett.  Failing  health  compelled  him  to  seek  a  milder  climate  and 
through  the  influence  of  General  Thomas  T.  Eckert,  who  had  never  lost  sight  of  his 
Pittsburgh  protege,  Mr.  Woodward  obtained  the  position  of  cipher  operator  at  General 
Peck's  headquarters  at  Suffolk,  Virginia.  There  he  remained  until  1863,  when  he  was 
made  manager  of  the  Denver  office  of  the  Pacific  Telegraph  Company,  then  building 
its  line  from  Julesburg.  Colorado,  to  Denver.  In  the  latter  city  he  began  his  great 
constructive  work  for  the  new  west.  He  was  not  alone  the  Denver  manager  for  the 
company  but  supervised  the  construction  of  the  new  telegraph  line.  On  the  10th  of 
October,  1863,  he  opened  his  office  in  Denver,  using  at  first  the  pony  express  to  carry 
and  bring  his  messages  from  the  daily  changing  terminals  of  the  telegraph  lines,  until 
finally,  when  the  wire  was  extended  to  Denver,  the  unique  service  by  pony  express 
was  discontinued. 

In  1S65  the  Pacific  Telegraph  Company  became  a  part  of  the  Western  Union,  with 
Mr.  Woodward  as  manager.  He  had  in  those  few  years  established  a  reputation  for 
business  capacity  and  sterling  integrity  so  that  the  best  and  most  progressive  men  in 


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122  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  community  joined  him  when  in  the  fall  o£  1867  he  organized  the  United  States 
and  Mexico  Telegraph  Company.  In  this  enterprise  he  was  associated  with  such  men 
as  Henry  M.  Porter,  William  N.  Byers,  D,  H.  Moffat,  F.  Z.  Salomon,  L.  B.  Maxwell, 
John  Dodd  and  E.  Spiegelberg.  They  completed  a  line  from  Denver  to  Santa  Fe,  opening 
it  for  business  in  1868.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  Mr.  Woodward  and  his  associates 
constructed  the  line  to  Cheyenne.  In  1875  he  was  induced  by  General  Palmer  to  accept 
the  important  post  of  superintendent  of  the  telegraph  lines  along  the  now  rapidly  extend- 
ing Denver  &  Rio  Grande  system.  When  he  left  that  position  it  was  to  develop  his 
real  estate  and  other  interests.  He  was  one  of  the  men  who  in  the  early  days  could 
vision  the  future  of  Denver  and  Colorado.  In  those  pioneering  periods  it  took  courage 
to  invest  heavily  in  Denver  really,  but  this  Mr.  Woodward  did  and  thus  laid  the  founda- 
tion for  the  fortune  which  came  to  him  by  reason  of  his  early  faith  and  foresight. 

Mr.  Woodward  was  one  of  the  most  active  members  of  the  Central  Presbyterian 
church.  He  was  one  of  its  earliest  members,  was  prominent  in  effecting  the  consolida- 
tion of  the  old  Seventeenth  Street  church  with  the  Central.  He  was  trustee  for  nearly 
the  entire  period  of  his  membership,  and  for  many  years  its  president.  When  the 
present  church  edifice  was  erected  he  was  one  of  the  heaviest  contributors.  He  was  the 
founder  of  Riverside  cemetery,  now  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  the  city's  burial  places. 
It  is  due  largely  to  his  initiative  that  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  was  made 
a  great  and  influential  institution  in  Denver. 

Benjamin  F.  Woodward  was  foremost  in  all  that  stood  for  civic  progress,  and  his 
labors  were  most  far  reaching  and  resultant.  He  recognized  clearly  the  value  of  any 
project  or  plan  which  he  endorsed  and  he  labored  zealously  for  its  adoption  and  success- 
ful promotion.  His  death,  which  occurred  March  22.  1908,  while  he  was  making  a  tour 
of  Mexico,  was  mourned  by  the  entire  community.     He  left  one  son,  Frank  L.  Wood- 


ward, who  is  today  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  professional  and  social  life  of  the  city  and 
state. 


FRANK   LINCOLN    WOODWARD. 

Frank  Lincoln  Woodward,  son  of  Benjamin  F.  Woodward,  was  born  in  Denver, 
June  16,  1866.  As  a  child  and  man  he  stands  as  a  type  of  that  pioneering  spirit  which 
has  made  a  great  productive  center  of  this  foothill  district.  It  is  this  that  has  made 
him  a  worthy  successor  to  the  giants  of  the  early  days,  among  whom  his  father  was 
by  no  means  the  least. 

In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  Frank  L.  Woodward  was  graduated  from  the 
East  Denver  high  school  in  the  class  of  1884.  In  188S  he  was  graduated  from  Yale 
University  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  and  in  1890  he  left  the  Yale  Law 
School  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  He  next  entered  the  lav,-  office  of  the  firm  of  Benedict 
&  Phelps  in  1891,  and  the  following  year  became  connected  with  the  law  oflSce  of 
Rogers,  Cuthbert  &  Ellis.  In  1900  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  law  independently 
and  has  since  followed  his  profession  with  success,  being  classed  among  the  prominent 
representatives  of  the  Denver  bar.  His  activities  in  other  lines  have  attracted  nation- 
wide attention.  He  has  always  been  an  enthusiastic  golfer  and  early  took  the  lead  in 
making  Denver  the  center  of  western  golfing  affairs.  In  1896  he  was  a  member  of 
the  first  golf  committee  of  the  Denver  Country  Club.  In  1901  he  won  the  Colorado 
state   golf   championship   at   the   Cheyenne   Mountain   Country   Club,   Colorado   Springs. 

In  January,  1913,  the  United  States  Golf  Association  elected  him  second  vice  presi- 
dent, in  1914  he  was  chosen  first  vice  president  and  in  1915  became  the  president.  In 
1912  it  was  largely  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Woodward  that  the  Western  Golf  Associa- 
tion held  its  annual  tournament  in  Denver.  In  that  year  he  was  elected  president  of 
the  Trans-Mississippi  Golf  Association,  and  in  1914  he  became  president  of  the  Western 
Golf  Association.  In  1909  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Denver  Country  Club,  and 
has  filled  that  office  many  times  since — a  tribute  to  his  progressiveness,  as  the  Country 
Club  of  Denver  is  a  model  institution  of  its  kind. 

Mr.  Woodward  was  the  leading  factor  in  bringing  the  Chicago  Grand  Opera  Com- 
pany to  Denver  for  its  most  successful  season  in  the  far  west,  and  he  performed  the 
same  service  for  the  Boston  Grand  Opera  Company  in  the  following  year.  Since  1911 
he  has  been  president  of  the  Denver  Symphony  Orchestra  Association,  which  is 
responsible  for  the  yearly  musical  festivals  so  much  appreciated  by  Denver  lovers  of 
the  artistic  in  music. 

In  1913  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Denver  Society  of  the  Archaeological  Insti- 
tute of  America,  serving  in  that  capacity  until  1916,  when  he  was  chosen  president  of 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  123 

the  association,  and  still  continues  in  that  office.  In  1913  he  was  elected  president  of 
the  Denver  Federation  of  Charity  and  Philanthropy,  and  Is  still  serving  in  that  capacity, 
having  been  out  of  office  but  one  year.  In  1917  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club  of  Denver,  succeeding  himself  in  1918.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Colorado  Yale 
Association  in  1904,  and  elected  president  in  1905. 

For  years  he  has  been  a  life  member  of  the  American  Red  Cross,  and  during 
almost  the  entire  period  of  his  connection  with  that  body  served  as  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Denver  Chapter. 

He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Denver  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  the  Denver 
Civic  and  Commercial  Association,  serving  on  its  art  committee,  its  good  roads  com- 
mittee, its  committee  on  Rocky  Mountain  National  Park,  and  on  other  committees 
which  have  to  do  with  the  development  work  of  the  organization.  In  1918  he  was 
appointed  by  Mayor  Mills  as  a  member  of  the  Denver  water  commission,  which  is  in 
sole  charge  of  the  newly  purchased  water  system.  He  was  prominent  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Denver  Morris  Plan  Company,  a  remedial  and  industrial  loan  organization 
the  parent  organization  of  which  was  the  Industrial  Finance  Corporation  of  New  York. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Colorado  Historical  Society;  and  has  for  many  years  been  a 
vestryman  of  St.  Barnabas  church,  of  which  Rev.  Charles  Marshall  is  rector. 

When  the  country  sent  out  its  call  for  men  to  give  their  time  and  energy  to 
various  departments  of  public  service  Mr.  Woodward  was  one  of  the  first  to  respond 
among  the  famous  dollar  a  year  men.  He  is  now  deputy  federal  food  administrator  for 
the  state  of  Colorado,  and  is  giving  most  of  his  time  to  that  service,  and  as  such  sat  in 
the  state  council  of  defense  organized  by  Governor  Gunter. 

On  the  10th  of  February,  1891,  Mr.  Woodward  was  married  at  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, to  Miss  May  Farnam,  a  daughter  of  Charles  H.  and  Alice   (Davies)   Farnam. 


ALLAN  F.  WRIGHT. 


Allan  F.  Wright,  who  for  more  than  four  years  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  pardons  in  Colorado,  makes  his  home  in  Denver  and  is  well  known  as  one  of 
the  conductors  on  the  Colorado  &  Southern  Railroad.  He  was  born  in  Detroit,  Michigan, 
on  the  23d  of  April,  1873,  a  son  of  Malcolm  and  Elizabeth  (McGlll)  Wright,  in  whose 
family  were  five  children:  Melville;  Edna,  the  wife  of  L.  G.  Kay;  Stella;  Stanley;  and 
Allan  F. 

The  last  named  was  but  five  years  old  when  his  parents  came  to  Colorado,  establish- 
ing their  home  in  Denver.  The  father  was  a  pioneer  tanner  here  and  followed  that 
business  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  25th  of  December,  1907.  He  is 
survived  by  his  widow,  who  yet  makes  her  home  in  Denver.  Allan  F.  Wright  pursued 
his  education  in  the  Villa  Park  school,  one  of  the  public  schools  of  Denver,  and  when 
his  textbooks  were  put  aside  started  out  in  the  business  world  as  an  employe  of  the 
Windsor  Hotel.  Later  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Colorado  &  Southern  Railroad  Com- 
pany, with  which  he  has  since  been  associated,  and.  advancing  in  that  connection,  he  has 
for  some  time  served  as  conductor.  He  is  popular  with  the  traveling  public  because  he 
is  courteous  and  obliging  and  he  has  made  many  friends  among  those  who  have  occasion 
to  travel  over  the  road. 

Mr.  Wright  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  no  particular  party.  For 'more  than 
four  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  state  board  of  pardons,  in  which  connection  he 
has  done  important  work,  giving  much  time  to  ihe  duties  of  the  board,  and  these  duties 
he  discharges  with  a  marked  sense  of  conscientious  obligation.  He  belongs  to  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge,  No.  52,  of  Pueblo,  Elks  Lodge,  No.  17,  of  Denver,  to  the  Order 
of  Railway  Conductors,  and  also  to  the  Railroad  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He 
stands  for  all  that  is  highest  and  best  for  the  individual  and  for  the  community  at  large 
and  is  a  man  whose  sterling  worth  and  splendid  characteristics  have  commanded  for 
him  the  respect,  confidence  and  goodwill  of  all  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact. 


IRA  THORNTON  SHEPPARD. 


Ira  Thornton  Sheppard,  who  has  extensive  farming  interests  in  Elbert  county,  was 
born  in  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  December  25,  1867,  a  son  of  William  Stewart  and  Mary 
(McAllister)  Sheppard.  The  paternal  grandfather  removed  from  Kentucky  to  Illinois. 
He  was  a  Baptist  minister  and  his  son,  William  Stewart  Sheppard,  also  devoted  his  life 


124  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

to  the  cause  of  the  ministry.  Both  the  Sheppard  and  McAllister  families  come  of  Scotch 
ancestry. 

Reared  amid  the  refining  influences  of  a  cultured  home,  Ira  T.  Sheppard  enjoyed 
the  educational  advantages  accorded  by  schools  in  the  vicinity  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois. 
Through  the  period  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  he  also  became  actively  connected  with 
farming  and  followed  that  pursuit  in  his  native  state  for  a  time,  after  which  he  removed 
westward  to  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  dairy  business  for  eight  years. 
On  coming  to  Colorado  in  1914  he  purchased  an  entire  section  of  land  in  Elbert  county, 
which  constitutes  a  part  of  his  present  holdings.  Throughout  the  intervening  period  he 
has  concentrated  his  efforts  upon  the  development  and  improvement  of  his  property  and 
is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  fine  ranches  in  his  section. 

On  the  8th  of  October,  1890,  at  Lynnville,  Illinois,  Mr.  Sheppard  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Percie  Clyde  Fisher.  They  have  an  interesting  family  of  tour  sons  and 
a  daughter:  Glen  C,  who  is  now  a  lieutenant  with  the  United  States  army  at  Camp 
Kearny;  Guy  Raymond,  who  is  a  corporal  in  active  service  in  France;  Fred  Leroy,  who 
also  offered  himself  for  enlistment  but  was  rejected  on  account  of  physical  disability; 
Ralph  Benjamin,  who  is  a  student  in  the  Colorado  State  Agricultural  College  at  Fort 
Collins;  and  Mary  Electa,  twelve  years  of  age.  Mr.  Sheppard  and  his  family  are  widely 
and  favorably  known  in  Elbert  county  and  he  is  regarded  as  a  man  of  excellent  business 
ability  and  of  enterprising  spirit,  who  capably  directs  his  ranching  interests  and  at  the 
same  time  finds  opportunity  to  cooperate  in  well  defined  plans  and  measures  for  up- 
building the  county  and  advancing  its  civic  interests. 


WILLIAM  W.  PORTER. 


William  W.  Porter,  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  investment  business  in  Denver, 
was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Missouri,  November  30,  1850,  and  is  descended  from  New 
England  ancestry,  while  the  line  is  traced  back  still  farther  to  England.  His  father, 
the  Rev.  James  Porter,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  in  which  state  representatives  of 
the  family  settled  at  an  early  period  in  its  development.  He  became  a  minister  of  the 
Baptist  church  and  devoted  his  entire  life  to  that  holy  calling,  his  last  days  being 
passed  in  Monroe  county,  Missouri,  where  he  departed  this  life  in  1855,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-five  years.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Anna  Walker,  was  a  native 
of  Virginia  and  belonged  to  one  of  the  old  families  of  that  state  of  English  lineage. 
To  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Porter  were  born  eleven  children,  six  sons  and  five  daughters,  two 
sisters  and  four  brothers  of  William  W.  Porter  still  living.     He  was  one  of  twins. 

William  W.  Porter  acquired  his  early  education  in  public  schools  and  later  he 
attended  a  college  at  Huntsville,  Missouri,  while  subsequently  he  was  graduated  from 
Mount  Pleasant  College  in  1871.  He  started  out  upon  his  business  career  on  attaining 
his  majority  and  throughout  all  the  intervening  period  has  devoted  his  attention  and 
energies  to  the  real  estate  business,  which  he  followed  in  Moberly,  Missouri,  until  1882, 
in  which  year  he  removed  to  the  west  with  Denver  as  his  destination.  He  arrived  in 
this  city  in  November  and  immediately  opened  a  real  estate  office.  That  he  has  pros- 
pered as  the  years  have  gone  by  is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  has  continued  in  this 
line  in  Denver  for  thirty-six  years  and  has  long  been  regarded  as  one  of  the  foremost 
real  estate  dealers  of  the  city.  He  has  conducted  an  extensive  business,  negotiating 
many  important  property  transfers,  and  there  is  no  man  more  thoroughly  informed 
concerning  realty  values  in  this  section  of  the  state.  At  one  time  he  was  a  director 
of  the  People's  Bank  during  the  '90s. 

On  the  8th  of  October,  1872,  Mr.  Porter  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lucy  B. 
Miller,  a  native  of  Missouri  and  a  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  H.  and  Lucinda  Miller,  of  Moberly, 
Missouri,  her  father  being  one  of  the  old-time  and  prominent  physicians  of  that  place, 
a  graduate  of  Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Porter  have 
been  born  three  children:  Miller  B.,  who  is  associated  with  his  father  in  the  real 
estate  business;  George,  deceased;  and  one  who  died  in  infancy.  Miller  B.  Porter  mar- 
ried Miss  Bertha  Bonsall  and  to  them  has  been  born  a  son,  William  W.,  named  in  honor 
of  his  grandfather. 

Politically  Mr.  Porter  is  a  stalwart  advocate  of  democratic  principles,  having 
always  supported  the  party  since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  He 
served  for  thirteen  years  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  park  commissioners.  He  did 
splendid  service  in  that  connection,  contributing  much  to  the  improvement  of  the  city 
through  the  development  of  its  parks.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  also  of  the  Denver  Real  Estate  Exchange,  serving  at  one  time  as  a  director  of  the 


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126  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

latter.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Baptist  church  and  his  life  is  guided  by  its 
teachings.  He  is  a  man  of  sterling  worth  whose  life  has  measured  up  to  high  stand- 
ards, while  his  business  career  has  been  characterized  by  the  utmost  integrity.  For 
thirty-six  "years  a  resident  of  Denver,  he  is  widely  and  favorably  known  in  its 
circles  and  he  also  has  marked  characteristics  which  make  for  personal  popularity. 


MRS.  MARY  JANE  DANNEMAN. 

Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Danneman  is  widely  known  as  one  of  the  capable  business  women 
and  large  landowners  of  Elbert  county,  her  home  being  near  Matheson.  She  was  born  in 
Missouri  and  in  1S79,  the  year  after  the  Indians  had  been  driven  out  of  Elbert  county, 
she  took  up  her  abode  within  its  borders  with  her  first  husband,  Sydney  Housh.  For  a 
year  thereafter  she  never  saw  a  woman's  face.  It  was  her  wisdom  and  knowledge  of 
farming,  however,  that  made  the  homestead  a  big  paying  proposition.  She  is  a  lady  of 
superior  education  who  has  not  only  promoted  her  own  knowledge  through  extensive 
reading  and  observation  but  has  given  her  children  the  best  educational  opportunities 
afforded  by  the  schools  of  the  state.  At  the  same  time  she  has  carefully  managed  her 
business  affairs  and  made  judicious  Investments  until  her  holdings  have  increased  by 
purchase  and  she  is  now  the  owner  of  one  of  the  largest  and  best  equipped  farms  near 
Matheson. 

Ten  years  ago  Mrs.  Housh  became  the  wife  of  Richard  Danneman,  a  well  known 
rancher,  who  has  been  an  able  aid  to  her  in  the  development  of  her  property. 

.By  her  first  marriage  Mrs.  Danneman  has  three  living  children,  Edna,  Nellie  and 
Robert,  and  the  last  named  is  now  a  member  of  the  Aero  Squadron  at  Chanute  field. 
There  were  also  two  daughters  who  have  passed  away:  Bertha,  who  married  Walter  E. 
Holt  by  whom  she  had  two  children.  Bertha  and  Jack  Holt,  the  former  the  wife  of  Norman 
H.  Mcllhenney;  and  Anna,  who  in  February,  1909,  married  Fay  White  and  died  August 
29.  1909,  at  the  young  age  of  nineteen.  Mrs.  Bertha  Holt  was  married  in  1895,  and  death 
called  her  on  October  7,  1917. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Danneman  are  among  the  most  highly  esteemed  residents  of  Matheson, 
both  enjoying  the  greatest  respect  of  their  neighbors,  in  whose  affections  they  hold  a 
firm  place. 


REUBEN  J.  MORRIS. 


Reuben  J.  Morris,  a  prominent  figure  in  mining,  mercantile  and  banking  circles, 
his  close  identification  with  all  these  interests  contributing  in  substantial  measure  to 
the  development  of  the  state  along  those  lines,  is  rated  as  one  of  the  most  progressive 
business  men  of  Colorado,  being  president  of  the  North  Denver  Bank,  of  the  Goss- 
Morris  Mercantile  Company  and  of  the  Douglas  Mountain  Copper  Mines  Company.  He 
was  born  in  Quincy,  Illinois,  July  19,  1852,  a  son  of  Commodore  Perry  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Perry)  Morris,  the  former  a  native  of  Kentucky,  while  the  latter  was  born  in 
Alabama.  Commodore  Perry  Morris  on  leaving  his  native  state  became  a  resident 
of  Illinois  and  later  was  a  pioneer  settler  of  Kansas.  He  devoted  his  life  to  the 
occupation  of  farming  and  passed  away  in  Gilpin  county,  Illinois,  prior  to  the  Civil 
war.     His  widow  long  survived  him  and  died  in  Hamilton.  Missouri,  in  1906. 

Reuben  J.  Morris,  the  elder  of  their  two  children,  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Illinois  and  after  putting  aside  his  textbooks  and  while  still  a  boy  in  years  he  worked 
upon  the  home  farm,  being  thus  employed  to  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  when  he 
joined  the  United  States  army  as  a  regular  and  was  stationed  at  Nashville,  Tennessee, 
until  called  with  his  company  to  suppress  the  riots  at  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  in 
which  a  number  of  people  were  killed.  He  was  a  member  of  Company  P,  of  the 
Sixteenth  United  States  Infantry,  and  after  completing  his  five  year  term  of  enlist 
ment  he  received  an  honorable  discharge.  He  then  removed  to  northern  Missouri 
where  he  operated  a  farm  and  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  for  two  years.  On 
selling  that  property  he  turned  his  attention  to  merchandising  in  Barton  county,  Mis- 
souri, where  he  remained  for  three  years,  after  which  he  removed  to  Denver  in  1891, 
While  in  Hamilton,  Missouri,  he  had  his  first  experience  in  the  mercantile  business, 
being  for  several  years  with  the  firm  of  Anderson  Brothers,  prominent  merchants 
of  that  town.  In  Denver  he  secured  a  clerkship  in  the  grocery  store  of  J.  W.  Gilder- 
sleeve,  with  whom  he  remained  for  five  years,  and  on  the  expiration   of  that  period 


128  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

resigned  his  position  to  enter  business  on  liis  own  account.  In  connection  with  C.  F. 
Goss,  he  organized  the  Goss-Morris  Mercantile  Company  and  established  business  at 
No.  2900  West  Twenty-fifth  avenue,  in  North  Denver.  They  started  in  a  modest  way 
but  as  the  years  have  passed  their  business  has  grown  to  wonderful  size  and  propor- 
tions. They  started  with  a  small  stock  of  groceries,  but  later  various  departments 
were  added,  including  a  meat  and  vegetable  department,  which  has  developed  into  one 
of  the  extensive  business  interests  of  the  kind.  The  next  addition  was  a  dry  goods, 
clothing  and  shoe  department  and  through  this  avenue  the  income  of  the  firm  has 
also  been  materially  increased.  At  a  later  date  Mr.  Goss  and  Mr.  Morris  disposed  of 
their  grocery  and  meat  departments  in  order  to  devote  all  of  their  time  and  attention 
to  their  dry  goods  and  clothing  trade,  in  which  connection  they  have  built  up  one  of 
the  largest  business  enterprises  of  the  kind  in  North  Denver,  enjoying  an  extensive 
and  well  deserved  patronage.  They  have  closely  studied  the  trade  and  have  held  to 
the  highest  standards  in  the  personnel  of  the  house,  in  the  business  methods  followed 
and  in  the  treatment  rendered  to  patrons.  Mr.  Morris  has  also  been  very  active  in 
financial  circles.  He  organized  the  North  Denver  Bank,  the  only  banking  institution 
in  that  section  of  the  city,  and  from  the  beginning  has  remained  its  president.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  organizers  and  was  elected  a  director  and  member  of  the  advisory 
board  of  the  Merchants  Fire  Insurance  Company.  He  is  the  president  of  the  Douglas 
Mountain  Copper  Mines  Company,  which  owns  six  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  the 
richest  copper  bearing  rock  in  that  district.  They  own  in  Moffat  county  more  than 
fourteen  distinct  claims  and  have  four  leased  properties.  At  a  recent  date  the  com- 
pany has  shipped  to  its  properties  on  Douglas  mountain.  In  the  extreme  western  end 
of  Moffat  county,  all  material  necessary  for  a  reverberatory  smelter  capable  of  handling 
twenty  tons  of  ore  daily.  This  smelter  was  completed  and  ready  for  operation  on  the 
1st  of  December  and  is  expected  to  yield  a  daily  net  profit  of  more  than  four  hun- 
dred dollars.  The  company  has  more  than  three  thousand  tons  of  ore,  averaging  ten 
per  cent  copper,  at  the  mouth  of  the  shaft  of  its  Bromide  mine  now  ready  for  the 
smelter  and  about  five  thousand  tons  of  fifteen  per  cent  copper  ore  blocked  out  in  the 
mine.  This  mine  has  three  levels  and  a  total  of  thirteen  hundred  feet  of  workings. 
It  has  recently  been  equipped  with  a  complete  set  of  mining  machinery.  Of  the  thirty- 
one  copper  properties  owned  by  the  company,  seven  have  shipped  ores  better  than 
fifteen  per  cent  copper.  Mr.  Morris,  as  president  of  the  company,  is  associated  with 
Vachael  C.  Walters,  who  is  secretary  of  the  company,  and  Robert  Pherson,  an  experi- 
enced   copper   mine   operator,   who   is   general   manager. 

On  the  14th  of  September,  1881,  in  Hamilton,  Missouri,  Mr.  Morris  was  married 
to  Miss  Hattie  Laura  Goss,  of  that  place.  In  politics  he  maintains  an  independent 
course,  but  his  fellow  townsmen,  recognizing  his  worth  and  ability,  elected  him  as 
senator  to  the  nineteenth  and  twentieth  general  assemblies.  He  is  ai  member  of  the 
Civic  and  Commercial  Association  of  Denver,  also  of  the  Merchants  Association, 
and  is  a  loyal  representative  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  There  is  an 
old  saying  that  "Nothing  comes  of  nothing;"  there  must  always  be  a  basis  for  build- 
ing and  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Morris,  while  he  did  not  have  financial  assistance  or 
resources  at  the  outset  of  his  career,  he  did  have  various  substantial  qualities  and 
characteristics  that  have  constituted  the  foundation  of  his  later  progress  and  success. 
He  had  courage  and  he  had  energy.  Moreover,  he  early  recognized  the  fact  that 
industry  comes  out  victor  and  he  determined  to  his  own  satisfaction  that  if  success 
can  not  be  had  for  the  asking  it  will  surrender  to  persistent  and  continued  effort. 
Wherever  opportunity  has  pointed  the  way  he  has  been  quick  to  see  and  utilize  his 
advantages  and,  step  by  step,  has  proceeded  along  the  path  to  the  desired  goal  and 
today    figures    prominently    in    banking,    commercial    and    mining    circles. 


A.  L.  LOBAN. 


A.  L.  Loban,  a  highly  respected  agriculturist  of  El  Paso  county,  is  the  owner  of 
the  Blu/f  View  farm,  which  is  situated  in  the  fertile  and  scenic  Bijou  Basin.  Its  pro- 
ductiveness has  been  greatly  enhanced  by  the  care  and  labor  he  has  bestowed  upon 
the  fields,  for  in  all  his  farm  work  he  follows  the  most  progressive  methods.  In  its  neat 
appearance  the  place  indicates  his  close  application  and  well  directed  energy  and  El 
Paso  county  numbers  him  among  her  representative  ranchmen.  He  was  born  August 
20,  1865,  in  Delaware  county,  Iowa,  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Sophia  (Greensleet)  Loban, 
the  former  a  native  of  Edinburgh,   Scotland,   and   the  mother  of  Warren,  Washington 


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county,  Vermont.  The  paternal  grandfather  came  to  America  in  1840  and  was  the 
founder  of  the  family  on  the  soil  of  the  new  world. 

A.  L.  Loban  acquired  a  common  school  education  in  Iowa  and  for  a  number  of  years 
was  engaged  in  the  butter  business  at  Webster  City,  at  Randall  and  at  Paullina,  Iowa. 
He  also  carried  on  farming  for  a  number  of  years  in  that  state,  where  he  remained 
until  1900,  when  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  at  Boulder,  where  he  was  interested  in 
mining  and  in  the  development  of  oil  fields.  In  1910  he  removed  to  the  Bijou  Basin  and 
purchased  eight  hundred  and  eighty-six  acres  of  land,  since  which  time  he  has  success- 
fully engaged  in  farming  with  the  exception  of  two  years  spent  in  Boulder,  where  he 
engaged  in  tungsten  mining.  He  is  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Wall  Street  Mine, 
located  in  the  central  mining  district  in  Nugget  Gulch,  on  what  is  known  as  Left  Hand. 
At  the  same  time  he  is  a  most  progressive  ranchman,  having  good  buildings  upon  his 
place,  all  of  which  were  erected  by  him.  He  has  one  hundred  head  of  cattle  and  milks 
on  an  average  of  thirty-five  cows,  selling  cream. 

In  1888  Mr.  Loban  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Alice  Caroline  Tatham,  of  Carroll. 
Illinois,  who  passed  away  in  190.3.  On  the  7th  of  January,  1905,  Mr.  Loban  wedded 
Adelyn  Louise  Tunnell,  who  was  born  in  Illinois  but  was  reared  in  Colorado.  They  have 
become  parents  of  eight  children:  Elizabeth,  Homer,  Dorothy,  Genevieve,  Irene,  Florence, 
Clyde  and  Edgar.     The  older  ones  are  attending  school. 

Mr.  Loban  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  having  connection  with 
the  lodge  at  Boulder,  and  his  wife  is  identified  with  the  Royal  Neighbors.  In  politics 
he  has  always  been  a  republican  but  is  now  giving  earnest  support,  as  are  hundreds  of 
others  of  the  party,  to  President  Wilson  and  the  policy  which  he  is  pursuing  in  con- 
nection with  the  war.  The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  church.  They  are  highly 
esteemed  people  of  the  community,  respected  for  their  sterling  worth,  their  many  ex- 
cellent traits  of  character  winning  them  high  regard  and  warm  friendship. 


HARRY  C.  STEPHENS. 


Among  the  younger  bankers  of  Washington  county,  Colorado,  is  Harry  C.  Stephens, 
who  as  cashier  of  the  Farmers  State  Bank  of  Otis  represents  important  financial  inter- 
ests. He  was  born  in  Osage  county,  Kansas,  July  31,  1894,  his  parents  being  Preston  and 
Leona  (Slice)  Stephens,  natives  of  the  Sunflower  state.  While  in  Kansas,  Preston 
Stephens  followed  agricultural  pursuits,  remaining  in  that  state  until  about  twenty- 
eight  years  of  age,  when  removal  was  made  to  the  state  of  Washington.  There  he  resided, 
however,  for  only  nine  months  and  in  1899  went  to  Yuma,  Colorado,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  general  merchandise  business,  so  continuing  tor  a  number  of  years.  He  still 
makes  his  home  in  that  city  but  is  now  connected  with  the  furniture  business,  being 
quite  successful  in  this  line  and  enjoying  the  confidence  and  regard  of  his  fellow  citizens. 
His  wife  is  also  living. 

Harry  C.  Stephens  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  received  his  education 
in  Yuma,  Colorado,  and  also  in  the  district  schools  of  Washington  county.  Having  com- 
pleted his  school  work,  he  decided  upon  banking  as  a  life  work  and  in  1910  secured  a 
position  as  clerk  and  bookkeeper  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Yuma.  His  inherent 
interest  in  the  work,  his  close  application  and  his  naturally  quick  perception  and 
undoubted  ability  led  to  his  promotion  to  the  position  of  assistant  cashier,  which  ofiice 
he  held  seven  years.  In  May,  1917,  Mr.  Stephens  came  to  Otis,  considering  this  a  favor- 
able field  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  bank.  After  looking  over  the  ground  carefully 
he  decided  upon  the  venture  and  with  others  organized  the  Farmers  State  Bank.  The 
institution  is  capitalized  for  fifteen  thousand  dollars  and  the  surplus  is  placed  at  seventy- 
five  ^hundred  dollars.  Although  it  has  been  in  existence  merely  two  years,  its  deposits 
already  amount  to  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  Thomas  P.  Rehder 
is  president  and  Cloyd  C.  Fisch  vice  president.  The  bank  is  housed,  in  a  thoroughly 
modern,  fire  and  burglar  proof  building,  which  was  especially  erected  for  the  purpose, 
and  they  have  occupied  the  same  since  July  6.  1918.  Besides  being  cashier  Mr.  Stephens 
is  a  director  of  the  bank,  the  affairs  of  which  are  practically  solely  under  his  manage- 
ment. While  he  follows  a  conservative  policy,  protecting  to  the  fullest  extent  depositors 
and  stockholders,  yet  he  is  progressive  and  ever  ready  to  render  financial  aid  to  those 
who  desire  loans  from  the  institution  in  order  to  extend  legitimate  business  interests 
of  a  mercantile  or  agricultural  character.  In  his  section  he  has  become  recognized  as  a 
financial  authority  and  is  often  consulted  upon  matters  of  investment,  as  he  is  well 
informed  in  regard  to  stock  and  bond  values  and  also  as  to  real  estate  valuations. 

On  the  14th  of  October,  1914,  Mr.  Stephens  married  Hazel  B.  Tribbett,  daughter  of 
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130  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Charles  and  Mary  (Gashaw)  Tribbett,  the  former  being  numbered  among  the  honored 
pioneers  of  Yuma,  where  he  follows  agricultural  pursuits.  His  wife  passed  away  in 
1910.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephens  have  one  child,  Dorothy  Irene,  whose  birth  occurred 
October  2,  1915. 

Mr.  Stephens  readily  cooperates  in  all  measures  and  movements  undertaken  in  the 
interest  of  his  community,  in  the  growth  of  which  he  is  deeply  concerned.  In  his  posi- 
tion as  cashier  of  the  bank  he  is  not  only  acquiring  individual  fortune  but  in  large 
measure  contributes  to  the  development  of  the  town,  and  his  work  is  therefore  of  great 
importance  locally.  Along  political  lines  he  is  independent,  supporting  the  candidates 
whom  he  considers  best  fitted  for  office,  without  being  influenced  by  their  party  affilia- 
tions. His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  fraternally  he 
belongs  to  the  Knights  and  Ladies  of  Security.  Since  coming  to  Otis  he  has  made  many 
friends  in  the  town,  for  although  he  has  been  here  but  two  years,  it  has  taken  his 
fellow  citizens  only  a  short  time  to  recognize  in  him  an  able  business  man  who  is  guided 
by  the  strictest  and  most  honorable  principles  in  the  conduct  of  his  affairs  and  who  is 
public-spirited  and  holds  friendship  inviolable. 


OSEE  WALLACE  HOFFMAN,  M.  D. 

Specializing  In  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat.  Dr.  Osee 
Wallace  Hoffman  has  made  for  herself  an  enviable  name  and  place  in  professional  circles 
in  Denver.  She  is  accorded  high  rank  and  standing  by  her  colleagues  in  the  field  of 
medicine  and  surgery  and  her  ability  is  recognized  by  an  extensive  clientage.  Dr.  Hoff- 
man is  a  native  of  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  her  ancestors  have  lived  through 
several  generations.  She  is  descended  from  the  Mason-Taylor  and  Jewell  families  of 
Virginia  and  Pennsylvania,  all  of  whom  were  prominent  in  Colonial  and  Revolutionary 
days.  Her  grandfather,  Peter  Fry,  on  the  maternal  side,  was  a  captain  in  the  War  of 
1812  and  many  of  her  ancestors  figure  on  the  pages  of  American  history,  and  patriotism, 
progressiveness  and  loyalty  have  ever  been  numbered  among  their  marked  characteris- 
tics. While  unable  to  do  much  active  work  herself,  in  our  recent  conflict,  she  has  done 
her  bit  and  members  of  her  family,  following  in  the  footsteps  of  their  ancestors,  have 
given  their  lives  on  the  field  of  battle  for  their  country.  Her  only  first  cousin  is  in 
active  service  at  the  head  of  a  nurses'  division  in  France. 

Dr.  Hoffman  graduated  from  the  Washington  Female  Seminary  of  Pennsylvania, 
afterwards  entering  the  Laura  Memorial  Medical  College  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  After 
completing  her  medical  course  she  took  special  clinical  work  in  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat 
treatment  under  the  most  eminent  men  of  that  city  and  entered  upon  active  practice  in 
Denver  in  1900,  where  she  limited  her  practice  to  this  special  work,  becoming  the  woman 
pioneer  in  the  west  in  this  field,  and  has  won  for  herself  a  very  favorable  position  in 
professional  circles  of  this  city.  Recognition  of  her  work  came  to  her  by  her  appoint- 
ment to  the  position  of  assistant  clinical  professor  in  the  eye  and  ear  department  of 
Denver  Gross  Medical  College,  which  position  she  filled  six  years. 

Dr.  Hoffman  belongs  to  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  Colorado  State  Medi- 
cal Society  and  the  Medical  Society  of  the  City  and  County  of  Denver.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Young  Ladies'  Clio  Club,  the  Medical  Women's  War  Service  League,  the  Red  Cross 
and  similar  organizations.  Her  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  She 
works  in  all  the  hospitals  of  Denver  and  her  labors  have  been  of  great  value  to  mankind. 


AUGUST   H.   BEUCK. 


August  H.  Beuck,  owner  of  one  of  Colorado's  largest  ranches,  was  born  in  Kiel, 
Holsteia,  May  24,  1854,  a  son  of  Henry  Beuck,  a  farmer  of  that  section,  which  at  that 
time  belonged  to  Denmark.  He  spent  the  first  fourteen  years  of  his  life  in  his  native 
country  and  then  came  to  America,  settling  in  Davenport,  Iowa.  He  there  remained 
for  about  two  years  and  in  1870  came  to  Colorado  and  soon  became  interested  in  the 
fine  opportunities  for  cattle  raising  in  Elbert  county,  making  his  start  in  the  business 
in  1874.  By  1876  he  had  purchased  a  preemption  and  proved  up  on  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land  on  the  East  Bijou  in  Elbert  county.  He  began  raising  shorthorns 
and  Durham  cattle  and  by  1885  had  nearly  a  thousand  head  of  fine  stock  of  those 
breeds.  August  H.  Beucli  was  one  of  the  first  cattle  owners  in  the  west  to  experiment 
with  Pasteur's  vaccine  for  the  extermination  of  blackleg.    He  has  always  followed  the 


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132  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

most  progressive  methods  in  the  care  of  his  stock  and  the  development  of  his  herds. 
and  his  opinions  are  largely  accepted  as  authority  upon  stock  raising  in  his  section 
of  the  state. 

In  Central  City,  Colorado,  Mr.  Beuck  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jennie  Miller 
and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  sons,  Frederick  and  Henry  Beuck,  who  now 
own  and  operate  the  two  big  ranches  in  the  vicinity  of  the  town  of  Buick,  a  station  on 
the  Union  Pacific,  which  was  named  in  honor  of  the  subject  of  this  review.  By  mistake 
the  department  called  it  Buick,  but  steps  are  now  being  taken  to  restore  the  name  to  the 
intended  form  of  Beuck. 

The  sons  are  reputed  to  be  among  the  most  progressive,  alert  and  energetic  young 
farmers  of  Elbert  county.  There  is  nothing  of  a  modern  nature  found  in  the  equipment 
of  the  finest  farms  of  the  present  day  that  is  not  to  be  seen  upon  their  places.  The 
parents  sent  the  two  sons  to  the  Denver  schools,  where  they  obtained  liberal  educa- 
tional advantages  which  have  assisted  in  making  them  leaders  in  their  line  of  business 
in  the  county.  Henry  Otto  Beuck,  who  was  born  near  Agate,  March  10,  1883.  was 
married  in  Denver  on  the  20th  of  March,  1912,  to  Miss  Jennie  Matheson,  a  daughter  of 
the  founder  of  the  town  of  Matheson.  They  have  become  parents  of  two  children, 
Janet  Rose  and  Henry   Duncan. 

In  his  political  views  August  H.  Beuck  has  always  been  a  republican  and  in  1889 
he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  county  commissioner,  in  which  position  he  served  con- 
tinuously until  1896,  making  a  most  creditable  record  in  oflSce.  as  is  indicated  by  his 
reelections.  He  is  ever  loyal  to  the  best  interests  of  the  community  in  which  he 
and  he  and  his  sons  have  made  the  name  of  Beuck  an  honored  one  in  their  locality. 


JOHN  A.  McGUIRE. 


John  A.  McGuire,  president  of  the  Outdoor  Life  Publishing  Company  and  also  of 
the  McGuire  Printing  Company,  with  office  at  No.  1824  Curtis  street  in  Denver,  was 
born  in  Polk  county,  Iowa,  near  Des  Moines,  April  20,  1S69.  His  father,  the  late 
Michael  McGuire,  was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  came  alone  to  America  in  1S48,  when 
sixteen  years  of  age.  He  immediately  took  up  his  abode  near  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  where 
he  was  employed  at  farm  labor,  and  subsequently  he  removed  to  Polk  county,  Iowa, 
where  he  purchased  land  and  engaged  in  farming  until  1881.  He  then  came  to  Colo- 
rado, settling  in  Denver,  at  which  time  he  was  a  traveling  representative  of  John 
McConville  &  Company.  For  this  firm  he  traveled  throughout  the  central  western  and 
Rocky  Mountain  states  and  continued  with  the  house  until  he  reached  the  age  of 
sixty  years,  when  he  retired  from  active  business  and  made  his  home  in  Denver  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  June,  1910,  when  he  was  seventy  years  of  age.  During 
the  period  of  the  Civil  war  he  was  traveling  in  the  south  and  on  several  occasions 
was  arrested  by  Confederate  soldiers  on  the  supposition  that  he  was  a  spy.  He  man- 
aged, however,  to  clear  himself  of  the  imputation  but  had  considerable  trouble.  His 
religious  faith  was  that  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He  wedded  Mary  McGonigle, 
also  a  native  of  Ireland,  born  in  1S45  in  Donegal,  which  was  also  the  birthplace  of 
her  husband.  She  came  to  America  with  her  widowed  mother,  who  brought  with  her 
four  children.  They  settled  near  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  and  it  was  there  that  she  met  and 
married  Mr.  McGuire.  She  became  the  mother  of  seven  children,  six  of  whom  are 
living.     In  May.  1883,  she  removed  to  Colorado  and  is  still  a  resident  of  Denver. 

John  A.  McGuire,  the  eldest  of  his  parents'  family,  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  to  the  age  of  thirteen  years,  when  his  textbooks  were 
put  aside  and  he  entered  upon  an  apprenticeship  to  the  printer's  trade  with  a  farm 
journal  called  The  Homestead,  which  is  still  in  existence  and  is  today  one  of  the  lead- 
ing agricultural  papers  of  the  country.  He  was  associated  therewith  for  a  year,  at 
the  end  of  which  time  his  family  removed  to  Denver,  and  he  afterwards  completed  his 
trade  with  the  Denver  Inter-Ocean,  a  weekly  paper.  In  1887,  when  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age,  he  became  associated  with  a  monthly  journal  called  Sports  Afield,  which 
was  the  first  sporting  monthly  established  in  the  United  States.  He  was  connected 
with  that  paper  for  five  years  and  his  second  position  was  that  of  foreman  of  the 
printing  department,  his  first  position  having  been  that  of  editor  of  the  cycling  depart- 
ment, at  which  time  cycling  was  a  very  popular  sport  in  America,  and  Mr.  McGuire 
became  an  expert  rider,  taking  part  in  many  racing  contests.  When  he  became  chief 
consul  of  the  Colorado  division  he  headed  a  committee  of  four  who  attended  the  national 
convention  of  the  League  of  American  Wheelmen  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where  they 
secured  the  national  meet  for  the  following  year.     The  meet  was  accordingly  held  in 


134  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Denver  in  1894  and  on  that  occasion  Mr.  McGuire  was  one  of  the  contestants,  but  on 
the  second  day  of  the  contest  met  with  an  accident  which  caused  him  to  withdraw. 
However,  he  won  in  various  contests  on  other  occasions  in  both  local  and  state  meets 
and  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  best  riders  in  the  west.  In  January,  1893,  Mr.  McGuire 
founded  the  Cycling  West,  a  paper  which  he  published  successfully  tor  five  years,  at 
the  end  of  which  time  he  sold  the  plant,  which  was  afterward  utilized  for  the  publica- 
tion of  an  automobile  journal.  In  1898,  in  connection  with  J.  A.  Ricker,  he  established 
and  published  the  first  issue  of  Outdoor  Life.  The  partnership  continued  for. seven 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  Mr.  McGuire  purchased  Mr.  Ricker's  interests  and 
since  that  time  has  been  sole  owner  of  this  paper,  which  is  one  of  the  most  interesting 
sportsmen's  magazines  published.  It  has  among  its  writers  some  of  the  best  known 
sportsmen  of  the  country,  treating  of  all  kinds  of  sports  with  rod  and  gun,  and  every- 
thing that  is  of  interest  to  the  fisherman  and  the  huntsman.  Since  taking  up  the 
publication  of  this  magazine  Mr.  McGuire  has  won  substantial  success.  He  has  made 
the  publication  one  of  great  interest  to  a  wide  circle  of  readers  who  are  found  through- 
out the  entire  country. 

Mr.  McGuire  has  been  married  twice,  first  on  Thanksgiving  evening  of  1896. 
Through  this  union  he  became  the  father  of  two  children,  Gertrude  and  Harry,  aged 
respectively  twenty  and  fifteen  years.  Both  were  born  in  Denver.  On  the  31st  of 
July,  1909,  Mr.  McGuire  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Lena  Pearl  Carper,  a  daughter 
of  J.  P.  and  Virginia  (Hamilton)  Carper,  who  were  pioneer  settlers  of  Denver.  To 
this  marriage  has  been  born  a  daughter,  Virginia,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Denver, 
March  28.  1911.  The  family  residence  is  at  No.  500  Franklin  street,  Denver,  and  the 
property  is  owned  by  Mr.   McGuire. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  McGuire  is  independent.  In  1898  he  was  a  candidate 
for  the  state  legislature  on  the  republican  ticket  but  was  defeated.  He  belongs  to 
the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Club  and  is  interested  in  all  of  the  plans  and  projects 
put  forth  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  city.  He  belongs  also  to  the  Mountain  Club  and 
to  all  local  shooting  clubs  and  he  is  a  member  of  St.  Philomena's  Roman  Catholic 
church.  He  finds  his  chief  diversion  in  hunting  large  game  in  Alaska,  Canada.  Mexico 
and  the  western  part  of  the  United  States  and  has  many  splendid  mounted  trophies. 
He  is  considered  an  authority  on  the  fauna  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  region,  especially 
as  to  grizzly  bears,  and  he  gave  to  the  Museum  of  Natural  History  at  City  Park  in 
Denver  probably  the  finest  group  of  grizzly  specimens  in  the  world.  His  friends  speak 
of  him  as  a  man  of  unusually  fine  personality,  of  tenacity  and  clear  thinking  powers, 
who  is  careful  and  conservative,  very  upright  and  honorable.  They  mention  him,  too, 
as  a  gentleman  in  every  way — one  who  has  built  up  a  very  successful  business  by 
observance  of  strict  business  ethics  and  also  by  reason  of  his  genial  personality. 


WILLIAM  KUMMER. 


William  Kumnier  resides  near  Lakewood,  just  outside  of  Denver,  where  he  has  five 
acres  of  land.  Here  he  is  largely  living  retired,  having  in  previous  years  followed  the 
barbering  business.  He  was  born  in  Rheinsberg,  Germany,  March  14,  1856,  a  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  Kummer.  The  father  died  when  his  son  William  was  but  four  weeks 
old  and  the  mother  passed  away  when  our  subject  was  but  a  year  and  a  half  old, 
so  that  he  knows  little  concerning  his  parents.  His  rearing  was  in  charge  of  the  town 
until  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age.  He  then  went  to  Berlin,  where  he  learned  the  barber- 
ing business  and  for  four  years  he  conducted  a  shop  of  his  own  in  that  city.  He  left  there 
on  the  28th  of  December,  1883,  thinking  to  have  better  business  opportunities  in  the  new 
world  than  he  could  secure  in  that  land.  He  arrived  in  New  York  on  the  21st  of  January, 
1884,  and  for  two  years  worked  at  his  trade.  He  also  conducted  a  shop  of  his  own  for 
two  years  in  New  York  and  was  proprietor  of  a  barber  shop  in  Brooklyn  from  1887  until 
1890,  having  five  chairs  in  his  shop.  In  November  of  the  latter  year,  however,  he  started 
for  the  west  with  Denver  as  his  destination,  reaching  this  city  on  the  7th  of  December. 
He  then  opened  a  shop  at  No.  1464  South  Tenth  street,  where  he  remained  until  1893, 
when  he  removed  to  No.  1422  West  Colfax  avenue,  there  purchasing  a  house  and  building 
a  shop  in  front  in  which  he  had  three  chairs.  He  remained  in  the  barbering  business 
there  until  1907,  when  he  purchased  five  acres  of  land  in  Lakewood  and  opened  a  country 
grocery  store.  This  he  conducted  tor  three  years  and  during  two  years  of  that  time 
was  also  exchange  manager  for  the  Lakewood  branch  of  the  telephone  company.  On  the 
expiration  of  that  period  he  erected  a  new  residence  on  his  five-acre  tract  and  returned 
to  the  barbering  business,  which  he  conducted  in  the  Western  Hotel  for  five  years.     At 


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the  end  of  that  time  he  retired  and  is  now  occupied  with  looking  after  the  development 
and  cultivation  of  his  five  acres. 

Mr.  Kummer  was  married  in  Berlin,  on  the  21st  of  May,  1S80,  to  Miss  Bertha  Lehnert 
and  they  have  a  son,  Ernest  William,  who  was  born  in  Denver  and  is  now  a  mechanic 
with  the  Packard  Company  of  that  city.  He  is  of  a  very  studious  nature,  possesses  an 
inventive  turn  of  mind  and  is  a  young  man  of  whom  the  parents  have  every  reason  to 
be  proud.  He  applies  himself  closely  to  his  business  and  puts  forth  every  effort  to  ad- 
vance along  that  line. 

Mr.  Kummer  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party,  which  he  has 
supported  since  becoming  a  naturalized  American  citizen.  He  belongs  to  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World  and  also  to  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  61,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  being  a  loyal  follower 
of  the  craft. 


HERBERT  SHAW  DeSOLLAR. 

Herbert  Shaw  DeSollar  needs  no  introduction  to  the  representative  business  and 
banking  fraternity  of  Colorado.  However,  a  few  facts  of  his  life  story  may  prove  of 
interest.  He  was  born  in  Beardstown,  Cass  county,  Illinois,  July  26,  1855.  His  parents, 
Henry  Brown  and  Jane  (Cook)  DeSollar,  came  to  America  from  England  in  early  life, 
locating  in  Beardstown,  Illinois.  His  father  conducted  under  the  name  of  The  DeSollar 
Carriage  &  Wagon  Manufacturing  Company  the  largest  establishment  of  its  kind  in 
central  Illinois. 

Herbert  Shaw  DeSollar  was  one  of  four  children.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  took 
up  the  profession  of  teaching,  which  he  followed  for  four  years.  Later  he  graduated  with 
high  honors  from  the  Gem  City  Business  College  at  Quincy,  Illinois,  and  was 
acknowledged  to  be  one  of  the  finest  penmen  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  DeSollar  after- 
wards engaged  in  commercial  college  work  and  established  a  chain  of  business  colleges 
in  various  cities  in  the  central  states.  This  work  finally  brought  him  to  Denver  in  1888, 
when  he  founded  the  Central  Business  College.  The  success  of  this  institution  needs  no 
comment,  as  hundreds  of  Colorado's  leading  young  business  men  and  bankers  are  its 
graduates.  In  1906  he  retired  from  commercial  college  work  and  since  then  has  devoted 
most  of  his  time  to  the  real  estate  and  investment  business.  His  activities  reached  a 
climax  when  he  successfully  concluded  two  real  estate  transactions  which  entailed  two 
of  the  highest  commissions  ever  paid  in  Denver. 

On  July  26,  1885,  Mr.  DeSollar  was  married  to  Miss  Hattie  May  Le  Brun,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julian  Albert  Le  Brun,  of  Chicago,  Illinois.  Their  only  child,  Hattie 
Jeannette  DeSollar,  now  the  wife  of  Horace  H.  Brooks,  was  born  in  Denver.  She  acquired 
her  education  in  the  Wolcott  School  for  Girls  and  later  at  the  Girls'  Collegiate  School  of 
Los  Angeles.  California. 

In  politics,  Mr.  DeSollar  maintains  an  independent  course.  He  belongs  to  different 
organizations  of  the  city  and  is  a  prominent  Mason. 


EVAN  THOMAS   EVANS. 


Evan  Thomas  Evans,  whose  landed  possessions  in  Elbert  county  are  most  extensive, 
was  born  at  Pen  y  Groyes,  Wales,  in  June,  1859,  his  parents  being  Thomas  and  Mary 
Evans.  On  leaving  the  little  rock-ribbed  country  of  Wales  they  crossed  the  Atlantic 
to  the  Holland  Patent  in  New  York,  our  subject  being  at  that  time  a  youth  of  fourteen 
years.  Within  a  brief  period  the  family  removed  westward  to  Red  Oak,  Iowa,  and 
there  Evan  T.  Evans  successfully  followed  farming  until  1903,  when  he  removed  to 
Elbert  county,  settling  on  his  present  large  ranch.  The  removal  was  made  on  account 
of  the  health  of  one  of  his  children. 

It  was  in  18S6  that  Mr.  Evans  was  united  in  marriage  in  Plainfield,  New  York,  to 
Miss  Eleanor  Perry  and  they  became  the  parents  of  six  children,  Roy,  Mamie,  Lillie, 
Gilbert,  Elsie  and  Perry.  The  youngest  is  now  at  Camp  Fremont,  California,  being  a 
private   in   an   infantry   regiment. 

As  the  years  have  passed  Mr.  Evans  has  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon 
his  farming  interests,  adding  to  his  possessions  as  his  financial  resources  have  increased 
until  he  is  now  the  owner  of  eighteen  hundred  acres  of  the  richest  land  in  Elbert 
county,  situated  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town  of  Elizabeth.  He  still  owns  the  three 
eighty  acre  tracts  that  he  farmed  in  Iowa  and  he  is  reputed  to  be  the  most  prosperous 


MR.  AND  MRS.  EVAN  T.  EVANS 


EVAN  T.  EVANS'  RANCH 


138  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

farmer  of  Elbert  county.  His  methods  have  at  all  times  been  practical  and  progres- 
sive and  the  neat  and  thrifty  appearance  of  his  places  is  an  indication  of  his  undaunted 
spirit  and  his  thorough  familiarity  with  the  most  advanced  ideas  of  modern  agriculture. 
Mr.  Evans  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  takes  a  deep  interest  in 
its  affairs.  He  has  been  an  elder  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  has  served  as  a  director 
on  the  school  board  for  fifteen  years,  and  is  secretary  of  the  Elizabeth  high  school, 
doing  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  moral  and  mental  growth  and  extend  edu- 
cational influence.  His  aid  is  always  given  on  the  side  of  progress  and  improvement 
and  his  cooperation  can  be  counted  upon  to  further  any  movement  for  the  general 
good. 


WILLIAM  RAYMOND  SANDERSON,  M.  D. 

Dr.  William  Raymond  Sanderson,  who  in  young  manhood  qualified  for  the  practice 
of  medicine  and  for  many  years  has  been  identified  with  cattle  raising  in  Colorado, 
making  his  home  at  the  present  time  near  Kuhns  Crossing,  was  born  in  December,  1857, 
near  Druid  Hill  Park  in  Maryland.  His  father  was  Thomas  Sanderson,  whose  father 
removed  from  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  to  Frederick,  Maryland,  where  Thomas  Sander- 
son was  born.  Representatives  of  the  family  in  the  fifth  generation  are  now  living  upon 
a  part  of  the  old  family  homestead  in  the  east. 

William  Raymond  Sanderson  was  educated  in  the  famous  Lawrenceville,  New  Jer- 
sey, school  under  the  celebrated  teacher.  Dr.  Samuel  M.  Hamill.  In  preparation  for  a  pro- 
fessional career  he  entered  the  University  of  Maryland  at  Baltimore  and  after  complet- 
ing his  course  was  for  a  time  one  of  the  resident  physicians  of  the  Baltimore  City  Alms- 
house. He  came  to  the  west  in  18S2  and  associated  himself  with  his  brother,  John  P. 
Sanderson,  in  the  live  stock  business. 

In  the  '80s,  when  Dr.  Sanderson  removed  to  Elbert  county  and  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business,  it  was  followed  by  such  leading  men  of  the  state  as  Governor  Routt,  Governor 
J.  A.  Cooper,  Finis  P.  Ernest,  W.  H.  H.  Cranmer  and  Dewey  C.  Bailey.  Dr.  Sanderson 
purchased  his  first  herd  of  cattle  from  the  late  Senator  Frank  T.  Cochrane.  Through- 
out all  the  intervening  years  Dr.  Sanderson  has  been  engaged  in  the  cattle  industry. 

Dr.  Sanderson  was  for  a  time  coroner  of  Elbert  county,  which  is  the  only  public 
office  that  he  has  ever  held.  Notwithstanding  his  desire  to  keep  out  of  office,  he  has 
been  a  potent  factor  in  promoting  public  progress  and  improvement  through  his  support 
and  endorsement  of  every  measure  for  the  general  good.  He  believes  that  public  office 
is  a  sacred  trust  and  strongly  advocates  enfranchisement  of  women.  His  brother's  son, 
John  P.  Sanderson,  Jr.,  is  a  first  lieutenant  in  France,  where  he  was  heroically  fighting 
for  the  democratization  of  the  world. 


RUSSELL  HARRIS  FORBES. 

Russell  Harris  Forbes,  confidential  secretary  to  Verner  Z.  Reed,  a  Denver  capitalist, 
with  offices  in  the  city  of  Denver,  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  December  12,  1885.  The 
family  comes  of  Scotch  ancestry  and  was  founded  in  America  by  the  grandfather  of 
Russell  H.  Forbes,  who  on  crossing  the  Atlantic  in  1837  took  up  his  abode  in  Ashland 
county,  Ohio.  The  Forbes  family  has  been  represented  in  the  Buckeye  state  from 
pioneer  times.  Henry  William  Forbes,  father  of  Russell  H.  Forbes,  was  born  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  was  a  son  of  Alexander  Forbes,  who  at  the  time  of  the  discovery 
of  gold  in  California  crossed  the  plains  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  1849  and  was  there 
engaged  in  mining.  In  Cleveland  he  became  a  pioneer  contractor  and  builder  and  con- 
tinued to  make  his  home  in  that  city  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1914,  when  he 
had  reached  the  advanced  age  of  ninety  years.  His  son,  Henry  William  Forbes,  followed 
mercantile  pursuits  first  in  Cleveland  and  afterward  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  and 
in  Chicago,  Illinois,  his  death  occurring  in  1901,  at  the  early  age  of  forty-five  years. 
In  young  manhood  he  had  wedded  Miss  Anna  M.  Schermerhorn,  a  native  of  Albany, 
New  York,  and  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  old  families  of  the  Empire  state — a  family 
coming  of  Dutch  ancestry.  The  line  is  traced  directly  back  to  the  early  seventeenth 
century  and  after  the  emigration  to  the  new  world  members  of  the  family  took  active 
part  in  the  work  of  colonization  and  participated  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  Mrs. 
Forbes  is  now  connected  with  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.     She  still 


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makes  her  home  in  Cleveland.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Forbes  were  born  two  children,  the 
daughter  being  Myrtle  H.,  now  the  wife  of  Chester  T.  Brackett,  a  journalist  of  Cleveland. 

Russell  H.  Forbes,  the  only  son  in  the  family,  pursued  his  education  largely  in  the 
public  schools  of  Oak  Park,  a  Chicago  suburb,  and  in  the  University  of  Wisconsin.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  took  up  the  profession  of  civil  engineering  and  in  1904 
removed  to  the  west,  going  first  to  New  Mexico.  He  followed  civil  engineering  in 
connection  with  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  and  afterward  came  to 
Denver,  where  he  arrived  on  the  1st  of  May,  1906.  He  immediately  entered  upon  pro- 
fessional activity  in  this  state  and  continued  exclusively  in  that  field  of  labor  until 
1912,  when  he  started  to  practice  his  profession  independently.  But  hard  times  came 
on  and  general  business  conditions  were  poor,  so  that  he  abandoned  his  oflice  and 
became  an  engineer  for  railroads  and  mining  companies.  He  next  took  up  journalism 
and  from  1912  until  1914  was  a  reporter  on  the  Denver  Post.  While  engaged  in  news- 
paper work  he  was  a  strong  advocatei  of  the  good  roads  movement  in  Colorado  and 
spent  considerable  time  and  effort  in  the  early  development  of  public  opinion  along  that 
line  and  the  projects  connected  with  the  improvement  of  the  thoroughfares,  instituting 
much  work  that  has  since  accomplished  splendid  results.  In  1914  Mr.  Forbes  became 
connected  with  Verner  Z.  Reed,  taking  charge  of  a  campaign  which  Mr.  Reed  organized 
and  financed  to  improve  market  conditions  for  the  fruit  growers  of  the  state  and  which 
was  continued  until  1915.  On  the  1st  of  January,  1916.  Mr.  Forbes  entered  Mr.  Reed's 
oflice  as  assistant  secretary  and  three  months  later  was  made  his  confidential  secretary, 
which  position  he  has  since  filled.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Mid-West  Oil  Company 
and  a  member  of  other  corporations  of  which  Mr.  Reed  is  the  principal  stockholder. 

On  the  2d  of  February,  1910,  Mr.  Forbes  was  united  in  marriage  in  Denver  to  Miss 
Rose  R.  Lowrie.  a  native  of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  a  daughter  of  Harold  W.  and 
Rosa  (Redford)  Lowrie,  who  are  representatives  of  old  Carolina  and  Tennessee  families. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Forbes  have  been  born  four  children:  Elizabeth  A.,  born  in  Denver, 
April  7,  1912;  Robert  H..  August  22,  1913;  Rose  Myrtle,  June  20,  1916;  and  Margery, 
July  30.  191S.  • 

In  politics  Mr.  Forbes  maintains  an  independent  course.  In  1917  he  was  appointed 
on  the  commission  of  conciliation  by  the  United  States  department  of  labor,  being  one 
of  the  dollar  a  year  men  in  maintaining  conditions  which  contribute  much  to  the 
successful  prosecution  of  the  war.  Mr.  Forbes  is  a  member  of  St.  Mark's  Episcopal 
church  and  his  chief  diversion  comes  through  hunting,  fishing  and  motoring.  He  is  a 
lover  of  all  phases  of  outdoor  life  and  when  leisure  permits  spends  his  time  in  that  way. 
Merit  and  ability  have  brought  him  prominently  to  the  front  in  business  connections 
and  his  worth  is  widely  acknowledged  by  those  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in 
contact.     His  vision  is  broad,  his  sagacity  keen  and  his  judgment  sound. 


FRANK  PURSE. 


Frank  Purse,  engaged  in  the  dairy  business  on  Rose  Hill  at  Aurora,  selling  only 
to  the  wholesale  trade,  was  born  at  Grey  Abbey,  in  County  Down,  Ireland,  a  son  of 
John  and  Jane  (Lemon)  Purse.  His  education  was  acquired  in  his  native  country 
and  he  came  to  the  United  States  when  about  seventeen  years  of  age.  thinking  to  have 
better  business  opportunities  in  the  new  world.  He  arrived  in  Denver  about  18S5  and 
not  long  afterward  entered  the  dairy  business  in  what  was  then  Arapahoe  but  is  new 
Adams  county.  He  remained  there  for  a  few  years  and  subsequently  purchased  fifteen 
acres  on  Rose  Hill,  where  he  continued  in  the  dairy  business,  in  which  he  has  since 
been  engaged.  He  is  one  of  the  well  known  dairymen  of  this  section  of  the  state  and 
has  conducted  his  interests  along  progressive,  modern  and  scientific  lines.  He  retailed 
milk  about  fifteen  years  but  now  sells  only  to  the  wholesale  trade.  He  has  a  well 
equipped  dairy,  thoroughly  neat  and  sanitary  in  every  department,  and  he  keeps  cows 
of  high  grade. 

On  the  21st  of  March,  1900,  Mr.  Purse  was  married  to  Miss  Mabel  McDonald,  a 
daughter  of  Asa  B.  and  Nancy  J.  (Dillon)  McDonald.  The  father  was  a  contractor 
of  prominence  in  his  chosen  line  of  business  and  was  the  builder  of  the  Adams  county 
courthouse,  the  Arapahoe  county  courthouse  and  the  residences  of  John  F.  Campion, 
J.  S.  Brown,  C.  S.  Morey  and  a  number  of  the  palatial  homes  of  the  more  prominent 
people  of  this  section  of  the  state.  Mrs.  Purse  was  born  and  reared  in  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
and  by  her  marriage  has  become  the  mother  of  a  daughter,  Elizabeth  Frances  Jane. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Purse  is  connected  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  In 
politics  he  is  a  republican  and  regards  it  as  the  duty  as  well  as  the  privilege  of  every 


140  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

true  American  citizen  to  exercise  his  right  of  franchise  in  support  of  the 
which  he  believes.  He  served  for  four  years  as  county  commissioner  of  Adams  county 
and  made  an  excellent  record  by  his  fidelity  to  the  trust  reposed  in  him.  He  is  always 
loyal  to  the  best  interests  and  to  everything  that  has  to  do  with  the  welfare  and 
progress  of  his  district.  His  business  career  has  been  a  most  active  one  and  his  close 
application  and  Indefatigable  energy  have  been  strong  points  in  the  attainment  of  that 
measure  of  prosperity  which  he  is  now  enjoying. 


A.  H.  FRERICHS. 


A.  H.  Frerichs,  cashier  of  the  Stockmen's  National  Bank  of  Brush,  Colorado,  was 
born  in  Talmage,  Nebraska,  in  November,  1886,  a  son  of  Theodore  and  Mary  (Teten) 
Frerichs,  who  were  pioneers  of  Otoe  county,  Nebraska,  to  which  place  they  removed 
about  1878.  The  father  is  a  banker  there  and  has  devoted  his  entire  life  to  the  banking 
business,  his  present  connection  being  that  of  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Talmage,  and 
he  is  also  the  president  of  the  Stockmen's  National  Bank  of  Brush.  He  has  had  much 
to  do  with  the  commercial  and  financial  upbuilding  and  development  of  the  section 
of  the  state  in  which  he  lives  and  his  energy  has  brought  substantial  results.  His 
wife  passed  away  in  April,  1908. 

A.  H.  Frerichs  was  reared  in  Talmage,  Nebraska,  pursuing  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  that  place  and  of  Omaha.  His  connection  with  Brush  dates  from  1907, 
when  he  came  to  Morgan  county  to  accept  the  position  of  assistant  cashier  of  the 
Stockmen's  National  Bank.  A  few  years  later  he  and  his  father  purchased  the  con- 
trolling interest  In  this  bank  and  in  1911  A.  H.  Frerichs  was  made  cashier.  This  bank 
is  capitalized  for  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  and  has  a  surplus  and  undivided  profits  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  while  its  deposits  have  reached  four  hundred  thousand 
dollars.  The  bank  is  in  excellent  condit^  and  its  business  is  steadily  growing. 
In  1908  the  Stockmen's  National  Bank  erected  a  modern  bank  and  office  building  on  the 
main  street  of  the  town. 

Mr.  Frerichs  was  married  in  October.  1908,  to  Miss  Blanche  Puffer  and  to  them 
has  been  born  a  daughter,  Dorothy  D..  whose  birth  occurred  in  August,  1909.  In 
religious  faith  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frerichs  are  Presbyterians,  loyally  supporting  the  church 
in  all  of  its  branches  of  work  and  contributing  liberally  to  its  support.  Fraternally 
Mr.  Frerichs  is  connected  with  Lodge  No.  1143,  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and 
his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party,  which  finds  in  him  a  stalwart  ad- 
vocate. He  is  the  present  mayor  of  Brush  and  his  administration  is  marked  by  notable 
devotion  to  the  public  welfare,  with  practical  methods  for  the  achievement  of  his  pur- 
poses. Moreover,  Mr.  Frerichs  is  actively  engaged  In  war  service  work,  ably  assisting 
in  promoting  all  measures  of  the  government  in  order  to  make  the  world  safe  for 
democracy  and  is  now  serving  as  member  of  the  Morgan  County  Council  of  Defense  and 
as  vice  chairman  of  the  local  Red  Cross  organization. 


ELLIS  HUNTSMAN. 


Ellis  Huntsman,  actively,  successfully  and  extensively  engaged  in  farming  in  Elbert 
county,  was  born  in  Noble  county,  Indiana,  March  27.  1885,  a  son  of  Riley  and  Sarah 
(Belli  Huntsman,  both  of  whom  are  representatives  of  old  colonial  families.  They 
are  now  residents  of  Colorado  Springs  and  Mr.  Huntsman  of  this  review  puts  forth 
every  effort  to  make  them  comfortable  and  happy  in  their  declining  years,  thus  repaying 
them  by  filial  devotion  for  the  love  and  care  with  which  they  surrounded  him  in  his 
youth. 

Ellis  Huntsman  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  to  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  and 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  this  state  in  1898.  The  family  home 
was  established  in  Elbert  county,  in  what  is  generally  known  as  the  Divide  district, 
and  since  that  time  -the  members  of  the  family  have  been  substantial  citizens  of  this 
state.  His  brother,  L.  E.  Huntsman,  has  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  adjoining  the 
property  of  Ellis.  He  is  married  and  has  a  pleasant  home  on  the  Divide.  Another 
brother  is  the  head  of  the  H.  C.  Huntsman  Mercantile  Company  at  Matheson.  Colorado, 
and  a  sister  is  the  wife  of  O.  S.  Keysor,  a  large  land  holder  of  this  district. 

Ellis  Huntsman  is  devoting  his  time  and  energies  to  the  development  of  what  is  one 
of  the  best  farms  of  the  county,  comprising  five  hundred  and  twenty  acres.    This  he  has 


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142  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

acquired  and  converted  into  a  valuable  property,  employing  the  most  modern  and  pro- 
gressive methods  in  the  cultivation  of  the  fields,  while  all  modem  improvements  are 
found  upon  the  place.  An  air  of  neatness  and  thrift  pervades  the  farm  and  gives  indica- 
tion of  the  practical  efforts  of  the  owner. 


GEORGE   A.   MITZE. 


George  A.  Mitze,  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  successfully  carrying  on  business  in 
Adams  county,  Colorado,  was  born  in  Kansas  on  the  29th  of  November,  1873.  His 
parents,  George  and  Elizabeth  Mitze,  were  natives  of  Germany,  who  came  to  America 
in  the  '50s,  at  which  time  they  located  in  Peoria,  Illinois.  They  afterward  removed 
to  Kansas,  where  they  resided  until  1874  and  then  came  to  Colorado,  settling  on  a 
farm  in  Denver  county,  where  they  spent  their  remaining  days.  They  had  a  family 
of  five  children,  three  of  whom  are  living. 

George  A.  Mitze  was  reared  and  educated  in  Colorado,  pursuing  his  studies  in  the 
public  schools.  After  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  took  up  farming  on  his  own 
account,  having  been  reared  to  that  occupation,  so  that  he  brought  practical  experience 
and  knowledge  to  the  beginning  of  his  business  career.  After  a  time  he  purchased  his 
present  farm,  comprising  one  hundred  and  ninety-five  acres  of  good  land,  a  part  of 
which  is  under  ditch.  He  has  improved  his  place  with  one  of  the  finest  homea  in 
the  county  and  upon  his  land  are  found  large  and  substantial  barns  and  outbuildings, 
furnishing  ample  shelter  to  grain  and  stock.  Everything  about  the  place  is  indica- 
tive of  his  progressive  spirit  and  practical  methods  and  the  results  which  he  achieves 
are  most  gratifying. 

In  1900  Mr.  Mitze  was  united  in  marriage  ta  Miss  Mary  Bukoutz,  a  native  of 
Kansas,  and  to  them  have  been  born  six  children:  Mary  E.,  Albert  H.,  Bertha  H., 
William  A.,  Emma  C.  and  Clara  Alice.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mitze  are  members  of  the 
Lutheran  church,  and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  They 
are  highly  esteemed  in  the  community  in  which  they  make  their  home  and  enjoy 
the  warm-hearted  hospitality  which  is  cordially  extended  to  them  by  their  many 
friends.  Mr.  Mitze  has  devoted  his  entire  life  to  agricultural  pursuits  and  is  num- 
bered among  those  who  have  made  this  district  a  most  productive  and  prosperous  one. 


CHARLES  HOEFFER. 


Charles  Hoeffer,  a  resident  farmer  of  Adams  county  and  proprietor  of  the  Alpine 
Creamery  of  Denver,  was  born  in  Germany,  October  28,  1859,  a  son  of  John  Hemry 
and  Mary  (Dick)  Hoeffer,  who  were  natives  of  that  country,  where  they  spent  their 
entire  lives  and  there  reared  their  family  of  thirteen  children,  seven  of  whom  are 
living.  John  Henry  Hoeffer  was  for  fifty  years  a  teacher  in  Germany,  his  home  being 
at  Birk,   in   the  government  district  of   Siegburg  on   the   Rhine. 

Charles  Hoeffer  spent  the  days  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  Germany,  where  he 
attended  public  school.  He  came  to  America  in  1878,  when  a  youth  of  nineteen  years, 
and  first  settled  in  Tipton,  Missouri,  where  he  remained  for  two  years.  He  then  came 
to  Georgetown,  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  mining,  and  in  1881  he  purchased  the 
farm  in  Adams  county  upon  which  he  now  resides.  Taking  up  his  abode  upon  this 
place,  he  bent  his  energies  to  its  development  and  cultivation  and  has  lived  thereon 
throughout  the  intervening  period  save  for  six  years  when  he  was  a  resident  of  Denver, 
during  which  time  he  conducted  a  meat  market  in  that  city.  Tiring,  however,  of  city 
life,  he  returned  to  the  farm  and  has  since  given  his  efforts  and  attention  to  its  man- 
agement, while  he  is  also  operating  the  Alpine  Creamery  of  Denver,  of  which  he  is 
the  owner  and  from  which  source  he  derives  a  very  gratifying  revenue. 

In  the  year  1883  Mr.  Hoeffer  was  married  to  Miss  Katherine  Summerhauser,  a 
native  of  Missouri.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoeffer  became  the  parents  of  four  children:  Kath- 
erine, who  is  conducting  a  hotel  at  Limon,  Colorado;  Mary,  ia  business  in  Limon; 
Elizabeth ;  and  Charles,  who  is  living  in  Denver.  These  children  were  born  of  Mr. 
Hoeffer's  first  marriage  and  the  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  1892.  In  1900  Mr. 
Hoeffer  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Amelia  Frederici  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  four  children:  Amelia  G.,  at  home;  Gertrude,  who  is  teaching 
school;    Henry,    who   is   attending   Sacred   Heart   College;    and   Helen,   who   is   also   in 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  143 

Sacred  Heart   College.     Again   Mr.  Hoeffer  was  called   upon   to  mourn   the  loss  of  his 
wife,   for   In    1914   Mrs.   Amelia   Hoeffer  passed   away. 

Mr.  Hoeffer  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  church  and  In  his  political  allegiance  has 
given  support  to  the  democratic  party,  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker.  He  now  is 
a  valued  member  of  the  Grange  and  belongs  to  the  Farmers  Non-Partisan  League.  His 
entire  time  and  attention  have  been  concentrated  upon  his  business  affairs  and  the 
careful  direction  of  his  farming  and  creamery  interests  has  brought  to  him  the  success 
which  is  now  his. 


JAMES   N.   CALDWELL. 


James  N.  Caldwell  is  the  president  of  the  Colorado  National  Investment  Company 
of  Denver  and  one  in  whose  career  the  spirit  of  western  enterprise  and  progress  finds 
exemplification.  He  is  a  western  man  by  birth,  by  training  and  by  preference.  The 
strong  appeal  of  opportunity  has  never  been  unheeded  by  him  and  throughout  his 
entire  life  hs  has  been  identified  with  mining  interests,  which  have  constituted  one 
of  the  chief  sources  of  the  wealth  of  the  west.  He  also  now  largely  handles  stocks, 
bonds  and  land  and  is  one  of  the  prominent  investment  men  of  penver. 

Mr.  Caldwell  was  born  in  Laramie,  Wyoming.  November  18,  1876.  His  father, 
Isaac  P.  Caldwell,  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  where  his  ancestors  had  lived  through 
several  generations.  The  family  is  of  English  origin  and  was  founded  in  America  soon 
after  the  Revolutionary  war.  Isaac  P.  Caldwell  was  reared  and  educated  in  Fayette 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  prior  to  the  Civil  war  removed  westward  to  Richmond, 
Missouri.  There  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  for  many  years  and  served  as  judge 
of  the  probate  court.  During  the  period  of  hostilities  between  the  north  and  the 
south  he  served  in  the  quartermaster's  department  of  the  United  States  army  and  was 
stationed  in  New  Mexico.  After  the  war  was  ended  he  removed  to  the  west,  becoming 
a  resident  of  Laramie.  Wyoming,  and  was  actively  associated  with  many  interests  which 
have  had  marked  bearing  upon  shaping  the  history  of  that  state.  He  was  connected 
with  Senator  Clark  and  Mr.  Corlett  in  framing  the  constitution  of  Wyoming  and  he 
figured  as  a  very  prominent  official,  lawyer  and  citizen  of  that  state.  He  served  as  a 
member  of  the  general  assembly  and  was  for  several  terms  mayor  of  his  city.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  practice  of  law  he  had  other  business  interests,  being  the  active  president 
of  the  Albany  County  National  Bank.  His  aid  and  influence  were  ever  on  the  side  of 
progress  and  improvement,  and  Laramie  and  the  state  benefited  much  by  his  efforts. 
At  the  time  of  the  widespread  financial  panic  of  1S93  he  removed  to  Denver,  where  he 
continued  to  make  his  home  throughout  his  remaining  days,  his  death  occurring  in 
Not  ember.  1916,  when  he  had  reached  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-two  years.  He  had 
acquired  his  education  in  the  University  of  Virginia  and  that  institution  had  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  LL.  B.  degree.  In  politics  he  was  a  stanch  republican,  laboring 
•untiringly  to  advance  the  interests  of  his  party  in  state  and  national  elections.  His 
religious  faith  was  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  was  a  man  who  commanded 
and  enjoyed  the  respect,  confidence  and  honor  of  those  who  knew  him.  In  early  man- 
hood he  wedded  Sarah  Margaret  Catlett,  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  a  representative 
of  one  of  the  old  families  of  that  state.  The  town  of  Catlettsburg  is  named  in  honor 
of  her  grandfather,  who  was  of  French  descent  and  who  was  one  of  the  pioneer  resi- 
dents of  Kentucky.  Mrs.  Caldwell  survives  and  yet  makes  her  home  in  Denver.  By 
her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  three  children.  Marion,  Jennie  B.  and  James  N. 

The  last  named  attended  the  public  schools  of  Laramie  and  also  the  University 
of  Wyoming  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  he  started  out  in  the  business  world,  entering 
upon  active  connection  with  mining  interests  of  Colorado.  In  this  business  he  is  still 
actively  engaged  although  his  attention  is  now  largely  given  to  stocks,  bonds  and 
land,  which  he  handles  under  the  name  of  the  Colorado  National  Investment  Company. 
Thoroughness  characterizes  all  that  he  undertakes  and  his  indefatigable  effort,  his 
close  study  of  business  conditions  and  his  progressive  and  thoroughly  reliable  methods 
have  constituted  the  fundamental  forces  in  his  career  in  the  attainment  of  his  present 
success. 

On  the  27th  of  March.  1907,  Mr.  Caldwell  was  married  in  Kansas  City.  Missouri, 
to  Miss  Ada  L.  McAfee,  a  native  of  Kansas  and  a  daughter  of  James  McAfee.  They 
have  become  parents  of  two  daughters:  Laura  Margaret,  born  in  Denver,  December  24, 
1911;   and  Virginia,  born  in  Denver,  June  24,  1913. 

The  family  reside  at  Willow  Grange  on  Josephine  street  in  an  attractive  home 
which  is  owned   by  Mr.   Caldwell.     He  finds  rest,  recreation   and   interest  in   his   war 


144  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

gardening  and  he  also  turns  for  diversion  to  hunting,  fishing  and  motoring.  His 
political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of 
the  Divine  Science  church.  His  military  experience,  following  his  two  years'  mili- 
tary training  while  in  the  University  of  Wyoming,  covers  three  years  in  the  Colorado 
National  Guard  as  sergeant  in  the  Signal  Corps.  He  stands  as  a  high  type  of  American 
manhood  and  citizenship,  ever  interested  in  the  welfare  and  progress  of  his  community 
and  his  country  and  thoroughly  alive  to  the  duties  and  obligations  of  every  loyal 
American. 


J.   G.   WINTERMEYER,   M.   D. 

Dr.  J.  G.  Wintermeyer.  a  practicing  physician  of  Denver,  was  born  in  Manitowoc, 
Wisconsin,  July  7,  1865.  a  son  of  August  and  Elizabeth  (Schoupf)  Wintermeyer.  The 
father  was  born  in  Wiesbaden,  Germany,  but  came  to  America  when  a  lad  of  only 
thirteen  years.  The  mother's  birth  occurred  in  Bavaria,  Germany,  and  she,  too,  was 
thirteen  years  of  age  when  she  crossed  the  Atlantic.  Valentine  Wintermeyer,  the 
grandfather,  established  his  home  in  Wisconsin,  where  he  engaged  in  farming,  and  he 
was  also  well  known  as  a  literary  writer  and  poet.  He  died  in  Chicago.  Illinois,  in  1908. 
His  son,  August  Wintermeyer,  was  reared  in  Wisconsin  and  took  up  the  occupation  of 
farming.  He  came  to  Colorado  and  resided  in  Elizabeth  to  the  time  of  his  demise,  which 
occurred  in  1913,  when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  His  widow  still 
occupies  the  old  homestead  there.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children:  Mrs.  Ida 
Nelson,  Emma,  Mrs.  Elmer  Green,  Mrs.  Louise  Vogelsang,  Julius,  Oscar,  J.  G.,  and  one 
who  has  passed  away. 

Dr.  Wintermeyer  pursued  his  early  education  In  the  graded  schools  of  Wisconsin 
but  on  account  of  the  condition  of  his  health  was  obliged  to  leave  school.  He  after- 
ward attended  a  business  college  in  Chicago,  from  which  he  was  graduated  and  then 
went  again  to  Manitowoc,  Wisconsin,  where  he  spent  a  year  in  a  general  store.  He 
was  suffering,  however,  from  asthma  and  his  health  failed  rapidly.  He  therefore  sold 
out  his  business  in  Manitowoc  and  on  the  advice  of  his  physician  removed  to  Colorado 
Springs  in  1887.  There,  after  partially  recovering  his  health,  he  entered  into  the  whole- 
sale fruit  and  produce  business  and  while  thus  engaged  he  also  did  whatever  he  was 
able  for  the  benefit  of  the  community.  He  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  the  Lutheran  con- 
ference at  Baltimore,  where  he  was  in  close  consultation  with  the  head  of  the  Lutheran 
church  in  America.  He  was  sent  to  Baltimore  at  his  own  request  to  secure  for  Colorado 
Springs  a  church  and  pastor,  but  the  purpose  of  the  trip  proved  unavailing,  as  he 
received  very  little  encouragement.  After  his  return,  however,  he  persevered  in  his 
efforts,  assisted  by  two  or  three  others,  who  finally  gave  up  the  struggle  to  secure 
a  church.  Dr.  Wintermeyer  then  continued  alone  and  eventually  was  able  to  obtain 
a  lot  for  the  purpose  for  which  he  so  persistently  labored.  He  then  renewed  his 
efforts,  which  ultimately  resulted  in  the  building  of  the  present  fine  Lutheran  church 
at  Colorado  Springs,  a  church  which  is  the  direct  result  of  the  untiring  labor  and 
consecrated  zeal  of  Dr.  Wintermeyer.  He  also  did  much  other  work  for  the  benefit 
and  upbuilding  of  the  community  while  a  resident  of  Colorado  Springs,  but  his  old  ail- 
ment returned,  and  on  the  advice  of  a  prominent  physician  of  that  place,  he  began  to 
study  his  own  condition  and  at  the  same  time  he  entered  the  Gross  Medical  College  of 
Denver,  having  disposed  of  his  business  interests  at  Colorado  Springs.  He  was 
graduated  in  medicine  in  1896  and  his  wife.  Mrs.  Thurza  Wintermeyer,  was  a  member 
of  the  same  class,  being  now  a  registered  and  well  known  physician  of  Denver.  To- 
gether they  began  practice.  Dr.  Wintermeyer  had  closely  studied  the  disease  of  asthma 
and  felt  that  he  had  attained  a  high  measure  of  proficiency  in  treatment  of  such  cases. 
He  decided  to  begin  his  professional  life  in  a  smaller  town  than  Denver  and  removed 
to  Laramie,  Wyoming,  where  for  two  years  he  continued  in  active  practice.  While 
there  he  met  an  old  and  prominent  member  of  the  medical  profession  who  had  per- 
fected a  relief  for  asthma  but  not  a  permanent  cure.  He  disclosed  his  theories  and 
ideas  to  Dr.  Wintermeyer,  who,  recognizing  their  value,  began  working  out  along  the 
same  line,  combining  the  practitioner's  knowledge  with  his  own  experience  and  the 
knowledge  which  he  had  acquired  in  college.  He  worked  upon  his  own  case  first  and 
found  that  in  a  short  time  his  asthmatic  condition  had  entirely  disappeared  and  that 
he  had  finally  effected  a  permanent  cure.  His  discovery  became  known  and  patients 
flocked  to  him  from  various  parts  of  the  country  to  consult  him  concerning  their  ail- 
ment. He  has  since  effected  many  cures  of  the  most  obstinate  cases  and  he  now  has 
an  established  and  well  merited  reputation  for  most  efficient  work  in  this  branch  of 
medical    practice.     Mrs.   Wintermeyer   also   practices   medicine   and   is   well   known   la 


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this  connection.  In  1898  they  returned  to  Denver  and  have  since  been  located  in  their 
beautiful  home  at  No.  3409  West  Thirty-second  avenue. 

It  was  on  the  26th  of  August,  1894,  that  Dr.  Wintermeyer  was  married  to  Miss 
Thurza  Young,  of  Kansas,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Lucy  Young,  the  former  a  Civil 
war  veteran  from  Kansas.  Mrs.  Wintermeyer  is  widely  known  because  of  her  activity 
in  women's  organizations.  She  is  clerk  of  Highland  Circle,  No.  98,  of  the  Neighbors  of 
Woodcraft,  a  position  which  she  has  occupied  for  eighteen  years,  and  in  this  connection 
she  has  worked  up  the  membership  from  forty  to  five  hundred.  She  is  now  filling  the 
position  of  grand  magician  of  the  Grand  Circle  of  the  Women  of  Woodcraft  and  she  is 
identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters,  the  Royal  Neighbors  and  the 
Modern  Brotherhood  of  America.  Dr.  J.  G.  Wintermeyer  has  membership  with  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  the  Neighbors  of  Woodcraft, 
the  Court  of  Honor,  the  Sons  of  Herman,  the  Bavarian  Society  and  several  other 
organizations.     In  politics  he  maintains  an   independent  course. 

Besides  his  city  property  Dr.  Wintermeyer  is  the  owner  of  two  fine  ranches,  one 
of  which  he  leases.  This  is  located  near  the  city  of  Golden.  The  other  he  operates  on 
his  own  account  as  a  dairy  and  stock  ranch  and  it  is  situated  at  Deertrail,  Colorado, 
not  far  from  Denver.  Both  are  valuable  properties  and  are  the  visible  evidence  of 
his  life  of  well  directed  energy  and  thrift.  Dr.  Wintermeyer,  in  his  perfection  of  an 
asthmatic  cure  and  in  his  work  for  the  church,  has  made  his  life  of  great  usefulness 
and  benefit  to  his  fellowmen  and  Denver  numbers  him  among  her  well  known  and 
skilful  physicians. 


EDWARD   PRENTISS  COSTIGAN. 

Edward  Prentiss  Costigan,  named  a  member  of  the  United  States  tariff  commission 
on  March  21,  1917.  is  a  leader  in  the  group  of  younger  Coloradoans,  who  have  in  recent 
years  claimed  national  attention. 

Edward  P.  Costigan,  born  in  King  William  county,  Virginia,  is  a  son  of  George 
Purcell  and  Emilie  (Sigur)  Costigan.  Both  the  father  and  mother  have  been  prominent 
in  Colorado  affairs.  The  family  removed  to  this  state  from  Ohio  in  1877,  locating  at 
Lake  City,  in  the  southwestern  part  of  Colorado,  there  remaining  for  about  a  year. 
They  thence  removed  to  Ouray,  where  they  resided  for  about  five  years,  and  when  San 
Miguel  county  was  created  the  father,  George  P.  Costigan,  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Grant  the  first  judge  of  that  county.  He  was  subsequently  twice  elected  to  the  same 
position  in  Telluride.  Both  he  and  his  wife,  Mrs.  Emilie  Costigan,  were  interested  in 
mining.  They  became  the  owners  of  the  Belmont  mine,  which  was  subsequently  sold 
to  an  English  company.  The  property  has  since  been  expanded  into  the  Tomboy  mine 
of  Telluride.  The  Belmont  was  originally  thought  to  be  a  silver  lode.  Mrs.  Costigan 
first  acquired  an  interest  in  it  and  she  and  Judge  Costigan  were  developing  it  when  its 
gold  values  were  discovered.  Judge  and  Mrs.  Costigan  make  their  liome  in  Denver, 
although  the  Judge  witli  unabated  interest  and  energy  is  engaged  at  present  in  mining 
in  Mono  county,  California,  near  the  Nevada  line.  Judge  Costigan  is  a  well  known 
Mason,  and  Mrs.  Costigan  is  prominent  in  the  Denver  Woman's  Club  and  similar  centers 
of  activity  and  influence. 

George  Purcell  Costigan,  Jr.,  another  conspicuous  member  of  the  family,  was 
formerly  for  a  time  a  law  partner  of  Edward  P.  Costigan,  and  became  later  dean  of 
the  Nebraska  State  Law  School  at  Lincoln.  He  is  now  a  professor  in  the  law  department 
of  Northwestern  University  at  Chicago,  Illinois:  and  is  the  author  of  several  legal 
works,  including  "Costigan's  Mining  Law."  and  "Legal  Ethics,"  which  have  attracted 
wide  attention. 

Edward  P.  Costigan  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Denver,  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  in  1897,  and  graduated  from  Harvard  University  in  1899. 
In  1900  he  began  practice  in  Denver  and  immediately  took  part  in  reform  politics.  In 
1902  he  was  declared  elected  a  member  of  the  Colorado  house  of  representatives,  a 
contest  preventing  his  assuming  his  seat  during  the  session.  At  this  early  period  in  his 
career  he  became  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  movement  for  honest  elections,  a  fight  that 
continued  for  over  a  decade.  During  and  after  1906  he  was  attorney  for  the  Honest 
Elections  League  and  from  1906  until  1908  for  the  Law  Enforcement  League. 

In  the  midst  of  his  general  law  practice  Mr.  Costigan  acted  as  legal  adviser  In  the 
fight  for  a  local  option  law,  which  was  finally  sustained  in  the  supreme  court  of  the 
state.  In  1910  he  was  chairman  of  the  Dry  Denver  Committee  in  its  Denver  campaign. 
He  was  among  the  leaders  of  a  newly  organized  Direct  Primary  League  and  a  Direct 

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Legislation  League  of  Colorado  in  their  successful  efforts  to  adopt  the  constitutional 
amendments  and  laws  indicated  by  the  names  of  these  organizations.  In  this  period 
he  was  also  president  of  the  Civil  Service  Reform  Association  of  Denver;  and  in  1912 
he  helped  organize  the  citizen's  party,  which  carried  the  municipal  election  of  that 
year.  Later  when  the  progressive  party  was  organized,  he  was  its  Colorado  candidate 
for  governor  both  in  1912  and  in  1914.  His  association  with  many  reform  movements 
indicates  his  standing  upon  questions  of  vital  interest  to  his  community  and  state. 

In  his  practice  Mr.  Costigan  on  different  occasions  represented  the  Denver  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  Arizona  commercial  organizations  in  freight  rate  litigation  before 
the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission.  In  1914,  at  the  time  of  the  congressional  investi- 
gation into  the  Colorado  coal  strike.  Mr.  Costigan  was  attorney  for  tha  United  Mine 
Workers  of  America.  In  the  now  celebrated  murder  cases  growing  out  of  the  strike  Mr. 
Costigan    represented    and    secured    acquittals   for    numerous   defendants. 

On  the  12th  of  June,  1903,  Mr.  Costigan  was  married  to  Miss  Mabel  G.  Cory,  of 
Denver,  who  was  a  classmate  of  her  husband  in  the  East  Denver  high  school.  She 
was  secretary  and  Mr.  Costigan  was  president  of  the  class  in  which  they  graduated. 
She  has  long  been  active  in  the  educational,  church  and  club  circles  of  Denver  and  in 
other  public  connections.  In  church  circles  she  is  widely  known  as  a  lecturer  at 
summer  schools  of  missions  such  as  are  held  at  Boulder,  Colorado,  and  at  Omaha, 
Nebraska,  being  an  expert  in  Sunday  school  primary  work,  renowned  for  her  remarkable 
gifts  for  story-telling,  for  children.  For  three  years,  from  1912  until  1915,  she  was 
president  of  the  Woman's  Club  of  Denver.  In  the  spring  of  1916,  as  chairman  of  the 
industrial  committee  of  the  Colorado  State  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  she  organized 
and  conducted  a  campaign  to  amend  the  child  labor  law  of  Colorado  so  as  to  prohibit 
such  labor  in  the  beet  fields  of  the  state.  She  has  long  been  a  deep  student  of  the 
problems  of  labor  and  of  the  foreign  born  in  America,  and  for  some  years  she  has 
been  a  member  of  the  advisory  council  of  the  National  Child  Labor  Committee. 

Mr.  Costigan  has  delivered  many  public  addresses  in  recent  years  including  pub- 
lished discussions  before  the  State  Bar  Association.  On  the  30th  of  December,  1917,  at 
Philadelphia,  in  an  address  before  the  joint  session  of  the  American  Economic  Asso- 
ciation, The  American  Historical  Association,  the  American  Political  Science  Associa- 
tion and  the  American  Sociological  Society,  he  asserted  that  the  victory  of  the  Allies 
meant  international  control  in  many  new  fields,  including  a  fair  apportionment  of  essen- 
tial raw  materials  among  the  nations,  and  a  policy  of  conservation  and  use  of  national 
resources  as  the  best  means  of  cancelling  hereafter  the  heavy  war  debts  of  the  world. 
In  the  course  of  his  remarks,  he  added:  "Nothing  during  these  trying  times  said  or 
done  by  President  Wilson  has  more  strikingly  or  serviceably  evidenced  his  leadership 
than  his  rejection  of  'selfish  and  exclusive  economic  leagues.'  His  criticism  brought 
home  to  a  large  portion  of  the  public,  both  here  and  abroad,  what  historians  and 
economists  instantly  perceived  when  the  Paris  resolutions  were  announced,  that  the 
division  of  the  world  into  two  permanently  hostile  economic  groups  would  give  inter- 
national sanction  to  the  vast  and  inhuman  ruthlessness  which  has  irredeemably  dis- 
credited German  autocracy." 

In  September,  1918,  while  the  war  was  in  progress,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Costigan  went 
to  France.  Together  they  visited  the  battlefields  and  investigated  conditions  in  the 
region  between  Chateau  Thierry,  Soissons,  and  Rheims;  and  Mr.  Costigan  in  October 
also  visited  the  fighting  region  in  the  St.  Mihiel  sector  between  Metz  and  Verdun.  They 
were  in  London  at  the  time  of  the  signing  of  the  armistice,  and  returned  in  December, 
1918,  with  the  first  after-the-war  homeward  movement  of    American  soldiers. 


ROBERT  B.  SPENCER. 


Robert  B.  Spencer,  owner  and  editor  of  the  Fort  Morgan  Times  and  the  Evening 
Times,  the  former  a  weekly  and  the  latter  a  daily  paper  published  at  Fort  Morgan,  was 
born  in  Monroe  county,  Iowa,  September  2.  1872,  a  son  of  Wellington  and  Amanda 
(Hammond)  Spencer,  who  were  natives  of  Ohio.  The  father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation 
and  at  an  early  period  in  the  development  of  Monroe  county,  Iowa,  went  to  that  section 
and  purchased  land  whereon  he  and  his  family  took  up  their  abode.  He  then  improved 
and  developed  the  property,  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  until  1915,  when  he  sold  his 
farm  there  and  removed  to  Kansas.  In  the  latter  state  he  purchased  land  which  he  is 
still  cultivating  and  which  is  pleasantly  situated  near  Topeka,  where  he  and  his  wife 
have  an  attractive  home. 

Robert  B.   Spencer  was  reared  and   educated   in  Albia,   Monroe  county,   Iowa,  and 


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148  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

finished  his  studies  at  the  Wesleyan  College  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa,  where  he  won  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  He  then  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching  and  for  five  years 
occupied  the  position  of  superintendent  of  schools  of  Monroe  county.  With  the  outbreak 
of  the  Spanish-American  war  he  enlisted  for  active  service  as  a  member  of  Company  F, 
Fitty-iirst  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry,  with  which  he  served  as  sergeant  for  a  year  and  a 
half,  doing  active  duty  in  the  Philippine  islands  for  a  year. 

In  1907  Mr.  Spencer  arrived  in  Fort  Morgan,  Colorado,  and  purchased  the  Fort  Morgan 
Times,  which  he  has  since  published.  Later  he  established  a  daily  paper  known  as  the 
Evening  Times  and  has  published  it  continuously  since  1908.  He  has  made  these  very 
attractive  journals  to  a  large  reading  public,  for  the  papers  are  devoted  to  a  discussion 
of  general  and  local  news,  while  his  editorials  indicate  thorough  familiarity  with  the 
vital  problems  and  issues  of  the  day.  He  has  one  of  the  best  equipped  printing  plants 
in  the  state,  supplied  with  two  linotype  machines,  and  he  does  a  very  extensive  job 
printing  business. 

Mr.  Spencer  was  married  on  the  10th  of  September,  1902,  to  Miss  Carrie  E.  Eyestone 
and  to  them  were  born  five  children:  Alice,  whose  birth  occurred  July  9,  1903;  Robert, 
who  was  born  April  21,  1908;  Murlin, -born  November  11,  1911;  Marian,  April  9,  1913, 
and  Nelda,  July  9,  1916.  Mrs.  Spencer  is  a  daughter  of  J.  W.  and  Margaret  (Gardner) 
Eyestone,  who  were  natives  of  Indiana  and  of  Ohio  respectively.  They  became  pioneer 
residents  of  Iowa,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Eyestone  went  to  the  front  as  a 
lieutenant  of  Company  K  of  the  Thirteenth  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  participated  in 
a  number  of  hotly  contested  engagements  and  then  returned  at  the  close  of  the  war  to 
Iowa,  purchasing  land  in  Washington  county.  He  continued  to  cultivate  this  farm  for 
a  number  of  years,  but  is  now  living  in  Mount  Vernon.  Iowa,  having  removed  to  the  city 
in  order  to  give  his  children  the  benefit  of  its  educational  opportunities.  His  wife  passed 
away  there  in  1918. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Spencer  is  a  republican,  and  for  two  years  he  filled  the 
office  of  mayor  of  Port  Morgan.  He  also  served  on  the  school  board  for  four  years  and 
was  president  of  the  Commercial  Club  for  some  time,  doing  active  work  in  furthering  the 
welfare  and  upbuilding  of  the  city  in  every  possible  way.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of 
tlie  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  he  belongs 
to  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  In  the  last  named  he  is  very  active  and  has 
been  in  charge  of  the  twelfth  district  for  the  association,  including  six  counties.  In  a 
word,  he  stands  for  progress  and  improvement  along  material,  social,  intellectual  and 
moral  lines,  and  his  efforts  have  been  far-reaching  and  resultant. 


FRED  S.  BROWN. 


Fred  S.  Browo,  an  investment  broker  of  Denver  and  also  the  owner  of  the  finest 
poultry  and  hog  ranch  in  the  west,  situated  in  Arapahoe  county,  was  born  April  10, 
1869,  in  the  city  which  is  still  his  home,  the  family  residence  then  occupying  what  is 
now  the  site  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  His  father,  John  Sidney  Brown,  was  a 
pioneer  of  Denver,  born  in  Ohio  in  1833,  and  a  representative  of  one  of  the  old  families 
of  that  state  of  English  lineage.  The  first  of  the  family  in  America  came  to  the 
new  world  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war  and  settled  in  New  England.  Members  of 
the  family  participated  in  the  struggle  for  independence  and  in  the  War  of  1812.  John 
Sidney  Brown  was  reared  and  educated  in  Ohio  and  when  twenty-seven  years  of  age 
came  to  the  west,  making  his  way  direct  to  Denver,  where  he  established  a  wholesale 
grocery  business  which  is  still  being  conducted.  He  was  active  in  its  management  and 
remained  sole  proprietor  of  the  business  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  Denver, 
January  15,  1913,  when  he  was  seventy-nine  years  of  age.  His  political  allegiance  waa 
given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  was  a  man  of  genuine  worth,  highly  esteemed  both 
in  business  and  in  citizenship.  He  married  Irene  Sopris,  a  native  of  Indiana,  whose 
parents  came  to  Colorado  during  the  latter  part  of  the  '50s  and  thus  cast  in  their 
lot  with  its  pioneer  settlers.  Mrs.  Brown  passed  away  in  Denver  in  1881,  at  the  age  of 
forty-two  years.  In  the  family  were  five  children,  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  all 
of  whom  are  yet  living,  namely:  Fred  S.,  of  this  review;  Elizabeth,  now  the  wife  of 
Andrew  B.  Inglis,  a  resident  of  Seattle,  Washington;  Edward  N.,  living  in  Denver; 
Katherine,  the  wife  of  N.  A.  Johanson,  of  Seattle,  Washington;  and  W.  K.,  a  wholesale 
grocer  of  Denver. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  in  his  native  city,  Fred  S.  Brown  acquired  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  and  high  schools  and  passed  the  examination  for  Yale  University  but 
instead  of  pursuing   a   college  course  entered   his   father's   business   establishment   and 


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was  associated  with  the  wholesale  grocery  business  for  twenty-six  years.  He  started 
in  a  humble  capacity  but  gradually  worked  his  way  upward  through  personal  effort  and 
ability,  acquainting  himself  with  the  business  in  all  of  its  departments  and  thus  quali- 
fying for  administrative  direction  and  executive  control.  He  eventually  became  vice 
president  of  the  company  and  so  continued  until  1913,  when  upon  the  father's  death  the 
business  was  divided  and  Fred  S.  Brown  took  over  the  investment  business,  to  which 
he  has  since  given  his  attention,  his  father  having  established  the  Brown  Investment 
Company,  which  he  was  conducting  in  addition  to  the  wholesale  grocery  business. 
Fred  S.  Brown  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  commercial  paper  and  the  value  of  all 
investments  and  his  business  in  this  connection  is  now  extensive  and  important.  He 
is  also  largely  engaged  in  ranching  and  stock  raising  and  his  ranch  of  twenty-one 
acres  in  Arapahoe  county  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  for  the  raising  of  poultry  and 
hogs  to  be  found  in  the  west.  He  has  studied  closely  every  question  bearing  upon 
the  scientific  development  and  care  of  hogs  and  poultry  and  has  upon  his  place  the 
finest  breeds  of  both. 

On  the  7th  of  April,  1898,  Mr.  Brown  was  married  in  Denver,  Colorado,  to  Miss 
Margaret  Ganser,  a  native  of  Illinois  and  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  F.  Ganser,  of 
an  old  Illinois  family.  Mr.  Brown's  military  record  covers  tour  years'  service  as  a 
member  of  Company  K  of  the  Colorado  National  Guard.  In  politics  he  maintains  an 
independent  course  but  is  not  remiss  in  the  duties  of  citizenship  and  actively  cooperates 
in  the  well  defined  plans  and  purposes  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association 
for  the  upbuilding  of  the  interests  of  the  city  in  every  particular.  In  addition  to  his 
membership  in  that  organization  he  belongs  to  several  more  strictly  social  institutions, 
including  the  Denver  Club,  the  Denver  Country  Club,  the  Lakewood  Country  Club 
and  the  Denver  Athletic  Ckib.  A  lifelong  resident  of  the  city,  he  has  for  forty-nine 
years  been  a  witness  of  its  growth  and  development,  rejoices  in  what  has  been 
accomplished  and  at  all  times  lends  his  aid  and  cooperation  to  movements  for  the 
public  good.  He  has  a  very  wide  acquaintance  and  his  pronounced  social  qualities  make 
for   personal   popularity,   while  his   genuine   worth   results   in   warm   friendships. 


JOSEPH  W.  MORELAND 


Joseph  W.  Moreland  is  a  prominent  and  successful  ranchman  who  is  also  general 
manager  of  the  Elevator  Company  at  Peyton.  He  is  classed  with  the  substantial  citi- 
zens that  Indiana  has  furnished  to  Colorado,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Perry  county 
of  the  former  state  on  the  21st  of  October,  1866,  his  parents  being  James  H.  and  Martha 
Moreland,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio.  They  removed  with  their  family  to  Olney,  Rich- 
land county,  Illinois,  during  the  early  boyhood  of  Joseph  W.  Moreland,  who  there  acquired 
a  common  school  education.  In  18S6,  when  a  young  man  of  twenty  years,  he  removed 
to  Leoti,  Kansas,  and  for  five  years  was  connected  with  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad, 
having  charge  of  a  track  gang.  He  arrived  at  Peyton,  Colorado,  in  1S97  and  purchased 
three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land,  since  which  time  he  has  successfully  engaged 
in  ranching.  He  has  good  buildings  upon  his  place,  engages  in  general  farming,  feeds 
cattle  and  milks  twenty  cows.  In  addition  to  the  further  development  and  improvement 
of  his  farm  he  is  managing  the  business  of  the  Peyton  Farmers  Cooperative  Elevator 
Company,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  stockholders.  His  business  activities  are  intelli- 
gently directed,  his  enterprise  is  unfaltering  and  what  would  seem  difiSculties  in  the 
path  of  the  weak  ofttimes  have  served  as  stepping-stones  in  his  career. 

In  November,  1890,  Mr.  Moreland  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lorinda  Miller, 
a  daughter  of  R.  B.  and  Jennie  Miller.  She  was  born  in  Iowa  but  was  reared  in 
Piper  City,  Ford  county.  Illinois.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moreland  have  been  born  eight 
children:  Elsie,  the  wife  of  Frank  Derby,  residing  at  Lake  George,  Colorado,  by  whom 
she  has  a  daughter,  Inez;  Tressa,  the  wife  of  John  Owen,  of  Calhan,  Colorado,  and 
the  mother  of  a  son,  Owen,  and  a  daughter,  Eleanor;  Jennie,  the  wife  of  Willie  Green, 
a  ranchman  of  Eastonville,  Colorado,  by  whom  she  has  a  son,  Ira;  Walter  S.,  who  is 
in  the  United  States  army  and  is  at  present  in  the  government  lumber  camps  of  Wash- 
ington; James  Ira,  who  is  training  with  a  campany  of  heavy  artillery  at  Camp  Funston; 
and  Kenneth,  Wayne  and  Jewel,  all  at  home. 

Mr.  Moreland  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  belonging  to  Pey- 
ton Camp,  No.  9229,  of  which  for  seventeen  years  he  has  been  the  clerk.  He  is  a  man 
in  whom  his  fellow  townsmen  have  implicit  faith  and  confidence.  His  political  allegiance 
is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  his  fellow  townsmen,  appreciative  of  his  worth  and 
public  spirit,  have  frequently  called  him  to  office.    He  has  served  for  two  terms,  or  four 


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years,  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  El  Paso  county  and  has  fearlessly  and  efficiently  dis- 
charged the  duties  of  that  position.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for 
twenty  years  and  he  is  a  champion  of  every  movement  that  tends  to  promote  the 
progress  and  upbuilding  of  his  community.  He  has  many  friends  who  recognize  his 
sterling  worth,  speaking  of  him  in  terms  of  high  regard,  and  in  his  business  career 
he  has  demonstrated  his  resourcefulness  as  well  as  his  reliability,  both  of  which  have 
won  for  him  a  creditable  position  among  the  ranchmen  and  grain  dealers  of  his  section 
of  the  state. 


ELIJAH   L.  WEST. 


Elijah  L.  West,  who  resides  near  Wheatridge  in  Jefferson  county,  where  he  took 
up  his  abode  thirty-four  years  ago,  owns  and  cultivates  a  tract  of  land  devoted  to 
gardening  and  the  raising  of  small  fruit.  He  is  also  successfully  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  merchant  of  Denver.  His  birth  occurred  in  Richmond,  Kentucky,  on  the 
3d  of  October,  1863,  his  parents  being  Perry  and  Susan  (Lauless)  West,  both  of  whom 
have  passed   away.     The  father  served  as  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war. 

Elijah  L.  West  pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his 'native  city  to  the  age 
of  nineteen  years  and  then  made  his  way  to  Texas,  where  he  was  engaged  in  farm- 
ing for  two  years.  In  18S4  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  at  Wlieatridge.  and  soon 
thereafter  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land  which  he  has  cultivated  continuously  and 
successfully  throughout  the  intervening  period.  On  September  4,  1911,  he  purchased 
the  store  of  F.  A.  Burnell,  the  oldest  hay,  grain  and  feed  house  in  Denver,  and  this 
he  has  also  since  carried  on,  enjoying  an  extensive  and  most  gratifying  patronage. 
He  is  widely  recognized  as  a  capable,  progressive  and  enterprising  business  man  , 
whose    methods    are    thoroughly    reliable   and    straightforward. 

On  the  12th  of  June,  1886,  in  Denver,  Colorado.  Mr.  West  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Dora  E.  Ramboz,  a  daughter  of  Louis  and  Holymphia  (Le-Liever)  Ramboz. 
They  located  on  a  ranch  on  Clear  creek  in  1864,  where  Mrs.  West  was  born  and  reared, 
so  that  her  early  life  was  replete  with  the  experiences  of  pioneer  existence.  By  her 
marriage  she  has  become  the  mother  of  six  children,  as  follows:  Maude  E.,  who  is 
the  wife  of  A.  E.  Towner;  Nora  E.,  who  gave  her  hand  in  marriage  to  James  Franze; 
Claude  L.,  who  wedded  Miss  Jennie  A.  Mooney;  Raymond  L.,  who  married  Miss  Edna 
A.   Cummings;    Howard   H.;    and   Walter  W. 

Mrs.  West  is  also  from  a  pioneer  family  of  Jefferson  county.  Her  parents  were 
both  born  in  France,  and  both  came  with  their  parents  to  America  during  their  child- 
hood. Louis  Ramboz  first  came  to  Colorado  in  1859,  remaining  about  a  year.  On  the 
11th  of  March,  1860,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  he  wedded  Miss  Holymphia  Le-Liever 
and  in  1864  they  located  on  a  tract  of  land  in  Jefferson  county  where  they  continued 
to  reside  until  the  mother's  death  which  occurred  January  15.  1886,  in  her  forty-second 
year.  Louis  Ramboz  survived  until  November  13,  1898,  when  he  passed  to  eternal  rest, 
aged  sixty-three  years.  He  was  numbered  among  the  earliest  settlers  of  Jefferson 
county  and  by  his  progressive  methods  and  advanced  ideas  aided  materially  in  the 
development  of  the  country.  Among  other  things  it  may  be  mentioned  that  he  brought 
to  the  section,  and  put  into  active  operation,  the  first  combined  mowing  and  reaping 
machine  ever  used  in  Jefferson  county.  Politically  he  was  a  republican  and  an  ardent 
supporter  of  the  principles  of  the  party. 

Mr.  West  is  justly  recognized  as  one  of  the  very  first  settlers  in  the  Wheatridge 
section,  the  entire  region  being  an  undeveloped  wilderness  at  the  time  of  his  loca- 
tion here.  Not  only  has  he  been  a  witness  to  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
community,  but  has  also  had  active  part  in  bringing  about  the  transition.  Every 
movement  tending  towards  the  public  good,  has  received  his  active  aid  and  assistance, 
particularly  the  securing  and  actual  construction  of  the  splendid  public  roadways  for 
which  the  section  is  noted.  He  was  also  one  of  the  most  active  workers  in  organizing 
the  Wheatridge  Grange,  of  which  he  became  a  charter  member  and' was  elected  the 
first  master,  a  position  he  has  filled,  at  various  times,  to  the  extent  of  more  than  ten 
years.  This  was  the  first  Grange  to  be  established  in  Colorado,  receiving  Charter 
No.  1.  Here  also,  and  largely  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  West,  was  established  the 
first  Juvenile  Grange  in  the  state,  Wheatridge,  No.  1,  and  in  which  his  son,  Walter 
W.  West,  was  elected  the  first  master  and  served  two  terms.  Another  son,  Raymond 
L.,  after  graduating  from  high  school,  entered  the  State  Agricultural  College,  at  Fort 
Collins,  where  he  pursued  a  course  in  mechanical  and  irrigation  engineering  and  has 


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won  distinction   in   tlie  practice   of  his  profession.     Tlie   two  youngest  sons   are   still 
residing  at  home,  actively  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  the  home  ranch. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  West  is  a  stalwart  republican  and  his  fellow  townsmen 
have  frequently  called  upon  him  for  public  service.  He  has  been  president  of  the 
school  board  of  Wheatridge  for  five  years  and  for  four  years,  from  1908  until  1912, 
held  the  office  of  county  commissioner,  making  a  most  excellent  record  in  that  connec- 
tion. Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Masons,  belonging  to  Arvada  Lodge,  No.  141, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  he  is  also  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Christian  church,  of 
which  he  is  a  devoted  and  consistent  member.  He  has  gained  a  most  extensive  and 
favorable  acquaintance  during  the  long  period  of  his  residence  in  Jefferson  county 
and  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  representative  business  man  and  esteemed  citizen 
of   the   community. 


JOHN  T.   FITZELL. 


John  T.  Fitzell,  conducting  business  under  the  name  of  the  Ideal  Laundry  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  president,  dates  his  residence  in  Denver  from  1890,  but  later  spent 
four  years  in  Cripple  Creek,  returning  to  Denver  in  1904.  He  was  born  in  County 
Kerry,  Ireland,  May  17,,  1870,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Theresa  (Fitzell)  Fitzell.  The 
ancestry  of  the  Fitzell  family  can  be  traced  back  to  William  the  Conqueror.  In  early 
life  the  parents  of  John  T.  Fitzell  came  to  Canada,  making  the  trip  soon  after  their 
marriage.  The  father  engaged  in  farming  and  after  residing  for  a  time  in  Canada 
removed  to  Colorado  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he  is  living 
retired.     His  wife  passed  away  in  that  city  in  1914. 

John  T.  Fitzell  was  the  eighth  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  fourteen  children. 
He  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Canada  and  afterward  started  out  in 
the  business  world  in  connection  with  the  grocery  trade,  at  which  he  was  employed  for 
two  years.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  the  laundry  business  and  in  1890  he  arrived 
in  Colorado,  where  he  became  connected  with  the  Queen  City  Laundry  Company  of 
Denver.  He  was  with  the  company  for  two  years  and  then  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Imperial  Laundry  Company  as  manager,  there  remaining  until  1900.  He  then  went  to 
Cripple  Creek,  where  he  became  manager  of  the  Cripple  Creek  Laundry,  and  incidentally 
took  up  mining.  He  won  success  in  both  branches  and  remained  there  for  four  years. 
In  1904,  however,  he  returned  to  Denver  and  purchased  an  interest  in  what  is  now 
the  Ideal  Laundry  at  No.  2500  Curtis  street.  The  business  was  organized  by  Otto  Heries 
and  Mr.  Fitzell  at  the  date  indicated  became  his  partner.  They  conducted  their  interests 
most  successfully  until  the  business  outgrew  its  quarters,  after  which  they  consolidated 
the  laundry  with  that  of  Sidney  Culbertson,  who  had  conducted  business  under  the 
name  of  the  Red  Star  Laundry.  They  formed  what  is  now  the  Ideal  Laundry  and  upon 
the  death  of  Mr.  Heries  in  1915  the  partners  made  arrangements  to  purchase  his 
interests  upon  the  settlement  of  the  estate.  Since  then  the  business  has  been  incor- 
porated and  the  patronage  has  continually  increased,  for  the  service  rendered  the  public 
is  highly  satisfactory.  The  name  Ideal  is  a  guarantee  of  excellent  workmanship.  Mr. 
Fitzell  is  the  president  and  manager  of  the  business,  with  Mr.  Culbertson  as  the  secre- 
tary and  treasurer.  Since  the  incorporation  of  their  business  the  business  has  more 
than  doubled  and  is  continually  growing.  Something  of  the  vast  volume  of  their  trade 
is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  they  now  employ  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  people.  The 
most  modern  machinery  has  been  installed  and  there  is  every  facility  to  promote  the 
work  and  make  the  output  of  the  highest  possible  character.  In  the  present  year  (1918) 
a  large  addition  is  being  built,  sixty-two  and  a  half  feet  square.  This  makes  their 
plant  one  of  the  largest  and  most  modern  in  the  city.  They  have  fourteen  delivery 
wagons  and  auto  trucks,  and  the  business  is  thoroughly  systematized  in  every  depart- 
ment. 

On  the  26th  of  April,  1892,  Mr.  Fitzell  was  married  to  Miss  Lydia  M.  Lang,  of  Denver, 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Lang,  of  Hanover,  Canada.  They  have  become 
parents  of  three  children.  Grant  R.,  born  in  Denver  in  1895,  was  graduated  from  the 
manual  training  department  of  Boulder  University  and  was  with  the  American  Beet 
Sugar  Company  until  1918,  when  he  joined  the  national  army.  He  married  Miss  Marina 
Acola  in  Mendon,  Missouri.  J.  Alvin,  born  in  Denver  in  1900,  is  now  in  the  Kemper 
Military  Academy.     Doris,  born  in  1902,  is  a  student  in  the  East  Denver  high  school. 

Mr.  Fitzell  is  identified  with  various  societies  and  clubs.  He  belongs  to  the 
National   Laundrymen's   Association   and   thus   keeps   in  touch   with   everything  having 


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to  do  with  the  trade.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  and 
thereby  cooperates  in  many  well  defined  plans  for  the  city's  upbuilding  and  for  the 
promotion  of  those  interests  which  are  a  matter  of  civic  virtue  and  civic  pride.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  the  Elks  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  in  club  circles 
his  membership  extends  to  the  Motor  and  Lions  Clubs.  Such  in  brief  is  the  life  history 
of  a  man  who  has  used  his  time  and  talents  wisely  and  well,  and  entirely  unassisted 
has  worked  his  way  steadily  upward  from  a  humble  position  in  the  business  world  to 
a  place  where  he  is  controlling  extensive  and  important  interests,  placing  him  among 
the  men  of  affluence  in  Denver. 


OSCAR  G.  KEYSOR. 


Oscar  G.  Keysor,  devoting  his  attention  to  sheep  raising  at  the  town  of  Keysor, 
was  born  in  Barton  county,  Kansas,  October  5,  1878,  a  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Schnars) 
Keysor.  The  father  removed  from  Ohio  to  Kansas.  The  mother  was  originally  from 
Pennsylvania  and  was  descended  from  one  of  the  old  Pennsylvania  Dutch  families. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  in  his  native  state,  Oscar  G.  Keysor  largely  devoted  his 
attention  to  the  acquirement  of  a  public  school  education  and  when  twenty  years  of 
age  came  to  Colorado  in  the  year  1898.  He  first  made  his  way  to  Galatea,  on  the 
Missouri  Pacific,  near  Sugar  City,  and  in  19U0  he  homesteaded  in  Elbert  county.  His 
mother  and  his  three  brothers  also  homesteaded  and  at  present  two  brothers,  Oscar  G. 
and  Ora  S.,  the  latter  thirty-four  years  of  age,  are  partners  in  one  of  the  largest  sheep 
raising  businesses  in  the  state.  The  mother  died  on  the  old  homestead  thirteen  years 
ago.  The  sons,  Oscar  G.  and  Ora  S.,  lease  many  thousand  acres  of  land  for  sheep 
raising. 

On  the  17th  of  April,  1912.  Oscar  G.  Keysor  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ruth 
Anderson  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  sons,  John  Willand  and  Robert  Frederick. 
Oscar  G.  Keysor  is  the  postmaster  of  the  town  of  Keysor,  which  was  named  in  honor 
of  himself  and  brother. 


WILLIAM  M.   WILDER. 


William  M.  Wilder  was  throughout  his  life  a  skilled  mechanic  who  executed  im- 
portant work  along  that  line,  save  for  a  brief  period  prior  to  his  demise,  when  he  lived 
retired.  He  was  born  in  Rochester,  New  York.  November  29,  1846,  a  son  of  Edward 
and  Sarah  E.  (Alton)  Wilder,  the  former  a  native  of  New  York  and  the  latter  of  London, 
England.  At  the  usual  age  he  became  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  and  subsequent  to 
the  completion  of  his  course,  when  he  was  still  a  youth  in  his  teens,  he  spent  ten 
months  as  a  member  of  Company  E  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-sixth  New  Y'ork 
Volunteers,  doing  active  service  at  the  front  in  defense  of  the  Union.  When  the  war 
was  over  he  returned  to  Rochester,  where  he  learned  the  machinist's  trade,  at  which 
he  worked  in  his  native  city  until  1871.  He  then  removed  to  Newcastle,  Indiana,  where 
he  continued  to  work  as  a  machinist  until  1888.  In  the  latter  year  he  came  to  Denver 
and  entered  the  employ  of  F.  N.  Davis,  a  brick  contractor,  with  whom  he  continued  until 
1891.  In  that  year  the  big  strike  occurred,  after  which  Mr.  Wilder  worked  on  the 
capitol  contract.  In  1893  he  entered  the  machine  shop  of  David  &  Creswell,  there 
remaining  for  several  years,  and  afterward  he  was  employed  by  W.  F.  Altoff  &  Son  and 
later  by  Haven  Brothers.  Eventually,  however,  his  health  failed  and  he  retired  from 
active  business  life.  He  was  a  very  ingenious  mechanic,  thoroughly  enjoying  work 
at  his  trade,  and  his  eflSciency  was  in  large  measure  due  thereto.  A  fine  example  of 
his  workmanship  is  the  stairway  in  the  State  Capitol  and  he  ever  took  great  and  just 
pride  in  his  work  which  he  performed  to  the  best  of  his  ability,  and  that  ability  con- 
stantly increased,  as  his  skill  and  experience  widened. 

On  the  30th  of  April,  1870.  Mr.  Wilder  was  married  in  Newcastle,  Indiana,  to  Miss 
Mary  M.  Pence,  a  daughter  of  Cyrus  P.  and  Catherine  (Kyger)  Pence.  Three  children 
were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilder:  Minnie  U.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Harry  L.  Price; 
Edward,  who  is  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in  Denver;  and  Bessie  B.,  who  is 
employed  in  the  Kesler  Stationery  Store  in  Denver. 

In  his  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Wilder  was  connected  with  Crocker  Post,  G.  A.  R.. 
and  thus  maintained  pleasant  relations  with  his  old  army  comrades.  His  political 
allegiance  was  given  to  the  democratic  party  but  he  was  never  an  office  seeker.     His 


156  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

attention  was  always  given  to  his  business  affairs  and  tlirough  his  close  application 
and  fidelity  to  the  work  entrusted  to  him  he  won  a  liberal  measure  of  success,  becoming 
one  of  the  men  of  affluence  of  his  community.  He  was  thus  able  to  leave  his  family 
in  comfortable  financial  circumstances  when  death  called  him  on  the  1st  of  December, 
1915.  His  demise  was  deeply  regretted  not  only  by  the  members  of  his  household  but 
by  many  with  whom  he  had  come  in  contact  and  who  had  come  to  esteem  him  for  his 
genuine  traits  of  character. 


MARTIN  JEROME  PEASE. 


Martin  Jerome  Pease,  one  of  the  progressive  citizens  of  his  community,  is  the  owner 
of  a  valuable  farm  of  nine  hundred  and  thirty-one  acres  in  Elbert  county  near  Simla. 
He  was  born  April  7,  1861,  in  southeastern  Missouri,  a  short  distance  from  Pilot  Knob. 
His  father,  Martin  Pease,  was  descended  from  one  of  the  old  families  of  Massachusetts. 
The  mother,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Susan  Ann  Nalle,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky 
and  both  were  descended  from  old  families  represented  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 

Martin  Jerome  Pease  was  for  some  years  a  resident  of  Kansas  before  removing 
to  Colorado  in  1911,  in  which  year  he  secured  his  present  property  holdings,  purchasing 
one  of  the  finest  farms  of  Elbert  county.  It  is  situated  in  the  vicinity  of  Simla  and 
contains  nine  hundred  and  thirty-one  acres.  It  is  in  every  respect  a  model  place,  splen- 
didly equipped  with  large  and  substantial  buildings,  and  in  addition  to  the  production  of 
crops  he  is  also  engaged  in  stock  raising.  His  business  affairs  are  wisely  and  carefully 
managed  and  success  in  substantial  measure  is  crowning  his  efforts. 

On  the  Sth  of  April,  1891,  Mr.  Pease  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Lewis, 
of  Kansas,  who  is  a  native  of  Maryland.  They  have  become  the  parents  of  five  children: 
Lewis  F.,  who  was  in  Camp  Kearny  until  discharged  by  reason  of  physical  disability; 
Arthur,  who  enlisted  in  the  Boulder  University  Corps;  Martin,  at  home;  Edith,  who 
is  the  wife  of  Rex  Hixson;   and  Marie. 

Mr.  Pease  is  actuated  by  a  spirit  of  progress  in  all  that  he  undertakes  and  in  all 
of  his  relations  to  the  community  and  the  public  at  large.  Thoroughly  alive  to  the 
needs  of  the  country  and  the  opportunities  of  the  hour,  he  was  one  of  the  promoters 
of  the  Liberty  Loan  and  one  of  the  largest  subscribers  at  Simla.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  State  Bank  of  Simla,  is  the  secretary  of  the  school  board  and  is  foremost  in  every 
movement  for  the  advancement  of  his  community. 


ARMOUR   C.   ANDERSON. 


Armour  C.  Anderson,  one  of  Denver's  leading  real  estate  men,  also  active  in 
municipal  affairs  as  a  member  of  the  public  utilities  commission,  was  born  in  Mercer 
county,  New  Jersey,  a  son  of  William  and  Ellen  (Marshall)  Anderson,  both  of  whom 
were  born  as  subjects  of  the  British  isles.  The  father's  birth  occurred  in  the  north 
of  Ireland,  while  the  mother  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  with  their  respective 
parents  they  came  to  the  United  States  when  seven  years  of  age.  the  families  settling 
in  the  state  of  New  York.  Later  removal  was  made  to  Maryland,  where  the  father  of 
Armour  C.  Anderson  engaged  in  railroad  contract  work  and  assisted  in  building 
the  road  from  Baltimore  to  Washington.  William  Anderson  became  prominent  as 
superintendent  of  railroad  construction  and  as  a  contractor  and  his  death  occurred 
near  Washington  in  1897.  He  had  long  survived  his  wife,  who  passed  away  in  Mary- 
land in  1876.  Their  family  numbered  seven  children,  among  whom  was  Armour  C. 
Anderson  of  this  review. 

In  early  life  Armour  C.  Anderson  attended  school  in  Prince  Georges  county, 
Maryland,  and  in  1881  he  arrived  in  Colorado,  taking  up  his  abode  in  Denver,  where 
he  was  first  employed  in  newspaper  work  on  the  Denver  Evening  World  and  Denver 
Tribune.  He  continued  on  the  paper  for  three  years  and  then  embraced  an  opportunity 
to  go  to  Mexico  with  Governor  Shepherd  of  Washington.  He  remained  in  that  country 
for  some  time  but  eventually  tired  of  the  southern  republic  and  in  1885  returned  to 
Denver.  Here  he  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  the  real  estate  business, 
and  although  he  began  operations  along  that  line  in  a  small  way,  he  gradually  worked 
his  way  upward  until  he  ranked  with  the  leading  real  estate  men  of  the  city  and  is 
now  one  of  the  large  operators  and  individual  property  owners  of  Denver.  He  has 
valuable  realty  holdings  in   the  city.     His  investments  have  been  most  carefully  and 


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158  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Judiciously  made  and  bring  to  him  a  substantial  financial  return.  He  occupies  a 
prominent  position  among  real  estate  men  of  the  city  and  in  1893  and  1894  held  the 
presidency  of  the  Denver  Real  Estate  Exchange. 

Mr.  Anderson  has  long  been  a  devoted  member  of  the  Central  Presbyterian 
church  and  for  the  past  quarter  of  a  century  has  been  its  chief  usher.  He  belongs 
also  to  the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  of  which  he  has  been  a  representative  for  fifteen 
years.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masons  as  a  Knight  Templar  and  member 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  he  has  likewise  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the 
Scottish  Rite.  His  political  allegiance  has  always  been  given  to  the  republican  party 
since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise  and  in  1910  he  was  elected  to 
the  public  utilities  commission  and  has  since  devoted  much  valuable  service  to  the 
city.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  for  two  terms  under  the  Waite 
administration  and  gave  the  most  thoughtful  and  earnest  consideration  to  the  vital 
questions  which  came  up  for  settlement  there.  He  was  likewise  one  of  the  promoters 
of  the  beautiful  Pioneer  monument,  assisting  in  laying  the  cornerstone  when  the 
dedicatory  services  were  held.  He  is  well  worthy  to  be  classed  with  Denver's  leading 
and    representative  men. 


JOSEPH  WILKINSON. 


For  forty-four  years  Joseph  Wilkinson,  who  died  July  30,  1918,  had  been  identified 
with  the  agricultural  interests  of  Colorado.  He  made  his  home  on  section  33,  town- 
ship 6,  Weld  county,  and  his  career  was  a  most  active  and  useful  one.  He  passed  the 
seventy-eighth  milestone  on  life's  journey  and  in  a  review  of  his  record  one  can  see 
that  he  was  a  self-made  man  whose  success  was  due  entirely  to  his  own  initiative, 
industry  and  perseverance.  Such  a  record  should  serve  to  inspire  and  encourage  all 
who  read  it,  showing  what  can  be  accomplished  by  the  individual.  Mr.  Wilkinson  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania,  November  11,  1840,  and  was  a  son  of  Will  Perry  and  Mary  Ann 
(Edwards)  Wilkinson.  The  father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  was  the  owner 
of  one  hundred  acres  of  land  which  he  carefully  cultivated.  His  wife  was  born  in 
Holland  and  both  have  now  passed  away. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof,  Joseph  Wilkinson  acquired 
a  public  school  education,  continuing  his  studies  until  he  reached  the  age  of  nineteen. 
He  afterward  worked  in  the  coal  mines  of  his  native  state  and  also  on  the  farm.  At 
length,  however,  he  determined  to  see  something  of  the  country  and  made  his  way 
to  California.  He  was  pleased  with  the  district  and  decided  to  remain.  Afterward  he 
obtained  a  position  in  a  mill  and  for  five  years  he  continued  upon  the  Pacific  coast, 
but  on  the  expiration  of  that  period  retraced  his  steps  eastward  as  far  as  Colorado, 
where  he  arrived  in  1S74.  He  had  very  little  money  at  that  time  and  began  logging 
on  the  river.  He  afterward  went  upon  a  ranch,  where  he  remained  for  three  years, 
and  during  that  period  he  carefully  saved  his  earnings  until  his  industry  and  economy 
had  brought  him  sufficient  capital  to  enable  him  to  start  in  business  independently. 
He  then  purchased  a  farm  of  eighty  acres  and  began  the  cultivation  of  wheat,  potatoes 
and  oats.  It  was  not  long  before  the  place  showed  the  result  of  his  earnest  labors 
and  sound  business  judgment.  After  a  time  he  purchased  another  farm,  comprising 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  situated  three  miles  northeast  of  Greeley,  and  through 
the  intervening  years  to  his  death  he  carried  on  his  farming  interests  successfully. 
He  studied  the  soil,  knew  the  crops  best  adapted  to  climatic  conditions  here  and  so 
intelligently  directed  his  labors  that  success  came  to  him. 

In  March,  1871,  Mr.  Wilkinson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rebecca  Sutliff 
and  to  them  were  born  three  children:  Brice,  who  is  in  Arizona  in  the  employ  of  a 
copper  company  and  is  engaged  in  building  a  smelter;  Mabel,  who  was  born  in  Colo- 
rado in  1886  and  was  a  librarian  in  Wyoming,  but  at  this  writing  is  attending  the 
State  Teachers'  College  of  Colorado  for  her  M.  A.  degree.  She  is  the  wife  of  Ellis 
Ethridge.     Blanche  died  at  the  age  of  three  and  one-half  years  in  1880. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Wilkinson  was  a  republican,  voting  for  the  men  and 
measures  of  the  party  since  reaching  man's  estate.  He  never  sought  or  desired  office, 
however,  for  he  concentrated  his  efforts,  his  thoughts  and  his  attention  upon  his  business 
affairs.  Mr.  Wilkinson  was  a  man  of  genuine  worth  and  deserved  much  credit  for 
what  he  had  accomplished.  He  started  out  in  life  empty-handed  and  had  to  struggle 
for  each  penny  that  he  gained.  As  the  architect  of  his  own  fortunes  he  builded  wisely 
and  well  and  his  developing  powers  grew  through  the  exercise  of  effort.  He  lived  to 
see  remarkable  changes  in  Weld  county  during  the  period  of  his  residence  here  and 


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160  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

was  familiar  with  every  phase  of  pioneer  life.  Moreover,  he  contributed  in  marked 
measure  to  agricultural  progress  in  this  section  and  was  numbered  among  those  who 
have  aided  in  laying  broad  and  deep  the  foundation  upon  which  has  been  built  the 
present  progress  and  prosperity  of  the  county. 


JOHN  NORMAN. 


Rapidly  coming  to  the  front  as  a  monument  builder  and  stone  engraver  of  the 
highest  ability,  John  Norman  certainly  deserves  mention  among  the  representatives  of 
active  industrial  life  in  the  Queen  City  of  the  Plains.  He  was  born  in  Norway,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1875,  a  son  of  Otto  and  Sarah  (Johnson)  Norman.  The  father  was  for  a  long 
period  a  well  known  blacksmith  of  Manti,  Utah.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1878, 
settling  at  Manti,  where  he  still  resides,  but  his  wife  passed  away  in  Norway  in  1918, 
while  on  a  visit  to  her  childhood  home.  They  had  a  family  of  four  children,  two  of 
whom  are  living,  the  younger  being  Carl  Wilhelm  Norman,  now  residing  in  Norway. 

The  elder  son,  John  Norman  of  this  review,  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  country  in  his  boyhood  days,  having  remained  there  with  his  mother.  After 
leaving  school  he  began  work  as  an  apprentice  at  the  stone  and  marble  cutter's  trade, 
learning  all  kinds  of  monument  work,  including  artistic  designing.  After  thoroughly 
mastering  the  business  he  left  the  land  of  the  midnight  sun  and  came  to  America, 
settling  first  at  Rockport,  Massachusetts,  where  he  continued  to  work  at  his  trade 
until  July  20,  1916.  At  that  date  he  came  to  Denver  and  bought  out  the  established 
business  and  property  of  Hans  Anderson  at  No.  4989  Vine  street.  He  has  since  con- 
ducted a  successful  monument  and  marble  business.  His  place  of  business  is  close  to 
the  Riverside  cemetery,  in  which  are  found  many  evidences  of  his  artistic  and  high- 
class  work. 

On  the  18th  of  October,  1907,  Mr.  Norman  was  married  to  Miss  Clara  Gustaveson. 
a  daughter  of  Gus  Gustaveson  of  New  York  city,  and  they  have  one  child,  John  Robert, 
who  was  born  in  New  York  city,  September  10,  1911,  and  who  is  now  a  pupil  in  the 
public  schools  of  Denver.  The  family  has  resided  in  this  city  for  only  a  brief  period 
but  has  already  become  widely  and  favorably  known  and  Mr.  Norman  has  made  for 
himself  a  most  creditable  place  in  business  circles,  for  his  long  apprenticeship  and 
previous  experience  in  the  line  of  his  chosen  vocation  well  qualify  him  for  the  excellent 
work  that  he  is  now  doing  as  a  marble  cutter  and  monument  manufacturer. 


CHARLES   N.   YEAMANS. 


One  of  the  foremost  merchants  of  Akron,  Colorado,  is  Charles  N.  Yeamans.  who 
there  conducts  an  establishment  carrying  hardware,  furniture  and  harness  goods  besides 
other  articles,  which  business  was  founded  in  1885.  On  account  of  his  strictly  fair 
methods  he  enjoys  a  large  patronage  not  only  from  his  city  but  the  surrounding  dis- 
tricts. He  is  also  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business.  Born  in  Marshalltown,  Iowa, 
August  7,  1858,  Mr.  Yeamans  is  a  son  of  N.  F.  and  Lydia  E.  (Hoffman)  Yeamans,  the 
former  a  native  of  Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Pennsylvania.  The  father  was  a  miller 
by  trade  and  removed  to  Iowa,  locating  in  Marshall  county  at  an  early  day.  There  he 
acquired  land  which  he  improved  and  cultivated  for  many  years  to  good  advantage.  He 
finally  retired,  taking  up  his  residence  in  Marshalltown.  where  he  remained  for  a  few 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  period  he  came  to  Akron,  Colorado,  which  remained  his  home 
until  his  death  on  November  17,  1898.  His  widow  survived  him  only  a  short  time, 
passing  away  in  1899. 

Charles  N.  Yeamans  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Marshall  county,  Iowa.  He  then  learned  the  trade  of  carriage 
painting  and  continued  in  this  work  for  several  years.  In  ISSO  he  went  to  Frontier 
county,  Nebraska,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead  claim,  improving  his  land  and  operat- 
ing it  for  some  time.  From  there  he  made  his  way  to  Cambridge,  Furnas  county. 
Nebraska,  where  he  and  his  brother  were  engaged  in  business  for  several  years,  or 
until  1885,  which  year  marked  their  arrival  in  Akron.  Our  subject  and  his  brother  upon 
coming  to  this  city  engaged  in  the  hardware  and  implement  business  and  successfully 
continued  along  this  line  for  about  seventeen  years,  when  Charles  N.  Yeamans  acquired 
the  interest  of  his  brother  and  he  has  since  conducted  the  business  on  his  own  account. 
Under  his  able  management  it  has  grown  by  leaps  and  bounds  and  his  strict 


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integrity  has  secured  to  him  a  patronage  that  is  valuable  and  extensive.  He  has  greatly 
added  to  the  lines  which  were  originally  carried  by  the  firm  and  today  he  not  only 
deals  in  hardware,  furniture  and  harness  goods  but  he  also  carries  agricultural  im- 
plements, as  well  as  vehicles  and  wagons,  also  having  on  hand  sheet  iron  and  doing 
galvanized  iron  work.  Moreover,  he  has  added  an  undertaking  branch  and  has  installed 
all  modern  facilities  necessary  to  conduct  funeral  services  in  a  dignified  way.  By  his 
untiring  energy  and  managerial  ability  he  has  built  up  a  business  which  is  considered 
one  of  the  most  important  in  his  section  of  the  state  and  its  continuous  existence  of 
over  thirty-three  years  indicates  the  reputation  which  the  house  enjoys  with  the  public. 
His  customers  are  treated  with  courtesy  and  politeness  and  the  goods  sold  are  what 
they  are  represented  to  be.  Mr.  Yeamans'  method  is  to  give  satisfaction  and  it  may  be 
said  of  his  patrons  that  the  phrase,  "once  a  customer,  always  a  customer,"  holds  good. 
He  carries  complete  assortments  in  his  establishment  and  all  who  come  to  him  for 
their  purchases  have  the  benefit  of  being  enabled  to  select  from  the  best  goods  made 
by  the  most  highly  reputed  manufacturers  in  their  respective  lines,  in  the  United 
States.  By  careful  buying  and  taking  opportune  advantages  of  market  and  conditions 
Mr.  Yeamans  is  often  enabled  to  offer  his  wares  at  more  than  reasonable  prices  and 
these  opportunities  to  thus  buy  quality  goods  are  appreciated  by  the  public. 

On  September  28,  1888,  Mr.  Yeamans  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sadie  Walters 
and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children.  Glenn  O.,  who  is  a  fine  musician  and  plays 
the  baritone  horn,  is  now  a  corporal  with  the  Three  Hundred  and  Eighth  Arizona 
Cavalry  Band  and  is  stationed  at  Douglas,  Arizona.  Max,  the  younger  son,  is  yet  at 
home. 

Although  Mr.  Yeamans'  mercantile  interests  are  large  and  demand  most  of  his  time 
and  attention,  he  has  participated  in  the  public  life  of  his  community  and  served  as  the 
first  town  clerk  of  Akron  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  council  for  many  years.  PYom  his 
commercial  pursuits  he  derived  the  means  which  enabled  him  to  develop  twelve  hundred 
acres  of  land,  bringing  the  same  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  These  twelve  hundred 
acres  are  comprised  in  two  farms  which  he  owns  and  both  of  which  are  located  close 
to  the  town  of  Akron.  They  are  well  improved  and  all  modern  machinery  and  facilities 
may  be  found  upon  his  holdings.  He  always  follows  the  latest  methods  in  his  farm 
work  and  it  may  be  mentioned  in  this  connection  that  only  recently  he  sold,  from  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres,  fall  wheat  to  the  value  of  five  thousand,  five  hundred  dollars. 
However,  at  present  he  leases  his  farms,  receiving  a  very  gratifying  rental.  Politically 
Mr.  Yeamans  is  a  republican  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  to  which  he  has  belonged  all  his  life  and  in  the  work  of  which  he  takes  the 
deepest  interest.  He  is  helpful  in  maintaining  the  organization  and  has  assisted  many 
charities  and  institutions  which  have  for  their  purpose  moral  and  intellectual  develop- 
ment. Fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Knights  of 
The  Maccabees.  He  is  ever  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand  where  aid  is  needed  in  pro- 
moting the  public  welfare  and  has  proven  himself  a  public-spirited  citizen.  Such  success 
as  has  come  to  him  is  due  entirely  to  his  own  labors  and  none  can  grudge  him  the 
prosperity  which  has  attended  his  efforts.  His  many  friends  in  Akron  and  vicinity 
speak  of  him  in  the  highest  terms  of  appreciation  and  acknowledge  his  high  qualities 
of  character.  His  business  principles  place  him  with  the  most  reliable  merchants  of 
the  county  and  in  these  cireles  his  word  is  considered  as  good  as  his  bond. 


THOMAS  P.  REHDER. 


Commercial  and  financial  interests  of  Otis  and  Washington  county,  Colorado,  are 
prominently  represented  by  Thomas  P.  Rehder,  whose  activities  have  not  only  resulted 
in  individual  prosperity  but  have  been  a  valuable  factor  in  the  general  development  of 
his  section.  Mr.  Rehder  is  not  only  successfully  engaged  in  the  hardware  and  implement 
business  in  Otis  but  he  has  also  taken  an  important  part  in  the  organization  of  the 
Farmers  State  Bank,  of  which  he  serves  as  president.  Although  the  active  routine  work 
of  the  bank  naturally  falls  largely  to  the  cashier,  Mr.  Rehder  as  president  of  the  organi- 
zation has  a  paramount  part  in  laying  down  the  policy  to  be  followed,  and  the  success 
which  this  financial  institution  has  thus  far  enjoyed — it  has  been  in  existence  for  two 
years — is  largely  to  be  ascribed  to  the  wise  direction  and  sound  business  principles  of 
Mr.  Rehder. 

Thomas  P.  Rehder  was  born  in  Tama  county,  Iowa,  March  5,  1879,  a  son  of  Peter  and 
Annie  (Kammer)  Rehder,  natives  of  Germany.  The  former  came  to  America  when 
seventeen  years  of  age  and  for  a  short  time  was  located  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  whence  he 

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went  to  Tama  county,  that  state,  where  for  a  few  years  he  worked  out  as  a  farm  hand. 
Carefully  saving  his  earnings,  he  accumulated  the  means  which  permitted  him  to  buy 
land  and  he  improved  and  operated  his  farm  until  1885,  when  he  went  to  O'Brien  county, 
Iowa,  where  he  again  bought  a  farm,  which  he  cultivated  until  1901.  He  always  employed 
the  latest  methods  in  his  farming  operations  and  placed  many  modern  improvements 
upon  his  land,  making  it  a  valuable  property.  He  now  resides  in  Calumet.  O'Brien 
county,  Iowa,  having  retired  from  active  work.     His  wife  passed  away  in  1881. 

Thomas  P.  Rehder  was  reared  under  the  parental  root  and  received  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  O'Brien  county.  Iowa,  being  five  years  of  age  when  his  father  removed 
to  that  district.  Having  completed  his  education,  he  hired  out  as  a  farm  hand  for 
two  years  but  at  the  end  of  that  period  took  up  clerking,  so  continuing  for  a  year.  He 
and  his  father  then  established  a  general  store  in  Calumet  and  for  nine  years  they  con- 
ducted the  same,  deriving  a  gratifying  income  from  the  enterprise.  He  then  determined 
to  seek  the  opportunities  of  the  farther  west  and  in  1910  came  to  Otis,  Washington 
county,  Colorado,  deciding  upon  this  place  as  a  favorable  location  for  the  establishment 
of  a  new  mercantile  business.  He  opened  a  hardware  and  implement  store  and  this  he 
has  successfully  conducted  ever  since.  He  carries  a  complete  line  of  heavy  and  shelf 
hardware  and  his  well  selected  assortment  entirely  meets  the  demands  of  his  customers. 
His  implement  department  is  well  stocked  and  he  carries  the  latest  lines  in  farm 
machinery.  His  goods  are  of  the  best  quality  and  everything  Mr.  Rehder  sells  is  as  he 
represents  it  to  be.  His  honorable  principles  have  insured  him  a  reputation  for  fair 
dealing  which  extends  far  over  the  boundaries  of  his  city  and  he  today  enjoys  a  trade 
from  a  large  section  of  Washington  county.  In  1911  he  erected  a  modern  store  building, 
which  he  has  since  occupied,  and  the  growth  of  his  business  may  be  inferred  from  the 
fact  that  after  a  few  years  even  this  store  did  not  prove  large  enough  and  in  1917  he 
had  to  build  an  addition  in  order  to  accommodate  his  large  stock.  In  the  same  year  he 
became  an  active  factor  in  the  organization  of  the  Farmers  State  Bank  of  Otis  and  upon 
its  incorporation  was  elected  president  of  the  institution.  The  bank  is  founded  upon 
solid  and  conservative  principles  and  its  deposits  today  exceed  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars. 

In  October,  1903,  Mr.  Rehder  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louise  Boldenow  and 
to  them  have  been  born  five  children:  Burnell  J.  P.,  Orval  H.,  Bernice  H.,  Elda  L.  and 
Florine  M. 

Mr.  Rehder  is  a  republican  and  unswervingly  supports  the  measures  and  candidates 
of  that  party.  He-  has  taken  a  helpful  part  in  the  public  life  of  his  community,  in  the 
growth  of  which  he  is  deeply  interested  and  to  which  he  has  contributed  by  his  business 
activities,  and  since  the  incorporation  of  the  town  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
town  council,  having  now  held  that  ofRce  for  one  and  a  half  years.  He  is  thoroughly 
convinced  of  the  value  of  education  and  warmly  champions  the  improvement  of  educa- 
tional facilities  for  the  benefit  of  the  young.  As  a  member  of  the  local  school  board 
and  also  of  the  county  high  school  board  he  finds  ample  scope  to  follow  out  his  ideas  in 
regard  to  educational  improvements  and  has  done  valuable  work  in  raising  school  stand- 
ards in  his  town  and  county.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Lutheran  church,  in  the 
work  of  *hich  he  is  actively  interested.  In  coming  to  Colorado,  Mr.  Rehder  has  found 
the  opportunities  for  business  development  which  he  sought  and  he  has  made  good  use 
of  these  opportunities,  his  ability,  energy  and  determination  winning  for  him  substan- 
tial material  prosperity. 


DAVID   C.   GUIRE. 

David  C.  Guire,  who  died  July  23,  1902,  was  one  of  the  honored  pioneer  settlers 
of  Colorado  who  bravely  faced  the  hardships  and  privations  as  well  as  the  dangers  of 
frontier  life  and  aided  in  reclaiming  the  region  for  the  purpose  of  civilization.  A 
native  of  Indiana,  he  was  born  on  the  22d  of  March,  1833.  Early  in  life  he  went  to 
Decatur  county,  Iowa,  with  his  parents  and  there  pursued  his  education.  During 
vacation  periods  he  worked  upon  the  home  farm  and  after  his  textbooks  were  put  aside 
took  up  the  occupation  of  farming  as  a  life  work.  He  engaged  in  tilling  the  soil  in 
Iowa  until  1862,  when  he  removed  westward  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Monu- 
ment, where  he  took  up  a  homestead  and  a  preemption  claim  consisting  of  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land.  During  the  Indian  troubles  at  Monument  in  1868 
he  was  active  in  fighting  and  subduing  the  red  men,  who  went  upon  the  warpath, 
murdering  and  pillaging,  and  burning  the  homes  of  many  of  the  settlers.  Property  was 
unprotected,  all  life  was  unsafe,  but  men  of  courageous  spirit  such  as  Mr.  Guire  came 


164  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

valiantly  to  the  front  and  aided  in  bringing  into  subjection  the  savages  who  resented 
what  they  considered  inroads  upon  their  rights  to  the  country.  As  a  pioneer  Mr.  Guire 
contributed  in  large  measure  to  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  the  district.  When 
these  hard  conditions  of  pioneer  life  were  somewhat  allayed  his  efforts  and  attention  were 
concentrated  on  the  further  development  and  cultivation  of  his  land  and  in  time  he  came 
to  be  the  owner  of  a  highly  improved  ranch  property  consisting  of  two  hundred  and 
fifty-nine  acres,  he  having  sold  twenty-one  acres  for  a  reservoir  and  later  disposed  of 
forty  acres. 

Mr.  Guire  first  married  Nancy  Thorn,  who  died  in  1865,  leaving  the  following 
children:  Robert,  who  passed  away  in  1902;  Delilah,  who  married  Thomas  Graney  and 
died  about  1899,  leaving  seven  children;  Selina;  Almira;  Annie;  and  Mackey,  who  died 
when  five  years  of  age.  For  his  second  wife  Mr.  Guire  chose  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wise, 
the  widow  of  Dr.  C.  H.  Wise,  a  Civil  war  veteran,  who  following  the  close  of  hostilities 
came  to  Colorado  for  the  benefit  of  his  health  but  passed  away  four  years  later.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Wise  had  two  children:  Edgar  Wise,  who  passed  away  June  17,  1904;  and 
Zorah,  who  became  the  wife  of  Albert  Bassett,  of  Colorado  Springs.  The  latter  had 
seven  children,  as  follows:  Crawford,  who  is  a  member  of  the  United  States  army  with 
the  rank  of  corporal  of  Company  C,  Eighth  Division,  Ammunition  Train;  Frances; 
Harry,  who  died  when  fifteen  years  of  age;  Clyde;  Wilbur;  Alice;  and  Glen.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Guire  had  two  children:  Walter,  who  died  in  infancy;  and  Ida  Pauline  Guire,  who 
was  born  January  3,  1881.  She  is  a  high  school  graduate  of  Castle  Rock,  Colorado,  and 
is  the  wife  of  Charles  Garrett,  a  rancher  living  near  Monument.  They  have  become  the 
parents  of  six  sons  and  a  daughter:  Frances,  Harold,  Paul,  Howard,  David,  Raymond 
and  Ralph.     The  last  named  died  in  infancy. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Guire  was  a  democrat.  His  religious  faith  was  that  of  the 
Dunkard  church  and  fraternally  he  was  connected  with  the  Masons,  belonging  to  the 
lodge  at  Colorado  Springs.  His  worth  as  a  man  and  citizen  was  widely  acknowledged. 
He  had  many  sterling  traits  of  character,  among  which  was  his  loyalty  in  friendship 
and  his  devotion  to  the  welfare  and  happiness  of  his  family.  In  business  affairs  he 
was  always  thoroughly  reliable  as  well  as  progressive  and  his  enterprise  carried  him 
into  important  relations  with  the  agricultural  development  of  his  section  of  the  state. 
As  one  of  the  pioneers  he  contributed  much  to  advancement  and  improvement  here 
and  aided  in  laying  broad  and  deep  the  foundation  upon  which  has  been  built  the 
present  prosperity  of  the  district. 


ARTHUR   SCOTT  MILLER. 


Arthur  Scott  Miller  enjoys  peculiar  distinction  as  a  prime  factor  in  the  mam- 
moth building  operations  of  the  past  forty  years  in  Denver — a  period  marked  by  an 
entire  revolution,  the  principal  feature  of  which  in  recent  years  is  the  modern  apart- 
ment house,  at  once  a  real  utility  and  an  ornament  to  the  city.  He  is  credited  with 
the  erection  of  so  many  buildings  of  this  character  in  Denver  that  he  has  become 
known  in  Colorado  as  "Apartment  House  Miller."  Many  buildings  which  he  has 
erected  are  the  principal  ornaments  of  their  respective  neighborhoods,  pleasing  to  the 
eye  and  constructed  with  conscientious  regard  for  real  utility  and  the  comfort  and 
health  of  their  inmates.  In  all  these  large  concerns  he  has  not  only  been  a  contributor 
to  the  wealth  of  the  city  through  the  creation  of  much  valuable  property  but  has 
brought  great  benefit  to  the  community  in  providing  homes  for  a  multitude  of  worthy 
families  of  the  middle  class  and  in  furnishing  employment  to  hundreds  of  workmen. 
Real  estate  in  all  parts  of  the  city  where  he  has  operated  has  rapidly  advanced  in 
value  and  unsightly  vacancies  have,  through  his  efforts,  become  occupied  by  attractive 
edifices.  He  is  indeed  widely  known  as  the  builder  and  owner  of  the  largest  num- 
ber of  modern  apartment  houses  of  the  capital  and,  moreover,  is  the  originator  of 
•what  is  known  as  the  buffet  apartment.  The  story  of  his  life  work  is  an  interesting 
one,  as  it  is  marked  by  many  a  forward  step,  showing  his  adaptability  to  the  oppor- 
tunity that  has  been  presented. 

Arthur  Scott  Miller  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Kent  county,  Michigan.  November  13, 
184S,  a  son  of  Jerad  and  Jeannette  (McPherson)  Miller.  He  is  a  representative  in  the 
seventh  generation  of  the  family  in  America,  the  progenitors  of  whom  were  William 
and  Patience  Bliller,  who  came  to  the  new  world  from  England  in  1630  and  were 
among  the  founders  of  Farmington,  Connecticut,  and  afterward  among  the  founders 
of  the  city  of  Northampton,  Massachusetts.  In  the  latter  place  they  reared  their 
family.     Stephen   Miller,   the  great-grandfather  of  Arthur   S.   Miller,   was   a  soldier   of 


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166  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  Revolutionary  war,  was  with  Colonel  Ethan  Allen  at  Ticonderoga  and  was  present 
at  the  surrender  of  General  Burgoyne.  Mr.  Miller  of  this  review  is  therefore  eligible 
to  membership  in  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  His  father  was  born  in 
Wyoming  county,  New  York,  and  in  1846  removed  to  Kent  county,  Michigan,  where 
he  settled  on  virgin  soil,  becoming  one  of  the  pioneer  agriculturists  of  that  locality. 
As  the  years  passed  he  became  wealthy  through  his  carefully  conducted  business 
Interests  and  in  his  later  years  lived  retired,  passing  away  on  the  old  homestead. 
His  wife  was  born  in  Monroe  county.  New  York,  and  they  were  married  In  the  Empire 
state  but  soon  afterward  removed  to  Michigan,  where  their  ten  children  were  born 
and  reared.  Mrs.  Miller  passed  away,  as  did  her  husband,  upon  the  old  home  farm 
In  Kent  county. 

When  a  youth  of  fifteen  years  Arthur  Scott  Miller  enlisted  for  service  in  the 
United  States  navy  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion  and  was  on  active  duty  tor  a  year 
or  until  the  close  of  hostilities.  He  lost  his  eldest  brother,  George  W.  Miller,  in  the 
war,  the  latter  meeting  death  at  the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks.  Virginia.  After  having  re- 
ceived an  honorable  discharge  from  the  navy,  Arthur  Scott  Miller  devoted  a  part 
of  his  time  to  work  upon  the  old  home  farm  and  also  attended  the  district  and  later 
the  city  schools,  and  college  until  he  reached  his  twenty-first  year.  His  academic 
work  was  done  at  Kalamazoo  College  in  Michigan  and  later  in  Cornell  University. 
He  left  the  latter  institution  to  take  up  the  profession  of  teaching,  in  the  schools  of 
Michigan,  and  while  thus  engaged  in  educational  work  he  devoted  his  leisure  time 
to  preparation  for  a  position  as  court  stenographer  and  also  to  preparation  for 
newspaper  work.  In  the  latter  field  he  found  much  satisfaction.  He  became  a 
reporter  on  papers  published  at  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  and  at  Buffalo,  New  York, 
and  while  thus  employed  he  assisted  in  reporting  the  Beecher-Tilden  trial  for  the 
New  York  Tribune,  which  created  wide  interest  and  a  deep  sensation  at  that  time. 
Having  qualified  for  court  reporting,  he  afterward  devoted  his  time  and  attention  to 
such  work  as  well  as  to  newspaper  reporting  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  at 
different  periods  identified  with  newspapers  of  Buffalo.  New  York,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  and  Denver,  Colorado.  He  established  his  home  In  the  Queen 
City  of  the  Plains  in  March,  1S80,  and  was  made  official  stenographer  of  the  district 
court  of  the  second  judicial  district  under  Judge  Victor  A.  Elliott,  serving  from 
1881  until  Judge  Elliott  left  the  district  bench  to  take  his  place  upon  the  supreme 
bench  in  1889.  During  his  incumbency  as  stenographer  to  the  district  court  Mr. 
Sparnick,  the  clerk,  died,  and,  at  Judge  Elliott's  request,  Mr.  Miller  filled  the  position 
of  clerk  as  well  as  that  of  stenographer,  until  a  new  appointment  for  clerk  could 
be  made.  While  in  newspaper  work  Mr.  Miller  reported  speeches  of  many  notable 
men,  including  Senator  Roscoe  Conkling,  Carl  Schurz,  Chauncey  Depew,  Emory  Storrs 
and  many  others.  He  also  reported  many  law  cases  in  which  distinguished  men 
appeared  as  counsel.  While  engaged  in  professional  court  stenographic  work  he  also 
took  up  the  study  of  law  and  was  regularly  admitted  to  the  bars  of  Indiana  and  of 
Colorado,  but  he  never  entered  actively  upon  practice.  He  still  retains  his  mem- 
bership, however,  in  the  law  bodies  of  the  state  and  has  found  his  knowledge  of  law 
an  invaluable  aid  to  him  in  the  transaction  of  his  business.  While  employed  in 
stenographic  work  he  gained  intimate  knowledge  of  technical  matters  of  practice, 
particularly  relating  to  appeals  and  writs  of  error,  and  his  advice  was  often  sought 
by  lawyers  while  he  was  connected  with  the  courts. 

While  following  his  professional  duties  Mr.  Miller  became  interested  in  real  estate 
investments  for  the  conservation  of  his  earnings  and  incidentally  learned  that  in 
architectural  work  and  building  operations  he  had  found  a  most  congenial  field  of 
labor.  So  successfully  did  he  operate  along  those  lines  that  he  was  induced  to 
abandon  both  the  law  and  stenographic  work  and  devote  his  entire  time  and  attention 
to  the  productive  building  industry.  He  has  been  the  builder  of  many  fine  resi- 
dences, business  blocks,  family  hotels  and  apartment  houses.  He  has  acted  as  his  own 
architect,  has  superi'ised  the  construction  of  buildings  and  his  work  in  this  connec- 
tion has  contributed  nearly  one  hundred  structures  to  Denver.  He  has  made  a 
study  of  the  apartment  house  and  he  has  the  distinction  of  having  been  the  first  to 
build  the  buffet  apartment.  Many  there  were  who  predicted  the  failure  of  this,  but 
results  have  proven  otherwise.  Among  the  more  recent  apartment  buildings  put 
up  by  Mr.  Miller  are  the  Toltec,  Magnolia,  Mayfair,  Darlington  and  Doris,  all  of 
which  and  others  he  still  owns.  He  has  ever  studied  to  combine  utility,  sanitation, 
convenience,  comfort  and  beauty  and  the  results  achieved  have  been  most  satisfactory. 

In  1877,  at  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  Mr.  Miller  was  married  to  Miss  Louise  Lytle, 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Nancy  (Bird)  Lytle,  the  latter  being  a  member  of  the 
James   Bird   family,   especially   mentioned   in  connection   with   the  history  of  the  War 


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of  1S12.  Mrs.  Miller  died  while  on  a  visit  in  Fargo,  North  Dakota,  in  July,  1885. 
There  were  two  children  of  this  marriage.  Irene,  born  at  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  is  the 
wife  of  Frank  Goodman,  of  San  Diego,  California,  and  they  have  two  children:  Frank 
Goodman,  Jr.,  who  served  in  the  Coast  Artillery  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he 
received  his  honorable  discharge  from  the  army  and  returned  to  his  position  as  artist 
and  cartoonist  on  the  San  Diego  Union:  and  John  Goodman,  of  San  Diego.  Roland 
Miller,  the  son,  was  born  in  Fargo,  North  Dakota,  and  is  prominent  as  an  architect 
of  Denver,  in  business  with  his  father.  In  1893  Mr.  Miller  was  married  at  DeKalb, 
Illinois,  to  Mrs.  Emma  Elwood,  who  had  two  daughters  by  a  former  marriage,  namely: 
Mrs.  Raymond  Sargent,  of  Denver;  and  Mrs.  W.  E.  D.  Stokes,  of  New  York  city. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  have  been  born  two  children.  Victor  Arthur,  who  was  born 
In  Denver,  was  graduated  from  the  high  school  of  this  city  with  honors  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  191.5,  numbering  two  hundred  and  sixty-six  students.  The  same 
year,  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  entered  Yale  University  and  continued  there  until  the 
completion  of  the  work  of  the  Junior  year  in  1918,  when  he  joined  the  United  States 
army  and  received  a  coolmission  as  second  lieutenant  while  but  nineteen,  having 
trained  for  nearly  two  years  in  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Corps  at  Yale  University. 
In  addition  to  military  work  in  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Corps,  which  was 
strenuous  and  is  akin  to  the  work  exacted  of  West  Point  cadets,  he  carried  all  of 
his  academic  studies  with  "A"  markings,  receiving  at  the  end  of  the  junior  year 
the  much  coveted  gold  key  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  society,  there  having  been  only 
fifteen  so  honored  out  of  a  class  of  twenty-five  hundred.  He  served  for  one  month  in 
the  training  camp  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  in  1918  and  also  two  months  at  Camp 
Jackson,  South  Carolina,  where  he  received  his  commission.  He  was  then  ordered 
to  Camp  Zachary  Taylor  in  Kentucky,  where  his  training  in  the  field  artillery  was 
completed,  and  he  served  for  a  time  as  an  Instructor  at  that  camp.  Having  received 
his  honorable  discharge  from  the  army  after  the  close  of  the  war,  Victor  A.  Miller 
returned  to  Yale  to  complete  his  interrupted  academic  course,  and  to  graduate  and 
receive  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  in  June  1919.  Marcella  Miller,  the  younger 
of  the  two  children,  is  now  fifteen  years  of  age  and  is  a  member  of  the  junior  class 
in  the  Wolcott  School.  She  is  a  devotee  of  athletics,  standing  high  as  a  tennis 
player,  and  is  also  a  golf  enthusiast.  She  drives  a  gas  car  like  a  professional,  is 
a  fine  horseback  rider,  skater  and  all  'round  athlete  and  is  very  popular  with  the 
younger   society   set   in    Denver. 

Such  in  brief  is  the  history  of  Arthur  Scott  Miller  who,  ever  actuated  by  a 
laudable  ambition,  has  carefully  and  wisely  utilized  his  opportunities  and  as  the 
years  have  gone  on  has  reached  a  most  creditable  place  not  only  in  the  business  circles 
of  his  adopted  city  but  also  in  the  high  regard  of  Its  leading  men. 


ARTHUR  E.  GAINES. 


There  are  many  who  have  attempted  to  define  success  and  to  establish  rules  for  its 
attainment.  Careful  analyzation  into  the  cause  of  business  advancement  always  brings 
the  individual  to  the  conclusion  that  one  of  its  indispensable  concomitants  is  unfaltering 
industry,  a  fact  which  Arthur  E.  Gaines  grasped  at  the  outset  of  his  career,  and  the  fact 
has  influenced  his  entire  connection  with  business  life.  He  realized,  too,  that  in  com- 
mercial activities  one  must  give  value  received  and  that  there  is  no  better  advertisement 
than  satisfied  patrons.  His  business  methods,  therefore,  have  ever  measured  up  to  the 
highest  commercial  standards  and  he  is  now  senior  partner  in  The  Gaines  &  Erb  Manu- 
facturing Company  in  Denver,  manufacturers  of  artificial  limbs,  also  dies,  tools  and 
mechanical  work. 

Mr.  Gaines  was  born  in  Council  Bluffs.  Iowa,  January  25,  1876,  and  is  descended  from 
one  of  three  brothers  who  came  to  the  new  world  on  the  Mayflower  at  the  time  of  the 
colonization  of  New  England.  His  father,  the  late  Makee  C.  Gaines,  was  a  native  of 
Vermont,  his  birth  having  occurred  at  Castleton,  that  state,  where  his  ancestors  had 
lived  through  several  generations.  He,  however,  left  New  England  to  try  his  fortune  in 
the  new  but  rapidly  developing  west  and  settled  in  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  where  he  took 
up  his  abode  in  the  latter  '70s.  For  a  quarter  of  a  century,  covering  the  last  period  of 
his  life,  he  was  with  the  Grand  Union  Tea  Company  of  Council  Bluffs,  where  he  con- 
tinued to  make  his  home  until  called  to  his  final  rest.  He  passed  away  March  31,  1918, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years,  his  birth  having  occurred  September  11,  1849.  He  was  a 
man  of  domestic  tastes  who  took  no  active  part  in  clubs  or  politics  but  outside  of  busi- 
ness hours  spent  his  time  with  his  family.    In  matters  of  citizenship,  he  was  a  loyal  and 


168  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

devoted  American,  giving  his  earnest  support  and  effort  at  all  times  to  the  furtherance 
of  the  Interests  of  state  and  nation.  He  married  MInta  Englesperger,  -who  was  born  In 
Ohio  and  is  of  German  lineage.  She  is  still  living  and  occupies  the  old  home  at  Council 
Bluffs.     They  became  the  parents  of  five  children. 

Arthur  E.  Gaines  whose  name  introduces  this  review  was  the  second  in  order  of 
birth  of  his  father's  family  and  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  he  pursued  his 
education  to  the  age  of  thirteen  years,  when  necessity  prompted  him  to  start  out  in  the 
business  world  on  his  own  account.  He  was  first  employed  in  the  sales  department  of 
the  Standard  Oil  Company  at  Council  Bluffs  and  continued  with  that  corporation  for 
five  years.  He  afterward  became  a  street  car  conductor  for  the  Omaha  &  Council  Bluffs 
Street  Railway  Company  and  was  engaged  in  that  work  for  three  and  a  half  years. 
Later  he  was  with  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  as  a  brakeman,  making  the  run 
between  Grand  Island  and  North  Platte,  Nebraska.  He  continued  in  the  railroad  service 
for  four  years,  or  until  January,  1902,  when  he  met  with  an  accident  which  occasioned 
the  loss  of  his  right  leg.  After  recovering  from  his  injuries  he  went  to  Chicago  to  be 
fitted  with  an  artificial  leg  and  his  interest  in  the  matter  resulted  in  his  taking  employ- 
ment with  a  dealer  in  artificial  limbs.  He  there  thoroughly  learned  the  business  in  all 
its  departments  and  it  was  wliile  there  that  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  Arthur  A.  Erb, 
his  present  partner.  At  length  they  determined  to  engage  in  business  on  their  own 
account  and  sought  a  profitable  field  of  labor  in  the  west.  In  1904  they  came  to  Denver 
and  established  their  business  at  its  present  location.  The  beginning  was  small  but  with 
the  passing  of  time  the  firm  has  built  up  a  very  extensive  trade,  their  patronage  exceed- 
ing that  of  any  other  establishment  in  the  same  line  of  manufacture  in  the  west.  They 
make  shipments  to  all  parts  of  the  world  and  have  a  branch  establishment  in  Pueblo. 
With  the  passing  years  tlieir  business  has  further  increased  and  they  employ  twenty- 
eight  skilled  workmen  and  yet,  the  efforts  of  these  men  can  by  no  means  supply  the 
demand. 

On  the  14th  of  October,  1903  Mr.  Gaines  was  married  in  Council  Bluffs  to  Miss  Rose 
Shearon,  a  native  of  Indiana  and  a  daugliter  of  L.  and  Minnie  (Kirby)  Shearon,  the 
former  now  living,  while  the  latter  has  passed  away.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gaines  have  a  daugh- 
ter, Minta  Le  Rea,  who  was  born  in  Denver,  February  8,  1907.  The  family  reside  at 
No.  1736  Franklin  street,  where  Mr.  Gaines  owns  his  home. 

His  military  experience  covers  service  with  the  old  Third  Regiment  of  the  Iowa 
National  Guard,  in  which  he  served  as  a  noncommissioned  officer.  His  political  alle- 
giance has  always  been  given  to  the  republican  party  and  fraternally  he  is  an  Odd  Fellow 
of  high  degree.  He  is  also  the  present  czar  of  the  Muscovites  and  is  chief  patriarch 
of  the  encampment  branch.  In  fact,  he  is  very  active  in  the  order  and  is  treasurer  of 
the  cantons  of  the  military  brancli  of  tlie  Odd  Fellows.  During  one  of  its  military  drills 
his  team  won  the  grand  prize,  a  silver  cup  as  well  as  money.  Mr.  Gaines  is  also  a  past 
president  of  the  general  relief  department  of  the  Odd  Fellows  Society  of  Denver  and  is 
a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Colorado.  He  likewise  belongs  to  the  Brotherhood  of 
Railway  Trainmen,  to  Denver  Lodge,  No.  21,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  to  the  Lions  Club 
and  to  the  Kiwanis  Club  of  Denver.  He  belongs  to  St.  Stephen's  Episcopal  church.  An 
active  member  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  he  is  also  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  Denver  Manufacturers  Association.  His  activities  are  thus 
broad  and  varied  and  touch  the  general  interests  of  society  in  many  ways,  his  aid  and 
influence  being  always  given  on  the  side  of  progress  and  improvement.  His  wife  is 
active  in  the  Red  Cross  and  in  other  public  matters  affecting  the  general  welfare.  Both 
are  highly  esteemed  and  Mr.  Gaines  is  recognized  as  a  close  student  of  the  many  prob- 
lems which  affect  general  progress  and  which  have  bearing  upon  the  business  develop- 
ment of  Denver.  He  is  highly  esteemed  as  a  man,  respected  as  a  citizen  and  his  personal 
qualities  are  such  as  have  won  for  him  warm  friendships. 


DENNIS    SHEEDY. 

Dennis  Sheedy,  conducting  a  profitable  business  at  Brush  as  proprietor  of  the 
Sheedy  Mercantile  Company,  was  born  in  Canton,  Illinois,  on  the  3d  of  March,  1868, 
a  son  of  Michael  and  Johanna  (Callahan)  Sheedy,  who  were  natives  of  Ireland  and 
who  came  to  America  at  an  early  day,  establishing  their  home  in  Illinois.  The  father 
was  a  railroad  contractor,  which  business  he  followed  until  1871,  when  he  removed 
to  Nebraska,  where  he  took  up  land  and  began  the  development  and  improvement  of 
a  farm,  continuing  its  further  cultivation  until  his  life's  labors  were  ended  in  death. 
He  passed  away  in  the  year  1900  and  liis  widow  survived  him  until  1907.     He  was  a 


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170  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

brother  of  Dennis  Sheedy  of  Denver,  a  prominent  banker  and  the  president  of  the 
Denver  Dry  Goods  Company. 

Dennis  Sheedy  of  this  review,  who  was  named  for  his  uncle,  was  reared  and 
educated  in  Nebraska  and  also  at  St.  Marys,  Kansas.  When  his  course  was  completed 
he  made  his  initial  step  in  the  business  world  by  securing  a  clerkship  in  a  store.  He 
followed  clerking  for  several  years  and  in  1904  removed  to  Yuma,  Colorado,  where  he 
worked  for  three  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  came  to  Brush,  Morgan 
county,  and  purchased  the  general  merchandise  stock  of  Ole  Nelson.  He  afterward 
sold  an  interest  in  the  business  to  Mr.  Nelson's  daughter  and  the  store  was  conducted 
under  the  name  of  the  Nelson-Sheedy  Mercantile  Company  for  five  years,  when  Mr. 
Sheedy  disposed  of  his  interest  to  the  Nelsons  and  bought  out  the  general  merchandise 
establishment  of  O.  C.  Jensen.  He  has  since  conducted  business  alone  and  has  built 
up  a  trade  of  large  and  gratifying  proportions.  He  carefully  manages  his  business 
affairs  and  his  progressive  spirit  is  bringing  excellent  results.  He  puts  forth  every 
possible  effort  to  please  his  patrons  and  has  ever  realized  that  satisfied  customers 
are  the  best  advertisement.  He  is  also  a  stockholder  and  one  of  the  directors  of 
the   Stockmen's   National    Bank    of   Brush. 

In  June,  1906,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Sheedy  and  Miss  Hattie  Giddings. 
Their  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church  and  fraternally  Mr.  Sheedy  is 
connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  political  allegiance  is 
given  to  the  democratic  party  and  for  four  years  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
town  board   of  Brush. 


G.  BRINTON  HEPP,  M.  D. 


Training  in  Cornell  College,  in  the  Chicago  Medical  College,  experience  in  St.  Luke's 
Hospital  in  Chicago  and  active  practice  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  have  qualified  Dr.  G. 
Brinton  Hepp  for  the  important  professional  work  that  he  has  done  as  a  physician  and 
surgeon  since  coming  to  Denver  in  1910.  He  was  born  in  Armor,  New  York,  January  22, 
1866,  and  is  a  son  of  Louis  Hepp,  a  native  of  Sipperfeldt,  Germany,  whence  he  camei 
to  America  in  1850.  He  settled  at  Armor.  New  York,  and  now  resides  in  Hamburg, 
that  state.  He  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  at  Armor  and  was 
active  in  support  of  educational  movements  and  of  civic  interests.  For  years  he  served 
as  a  trustee  of  the  Armor  school  board  and  did  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  the 
cause  of  public  education.  He  married  Caroline  Ackerman,  who  was  of  German  descent 
but  was  born  in  the  Empire  state.  She  also  is  living.  They  became  the  parents  of 
four  children,  three  of  whom  survive:  Edward,  who  is  now  an  agriculturist  living  at 
Hamburg,  New  York;  Perry,  a  practicing  dentist  of  Denver;  and  G.  Brinton  of  this 
review,  who  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth. 

G.  Brinton  Hepp  was  reared  on  his  father's  farm  and  early  in  life  acquired  a  prac- 
tical knowledge  of  farm  labor.  During  his  college  years  he  passed  his  vacations  at 
home  on  this  farm  which''he  really  considered  his  home  until  the  age  of  twenty-flve 
years.  After  mastering  the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Armor, 
Dr.  Hepp  continued  his  education  in  Hamburg  Academy,  now  the  Hamburg  high  school, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1886.  He  next  entered  Cornell  University, 
where  he  pursued  a  scientific  course,  being  graduated  from  the  Ithaca  institution  with 
the  Bachelor  of  Science  degree.  He  next  entered  the  Chicago  Medical  College,  in  which 
he  completed  his  course  in  1891,  and  after  his  graduation  he  took  further  work  in  the 
Post  Graduate  Hospital,  where  he  acted  as  interne  for  a  year.  He  was  also  connected 
with  St.  Luke's  Hospital  of  Chicago  in  a  similar  capacity  and  began  the  private  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  Buffalo,  New  York.  He  located  there  in  1893  and  continued 
an  active  member  of  the  profession  in  that  city  for  seventeen  years,  or  until  1910.  when 
he  removed  to  Denver.  He  has  since  been  in  active  and  continuous  practice  in  Colorado 
and  his  recognized  ability  has  won  him  professional  prominence  and  success.  He 
belongs  to  the  Denver  City  and  County  Medical  Society,  the  Colorado  State  Medical 
Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association. 

Dr.  Hepp  was  married  in  1902  to  Miss  Frances  French,  a  native  of  Rochester,  New 
York,  and  a  daughter  of  Orra  Clark  and  Anna  French.  They  have  become  parents  of 
two  children:  Clark  Louis,  who  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  December  6,  1902;  and 
Florence  Frances,  born  in  Buffalo,  December  31,  1904. 

While  a  student  at  Cornell.  Dr.  Hepp  had  two  years'  military  training,  which  covers 
his  military  experience.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party  and 
he  alw^ays  keeps  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day,  but  has  never 


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172  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

sought  or  desired  office.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  Liberty  Lodge,  of 
which  he  served  as  treasurer,  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
which  has  guided  him  in  all  of  his  life's  relations.  Dr.  Hepp  is  today  one  of  the 
respected  citizens  and  valued  representatives  of  professional  life  in  Denver.  Thoroughly 
satisfied  with  the  west,  he  expects  to  make  this  city  his  home  throughout  his  remaining 
days  and  in  Denver  he  has  built  up  a  very  large  practice,  which  has  come  to  him  in 
recognition  of  his  professional  skill  and  ability.  He  is  most  conscientious  in  the  dis- 
charge of  all  of  his  professional  duties,  is  careful  in  diagnosis  and  his  analysis  of  a 
case  is  seldom  if  ever  at  fault.  He  is  keenly  interested  in  everything  that  has  bearing 
upon  his  profession  and  his  broad  reading  keeps  him  in  touch  with  the  latest  research 
work  and  scientific  development  that  has  to  do  with  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery. 
He  does  not  hastily  discard  old  and  time-tried  methods,  yet  he  keeps  in  touch  with 
the  trend  of  modern  thought  and  utilizes  every  available  means  that  will  assist  him 
in  the  pursuit  of  professional  activity. 


HARRY  J.  ENGLISH. 


Harry  J.  English,  connected  with  the  wholesale  lumber  business  of  Denver  as  presi- 
dent of  the  R.  W.  English  Lumber  Company,  was  born  in  Ludlow,  Illinois,  September 
25,  1870,  a  son  of  Robert  Wallace  and  Ella  (Crawford)  English,  the  former  a  native  of 
Erie,  Pennsylvania,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Greenupsberg,  Kentucky.  In  early  life 
they  removed  to  Illinois,  where  the  father  engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  He  became 
a  resident  of  Chicago  in  1S75  and  there  continued  until  1888,  when  he  came  to  Denver 
and  organized  the  R.  W.  English  Lumber  Company,  making  this  city  the  headquarters 
for  the  business,  which  in  its  varied  trade  relations  covers  a  wide  territory.  He  con- 
tinued as  president  of  the  company  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1916,  when  he  had 
reached  the  age  of  seventy-one  years.  He  was  thus  long  an  active  factor  in  the  trade 
circles  of  city  and  state  and  his  enterprise  and  progressiveness  carried  him  into  impor- 
tant connections.  •  At  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  he  responded  to  the  country's  call  for 
troops,  enlisting  in  the  Sixty-eighth  Illinois  Infantry,  with  which  he  served  for  some 
time.  His  salient  traits  of  character  were  of  a  most  commendable  nature  and  his  enter- 
prise and  ability  brought  him  to  a  prominent  position  during  his  residence  in  Colorado. 
His  widow  survives  and  is  yet  residing  in  Denver.     They  had  two  children. 

Harry  J.  English  was  a  pupil  in  private  schools  of  Chicago  and  afterward  attended 
the  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  of  Exeter.  New  Hampshire.  He  later  entered  Yale  Uni- 
versity and  after  finishing  his  education  came  to  Denver,  the  family  having  in  the  mean- 
time removed  to  this  city.  Here  he  became  associated  with  his  father  in  the  lumber 
business  and  after  the  father's  death  was  elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  R.  W.  English 
Lumber  Company  and  has  since  directed  its  interests.  He  is  thoroughly  familiar  with 
every  phase  of  the  lumber  trade  and  his  executive  force  and  wise  direction  have  been 
strong  elements  in  the  further  development  of  the  business. 

In  1896  Mr.  English  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  K.  Jackson,  of  Schenectady,  New 
York,  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Jackson  of  the  United  States  army.  They  have  one  son, 
Allan  Jackson,  who  was  born  in  Denver,  November  15,  1898.  He  attended  Pomfret  School 
of  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  preparing  there  for  Yale  University  which  he  entered  in  the 
class  of  1919  S.  He  is  now  serving  as  second  lieutenant  of  field  artillery  in  the  United 
States  army. 

Mr.  English  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Club  and  Denver  Country  Club.  He  is  promi- 
nent in  social  and  club  life  and  enjoys  a  personal  popularity  among  a  large  circle  of 
friends  and  acquaintances. 


ROADY  KENEHAN. 


Roady  Kenehan,  prominent  in  labor  circles  of  Colorado  for  many  years,  has  devoted 
much  of  his  life  to  public  service.  He  was  born  in  Rathdowny,  Queens  county,  Ireland, 
May  1,  1856.  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Bridget  (Bacon)  Kenehan.  The  father  engaged  in 
blacksmithing  and  horseshoeing,  a  pursuit  which  the  ancestors  had  followed  through 
generations. 

Roady  Kenehan  acquired  a  common  school  education  in  Rathdowny  and  when 
nine  years  of  age  began  learning  the  trade  of  horseshoeing  and  became  an  expert  work- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  ,    173 

man  along  that  line.  For  many  yeal-s  he  continued  active  in  blaclismithing.  He  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1873  making  Philadelphia  his  home. 

He  received  military  training  as  a  member  of  the  Fencibles  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
Gallo  Glasses,  an  Irish  regiment,  which  had  its  origin  in  1564,  when  Shawn  O'Neill  went 
to  England  to  make  terms  of  peace  with  Queen  Elizabeth.  The  Gallo  Glasses  carried 
a  battle  axe,  and  wore  a  wolf  dog  skin  over  their  left  shoulder.  They  were  O'Neill's 
bodyguard  on  this  momentous  occasion.  This  regiment  is  in  existence  in  many  parts 
of  the  world  where  Irish,  and  men  of  Irish  descent,  are  located. 

Leaving  Philadelphia  in  the  spring  of  1S79,  Mr.  Kenehan  traveled  west  to  North 
Dakota.  He  came  to  Denver,  April  7,  1880.  He  was  for  twenty  years  secretary-treasurer 
of  the  Journeymen's  Horseshoers  International  Union  of  the  United  States  and  Canada 
and  during  that  period  worked  continuously  at  horseshoeing. 

In  Denver,  Mr.  Kenehan  was  married  to  Miss  Julia  Casey,  a  daughter  of  Martin 
Casey  and  their  children  are:   Thomas,  Ella,  Katharine,  Grace,  Ready,  Jr.,  and  Martin. 

Mr.  JCenehan  has  always  given  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and 
has  been  a  most  earnest  worker  in  behalf  of  labor  in  the  ranks  of  the  democratic  party. 
In  April,  1897,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  newly  created  board  of  arbitration 
by  Governor  Adams.  At  the  expiration  of  his  first  term,  he  was  reappointed  by  Governor 
Thomas,  and  for  a  third  term  in  1901  by  Governor  Orman.  In  May,  1904,  he  was  elected 
supervisor  for  the  first  district  of  Denver.  He  closed  his  term  in  this  office  in  May, 
1908,  and  the  following  November  was  elected  state  auditor  of  Colorado.  Two  years  later 
he  was  elected  state  treasurer,  and  in  1912  was  again  elected  state  auditor.  On  July  22, 
1917,  Mr.  Kenehan  was  appointed  by  Secretary  of  War  Baker,  a  member  of  District 
Draft  Board  No.  2  for  the  state  of  Colorado.  He  was  elected  secretary  of  the  draft  board 
and  held  that  position  during  its  existence.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Colorado  state  labor 
advisory  board  and  filled  the  office  of  secretary  during  the  existence  of  the  board.  On 
April  IS,  1918,  he  received  the  appointment  of  federal  director  of  labor  for  Colorado  from 
Secretary  of  Labor  Wilson. 

Mr.  Kenehan's  study  of  labor  conditions  has  been  most  thorough  and  comprehensive. 
He  is  a  broad-minded  man  of  wide  vision  and  with  a  spirit  responsive  to  equity  and  fair- 
ness in  all  regards.  He  has  sought  just  solution  for  many  problems  with  which  he  has 
had  to  deal  and  his  work  in  connection  with  Colorado  and  the  war  is  of  great  value  to 
vealth  and  country. 


JAMES   BENJAMIN  WALKER. 

James  Benjamin  Walker  is  the  owner  of  a  splendid  farm  property  improved 
with  all  modern  equipment,  in  the  vicinity  of  Husted,  and  in  his  business  career 
has  ever  displayed  the  spirit  of  typical  western  enterprise  and  progress.  He  is  a 
native  son  of  Colorado,  his  birth  having  occurred  near  Monument,  August  12,  1864, 
his  parents  being  Henry  B.  and  Mary  Walker,  the  former  a  native  of  Illinois,  while 
the  latter  was  born  in  Germany.  The  father  became  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers 
of  Colorado,  having  crossed  the  plains  in  1860,  and  during  the  Indian  troubles  of 
1868  his  home  and  buildings  were  destroyed  by  the  red  men,  at  which  time  he  was 
residing  on  a  claim  near  Monument.  Subsequent  to  the  Indian  troubles  he  bought 
a  relinquishment  of  a  Mr.  Cousins  and  thus  came  into  possession  of  a  ranch,  six 
miles  south  of  Monument,  whereon  he  resided  until  1907,  when  he  sold  that  prop- 
erty and  took  up  his  abode  in  Colorado  Springs.  A  year  later  he  removed  to  Den- 
ver, where  he  passed  away  in  1914  and  where  his  widow  still  resides. 

James  Benjamin  Walker  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  early  be- 
came an  active  assistant  of  his  father  in  the  work  of  developing  and  improving  the 
ranch.  He  continued  to  assist  his  father  until  he  felt  able  to  start  out  in  business 
on  his  own  account,  at  which  time  he  purchased  his  present  ranch  property,  com- 
prising nine  hundred  acres,  lying  in  a  beautiful  green  valley  about  three  miles 
off  the  main  highway,  leading  toward  Colorado  Springs  from  Monument.  He  has 
greatly  improved  his  property,  bringing  the  fields  under  a  high  state  of  cultiva- 
tion and  pasturing  two  hundred  head  of  cattle  on  his  rich  meadow  lands.  He  has 
attractive  modern  buildings  and  all  the  substantial  improvements  found  upon  a 
model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century,  including  a  large  silo.  He  Is  recognized  as 
one  of  the  leading  and  most  progressive  farmers  of  the  community. 

In  1907  Mr.  Walker  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Janet  Reid,  a  native  of 
Scotland  and  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Maggie  (McTavish)  Reid.  Her  mother 
died   when   Mrs.   Walker  was  but  six   weeks  old  and   she   was   reared   by  her   aunt, 


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176  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Maggie  Reid,  with  whom  she  came  to  America  at  the  age  of  six  years,  arriving  in 
Chicago  on  the  20th  of  January,  1878,  and  there  she  received  her  education.  For 
a  number  of  years  she  lived  with  her  uncle,  Alexander  McCormack,  at  Palmer  Lake, 
Colorado,  and  for  two  years  was  a  resident  of  Denver. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walker  are  widely  and  favorably  known  in  the  district  in  which 
they  reside,  enjoying  the  friendship  and  kindly  regard  of  all  with  whom  they  have 
come  in  contact.  Mr.  Walker  stands  as  one  of  the  most  progressive  agriculturists 
of  his  community  and  his  methods  may  well  be  followed  by  those  who  wish  to  make 
their  efforts  along  agricultural  lines  count  for  the  utmost. 


FREDERICK  RUSSELL  McILHENNEY. 

Frederick  Russell  Mcllhenney,  who  has  been  closely  identified  with  ranching 
interests  in  Elbert  county  and  with  political  activities  as  well,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  on  the  14th  of  April,  1856,  a  son  of  William  S.  and  Katherine  (Achuff) 
Mcllhenney,  the  former  of  Scotch-Irish  lineage,  while  the  latter  came  of  Pennsylvania 
Dutch  ancestry.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city 
and  he  was  a  youth  of  seventeen  years  when  on  the  11th  of  May,  1873,  he  arrived  in 
Colorado,  settling  first  at  Colorado  Springs.  In  1875  he  removed  to  Riverbend,  in 
Elbert  county,  and  has  since  resided  within  the  borders  of  the  county,  covering  a  period 
of  forty-three  years.  He  has  been  active  in  its  business  affairs  and  in  its  development. 
For  many  years  he  engaged  in  ranching  and  for  two  decades  he  conducted  a  store  in 
Riverbend.  His  fellow  townsmen,  appreciative  of  his  worth,  have  called  him  to  public 
office  and  for  four  years  he  has  served  as  assessor  of  Elbert  county.  In  1918  he  was 
given  the  republican  nomination  for  county  treasurer  and  he  is  regarded  as  one  of 
the  leaders  of  his  party  in  his  section  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Mcllhenney  was  married  thirty-seven  years  ago  to  Miss  Mary  Hudson,  In 
what  is  now  the  city  of  Eastonville,  Colorado.  They  became  the  parents  of  four  sons 
and  two  daughters.  Two  of  these  children  have  passed  away:  Theodore,  who  died  in 
1913  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine  years;  and  Evelyn,  who  died  in  infancy.  Two  of  the 
living  sons  are  married  and  one  son  is  now  in  the  service  of  his  country,  being 
stationed  at  this  writing  (December,  1918)  in  England.  As  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Colorado,  Mr.  Mcllhenney  has  for  forty-five  years  witnessed  its  growth  and  develop- 
ment and  throughout  the  entire  period  has  borne  his  share  in  the  work  of  public 
progress  and  improvement.  He  can  relate  many  an  interesting  incident  concerning 
the  early  days  and  conditions  which  then  existed  and  his  memory  forms  one  of  the 
connecting  links  between  the  pioneer  past  and  the  progressive  present. 


WILLIAM   M.   LAMPTON. 


William  M.  Lampton  is  the  genial  and  well  known  general  freight  agent  of  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  at  Denver.  He  has  faithfully  served  this  company  for 
nearly  twenty-seven  years  and  is  one  of  the  most  popular  representatives  of  railroad 
interests  in  this  section  of  the  country.  He  was  born  in  Pettis  county,  Missouri,  Sep- 
tember 2.  1863,  a  son  of  Mitchell  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Rowland)  Lampton,  both  of  whom 
were  natives  of  Kentucky,  whence  they  removed  to  Missouri  in  1856,  settling  in  Pettis 
county,  where  the  father  engaged  in  farming  for  a  number  of  years.  He  passed  away  in 
Sedalia,  Missouri,  in  1S85,  while  his  wife  died  in  St.  Louis  in  1894.  During  the  Civil 
war  he  served  as  a  colonel  with  the  Confederate  army,  enlisting  in  1861  and  remaining 
with  his  command  until  he  surrendered  at  Shreveport,  Louisiana,  in  1865.  During 
much  of  his  military  service  he  was  with  General  Price,  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lampton 
were  born  nine  children,  those  living  being:  Reuben  L.,  a  resident  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri; 
James  C,  whose  home  is  in  Hannibal,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Walter  Lewis,  also  of  St.  Louis; 
and  Mrs.  F.  C.  Stevens,  of  the  same  city. 

The  other  surviving  member  of  the  family  is  W.  M.  Lampton  of  this  review,  who 
was  the  fifth,  in  order  of  birth.  In  his  boyhood  days  he  was  a  pupil  in  the  public 
schools  of  Sedalia,  Missouri,  and  afterward  attended  a  college  at  Fulton,  Missouri,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  18S2.  He  then  took  up  railroad  work  in 
the  employ  of  the  Texas-Pacific  Company  at  Port  Worth,  Texas,  acting  as  clerk  in  the 
freight  department  until  1885,  when  he  turned  his  attention  to  mercantile  interests  on 
his  own  account  at  Fort  Worth,  continuing  in  business  there  until  1892.     He  then  sold 


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out  and  came  to  Denver,  where  he  entered  the  claim  department  of  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande,  remaining  in  that  capacity,  however,  tor  only  a  short  time.  He  next  entered 
the  freight  department  as  chief  clerk  and  has  advanced  from  time  to  time,  being 
promoted  from  position  to  position  until  he  is  now  general  freight  agent.  As  such 
he  is  widely  known  throughout  the  country,  being  one  of  the  prominent  representatives 
of  railway  interests  in  the  west.  There  is  no  feature  of  the  business  with  which  he  is 
not  thoroughly  familiar  and  his  marked  capability  and  executive  force  have  been  the 
salient  qualities  which  have  brought  him  to  his  present  position  of  responsibility. 

On  the  19th.  of  November,  1884,  Mr.  Lampton  was  married  to  Miss  Jeannette  Fisher, 
of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  H.  Fisher,  pioneers  of  this  city,  where 
they  arrived  in  1870,  living  on  Seventeenth  and  Curtis  streets,  now  In  the  heart  of  the 
business  district. 

Mr.  Lampton  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Club,  also  of  the  Denver  Country  Club  and 
the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  while  in  his  fraternal  relations  he  is  an  Elk.  In  politics  he 
maintains  an  independent  course,  nor  has  he  ever  aspired  to  public  office,  although  he 
has  been  tendered  many.  He  has  preferred  to  concentrate  his  attention  upon  his  busi- 
ness affairs  and  the  thoroughness  with  which  he  has  undertaken  his  part,  his  conscien- 
tious sense  of  duty  and  his  clearly  defined  powers  have  been  the  strong  elements  in 
winning  him  promotion.  While  his  initial  railroad  position  was  an  humble  one,  he  has 
steadily  advanced  and  is  today  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  highly  esteemed  rail- 
road representatives  of  the  west. 


BENJAMIN    URSERY    JAMISON. 

Benjamin  Ursery  Jamison  is  the  cashier  of  the  Elizabeth  (Colo.)  State  Bank  and 
one  of  its  stockholders.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Franklin  county.  Virginia,  October 
19,  1860,  but  since  1892  has  made  his  home  in  Colorado.  His  parents  were  Wiley  P. 
and  Emma  Jamison.  The  grandfather  in  the  paternal  line  was  Scotch  and  the  great- 
grandfather in  the  maternal  line  was  a  resident  of  Lunenburg  county,  Virginia.  The 
family  was  established  in  that  locality  at  a  very  early  period  in  the  colonization  of  the 
new  world. 

Benjamin  U.  Jamison  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools  near  his  father's 
home  and  remained  a  resident  of  the  Old  Dominion  until  1883,  when  he  started  out  for 
himself,  going  to  Missouri.  He  located  at  Pendleton,  in  Warren  county,  and  was  there 
employed  as  telegraph  operator  and  station  agent.  In  1892  he  removed  to  Colorado  and 
in  1894  took  up  his  abode  at  Elizabeth,  where  for  twenty-four  years  he  has  largely  made 
his  home.  He  was  station  agent  at  Elizabeth  until  about  1899  and  in  1904  he  became 
connected  with  the  banking  business  at  Arvada,  Colorado,  where  he  remained  until 
1906.  He  then  returned  to  Elizabeth  and  has  since  been  closely  identified  with  her 
business  and  financial  interests.  The  population  of  the  town  is  about  three  hundred 
and  the  prosperity  of  its  citizens  as  well  as  of  the  farmers  in  the  vicinity  is  shown 
by  the  fact  that  the  deposits  in  the  State  Bank  of  Elizabeth  amounted  to  two  hundred 
and  forty  thousand  dollars  on  the  31st  of  August,  1918,  and  at  this  writing,  in  October, 
1918,  have  passed  the  quarter  million  mark.  Mr.  Jamison  is  the  cashier  and  one  of  the 
stockholders  in  the  bank  and  the  success  of  the  institution  is  attributable  in  large 
measure  to  his  enterprise  and  thorough  understanding  of  the  banking  business.  He  is 
doing  everything  in  his  power  to  develop  the  institution  and  his  labors  have  been  most 
effective.  He  is  likewise  a  stockholder  in  the  Arvada  Bank  and  one  of  the  directors 
of  the  Elbert  County  Bank  of  Elbert.  He  is  thus  extending  his  interests  in  banking 
and  has  made  for  himself  a  creditable  position  in  financial  circles  of  this  section  of 
the  state. 


JUNIUS  W.  DICKINSON. 


Junius  W.  Dickinson,  expostmaster  of  Peyton,  has  at  various  times  held  other  offices 
in  El  Paso  county  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  local  leaders  of  the  republican  party. 
He  is  an  active  and  enterprising  merchant,  conducting  a  general  store  since  190.5.  A 
native  of  the  Empire  state,  he  was  born  in  Binghamton,  New  York,  June  26,  1868,  a  son 
of  Ira  E.  and  Ella  (Washburn)  Dickinson.  He  completed  a  high  school  course  and  when 
his  studies  were  over  he  became  connected  with  the  shoe  trade  at  Binghamton,  in  w'hich 

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178  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

line  of  business  he  continued  for  five  years.  He  was  afterward  manager  for  a  store  of 
tlie  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Company  at  Binghamton  for  five  years. 

Removing  to  Colorado,  Mr.  Dickinson  was  identified  witli  the  Russell-Gates  Mer- 
cantile Company  for  twelve  years  at  Eastonville  and  at  Peyton  and  while  thus  serving 
he  was  appointed  by  President  McKinley  to  the  office  of  postmaster,  in  which  position 
he  continued  for  sixteen  years.  He  has  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  and  his  decisions  have  been  strictly  fair  and  impartial.  In'  1905  he  engaged 
in  commercial  pursuits  on  his  own  account  and  opened  a  drug  store  and  general  mer- 
chandising establishment,  which  he  has  since  conducted.  He  carries  a  carefully  selected 
line  of  goods  and  his  business  has  grown  and  developed  with  the  passing  years.  In  1904 
he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  in  1909  secured  an  eighty  acre  tract, 
his  farm  property  being  now  operated  by  his  son.  He  displays  keen  sagacity  and  sound 
judgment  in  all  of  his  business  affairs  and  never  stops  short  of  the  successful  achieve- 
ment of  his  purpose. 

In  1893  Mr.  Dickinson  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  V.  Osbom,  of  Binghamton,  New 
York,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  high  school  of  that  city  and  also  of  a  private  school 
known  as  the  Lady  Jane  Grey  College  of  Binghamton.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dickinson  have 
become  the  parents  of  four  children.  Ira  E.,  now  upon  his  father's  ranch,  was  born 
May  11,  1894,  and  married  Lucy  Beebe,  of  Fort  Collins,  by  whom  he  has  two  children, 
Aaron  J.  and  Robert.  Osborn  J.,  born  March  19.  1896,  married  Nellie  Williams,  of  Pey- 
ton, and  has  a  son,  Roger  Williams.  Norman  R.,  born  March  9,  1903,  is  attending  high 
school.  Raymond,  born  October  13,  1905,  is  a  pupil  in  the  graded  schools.  All  of  the 
family  are  Baptists  in  religious  faith,  loyally  adhering  to  the  teachings  of  the  church 
and  doing  all  in  their  power  to  promote  its  growth  and  extend  its  influence. 

Mr.  Dickinson  has  given  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  since  age 
conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise  and  he  cooperates  heartily  in  every  plan  and 
movement  for  the  general  good,  while  at  all  times  his  career  measures  up  to  high  stand- 
ards of  manhood  and  citizenship. 


RICHARD  FRANCIS  RYAN. 


Richard  Francis  Ryan  has  been  spoken  of  as  "self-made  and  well  made."  He  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  young  representatives  of  the  Denver  bar  and  is  now 
inheritance  tax  appraiser  and  assistant  attorney  general.  His  career  has  been  marked 
by  consecutive  progress  and  each  forward  step  has  brought  him  a  broader  outlook  and 
wider  opportunities.  He  was  born  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts.  October  4,  1879,  a  son 
of  John  and  Bridget  (Manion)  Ryan.  The  father,  a  native  of  Ireland,  is  now  deceased, 
but  the  mother  is  still  living  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts. 

Reared  under  the  parental  roof,  Richard  Francis  Ryan  acquired  a  public  school 
education,  passing  through  consecutive  grades  to  the  high  school.  For  five  years 
thereafter  he  was  connected  with  the  Eaton,  Crane  &  Pike  Stationery  Company  of 
Pittsfield  and  in  1898,  when  a  youth  of  nineteen  years,  removed  westward  to  Denver, 
where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  For  a  short  time  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Denver  Dry  Goods  Company  and  afterward  spent  one  year  in  connection  with  the 
dry  goods  house  of  A.  T.  Lewis  &  Son.  Later  he  was  identified  with  other  houses  in 
mercantile  lines  in  Butte,  Montana,  and  Seattle,  Washington,  but  eventually  determined 
to  prepare  for  the  practice  of  law  and  entered  Westminster  University,  of  Denver, 
Colorado,  from  which  in  due  course  of  time  he  was  graduated,  having  completed  the 
law  studies.  He  introduced  into  the  university  the  idea  of  holding  courts  by  the 
students  in  court  rooms.  He  was  a  teacher  of  court  procedure  in  that  university, 
giving  instruction  in  the  night  law  school.  Admitted  to  the  bar  of  Colorado,  he 
entered  upon  active  practice  and  has  since  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon 
his  profession  and  upon  public  duties.  On  the  9th  of  January.  1909,  he  was  appointed 
for  a  four  years'  term  to  the  position  of  division  clerk  of  the  county  court  and  in  1913 
for  a  four  years'  term  to  the  position  of  division  clerk  of  the  district  court.  He  belongs 
to  the  Denver  Bar  Association  and  has  served  on  some  of  its  important  committees. 
He  is  now  occupying  the  position  of  state  inheritance  tax  appraiser  and  assistant 
attorney  general. 

Mr.  Ryan  was  married  in  1903  to  Miss  Margaret  M.  Mullen,  of  Central  City,  Colo- 
rado, and  they  have  a  son,  Thomas  R.,  fourteen  years  of  age,  who  is  a  pupil  in  the 
public  schools.  Mrs.  Ryan  is  a  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Mullen,  a  pioneer  of  Central 
City,  who  built  the  state  house  and  was  superintendent  of  the  construction  of  the 
postoffice  building  in  Denver,  a  two  and  a  half  million  dollar  structure.     Both  Mr.  and 


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180  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Mrs.  Ryan  are  widely  known  in  this  city  and  held  In  the  highest  esteem.  He  belongs 
to  the  Denver  Athletic  Club  and  to  Elks  Lodge,  No.  17;  is  also  a  fourth  degree  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  has  membership  in  St.  Francis  De  Sales  Catholic 
church.  He  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and  is  connected  with  the  Democratic  Club.  He 
believes  that  the  courts  should  be  separate  from  party  politics.  In  all  that  he  does  he 
is  actuated  by  a  spirit  of  progressiveness  that  has  been  most  resultant  and  he  is  rec- 
ognized as  a  man  of  sterling  worth,  forceful  and  resourceful,  with  a  broad  outlook  and 
keen  discernment,  and  his  developing  powers  are  bringing  him  into  important  con- 
nections and  relations. 


ARCHIE    SCOTT  LEFFINGWELL. 

A.  S.  LefBngwell,  founder  and  president  of  the  Leffingwell  Mercantile  Company  of 
Brighton,  was  born  in  "Winnebago  county,  Illinois,  on  the  14th  of  November,  1858, 
his  parents  being  Jackson  and  Sarah  Ann  (Dean)  Leffingwell,  the  former  a  native  of 
Ohio,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York.  They  became  residents 
of  Illinois  in  1S4S,  taking  up  their  abode  upon  a  farm  in  Winnebago  county,  and  both 
are  still  living.  They  became  the  parents  of  five  children  and  the  family  circle  yet 
remains   unbroken   by  the  hand  of  death. 

A.  S.  Leffingwell  spent  his  youthful  days  in  his  parents'  home  and  acquired  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Illinois,  after  which  he  continued  his  studies 
In  the  Beloit  high  school  at  Beloit.  Wisconsin.  The  year  1877  witnessed  his  removal 
to  Iowa  with  his  parents,  at  which  time  the  family  home  was  established  upon  a 
farm  in  Carroll  county.  There  he  continued  until  1893,  when  he  came  to  Colorado, 
settling  in  Brighton,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home,  covering  a  period  of  a  quarter 
of  a  century.  Here  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  hardware  business,  in  which  he 
has  since  continued  and  he  carries  a  large  stock  of  shelf  and  heavy  hardware  and 
has  also  extended  his  efforts  to  include  other  lines,  for  he  deals  in  oils  and  paints, 
furniture  and  meats.  He  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  his 
adopted  city,  alert  and  energetic,  and  his  prosperity  is  due  to  close  application  and 
Indefatigable  energy. 

On  the  7th  of  December,  1893,  Mr.  Leffingwell  was  married  to  Mrs.  Jennie  Root, 
who  passed  away  in  the  year  1908.  In  1909  he  wedded  Miss  Josephine  Brundage,  of 
Brighton,  and  they  have  become  parents  of  two  children,  Jackson  and  Margaret. 
Mr.  Leffingwell  has  membership  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  His  interests 
and  efforts,  however,  ar.e  most  closely  concentrated  upon  his  business  affairs  and  it  Is 
by  reason  of  this  intense  application  that  he  has  won  the  measure  of  success  which  he 
now  enjoys.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Farmers  State  Bank,  which  he 
later  served  as  vice  president,  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  successful,  representa- 
tive citizens  of  the  community  in  which  he  has  so  long  resided,  and  to  the  welfare 
of  which,  he  has  always  been  responsive. 


HARRY  RUFFNER. 

Actuated  by  the  spirit  of  giving  the  best  in  him  to  his  state  and  her  people,  Harry 
Ruffner  has  stood  sponsor  for  many  things  of  a  public  and  patriotic  nature  which  have 
been  of  the  greatest  worth  to  Colorado.  Who  can  measure  the  influence  of  his  labors 
or  fatliom  the  force  of  his  example?  He  was  born  in  Denver  during  the  territorial  days 
of  Colorado,  his  birth  occurring  on  the  14th  of  March.  1863.  His  father,  John  C.  Ruffner, 
was  proprietor  of  the  Colorado  House  in  1862  and  1863,  having  arrived  In  Colorado 
territory  from  Fort  Leavenworth.  Kansas,  in  April,  1860.  In  that  year  he  went  to 
Oro  Gulch  and  for  many  years  thereafter  he  was  closely  associated  with  the  pioneer 
development  and  progress  of  the  state.  He  owned  aud  made  a  present  of  South  Pueblo 
to  George  M.  Chilcott.  He  wedded  Mary  Jane  Estes,  who  arrived  with  her  parents  in 
Colorado  territory  May  5,  1859,  being  the  first  unmarried  white  woman  within  the 
borders  of  the  state.  She  accompanied  her  parents  to  Fort  Lupton,  Colorado,  where 
John  C.  Ruffner  won  her  hand  in  marriage  in  April,  1S61.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Joel 
and  Martha  Estes.  who  located  in  the  famous  park  that  now  bears  the  family  name — ■ 
Estes  park.  This  beautiful  park  was  discovered  by  Joel  Estes,  September  12,  1859.  He 
had  previously  crossed  the  continental  divide  in  1847  and  went  to  Baker  City,  Oregon. 
He  returned  and  went  to  California  in  company  with  his  elder  son  in  1849,  and  when 


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182  ■  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

he  once  more  made  his  way  to  Colorado  by  the  overland  route  he  brought  back  with 
him  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  in  gold.  He  was  known  by  the  Indians  as  the  Bjg 
White  Chief  and  was  a  member  of  their  many  councils.  Joel  Estes  was  always  a  path- 
finder and  trapper,  though  he  maintained  a  great  plantation  on  the  frontier  of  this 
territory,  now  known  as  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

Harry  Ruffner  pursued  his  early  education  in  the  Denver  school  at  the  corner  of 
Fourteenth  and  Arapahoe  streets  in  the  years  1868,  1869  and  1870.  In  the  following 
year  he  became  a  student  in  the  high  school  at  Del  Norte,  Colorado,  where  he  con- 
tinued his  studies  from  1871  until  1875.  Taking  up  newspaper  work,  he  became  the 
first  "devil"  on  the  San  Juan  Prospector,  published  at  Del  Norte,  Colorado,  and  was 
the  first  newsboy  on  the  streets  of  Leadville  on  the  1st  ot  April,  1878.  In  1881  he  was 
appointed  assistant  postmaster  of  Gunnison,  Colorado,  and  continued  in  that  position 
until  1885,  when  he  was  transferred  to  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico,  as  an  expert  in  the 
postal  service  where  he  also  was  engaged  in  the  stationery  business.  He  participated 
in  the  Oklahoma  rush  in  1889  and  was  also  engaged  in  the  stationery  business  in 
Guthrie  where  he  was  known  as  "Ruffner  The  Stationer."  He  was  elected  clerk  of 
the  appellate  court  at  Guthrie,  being  the  first  incumbent  of  that  office  In  that  city.  He 
also  organized  the  first  two  hose  companies  in  Oklahoma  territory  and  was  the  first 
man  to  hold  the  position  of  a  fire  chief  in  the  territory.  He  has  always  been  identified 
with  the  frontier  and  has  contributed  in  marked  measure  to  pioneer  development.  He 
was  also  in  charge  of  the  first  ceremonies  celebrating  the  anniversary  of  the  opening 
of  Oklahoma  territory  and  he  superintended  the  first  inaugural  ball  held  in  honor  of 
Governor  Steele,  the  first  territorial  governor  of  Oklahoma. 

On  the  1st  of  July,  1890,  Mr.  Ruffner  returned  to  Denver  and  with  the  interests  of 
the  city  has  since  been  closely  associated.  He  founded  the  "Sons  of  Colorado"  Society 
and  is  the  father  of  Colorado  Day.  As  deputy  jury  commissioner  he  perfected  the  jury 
commission  system  which  was  promulgated  in  June,  1911.  He  has  held  numerous 
positions  in  all  things  patriotic  and  has  devoted  forty  years  of  his  life  to  public  and 
patriotic  service.  He  has  never  asked  for  nor  held  any  public  office  save  that  of 
deputy  postmaster,  sheriff  and  jury  commissioner.  His  service  has  been  a  freewill 
offering  to  the  public  good  and  his  labors  have  been  of  far-reaching  effect  and  benefit. 

Another  Interesting  accomplishment  of  Mr.  Ruffner  is  worthy  of  mention  here. 
He  was  the  originator  of  the  plan — and  through  his  guidance  and  tactful  supervision  it 
has  been  made  a  decided  success — of  the  handling  of  the  governor's  inaugural  ball  by 
the  Sons  of  Colorado.  These  wonderfully  successful  balls,  which  as  many  as  seventeen 
thousand  people  have  attended,  including  two  thousand  couples  in  full  dress,  have  been 
models  of  well  managed  affairs,  arousing  not  only  the  admiration  but  the  wonder  of 
those  who  can  appreciate  the  multiplicity  of  detail  in  connection  with  such  mammoth 
affairs  and  the  master  mind  necessary  for  carrying  through  successfully  an  official  social 
function  of  such  magnitude._ 

By  a  first  marriage  Mr.  Ruffner  has  a  son,  Ralph  Rockafellow,  born  in  Gunnison, 
Colorado,  who  is  Colorado's  second  grandson,  or  representative  of  the  second  generation 
of  Colorado-born  Ruffners.  On  June  27,  1893,  in  Boulder.  Colorado,  Mr.  Ruffner  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  Theodora  Grissom,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Eugene  Grissom,  ot  Raleigh, 
North  Carolina,  and  a  direct  descendant  of  Oliver  Wolcott,  signer  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence.  She  is  also  a  direct  descendant  on  her  father's  side  of  Sir  Thomas 
Gresham,  the  famous  financier  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign,  who  founded  the  Royal 
Exchange  in  London  in  1565.  Dr.  Grissom  was  internationally  known  as  an  authority 
on  mental  diseases  and  was  vice  chairman  of  the  International  Medical  Society  in 
1876.  Mrs.  Ruffner's  mother  was  a  Miss  Bryan.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ruffner  have  been 
born  a  son  and  a  daughter:  Eugene  Grissom,  who  married  Miss  Violet  Dameron;  and 
Lillian  Grissom,  who  married  Herbert  R.  Parsons,  and  both  she  and  her  husband  died  in 
Aspen,  Colorado,  on  October  23,  1918. 

Mr.  Ruffner  was  one  of  the  first  infants  baptized  in  the  Episcopal  church  in  Colorado 
territory,  the  ceremony  taking  place  in  St.  John's  cathedral,  and  he  has  since  been 
identified  therewith.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  strictly  republican,  giving  stalwart 
support  to  the  party.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Denver  Lodge,  No.  65,  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  is  a  member  of  Oriental  Lodge,  No.  87,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is 
likewise  Member  No.  1  of  the  Southern  Colorado  Pioneers  Society  and  belongs  to  the 
Sons  of  Colorado,  which  organization  he  founded,  the  Colorado  Pioneers,  the  Colorado 
Church  Club  and  is  an  honorary  member  of  the  Pioneer  Ladies  Aid.  He  is  also  captain 
commander  of  J.  C.  Fremont  Camp  of  the  Sons  of  Veterans.  There  is  no  man  in  the 
state  more  deeply  interested  in  the  history  of  Colorado  or  who  has  been  more  actively 
associated  with  its  public  and  patriotic  movements  than  Mr.  Ruffner,  who  has  been 
the  promoter  of  many  activities  which  have  heightened  the  fame  of  the  state.     With  the 


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deepest  love  for  the  state  in  which  he  was  born,  lie  has  done  everything  in  his  power 
to  promote  its  welfare  and  has  the  deepest  pride  in  its  fair  name.  As  one  of  its  pioneers 
he  has  contributed  in  marked  measure  to  its  development  and  progress  and  has  done 
everything  in  his  power  to  foster  the  love  of  the  people  for  the  state.  His  own  patriotic 
spirit  has  awakened  a  responsive  thrill  in  many  a  breast  and  his  contagious  enthusiasm 
has  been  a  potent  element  in  advancing  many  projects  of  public  welfare. 


ROBERT  JOHN  HANLON. 


Robert  John  Hanlon,  who  is  busily  occupied  with  the  cultivation  of  an  excellent 
ranch  property  of  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  situated  in  the  Wolfcreek  district  of 
Elbert  county,  is  of  Canadian  birth,  his  natal  day  having  been  June  24,  1867,  and  the 
place  of  his  nativity  Sherbrooke,  Canada.  His  father,  John  Hanlon,  was  also  born  in 
the  vicinity  of  Sherbrooke,  while  the  mother,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Ann  Jane 
Henderson,  was  born  in  Belfast,  Ireland. 

In  the  schools  of  his  native  country  Robert  J.  Hanlon  pursued  his  education  and 
was  a  young  man  of  twenty-three  years  when  in  1890  he  came  to  Colorado,  having  in 
the  meantime  engaged  in  farming  in  Canada  and  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  United 
States.  With  his  arrival  in  the  west  he  settled  first  in  Denver,  but  in  1892  removed  to 
Elbert  county  and  homesteaded  near  Elizabeth.  With  characteristic  energy  he  began 
the  development  and  improvement  of  the  hitherto  uncultivated  tract  of  land,  but  his 
original  farm  he  has  since  sold.  Later  he  took  up  another  homestead  near  Wolfcreek, 
in  Elbert  county.  His  wife  in  young  womanhood  had  also  homesteaded  on  the  land 
which  they  now  occupy  and  their  possessions  include  six  hundred  and  forty  acres,  which 
have  been  converted  into  a  rich  and  productive  farm.  As  opportunity  has  offered  Mr. 
Hanlon  has  added  improvements  to  the  property  and  has  carefully  cultivated  the  fields, 
which  annually  return  to  him  golden  harvests.  He  has  been  persistent  and  energetic 
and  the  results  achieved  have  been  gratifying. 

In  1898  Mr.  Hanlon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Addie  Friedman  and  to  them 
have  been  born  seven  children,  namely:  Edward  L.,  Mary  E.,  Albert  R.,  Frank  K.,  Ralph 
J.,  Roy  W.  and  George  W. 

For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  Mr.  Hanlon  has  resided  in  Colorado  and  has 
ever  been  loyal  to  the  welfare  and  best  interests  of  the  state.  He  has  put  forth  every 
effort  to  improve  business  conditions  and  persistent  energy  has  enabled  him  to  overcome 
all  difficulties,  which  have  seemed  rather  to  serve  as  an  impetus  for  renewed  effort 
on  his  part. 


OTTO   VOGEL. 


An  excellent  farm  property  of  forty  acres  pays  tribute  to  the  care  and  labor  bestowed 
upon  it  by  Otto  Vogel.  Born  in  Zurich,  Switzerland,  on  the  11th  of  July,  1863,  he  is  a 
son  of  Jacob  and  Judith  (Haupt)  Vogel.  The  father,  a  farmer  by  occupation,  first  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1867,  making  his  way  to  Dallas,  Texas,  then  a  town  of  fifteen 
hundred  inhabitants.  His  loghouse  still  stands  there  although  it  has  been  moved  farther 
out,  two  or  three  times,  as  the  city  grew.  Two  years  later  he  returned  to  the  land  of 
the  Alps,  where  he  remained  until  1881  and  then  again  came  to  the  new  world,  after 
which  he  took  up  the  occupation  of  farming  in  Kansas,  where  he  lived  for  a  year.  He 
next  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  near  Broomfield,  purchasing  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  which  he  carefully  cultivated  and  developed  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1909.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  born  three  children:  Emma,  Ida  and 
Otto. 

The  last  named  attended  school  in  Switzerland.  He  came  to  the  new  world  with 
his  father,  upon  the  latter's  return  to  this  country  in  1881  and  upon  his  father's  death 
received  forty  acres  of  land,  which  he  has  since  owned  and  cultivated.  Prior  to  his 
marriage  he  had  assumed  the  management  of  his  father's  entire  farm  and  has  thus 
been  long  and  extensively  identified  with  agricultural  interests  in  his  section  of  the 
state.  His  methods  are  at  once  practical  and  progressive  and  he  is  actuated  by  a  spirit' 
of  advancement  in  all  that  he  undertakes.  He  has  studied  the  conditions  and  the  needs 
of  the  soil,  knows  the  crops  that  are  best  adapted  to  climatic  conditions  here  and  has 
so  directed  his  efforts  that  annually  he  has  gathered  good  harvests. 

On  the  20th  of  August,  1889,  Mr.  Vogel  was  married  to  Miss  Eliza  Langmeler,  a 


184  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

daughter  of  Heinrlch  and  Susan  Langmeier,  the  wedding  being  celebrated  in  Denver. 
They  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children:  Elsie,  the  wife  of  Charles  Bode,  by 
■whom  she  has  two  children.  Otto  and  Henrietta;  and  Emma,  the  wife  of  William  H. 
Infanger. 

The  political  faith  of  Mr.  Vogel  is  that  of  the  democratic  party  but  he  has  never 
been  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  busi- 
ness affairs,  which  have  been  wisely  and  carefully  directed,  bringing  him  the  substantial 
success  that  is  now  his.  From  the  age  of  eighteen  he  has  resided  continuously  in  the 
new  world  and  for  more  than  a  third  of  a  century  has  made  his  home  in  the  vicinity 
of  Broomfield,  closely  identified  with  its  agricultural  interests  and  contributing  in 
marked  measure  to  its  progress  in  this  direction. 


WALTER   WISE. 


Walter  Wise  is  the  able  and  efficient  young  manager  for  the  Fisk  Rubber  Company 
of  Denver,  having  charge  of  the  sales  and  distribution  of  goods  of  that  firm  over  the 
states  of  Colorado,  Wyoming,  New  Mexico  and  a  portion  of  Nebraska.  He  has  thor- 
oughly studied  conditions  of  the  trade  and  has  developed  notable  success  in  the  busi- 
ness through  the  field  in  which  he  labors.  He  is  today  one  of  the  most  familiar  fig- 
ures in  connection  with  the  tire  trade  and  wherever  he  is  known  he  is  spoken  of  in 
terms  of  the  highest  regard. 

Mr.  Wise  was  born  near  Auburn,  Georgia,  January  17,  18SS,  a  son  of  Allen  Sher- 
wood and  Elizabeth  (Adams)  Wise,  who  are  natives  of  Georgia,  but  in  1900  removed 
to  Dublin.  Texas,  where  Mr.  Wise  is  engaged  in  ranching.  They  became  the  parents 
of  two  children:     Luther  V.,  who  has  passed  away;   and  Walter,  of  this  review. 

Walter  Wise  was  the  elder  and  in  his  boyhood  days  he  was  a  pupil  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Dublin,  Texas.  His  first  position  was  that  of  clerk  in  a  drug 
store  and  later  he  served  in  various  ways  along  business  lines.  He  went  to  Dallas, 
Texas,  in  1909,  and  for  six  months  was  an  automobile  tire  salesman,  after  which  he 
removed  to  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  where  he  acted  as  city  salesman  for  the  Fisk  Rub- 
ber Tire  Company,  continuing  there  from  1909  until  1914.  'In  the  latter  year  he 
came  to  Denver  to  take  charge  of  the  local  and  district  branch  of  the  company  in  this 
city,  and  so  ably  has  he  managed  the  business  that  the  sales  from  this  branch  have 
more  than  held  their  own  with  those  of  much  larger  districts  in  other  parts  of  the 
country.  He  knows  that  he  is  representing  goods  of  the  highest  quality  and  he  does 
not  hesitate  to  recommend  them.  Moreover,  he  is  alert,  energetic  and  determined, 
carrying   forward   to   successful   completion   whatever   he   attempts. 

On  the  28th  of  October,  1914,  Mr.  Wise  was  married  to  Miss  Marguerite  Hardy,  of 
New  Albany,  Indiana,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  R.  and  Ella  Wood  (Hedden) 
Hardy  of  that  place.  The  Hardy  family  is  a  well  known  and  prominent  one  in  that 
section  of  Indiana,  while  the  Reddens  were  pioneer  manufacturers  and  have  been 
leaders  in  industrial  circles  in  southern  Indiana  for  many  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wise 
have   one   child,   Walter  Richard,   born   in   Denver,   August   1.3,    1915. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Wise  is  connected  with  the  Masons.  He  belongs  to 'the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  and  his  aid  and  influence  are  ever  given  on  the  side  of 
right  and  truth,  of  advancement  and  progress.  He  is  the  possessor  of  many  sterling 
traits  of  character  which  have  gained  for  him  the  highest  esteem  of  all  with  whom 
he  has  been  brought  in  coptact  as  he  has  traveled  widely  over  the  length  and  breadth 
of  this  land. 


JOHN  EDWARD  YEAMANS. 


John  Edward  Yeamans,  who  is  living  retired  in  Akron,  Colorado,  was  for  many 
years  one  of  the  most  successful  merchants  of  that  city  and  by  his  labors  has  con- 
tributed to  the  general  progress  and  growth  of  his  city  and  county.  All  of  his  business 
dealings  have  ever  been  undertaken  upon  a  strictly  fair  basis  and  therefore  his  success 
is  well  merited  and  his  prosperity  well  earned.  He  was  born  in  Marshalltown,  Iowa, 
in  January,  1857,  a  son  of  Nathan  F.  and  Lydia  E.  (Hoffman)  Yeamans.  the  former  a 
native  of  Virginia  and  the  latter  of  Pennsylvania.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  miller, 
taking  up  his  abode  in  Iowa  and  locating  in  Marshall  county  at  an  early  day  in  the 
history  of  the  state.    Having  acquired  a  comfortable  competence  he  retired  and  for  four 


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186  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

years  made  his  residence  in  Marshalltown,  coming  at  tlie  end  of  that  period  to  Akron, 
Colorado,  where  his  remaining  days  were  spent.  Death  called  him  November  17,  1898, 
his  widow  surviving  until  1899. 

John  E.  Yeamans  spent  his  boyhood  under  the  parental  root  and  received  his 
education  in  the  schools  of  Marshalltown,  Iowa.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  began  to 
learn  the  blacksmith's  trade,  taking  up  this  occupation  in  that  city,  and  there  he  con- 
tinued along  that  line  for  five  years.  The  lure  of  the  west  was  upon  him.  however,  and 
in  1880  he  and  his  brother,  Charles  N.  Yeamans,  went  to  Frontier  county,  Nebraska, 
where  they  homesteaded.  They  proved  up  on  their  claim  and  then  proceeded  to  Furnas 
county  in  the  same  state,  where  they  engaged  in  the  blacksmith  and  implement  business 
until  November,  1885,  when  they  decided  upon  another  removal  and  came  to  Akron, 
Colorado.  Here  they  opened  a  business  which  is  flourishing  today.  In  the  beginning 
they  gave  their  principal  attention  to  hardware  and  implements,  the  firm  being 
established  under  the  name  of  Yeamans  Brothers  &  Company.  Mr.  Yeamans  and  his 
brother  continued  together  for  about  seventeen  years,  when  John  E.  Ye'&mans  retired. 
Under  the  able  management  of  the  brothers,  who  harmoniously  cooperated,  the  business 
grew  and  their  trade  increased  from  year  to  year,  so  that  prosperity  attended  their 
efforts.  Mr.  Yeamans  had  a  large  part  in  this  success,  for  it  was  he  who  as  the  elder 
took  much  of  the  management  upon  his  shoulders.  The  policies  which  he  followed 
proved  entirely  successful  and  he  secured  a  large  patronage  for  the  business,  his 
customers  implicitly  trusting  his  word,  as  he  would  never  misrepresent  goods  or  try 
to  make  a  sale  by  high-handed  methods.  The  reputation  of  the  firm  for  honesty  is 
built  therefore  as  upon  a  rock  and  much  of  the  success  of  the  business  is  due  to  this 
fact.  Upon  first  arriving  in  Akron,  Mr.  Yeamans  also  took  up  a  preemption  claim. 
After  having  sold  to  his  brother  he  engaged  in  the  blacksmithing  business  and  continued 
therein  until  June  15,  1918,  when  he  sold  out  and  retired  from  active  work,  having 
acquired  a  comfortable  competence.  He  now  look^  after  his  farming  interests,  owning 
land  in  partnership  with  his  brother  and  also  owning  independently  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres,  all  improved  farming  property,  near  the  town.  His  wife  is  also  the  possessor 
of  a  fine  property.  Mr.  Yeamans  is  likewise  the  owner  of  the  Citizens  Bank  building 
in  Akron  and  has  several  other  business  properties. 

On  October  10,  1887,  Mr.  Yeamans  wedded  Alma  A.  Dexter,  of  Toledo,  Tama  county, 
Iowa,  and  to  them  were  born  four  children,  namely:  Floy,  the  wife  of  A.  S.  Wilcox,  a 
farmer  residing  one  mile  east  of  Akron;  C.  William,  who  resides  in  Chicago  and  is 
purchasing  agent  for  the  Belt  Line  Railroad;  and  Marion  Edna  and  Lillian  Elma.  twins. 
The  former  is  the  wife  of  Joseph  Nolte  and  resides  in  southwestern  Missouri,  while 
the  latter  married  Clinton  Dausdill,  of  Akron,  Colorado.  Mrs.  Yeamans  passed  away 
November  25,  1901,  and  on  September  20,  1905,  Mr.  Yeamans  married  Mrs.  Leanah 
Abbott,  her  first  husband,  C.  H.  Abbott,  having  passed  away  June  20,  1899.  By  him 
she  had  three  sons:  William  A.  Abbott,  now  with  the  American  expeditionary  forces  in 
France;  Charles  T.  Abbott,  with  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  Ammunition  Train  in 
France;   and  Leroy  A.  Abbott,  at  home. 

Mr.  Yeamans  is  a  republican  in  his  political  affiliation  and  his  religious  faith  is 
that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  While  his  has  been  a  busy  and  useful  life 
in  regard  to  his  private  affairs,  he  has  also  found  time  to  serve  in  public  capacities  and 
has  ably  administered  the  office  of  town  clerk  and  also  that  of  coroner  of  Washington 
county.  Moreover,  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  town  council  of  Akron.  His 
public  activities  have  ever  been  of  a  progressive  character  and,  in  accord  with  his 
business  reputation  as  a  purposeful  man  of  rugged,  honest  principles,  and  he  has  done 
everything  in  his  power  to  plant  deep  a  civilization  of  moral  and  material  worth  in  the 
section  of  the  state  which  has  been  his  home  for  so  many  years. 


JOHN  D.  WILSON. 


Honored  and  respected  by  all,  no  man  occupies  a  more  enviable  position  in  the 
business  and  financial  circles  of  Eaton  than  does  John  D.  Wilson,  the  president  of  the 
First  National  Bank,  whose  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  banking  business  is  matched 
by  his  honorable  purpose  and  straightforward  methods  in  all  that  he  undertakes.  Colo- 
rado numbers  him  among  her  native  sons,  for  he  was  born  in  Greeley  on  the  3d  of 
December,  1881,  his  parents  being  Thomas  H.  and  Mary  (Milne)  Wilson,  who  were 
natives  of  Scotland  and  in  1881  came  to  America,  settling  at  Greeley,  Colorado.  Mr. 
Wilson  came  to  the  new  world  as  manager  for  Lord  Ogilvie,  having  charge  of  his  landed 
interests  in  this   state  for  two  or  three  years.     He  afterward   removed   to   Eaton   and 


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188  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

purchased  land  before  the  town  was  established,  becoming  owner  of  a  tract  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  which  he  entered  from  the  government.  He  at  once  began 
to  develop  and  Improve  the  property  and  continued  Its  cultivation  for  many  years.  He 
still  makes  his  home  upon  that  place,  but  is  now  living  retired  from  active  life,  leaving 
to  others  the  work  of  tilling  the  soil  and  further  developing  the  property.  His  wife  also 
survives. 

John  D.  Wilson  was  reared  at  Eaton  and  supplemented  his  public  school  training 
by  a  course  in  the  Agricultural  College  at  Fort  Collins,  Colorado,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1901.  He  then  returned  home  and  began  work  as  book- 
keeper in  the  bank  of  Thomas,  Sullivan  &  Wilson,  his  father  being  part  owner  in  that 
institution.  Mr.  Wilson  of  this  review  remained  in  that  position  for  a  year,  after  which 
the  First  National  Bank  was  organized  in  1902  by  W.  W.  Sullivan,  who  was  its  lirst 
president,  while  F.  L.  Weller  became  the  first  cashier.  Mr.  Wilson  continued  with  the 
other  bank  until  March,  1905,  when  the  two  banks  were  consolidated  and  Mr.  Wilson 
entered  the  First  National  as  vice  president.  At  that  time  Mr.  Sullivan  sold  his  interest 
in  the  business  and  A.  C.  Adams  was  made  president.  In  June,  1910,  the  latter  resigned 
and  Mr.  Wilson  was  elected  to  the  presidency.  C.  J.  Stockfleth  came  to  the  First 
National  with  Mr.  Wilson  in  the  capacity  of  assistant  cashier,  and  upon  the  death 
of  Mr.  Weller,  the  cashier,  in  1915,  Mr.  Stockfleth  succeeded  to  the  position,  which  he 
is  now  occupying.  The  bank  is  capitalized  for  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  and  has 
surplus  and  profits  amounting  to  twenty-flve  thousand  dollars,  while  its  deposits  have 
reached  six  hundred  and  eighty-six  thousand  dollars.  The  bank  is  in  a  most  prosperous 
condition,  its  business  most  thoroughly  systematized  and  ably  managed,  and  the  officers 
are  men  who  inspire  confidence  in  the  institution.  In  addition  to  his  interests  at 
Eaton,  Mr.  Wilson  has  farming  property  in  this  locality  from  which  he  derives  a  good 
rental.  He  is  also  a  stockholder  and  one  of  the  directors  in  the  Farmers  Bank  at 
Severance,   Colorado. 

In  April,  1907,  Mr.  Wilson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Marie  Rempen,  a 
daughter  of  Theodore  and  Charlotte  (Gotthardt)  Rempen,  who  were  residents  of  Ger- 
many. The  father  died  in  1S93,  but  the  mother  is  still  living.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson 
have  been  born  four  children:  Mary,  who  was  born  in  May,  1909;  Thomas,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1911;    Norman,   in   December,  1914;   and  Robert,  in  May,  1917. 

Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masons  as  a  member  of  the  lodge,  chapter  and 
commandery  and  is  most  loyal  to  the  teachings  of  the  craft.  He  is  also  identified  with 
the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  Politically  he  is  a 
democrat,  believing  firmly  in  the  principles  of  the  party,  but  never  seeking  or  desiring 
office  as  a  reward  for  party  fealty.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Congregational 
church  and  his  life  is  guided  at  all  times  by  its  teachings.  Those,  who  know  him — 
and  he  has  a  wide  acquaintance — find  in  him  a  man  who  at  all  times  is  worthy  of  con- 
fidence, trust  and  respect.  He  is  a  man  of  high  Ideals  not  only  in  relation  to  business 
but  in  matters  of  citizenship  as  well  and  his  activity  in  behalf  of  public  interests  has 
been  far-reaching  and  effective. 


The  couplet 


HENRY  AUGUSTUS  BUCHTEL,  D.   D.,  LL.   D. 


"He  leaves  a  patriot's  name  to  aftertimes 
Linked   with   a  thousand  virtues   and   no   crimes" 


might  well  be  chosen  to  epitomize  the  public  service  of  Henry  Augustus  Buchtel  as 
clergyman,  educator  and  Colorado's  governor.  Holding  to  high  ideals,  his  service  to  his 
state  has  nevertheless  been  of  the  most  practical  character  and  his  labors  will  not 
have  reached  their  culmination  until  movements  which  he  instituted  have  been 
brought  to  their  full  fruition.  He  was  born  near  Akron,  Ohio,  September  30,  1S47, 
and  the  ancestral  line  is  traced  back  to  Wurttemberg,  Germany,  whence  in  1753* 
came  the  founder  of  the  family  in  America,  making  settlement  in  Pennsylvania. 
This  was  John  Buchtel,  an  astronomer  of  note,  whose  strong  mentality  has  been  an 
inherited  force  in  later  generations.  The  ancestral  line  comes  down  through  Solomon 
and  Maria  (Reber)  Buchtel  and  Dr.  Jonathan  B.  and  Eliza  (Newcomer)  Buchtel  to 
Henry  Augustus  Buchtel  of  this  review.  The  family  name  is  perpetuated  in  Buchtel 
College  at  Akron,  Ohio,  which  was  built  and  equipped  by  John  R.  Buchtel.  a  cousin  of 
Dr.  Jonathan  B.  Buchtel.     The  last  named,  after  preparing  for  and  entering  upon  the 


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practice  of  medicine,  removed  from  Akron,  Ohio,  to  Indiana  in  1848  and  made  his 
home  for  a  time  at  Elkhart,  whence  he  went  to  South  Bend. 

Largely  in  private  schools  of  the  latter  city  Governor  Buchtel  acquired  his  early 
education,  which  was  supplemented  by  a  year's  study  in  what  is  now  De  Pauw  Univer- 
sity. He  afterward  devoted  several  years  to  business,  giving  some  time  to  service  as 
foreman  of  the  country  order  department  in  the  wholesale  drug  house  of  Burnhams  & 
Van  Schaack,  of  Chicago.  Ultimately  he  became  a  partner  in  a  wholesale  and  retail 
grocery  house  of  South  Bend,  Indiana,  but  decided  to  give  up  commercial  interests  in 
order  to  prepare  for  the  ministry,  having  for  a  number  of  years  been  deeply  interested 
in  the  cause  of  religion.  Again  entering  Asbury  (now  De  Pauw)  University,  he  was 
graduated  therefrom  in  1872  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Soon  afterward  he 
was  married  and  was  sent  by  his  church  as  a  missionary  to  Bulgaria,  residing  for  a 
brief  period  at  Rustchuk  on  the  Danube  river.  His  first  regular  pastorate  was  at  Zions- 
ville,  Indiana,  and  at  subsequent  periods  he  was  located  in  pastoral  work  at  Greencastle, 
Knightstown,  Richmond  and  Lafayette,  Indiana,  at  Denver,  Colorado,  at  Indianapolis, 
Indiana,  at  Mount  Vernon,  New  York,  and  East  Orange,  New  Jersey. 

Rev.  Buchtel  severed  his  pastoral  relations  in  the  east  in  1899  to  return  to  Colorado 
as  chancellor  of  the  University  of  Denver,  an  institution  which  at  that  time  was 
burdened  by  a  great  debt.  He  made  it  his  first  duty  to  procure  necessary  funds  and 
after  an  untiring  and  vigorous  campaign  succeeded  in  raising  two  hundred  and  sixty 
thousand  dollars,  which  cleared  the  property  from  all  mortgage  encumbrances,  though  all 
floating  debts  were  not  extinguished  until  the  total  amount  of  cash  secured  aggregated 
a  third  of  a  million  dollars.  The  total  amount  secured  by  Chancellor  Buchtel  for  the 
scliool  down  to  the  present  year  (191S)  is  more  than  a  million  dollars.  During  his 
administration  the  attendance  increased  from  six  hundned  to  fourteen  hundred  students. 
The  University  of  Denver  is  the  pioneer  school  of  higher  learning  in  Colorado.  It  now 
has  fourteen  hundred  students  and  approximately  one  hundred  and  sixty  professors. 
As  chancellor.  Rev.  Buchtel  has  visited  every  part  of  Colorado  and  it  is  said  that  no 
man  in  the  state  has  a  broader  acquaintance.  His  prominence  as  the  successful  head 
of  this  institution  led  to  his  selection  for  other  public  service  and  honors,  for  in  the 
fall  of  1906  the  republican  party  named  him  as  its  candidate  for  governor.  When  offered 
the  candidacy  he  wrote  in  reply:  "I  accept  the  nomination  you  have  tendered  with 
the  distinct  understanding  that  I  am  not  to  be  expected  to  make  any  pledges  of  any 

character  to  anyone I  hope  we  shall  be  able  to  make  a  campaign  which  is  in 

harmony  with  the  best  traditions  of  the  republican  party,  that  is,  a  business  campaign 
that  is  clean  and  honest."  That  Colorado's  citizens  believed  in  him  and  his  policy 
is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  election  returns  gave  to  him  a  majority  of  approximately 
twenty  thousand.  His  inauguration,  contrary  to  the  usual  custom  of  the  state,  took 
place  in  the  Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  which  Governor  Buchtel  had  largely 
aided  in  building  while  serving  as  its  pastor.  He  concluded  his  inaugural  address  with 
a  prayer,  which  was  followed  by  the  Lord's  prayer.  This  was  indicative  of  the  spirit 
of  his  administration,  which  was  characterized  by  the  highest  ideals  of  manhood  and 
of  citizenship.  All  appropriations  for  the  biennial  period,  as  well  as  all  deficits  of 
former  administrations,  were  paid  in  full,  and  the  administration  turned  over  to  its 
successor  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  cash.  The  legislative  enactments,  too, 
were  of  a  character  that  proved  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  the  state  at  the  time  and 
not  only  looked  to  the  exigencies  of  the  moment  but  considered  also  the  opportunities 
of  the  future.  A  pure  food  law  was  enacted,  also  one  requiring  the  inspection  of  build- 
ing and  loan  associations.  A  civil  service  law  found  its  way  to  the  statute  books  of 
the  state  and  laws  providing  state  employment  agencies  and  the  establishment  of  juvenile 
court  and  detention  houses  for  child  offenders.  Another  law  that  was  enacted  provided 
for  the  employment  of  prison  labor  on  public  highways.  There  was  passed  a  meat  and 
slaughter-house  inspection  law  and  one  of  the  best  local  option  laws  which  has  also  been 
adopted  by  other  states.  Other  legislation  of  importance  that  was  secured  during  his 
administration  related  to  banking,  railroads  and  insurance. 

It  was  on  the  4th  of  February,  1873,  that  Governor  Buchtel  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Mary  Stevenson,  daughter  of  William  N.  Stevenson,  of  Greencastle,  Indiana. 
They  became  parents  of  two  sons  and  two  daughters:  Dr.  Frost  Craft  Buchtel;  Henry 
Augustus,  Jr.,  who  died  in  1901;  Emma,  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  William  G.  Lennox,  both 
of  whom  are  doing  missionary  work  in  China;  and  Mary. 

In  the  year  1884,  Governor  Buchtel  received  from  his  alma  mater  the  honorary 
degree  of  D.  D.  and  in  1900  that  of  LL.  D.  Since  his  retirement  from  office  he  has 
devoted  his  entire  attention  to  his  services  as  chancellor  of  the  University  of  Denver. 
His  service  as  governor  of  Colorado,  however,  constitutes  a  chapter  in  its  history  of 
which  the  state  is  justly  proud.     His  election  followed  an  era  of  great  bitterness  and 


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it  was  due  to  his  rare  tact  and  splendid  qualities  of  heart  and  mind  that  conflicting  ele- 
ments were  brought  together.  He  was  indeed  a  peacemaking  governor.  Since  his  term 
of  office,  the  old  harsh,  unforgiving  attitude  of  political  opponents  has  largely  disappeared 
from  the  strife  of  parties.  The  people  of  the  state  can  never  forget  the  great  "good- 
fellowship"  banquet  given  by  Governor  Buchtel  and  which  marked  the  beginning  of  an 
era  in  the  history  of  the  commonwealth.  His  course  has  marked  the  triumph  of  truth, 
of  right  and  progress.  His  methods  have  been  practical,  while  his  vision  has  been 
broad  and  his  ideals  high.  His  appeals  to  the  manhood  of  the  state  have  never  been 
in  vain  and  his  teachings  and  example  have  been  a  guiding  force  for  the  adoption  of  all 
those  elements  which  work  for  good  to  the  individual  and  to  the  community  at  large. 


TAYLOR    GREEN. 


Taylor  Green,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Elbert  county,  was  born  in  the  state  of  New- 
York  in  1834  and  acquired  his  education  in  local  schools  there.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  carpentering  in  his  youthful  days  and  when  he  came  to  Colorado  in  1871  he  went 
at  once  to  Elbert  county,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  contracting  business. 
Many  of  the  finest  and  largest  farm  buildings  in  the  county  were  planned  and  erected 
by  him. 

Prior  to  his  removal  to  Colorado  he  had  served  for  three  years  in  the  Union  army 
under  General  Sherman  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1906  was  an  honored  member 
of  the  Grand  Army  post  in  Elbert  county,  thus  maintaining  pleasant  relations  with 
his  old  military  comrades,  with,  whom  he  had  marched  to  the  defense  of  the  Stars 
and  Stripes  during  the  momentous  period  of  the  Civil  war. 

On  the  2d  of  December,  1891,  Mr.  Green  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Gertrude 
McArthy,  a  native  of  Prince  Edward  Island.  Albert  T.  Green,  their  son,  is  now  in 
Base  Hospital,  No.  29,  in  London,  doing  active  service  for  his  country.  He  enlisted 
in  June,  1917,  and  was  mustered  in  at  Camp  Cody,  New  Mexico,  in  March,  1918,  going 
later  to  Camp  Crane,  Pennsylvania,  and  then  to  important  hospital  service  in  London. 


JOHN  WICH. 


Starting  in  business  on  his  own  account  with  practically  no  funds  and  otherwise 
handicapped,  John  Wich  nevertheless  has  gradually  overcome  all  obstacles  and  difiS- 
culties  and  in  the  course  of  years  he  became  one  of  Denver's  leading  boiler  men  and 
manufacturers,  and  owner  of  one  of  the  largest  concerns  of  the  kind  in  the  west — 
the  Star  Boiler  &  Sheet  Iron  Works.  In  this  connection  he  made  for  himself  an 
enviable  name  and  place  in  the  business  circles  of  the  west  and  at  a  recent  date  he 
sold  out  and  is  now  living  retired,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his  former  toil  in  a  well 
earned  rest. 

Mr.  Wich  was  born  in  Bavaria,  April  13,  1852,  a  son  of  John  and  Catharina  Wich, 
who  were  natives  of  the  same  country,  where  the  father  was  engaged  in  the  meat 
business.     Both  he  and  his  wife  have  passed  away.     In  their  family  were  ten  children. 

John  Wich,  the  ninth  in  order  of  birth  in  his  father's  household,  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  country  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  bade  adieu  to 
friends  and  fatherland  and  sailed  for  America,  attracted  by  the  opportunities  which 
he  believed  he  might  enjoy  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  He  located  at  Wilkes-Barre, 
Pennsylvania,  and  for  a  time  was  employed  by  the  Central  Railroad  Company  of  New 
Jersey.  He  afterward  learned  the  boiler  maker's  trade  at  Wilkes-Barre  and  remained 
there  for  five  years.  Subsequently  he  went  to  Texas  and  was  employed  at  his  trade 
in  various  parts  of  that  state.  In  1880  he  came  to  Denver  and  for  two  months  worked 
for  others,  after  which  he  established  a  small  shop  in  connection  with  a  partner.  That 
relation  was  continued  successfully  for  nine  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time,  in  1889, 
Mr.  Wich  purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner  and  continued  as  sole  owner  of  the 
business.  From  a  small  start  he  developed  the  present  extensive  establishment, 
which  he  conducted  with  profit  tor  many  years.  He  developed  a  business  second  to 
none  of  the  character  in  the  west.  He  employed  fifty  experienced  workmen  and  had 
a  splendidly  equipped  plant  covering  more  than  a  city  block.  The  business  was  con- 
ducted under  the  name  of  the  Star  Boiler  &  Sheet  Iron  Works  and  he  manufactured 
all  kinds  of  steam  boilers  and  did  sheet  iron  work  of  all  descriptions.  On  the  4th 
of  September,  1918,  having  decided  to  retire  from  active  business  life,  he  made  a  sat- 


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192  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

isfactory  arrangement  for  successfully  closing  out  the  business,  selling  at  a  good 
figure  to  McDougall  Overmeyer.  Mr.  Wich  is  one  of  the  pioneer  boiler  and  sheet 
metal  manufacturers  of  the  west  and  his  establishment  largely  set  the  standard  for 
the  labors  of  others  along  the  same  line.  He  never  aspired  to  office,  preferring  to 
devote  his  entire  time  and  energies  to  the  development  of  his  business  with  results 
that  were  extremely  satisfactory. 

In  Denver,  on  the  27th  of  September,  188S,  Mr.  Wich  was  united  In  marriage  to 
Miss  Alvina  Gerdau,  of  Denver,  who  was  born  in  Denmark  and  came  to  America 
when  seventeen  years  of  age.'  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wich  have  become  parents  of  six  children: 
Maude,  deceased;  Ruth,  who  has  also  passed  away;  Lillian,  at  home;  John,  who  was 
killed  in  a  motorcycle  accident  on  the  20th  of  June,  1915;  Edith,  who  is  a  graduate 
of  the  Denver  high  school;    and  Catharine,  who  was  also  educated  in  Denver  schools. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Wich  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  with  the 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men  and  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Denver  Manufacturers' 
Association  and  the  State  Manufacturers'  Association.  He  has  certainly  never  had 
occasion  to  regret  his  determination  to  come  to  the  new  world,  for  in  this  land  he  has 
found  the  opportunities  which  he  sought  and  in  their  utilization  has  made  steady 
progress.  He  found  here  conditions  that  do  not  hamper  the  efforts  of  the  individual 
but  which  stimulate  imagination  and  ambition,  and  wisely  utilizing  his  opportunities, 
he  has  advanced  step  by  step  until,  with  a  handsome  competence  secured  through  his 
own  labors,  he  is  living  retired,  enjoying  ease  and  comfort. 


CHARLES  MILTON  HOBBS. 


Charles  Milton  Hobbs,  who  died  in  Denver.  January  27,  1910,  left  the  impress 
of  his  individuality  in  various  ways  upon  the  life  and  thought  of  this  city.  He  was 
prominent  in  railway  and  business  circles  for  many  years  and  was  equally  well  known 
as  a  philanthropist  and  man  of  letters.  His  birth  occurred  in  Carthage.  Indiana, 
October  4,  1S54.  his  parents  being  Dr.  Wilson  and  Zelinda  (Williams)  Hobbs,  the 
former  a  prominent  physician  of  the  Hoosier  state,  who  removed  from  Carthage  to 
Knightstown,  Indiana,  and  there  spent  his  remaining  days. 

It  was  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  state  that  C.  M.  Hobbs  mastered  the 
elementary  branches  of  learning,  while  later  he  became  a  student  in  the  University 
of  Indiana  at  Bloomington.  Following  his  removal  to  the  west  he  was  employed 
for  a  time  in  the  United  States  Government  Signal  Service,  Bureau  of  Observation,  and 
was  stationed  at  Pike's  Peak.  In  the  year  1878  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company  and  remained  in  the  responsible  position  of  purchasing 
agent  for  the  line,  for  twenty-five  years.  In  1904  he  went  to  Nevada,  where  in  company 
with  Rodney  Curtis,  Lawrence  Phipps,  Delos  Chappell  and  other  prominent  men  of 
Denver,  he  organized  the  Nevada  &  California  Power  Company,  of  which  he  was 
made  manager,  thus  directing  the  important  interests  of  that  corporation.  In  business 
affairs  he  displayed  keen  judgment  and  marked  sagacity,  readily  recognizing  the  diffi- 
culties as  well  as  the  opportunities  of  every  situation  and  bending  his  energies  with 
determination  to  the  mastery  of  the  former  and  the  utilization  of  the  latter.  Failure 
had  no  part  in  his  scheme  of  things.  He  recognized  the  fact  that  there  can  always 
be  carved  out  paths  whereby  one  may  reach  the  desired  goal,  and  energy  and  determina- 
tion brought  him  far  on  the  highroad  to  success. 

On  the  9th  of  August.  1879.  Mr.  Hobbs  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ina  S. 
Blaine,  of  Colorado  Springs,  who  survives  him  and  is  prominent  in  the  social  life 
of  Denver.  She  belongs  to  several  clubs  and  is  interested  in  the  various  activities 
promoted  by  Denver  women  for  the  benefit  of  the  city.  In  this  she  follows  the  lead 
of  her  husband,  whose  efforts  in  behalf  of  public  progress  were  far  reaching  and 
resultant. 

Mr.  Hobbs  was  a  member  of  the  Central  Presbyterian  church,  in  the  work  of 
which  he  took  a  most  helpful  part.  He  was  vitally  interested  in  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  and  was  president  of  the  Denver  branch  for  ten  years.  His 
political  allegiance  was  given  to  the  republican  party  and  along  more  strictly  social 
lines  his  connection  was  with  the  Denver  Club  and  the  Denver  Athletic  Club. 

He  was  a  profound  student  and  took  great  interest  in  literary  matters,  his  reading 
being  broad  and  most  comprehensive.  He  had  great  pride  in  collecting  a  magnificent 
library,  with  the  contents  of  which  he  was  intimately  familiar,  and  he  was  the  author 
of  a  number  of  published  lectures,  notably  "Colorado  vs.  Switzerland,"  which  he 
delivered   throughout   the   east   by  request   of  various   railroad   and   civic   associations. 


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CHARLES    M.    HOBBS 


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The  entire  trend  of  his  aid  and  influence  was  toward  uplift  and  advancement,  for  the 
individual  and  for  the  commonwealth,  and  association  with  him  meant  expansion  and 
elevation. 


CHARLES  W.  EGGERT. 


Charles  W.  Eggert  is  the  president  of  the  Eggert  Ice  Company  of  Denver,  one  of 
the  largest  natural  ice  companies  of  the  west.  He  came  to  this  city  with  eighty  cents 
in  his  pocket,  riding  a  bicycle,  in  which  way  he  made  the  trip  from  his  old  home  at 
Manitowoc,  Wisconsin.  He  started  upon  his  business  career  here  as  driver  of  an  ice 
wagon  and  from  that  point  has  steadily  progressed  until  he  is  now  at  the  head  of  one 
of  the  wholesale  ice  industries  of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Manitowoc,  Wisconsin. 
December  4,  1875.  a  son  of  Fred  and  Bertha  (Schultz)  Eggert.  who  were  of  European 
birth.  The  father  came  to  America  with  his  parents  when  a  lad  of  eight  years  and  the 
mother  was  but  two  years  of  age  when  brought  by  her  parents  to  the  new  world.  Both 
families  established  a  home  in  Wisconsin,  where  the  paternal  grandfather.  John  Eggert, 
settled  at  a  very  early  day  as  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Manitowoc.  There  he  cleared  land, 
developing  the  virgin  soil  into  a  very  productive  farm.  Many  times  in  those  early  days 
he  was  obliged  td  leave  the  plow  and  take  up  a  gun  in  order  to  protect  his  family  from 
bands  of  marauding  Indians.  He  continued  a  resident  of  Wisconsin  until  called  to  his 
final  rest. 

His  son.  Fred  Eggert.  was  educated  in  the  country  schools  of  Wisconsin  and  after- 
ward learned  the  shoe  business,  since  whicli  time  he  has  been  active  in  that  trade, 
ranking  for  many  years  as  one  of  the  leading  shoe  merchants  and  highly  respected 
citizens  of  Manitowoc.  His  wife  was  also  reared  and  educated  there  and  their  marriage 
occurred  in  that  city.  They  had  a  family  of  eight  children:  Fred,  now  residing  in 
California;  Edward,  of  Manitowoc,  Wisconsin;  William,  of  Denver;  George,  who  has 
passed  away;  Mrs.  Eleanor  Kohls,  of  Manitowoc,  Wisconsin;  and  William  and  Minnie, 
who  are  also  deceased. 

Charles  W.  Eggert  was  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth  in  this  family.  He  attended 
school  in  Wisconsin  and  after  completing  his  education  was  there  connected  with  the 
stationery  business  for  five  years.  He  became  a  sufferer  from  asthma,  however,  and  in 
1S95  started  for  Colorado  for  the  benefit  of  his  health.  He  rode  a  bicycle  the  entire  dis- 
tance, living  in  the  open  on  the  advice  of  his  physician  and  reaching  Denver  with  less  than 
a  dollar  in  his  pocket.  It  was  imperative  that  he  obtain  immediate  employment  and  he 
secured  a  position  as  deliveryman  in  connection  with  an  ice  business.  He  worked  for 
a  time  for  wages,  saving  what  he  could,  and  at  length  he  resigned  and  purchased  two 
ice  delivery  wagons  and  horses  and  started  out  in  the  business  on  his  own  account. 
His  patronage  has  steadily  increased  until  he  is  today  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  largest 
wholesale  ice  enterprises  of  the  west,  handling  natural  mountain  ice.  The  Eggert  Ice 
Company  of  Denver  has  built  three  large  reservoir  lakes,  covering  many  acres,  in  the 
Rockies.  These  are  situated  up  the  Platte  canyon,  two  at  Singleton,  Colorado,  and  one 
at  Pine  Grove.  A  gravel  bottom  has  been  built  and  each  spring  that  supplies  a  lake, 
is  kept  thoroughly  clean  so  as  to  ensure  absolute  purity  of  the  water.  The  ice.  which 
comes  direct  to  the  company's  large  storage  ice  houses  in  Denver,  has  been  specially 
tested  by  expert  chemists  and  is  pronounced  one  hundred  per  cent  pure.  So  rapidly  has 
the  wholesale  ice  trade  of  this  company  grown  that  in  1917  seventeen  hundred  carloads 
of  full  capacity  were  shipped  from  the  Denver  ice  houses  to  the  Pacific  coast  and  large 
shipments  are  constantly  being  made  to  other  parts  of  the  country.  When  one  considers 
the  modest  beginning,  the  growth  and  development  of  the  undertaking  seem  marvelous, 
but  the  outcome  is  the  direct  result  of  the  business  energy  and  enterprise  of  the  founder, 
who  started  the  business  in  1899  and  incorporated  it  in  1907.  He  became  the  president, 
with  G.  A.  Kartack  as  the  vice  president,  and  the  business  was  capitalized  for  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars.  Both  a  wholesale  and  retail  trade  is  conducted  and  seven- 
teen wagons  are  used. 

Mr.  Eggert  has  been  married  twice.  He  first  wedded  Miss  Clasina  Nielsen,  of 
Denver,  on  the  22d  of  November,  1899,  and  on  the  2d  of  October,  1913,  she  passed  away. 
She  w^as  a  daughter  of  Captain  Paul  Nielsen,  a  well  known  navigator  of  the  Great 
Lakes.  She  left  one  child.  Charles  Eggert.  Jr..  who  was  born  in  Denver.  June  15,  1903, 
and  is  now  attending  school.  On  the  18th  of  January,  1915,  Mr.  Eggert  was  married  to 
Nemma  L.  Jones,  of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugh  R.  Jones,  who  were 
pioneers  of  the  west,  the  father  having  come  with  ox  teams  to  Denver  in  1859,  reaching 
his  destination  after  various  encounters  with  the  Indians  while  en  route.     By  a  former 


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marriage  Mrs.  Eggert  had  two  children:   Hugh,  born  January  28,  1902;   and  Laura,  born 
September  26.  1904. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Eggert  is  a  Mason  who  has  tilled  all  of  the  chairs  in  Harmony 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  has  served  on  the  building  committee.  He  also  belongs  to 
the  Royal  Arcanum  and  to  the  Royal  League,  while  in  politics  he  maintains  an  inde- 
pendent course.  He  does  not  seek  nor  desire  office,  for  his  business  affairs  make  full 
demand  upon  his  time  and  attention.  He  has  constantly  enlarged  his  facilities  to  meet 
the  demands  of  a  growing  trade  and  his  is  a  notable  career  of  successful  achievement, 
resulting  from  close  application  and  persistency  of  purpose  that  has  never  faltered  in 
the  face  of  difficulties  but  has  pressed  forward  to  the  goal  of  success. 


NELS  NELSON. 


Nels  Nelson  is  the  owner  of  a  splendidly  improved  ranch  property  situated  in 
Elbert  county  and  comprising  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  rich  and  valuable  land. 
Mr.  Nelson  is  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  that  Sweden  has  furnished  to  Colorado. 
He  was  born  In  that  country  November  25,  1864,  and  was  a  young  man  of  twenty- 
three  years  when  he  bade  adieu  to  friends  and  family  and  sailed  for  the  new  world, 
reaching  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  in  1887.  Soon  afterward  he  made  his  way  westward 
to  Denver,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade  of  cabinetmaking,  which  he  had  previously 
learned  in  Sweden.  There  he  resided  for  a  considerable  period  but  in  1896  took  up  his 
abode  in  Elbert  county,  homesteading  a  part  of  his  present  big  ranch,  which  is 
situated  halfway  between  Elizabeth  and  Parker.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  six  hundred 
and  forty  acres  of  valuable  land  and  has  one  of  the  best  farms  in  the  county.  This 
he  has  brought  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  adding  many  modern  improvements, 
and   the  fields  annually  produce  substantial  crops. 

Mr.  Nelson  married  Miss  Ida  Ventemeyer.  By  a  former  marriage  he  had  five 
children:  Joy;  Philip,  who  is  now  in  France;  William,  who  has  enlisted  and  is  ready 
for  service  overseas;   and  Adolph  and  Clarence,  who  are  farming  with  their  father. 

For  a  year  Mr.  Nelson  was  road  overseer  for  Elbert  county  and  he  has  been  an 
active  supporter  of  many  plans  and  measures  for  the  general  good.  He  has  sought  to 
improve  the  district  in  every  possible  way  and  his  activity  along  agricultural  lines 
has  to  a  degree  set  the  pace  which  others  have  followed.  His  labors  show  what  can 
be  accomplished  when  there  is  a  will  to  dare  and  to  do.  Taking  over  a  tract  of  un- 
developed land,  he  has  converted  it  into  rich  and  productive  fields  which  annually 
return  to  him  golden  harvests,  and  his  farm  is  now  one  of  the  best  ranch  properties 
of   the   district. 


MRS.  MARY  MAGUIRE  COOK. 

Mrs.  Mary  Maguire  Cook,  with  extensive  landed  possessions  in  Elbert  county,  is  well 
known  as  a  business  woman,  at  the  same  time  holding  a  prominent  position  in  social 
circles.  Moreover,  she  is  one  of  the  pioneer  women  of  the  state,  having  been  born  at 
Russell  Gulch,  in  Gilpin  county,  her  parents  being  Thomas  and  Letitia  Maguire.  Like 
so  many  sturdy  pioneers  of  that  period,  Thomas  Maguire  crossed  the  plains  with  an  ox 
team  and  made  a  number  of  such  trips  in  the  days  when  the  Indians  were  still  a  men- 
ace to  travel.  He  first  arrived  in  the  state  in  1S53  and  was  engaged  in  business  at  Rus- 
sell Gulch.  In  1873  he  removed  to  Elbert  county  and  became  one  of  the  leading  cattle 
men  of  that  section,  developing  interests  of  large  extent.  It  was  through  his  efforts  and 
those  of  his  fellow  ranchers  that  Elbert  county  became  noted  for  the  high  class  of  its  live 
stock,  forming  one  of  the  centers  of  the  live  stock  industry  in  the  state.  During  the 
period  of  his  residence  in  Gilpin  and  later  in  Elbert  county  he  was  one  of  the  stanch 
supporters  of  the  Methodist  church. 

Mary  Maguire.  the  daughter,  was  an  associate  in  both  the  public  and  Sunday  schools 
of  Central  City,  Gilpin  county,  of  Emma  Teller,  the  brilliant  daughter  of  the  late  Sena- 
tor Henry  M.  Teller.  Soon  after  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Elbert  county  the  daugh- 
ter Mary  was  married  in  the  Bijou,  where  her  father  lived,  to  Joseph  Cook,  Jr.,  who 
was  another  of  that  splendid  group  of  pioneer  farmers  whose  faith  in  Elbert  county  was 
rewarded  by  a  rich  return  both  in  crops  and  in  cattle.  He  developed  his  business  In- 
terests to  extensive  proportions  and  when  he  passed  away  in  1912  left  to  his  widow  one 
of  the  best  ranch  holdings  in  the  state.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cook  became  the  parents  of  three 


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198  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

daughters,  all  of  whom  are  married  to  prosperous  Colorado  farm   owners.     These  are 
Mrs.  F.  W.  Trask,  Mrs.  E.  R.  Mourning  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Clow. 

Nature  was  most  gracious  to  Mrs.  Cook  in  her  physical  and  intellectual  endowments 
and  her  beauty  and  intellect  are  matched  by  her  splendid  business  ability  and  executive 
force.  She  is  an  excellent  financier  and  has  vastly  increased  the  holdings  left  by  both 
her  father  and  husband.  In  her  home  she  is  a  most  gracious  hostess,  and  is  one  of  the 
social  leaders  of  the  county  in  which  she  has  so  long  resided. 


REV.  GEORGE  BEDELL  VOSBURGH.  Ph.   D.,  D.  D. 

Rev.  George  Bedell  Vosburgh,  an  eminent  representative  of  the  Baptist  ministry  and 
a  distinguished  lecturer,  was  born  in  Stockport,  Columbia  county.  New  York,  on  the 
ISth  day  of  November,  1849,  a  son  of  Bartholomew  C.  and  Anna  Eliza  (Bedell)  Vos- 
burgh. The  ancestors  of  the  family  in  the  paternal  line  came  to  this  country  in  1685 
from  Holland.  The  mother  was  of  English  lineage,  the  Bedell  family  having  been 
founded  in  America  also  in  1685.  The  Vosburghs  lived  in  what  is  now  Columbia 
county,  on  the  east  side  of  the  Hudson  river,  and  the  Bedell  family  home  was  in  what 
Is  now  Greene  county,  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  opposite  the  Vosburgh  home. 
The  Bedells  were   Quakers. 

In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  Dr.  Vosburgh  was  graduated  from  the  Albany 
(New  York)  Normal  College  in  1870,  from  Colgate  University  of  Hamilton,  New  York, 
with  the  Bachelor's  degree  in  1S73  and  from  the  Hamilton  Theological  Seminary  in 
1874.  He  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in  1883  and  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Philosophy  in  1884  from  the  University  of  Chicago,  both  degrees  being  granted  as  the 
result  of  post-graduate  work.  In  1892  Shurtleff  College  conferred  upon  him  the  hon- 
orary degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  Before  completing  his  training  for  the  ministry 
he  had  taught  school  in  early  life.  He  was  ordained  to  the  Christian  ministry  at 
Cooperstown,  New  York,  in  June,  1874,  and  he  was  in  the  active  pastorate  from  that 
date  until  October,  1911.  His  successive  pastorates  were  as  follows:  First  Baptist 
church  of  Cooperstown,  New  York.  1874-1877;  Bergen  Baptist  church  of  Jersey  City, 
New  Jersey,  1877-1879;  Millard  Avenue  Baptist  church  of  Chicago,  1879-1883;  First 
Baptist  church  of  Decatur,  Illinois,  1883-1890;  First  Baptist  church  of  Elgin,  Illinois, 
1890-1893;  Stoughton  Street  Baptist  church  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  1893-1897;  First 
Baptist  church  of  Denver,  Colorado,  1897-1911.  He  is  regarded  as  the  leading  Baptist 
minister  of  Colorado  and  as  one  of  the  foremost  Baptist  ministers  of  the  United  States. 
His  opinion  has  great  weight  throughout  the  country.  He  was  president  of  the 
Colorado  Baptist  Convention  for  four  years  and  has  been  president  of  the  Baptist 
Pastors'  Conferences  of  Chicago.  Boston  and  Denver.  His  pastoral  record  has  been 
one  of  marked  achievement.  The  churches  he  has  served  have  all  enjoyed  permanent 
growth  of  a  definite  nature  in  numbers,  strength  and  influence.  It  is  worthy  of  note 
that  in  most  of  his  pastorates  large  sums  of  money  have  been  raised  for  the  payment 
of  debts,  for  important  improvements,  or  for  new  edifices,  and  that  deep  spiritual 
awakening,  resulting  in  the  conversion  of  hundreds,  took  place.  His  administrative  and 
executive  qualities  are  as  remarkable  as  his  literary  and  oratorical  gifts.  He  has  a  strong 
and  attractive  personality.  In  his  written  productions  he  is  a  consummate  master  of 
expression  and  on  the  platform  he  is  an  orator  of  impressive  power.  His  mind  is 
marked  by  vitality  and  resiliency  and  as  a  thinker  he  is  clear,  cumulative  and  con- 
structive. 

Dr.  Vosburgh  was  married  on  August  24,  1881,  in  Arlington,  Massachusetts,  to 
Miss  Florence  Louise  Learned,  a  daughter  of  Albert  C.  and  Lucy  (Coolidge)  Learned, 
both  representatives  of  old  colonial  families  whose  ancestors  came  from  England  at 
an  early  period  in  the  settlement  of  the  new  world  and  were  represented  in  the  war 
for  independnece.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Vosburgh  have  one  daughter,  Edna  Hays,  who  was 
educated  in  the  United  States  and  in  France,  where  she  spent  four  years,  in  the  study 
of  art.  Her  paintings  have  been  accepted  in  the  salons  of  the  old  world,  where  they 
have  received  high  praise.  She  became  the  wife  of  Bernard  Lentz,  a  graduate  of 
West  Point  and  at  that  time  a  lieutenant  in  the  Twenty-first  Infantry,  their  marriage 
being  celebrated  on  the  18th  of  August,  1909.  They  spent  several  years  in  the 
Philippines  and  Major  Lentz,  who  in  1918  was  made  a  colonel,  is  now  a  member  of  the 
General  Staff  at  Washington,  D.  C.  They  have  two  sons.  Paul  Leonard  Vosburgh, 
the  only  son  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Vosburgh,  was  born  at  Decp,tur,  Illinois,  May  30,  1887. 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Denver  and  in  the  University  of  Denver.  He 
is  a  thoroughgoing,  strong-minded  business  man  and  is  now   (1918)   at  the  head  of  the 


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Wadhams  &  Kerr  Brothers  wholesale  grocery  house  at  Walla  Walla,  Washington.  He 
was  married  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  October  20,  1910.  to  Miss  Opal  Parr  and  they  have 
one  child,  a  son,  Richard  Parr  Vosburgh. 

Dr.  Vosburgh  has  traveled  extensively  in  Mexico,  Europe,  Egypt,  Syria  and  the 
Orient.  Fifteen  times  he  has  crossed  the  Atlantic.  In  1896  he  made  an  extended 
journey  through  Egypt.  Syria,  Turkey  and  Greece.  In  1911  and  1912  he  made  a  leisurely 
journey  around  the  world,  spending  much  of  the  time  in  India.  Java,  the  Philippines, 
China  and  Japan.  He  has  been  a  close  and  sympathetic  student  of  the  economic, 
political,  social  and  religious  customs  and  ideas  of  the  peoples  among  whom  he  has 
traveled.  As  a  result  he  has  written  much  and  informingly  upon  his  travels,  while 
his  travel  lectures,  of  which  he  has  given  thousands,  are  among  the  finest  utterances 
of  their  type  now  heard  upon  the  American  platform.  In  addition  to  tlieological  pur- 
suits, he  has  read  widely  and  thought  deeply  upon  economic  and  industrial  problems, 
while  the  study  of  art  has  been  an  avocation  that  he  has  pursued  with  delight  for 
years.  He  has  thus  become  a  writer  and  lecturer  of  wide  repute  on  social  questions 
and  upon  art.  In  view  of  his  intimate  knowledge  of  the  higher  life  of  the  whole  world 
he  was  appointed  a  few  years  ago  lecturer  on  "Civilization  in  the  Twentieth  Century" 
in  the  University  of  Denver.  This  position  is  probably  unique  in  the  universities  of 
our  country  today.  He  spends  half  of  each  year  in  residence  at  the  University  and 
the  other  half  in  extension  work  in  Colorado  and  adjoining  states,  especially  In  higher 
institutions.  Tliere  are  very  few,  if  any,  men  who  address  each  year  so  many  young 
men  and  women  of  college  grade.  He  is  chaplain  of  the  Colorado  Society  of  the  Sons 
of  the  Revolution,  a  member  of  the  National  Institute  of  Social  Science,  a  member  of 
the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  and  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 
He  has  always  taken  a  deep  Interest  in  civic  affairs  and  in  all  state,  national  and 
international  questions.  All  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of  man  is  of  interest  to  him, 
whether  concerning  the  Bible,  economics,  capital  and  labor,  art,  literature  or  music. 
While  he  is  intensely  an  American,  he  understands  and  appreciates  the  life  problems 
of  all  peoples  and  is  interested  in  them.  He  is  not  a  provincialist  but  is  a  true  cos- 
mopolitan. A  man  of  broad  scholarship  and  varied  attainments,  he  is  a  guiding  spirit 
in  public  thought  and  action. 


WILLIAM  S.  WILL. 


The  well  devised  business  plans  and  capable  management  of  William  S.  Will, 
have  brought  success  to  the  Midland  Casket  &  Manufacturing  Company  of  Denver,  of 
whose  interests  he  has  had  control  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  born  in  Ripley 
county,  Indiana.  May  17,  1869,  a  son  of  William  and  Katherine  (Hill)  Will.  The 
father  was  born  in  Europe,  while  the  birth  of  the  mother  occurred  in  Kentucky. 
William  Will,  Sr.,  came  to  America  when  but  ten  years  of  age  with  his  parents,  who 
settled  in  Ohio,  where  he  was  reared.  When  a  young  man  of  twenty  he  went  to 
Indiana  and  with  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he  volunteered  and  joined  the  Sixth 
Indiana  Infantry,  with  which  he  went  to  the  front,  participating  in  many  stirring 
engagements.  He  was  wounded  several  times.  On  one  occasion  a  cannon  ball  struck 
him  in  the  back  of  the  neck,  wounding  him  severely,  but  after  several  months  spent 
in  a  hospital  he  recovered  and  returned  to  the  fighting  line.  At  the  close  of  the  war 
he  received  an  honorable  discharge  and  returned  to  Versailles,  Indiana,  where  he  was 
married  and  engaged  in  merchandising  on  his  own  account.  He  remained  in  business 
there  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  December  13,  1909.  His  wife  removed 
from  Kentucky  to  Indiana  in  her  girlhood  days  with  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Jonathan  Hill,  who  were  pioneer  settlers  of  that  region.  Mrs.  Will  is  still  living 
at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty  years,  her  birth  having  occurred  October  29,  1838,  and 
she  yet  makes  her  home  in  Versailles.  Indiana.  They  had  a  family  of  seven  children, 
six  of  whom  are  living:  Anna  M.,  a  trained  nurse  residing  with  her  mother:  Mrs.  Ida 
Thompson,  whose  husband  is  a  newspaper  editor  of  Versailles,  Indiana;  William  S.; 
Mrs.  C.  S.  Gookins,  who  is  diagnostician  at  the  Reed  Hospital  at  Washington,  D.  C; 
Joseph  A.,  proprietor  and  editor  of  a  newspaper  at  Rising  Sun,  Indiana;  and  Mrs. 
Nancy  L.   Schrader,   of  Limon,  Colorado. 

In  his  boyhood  days  William  S.  Will  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Ver- 
sailles, Indiana,  and  after  completing  his  high  school  work  he  entered  a  newspaper 
office  as  a  printer's  devil  at  the  princely  salary  of  fifty  cents  per  week.  After  serving 
his  apprenticeship  on  the  Versailles  Republican  he  resigned  and  went  to  North  Vernon. 
Indiana,   where  he  continued  in  newspaper  work.     Under   the  presidential   administra- 


200  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

tion  of  Benjamin  Harrison  he  was  appointed  deputy  postmaster  of  North  Vernon, 
Indiana,  and  served  for  four  years.  In  the  meantime  he  resigned  his  position  in  news- 
paper circles  and  after  his  term  as  postmaster  expired  he  returned  to  his  former  occu- 
pation, becoming  editor  of  the  Four  Counties  Chronicle  at  Aurora,  Indiana.  After  two 
years  he  sold  out  on  account  of  failing  health  and  Came  to  Colorado,  settling  at 
Elizabeth,  where  he  conducted  the  postoffice,  and  also  assisted  in  the  Elizabeth  State 
Bank,  where  he  continued  for  two  years.  He  then  became  connected  with  the  Russell 
Gates  Mercantile  Company,  with  which  he  remained  until  April,  1912.  In  that  year 
he  became  interested  in  the  Midland  Casket  &  Manufacturing  Company  of  Denver,  which 
was  maintaining  a  precarious  existence,  endeavoring  to  keep  out  of  the  bankruptcy 
court.  From  the  time  when  Mr.  Will  assumed  the  management  of  the  business  it  has 
steadily  grown  and  is  today  one  of  the  successful  manufacturing  concerns  of  Denver, 
of  which  he  is  the  secretary,  treasurer  and  general  manager. 

On  the  30th  of  September,  1909,  Mr.  Will  was  married  to  Mrs.  Belle  C.  Richards, 
the  widow  of  Everett  Richards,  of  Zanesville,  Ohio.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Congregational  church. 
There  have  been  no  unusual  or  spectacular  phases  in  his  career.  He  has  worked  per- 
sistently and  energetically  since  making  his  initial  start  in  the  business  world,  wisely 
using  his  opportunities  and  advancing  step  by  step  until  he  is  now  in  active  control 
of  an  Important  and  profitable  commercial  and  manufacturing  concern,  which  is  con- 
ducting an  extensive  business,  shipping  caskets  to  New  Mexico.  Kansas,  Utah,  Wyom- 
ing and  Nebraska,  and  in  the  business  from  fifteen  to  twenty  expert  workmen  are 
employed. 


RUFUS  E.   SPENCER. 


Rufus  E.  Spencer,  president  of  The  R.  E.  Spencer  Lumber  Company  of  Denver, 
was  born  in  Lynchburg,  Tennessee,  December  31,  1878,  a  son  of  J.  W.  and  Jacynthia 
(Waggoner)  Spencer,  who  were  likewise  natives  of  Tennessee,  where  they  remained 
until  1913,  when  they  came  to  Denver,  in  which  city  they  now  make  their  home.  The 
father  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  farming  but  is  now  living  retired.  Their 
family  numbered  seven  children,  five  of  whom  survive:  William  M.,  a  resident  of 
Colorado;  Ernest  W.,  now  in  France;  Mrs.  George  Berry,  living  in  Denver;  Mrs. 
Joseph  Waggoner,  of  Tennessee;  and  Rufus  E.,  who  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth 
In  the  family. 

In  his  boyhood  days  Rufus  E.  Spencer  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  and  when 
in  his  nineteenth  year  completed  his  studies  in  the  Lynchburg  (Tenn.)  high  school. 
He  afterward  spent  two  years  as  a  student  in  the  State  College  at  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky, and  for  one  year  subsequent  to  that  time  engaged  in  clerking  in  an  attorney's 
office  in  Whitley  county,  Kentucky,  but  resigned  his  position  to  become  bookkeeper 
and  cashier  for  the  Kentucky  Lumber  Company,  with  which  he  remained  for  two 
years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  came  to  Denver  in  1901  and  secured  a 
position  as  bookkeeper  with  the  Hallack  Lumber  &  Supply  Company,  remaining  with 
that  house  for  two  years.  He  next  obtained  a  similar  position  with  the  E.  W.  Robin- 
son Lumber  Company  of  Denver  but  after  eighteen  months  returned  to  the  Hallack 
Lumber  &  Supply  Company  as  manager  of  the  yard,  acting  in  that  capacity  for  five 
years.  In  1909  he  resigned  and  organized  The  R.  E.  Spencer  Lumber  Company,  which 
has  since  been  successfully  conducted  under  his  immediate  control.  He  is  the  presi- 
dent and  manager  of  this  business,  which  is  a  close  corporation,  successfully  carrying 
on  a  large  business  as  general  dealers  in  lumber  and  builders'  supplies  of  all  kinds, 
together  with  paints  and  oils,  and  automobile  tires  and  accessories.  Mr.  Spencer  has 
also  installed  a  fine  gas  and  filling  station  near  his  yard,  which  is  in  charge  of  his 
father.  Extending  his  efforts,  he  became  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Chapin  Lumber 
Company,  of  Aurora,  Colorado,  of  which  he  is  the  vice  president,  and  he  likewise  owns 
a  half  interest  in  a  lumberyard  at  Hereford,  Colorado,  which  is  managed  by  his  ' 
brother.  He  is  likewise  a  director  of  the  Thomas  Realty  Company  and  a  stockholder 
in  the  Drovers  State  Bank  and  in  the  Merchants  Bank  of  Denver.  Forceful  and  re- 
sourceful, he  has  thus  carried  his  activities  into  various  connections,  each  one  of 
which  has   profited  by  his  cooperation,  sound  judgment   and  keen   sagacity. 

On  the  22d  of  January,  1902,  Mr.  Spencer  was  married  to  Miss  Bessie  P.  Forman, 
at  Loveland,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  J.  Forman,  of  a  well  known 
family  of  Chicago.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spencer  have  become  parents  of  four  children. 
Paul  R.,  born  in  Denver  on  April  13,  1903.  Is  attending  the  Manual  Training  high 
school.     Ruth   Elizabeth,   born   in   1906,   is   also  a  high   school   pupil.     Nancy   D.,   born 


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202  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

in  Tennessee  in  1911,  is  a  legally  adopted  daughter,  a  child  of  Mr.  Spencer's  deceased 
sister.     Richard  O.,  born  in  Denver,  December  6,  1915,  completes  the  family. 

Mr.  Spencer  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  lodge,  chapter,  commandery  and  to  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  also  has  membership  in  the  Denver  Motor  Club,  in  the  Civic  and 
Commercial  Association  and  in  the  Colorado-Wyoming  Lumber  Dealers  Association. 
He  stands  for  all  that  is  most  worth  while  to  the  individual  and  to  the  community  at 
large  and  cooperates  generously  and  heartily  in  all  movements  for  public  progress  and 
improvement  in  the  community  in  which  he  lives.  He  is  possessed  of  many  sterling 
traits  of  character  and  his  business  qualifications  are  such  as  have  enabled  him  to 
work  his  way  steadily  upward  from  a  humble  position  to  one  of  prominence  in  con- 
nection with  the  lumber,  hardware  supplies,  and  retail  coal  trade  of  the  city.  He  is 
now  controlling  a  business  of  substantial  proportions  and  his  close  application  and 
indefatigable  energy  have  constituted  the  foundation  upon  which  he  has  built  his 
success. 


SAMUEL   C.   YODER. 


Samuel  C.  Yoder  Is  one  of  the  more  recent  additions  to  the  citizenship  of  Elbert 
county,  where  he  is  now  extensively  engaged  in  farming.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  In 
Iowa  county,  Iowa,  September  14,  1867.  a  son  of  Cornelius  D.  and  Barbara  Yoder,  who 
removed  to  the  middle  west  from  Somerset  county.  Pennsylvania.  The  father  is 
descended  from   Swiss  ancestry,  while  the  mother's  people  were  of  German  lineage. 

Samuel  C.  Yoder  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  Iowa  while  spending  his 
youthful  days  upon  his  father's  farm,  where  he  was  early  trained  to  the  work  of  the 
fields,  soon  becoming  familiar  with  the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring 
for  the  crops.  He  never  sought  to  change  his  occupation,  finding  pleasure  and  success 
in  his  farm  work,  in  which  he  continued  in  Iowa  until  1912.  On  the  22d  of  February 
of  that  year  he  arrived  in  Elbert  county,  Colorado,  and  purchased  his  present  large 
holdings,  comprising  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Matheson. 
He  is  carefully,  systematically  and  successfully  promoting  the  work  of  the  fields 
and  his  large  ranching  interests  are  valuable,  while  his  progressive  methods  are 
recognized  by  all. 

On  the  3d  of  October,  1893.  in  Iowa  county,  Iowa,  Mr.  Yoder  was  married  to  Miss 
Barbara  Miller  and  to  them  have  been  born  three  children,  a  son  and  two  daughters. 
Already  the  family  have  become  well  known  in  this  section  of  the  state  and  have  gained 
the  warm  friendship  and  kindly  regard  of  those  with  whom  they  have 
associated. 


THOMAS   STARK. 


Thomas  Stark  is  numbered  among  the  self-made  men  living  in  El  Paso  county. 
He  has  been  dependent  upon  his  own  resources  from  the  age  of  twelve  years  and  has 
met  many  difficulties  and  obstacles,  but  working  his  way  upward,  has  in  the  course 
of  years  become  one  of  the  substantial  residents  of  his  part  of  the  state.  He  was 
born  in  Pike  county.  Missouri,  July  10,  1848,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Eliza  (Goldsbury) 
Stark.  The  father,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  was  reared  in  Pike  county,  Missouri,  to  which 
place  his  mother  had  removed  after  the  death  of  her  husband  in  1857.  The  family 
are  direct  descendants  of  General  Stark  of  Revolutionary  war  fame.  The  grandfather 
of  Thomas  Stark  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  in  which  he  was  wounded,  and  his 
injuries  caused  his  death  soon  after  his  discharge. 

Thomas  Stark  had  very  little  opportunity  to  acquire  an  education.  He  was  but 
twelve  years  of  age  when  the  Civil  war  broke  out.  His  father  was  a  large  slave 
owner  in  the  south  and  conditions  were  so  radically  changed  by  the  events  then  occur- 
ring that  Thomas  Stark  had  little  chance  to  continue  his  education.  In  1870  he  came 
to  the  west,  dividing  his  time  between  Colorado  and  Wyoming,  where  for  two  years 
he  was  employed  in  government  survey  work.  While  in  Wyoming  in  1871  he  sat  on  a 
jury  in  a  famous  murder  case,  in  which  there  were  also  two  women  acting  on  the  jury, 
the  first  time  that  women  were  ever  given  representation  on  a  jury  in  the  country. 
On  this  occasion  the  defendant  was  convicted. 

In  1872  Mr.  Stark  removed  to  Englewood,  Colorado,  where  he  was  employed  on  a 
farm   for   one   season   and   then   made  his   way   on   foot   to   Colorado   Springs,   carrying 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  203 

with  him  his  bed  and  Winchester.  He  was  willing  to  do  almost  anything  that  would 
earn  him  a  few  dollars  and  finally  he  secured  employment  at  the  Wilson  coal  bank  at 
a  wage  of  one  dollar  per  day.  In  1874  he  went  to  Missouri,  where  he  purchased  sixty 
head  of  cattle,  which  he  drove  through  to  a  ranch  in  Elbert  county,  and  thereon  he 
engaged  in  cattle  raising  and  ranching  for  twenty-five  years.  His  interests  in  that 
connection  rapidly  increased  and  he  was  extensively  engaged  in  that  business  until 
the  range  land  was  all  taken  up  by  the  homesteaders.  He  then  disposed  of  his  cattle 
and  has  since  lived  retired  in  Colorado  Springs  save  that  he  followed  the  turf  for  a 
few  years  and  became  nationally  known  as  the  owner  of  fast  horses.  At  Memphis, 
Tennessee,  his  horse  Porto  Rico  made  a  mile  in  2:11,  while  at  Lexington,  Kentucky, 
Red  June  made  a  mile  in  2:10y4  flat.  He  is  still  a  lover  of  good  horses,  which  he 
keeps   for  his   own   pleasure. 

In  1884  Mr.  Stark  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  I.  Whitney,  of  Maine,  and  they  have 
become  parents  of  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  W.  and  Louisa  E.,  both  of  whom  are  high 
school  graduates  and  are  with  their  parents  in  Colorado  Springs,  the  family  having 
a  pleasant  home  at  No.  517  East  Pike's  Peak  avenue. 

Mr.  Stark  gives  his  political  endorsement  to  the  democratic  party,  but  the  honors 
and  emoluments  of  office  have  had  no  attraction  for  him.  His  time  and  attention,  his 
thought  and  purpose,  have  been  concentrated  upon  his  business  affairs  and  although 
he  started  out  in  the  world  empty-handed  at  an  age  when  most  boys  are  in  school,  he 
has  today  won  a  place  among  the  substantial  citizens  of  Colorado  Springs,  being  now 
the  possessor  of  a  competence  that  is  the  reward  of  earnest,  persistent  labor. 


EDWARD  ROBERTS  MURPHY. 

Edward  Roberts  Murphy,  now  living  retired  in  Denver,  was  formerly  general 
auditor  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company  and  is  well  known  in  railroad 
circles  throughout  the  west.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  on  the 
20th  of  December,  1S43,  a  son  of  William  C.  and  Almira  (Roberts)  Murphy.  The 
father,  espousing  the  cause  of  the  Union,  served  with  the  rank  of  captain  in  the 
Civil  war. 

In  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  Edward  R.  Murphy  pursued  his  early 
education  and  passed  through  consecutive  grades  until  he  became  a  student  in  the 
Quaker  high  school,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1S61.  He  started 
out  upon  his  business  career  as  an  employe  in  a  country  store,  being  thus  employed 
for  two  years.  Prompted  by  a  spirit  of  patriotism,  he  then  responded  to  the  country's 
call  for  troops  and  enlisted  for  active  duty  with  Company  K  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty7first  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  but  physical  disability  won  him  an 
honorable  discharge  owing  to  the  fact  that  he  had  sustained  an  injury  to  his  spine. 
He  afterward  had  charge  of  the  business  of  manufacturing  shell  fuses  in  the  Frank- 
ford  arsenal  until  the  end  of  the  war  and  was  later  bookkeeper  for  the  Cooper 
Firearms  Company  at  Frankford,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Murphy  took  a  course  in  law 
at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  for  a  short  time  practiced  his  profession  in 
Philadelphia,  but  preferring  a  business  rather  than  a  professional  career  he  gave  up 
the  law  in  1S66  to  enter  the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  with 
which  he  was  identified  until  1880.  He  left  the  position  of  chief  clerk  in  the  comp- 
troller's office  to  become  auditor  with  the  Texas  &  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  in 
which  capacity  he  served  for  a  year.  In  1881  he  was  made  auditor  of  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company  and  so  continued  to  act  until  June  30,  1917,  when 
he  was  retired  on  account  of  his  age.  He  had  spent  fifty  years  in  railroad  service 
and  was  a  most  trusted  and  capable  representative  of  the  corporation  which  he  served. 
For  more  than  a  third  of  a  century  he  had  been  with  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  and 
was  widely  recognized  as  one  of  the  able  officials  of  the  company. 

Mr.  Murphy  was  twice  married,  but  the  wife  whom  he  wedded  in  early  manhood 
passed  away.  On  the  19th  of  May,  1910,  in  Denver,  he  married  Minnie  B.  (Hall) 
Perry,  who  was  born  May  2,  1863,  a  daughter  of  Charles  L.  and  Mary  M.  (Hill)  Hall. 
A  sketch  of  her  father  appears  elsewhere  in  the  work.  Mrs.  Murphy  had  by  her 
first  marriage  a  daughter,  Mary  Antoinette,  born  June  27,  1888,  in  Denver,  who  is 
now  Mrs.  Frank  W.  Frueauff  of  New  York,  and  has  a  daughter,  Margaret  Hall,  born 
February  23.  1913,  in  Denver. 

Mr.  Murphy  gives  his  political  endorsement  to  the  republican  party.  He  was 
reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Society  of  Friends  and  still  retains  membership  in  the  Race 


EDWARD  R.  MURPHY 


MINNIE  B.  HALL  MURPHY 


206  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Street  Meeting  House  of  Philadelphia.  He  is  a  well  known  representative  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  having  joined  Oriental  Lodge,  No.  87,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Denver,  upon 
its  organization,  and  he  also  held  membership  with  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter  but  was 
demitted  from  both  in  December,  1895.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver  Club,  to  the  Denver 
Motor  Club  and  to  the  Denver  Artists  Club  and  is  well  known  in  these  organizations, 
where  his  social  qualities  have  won  for  him  popularity  among  the  membership.  He 
has  now  passed  the  seventy-iifth  milestone  on  life's  journey  and  the  rest  from  business 
cares  that  he  is  now  enjoying  is  Indeed  well  merited. 


MRS.   MINNIE   B.   HALL   MURPHY,   C.    S.    D. 

In  the  early  Christian  Science  work  of  Colorado  Mrs.  Minnie  B.  Hall  Murphy  was, 
in  company  with  her  mother.  Mrs.  Charles  L.  Hall,  a  pioneer  and  directly  responsible 
for  the  establishment  of  the  work  in  the  state. 

Mrs.  Murphy  is  a  native  of  Colorado,*  having  been  born  in  Denver  on  the  2d  day 
of  May  in  the  year  1863,  the  daughter  of  Charles  L.  and  Mary  Melissa  Hall,  both  of 
whom  are  mentioned  more  extensively  on  following  pages  of  this  work.  Here  she  received 
the  rudiments  of  her  liberal  education,  much  of  it  being  obtained  from  a  tutor  while 
living  on  her  father's  ranch  at  Colorado  Salt  Works  in  Park  county.  In  later  years, 
however,  this  early  training  was  supplemented  by  courses  at  Battle  Creek  College  in 
Michigan  and  in  the  schools  of  Maquoketa,  Iowa.  Mrs.  Murphy  is  also  enrolled  as 
a  member  of  the  alumni  of  Wolfe  Hall.  Denver.  In  art  work  and  as  a  leader  in 
various  enterprises,  particularly  those  of  charitable  nature,  Mrs.  Murphy  has  been  a 
leader.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  she  began  the  study  of  china  painting,  then  oil  painting 
with  Henry  Read  of  Denver,  and  later  studied  at  the  Chicago  Art  Institute  and  with 
the  New  York  Art  League,  with  Franz  Bischoff  of  Detroit  and  with  other  notable 
teachers.  Mrs.  Murphy  is  now  a  member  of  the  National  Arts  Club  of  New  York  and  the 
Denver  Art  Association;   also  has   her  work  displayed   in  annual  national  exhibits. 

In  1885  Mrs.  Murphy,  then  Miss  Minnie  B.  Hall,  first  learned  of  the  work  of 
Christian  Science.  In  the  early  part  of  this  year  she  accompanied  her  mother,  Mrs. 
Hall,  to  the  east,  where  specialists  were  to  treat  her  mother  for  blindness  and  lame- 
ness. Many  physicians  had  pronounced  her  case  as  hopeless,  but  every  means  was 
sought  to  bring  relief.  En  route  to  the  east  they  stopped  in  Chicago,  where  they 
learned  of  a  friend  who  had  been  cured  of  a  very  grievous  affliction  by  Christian 
Science  and  they  immediately  determined  to  try  the  new  art  of  healing  upon  Mrs. 
Hall.  Several  weeks  were  spent  there  under  the  care  of  a  Christian  Science  practitioner, 
with  the  result  that  Mrs.  Hall  was  completely  cured  of  both  her  blindness  and  lameness. 
This  so  strengthened  their  belief  in  the  theory  of  Christian  Science,  that  the  mother 
and  daughter  immediately  returned  to  Denver,  resolved  to  establish  the  work  here. 
In  the  face  of  much  opposition  and  not  without  much  difficulty  they  succeeded  in  their 
efforts,  their  first  work  being  the  healing  of  a  crippled  old  scissor-grinder  who  came 
to  their  house.  This  old  man  discarded  his  crutches  within  three  weeks  and  the  visible 
cure  effected  in  him  brought  scores  of  others  to  Mrs.  Murphy  and  her  mother.  Regular 
meetings  were  'held  at  their  home,  412  Broadway,  and  later  at  No.  3  La  Veta  place. 
On  January  4,  1S86,  an  association  known  as  the  Metaphysical  Christian  Science 
Institute  Association  was  organized  at  the  Hall  home  and  the  charter,  No.  20,  was 
secured  from  the  National  Christian  Science  Association  of  Boston  in  the  following 
year.  Previous  to  this  time  Mrs.  Murphy  had  received  a  charter,  numbered  sixteen, 
authorizing  her  to  conduct  the  Colorado  Christian  Science  Institute.  In  her  work 
here,  Mrs.  Murphy  was  under  the  instruction  of  Mrs.  Mary  Baker  Eddy  and  in  May, 
1886,  she  received  word  from  Mrs.  Eddy  to  come  to  Boston,  there  to  take  the  regular 
Normal  Course  in  Christian  Science.  This  she  did.  taking  the  full  course  under  the 
personal  instruction  of  Mrs.  Eddy  and  forming  a  personal  friendship  with  the  founder 
of  Christian  Science  which  was  to  mould  and  influence  her  whole  subsequent  life  and 
work. 

In  addition  to  inaugurating  the  work  at  Denver,  Mrs.  Murphy  began  the  work  at 
Canon  City,  Pueblo,  Colorado  Springs,  Greeley  and  at  several  other  points  outside 
of  the  state;  in  a  few  of  these  lectures  she  was  assisted  by  Mr.  T.  H.  Donehue,  her 
student.  In  July,  1887.  the  first  Sunday  school  was  organized  by  Mrs.  Nettie  Hall 
McQuade,  C.  S.  D.,  a  sister,  at  the  Hall  home,  an  account  of  which  is  to  be  found 
In  Volume  V  of  the  Christian  Science  Journal.  The  First  Church  of  Christ,  Scientist, 
was  formally  organized  at  Denver.  January  11,  1891,  and  the  first  meeting  held  in 
Winkler's   Hall,    Sixteenth   and    Tremont   streets;    services   were   held   in   various   other 


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places  until  the  building  of  the  church,  wherein  the  first  services  were  held  on  Christ- 
mas day,  1891. 

In  the  activities  connected  with  war  work  in  Denver  Mrs.  Murphy  has  been 
very  prominent,  having  begun  immediately  after  the  declaration  of  war  to  engage  in 
the  various  enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  the  soldiers.  She  established  a  unit  of  the 
comforts  forwarding  committee  of  Boston  in  Denver,  the  first  of  this  work  in  Colorado 
which,  joined  with  three  other  units,  was  later  under  the  supervision  of  the  Comforts 
Forwarding  Committee,  on  Fifteenth  street  in  Denver,  Colorado,  with  headquarters  in 
Boston.  The  situation  in  Denver  in  the  days  of  April  and  May,  1917,  was  such  that 
some  concerted  action  was  necessary.  There  was  no  fund  in  the  state  treasury  with 
which  to  feed  and  clothe  the  hundreds  of  young  men  who  were  coming  into  the  city, 
on  their  way  to  be  mustered  into  tlie  federal  service.  Appreciating  the  situation  Mrs. 
Murphy  conceived  the  idea  of  giving  a  military  eutertainlnent  and,  with  the  funds 
secured,  provide  some  means  of  filling  the  wants  of  these  boys.  Within  a  short  time 
she  secured  the  loan  of  El  Jebel  Temple  and  had  made  all  other  arrangements  neces- 
sary for  the  entertainment,  which  was  given  successfully  on  the  night  of  May  5th.  Over 
eighteen  hundred  dollars  was  taken  in  at  this  entertainment,  which  was  used  by 
General  Baldwin,  the  Red  Cross  and  the  National  League  of  Women's  Service.  Then 
her  idea  was  carried  out  to  start  a  cafeteria  tor  the  soldiers.  In  other  lines  of  war 
work,  in  knitting,  in  generous  support  of  the  government  and  Red  Cross  calls  and  in 
the  work  of  the  Comforts  Forwarding  Committee,  Mrs.  Murphy  gave  her  efforts  un- 
ceasingly. About  forty  women  joined  Mrs.  Murphy  in  making  garments  for  soldiers, 
at  Mrs.  Murphy's  home,  and  she  designed  and  executed  a  comfort  kit,  which  won  words 
of  commendation  from  both  oflicers  and  enlisted  men,  here  and  overseas.  Mrs.  Murphy 
was  appointed  one  of  a  committee  of  three  from  the  First  Church  to  raise  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars  for  Christian   Science  Camp  welfare  work,   among  the  soldiers. 

Minnie  B.  Hall  was  first  married  on  September  7,  18S7,  to  William  R.  Perry  of 
Denver,  who  is  deceased.  To  this  union  there  was  born  in  Colorado  in  18S8.  one 
daughter,  Mary  Antoinette,  now  the  wife  of  Mr.  Frank  Frueauff  of  New  York  city, 
and  who  has  won  considerable  fame  in  the  theatrical  and  literary  circles  of  the 
country,  having  been  leading  woman  for  several  seasons  with  David  Warfield  in 
"The  Music  Master"  and  the  author  of  a  charming  book  of  verse  and  songs.  Margaret 
Hall  Frueauff.  granddaughter  of  Mrs.  Murphy,  is  of  the  third  'generation  to  be  born 
in  the  state  of  Colorado,  and  in  Denver,  her  birthday  being  February  23.  1913.  Mrs. 
Perry  was  married  on  May  19,  1910,  to  Mr.  Edward  Roberts  Murphy,  of  Denver. 


CHARLES   L.   HALL. 


Charles  L.  Hall,  intrepid  Pike's  Peaker  and  one  of  the  most  successful  of  Colo- 
rado's citizens,  was  born  on  the  22d  day  of  November,  1835.  in  Sherman,  New  York, 
and  died  August  15,  1907,  in  Denver,  Colorado.  He  was  the  son  of  Asahel  and  Betsey 
Wood  (Ripley)  Hall;  the  former  was  born  October  9,  1797,  and  died  March  4,  1877, 
and  the  latter  was  born  in  1800  and  passed  away  May  15,  1856;  their  marriage  occurred 
in  the  year  1816.  Asahel  Hall  was  the  son  of  Richard  Hall  and  Alice  (Arnold)  Hall; 
Richard  Hall  was  born  April  21,  1762,  and  died  November  15,  1843.  at  New  Haven, 
Vermont;  Alice  Arnold,  of  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  was  born  April  18.  1762.  and  died 
December  IS,  1839;  their  marriage  took  place  October  2,  1781.  The  father  of  Richard 
Hall  was  Lieutenant  Nathaniel  Hall,  born  in  Mansfield.  Connecticut,  February  8,  1724, 
and  died  July  27,  1816.  at  New  Haven.  Vermont,  who  was  an  oflicer  during  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  in  the  Continental  army;  Nathaniel  married  in  1745  Martha  Storrs,  who 
was  born  April  28.  1728,  and  died  June  16,  1808.  Nathaniel  Hall  was  the  son  of  Theo- 
philus  Hall,  whose  birth  date  is  not  known,  but  who  died  August  29,  1747,  and  Ruth 
Sargeant;  the  last  named  was  born  March  29.  1697,  and  married  Theophilus  Hall, 
March  21.  1720  or  1721.  The  next  in  the  ancestral  line  was  Captain  William  Hall, 
who  was  baptized  June  8,  1651,  and  died  June  11,  1727.  The  father  of  Captain  William 
Hall  was  John  Hall,  born  about  1609  and  who  died  July  23,  1696;  he  came  to  the 
colonies  with  Governor  Winthrop  and  was  number  sixteen  or  nineteen  on  the  mem- 
bership roll  of  the  first  church  at  Charlestown,  which  became  the  first  church  in  Boston. 
John  Hall  married  Elizabeth  Learned,  whose  father  came  to  this  country  about  1630. 
Charles  L.  Hall  is  a  descendant  of  John  Arnold,  who  as  one  of  the  minute  men 
fought  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  ensign.  Mr.  Hall  is  also  a 
descendant  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Howland  and  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Filley,  all  of 
whom  came  to  America  on  the  Mayflower  in  1620. 

When  Charles  L.  Hall  was  a  lad  of  nine  years  his  parents  moved  from  New  York 


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state  to  Maquoketa,  Jackson  county,  Iowa,  and  there  he  received  his  primary  schooling, 
finally  entering  Iowa  College  at  Davenport,  where  he  remained  until  1859  studying  law, 
also    pursuing   various    courses    of    study    designed    to    fit    him    tor   the    ministry. 

When  twenty  years  of  age  young  Hall  left  school  for  a  time  and  started  in  the 
flouring  business  at  Maquoketa.  Iowa,  but  found  this  occupation  unprofitable.  The 
stories  he  heard  concerning  the  wonderful  Pike's  Peak  country  had  made  a  profound 
impression  upon  his  imagination  and  he  ultimately  decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in 
Colorado.  Accordingly  he  left  Iowa  and  came  overland  to  the  Rockies,  locating  on 
Ralston  creek,  where  he  started  a  cattle  ranch.  For  a  few  months  he  operated  this 
property,  then  sold  and  on  December  14,  1859,  left  Denver  for  California  Gulch,  now 
Leadville,  where  strikes  were  being  made  and  hundreds  of  prospectors  were  settling. 

Here  he  was  moderately  successful  in  prospecting  and  mining  and  in  the  following 
winter  visited  the  San  Juan  district.  As  early  as  1860  vague  rumors  of  wonderfully 
rich  leads  of  ore  in  the  southwestern  part  of  Colorado  reached  the  miners  then 
operating  at  Clear  Creek,  on  Tarryall  Creek  and  in  California  Gulch,  and  early  in  1861 
a  large  party  of  experienced  prospectors,  including  Mr.  Hall,  was  formed  to  explore  a 
region  then  totally  unfamiliar  to  them.  The  start  was  made  by  Hall,  with  two  com- 
panions—Harris and  O'Neill— and  no  incident  of  unusual  character  occurred  until 
the  party  began  the  ascent  of  the  mountains  from  the  south  on  the  brink  of  the  Animas 
canyon,  about  twenty  miles  above  where  the  town  of  Durango  is  now  situated.  This 
was  in  the  latter  part  of  February.  1S61.  It  was  during  this  trip  that  Mr.  Hall  had 
an  experience  which  for  hardship,  peril  and  threatened  starvation  is  without  equal 
in  the  annals  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  region.  With  his  two  companions,  Mr.  Hall 
reached  the  Uncompahgre,  passed  the  site  of  Ouray,  and  came  to  Cow  creek,  where 
their  quest  for  gold  was  unsuccessful.  Previously  they  had  made  a  camp  in  Baker's 
Park  and  here  they  decided  to  return.  The  trip  around  by  the  wagon  road  seemed 
too  long  for  their  supply  of  provisions,  so,  believing  the  next  river  over  the  divide 
from  the  Animas  was  the  Los  Pinos,  by  which  they  could  find  a  short  cut,  they  started 
over  the  mountains,  but  instead  of  striking  the  Los  Pinos  they  came  upon  the  Lake 
fork  of  the  Gunnison.  A  man  named  Nate  Hurd  had  a  camp  on  the  Uncompahgre, 
where  Mr.  Hall  knew  that  some  hides  were  cached  and  upon  which  they  could  satisfy 
their  growing  hunger.  Their  small  stock  of  rations  had  been  exhausted  and  the  three 
men  were  unable  to  obtain  more,  so  they  hurried  their  footsteps  v/ith  the  hope  of  reach- 
ing Kurd's  camp  across  the  mountains  before  starvation  overpowered  them.  On  the  sixth 
day,  as  they  toiled  toward  the  summit  of  the  mountain,  they  boiled  the  flour  sacks 
they  carried  and  drank  the  broth;  then  they  ate  their  buckskin  breeches,  their  boot- 
tops,  and  finally  a  buffalo-robe  which  they  had  used  for  a  bed.  In  relating  the  details 
of  the  desperate  situation  Mr.  Hall  afterwards  described  how  they  relished  a  colony 
of  ants  which  they  found  under  a  decaying  log.  But  the  three  men  persisted  even 
without  food,— staggering  along  the  banks  of  precipices,  where  a  slip  meant  a  fall  of 
hundreds  of  feet,  clambering  painfully  over  inclined  planes  of  frozen  snow,  stumbling 
with  weakness  where  any  sudden  concussion  might  have  started  an  avalanche,  falling 
down  from  sheer  exhaustion  when  life  seemed  hardly  worth  the  effort  to  rise.  Mr. 
Hall  finally  realized  that  his  two  companions  were  plotting  against  him— scheming 
to  murder  him  and  use  his  body  for  food.  This  desperate  intention  becoming  known 
to  him  he  warned  them  that  he  would  travel  no  farther  with  them,  nor  sleep  in  their 
presence.  He  made  his  bed  in  a  hidden  nook  of  the  rocks,  but  did  not  remain  there, 
which  was  all  that  saved  his  life  as  he  found  evidences  the  next  morning  that  the 
two  others  had  crept  to  his  bed  at  night,  bent  upon  taking  his  life.  O'Neill  and  Harris 
soon  after  left  him.  but  before  many  hours  Harris  returned,  saying  that  he  feared 
for  his  own  life  with  O'Neill  and  preferred  to  remain  with  Hall.  The  men  weakened 
rapidly  to  such  an  extent  that  they  could  scarcely  regain  their  feet  after  resting. 
Toward  the  last  they  were  obliged  to  travel  mostly  on  their  hands  and  knees,  making 
about  one  mile  each  day.  Then,  one  fortunate  day,  the  report  of  Hall's  pistol  was 
heard  by  Ben  Eaton,  later  state  governor,  and  his  party,  who  were  prospecting  in  the 
vicinity.  The  two  sufferers  were  quickly  rescued  and  transported  to  Baker's  Park, 
given  a  little  food  and  started  on  the  road  to  recovery.  During  the  fourteen  and  one- 
half  days  upon  this  trip  Mr.  Hall  was  reduced  in  weight  to  just  forty-eight  pounds. 

After  this  harrowing  experience  Mr.  Hall  returned  to  California  Gulch  and  con- 
tinued prospecting,  also  on  Cash  creek  above  Fairplay.  In  the  spring  of  1S62.  having 
located  salt  springs  about  twenty  miles  from  Fairplay.  Mr.  Hall  established  the  Colorado 
Salt  Works.  During  the  period  of  active  operations  these  salt  works  were  always 
managed  by  the  Hall  family.  At  this  place  the  Indians  received  their  annuities  and 
upon  order  from  the  territorial  government  could  also  receive  salt.  Mr.  Hall  was 
twice  elected  to  the  territorial  legislature  from  this  district.  Park  county,  and  in  later 
years  was  elected  from  Lake  county  for  one  term.     He  was  also  county  commissioner 


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of  Park  county  for  three  terms.  His  home  in  this  county,  erected  in  1872,  was  and  is 
considered   the  best  residence   in  that  locality. 

In  the  winter  of  1S7S  Charles  L.  Hall  removed  to  Leadville  and  almost  immediately 
began  taking  active  part  in  the  improvement  and  development  of  that  community. 
His  first  work  here  was  in  contracting  for  the  grading  of  streets,  laying  of  pipes,  etc., 
all  of  which  was  done  under  his  personal  supervision.  A  short  time  later,  in  company 
with  such  men  as  William  Bush  and  H.  W.  Tabor,  he  organized  a  company  to  light 
Leadville  with  gas;  Mr.  Hall  was  afterwards  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  same  utility 
at  Pueblo,  being  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Pueblo  Gas  &  Electric  Company.  Mr.  Hall 
was  one  of  the  firm  of  Bush,  Tabor  &  Hall  which  opened  the  Windsor  Hotel  in  Denver 
in  June,  1880,  then  the  largest  and  most  popular  hostelry  in  this  part  of  the  west. 
He  afterward  sold  his  interest  in  this  hotel  to  Mr.  Tabor. 

Mr.  Hall's  mining  success  really  began  in  the  year  ISSl,  when,  with  Dennis  Sullivan 
and  two  others,  he  purchased  the  Mylo  group  of  mines  in  the  Ten  Mile  district.  Before 
this  time.  Mr.  Hall  had  prospected  the  same  as  hundreds  of  others  and  had  met 
with  the  same  indifferent  success.  He  also  bought  an  interest  in  the  famous  Sixth 
Street  shaft  in  Leadville  and  in  the  Rose  group  at  Ouray.  In  1892  he  went  to  Arizona 
and  there  discovered  the  noted  Mammoth  mine,  out  of  which  he  took  minerals  worth 
eight  hundred  thousand  dollars.  At  the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Hall  was  the  owner  of 
about  forty  mines  in  Colorado  and  Arizona.  Mr.  Hall  was  delegated  to  represent 
Arizona  territory  at  the  metallic  convention  held  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  October, 
1893. 

During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  Mr.  Hall  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Second  Colorado 
Cavalry  and  participated  in  the  various  campaigns  of  that  regiment.  He  was  in  the 
hunt  for  the  guerrilla  bands  which  came  into  this  territory  from  the  south  and  also 
was  at  Sand  Creek,  when  the  troops  under  Chivington  so  decisively  defeated  the 
Indians   under   Black  Kettle. 

In  the  year  1862  Mr.  Hall  was  married  to  Mary  Melissa  Hill  Nye,  a  native  of 
New  York  state.    A  sketch  of  Mrs.  Hall  follows. 


MRS.   MARY  MELISSA  HALL. 

Mary  Melissa  Hall,  wife  of  Charles  L.  Hall,  was  born  in  Genesee  county.  New  York, 
March  8,  1838  and  died  July  17,  1899,  in  Denver,  Colorado.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  and  Hannah  (Barber)  Hill,  who  were  natives  of  New  York  state.  Her 
girlhood  days  were  spent  in  the  state  of  her  birth,  where  she  received  her  schooling 
and  at  a  very  early  age  she  married  Nathan  Nye.  In  the  year  1860,  in  company  with 
her  husband,  father  and  her  two  children — Ella  and  Hal  B. — she  came  overland  to  the 
Pike's  Peak  country.  Her  experiences  upon  this  trip  and  in  making  a  home  here  were 
those  of  the  typical  pioneer  woman  of  the  west,  but  hard  as  they  were  they  brought 
forth   sterling   traits   of  character  which   dominated  her  life. 

In  the  year  1862  she  was  married  to  Charles  L.  Hall,  to  which  union  were  born  the 
following  children:  Minnie  B.,  born  May  2,  1863,  wife  of  Edward  R.  Murphy,  of  Denver; 
Charles  A.,  born  July  19,  1865.  died  May  21,  190G,  who  was  a  miner,  stockman,  ranch- 
owner  and  operator  of  the  Mammoth  mine  in  Arizona;  and  Mildred  Nettie,  born  May  30, 
1869,  wife  of  Thomas  McQuade.  of  Park  county. 

During  the  early  days  of  Colorado's  history  Mrs.  Hall  met  and  overcame  with 
Spartan  courage  many  of  the  trials  and  dangers  attendant  upon  border  life.  There 
were  Indians  who  often  came  to  her  home  for  food  and  who  at  one  time  fought  a 
pitched  battle  in  the  rear  of  the  house,  the  Utes,  who  were  friendly  with  the  whites, 
being  arrayed  against  the  Arapahoes  and  Cheyennes.  After  this  engagement  Mrs. 
Hall's  home  was  utilized  as  a  hospital  for  the  wounded  Indians.  At  another  time,  a 
desperado,  who  had  terrorized  the  country  more  or  less,  called  at  the  home  while  Mrs. 
Hall  was  alone  and  announced  his  intention  of  carrying  her  away  with  him.  Undaunted, 
this  brave  woman  played  her  part  well  in  the  face  of  this  ruffian  and  placated  him 
until  she  was  able  to  reach  her  rifle  and  cover  him.  Fortunately  for  himself  the 
desperado  held  up  his  hands  as  instructed,  for  Mrs.  Hall  was  a  dead  shot.  The  first 
American  flag  in  what  is  now  the  state  of  Colorado  was  made  by  Mrs.  Hall  on  the 
4th  of  July,  1861,  her  materials  for  the  same  consisting  chiefly  of  a  red  flannel  dress, 
a  blue,  sunbonnet  and  goods  which  had  been  intended  for  a  white  shroud.  Mrs.  Hall 
was  then  living  at  Baker's  Park  in  the  Ouray  district  and  here  she  hoisted  the  flag; 
it  was  later  cut  down  by  a  rebel  sympathizer  but  was  afterwards  returned  to  Mrs. 
Hall  by  that  noted  plainsman  and  scout — Kit  Carson.  In  the  formation  and  establish- 
ment of  Christian  Science  in  Denver  and  Colorado  Mrs.  Hall  was  the  pioneer.    Suffering 


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from  total  blindness  and  lameness  at  one  period  of  her  life,  she  sought  relief  through 
the  teachings  of  the  Christian  Science  church  and,  having  found  not  only  relief  but  a 
cure  for  her  afDictions,  devoted  her  efforts  afterwards  to  the  start  of  the  Christian 
Science  practice  in  this  part  of  the  country.  In  1885  the  first  services  were  held  in 
her  home  at  No.  412  Broadway  and  in  1886  services  were  held  at  No.  3  La  Veta  place. 


WILLIAM   TAMLIN. 


There  is  much  that  is  interesting  and  at  times  unique  in  the  life  history  of 
William  Tamlin,  one  of  the  old-timers  of  Elbert  county.  He  was  born  in  Italy,  prob- 
ably in  the  year  1857,  and  as  nearly  as  he  can  remember  came  to  this  country  in  1867, 
crossing  the  Atlantic  as  a  boy  musician.  He  ran  away  within  a  few  months  after 
the  time  that  he  landed  on  the  shores  of  the  new  world  and  never  saw  any  of  his 
people  again.  Forty-five  years  ago  he  arrived  in  Colorado  and  became  a  cowboy.  He 
became  an  expert  rider,  so  that  his  services  were  in  demand  as  a  jockey  and  he 
rode  in  races  throughout  the  western  country,  but  the  lure  of  cowboy  life  was  strong 
and  he  returned  to  the  business  of  cow  punching.  He  rode  for  the  big  cattle  owner, 
"Dad"  Grimes,  of  Wichita,  also  for  "Shanghai"  Pierce,  of  Texas.  lor  Henry  Davis 
and  the  firm  of  Johnson  Brothers.  He  had  all  of  the  experiences  that  came  to  the 
cowboy  on  the  western  ranges  in  the  early  days  and  was  familiar  with  many  events 
which  found  their  place  on  the  pages  of  history. 

About  forty  years  ago  Mr.  Tamlin  was  married  to  Miss  Minerva  J.  McCorkle,  of 
Clay  county,  Missouri,  and  they  have  five  sons  and  three  daughters,  namely:  George 
S.;  Henry,  who  was  for  a  time  in  the  army;  Vincent;  Albert;  Willie;  Nora;  Mary; 
and  Lizzie.     Four  of  the  sons  are  married  and  are  now  successfully  following  farming. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Tamlin  engaged  in  freighting  for  the  big  Elbert  county  firms 
and  later  built  the  first  livery  stable  in  the  new  town  of  Simla.  He  has  prospered  as 
time  has  passed  and  is  now  the  owner  of  a  model  farm  of  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  which  he  has  brought  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  to  which  he  has 
added  all  modern  improvements,  equipments  and  accessories.  His  land  is  under  a 
high  state  of  cultivation  and  as  a  reward  of  his  labors  he  annually  gathers  golden 
harvests.  Mr.  Tamlin  was  educated  in  the  school  of  hard  knocks.  He  has  the 
appearance  of  a  college  professor  and  is  one  of  the  best  informed  men  in  his  county 
on  affairs  of  the  day.  Possessing  an  observing  eye  and  a  retentive  memory,  he  has 
constantly  broadened  his  knowledge  and  from  each  experience  in  life  has  gained  the 
lesson  therein  contained.  Dependent  upon  his  own  resources  from  a  very  early  age, 
he  has  steadily  worked  his  way  upward,  not  only  winning  success  but  also  developing 
character  that  has  gained  for  him  the  respect  of  those  who  know  him.  His  reminiscen- 
ces of  the  early  days  are  most  interesting  and  Elbert  county  honors  him  among  its 
pioneer  citizens. 


CHARLES  ROBERT  BROCK,  LL.  D. 

Charles  Robert  Brock,  a  member  of  the  well  known  Denver  law  firm  of  Smith, 
Brock  &  Ferguson,  son  of  Daniel  R.  and  Mary  Lucas  Brock  and  a  lineal  descendant 
of  John  Brock,  a  captain  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  John  Brock",  first  lieutenant  of  the 
Tenth  Regiment  of  Virginia  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  was  born  near  London, 
Laurel  county,  Kentucky,  on  May  9.  1865,  and  was  the  first  born  in  a  family  of  eleven 
children.  His  parents  were  deeply  religious.  The  most  unselfish  of  mothers  graciously 
taught  her  children  to  reverence  their  father,  and  the  father  sternly  and  yet  affection- 
ately led  them  to  treat  their  mother  with  respect  and  tenderness.  The  chief  aim  of 
the  parents  was  first  to  give  their  children  proper  moral  and  religious  training,  and 
second  to  afford  every  available  means  for  their  intellectual  development.  In  the  latter 
respect  the  facilities  were  limited.  However,  when  four  years  and  two  months  old 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  entered  a  school  conducted  by  his  mother's  sister  in  a  log 
schoolhouse  at  Rough  Creek  and  was  present  every  day  during  the  term  of  one  hun- 
dred days.  The  next  year  the  school  was  conducted  by  his  father,  and  again  he  was 
in  regular  attendance  every  day  of  the  term.  From  that  time  until  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age  he  attended  the  country  school  on  an  average  of  about  one  hundred  days 
each  year,  working  during  the  intervals  between  school  terms  on  his  father's  farm. 
He  had  no  idle  hours.  In  the  winter  evenings  he  was  directed  in  his  studies  by  his 
father  and  mother.     His  mother  patiently  memorized  his  lessons  and  then  taught  them 


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to  her  boy  as  she  moved  about  her  household  duties.  The  memory  of  those  days  is 
both  sweet  and  tender.  His  father  had  little  patience  when  his  son  seemed  too  stupid 
readily  to  understand  a  problem  in  arithmetic  or  algebra  without  any,  or  at  most  with 
one,  explanation.  He  was  rather  stern  in  his  exactions,  but  the  deepest  affection  always 
existed  between  the  father  and  son.  It  continues  to  this  day,  and  weekly  letters  have 
always  passed  between  them  when  separated.  To  his  home  life  and  home  training 
he  attributes  whatever  of  virtue  he  may  possess,  and  just  to  the  extent  that  his  life 
fails  in  being  what  it  ought  to  be  he  recognizes  that  he  has  failed  to  follow  the  teach- 
ings of  his  devoted  father  and  sainted  mother. 

When  seventeen  his  father  sent  him  to  an  academy  at  London  for  one  term.  At 
the  end  of  this  term  he  procured  a  certificate  of  qualification  and  taught  a  country 
school.  From  that  time  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  old  each  year  he  taught  one 
term  of  five  months  and  attended  an  academy  at  London  or  Barbourville  for  a  like 
term.  In.  this  way  he  prepared  for  college,  and  in  January,  1887,  entered  the  State 
College,  now  the  University  of  Kentucky,  from  which  he  graduated  in  June,  1890,  with 
the  degree  of  Baclielor  of  Science.  He  was  selected  by  the  faculty  to  deliver  an 
address  at  his  graduation.  The  theme  was  "Our  Glory  and  Our  Shame,"  his  purpose 
being  to  make  a  plea  for  independence  in  tliought  and  action.  A  Lexington  journal 
published  the  address  and  commenting  on  it  said: 

"It  is  with  pride  and  pleasure  that  we  lay  before  our  readers  the  address  of  Mr. 
Charles  R.  Brock,  of  Laurel  county,  Kentucky,  delivered  at  the  closing  exercises  of  the 
State  College,  June  5th.  It  is  the  province  of  the  Journal  to  give  attention  to  and  pro- 
mote the  material  development  of  the  state,  but  the  methods  of  the  Journal  are  only  a 
change  in  the  tactics  prosecuted  for  ten  years  by  The  Lexington  Observer  for  the  up- 
building of  the  intellectual,  moral  and  educational  work  of  the  state. 

"Mr.  Brock  has  happily  touched  upon  both  in  this  able  and  manly  address,  com- 
bining the  two  lines  of  development  with  such  manliness  and  courage  as  to  mark  him 
as  worthy  the  highest  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens.  The  evidence  of  intellectual 
vigor  and  moral  courage  to  be  found  in  this  address  is  such  as  should  reassure  the 
faltering  faith  of  every  patriotic  citizen  of  the  commonwealth." 

The  compliment  he  appreciated  most,  however,  came  from  his  father.  A  few  days 
after  his  graduation  his  mother  confidentially  let  him  know  that  his  father,  who  was 
present  at  his  graduation,  had  indicated  that  he  was  not  ashamed  of  the  address.  His 
father  was  not  willing  to  "spoil"  his  children  by  compliments.  Accordingly  this  inti- 
mation that  he  was  not  displeased  was  received  as  a  piece  of  extravagant  praise. 

He  and  a  member  of  his  class.  Professor  James  A.  Yates,  now  of  the  Kansas  State 
Normal  School,  at  Pittsburg,  Kansas,  became  associate  principals  for  the  school  year 
1890-91  of  the  Laurel  Seminary  at  London.  During  this  year,  in  accordance  with  an 
ambition  which  had  been  steadily  developing  for  a  number  of  years,  he  began  the 
active  study  of  law.  During  the  school  year  1891-92  he  taught  in  Williamsburg  Institute, 
now  Cumberland  College,  at  Williamsburg.  While  at  Williamsburg  he  lived  in  a  room 
adjoining  the  law  office  of  the  late  R.  D.  Hill,  one  of  the  most  capable  and  painstaking 
lawyers  in  southeastern  Kentucky.  Not  because  it  was  required,  but  as  a  slight  ex- 
pression of  appreciation  of  the  direction  of  his  studies  as  given  by  Mr.  Hill,  and  for  the 
use  of  his  books  and  the  occupation  of  his  office  as  a  study,  he  acted  as  a  kind  of 
janitor  of  the  law  office,  as  he  did  of  his  own  adjoining  room.  Before  the  end  of  the 
year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  June,  1892,  he  and  Mr.  Hill  formed  a  partnership 
for  the  practice  of  law  at  London  under  an  arrangement  for  Mr.  Brock  to  be  in  charge 
of  the  oflice  at  that  place.  The  partnership  continued  for  three  years,  Mr.  Hill  having 
given  his  name  essentially  for  the  help  and  assurance  which  it  afliorded.  When  he 
felt  that  the  young  lawyer  was  able  to  proceed  alone  the  partnership  was  dissolved. 

During  the  remaining  years  that  he  practiced  law  at  London  it  is  no  exaggera- 
tion to  say  that  he  steadily  gathered  about  him  the  most  desirable  clientage  the  town 
and  surrounding  country  afforded.  Within  this  period  those  who  had  known  him 
from  childhood  became  willing  to  seek  and  to  take  his  advice.  In  the  meantime,  on 
June  1,  1893,  he  was  most  happily  married  to  Miss  Katherine  P.  Brown,  a  daughter 
of  Judge  W.  L.  Brown  of  London,  Kentucky.  In  1901  Mrs.  Brock's  physician  advised 
that  her  health  would  be  improved  by  the  Colorado  climate,  and  this  advice  brought 
the  husband  and  wife  to  Denver.  They  reached  Denver  in  time  for  Mr.  Brock  to  vote 
against  the  adoption  of  Article  XX  of  the  state  constitution.  This  amendment,  how- 
ever, appears  to  have  had  no  little  influence  in  shaping  his  future  professional  career 
in  Colorado.  It  consolidated  the  office  of  the  city  attorney  and  that  of  the  district 
attorney  of  the  Denver  district.  There  was  a  vacancy  on  the  staff  of  the  district  attor- 
ney. Word  reached  Mr.  Brock  at  an  unexpected  moment  that  the  district  attorney 
desired   to   fill    this   vacancy   with   a   man   to   whom    he   could    entrust   a   share   of   the 


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civil  business  of  the  city  and  that  his  name  was  being  considered  for  the  position. 
An  arrangement  was  made  by  which  he  agreed  to  work  one  month  on  trial  without 
compensation  and  If  at  the  end  of  the  time  the  district  attorney  was  convinced  of  his 
ability  to  perform  the  duties  desired  he  was  to  be  appointed.  The  appointment  was 
made  at  the  end  of  the  month  and  for  eighteen  months  his  connection  with  the  office 
continued.  He  resigned  to  become  associated  with  Milton  Smith,  the  senior  member 
of  the  present  firm  of  Smith,  Brock  &  Ferguson,  with  whom  he  came  in  contact  as 
an  incident  to  his  official  duties.  When  in  the  city  attorney's  office  he  had  charge 
of  litigation  of  considerable  moment  to  his  adopted  city,  including  what  was  known 
as  the  "Wine  Room  Cases,"  which  he  argued  in  the  supreme  court  of  the  United 
States.  The  basis  of  the  writ  of  error  from  that  tribunal  was  the  contention  that 
a  charter  provision  which  excluded  women  from  saloons  or  rooms  adjacent  thereto 
constituted  a  discrimination  against  women  as  such,  in  violation  of  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States — a  contention  resisted  by  Mr.  Brock  and  repudiated  by  the 
supreme  court. 

In  July,  1904,  he  was  designated  by  the  late  Mayor  Speer  for  the  pleasing  duty  of 
presenting  to  the  Cruiser  Denver,  then  at  Galveston,  Texas,  a  silver  service  on  behalf 
of  the  city  of  Denver.  In  connection  therewith  It  was  also  his  privilege  to  present 
to  the  Cruiser  a  silver  pitcher  on  behalf  of  thp  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 

He  Is  devoted  to  his  profession  and  attributes  whatever  of  success  he  has  attained 
to  the  fact  that  he  has  always  preferred  a  fair  income  earned  directly  from  his  pro- 
fession to  a  much  larger  income  obtained  from  any  other  source.  For  several  years 
he  has  lectured  on  the  law  of  public  service  companies  and  equity  pleading  in  the 
law  school  of  the  University  of  Denver  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of   that   Institution. 

At  the  Golden  Jubilee  of  the  University  of  Kentucky,  in  1916,  Mr.  Brock  was  one 
of  three  of  the  alumni  of  the  university  selected  for  honorary  degrees,  the  other 
two  being  Dr.  John  L.  Patterson,  dean  of  the  University  of  Louisville,  and  Dr.  Thomas 
H.  Morgan  of  Johns  Hopkins  University,  Mr.  Brock  himself  receiving  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws. 

In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist,  having  been  baptized  in  the  Cumberland  river  and 
Into  the  fellowship  of  the  Williamsburg  Baptist  church  before  leaving  his  native 
state.  Since  coming  to  Denver  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  church,  is 
a  regular  attendant  upon  its  services  and  finds  pleasure  in  contributing  of  his  means 
for  its  local  support  and  for  the  maintenance  of  its  work  in  foreign  fields.  He  advo- 
cates tithing,  which  he  has  consistently  practiced  for  more  than  twenty  years,  as  the 
scriptural  and  most  effective  method  of  raising  funds  for  religious  purposes.  He 
believes  that  the  question  of  the  future  life  is  the  most  important  that  engages  the 
thought  of  man.  While  entertaining  the  protoundest  regard  for  all  evangelical  denomi- 
nations he  has  no  toleration  for  the  popular  heresy  that  it  makes  no  difference  what 
a  man  believes  on  questions  of  religion  provided  only  he  is  honest  in  his  belief. 
Saul  of  Tarsus,  when  "breathing  out  threatenings  and  slaughter  against  the  disciples 
of  the  Lord,"  was  probably  as  honest  as  when  under  inspiration  he  wrote  the  Epistle 
to  the  Romans. 

In  politics  he  calls  himself  a  conservative  democrat.  This  because  he  voted  for 
Palmer  and  Buckner  electors  in  1896  and  has  not  found  it  possible  to  assent  to  all 
of  the  progressive  measures  advocated  by  his  party.  He  has  never  sought  or  desired 
political  preferment.  Under  appointment  of  Governor  Buchtel.  however,  he  served 
as  a  member  of  Colorado's  first  civil  service  commission  from  1907  to  1911 — an  office 
without  compensation.  His  fundamental  political  creed  finds  illustration  in  an  address 
which  he  delivered  in  June,  1918,  at  the  installation  of  Dr.  McVey  as  president  of 
the  University  of  Kentucky.     Speaking  of  patriotism  he  then  said: 

"Within  the  past  year  many  of  us  have  learned  that  patriotism,  like  religion,  can- 
not be  spontaneously  evolved;  its  development  is  a  process.  It  is  the  peculiar  province 
of  a  state  school  to  breathe  out  a  true  spirit  of  patriotism — loyalty  to  our  written 
constitution,  an  instrument  so  wise,  both  in  its  grants  and  its  limitations,  that  no 
believer  in  representative  government  has  yet  been  able  to  suggest  any  material 
improvement. 

"With  the  proper  ending  of  this  World  war  our  country  will  be  confronted  with 
grave  and  difficult  problems.  The  conflict  between  labor  and  capital,  the  line  of  de- 
marcatton  between  the  right  of  private  management  and  the  right  of  public  regula- 
tion of  public  service  companies,  the  controversy  between  legitimate  regulation  and 
government  ownership  of  public  utilities,  have  already  presented  questions  fraught 
with  serious  difficulties  and  attended  with  some  dangers.  Important  as  they  are, 
those  questions  will  be  subordinated  to  problems  more  vital  and  fundamental.     Doubt- 


216  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

less  the  most  important  will  be  with  respect  to  the  subtle  attacks  of  socialism  upon 
our   representative   form    of   government. 

"The  enemies  of  representative  government,  of  whom  socialists  are  the  chief, 
have  already  been  active.  They  will  become  more  so  when  the  war  ends.  It  is  to  their 
efforts  primarily  that  the  initiative  and  referendum,  the  recall  of  officers,  and  espe- 
cially the  recall  of  judicial  decisions,  have  been  adopted  in  a  number  of  the  states. 
So  plausible  have  been  the  advocates  of  these  so-called  reforms  that  many  good-in- 
tentioned  men  have  been   beguiled   to   support   them. 

"It  may  be  true,  and  undoubtedly  it  is  true,  that  changes  in  our  industrial  and 
sociological  conditions  may  from  time  to  time  necessitate  modifications  of  our  con- 
stitution. Nevertheless,  in  the  representative  feature  of  that  instrument  it  is  believed 
that  it  expresses  the  concentrated  wisdom  of  the  ages.  And  I  submit  that  upon  our 
loyalty  to  that  feature  of  our  form  of  government  must  ultimately  depend  its  per- 
petuity. It  is  that  feature  which  the  framers  of  the  constitution  contemplated  would 
always  insure  the  selection  of  men  with  some  special  fitness  for  the  duties  attaching 
to  their  office.  It  was  believed  that  specially  qualified  representatives  selected  by  the 
people  for  the  purpose  could  better  make,  interpret  and  execute  the  laws  than  any 
of  these  duties  could  be  performed  by  the  people  collectively. 

"The  initiative  and  referendum  and  the  recall  of  officers  in  general,  although 
ignoring  this  principle,  might  prove  innocuous.  When,  however,  the  representative 
feature  of  our  government  is  encroached  upon  to  the  extent  that  judicial  officers  and 
judicial  decisions  are  declared  to  be  subject  to  recall  at  the  election  of  the  people 
as  a  whole,  we  strike  at  the  very  foundation  of  our  liberties  and  of  our  form  of 
government.  Against  any  encroachment,  however  plausible  the  scheme,  which  strikes 
at  a  principle  so  vital  as  the  independence  of  the  judiciary  and  the  principle  which 
would  select  and  call  to  duty  a  person  specially  fitted  for  the  performance  of  that 
duty,  we  need  to  be  constantly  on  our  guard.  Upon  their  loyalty  to  these  principles 
depends  the  loyalty  of  our  citizens  to  our  government,  for  after  all  loyalty  to  our 
government   depends   upon   loyalty   to  the   written    constitution    of   our   fathers." 

When  not  engaged  in  his  professional  duties  his  chief  pleasures  are  found  in 
his  home,  his  books,  his  church  and  travel  as  opportunity  affords.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  University  Club  of  Denver  and  of  its  board  of  directors,  of  the  Denver  Club,  the 
Denver  Motor  Club,  an  honorary  member  of  Phi  Delta  Phi,  and  a  member  of  the 
Denver,  Colorado,  and  American  Bar  Associations. 


JAMES  ABSALOM  MAULDIN. 

James  Absalom  Mauldin,  deceased,  was  one  of  the  extensive  landowners  of  Elbert 
county,  prominently  and  actively  connected  with  its  agricultural  interests  for  many 
years.  He  was  born  in  Hall  county,  Georgia,  September  16,  1846,  a  son  of  Terrill  W. 
and  Sarah  (Jackson)  Mauldin.  The  father  died  in  the  year  1862  and  the  support  of 
the  family  then  devolved  upon  James  A.  Mauldin  of  this  review,  who  at  that  time  was 
a  youth  of  but  sixteen  years.  The  burden  was  a  heavy  one  for  young  shoulders,  but 
he  bravely  faced  conditions  and  did  everything  possible  to  promote  the  interests  and 
welfare  of  the  family.  He  had  pursued  his  education  in  the  Hall  county  public  schools 
and  when  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  decided  to  leave  his  native  state  and  seek  the 
opportunities  of  the  growing  west.  Accordingly  in  1867,  accompanied  by  his  mother 
and  his  three  younger  sisters,  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Elbert  county,  where 
he  secured  land.  As  the  years  passed  his  labors  brought  to  him  increasing  financial 
resources  and  he  made  judicious  investments  in  property  until  at  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  the  owner  of  sixteen  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  valuable  land  in  the 
vicinity  of  Elizabeth.  He  converted  the  wild  and  arid  tract  into  rich  and  productive 
fields,  from  which  he  annually  gathered  good  harvests,  and  he  added  many  modern 
and  attractive  improvements  to  his  farm,  transforming  it  into  one  of  the  valuable 
ranch  properties  of  the  district. 

Mr.  Mauldin  was  twice  married.  He  first  wedded  Miss  Caroline  McCurry,  a  native 
of  Missouri,  who  passed  away  in  the  year  1890.  On  the  25th  of  February,  1892,  he  was 
married  at  Geneseo,  Illinois,  to  Miss  Frances  E.  Tee.  of  Cambridge,  that  state,  and 
they  became  the  parents  of  five  children,  James  F.,  William  B.,  Charles  Wesley, 
Harold  Stratton  and  Nellie  Ruth.  Mrs.  Mauldin's  father  and  mother  and  two  of  her 
sisters  were  born  on  the  Isle  of  Wight,  while  the  Mauldin  family  comes  of  Scotch- 
Irish  ancestry.  William  B.  Mauldin,  the  second  son.  is  in  the  service  of  his  country, 
having  been  trained  at  Camp  Cody,  New  Mexico,  and  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey.     He 


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is  now  in  France,  valiantly  defending  the  cause  of  his  country  and  of  the  allies 
in  this  world  struggle  for  democracy.  The  youngest  son,  Harold  Stratton,  was  in  the 
new  draft. 

Mr.  Mauldin  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  his  fellow 
townsmen,  recognizing  his  worth  and  ability,  frequently  called  upon  him  for  public 
service.  Three  times  he  was  elected  county  commissioner,  making  a  most  creditable 
record  in  that  office.  He  passed  away  February  24,  1908,  after  a  residence  of  forty- 
one  years  in  Colorado.  He  was  therefore  a  witness  of  the  greater  part  of  the  growth 
and  development  of  the  state,  for  pioneer  conditions  existed  at  the  time  of  his  arrival 
and  he  and  his  mother  and  sisters  had  to  face  many  of  the  privations  and  hardships 
incident  to  the  settlement  of  the  frontier.  As  the  years  passed,  however,  these  dis- 
appeared before  an  advancing  civilization  and  Mr.  Mauldin  was  among  those  who 
contributed  in  bringing  about  the  marked  change  which  has  made  Elbert  county  one 
of  the  most  progressive  and  prosperous  sections  of  the  state. 


GEORGE  FRANK;LIN  CHASE. 

George  Franklin  Chase,  of  Boulder,  passed  away  on  the  27th  of  October,  1918,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-one  years.  During  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  lived  retired  but  for 
many  years  had  been  prominently  and  successfully  identified  with  agricultural  pursuits, 
his  prosperity  enabling  him  in  his  later  years  to  enjoy  a  rest  which  he  truly  and 
richly  merited.  He  came  to  Colorado  from  far-off  New  England,  his  birth  having 
occurred  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  in  1837.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Nicholas  Chase, 
was  a  native  of  New  Hampshire  and  was  a  descendant  of  Aquilla  Chase,  who  with 
two  brothers  came  from  England  to  America,  becoming  founders  of  the  family  in  the 
new  world.  George  W.  Chase,  father  of  George  Franklin  Chase,  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire,  spent  his  youthful  days  in  that  state  and  was  married  there  to  Miss  Ann 
Mathews,  who  passed  away  in  1839,  after  which  he  was  married  again,  in  1844.  He 
later  removed  to  York  county,  Maine,  where  he  opened  a  little  general  store  in  New- 
field,  conducting  business  for  a  few  years.  He  then  sold  his  stock  and  turned  his 
attention  to  the  clothing  trade  at  that  place,  carrying  on  the  business  until  about 
1857.  Subsequently  he  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  farming  in  York 
couny,  Maine,  and  was  thus  identified  with  Its  agricultural  development  until  his 
demise,  which  occurred  in  1874. 

George  Franklin  Chase  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  York 
county,  Maine,  and  in  other  districts  where  the  family  lived.  He  was  twenty-two  years 
of  age  when  he  came  to  Boulder,  Colorado,  arriving  in  the  year  1S59  and  thus  casting 
in  his  lot  with  the  earliest  pioneers  of  this  section  of  the  state.  The  city  of  Boulder 
had  just  been  laid  out  and  the  work  of  progress  and  improvement  seemed  scarcely 
begun,  but  he  had  the  prescience  to  discern  something  of  wliat  the  future  had  in 
store  for  this  great  and  growing  western  country  and,  obeying  the  dictates  of  his 
judgment,  he  gathered  the  reward  of  his  labors  in  the  fullness  of  time.  He  at  once 
took  up  wild  land  and  with  characteristic  energy  began  the  arduous  task  of  developing 
a  new  farm.  Many  hardships  and  difficulties  confronted  him,  but  he  persevered  and 
in  the  course  of  years  transformed  the  wild  tract  into  richly  productive  fields,  from 
which  he  annually  gathered  substantial  harvests.  He  always  retained  possession  of 
the  land  which  he  settled  upon  in  1859.  for  which  he  later  obtained  a  patent  from  the 
government  and  which  to  the  time  of  his  death  remained  a  source  of  substantial  and 
gratifying  income  to  him. 

On  the  14th  of  May.  1864,  in  Biddeford.  Maine,  Mr.  Chase  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Augusta  A.  Staples  and  to  them  were  born  four  sons  and  a  daughter,  but  the 
last  mentioned  died  in  infancy.  The  eldest  son,  Frederick  L.,  was  graduated  from 
the  University  of  Colorado  in  the  class  of  1886  and  afterward  won  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Philosophy  in  Yale  University  in  1891.  He  was  astronomer  at  the  Yale 
Observatory  until  1913,  when  he  returned  to  Boulder  and  is  now  living  with  his 
mother.  George  Arthur,  the  second  son,  died  in  1897,  at  the  age  of  thirty  years. 
Charles  H.  has  also  passed  away,  and  Harry  A.,  the  youngest  son,  was  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Colorado  in  1899  and  departed  this  life  in  1902.  The  only 
member  of  the  family  who  married  was  George  Arthur,  the  second  son,  who  wedded 
Dora    Milner   but   left   no   children. 

In  politics  Mr.  Chase  was  a  stalwart  republican,  having  supported  the  party 
from  the  date  of  its  organization  to  the  time  of  his  demise.  He  once  s.erved  as  county 
commissioner  of  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  filling  the  position  for  three  years,  and  he 


GEORGE  F.  CHASE 


220  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

also  served  as  one  of  the  first  trustees  of  Boulder.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Colorado 
Home  Guard  during  the  period  of  the  Civil  war.  Fraternally  he  was  a  Knight 
Templar  and  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  when  called  to  his  final  rest  he  was  serving 
for  the  forty-fourth  year  as  treasurer  of  Columbia  Lodge,  No.  14,  A.  P.  &  A.  M.,  a 
record  which  it  is  believed  is  unprecedented  in  Masonry.  He  was  a  Congregationalist 
in  religious  faith  and  did  much  active  work  in  behalf  of  the  church  and  in  support 
of  Masonry,  exemplifying  in  his  life  the  beneficent  spirit  of  the  craft  -which  is  based 
upon  a  recognition  of  the  brotherhood  of  man  and  the  fatherhood  of  God.  His  life 
was  indeed  an  honorable  and  upright  one  and  constituted  an  influencing  factor  for 
good  in  the  community  in  which  he  so  long  lived.  Great  indeed  were  the  changes 
which  came  to  Boulder  and  the  surrounding  district  during  the  period  of  Mr.  Chase's 
connection  with  the  state,  and  as  one  of  the  honored  pioneers  and  substantial  citizens 
he  deserves  mention  in  the  history  of  Colorado.  He  remainod  an  officer  of  the  First 
Congregational  church  in  Boulder  from  its  organization  in  1866  until  the  time  of  his 
demise,  this  being  the  second  Congregational  church  organized  in  Colorado  territory. 
When  death  called  him,  his  pastor  pronounced  a  fitting  eulogy  upon  him,  in  which  he 
said:  "Deacon  Chase  came  from  a  race  of  sturdy  men.  He  had  the  pioneer  spirit. 
He  lost  neither  his  religion  nor  his  conscience  by  the  side  of  the  long  trail  across 
the  plains.  He  brought  a  New  England  conscience  into  the  new  land  where  distinctions 
of  right  and  wrong  were  not  always  any  too  clear.  For  conscience  sake,  during  the 
long,  slow  journey  across  the  country  by  ox  teams,  he  and  a  few  companions  rested 
each  Sabbath  while  others  of  the  original  caravan  pushed  on.  On  the  same  day,  how- 
ever, all  reached  Boulder  together.  Those  who  had  kept  their  faith  finished  strong 
and  fresh;  the  others,  with  tired  bodies  and  worn-out  teams.  Such  men  as  he  stood 
against  the  drift  towards  carelessness  and  Indifference  in  the  early  days.  He  stood 
without  wavering  for  the  things  of  the  spirit  when  most  men  were  seeking  only  gold. 
He  early  identified  himself  with  the  Congregational  church  and  for  more  than  fifty 
years  filled  the  office  of  deacon  with  honor  to  himself  and  the  church.  His  unusual 
fidelity  has  been  a  bulwark.  It  kept  weaker  souls  true  to  their  tasks.  Duty  was  not 
a  word   he  disliked. 

"In  times  of  grief,  men  found,  in  his  stanch  faith,  comfort  and  hope.  Because 
he  lived  faithfully,  it  has  been  easier  for  other  men  to  resist  sin,  work  cheerfully  and 
bear  grief  manfully.  It  could  be  said  of  him,  as  was  said  of  another  Godly  man, 
'Whenever  he  walks  by  my  shop  I  say  to  myself.  There  goes  a  true  man,  and  that 
moment  everything  good  in  me  feels  stronger,  and  I  find  it  easier  to  live  as  I  ought.' 

"There  was  a  solidity  and  firmness  in  his  character  that  makes  it  fitting  to  say 
that  he  was,  'As  an  hiding  place  from  the  wind,  and  a  covert  from  the  tempest.' 

"  'A  man  shall  be  as  rivers  of  water  in  a  dry  place.'  We  who  live  near  the  plains, 
once  called  'The  Great  American  Desert.'  and  have  watched  the  streams  flow  down 
from  snowy  heights  and  spread  out  in  a  thousand  streamlets,  giving,  through  their 
beneficent  ministrations,  the  beauty  of  growing  crops  and  the  riches  of  abundant 
harvests,  can  appreciate  this  figure  of  speech.  Such  is  the  man  who  mediates  between 
the  heights  of  God  and  the  dry  plains  of  human  life.  'Down  from  the  heights  of  life 
where  uptower  to  heaven  the  great  ideals  of  faith  and  hope,  of  duty  and  destiny,'  come 
the  streams  that  beautify  and  fructify  the  great  stretches  of  ordinary  life.  We  are 
all  better  because  some  men  live  with  the  Eternal,  and  through  them,  out  into  the 
channels  of  friendly   intercourse,   flows   the   grace   of   God. 

"Deacon  Chase  was  a  man  of  God.  His  religion  was  not  a  form,  a  mere  attempt 
to  satisfy  God  by  rite  and  ceremony;  nor  was  it  the  correct  and  ungracious  goodness 
of  the  mere  legalist.  Religion  was  his  life.  We  cannot  think  of  two  distinct  sides 
to  the  man,  one  secular  and  the  other  sacred.  His  piety  was  natural  and  unaffected. 
He  knew  what  it  was  to  feed  upon  heavenly  bread  and  drink  from  the  spiritual  foun- 
tains, but  he  lived  as  he  prayed  and  he  prayed  as  he  lived.  He  was  a  churchman 
because  it  was  in  the  'fellowship  of  kindred  minds'  that  he  found  it  easier  to  meet 
and  serve  God.  His  worship  was  earnest  and  sincere;  his  church  work  as  natural 
as  his  farming. 

"Some  religious  men  dwell  always  in  the  heights.  But  the  truly  great  are  those, 
like  Moses,  who  come  down  from  the  mountain  with  the  word  of  God  for  the  people. 
What  finer  thing  can  be  said  of  a  man  than  that  his  life  was  a  channel  through 
which  flowed  kindness,  justice,  love!  Such  men  make  churches  possible.  They  keep 
community  life  high  minded  and  true  spirited.  We  ordinary  men  owe  more  to  these 
spiritually  minded  men  than  we  are  ever  willing  to  acknowledge.  No  community 
grows  into  strength  and  nobleness  of  character  without  such  men.  Should  they  pass 
without  leaving  successors,  our  community  would  soon  be  ungracious  at-J  barren  in  its 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  221 

life  and  ugly  in  its  culture.  It  is  entirely  fitting  that  we  cherish  the  memory  of  all  the 
quiet,  unobtrusive  men  who,  like  Mr.  Chase,  are  'as  rivers  of  water  in  a  dry  place.' 

"  'A  man  shall  be  as  a  shadow  of  a  great  rock  in  a  weary  land.'  Notice  the  pic- 
ture this  figure  suggests:  The  caravan  has  trekked  its  silent,  dusty  way  along  the 
weary  road  for  hours.  It  halts  for  a  rest  beneath  the  shadow  of  a  great  cliff  by 
the  wayside.  In  the  coolness  and  restfulness  of  the  shade  the  springs  of  human  fellow- 
ship bubble  forth.  The  toil  of  the  road  is  forgotten  except  as  subject  of  jest.  Heart 
reaches  out  to  heart,  voice  answers  to  voice,  and  laugh  kindles  laugh,  until  spirits  as 
well  as  bodies  are  made  fresh  for  the  journey  once  more.  So  the  shadow  of  the  rock 
may  stand  for  the  refreshment  and  joy  that  come  from  God's  Great-hearts  who  ease  the 
toil  of  life's  journey  by  their  cheer  and  good  fellowship.  In  their  presence  the 
tragedy  of  the  way  is  softened  and  the  joys  are  heightened.  All  blessings  on  the 
men  who  relieve  the  weariness  of  life  by  their  cheeriness,  the  strain  of  life  by  their 
kindness,  and  ease  the  friction  of  the  way  by  the  oil  of  gladness!  They  are  the  real 
peace-makers  who  shall  be  called  the  Children  of  God. 

"Mr.  Chase  was  such  a  man.  His  was  the  friendly  heart  that  makes  a  good  com- 
panion whether  at  work  or  play.  He  smoothed  human  relations  by  his  own  good- 
temper.  He  was  a  man  of  peace,  tactful  and  conciliatory,  whose  differences  with  other 
men  were  righted  by  friendly  council  rather  than  in  courts  of  law.  He  possessed  the 
cheering,  healing  grace  of  kindliness, — a  virtue  beyond  appreciation  in  a  world  of 
irritable  people.  It  meets  the  hosts  of  sour  looks  and  ungracious  words  and  scatters 
them  by  its  magic.  It  softens  the  asperities  of  life  and  brings  smiles  where  frowns  have 
been.  There  are  great  men  we  admire  from  afar;  good  men  who  inspire  us  by  example; 
but  it  is  the  kind  man  in  whose  shade  good  fellowship  thrives.  We  have  many  ways  of 
measuring  the  greatness  of  our  fellows;  but  I  am  sure  that  if  all  the  feeble  folk,  the  little 
children,  and  the  weak  and  infirm  could  decide  who  are  great,  the  kindly  man  would  be 
king  of  them  all. 

"Mr.  Chase  did  his  part,  by  a  kindly  spirit,  to  wipe  out  contentiousness,  harshness 
and  pain,  and  to  send  men  singing  along  the  way.  He  truly  'lived  in  a  house  by  the 
side  of  the  road  and  was  a  friend  to  man.'  The  Journey  of  Life  has  been  made  easier 
and  pleasanter  for  many  of  us  who  have  rested  by  the  way  in  the  shadow  of  his  gracious 
personality. 

"Mr.  Chase  lived  his  life  nobly  and  then  came  to  the  moment  of  translation  quietly 
and  beautifully  at  the  close  of  an  evening  of  friendly  talk  in  his  own  home.  He  passed 
with  a  heart  filled  with  goodwill,  and^  rich  in  the  esteem  and  love  of  lodge,  church  and 
community.  He  built  his  life  into  these  institutions,  and  as  long  as  they  endure,  his 
personality  will  be  potent  for  good  among  us.  He  loved  life,  yet  because  he  loved  life, 
he  did  not  feav  death.  He  felt  that  the  man  who  lives  with  God  lives  an  eternal  life 
over  which  death  has  no  power.  His  body  served  the  spirit  for  more  than  the  allotted 
time  and  so  it  was  fittingly  laid  aside  for  a  spiritual  body  in  which  he  serves  his  Master 
and  'grows  rich  in  a  deeper  sanctity.' 

"Do  you  ask  the  secret  of  this  modest,  gracious,  beloved  man?  It  has  been  an  open 
secret  to  those  who  have  known  him  at  all  intimately.  He  was  Christ's  man.  Could 
he  respond  to  these  words,  he  would  say  with  the  Psalmist  and  all  truly  great,  'Not 
unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  unto  us,  but  unto  Thy  name  give  the  glory,  for  Thy  mercy  and  Thy 
truth  sake.'  He  would  say  with  the  great  Apostle,  'The  life  I  lived  in  the  flesh  I  lived 
by  the  faith  of  the  Son  of  God,  who  loved  me  and  gave  himself  for  me.'  " 


PERRY   DAVIS. 


Important  business  interests  and  oificial  duties  have  claimed  the  time  and  atten- 
tion of  Perry  Davis,  who  is  one  of  the  prominent  live  stock  dealers  of  Elbert  county, 
also  well  known  as  a  bank  president  and  as  a  public  official.  Mr.  Davis  was  born  in 
Charleston,  West  Virginia,  on  the  1st  of  January,  1868,  a  son  of  Robert  Hamilton  and 
Sarah  Jane  (Hall)  Davis.  The  mother  came  of  an  old  Virginian  family  established 
in  that  state  in  early  colonial  days.  The  father  was  born  in  West  Virginia  and  there 
resided  until  1871,  when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Jewell  county,  Kansas. 

Perry  Davis  was  at  that  time  but  three  years  of  age.  He  pursued  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  Kansas  and  in  his  early  youth  took  up  farm  work,  to  which  he  gave  his 
time  and  energies  until  1889,  when  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  he  made  his  way  to 
the  Divide  country  and  filed  on  a  claim  near  Simla,  in  Elbert  county.  During  that 
period  he  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  daring  as  well  as  one  of  the  most  reliable 
cowboys  on  the  cattle  range,  riding  for  Lem  Gammon,  now  one  of  the  leading  stockmen 


222  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

of  the  state  and  a  member  of  the  State  Live  Stock  Commission.  Mr.  Davis  has  recently 
been  appointed  brand  inspector  for  Simla  and  Matheson.  As  the  years  passed  on  he 
acquired  large  tracts  of  land  and  is  today  one  of  the  prominent  ranchmen  of  his  section 
of  the  state.  There  is  nothing  concerning  the  range  nor  cattle  raising  in  any  connec- 
tion with  which  he  is  not  familiar  and  his  unfaltering  Industry  and  intelligently 
directed  efforts  have  brought  him  substantial  success.  When  the  Matheson  State  Bank 
was  formed  a  few  years  ago  he  became  its  president  and  is  still  at  th«  head  of  that 
institution. 

On  the  19th  of  November,  1917,  Mr.  Davis  was  united  in  marriage,  to  Miss  Clara 
M.  Roberts,  of  Phillipsburg,  Kansas,  a  brilliant  and  talented  woman  of  liberal  educa- 
tion, thoroughly  versed  in  the  literature  of  the  day. 

Mr.  Davis  Is  a  stalwart  democrat  and  four  years  ago  was  elected  sheriff  of  Elbert 
county,  which  is  normally  republican  by  a  majority  of  three  hundred.  In  1916  he  was 
reelected  by  a  majority  of  six  hundred  and  seven,  the  largest  vote  ever  given  any 
officer  in  the  county.  He  was  again  nominated  in  1918  but  declined  to  become  a  can- 
didate for  a  third  term,  as  his  growing  business  Interests  now  make  full  claim  upon 
his  time  and  attention.  His  elections  are  proof  of  his  personal  popularity  and  the  con- 
fidence reposed  in  him  by  his  fellow  townsmen,  who  have  found  hirn  a  loyal  and  fearless 
officer,  doing  much  to  preserve  law  and  order.  However,  his  business  affairs  have  been 
steadily  developing  and  his  ranching  interests  are  now  extensive  and  important,  while 
as  president  of  the  Matheson  State  Bank  he  is  closely  associated  with  financial  interests 
of  the  locality. 


HENRY  A.   LINDSLEY. 


Henry  A.  Lindsley,  one  of  the  ablest  members  of  the  Denver  bar,  is  a  representa- 
tive of  that  prominent  coterie  of  men  who  have  constituted  a  dynamic  force  in  the 
development  of  Denver's  greatness  through  the  advancement  of  her  material  interests 
and  the  upholding  of  her  legal,  intellectual  and  moral  status.  Mr.  I>indsley  was  born 
in  Lebanon,  Tennessee,  March  30,  1871,  a  son  of  Henry  Stevens  and  Mary  Bashie 
(Atkins)  Lindsley.  Henry  A.  Lindsley  comes  from  a  family  that  has  been  promi- 
nent in  educational  and  professional  circles  in  Tennessee  ever  since  it  was  first  estab- 
lished in  that  state  by  Dr.  Philip  Lindsley,  D.  D.,  the  great-grandfather.  The  latter 
was  vice  president  for  years  and  later  president  elect  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey  at 
Princeton,  now  Princeton  University,  before  going  to  Tennessee,  where  he  organized 
the  University  of  Nashville  and  remained  its  president  for  several  years.  On  his 
mother's  side  the  ancestors  of  Henry  A.  Lindsley  were  among  the  pioneers  of  Louisiana. 

Accorded  liberal  educational  opportunities,  Mr.  Lindsley  obtained  his  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  from  Cumberland  University  at  Lebanon,  Tennessee,  in  1889,  and 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1890,  when  not  yet  twenty  years  of  age.  He  came  at 
once  to  Denver  and  in  1893  the  firm  of  Whitford  &  Lindsley  was  organized,  which 
later  became  the  firm  of  Decker  &  Lindsley.  During  the  next  seven  years  Mr.  Lindsley 
■won  for  himself  a  place  among  the  most  prominent  of  the  younger  attorneys  of  the 
city.  In  1899,  when  only  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  he  was  elected  district  attorney, 
serving  for  four  years.  On  the  1st  of  December,  1902,  he  was.  under  the  newly  adopted 
Article  XX  of  the  state  constitution,  required  to  and  did  fill  not  only  the  office  of 
district  attorney  but  also  that  of  county  and  city  attorney.  In  1904,  when  a  charter 
was  finally  adopted,  he  was  appointed  attorney  of  the  city  and  county  of  Denver  by 
the  late  Mayor  Robert  W.  Speer.  and  remained  his  adviser  and  closest  friend  until 
Mr.  Speer's  death.  It  required  the  greatest  legal  skill  to  pave  the  way  for  the  physical 
development  of  Denver.  The  great  plans  of  Mayor  Speer,  which  are  now  evident  in 
a  wonderfully  beautiful  and  improved  city,  were  not  easy  of  execution.  At  every  point 
there  was  opposition.  It  was  to  this  task,  of  sweeping  aside  the  litigation  which  oppo- 
nents of  civic  betterment  were  constantly  invoking,  that  Mr.  Lindsley  devoted  his 
wonderful  energies  and  resourceful  mind.  There  was  so  much  of  this  work  that  the 
recital  of  it  would  cover  many  pages.  For  example,  the  first  great  fight  made  on 
Mr.  Speer's  plans  was  on  the  question  of  the  validity  of  special  assessments.  The 
decision  meant  either  progress  or  its  opposite  to  Denver.  Mr.  Lindsley  had  the  cases 
advanced  on  the  docket  and  won  them  all.  after  one  of  the  greatest  legal  battles  in 
the  history  of  western  municipalities.  The  era  of  public  improvement  in  Denver 
started  when  the  fight  was  won.  The  bond  issue  for  an  auditoriur^  of  which  the 
people  of  Denver  are  now  so  proud,  was  three  times  defeated.     It   was  fought   in  the 


HENRY  A.  LINDSLEY 


224  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

courts  under  the  leadership  of  one  of  the  greatest  legal  minds  in  the  west.  The  strug- 
gle was,  in  fact,  Herculean,  for  the  men  of  the  opposition  brought  every  legal  techni- 
cality into  play.  Here,  too,  Mr.  Lindsley  won  out.  It  is  but  scant  justice  to  him  to  say 
that  there  is  hardly  a  great  public  improvement  planned  by  Mr.  Speer,  and  scarcely 
a  great  reform  or  innovation  projected,  in  the  planning  and  execution  of  which  he  did 
not  go  to  Mr.  Lindsley  for  advice.  He  closely  studied  all  of  the  grave,  complex  and 
important  problems  that  came  up  in  connection  with  the  city's  rebuilding  and  im- 
provement and  Denver  certainly  owes  to  him  a  debt  of  gratitude  in  that  he  removed 
every  legal  obstacle  that  hindered  civic  growth,  progress  and  development.  Mr.  Linds- 
ley has  been  connected  as  attorney  or  in  an  advisory  capacity  with  practically  every 
constitutional  case  decided  by  the  supreme  court  of  Colorado  since  1900  and  a  large 
majority  of  these  have  been  decided  in  favor  of  the  side  on  which  he  contended.  Today 
he  is  justly  counted  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  Colorado  bar,  a  man  whose 
legal  knowledge  is  based  upon  a  rare  native  shrewdness  as  well  as  a  resourceful  and 
analytical  mind. 

Mr.  Lindsley  was  married  to  Miss  Ada  H.  Sherman,  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Sher- 
man, and  they  have  one  son,  Henry  Sherman  Lindsley.  Mr.  Lindsley  is  a  member 
of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  a  Mason  of  the  thirty-second  degree 
and  also  a  Shriner.  His  club  memberships  include  the  Denver  Athletic  Club  and  the 
Lakewood  Golf  Club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Asso- 
ciation. He  has  many  attractive  social  qualities  in  addition  to  that  strength  of 
character  which  everywhere  commands  respect  and  confidence.  Nature  endowed  him 
with  keen  mentality  and  he  has  used  his  talents  wisely  and  well,  not  only  for  the 
benefit  and  upbuilding  of  his  fortunes,  but  for  the  promotion  of  public  interests  which 
will  make  his  service  to  the  city  of  acknowledged  worth  through  years  to  come. 


GEORGE  C.   ORR. 


G«orge  C.  Orr.  president  of  the  Orr-Walworth  Foundry  Company  of  Denver  and 
owner  of  one  of  the  best  equipped  foundry  plants  in  the  west,  has  made  for  himself  a 
most  creditable  position  in  the  business  circles  of  his  adopted  city.  This  is  due  to 
the  thoroughness  with  which  he  has  mastered  everything  that  he  has  undertaken 
and  the  spirit  of  enterprise  which  he  has  always  displayed. 

George  C.  Orr  was  born  in  Rock  Island,  Illinois,  December  7,  1S61,  a  son  of 
Patrick  and  Mary  (Cumminsky)  Orr,  the  former  a  native  of  Ireland  and  the  latter  of 
Easton,  Pennsylvania.  On  coming  to  America,  in  his  boyhood  days,  the  father  located 
in  the  Keystone  state,  but  in  1857  removed  to  Rock  Island,  Illinois,  where  he  engaged 
in  blacksmithing.  having  acquired  a  knowledge  of  that  trade  while  in  the  east.  After 
a  time  spent  at  the  forge  he  gave  up  that  work  to  engage  in  coal  mining  but  later 
again  took  up  the  trade  and  did  blacksmithing  on  a  bridge  which  was  being  erected 
across  the  Rock  River,  some  few  miles  from  Rock  Island.  While  thus  working  a  span 
of  the  bridge  broke  and  he  was  killed  by  the  fall,  in  the  year  1866.  His  widow  long 
survived  him.  passing  away  in  May,  1917,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  They  had 
a  family  of  three  children:  Mrs.  Ella  Wehand  living  at  Moline,  Illinois;  George  C; 
and  Mrs.  Jennie  Boyle,  whose  home  is  at  Alexandria,  Indiana. 

In  the  public  schools  of  Moline  George  C.  Orr  pursued  his  education,  and  having 
inherited  his  father's  mechanical  skill  and  ingenuity,  took  up  work  along  that  line. 
He  was  employed  on  the  Rock  Island  arsenal,  assisting  in  building  that  famous 
plant.  He  worked  on  the  building  until  1S81,  when  he  came  to  Denver  and  secured 
a  position  as  molder  with  the  Colorado  Iron  Works.  He  there  remained  until  1883, 
when  he  returned  to  Moline,  where  he  again  spent  a  year.  On  the  expiration  of  that 
period  he  once  more  became  a  resident  of  Denver  and  worked  at  his  trade  in  con- 
nection with  various  foundries  until  1896,  when  he  joined  William  C.  Enz  in  forming 
a  partnership  under  the  name  of  the  Enz-Orr  Foundry  Company.  This  association  was 
maintained  until  1913,  when  Mr.  Orr  purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner.  The 
business  had  been  incorporated  in  January,  1909,  with  Mr.  Enz  as  the  president,  Mr. 
Orr  as  the  vice  president  and  George  Eckhart  as  the  secretary.  This  is  a  close  cor- 
poration, and  they  have  thirty  employes  and  through  the  period  of  the  war  have  been 
engaged    in   government  work. 

In  June,  1902,  Mr.  Orr  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Frances  McDonald,  of  Denver, 
a  daughter  of  J.  McDonald,  of  Moline,  Illinois.  They  have  become  the  parents  of 
three  children.  William  Enz,  born  in  Denver  in  1903,  is  attending  h'rh  school.  This 
boy  has  a  natural  inclination  toward  electrical  work  and  has  displayed  marked  skill 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  225 

in  this  particular  branch  of  work.  George  Cum,  born  in  Denver  in  1908,  is  now  in 
the  high  fifth  grade  in  the  public  schools.  He  already  has  shown  marked  adaptability 
as  a  thorough  mechanic  and  molder  and  has  displayed  unusual  proficiency  along  the 
latter  line,  turning  out  as  fine  work  as  men  who  have  followed  the  trade  all  their 
lives.  At  a  recent  date  a  visitor  to  his  father's  plant  saw  two  tons  of  iron  fittings 
for  marine  engines  which  this  boy  had  made  and  which  had  been  passed  upon  as 
perfect  and  yet  young  George  had  received  absolutely  no  aid  in  the  work.  The  youngest 
of  the  family  is  Sarah  Frances,  w^ho  was  born  in  Denver  in  1911  and  is  also  in  school. 
Mr.  Orr  is  one  of  Denver's  representative  men  and  citizens.  He  is  particularly 
well  known  in  connection  with  athletic  interests  and  was  the  leader  of  the  Bnz-Orr 
bowling  team,  which  won  the  Denver  City  championship  in  1912.  In  politics  he  is 
independent,  voting  for  the  candidates  whom  he  regards  as  best  qualified  for  office. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  a 
member  of  the  drill  team,  which  has  won  a  number  of  prizes  in  competition  all  over 
the  country.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  and  his  family 
occupy  a  fine  home  at  No.  1225  Detroit  street,  in  Denver,  and  this  and  his  valuable 
plant  are  the  visible  evidence  of  his  life  of  well  directed  energy  and  thrift.  Following 
the  line  of  his  natural  talents,  he  has  steadily  worked  his  way  upward  and  the 
thoroughness  and  initiative  which  he  has  displayed  have  brought  him  to  a  most 
enviable  position  in  the  business  world. 


LEWIS   E.   EWAN. 


The  story  of  the  development  of  Colorado,  like  that  of  every  new  state,  is  the 
gradual  unfolding  of  a  drama  of  hardship  and  danger  and  the  realization  of  the  dream 
of  those  sturdy  men  and  women  who  endured  the  privations  of  frontier  days,  and 
carved  an  empire  from  the  wilderness.  Among  those  who  had  part  in  Colorado's 
transformation  are  Lewis  E.  Ewan,  and  his  worthy  wife,  who  for  many  years  were 
residents  of  Jefferson  county,  but  are  now  residing  in  Littleton.  Mr.  Ewan  came  to 
Colorado  in  1880,  making  the  trip  overland,  driving  a  mule  team  from  Independence, 
Kansas. — a  trip  that  was  five  weeks  in  the  making.  Arriving  in  Morrison,  on  the 
26th  day  of  May.  of  the  year  above  mentioned,  he  located  there,  but  after  a  brief 
stay,  located  on  Turkey  creek,  where  he  entered  into  a  contract  for  hauling  stone 
from  the  quarry  to  the  rail  shipping  point,  near  Morrison.  It  is  of  interest  to  note 
that  in  the  carrying  out  of  this  contract,  he  hauled  the  red  sandstone  which  was 
utilized  in  the  construction  and  adornment  of  many  of  the  important  buildings  in 
Denver,  among  them  being  the  old  Union  Station;  the  building  formerly  occupied  by 
the  Colorado  National  Bank  at  Seventeenth  and  Larimer  streets;  the  original  Daniels 
&  Fisher  store  building,  and  many  others. 

In  1882,  he  began  ranching  on  eighty  acres  which  he  purchased  and  located  upon. 
This  holding  was  subsequently  increased  as  years  went  by  and  he  prospered,  until 
he  had  acquired  a  total  of  five  hundred  and  forty-five  acres,  making  one  of  the  finest 
ranches  in  that  section,  while  in  the  meantime,  he  had  won  for  himself  recognition 
as  one  of  the  representative  and  best  known  ranchers  and  stockmen  of  the  state. 
During  these  years  of  residence  upon  his  ranch,  and  in  conjunction  with  his  activities 
in  stock  raising,  he  was  also  engaged  in  the  butchering  and  meat  supply  business  at 
Morrison.  He  formed  a  partnership  with  M.  M.  Nay  for  the  conducting  of  this  latter 
business  and  the  firm  soon  became  widely  known.  They  did  not  only  an  extensive 
local  business  but  also  furnished  a  large  portion  of  the  meat  supply  for  the  surround- 
ing towns  and  villages,  including  places  as  far  distant  as  Golden,  Idaho  Springs,  Denver, 
and  others. 

During  the  latter  years  of  their  residence  in  Jefferson  county,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ewan 
had  made  their  home  in  Morrison,  where  they  continued  to  reside  until  1903,  when  they 
removed  to  Oregon,  and  for  the  ensuing  two  years,  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits 
in  the  fruitful  and  picturesque  Willamette  valley.  Disposing  of  their  property  there, 
in  1905,  they  returned  to  Colorado,  and  in  1917,  located  in  Littleton  where  they  now 
reside. 

Mr.  Ewan  is  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  was  born  in  Fort  Republic,  in  the  famous 
Shenandoah  valley,  February  17.  1847.  His  parents,  Robert  M.  and  Caroline  (Lewis) 
Ewan,  were  born  natives  of  Virginia,  and  each  was  descended  from  a  long  line  of 
distinguished  colonial  ancestry.  In  1859,  the  parents  moved  to  Michigan,  locating  in 
Berrien  county,  whence,  soon  afterward,  they  removed  to  Illinois,  locating  on  a  farm 
but  a  few  miles  from  Lewiston,  in  Fulton  county.     There  they  were  numbered  among 


LEWIS  E.  EWAN 


MRS.  LEWIS  E.  EWAN 


228  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  early  pioneers  of  the  section,  and  made  their  home  during  the  remainder  of  their 
lives,  the  father  passing  away  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years,  the  mother  being  called 
to  final  rest  five  years  later,  and  in  her  seventy-seventh  year. 

Lewis  E.  Ewan  is  the  eldest  of  a  family  of  five  sons  and  three  daughters.  He  was 
but  a  lad  of  twelve  years,  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Michigan,  later  going 
with  the  family  to  Illinois.  His  boyhood  days  were  spent  in  Fulton  county,  where 
he  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  shared  in  the  limited  advan- 
tages which  fell  to  the  lot  of  the  average  boy  of  that  place  and  period.  In  1870,  re- 
sponding to  the  lure  of  the  west,  he  went  to  Kansas,  locating  in  Independence,  where 
he  established  himself  in  the  real  estate  and  also  the  meat  business,  coming  from  there 
to  Colorado,  as  previously  noted. 

On  December  23,  1872,  Mr.  Ewan  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Hattie  B. 
Wright,  who  was  born  in  Indiana,  July  20,  1854,  a  daughter  of  Stanbury  B.  and  Mary 
Flagg  (Potter)  Wright.  The  parents  were  natives  of  Vermont  and  New  York  respec- 
tively, the  progenitors  on  both  the  paternal  and  maternal  side  being  direct  lineal 
descendants  from  Puritan  ancestors  who  took  active  part  in  the  Colonial  and  the 
Revolutionary  wars.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright  came  to  the  west  at  a  time  when  settlers 
were  few,  locating  first  in  Indiana,  then  in  Iowa,  then  in  Kansas,  and  finally  in  1879, 
in  Colorado,  making  their  home  at  Morrison  where  they  continued  to  reside  until  the 
final  summons  called  them  to  their  eternal  rest.  The  father  died  September  13,  1885, 
and  the  mother  September  16,  1889,  each  having  attained  the  age  of  eighty  years. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ewan  have  been  born  nine  children,  of  whom  seven  attained 
maturity,  as  follows:  Mary  L.,  now  Mrs.  Edwin  Sanger;  Bessie  E.,  who  is  Mrs.  F.  J. 
Frink,  and  resides  in  Montana;  Anna  L.,  who  wedded  J.  D.  Tracy,  and  resides  at 
Morrison;  Hariet  Irene,  who  became  the  wife  of  Charles  W.  Tuttle,  of  Denver;  Carl 
W.,  of  Livingston.  Montana;  Lewis  E.,  now  in  the  government  service  as  a  forest 
ranger  at  Big  Timber,  Montana;   and  June  V..  now  Mrs.  N.  K.  Groesbeck. 

In  political  faith  Mr.  Ewan  has  always  been  a  democrat,  and  an  active  sup- 
porter of  the  party  principles.  He  has  taken  prominent  part  in  political  affairs  having 
served  as  delegate  to  both  state  and  congressional  conventions.  He  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Shafroth  water  commissioner  for  the  ninth  district,  filling  the  position 
so  acceptably  that,  upon  the  expiration  of  his  term,  he  was  reappointed  his  own  suc- 
cessor. 

In  fraternal  circles,  Mr.  Ewan  is  well  known  as  a  member  of  Golden  Lodge,  No. 
13,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  also  holding  membership  in  the  Encampment.  He  has  received  all 
of  the  official  honors,  conferred  in  the  subordinate  lodge,  and  has  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  order.  Both  he.  and  his  worthy  wife,  are  members  of 
the  Rebekahs,  in  which  Mrs.  Ewan  has  served  as  a  delegate  and  three  terms  as  noble 
grand  of  the  order.  The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Christian  Science 
church,  in  which  both  are  respected  members.  While  they  have  been  blessed  with  a 
goodly  measure  of  material  prosperity,  the  record  of  their  lives  has  been  such  that, 
in  looking  back  over  the  past,  there  can  be  found  no  reason  for  regret,  and  they  will 
leave  to  their  posterity  the  priceless  heritage  of  a  good  name,  which  is  more  to  be 
desired  than  great  riches. 


NEWTON  LOREN   GLEASON. 

Newton  Loren  Gleason,  one  of  Elbert  county's  famous  pioneers,  was  born  at  Hart- 
ford, Cortland  county.  New  York,  August  1,  1844.  His  ancestry  can  be  traced  back 
to  the  period  of  the  Mayflower,  for  John  and  Priscilla  Alden  are  the  Pilgrims  to  whom 
his  blood  relationship  extended.  In  1856  his  parents  removed  to  Iowa  and  there  he  was 
educated.  He  entered  the  army  at  the  first  call  for  troops  by  President  Lincoln  to 
preserve  the  Union  and  served  throughout  the  conflict  under  General  Thomas  as  a 
member  of  the  Fifth  Iowa  Cavalry,  participating  in  a  number  of  hotly  contested  engage- 
ments. In  1868  he  arrived  in  Elbert  county,  Colorado,  and  became  a  notable  factor  in 
the  development  of  "the  Divide."  Not  only  did  he  contribute  to  the  material  progress 
of  the  community  but  also  left  the  impress  of  his  individuality  upon  its  political 
history.  He  served  for  two  terms  as  county  treasurer  and  for  one  term  as  clerk  of  the 
district  court  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  fifteenth  general  assembly  of  Colorado. 

On  the  9th  of  November,  1870,  Mr.  Gleason  was  married  to  Miss  Jennie  Fisher 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  three  children:  Carl,  who  is  county  assessor  of  Elbert 
county,  now  living  in  Denver;  Bernard;  and  Alice,  who  married  George  Blazer,  they 
making  their  home  in  Elizabeth,  Colorado. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  229 

Mr.  Gleason  passed  away  October  11,  1908,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  a 
member  of  Elbert  County  Post,  No.  103,  G.  A.  R.,  and  also  a  member  of  Fowler  Lodge, 
I.  0.  O.  F.,  of  Elizabeth.  He  was  one  of  the  directors  and  the  assistant  cashier  of  the 
Farmers  Bank  of  Elizabeth  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Elizabeth 
Presbyterian  church.  His  funeral  was  one  of  the  largest  ever  held  in  Elbert  county, 
practically  the  entire  population  attending  to  pay  its  tribute  of  respect  to  this  man, 
who  was  regarded  as  one  of  Elbert  county's  most  prominent  promoters  and  builders. 

His  son,  Bernard  Horace  Gleason,  who  now  manages  the  large  Gleason  ranch,  was 
born  in  the  loghouse  on  the  old  homestead  July  24,  1876.  In  the  conduct  of  his  busi- 
ness affairs  he  displays  marked  enterprise  and  indefatigable  energy,  having  made 
the  Gleason  property  one  of  the  finest  ranch  interests  of  this  section.  He  is  now 
treasurer  of  the  Kiowa  school  board  and  Is  prominent  in  all  the  civic  affairs  of  the 
county. 

On  the  30th  of  June,  1903,  Bernard  H.  Gleason  was  married  to  Miss  Lola  Cable  at 
Elizabeth,  Colorado,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children,  Bernard  Loren 
and  Mangie  Alice.  Like  his  father,  Bernard  H.  Gleason  is  exerting  a  widely  felt 
influence  over  public  thought  and  action  in  his  community  and  over  the  development 
of  the  material  resources  of  the  district.  He  displays  sound  judgment  in  all  of  his 
business  affairs  and  his  activities,  while  promoting  individual  success,  are  also  advanc- 
ing public  prosperity. 


THEODORE  NOTT. 


A  valuable  farm  of  two  hundred  and  forty-two  acres  in  Adams  county  is  the  prop- 
erty of  Theodore  Nott,  who  for  many  years  has  ranked  with  the  most  progressive  agri- 
culturists of  his  section  of  the  state.  He  is  now  living  retired  in  Denver  but  still  holds 
farming  interests  that  return  to  him  a  substantial  annual  income.  He  was  born  in 
St.  Lawrence  county.  New  York,  on  the  Sth  of  August,  1842,  a  son  of  Reuben  and  Olive 
(Bailey)  Nott.  His  youthful  days  were  passed  in  his  native  county  and  after  master- 
ing the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  district  schools  he  attended  an  academy, 
thus  becoming  well  qualified  for  life's  practical  and  responsible  duties.  He  started  out 
In  life  independently  when  a  youth  of  nineteen  and  for  four  years  conducted  a  stage 
line  which  carried  the  mail  between  Antwerp,  Jefferson  and  Ogdensburg,  New  York. 
The  succeeding  year  was  devoted  to  the  conduct  of  a  livery  business  in  Carthage,  New 
York,  and  for  four  years  he  was  proprietor  of  a  livery  stable  at  Antwerp.  The  west, 
however,  attracted  him  and,  leaving  the  Empire  state,  he  started  across  the  country 
for  Denver,  Colorado,  traveling  by  rail  to  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  and  thence  by  stage 
to  his  destination.  This  was  in  the  spring  of  1869.  He  turned  his  attention  to  the 
dairy  business  as  a  partner  of  his  brother,  conducting  business  in  the  vicinity  of 
Blackhawk  and  Central  City  for  about  four  years.  In  the  fall  of  1869  his  family  Joined 
him  in  Colorado,  for  on  the  11th  of  October,  1865,  Mr.  Nott  had  married  Miss  Carrie 
P.  Proctor,  of  Antwerp,  New  York. 

On  removing  from  his  ranch  in  Jefferson  county  Mr.  Nott  took  up  his  abode  in 
Denver,  where  he  conducted  a  dairy  business  for  three  years,  and  then  established 
his  home  in  Arapahoe  county,  thirty-two  miles  east  of  Denver,  where  he  began  raising 
sheep.  For  seventeen  or  eighteen  years  he  was  extensively  identified  with  the  sheep 
industry  and  realized  a  handsome  profit  from  his  investments  and  labors.  With  the 
money  thus  gained  he  purchased  Denver  real  estate  but  suffered  heavy  losses  because 
of  the  collapse  of  the  boom.  In  1892  he  traded  property  for  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  on  section  6,  township  2,  range  67,  and  was  there  actively  engaged  in 
farming  for  many  years,  converting  his  place  into  one  of  the  valuable  farm  properties 
of  the  state.  His  land  is  splendidly  irrigated  and  everything  about  the  place  is  kept 
in  excellent  condition.  Neatness  and  order  prevail  and  the  buildings  are  large  and 
substantial,  furnishing  adequate  shelter  for  the  grain  and  stock.  Mr.  Nott  continued 
to  reside  upon  his  farm  for  an  extended  period  and  then,  retiring  from  active  business 
life  in  1914,  took  up  his  abode  in  Denver,  where  he  has  since  lived  retired,  enjoying 
the  fruits  of  his  former  toil. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nott  were  born  six  children.  Edward,  living  at  Kiowa,  Colorado, 
married  Delia  Wood  and  has  one  daughter,  Helen.  Maud  is  the  wife  of  Edward  Clay, 
a  railroad  man,  and  has  two  daughters,  Dorothy  and  Sophia.  Ernest  married  Bertha 
Eberly  and  their  children  are  Anna  and  Elizabeth.  Reuben  married  Mamie  Trout  and 
has  a  daughter,  Genevieve.  Fred  married  Anna  Shaw  and  their  children  are  Evelyn 
and  Edward  Proctor.     Stella  is  deceased.     On  the  11th  of  October,  1915,  the  children 


230  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  grandchildren  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nott  planned  a  wonderful  surprise  for  them  as  a 
celebration  of  their  golden  wedding  and  the  occasion  was  one  never  to  be  forgotten 
by  those  who  participated  therein.  For  a  half  century  this  worthy  couple  had  traveled 
life's  journey  together,  sharing  with  each  other  the  joys  and  sorrows,  the  adversity  and 
prosperity  that  checker  the  careers  of  all.  To  them  has  been  accorded  the  privilege 
of  passing  down  the  hill  of  life  together  In  their  sunset  days,  a  privilege  that  is 
accorded   comparatively  few. 

In  politics  Mr.  Nott  was  a  supporter  of  democratic  principles  in  early  manhood, 
but  after  his  removal  to  Colorado  joined  the  ranks  of  the  republican  party,  with  which 
he  has  since  affiliated.  He  has  ever  been  a  stalwart  champion  of  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion and  for  many  years  served  as  school  director,  thus  giving  the  weight  of  his  official 
aid  and  influence  to  measures  for  the  upbuilding  and  improvement  of  the  school  system 
of  the  state.  He  has  ever  stood  for  advancement  in  all  lines  having  to  do  with  the 
welfare  of  community  and  country,  and  has  taken  an  advanced  stand  upon  many 
Questions   relating  to  public   progress. 


ROBERT  S.  COX. 


The  life  record  of  Robert  S.  Cox  covered  a  period  of  almost  sixty-five  years.  Through 
much  of  this  time  he  was  identified  with  ranching  interests  in  Colorado  and  was  a 
most  respected  citizen  of  Loveland  and  of  Weld  county.  He  vvfas  born  in  New  Jersey, 
September  3,  1837,  a  son  of  Stewart  and  Julia  A.  (Ivens)  Cox,  who  were  also  natives 
of  that  state.  The  father  followed  farming  in  New  Jersey  and  afterward  in  Indiana, 
devoting  his  entire  life  to  agricultural  pursuits.  He  put  aside  the  cares  and  labors  of 
the  farm,  however,  after  the  death  of  his  second  wife.  His  first  wife  passed  away  in 
1840  and  following  the  death  of  his  second  wife  Stewart  Cox  made  his  home  with 
his  son  Robert  until  his  demise,  which  occurred  in  1888. 

Robert  S.  Cox  spent  his  youthful  days  in  Indiana,  where  his  experiences  were 
those  of  the  tarmbred  boy  who  divides  his  time  between  the  duties  of  the  schoolroom, 
the  pleasures  of  tlie  playground  and  the  work  of  the  fields.  He  remained  with  his 
father  until  he  had  attained  his  majority  and  in  1861,  when  a  young  man  of  twenty- 
four  years,  he  responded  to  the  country's  call  for  troops  to  aid  in  the  preservation  of 
the  Union,  enlisting  as  a  member  of  Company  I,  Forty-seventh  Indiana  Infantry,  with 
which  he  served  for  four  years.  He  then  returned  home  with  a  most  creditable  mili- 
tary record,  having  valiantly  defended  the  Union  cause  on  many  a  southern  battlefield. 
He  afterward  engaged  in  clerking  in  Indiana  until  1883.  when  he  determined  to  try 
his  fortune  in  the  west  and  made  his  way  to  Colorado,  where  he  purchased  a  ranch 
in  Weld  county.  This  he  cultivated  and  Improved  for  six  years,  after  which  he  re- 
moved to  Greeley,  where  he  made  his  home  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He  then  took  up 
his  abode  in  Loveland  and  purchased  forty-eight  acres  adjoining  the  city,  in  fact  the 
tract  is  now  a  part  of  the  city.  His  attention  and  energies  were  further  given  to  the 
development  and  cultivation  of  the  place  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  August, 
1902.  Since  that  time  his  widow  has  sold  off  most  of  the  land  in  acre  tracts,  still 
occupying  the  old  home. 

It  was  in  January,  1861,  that  Mr.  Cox  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martha  Jane 
Ogden,  a  daughter  of  Elihu  and  Sarah  A.  (Parish)  Ogden,  who  were  natives  of  Mary- 
land and  of  Ohio  respectively.  Mrs.  Cox  was  born  in  Indiana  in  March,  1843.  her 
parents  having  removed  to  that  state  at  an  early  day.  Her  father  was  a  farmer  and 
stock  raiser  and  bought  and  Improved  land  in  the  Hoosier  state,  devoting  his  remaining 
days  to  farming  in  Indiana.  He  died  in  1860,  while  his  wife  was  called  to  her  final 
rest  in  February,  1874.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cox  were  born  six  children:  Homer  D.,  now 
residing  at  Loveland;  Nellie,  the  wife  of  Willis  Sheets,  whose  home  is  in  Montana; 
Burchard  M.,  a  resident  farmer  of  Larimer  county;  and  Lulu  M.,  Florence  A.  and 
George  S.,  all  deceased. 

Mr.  Cox  served  as  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  Weld  county  and  was  faihtful  In  office, 
his  decisions  at  all  times  being  strictly  fair  and  impartial,  based  upon  the  law  and 
the  equity  in  the  case.  His  political  endorsement  was  given  to  the  republican  party 
and  his  religious  faith  was  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  to  the  teachings  of 
which  he  loyally  adhered.  He  was  also  a  consistent  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity 
and  he  proudly  wore  the  little  bronze  button  that  proclaimed  him  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  In  all  matters  of  citizenship  he  was  as  true  and  loyal  to 
his  country  as  when  he  followed  the  nation's  starry  banner  on  southern  battlefields. 
In  fact  his  entire  life  was  marked  by  integrity  and  faithfulness  to  duty  and  his  sterling 


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232  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

worth  -won  for  him  warm  friendships,  so  that  his  death  was  deeply  regretted  not  only 
by  his  immediate  family  but  throughout  the  entire  community  when  he  was  called  to 
the  home  beyond. 


JOHN   M.    HOPPER. 


John  M.  Hopper  is  now  largely  living  retired  upon  his  valuable  farm  property  in 
the  vicinity  of  Matheson.  His  has  been  an  active  and  useful  life  and  his  identification 
with  Elbert  county  covers  an  extended  period,  while  his  residence  in  Colorado  dates 
from  about  1888.  He  was  born  in  Guernsey  county.  Ohio,  February  17,  1849.  His 
father,  John  Hopper,  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  while  his  mother,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Eliza  McGregor,  was  of  Scotch  birth.  The  family  removed  from  Ohio  to 
Illinois  when  John  M.  Hopper  was  a  youth  of  seventeen  years  and  at  a  subsequent 
date  the  family  home  was  established  in  Iowa.  He  was  reared  to  the  occupation  of 
farming,  early  becoming  familiar  with  the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring 
for  the  crops.  Thirty  years  ago  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  time  was  a  resident  of 
Pueblo  but  subsequently  removed  to  Elbert  county  and  homesteaded.  The  property 
which  he  secured  at  that  early  day  and  which  was  then  a  tract  of  wild,  undeveloped 
land  that  has  now  been  transformed  into  a  valuable  farm  is  being  operated  by  his 
only  son,  Bert  B.  Hopper.  As  the  years  passed  John  M.  Hopper  added  to  his  original 
holdings  by  purchase  from  time  to  time  until  he  now  has  nine  hundred  and  sixty  acres. 

On  the  5th  of  September,  1878,  Mr.  Hopper  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lettie 
0.  Scovel,  of  Sheridan,  Iowa,  a  daughter  of  Eli  H.  and  Daphne  (Boss)  Scovel  of  Cat-' 
taraugus  county,  New  York,  who  later  became  residents  of  Colorado.  Her  father's 
people  were  of  Scotch  lineage  and  the  family  was  established  in  America  in  colonial 
days.  The  Boss  family  came  from  Massachusetts,  and  thus  in  both  lines  Mrs.  Hopper 
is  a  representative  of  old  families  of  New  England.  She  is  a  lady  of  marked  intel- 
lectual force,  exceptionally  well  informed,  keeping  in  touch  with  all  the  vital  questions 
and  issues  of  the  day.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hopper  are  widely  and  favorably  known, 
their  social  as  well  as  their  financial  position  being  an  enviable  one,  while  the  sterling 
traits  of  their  character  have  gained  for  them  the  high  respect  and  unfaltering  friend- 
ship of  those  with  whom  they  have  been  brought  in  contact. 

Bert  B.  Hopper  was  born  in  Derby,  Iowa,  October  13,  1879,  and  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Colorado  when  about  nine  years  of  age.  He  received  his  education  largely 
in  the  schools  of  Pueblo  and  after  discarding  his  textbooks  turned  his  attention  to 
agricultural  pursuits  and  is  now  operating  the  extensive  farm  of  his  father.  On  Decem- 
ber 2,  1908,  he  married  Fern  Turner,  a  daughter  of  Judge  Turner  of  Kiowa  and  to  them 
have  been  born  two  children:  Dwight,  whose  birth  occurred  on  March  28,  1910,  in 
Colorado  Springs;  and  Donald,  born  in  Kiowa,  January  10,  1913.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bert 
B.  Hopper  are  popular  in  the  younger  social  set  of  Elbert  county  where  they  have 
many  friends,  and  he  has  ever  given  his  wholehearted  support  to  worthy  movements 
undertaken  on  behalf  of  the  general  public,  along  lines  of  material  as  well  as  mental 
and  moral  advancement,  thus  proving  himself  a  valuable  citizen.  Moreover,  he  con- 
tributes to  general  prosperity  by  the  further  improvement  of  his  ranch,  thus  pro- 
moting agricultural  progress  along  modern   ideas. 


W.   H.  NEVEU. 


W.  H.  Neveu,  one  of  the  best  known  representatives  of  iron  manufacturing  interests 
in  Denver  as  well'  as  the  pioneer  manufacturer  of  radiators  not  only  in  this  city  but 
in  this  section  of  the  entire  west,  has  acquired  his  high  position  as  a  representative  of 
that  industry  through  superior  workmanship  and  a  thorough  technical  knowledge  of 
the  business. 

Mr.  Neveu  was  born  in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  September  7.  1876,  a  son  of  Moses 
and  Josephine  (Cadron)  Neveu,  the  former  a  native  of  Montreal,  Canada,  and  the 
latter  of  North  Adams,  Massachusetts.  The  father  came  across  the  border  into  the 
United  States  when  a  youth,  and  afterward  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he 
later  followed  in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  and  subsequently  in  St.  Paul.  Minnesota,  re- 
moving with  his  family  to  the  latter  city  in  the  early  '80s,  where  he  continued  to 
reside  until  he  came  to  Denver  in  1889.  When  he  located  here  he  took  up  contracting, 
which    business    he    followed    for    some    time.      He    afterward    engaged    in    the    bakery 


234  HISTORY  OF  COLO^  ADO 

business  in  North  Denver  and  is  now  at  the  head  of  a  profitable  trade  in  that  line.  \ 
His  father,  also  named  Moses,  was  a  well  known  contractor  of  Denver  in  the  early 
days  and  lived  to  a  ripe  old  age,  passing  away  in  this  city  in  1915.  The  grandmother, 
Mrs.  Mary  Neveu,  was  called  to  her  final  rest  In  Denver  in  1911.  There  were  three 
children  born  to  Moses  and  Josephine  Neveu:  W.  H.,  of  this  review;  Frank,  who  is 
living  in  Houston,  Texas;  and  Mrs.  Sophie  Parkin,  a  resident  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

W.  H.  Neveu  attended  the  public  schools  of  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  and  later  of 
Denver.  Entering  upon  his  business  career,  he  was  for  some  time  connected  with 
the  grocery  trade,  while  later  he  gave  his  attention  to  the  meat  business,  remaining 
active  along  those  lines  for  about  eight  yeays.  Following  this  he  served  an  apprentice- 
ship as  a  sheet  metal  worker  and  in  going  into  business  for  himself,  in  1903,  he 
bought  out  the  interests  of  Elias  Mathews,  who  was  proprietor  of  one  of  the  oldest 
sheet  metal  concerns  in  Denver,  having  established  business  in  187S.  Soon  after  taking 
over  these  interests  Mr.  Neveu  included  in  the  business  that  of  radiator  repairing, 
so  that  his  connection  with  that  branch  of  the  industry  dates  back  to  the  earliest  days. 
Later,  as  the  business  grew  and  expanded,  it  was  devoted  solely  to  radiator  manufac- 
turing and  repairing  and  its  equipment  was  increased  until  it  now  includes  a  complete 
outfit  such  as  is  necessary  for  the  most  intricate  repair  job  or  the  construction  of  any 
kind  of  new  work  in  the  line  of  radiators.  By  close  attention  to  his  business  and 
personal  supervision  of  all  work  turned  out,  Mr.  Neveu  has  built  up  the  leading  enter- 
prise of  its  kind  In  the  Rocky  Mountain  country.  Holding  to  the  adage  that  a  sat- 
isfied customer  is  the  most  effective  form  of  advertising,  his  work  has  come  to  be  a 
standard  and  his  commercial  integrity  is  unquestioned.  Mr.  Neveu  has  made  a  decided 
success  of  his  business  and  in  so  doing  deserves  great  credit,  for  this  has  resulted 
entirely  from   his  unaided  efforts,  determined   purpose  and  laudable   ambition. 

On  the  10th  of  February,  1S9S,  Mr.  Neveu  was  married  to  Miss  Mabel  Morgan,  of 
Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Morgan,  who  were  pioneer  people  of  this 
city,  arriving  in  1860.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Neveu  have  three  children.  Walter  F.,  born  in 
Denver  in  January,   1899,   is  now  In  school.     Irene  and  Leona  are   also  in  school. 

Mr.  Neveu  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  also  of  the  Kiwanis  Club. 
He  belongs  likewise  to  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  and  to  the  Man- 
ufacturers Association  and  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  reliable  business  men  of  the 
city. 


J.   H.   McKEE. 


J.  H.  McKee  is  senior  partner  in  the  firm  of  McKee  &  Slack,  who  occupy  a  foremost 
position  among  the  manufacturers  of  calendars  and  advertising  novelties  in  the  west. 
They  have  built  up  a  business  of  substantial  and  gratifying  proportions  along  lines 
which  will  bear  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny. 

Mr.  McKee  was  born  in  Prescott,  Wisconsin,  June  4,  1856.  a  son  of  John  and  Mary 
E.  (Vasminder)  McKee,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Washington  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, whence  they  removed  westward  to  Wisconsin  in  1852.  There  the  father  engaged 
in  the  book  and  stationery  business  until  1869,  when  he  removed  to  Bloomington, 
Illinois,  where  he  carried  on  business  in  the  field  of  insurance  until  his  death  in  1872. 
His  wife  died  at  Bloomington  in  1903.  They  had  a  family  of  five  children,  namely: 
J.  H..  of  this  review;  James  A.,  who  has  passed  away;  Maggie,  who  is  also  deceased; 
W.  I.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  wholesale  lumber  business  at  Quincy,  Illinois;  and 
Frank  W.,  who  is  a  prominent  figure  in  musical  circles  of  New  York  city,  being  the 
well  known  composer  of  many  popular  songs  and  instrumental  pieces,  and  is  now 
called  by  leading  musical  journals  "the  Waltz  King." 

At  the  usual  age  J.  H.  McKee  became  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Prescott, 
Wisconsin,  and  afterward  spent  a  year  as  a  student  in  the  ward  school  at  Bloomington, 
Illinois.  Upon  his  father's  death  there  devolved  upon  him  the  responsibility  of  sup- 
porting his  mother  and  the  younger  brothers  and  sister.  He  then  engaged  in  the  book 
and  notion  business  until  his  twenty-first  year.  During  this  time  he  took  a  great  interest 
In  athletics,  especially  running  and  walking,  he  having  covered  one  hundred  yards 
sixteen  different  times  in  ten  seconds  flat,  also  walked  one  mile  in  seven  minutes  and 
twenty-six  seconds,  which  was  within  twenty-eight  seconds  of  the  world's  record  at 
that  time.  He  decided  to  become  a  traveling  salesman  and  went  upon  the  road  as  a 
representative  of  a  cigar  and  tobacco  house.  He  won  success  as  "a  knight  of  the 
grip,"  building  up  a  large  trade  for  the  company  which  he  represented.  He  con- 
tinued upon  the  road  for  thirteen  years  and  then  in  1890  came  to  Denver.     Here  he 


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was  appointed  register  of  tlie  land  office  under  the  administration  of  President  Ben- 
jamin Harrison  and  located  at  Hugo,  Colorado,  opening  the  office  at  that  place.  He 
occupied  the  position  for  four  years  and  while  so  engaged  he  was  also  state  agent 
for  the  Manhattan  Life  Insurance  Company.  A  change  in  politics  left  him  out  of 
office  and  in  1894  he  returned  to  Denver,  where  he  later  became  engaged  In  the  bicycle 
business,  in  which  he  continued  only  one  year.  He  afterward  was  associated  with 
Williams,  Wood  &  Company,  wholesale  grocers,  in  the  capacity  of  buyer  and  manager 
of  the  cigar  department  and  remained  In  that  connection  for  two  years,  when  they 
discontinued  business.  He  subsequently  entered  the  mercantile  brokerage  business, 
handling  belts,  belt  dressing  paint  and  other  commodities,  and  conducted  a  successful 
business  of  that  character  until  1900.  He  then  sold  out  and  went  on  the  road,  selling 
calendars  and  advertising  novelties  on  commission.  In  1906  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  G.  E.  Slack  in  the  manufacture  of  calendars  and  advertising  novelties.  In  their 
manufacturing  and  jobbing  interests  the  firm  has  risen  to  prominence  and  are  now 
conducting  one  of  the  largest  business  enterprises  of  the  kind  in  the  west.  Their 
trade  covers  the  five  states  of  Wyoming,  Utah,  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona 
and  the  business  is  steadily  increasing.  They  have  ever  recognized  the  fact  that  sat- 
isfied patrons  are  the  best  advertisement  and  their  earnest  desire  to  please  their  cus- 
tomers has  been  a  salient  feature  in  the  growth  of  their  trade. 

On  the  6th  of  September,  1883,  Mr.  McKee  was  married  at  Lexington,  Illinois, 
to  Miss  Nora  Preble,  a  daughter  of  Chester  and  Louise  Preble.  They  now  have  one 
child,  George  Lloyd  McKee,  born  in  Bloomington,  Illinois,  in  1890.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Denver  and  married  Miss  Nellie  Bowles,  of  Littleton,  Colorado.  He  is  now 
engaged  in  farming. 

Mr.  McKee  belongs  to  the  Civic  and  Commercial  Association,  the  Advertising  Club 
and  the  United  Commercial  Travelers  Association.  In  politics  he  maintains  an  inde- 
pendent course,  voting  according  to  the  dictates  of  his  judgment  with  little  regard 
for  party  ties.  He  has  worked  his  way  upward  entirely  unassisted  and  is  a  self-made 
man  who  as  the  architect  of  his  fortunes  has  builded  wisely  and  well.  He  started 
out  in  the  world  with  a  cash  capital  of  but  twelve  dollars  and  a  half  and  today  he 
ranks  with  the  representative  manufacturers  of  his  adopted  city. 


WILLIAM  HENRY  HARRISON  CRANMER. 

William  Henry  Harrison  Cranmer.  who  for  many  years  was  actively,  prominently 
and  successfully  identified  with  the  cattle  industry  in  Colorado  and  whose  enterprise 
yet  finds  tangible  evidence  in  the  Ernest  &  Cranmer  building  of  Denver,  was  born  in 
Cooper  county,  Missouri,  in  1841,  his  parents  having  removed  from  Tennessee  to 
Missouri,  at  which  time  they  took  up  their  abode  in  Warrensburg.  The  mother  died 
when  her  son  William  was  but  thirteen  years  of  age.  He  attended  school  in  his  native 
county  and  with  his  twin  brother,  Thomas,  served  in  the  Confederate  army,  participat- 
ing in  the  campaigns  in  Missouri  and  Kansas  and  making  a  gallant  record.  When 
the  war  was  over  he  went  to  Texas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  and  there 
became  acquainted  with  John  Hittson,  for  whom  he  worked  as  foreman  for  ten  years. 

Mr.  Cranmer's  residence  in  Colorado  dated  from  1869,  although  he  had  previously 
visited  the  state  in  connection  with  his  employer's  cattle  interests.  In  that  year,  how- 
ever, he  embarked  in  the  cattle  business  on  his  own  account,  becoming  a  partner  of  Wil- 
liam Hittson.  brother  of  John  Hittson,  in  the  purchase  of  the  Three  Circle  ranch  in  Elbert 
county.  After  the  marriage  of  his  partner  Mr.  Cranmer  bought  his  Interest  in  the 
business  and  thus  established  an  extensive  cattle  business  which  proved  his  lifelong 
occupation  and  brought  him  substantial  wealth.  He  also  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business  to  some  extent.  Investing  his  profits  from  the  cattle  industry  in  property. 
He  was  also  associated  with  Finis  P.  Ernest  in  the  erection  of  the  Ernest  &  Cran- 
mer building  of  Denver,  which  still  stands  as  a  substantial  monument  to  the  enterprise 
and  progressiveness  of  the  builders. 

On  the  22d  of  December.  1874,  Mr.  Cranmer  was  united  in  marriage  at  the  White 
ranch,  the  home  of  the  bride,  then  in  Arapahoe  county,  to  MSss  Martha  J.  Hittson,  born 
in  Palo  Pinto  county,  Texas,  a  daughter  of  his  former  employer,  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  seven  children.  Jessie  May,  the  eldest,  is  the  wife  of  William  P.  McPhee,  of 
Denver,  and  they  have  three  children:  William  Cranmer,  John  Raymond  and  Willamain 
Cranmer.  Jennie  Leontine  became  the  wife  of  William  C.  Russell,  a  mining  man,  and  has 
one  son,  William  C,  Jr.  William  Henry  Harrison.  Jr..  married  Margaret  Wood  and  is  the 
father  of   two  sons,  William  H.   H.    (Ill)    and   Robert   Lorin.     W.  H.   H.  Cranmer,   Jr., 


MARTHA  J.  CRANMER 


WILLIAM  H.  H.  CRANMER 


238  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Is  now  captain  of  Battery  B,  One  Hundred  and  Forty-eighth  Regiment  of  the  First 
Artillery,  and  is  serving  in  France.  George  Erne&t,  now  at  camp  Zachary  Taylor, 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  married  Jean  Chappell.  daughter  of  the  late  Delos  Chappell,  of 
Denver,  and  has  four  children:  Allen,  Forest,  Silvia  and  Chappell.  Norma  died  at 
the  age  of  nine  months.  Catherine  H.  formerly  resided  in  New  York  city,  is  now  at  a 
government  school  in  Portland,  Oregon,  taking  a  course  in  physio-therapy  preparing 
for  government  service.  Willamain  H.  is  the  wife  of  Grover  Coors,  of  Golden,  Colorado. 
The  family  circle  was  broken  by  the  hand  of  death  when  on  the  2d  of  December, 
1890,  the  husband  and  father  was  called  to  his  final  rest.  He  was  a  man  devoted  to 
the  welfare  and  happiness  of  his  family  and  found  his  greatest  pleasure  in  promoting 
their  best  interests.  As  a  business  man  he  ranked  among  the  prominent  representatives 
of  the  cattle  industry  in  Colorado,  his  interests  being  most  carefully  and  intelligently 
directed.  He  was  one  of  those  who  helped  to  build  up  the  great  cattle  Interests  of  the 
state  and  at  all  times  he  stood  for  progress  and  improvement  in  public  affairs,  the 
sterling  worth  of  his  character  and  the  integrity  of  his  activities  bringing  him  the 
highest  respect  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 


MRS.  MARTHA  J.  CRANMER. 

It  is  a  matter  of  history  that  Colorado  was  one  of  the  first  states  in  the  union  to 
adopt  woman  sufi'rage;  it  is  further  a  matter  of  history  that  suffrage  has  been  success- 
ful here,  a  condition  induced  in  great  measure  by  the  character  of  the  women  concerned. 
Governmental  powers  were  accepted  by  them  with  moderation  instead  of  radicalism, 
even  as  these  powers  had  been  sought  by  feminine  wisdom  and  tact  instead  of  mili- 
tancy. It  is  with  one  of  these  women  that  this  sketch  has  to  do,  to  treat  of  her 
character  and  work  which  in  so  many  ways  is  typical  of  the  warm-hearted  and  strong 
woman  of  the  west. 

Martha  J.  Cranmer  was  born  in  Palo  Pinto  county,  Texas,  on  October  30,  1857,  a 
daughter  of  John  Hittson,  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  She  was  reared  In  a 
home  noted  for  its  hospitality,  where  the  latch-string  was  always  out  to  the  traveler 
across  the  plains,  and  warm  food  and  rest  awaited  him.  In  this  atmosphere  she  ac- 
quired the  traits  which  have  guided  her  in  after-years  in  the  management  of  her  own 
home  and  in  her  other  associations.  At  an  early  age  she  was  chosen  by  her  father 
to  accompany  him  to  Colorado  and  from  that  time  until  his  death  she  was  his  constant 
companion,  business  advisor  and  his  inspiration.  Here  in  the  shadow  of  the  Rockies 
she  married  William  H.  H.  Cranmer,  whose  career  is  set  forth  at  length  on  other 
pages,  giving  him  her  devotion  and  comradeship  until  his  death,  when  she  was  left 
with  a  family  of  children,  the  oldest  of  whom  was  fifteen.  These  she  reared  to  man- 
hood and  womanhood  as  she  herself  had  been  taught,  and  has  been  rewarded  by  seeing 
them  joined  by  marriage  to  the  best  families  of  the  middle  west.  Not  only  did  Mrs. 
Cranmer  accomplish  the  task  of  maintaining  her  home,  but  found  the  opportunity  to 
indulge  her  desires  and  energy  in  other  activities,  social,  political,  philanthropic  and 
charitable. 

Of  democratic  affiliation.  Mrs.  Cranmer's  most  notable  position  In  political  life  is 
that  of  membership  upon  the  state  board  of  pardons,  to  which  position  she  was  first 
appointed  by  Governor  Ammons.  Her  most  recent  appointment  to  this  board  was  by 
Governor  Gunter  in  December,  1918.  Mrs.  Cranmer  has  also  been  a  member  for  four 
years  of  the  state  central  committee  and  has  taken  leading  part  in  the  various  state 
conventions,   also  participating  as  a  member  of  numerous  committees. 

In  her  charitable  work  Mrs.  Cranmer  found  opportunity,  when  the  United  States 
entered  the  World  war,  to  be  of  inestimable  benefit  to  the  boys  who  were  enlisting  and 
who  came  to  Denver  before  departing  for  the  training  camps.  She  made  almost  daily 
trips  to  Fort  Logan,  carrying  delicacies  and  clothing  for  the  soldiers  who  were  ill, 
even  going  into  the  wards  and  giving  to  them  the  kind  attentions  which  only  a  loving 
mother's  heart  knows.  Those  in  the  ranks  and  upon  the  staffs,  also  those  of  civilian  life 
who  knew  of  her  work,  regarded  her  with  profound  respect  and  affection  which  was 
expressed  in  many  ways.  In  the  campaigns  for  the  Liberty  loans,  in  the  Red  Cross 
drives,  and  in  all  the  other  activities  connected  with  the  war.  Mrs.  Cranmer  took  a 
leading  part  in  addition  to  contributing  a  large  share  of  the  material  benefits. 

In  other  charitable  enterprises  Mrs.  Cranmer  has  also  been  prominent,  being  vice 
president  of  the  Sauds  House  Association,  and  chairman  of  the  house  committee  of 
this  organization.  In  these  different  phases  of  her  work,  social,  political,  civic,  Mrs. 
Cranmer  has  borne  herself  with  that  quiet,  domestic  dignity  which  is  the  criterion  of 


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sterling  womanhood,  the  quality  of  which  cannot  be  mistaken.  She  has  accomplished 
material  results  through  her  energy,  courage  and  enjoyment  of  the  work  in  hand, 
the  simple  pleasure  of  seeing  the  light  of  gratitude  in  another's  eyes  being  sufficient 
pay  in  her  estimation. 

Mrs.  Cranmer,  though  unostentatious  in  her  social  life,  holds  membership  in  many 
of  the  clubs  of  the  city,  among  them  being  the  Territorial  Daughters  of  Colorado,  the 
Woman's  Press  Club,  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  the  Jane  Jeffersons,  the 
National  Suffrage  Association,  the  East  Side  Woman's  Club  of  Denver,  the  Old  Ladies' 
Home,  Radiant  Chapter  of  the  Eastern  Star,  the  S.  0.  0.  B.  Lodge,  and  the  Society  of 
The  Nearest  Kin 


CHARLES   W.    SAVERY. 


Among  the  leading  security  investment  brokers  who  have  forged  their  way  to 
the  front  is  Charles  W.  Savery,  now  one  of  the  prosperous  representatives  of  this 
line  of  activity  in  Denver.  Prior  to  his  removal  to  this  city  he  was  engaged  in 
the  brokerage  business  in  Philadelphia  but  while  there  lost  nearly  his  entire  fortune 
and  after  paying  off  his  debts  he  came  to  Denver  to  start  anew  with  a  cash  capital 
of  less  than  six  hundred  dollars.  In  the  intervening  years  he  has  become  one  of 
the  most  prosperous  security  investment  brokers  of  the  city,  due  to  his  good  judg- 
ment and  honorable  business  methods. 

Mr.  Savery  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  November  15,  1878,  a  son  of  Stephen 
and  Susan  (Forsythe)  Savery,  who  were  also  natives  of  the  Keystone  state,  where 
they  spent  their  entire  lives,  the  father  there  engaging  in  farming.  Their  family 
numbered  six  children,  of  whom  Charles  W.  Savery  was  the  second.  He  attended 
the  West  Town  school  and  also  a  Quaker  boarding  school  of  his  native  city,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  He  was  afterward  em- 
ployed in  various  ways  and  for  a  time  devoted  his  attention  to  the  lumber  trade, 
while  subsequently  he  secured  a  position  in  connection  with  the  brokerage  business, 
spending  six  years  in  that  way  in  the  east.  In  19  08.  following  heavy  losses  in  Phila- 
delphia, he  came  to  Denver  and  with  a  very  limited  capital  embarked  in  the  broker- 
age business  here.  In  1910  he  incorporated  his  interests  and  has  since  been  presi- 
dent of  the  C.  W.  Savery  Securities  Company,  handling  all  kinds  of  high  grade 
securities.  He  also  organized  the  Fifty-Fifty  Food  Growers'  Association,  which 
has  nine  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  valuable  land  on  Boulevard  F,  ten  miles  from 
Denver,  and  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Apex  Refining  Compamy,  which  has 
filling  stations  at  various  places.  Mr.  Sachs  and  Mr.  Savery  constitute  the  executive 
board,  having  entire  charge.  The  Fifty-Fifty  Food  Growers'  Association  operates 
two  ranches,  one  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  fifteen  miles  from  Denver,  and 
the  other  of  eight  hundred  acres,  situated  but  ten  miles  from  Denver.  This  property 
is  equipped  for  the  raising  of  hogs  on  an  extensive  scale.  The  company  was  formed 
by  C.  W.  Savery  and  A.  B.  Kamp  and  with  them  they  associated  W.  H.  Savery,  who 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  College  of  the  department  of  animal  hus- 
bandry. They  established  the  business  of  raising  hogs  in  December,  1916.  with 
seventy-five  brood  sows  and  two  pedigreed  boars.  These  have  multiplied  until  they 
now  have  about  thirteen  hundred  standard  Duroc  hogs  on  their  ranches  and  have 
sold  hogs  for  pork  to  the  value  of  sixteen  thousand  dollars.  Substantial  buildings 
have  been  erected  upon  the  ranches  for  the  shelter  of  the  hogs  and  the  equipment 
of  the  place  includes  an  alfalfa  grinder  with  auto  truck  and  all  modern  machinery. 
A  farm  tractor  is  used  to  operate  the  threshing  machine  in  the  cutting  and  binding 
of  the  wheat  and  both  machines  are  owned  by  the  company.  One  of  the  ranches  is 
supplied  with  water  from  the  Bull  Irrigation  canal  and  the  eight  hundred  acre  ranch 
has  upon  it  the  Farmers'  High  Line  ditch.  The  business  of  the  company  is  rapidly 
developing  and  has  already  become  a  profitable  investment. 

On  the  16th  of  June,  1906,  Mr.  Savery  was  married  to  Miss  Frances  Darlington, 
of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  H.  Darlington,  and  they  have  become  the 
parents  of  three  children.  Robert  S.,  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1907,  is  now  attend- 
ing school  in  Denver.  Stewart,  born  in  Denver,  October  7,  1911,  is  likewise  in 
school.     Jean,  born  February  4,  1914,  completes  the  family. 

In  politics  Mr.  Savery  maintains  an  independent  course.  He  belongs  to  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  and  that  he  has  attained  high  rank  therein  is  shown  in  the  fact 
that  he  is  now  a  Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Denver  Ath- 
letic Club.     He   has   worked   his  way   upward  entirely   through  his  own   efforts  and 


240  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

is  regarded  as  one  of  the  prominent  brokers  of  Denver.     His  advanced  ideas  and  pro- 
gressive methods  are  a  forceful  element  in  the  attainment  of  his  growing  success. 


WILLIAM  H.   FERGUSON. 


William  H.  Ferguson,  attorney  at  law,  practicing  in  Denver  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Smith,  Brock  &  Ferguson,  was  born  January  9,  1884,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania, a  son  of  William  C.  and  Annie   (McKnlght)    Ferguson. 

William  H.  Ferguson,  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  six  children,  was  educated  in 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  graduated,  magna 
cum  laude,  from  Washington  and  Jefferson  College  in  1905  with  the  Bachelor  of  Arts 
degree,  being  the  honor  man  of  his  class.  He  completed  his  law  course  at  the  University 
of  Denver  in  1908,  receiving  an  LL.  B.  degree.  He  then  began  the  practice  of  law 
in  Denver.  He  was  associated  with  the  firm  of  Smith  and  Brock  from  1909  to  1912  and 
in  the  latter  year  became  a  member  of  this  firm  which  at  that  time  adopted  the  firm 
name  of  Smith,  Brock  &  Ferguson.  In  1910,  he  was  offered  and  accepted  a  place  on 
the  faculty  of  the  law  school  of  the  University  of  Denver  and  has  since  continued 
to  lecture  there  on  different  subjects. 

On  January  26,  1915,  Mr.  Ferguson  was  married  to  Miss  Janet  Goetzen,  a  native 
of  Colorado.     They  reside   at   163   Lafayette  street,   Denver. 

He  belongs  to  Delta  Tau  Delta,  Phi  Delta  Phi,  the  University  Club,  where  for 
several  years  he  has  served  as  a  director,  Denver  Country  Club,  Denver  Motor  Club, 
and.  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  American 
Bar"  Association,  the  Colorado  State  Bar  Association  and  the  Denver  Bar  Association. 

His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  in  politics  he  is  a  re- 
publican. 

The  firm  of  Smith,  Brock  &  Ferguson,  of  which  he  is  a  member,  is  counsel  for  the 
Bell  telephone  companies  in  the  mountain  states,  the  Continental  Oil  Company  and 
associated  companies,  Chicago  Title  and  Trust  Company,  the  Farmers  Reservoir  and 
Irrigation  Company,  the  Burlington  Ditch,  Reservoir  and  Land  Company,  the  receiver 
of  the  Denver  and  Salt  Lake  Railroad  Company,  several  insurance  companies  and  other 
corporations  and  individuals  and  Mr.  Ferguson's  entire  time  and  energy  have  been 
devoted  to  his  professional  duties.  Both  in  the  trial  and  argument  of  cases  and  in 
the  various  duties  and  responsibilities  connected  with  a  large  and  important  office 
practice,  Mr.  Ferguson  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  Denver  bar. 


THOMAS    L.    PHILLIPS. 


Thomas  L.  Phillips  has  contributed  much  to  the  development  of  Elbert  county 
through  the  establishment  of  the  town  of  Elizabeth,  which  he  laid  out  and  which  has 
become  the  leading  railroad  center  of  the  county.  He  is  engaged  in  ranching  and  ia 
accounted  one  of  the  valued  and  representative  citizens  of  the  community.  He  was 
born  upon  a  farm  in  Delaware  on  the  18th  of  February,  1S44,  and  comes  of  good  old 
Revolutionary  stock  in  both  the  paternal  and  maternal  lines.  The  family  removed 
from  Delaware  to  Illinois  during  the  boyhood  of  Thomas  L.  Phillips,  who  was  there 
reared  and  attended  the  public  schools.  It  was  in  1865,'  when  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
that  he  left  the  middle  west  and  came  to  Colorado,  taking  up  a  homestead  in  Elbert 
county,  a  part  of  which  is  still  a  portion  of  the  Phillips  holdings  of  four  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  near  the  town  of  Elizabeth.  In  the  early  days  he  worked  in  a  sawmill 
and  as  a  cow  puncher  for  Webber  Brothers  and  he  became  familiar  with  all  of  the 
experiences,  the  hardships,  the  privations  and  the  opportunities  of  those  pioneer  times. 
He  recalls  the  Indian  scares  but  was  never  in  an  actual  fight  with  the  red  men.  He 
remembers,  however,  that  for  some  years  he  stacked  grain  with  a  loaded  rifle  near 
at  hand  ready  for  business.  As  the  years  have  passed  on  he  has  witnessed  many 
changes  in  conditions  of  life  and  in  methods  of  farming.  He  has  seen  the  rich,  wild 
and  undeveloped  district  into  which  he  penetrated  reclaimed  for  the  purposes  of  civili- 
zation and  it  was  he  who  laid  out  the  town  of  Elizabeth  during  the  early  period  of  his 
residence  in  Elbert  county.  It  is  today  a  thriving  and  enterprising  city,  having  en- 
joyed substantial  growth.  In  the  development  of  his  ranching  interests  Mr.  Phillips 
has  followed  progressive  methods.    He  has  placed  acre  after  acre  of  his  land  under  the 


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242  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

plow  and  it  has  been  made  to  bring  forth  golden  harvests  as  the  result  of  the  care 
and  labor  which  he  has  bestowed  upon  it.  One  proof  of  his  marked  enterprise  Is 
the  present  productivity  of  his  land,  while  the  buildings  upon  his  place  stand  as 
monuments    to   his   progressive   spirit. 

In  18S7  Mr.  Phillips  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Carolina  Olson  and  to  them 
have  been  born  a  son  and  a  daughter:  Arthur  Lee  Phillips;  and  Mrs.  F.  J.  Burns, 
living  at  Lincoln,  Nebraska. 

Mr.  Phillips  is  identified  with  Denver  Lodge,  No.  5,  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  which  is  the 
oldest  Masonic  lodge  in  the  state,  and  he  has  ever  been  a  loyal  adherent  of  the  craft, 
true  to  its  teachings  and  the  beneficent  spirit  upon  which  it  is  founded.  He  has  ever 
been  recognized  as  a  man  of  genuine  worth  during  the  fifty-three  years  of  his  residence 
in  this  state.  There  are  few  who  have  been  connected  with  the  state  for  a  longer 
period  and  he  recalls  many  interesting  incidents  of  the  early  days  when  the  work  of 
progress  and  development  seemed  scarcely  begun,  when  there  were  great  open  ranges 
and  few  fences  to  indicate  that  white  men  had  laid  claim  to  the  land.  The  work,  how- 
ever, has  been  carried  forward  in  keeping  with  the  progressive  spirit  that  has  char- 
acterized agricultural  life  in  the  last  half  century  and  the  home  place  of  Mr. 
exemplifies  what  can  be  accomplished  upon  the  western  frontier  when  there  : 
to  dare  and  to  do. 


CHARLES  G.  McEACHERN,  M.  D. 

Although  but  five  years  have  come  and  gone  since  Dr.  Charles  G.  McEachern 
opened  an  office  in  Denver,  he  has  won  a  place  as  one  of  the  eminent  surgeons  of  the 
city,  his  professional  colleagues  and  contemporaries,  as  well  as  the  general  public,  rec- 
ognizing the  fact  that  his  surgical  work  is  the  expression  of  the  latest  scientific  re- 
searches and  discoveries. 

Dr.  McEachern  was  born  in  Vaiden,  Mississippi,  January  24,  1875.  His  father, 
Angus  T.  McEachern.  was  a  native  of  Mississippi  and  a  representative  of  an  old  and 
prominent  family  of  that  state  of  Scotch  descent.  The  founder  of  the  family  in 
America  was  Daniel  McEachern,  who  after  crossing  th*  Atlantic  established  his  home 
in  North  Carolina,  where  he  became  a  planter  and  slaveholder.  His  son,  Angus  T. 
McEachern,  was  reared  and  educated  in  Mississippi  and  he,  too,  became  a  successful 
planter.  With  the  outbreak  of  tbe  Civil  war  he  espoused  the  cause  of  the  Confederacy, 
joining  tbe  army  as  a  private  when  a  youth  of  sixteen  years.  He  resided  throughout 
his  life  in  Carroll  county,  Mississippi,  and  was  a  respected  and  valued  citizen  of  that 
section  of  the  state.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  political  matters  and  civic  affairs  and 
gave  stanch  support  to  democratic  principles.  His  death  occurred  in  August,  1917, 
when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  seventy-one  years.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Guerring  Shipp,  is  a  native  of  Mississippi  and  a  descendant  of  an  old  and 
prominent  family  of  that  state  of  Scotch  lineage.  She  yet  occupies  the  old  family 
homestead  in  Carroll  county,  Mississippi,  where  she  reared  her  family  of  eight  children, 
five  sons  and  three  daughters. 

Dr.  McEachern  of  this  review,  who  was  the  second  son  in  the  family,  began  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Carroll  county  and  afterward  attended  the  West 
Point  Military  School  at  West  Point,  Mississippi.  He  then  became  a  student  in  the 
University  of  Nashville  at  Nashville,  Tennessee,  where  he  pursued  his  professional 
course,  being  graduated  from  the  medical  department  with  the  class  of  1900.  His 
early  life  had  been  spent  on  his  father's  plantation  and  his  youthful  experiences  were 
those  of  the  farmbred  boy,  but  after  his  graduation  he  entered  upon  active  practice 
at  Vaiden.  whence  he  removed  a  year  later  to  Moss  Point,  Mississippi,  continuing  in 
the  latter  place  until  1913.  He  then  came  to  Denver,  Colorado,  where  he  arrived 
on  the  1st  of  June,  1913.  While  engaged  in  active  and  continuous  practice  in  Denver, 
he  specializes  in  surgery,  to  which  he  devotes  his  attention  exclusively.  He  Is  a 
member  of  the  medical  staff  of  the  National  Jewish  Hospital,  also  of  the  Denver  County 
Hospital  and  of  the  orthopedic  department  of  the  University  of  Colorado. 

Dr.  McEachern  was  married  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  October  26,  1905,  to  Miss  Laura 
Griffin,  a  native  of  Moss  Point,  Mississippi.  Her  parents  were  James  Wyatt  and 
Katherine  (McCallum)  Griffin,  prominent  pioneer  people  of  Mississippi.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
McEachern  have  become  parents  of  two  sons:  Wyatt  Griffin,  born  October  26,  1908, 
at  Moss  Point,  Mississippi;  and  Charles  Malcolm,  born  in  Denver,  August  16,  1914. 
Dr.  McEachern  has  recently  erected  a  beautiful  residence  at  No.  721  Emerson  street 
and  there  he  and  his  family  are  most  pleasantly  located. 


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While  in  school  Dr.  McEachern  had  a  most  thorough  military  training  and  was 
captain  of  Company  A.  On  May  7,  1918,  Dr.  McEachern  was  appointed  captain  in  the 
medical  section  of  the  United  States  army  and  has  engaged  in  hospital  work  in  various 
camps.  He  gives  his  political  endorsement  to  the  democratic  party.  He  was  made 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  craft  ai  Vaiden,  Mississippi,  in  1901  and  he  belongs  to 
Colorado  Chapter,  No.  29,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Denver  Commandery,  No.  25,  K.  T.  He  also 
has  membership  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  being  identified  with  the 
lodge  at  Moss  Point,  Mississippi.  He  is  likewise  connected  with  the  Denver  Athletic 
Club  and  his  religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his  membership  in  the  Central  Presbyterian 
church  of  Denver.  Along  strictly  professional  lines  he  is  connected  with  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society,  the  Denver  City  and  County 
Medical  Society  and  the  Tri  State  Medical  Society,  which  includes  Mississippi,  Arkansas 
and  Tennessee,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  National  Surgeons  Association.  With  a 
nature  that  could  never  be  content  with  mediocrity,  he  has  put  forth  every  effort  to 
gain  the  highest  degree  of  efficiency  possible,  continually  studying  along  lines  of 
greatest  benefit  to  professional  ability.  With  purpose  strong  and  steadfast  he  has 
achieved  much  and  the  progress  that  he  has  already  made  indicates  that  his  future 
career  will  be  well  worth  the  watching. 


ALBERT    F.    SITTLOH. 


Twenty  years  of  faithful  service  and  constantly  expanding  powers  have  brought 
Albert  F.  Sittloh  from  a  modest  position  to  a  foremost  place  in  the  Denver  Dry  Goods 
Company,  with  which  he  occupies  the  position  of  manager  of  all  the  woman's  apparel 
departments.  His  career  has  been  one  of  steady  growth,  illustrating  the  fact  that  power 
develops  through  the  exercise  of  effort.  It  moreover  illustrates  the  possibilities  for 
successful  attainment  that  lie  before  every  American  citizen. 

Mr.  Sittloh  was  born  in  Bartholomew  county.  Indiana,  August  14.  1871,  a  son  of 
Henry  and  Mary  (Doesher)  Sittloh,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Indiana,  born 
in  Wayne  and  Bartholomew  counties  respectively.  The  father  remained  a  resident  of 
that  state  throughout  his  life.  He  was  engaged  in  farming  in  early  manhood  and 
afterward  entered  the  farm  implement  business  with  the  firm  of  Garr,  Scott  &  Com- 
pany but  passed  away  in  Indiana  when  but  thirty-four  years  of  age.  His  widow 
survives  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Richmond,  that  state.  They  had  a  family  of  four 
children,  of  whom  Albert  F.  is  the  eldest  and  one  has  passed  away.  The  others  are 
Mrs.  George  Bartel  and  Mrs.  Fred  Heitbrink,  both  of  Richmond.  Indiana. 

In  his  boyhood  days  Albert  F.  Sittloh  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
state  but  when  a  lad  of  twelve  summers  was  obliged  to  go  to  work.  His  first  employ- 
ment was  in  a  dry  goods  store  in  Indiana  and  he  continued  actively  in  the  dry  goods 
business  until  he  came  to  Denver  in  September,  1898.  During  this  period  he  had 
thoroughly  familiarized  himself  with  the  business  and  was  considered  one  of  the 
ablest  representatives  of  the  dry  goods  trade  in  his  native  state.  On  making  his  way 
to  the  west  he  was  most  favorably  impressed  with  Denver  and  decided  to  remain.  He 
then  sought  out  the  largest  mercantile  establishment  of  the  city  in  order  to  secure 
employment.  He  was  told  by  the  management  that  if  he  would  accept  a  very  modest 
salary  to  start  with,  until  they  became  convinced  of  his  capability,  he  might  go  to 
work.  This  he  did  and  il  was  not  long  before  his  powers  and  understanding  of  the 
business  were  recognized  and  promotion  followed.  Prom  time  to  time  he  has  been 
advanced  until  he  now  commands  a  large  salary  with  a  company  that  employs  a 
thousand  people  and  he  is  recognized  in  commercial  circles  throughout  the  country 
as  one  of  the  most  valuable  men  in  the  dry  goods  trade,  especially  familiar  with 
woman's  wear.  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  at  the  head  of  this  department, 
which  is  the  largest  and  most  important  of  the  store.  He  personally  did  all  of  the 
buying  for  his  departments  until  the  growth  of  the  business  made  it  impossible  tor 
him  to  do  so  and  he  now  has  six  assistant  buyers,  who  are  under  his  immediate 
supervision.  •  He  also  has  the  supervision  of  hundreds  of  salespeople,  there  being  ten 
departments  under  his  charge.  To  these  he  gives  the  closest  attention,  carefully  watch- 
ing every  detail  of  the  business  as  well  as  principal  features.  He  studies  the  market 
and  the  public  and  from  the  former  meets  the  demands  of  the  latter,  with  a  trade  that 
is  continually  growing.  Not  a  little  of  the  success  of  the  Denver  Dry  Goods  Company 
in  recent  years  is  attributable  to  his  efforts  and  his  capable  management  of  the  depart- 
ments under  his  immediate  control. 

On  the  12th  of  November,  1902.  Mr.  Sittloh  was  married  to  Miss  Elma  Bartel,  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Bartel,  of  Richmond,  Indiana,  and  they  now  have  a 


244  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

daughter,  Jeanne,  born  In  Richmond  in  1906  and  a  pupil  in  the  schools  of  Denver.  In 
social  circles  the  family  occupies  a  very  enviable  position.  Mr.  Sittloh's  efforts  have 
not  been  confined  to  his  business  alone,  for  he  is  a  man  of  pronounced  activity  along 
other  lines,  especially  those  contributing  to  the  moral  progress  of  the  community.  He 
has  been  a  foremost  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  City  and  State  Sunday  School 
Associations  and  was  the  president  of  the  former  and  is  chairman  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  latter,  with  an  enrolled  membership  of  one  hundred  and  forty  thousand 
in  the  state.  He  is  continually  studying  the  problems  of  the  moral  education  of  the 
young  with  the  same  thoroughness  that  he  brings  to  bear  in  solving  the  problems  of 
business.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  also  of  the  Denver  Civic  and 
Commercial  Association  and  president  of  the  Lions  Club  and  a  director  of  the  National 
Garment  Retailers'  Association  of  New  York  city.  The  story  of  honorable  and  suc- 
cessful achievement  is  always  one  that  thrills  the  reader.  Such  is  the  record  of 
Mr.  Sittloh.  His  present  financial  standing  is  in  marked  contrast  to  his  condition 
when  he  started  out  in  life  at  the  age  of  twelve  years,  working  for  a  very  meager  wage. 
He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Denver  Dry  Goods  Company  at  a  salary  of  but  ten  dollars 
per  week  and  today  is  at  the  head  of  large  departments  which  he  manages  most  suc- 
cessfully. Notwithstanding  the  heavy  demands  made  upon  his  time  and  attention  in 
this  way,  it  has  been  his  rule  to  set  apart  some  time  each  day  for  the  labors  of  love 
to  which  he  is  so  devoted.  He  has  constantly  striven  for  the  right  and  from  his 
early  youth  has  given  a  large  portion  of  his  time  to  the  service  of  others. 


THOMAS  JOSEPH   McCUE. 


In  the  more  recent  political  history  of  Colorado  the  name  of  Thomas  Joseph  McCue. 
state  senator,  national  committeeman  and  democratic  leader,  stands  out  as  that  of 
one  born  to  the  purple  of  high  civic  honor.  His  untimely  death  on  the  9th  of  August, 
1913,  deprived  the  state  and  the  nation  of  a  great  lawmaker.  Had  the  word  been  spoken 
in  1911,  during  the  now  famous  senatorial  deadlock  of  Colorado,  Thomas  J.  McCue 
would  have  been  chosen  to  succeed  the  late  Charles  J.  Hughes,  Jr.,  in  the  United  States 
senate.  Some  votes  were  cast  for  him.  An  almost  unanimous  vote  of  the  convention 
was  his  if  the  party  leaders  had  spoken  on  the  last  day  of  that  memorable  session, 
but   he   would   not   even   permit   his   name   to   be   placed   officially   in   nomination. 

Thomas  J.  McCue  was  born  in  Sangamon  county,  Illinois,  August  26.  1864.  His 
parents  removed  to  Chicago  two  years  later  and  barely  escaped  with  their  lives  in 
the  great  fire  of  1S71.  After  spending  some  time  in  Massillon.  Ohio,  the  family  removed 
to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  where  Thomas  J.  McCue  was  educated.  In  1885  he  became 
a  resident  of  Kansas  and  took  up  a  homestead  and  timber  claim  comprising  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  in  Thomas  county.  There  he  devoted  his  attention 
to  agricultural  pursuits  until  1890.  when  he  went  into  the  lumber  business,  in  which 
he  and  his  brother,  William  P.  McCue,  were  very  successful.  From  1893  until  Jan- 
uary, 1896,  Thomas  J.  McCue  was  receiver  at  the  land  office  in  Colby,  Kansas.  Where- 
ever  he  lived  his  ability  and  intense  energy  brought  him  to  the  front  as  a  leader  in 
public  affairs  as  well  as  in  business  circles. 

Although  a  resident  of  Denver  from  1896,  he  did  not  become  prominent  politically 
until  1908,  when  he  was  elected  state  senator  from  the  first  district.  Durin.?  the  years 
that  preceded  and  followed  his  election  he,  associated  with  his  brother,  built  up  one 
of  the  largest  lumber  companies  in  the  state.  He  preferred  to  concentrate  his  efforts 
and  attention  upon  the  business  rather  than  upon  politics,  and  keen  discernment  and 
unfaltering  energy  made  theirs  one  of  the  most  important  lumber  interests  of  Colorado. 
But  with  his  election  to  the  state  senate,  Mr.  McCue  could  no  longer  keep  in  the  back- 
ground. He  won  statewide  prominence  when  he  became  floor  leader  for  what  were 
called  the  Old  Guard  Democrats,  who  controlled  the  seventeenth  general  assembly. 
The  great  issue  of  that  session  was  the  direct  primary  law  and  for  three  weeks  he 
led  the  fight  for  an  assembly  feature.  It  was  finally  carried  with  the  McCue  amend- 
ments at  an  extra  session  of  the  legislature.  In  the  democratic  state  convention  of 
1911.  Mr.  McCue  became  a  candidate  for  national  committeeman,  was  elected  and  at  the 
next  national  convention  in  1912  at  once  assumed  a  leading  position  in  the  party 
councils.  In  the  campaign  of  1912  his  success  in  bringing  together  a  split  party  and 
winning  the  election  of  a  United  States  senator  elicited  from  national  leaders  of  the 
party  some  most  complimentary  congratulations,  including  a  letter  from  Josephas 
Daniels,  secretary  of  the  navy  during  both  administrations  of  President  Wilson.  He 
was  also  given  great  credit  for  his  zealous  advocacy  of  the  direct  primary  law  and  it 


THOMAS  JOSEPH   McCUE 


246  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

was  Mr.  McCue  who  framed  and  introduced  the  joint  resolution  that  gave  to  Denver  its 
wonderful  mountain  park  system.  Politics  to  him  was  a  pastime.  He  played  the 
game  for  the  pleasure  there  was  in  it  and  for  the  opportunity  it  gave  him  of  promoting 
public  welfare,  having  no  ambition  for  political  honors  or  gain.  Ever  possessing  the 
courage  of  his  convictions,  he  was  a  tenacious  advocate  of  what  he  thought  right  and 
his  advocacy  of  any  measure  lent  it  prestige. 

Following  his  return  from  the  democratic  national  convention  of  1912  Mr.  McCue 
refused  to  consider  a  nomination  for  governor,  as  he  felt  that  his  business  required 
his  attention.  He  then  concentrated  his  efforts  upon  the  further  development  of  the 
lumber  trade  with  notably  gratifying  success.  While  a  prosperous  business  man.  he 
did  not  live  to  accumulate.  He  was  liberal  and  kind-hearted,  utterly  void  of  selfishness 
and  no  worthy  or  deserving  cause  ever  appealed  to  him  in  vain.  He  was  an  excellent 
judge  of  human  nature  and  he  took  great  pleasure  in  recommending  capable  individuals, 
his  keen  sagacity  enabling  him  readily  to  detect  the  possibilities  and  the  strength  of 
business  men,  and  he  seldom  made  a  mistake  in  this  way.  After  his  passing  his  brother, 
William  F.  McCue,  assumed  his  place  as  head  of  the  lumber  business  and  has  vastly 
extended  it.  He.  too,  has  been  called  to  the  front  in  politics,  tor  in  1918.  at  Ihe  Denver 
primary,  he  was  chosen  democratic  candidate  for  state  senator,  standing  at  the  top 
of  the  poll  among  the  candidates  for  that  office.  At  the  same  time  he  directs  the  impor- 
tant business  interests  which  have  been  built  up  by  the  brothers.  On  the  2d  of  May.  1917, 
he  announced  a  service  retirement  plan,  whereby  twenty-yeaf  employes  who  have  passed 
the  age  of  sixty-flve  or  thirty-year  employes  who  have  passed  the  age  of  sixty  will  be 
retired  with  thirty  per  cent  of  their  monthly  wage.  In  case  of  women  the  retirement 
age  is  ten  years  less  than  that  of  men,  the  president  and  directors  of  the  company  being 
alone  exempt  from  the  benefits  of  this  plan. 

The  widow  of  Thomas  J.  McCue  is  still  living  in  Denver  and  is  prominent  in  social 
and  war  work,  contributing  in  large  measure  to  the  activities  which  are  proving  of 
such  great  worth  to  the  country  in  this  hour  of  crisis.  In  her  maidenhood  she  was 
Catharine  M.  Grier,  a  native  of  Mapleton,  Wisconsin.  Their  marriage  was  celebrated 
at  Norton.  Kansas,- on  the  16th  of  February,  1898,  and  their  home  life  was  largely 
ideal.  Mr.  McCue  was  most  devoted  to  the  interests  of  his  home,  finding  his  greatest 
happiness  at  his  own  fireside  in  the  companionship  of  his  wife  and  their  many  friends. 
His  personal  qualities  were  such  as  made  tor  friendship  among  all  who  knew  him.  He 
was  straightforward,  reliable  and  high-minded  and  he  had  many  sterling  traits  which 
won  for  him  not  only  the  highest  regard  of  those  who  knew  him  but  also  made  him 
very  popular  in  social  circles. 


WILLIAM    EBERT. 


William  Ebert,  engaged  in  the  raising  of  alfalfa  and  also  in  the  live  stock  busi- 
ness, handling  cattle  quite  extensively,  is  the  owner  of  twelve  hundred  and  eighty 
acres  of  valuable  farm  land  in  Adams  county.  He  is  a  native  of  Colorado,  his  birth 
having  occurred  on  the  20th  of  August,  1S71,  in  what  was  then  Arapahoe  county  but 
is  now  Adams  county,  his  parents  being  Ferdinand  F.  and  Kate  (Roeder)  Ebert.  His 
father,  now  deceased,  was  born  in  Brunswick,  Germany,  October  20,  1823,  and  in  1851 
crossed  the  Atlantic,  reaching  an  American  port  after  forty-eight  days  spent  upon  the 
water.  He  did  not  tarry  in  the  east  but  made  his  way  at  once  to  the  Mississippi  valley, 
settling  in  Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  for  seventeen  years.  He  arrived  in 
Colorado  in  the  spring  of  186S  and  thereafter  made  his  home  in  what  later  became 
Adams  county,  to  the  time  of  his  demise,  acquiring  a  valuable  ranch  property,  on 
which  he  engaged  extensively  in  the  raising  of  cattle  and  horses.  The  place  is  con- 
veniently and  pleasantly  located  about  fourteen  miles  east  of  Denver  on  the  north  side 
of  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad.  In  all  of  his  business  affairs  Mr.  Ebert  was  energetic 
and  enterprising  and  carried  forward  to  successful  completion  whatever  he  undertook. 
His  political  allegiance  was  given  to  the  republican  party  in  the  early  years  of  his 
residence  in  America  but  later  he  became  a  stanch  advocate  of  the  principles  of  the 
democratic  party.  He  never  sought  or  desired  office  and  served  only  as  a  member 
of  the  school  board. 

On  the  27th  of  June,  1858,  Ferdinand  Ebert  was  married  to  Miss  Kate  Roeder, 
also  a  native  of  Germany,  whence  she  came  to  the  United  States  with  her  mother  in 
her  girlhood  days.  Their  marriage  was  celebrated  in  Iowa  and  to  them  were  born 
three  sons  and  three  daughters:    Ferdinand  F.;    George  W.,  living  in   Salt  Lake  City; 


WILLIAM  EBERT 


248  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

William,  of  this  review;  Mary,  the  wife  of  Herman  C.  Behrens;  Annie,  the  wife 
of   B.    Speier.   of   Denver;    and    Helena. 

William  Ebert  pursued  a  public  school  education,  continuing  his  studies  until 
he  reached  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  During  vacation  periods  he  worked  with  his 
father  upon  the  home  farm  and  was  thus  engaged  until  the  father's  death  in  190ft, 
when  he  took  over  the  old  home  place  of  twelve  hundred  and  eighty  acres  and  has  since 
cultivated  it  on  his  own  account.  He  is  now  engaged  quite  extensively  in  the  raising 
of  cattle  and  also  in  the  production  of  alfalfa.  What  he  undertakes  he  accomplishes. 
He  is  alert,  wide-awake,  energetic  and  his  persistency  of  purpose  has  also  been  one 
of  the  strong  and  salient  features  in  the  attainment  of  success.  Everything  about  his 
place  is  kept  in  good  condition.  An  air  of  neatness  and  thrift  pervades  the  farm  and 
the  Ebert  ranch   is  regarded  as  one  of  the   attractive  features  of  the  landscape. 

In  politics  Mr.  Ebert  maintains  an  independent  course,  nor  has  he  ever  been  an 
aspirant  for  public  office.  He  has  served  however,  as  a  member  of  the  school  board 
and  the  cause  of  education  finds  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  He  stands  for  progres- 
siveness  in  public  affairs  but  prefers  to  concentrate  his  time  and  attention  upon  his 
individual  business  interests,  which,  carefully  directed,  have  brought  to  him  sub- 
stantial success. 


MINERVA  L.  Mccarty. 


Minerva  L.  McCarty,  superintendent  of  schools  in  Elbert  county,  is  a  native  of 
Denver  and  a  daughter  of  James  and  Ella  Viola  (Johnson)  McCarty.  Her  maternal 
grandmother.  Mrs.  Marcia  Johnson,  came  to  Denver  with  her  parents  in  1859,  the 
journey  being  made  with  ox  team  and  wagon.  Many  of  the  relics  of  that  journey, 
including  buffalo  hides  and  implements  used  while  en  route,  were  long  kept  as 
mementos  by  the  family.  From  that  time  to  the  present  representatives  of  the  family 
have  been   active  factors   in  promoting  the  substantial   development   of  the  community. 

Miss  McCarty  of  this  review  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Denver  and  at  the 
Teachers  College  of  Greeley,  being  graduated  from  the  latter  institution  with  the  class 
of  1912.  In  1904  she  came  to  Elbert  county  and  took  up  a  homestead  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  county,  of  which  she  remained  the  owner  until  1917,  when  she  sold  the 
property.  It  was  in  the  year  of  her  arrival  in  Elbert  county  that  she  became  actively 
identified  with  its  school  system.  She  continued  as  a  teacher  from  1904  until  1916, 
when  she  was  elected  county  superintendent  of  schools  on  the  republican  ticket.  So 
satisfactory  has  been  her  record  in  this  connection  that  in  1918  she  was  again  made  the 
nominee  of  the  party  for  the  office.  She  holds  to  high  standards  of  education,  putting 
forth  every  possible  effort  to  improve  the  schools  and  advance  the  curriculum,  making 
it  of  the  greatest  possible  worth  as  a  preparation  for  life's  practical  duties  and  respon- 
sibilities. She  displays  a  contagious  enthusiasm  in  her  work  and  the  results  achieved 
have  been   most   satisfying. 


JOHN    P.    GRAVES. 


John  P.  Graves,  now  living  retired  in  California  but  for.  many  years  actively 
identified  with  ranching  interests  in  Colorado  and  one  of  the  well  known  and  hon- 
ored pioneers  of  the  state,  was  born  in  Waynesville.  Illinois,  October  8,  1848,  a  son  of 
Oliver  and  Lucy  (Story)  Graves.  His  father  was  born  in  Montpelier,  Vermont.  March 
13,  1813,  and  in  his  native  town  spent  the  days  of  his  boyhood  and  youth,  but  after 
his  marriage  was  for  some  years  a  resident  of  the  state  of  New  York.  He  afterward 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  business  in  Bloomington,  Illinois,  remain- 
ing in  trade  there  for  four  years,  after  which  he  withdrew  from  commercial  pursuits 
and  turned  his  attention  to  farming.  In  1849,  attracted  by  the  discovery  of  gold  in 
California,  he  made  his  way  across  the  plains  to  the  Pacific  coast.  His  journey  was 
a  thrilling  one  and  while  he  himself  escaped  arousing  the  enmity  of  the  Indians  he  wit- 
nessed many  harrowing  scenes,  one  of  which  was  the  revenge  taken  upon  a  white  man 
by  the  Indians  for  the  shooting  of  an  Indian  squaw.  They  skinned  the  man  alive  and 
with  the  skin  they  whipped  his  brother  and  father.  Such  dreadful  scenes  as  these  he 
was  forced  to  witness  and  it  may  well  be  imagined  that  he  was  extremely  grateful 
when  he  reached  his  destination  in  safety.     He  successfully  followed  mining  in  Call- 


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fornia  for  two  years  and  then  returned  to  his  home  with  his  father-in-law,  Palmer 
Story. 

John  P.  Graves  pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Bloomington,  Illinois,  to 
the  age  of  twelve,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  tew  years  was  employed  by 
James  Tynon,  a  grocer.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  farming,  which  he  followed 
for  several  years  before  preempting,  aboMt  1875,  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  on  Dry  creek.  With  characteristic  energy  he  began  the  development  of  that 
tract  and  continued  its  further  cultivation  until  a  few  years  ago,  when  he  retired  from 
active  business  and  removed  to  California,  leaving  the  management  of  his  ranch  to  his 
two  sons.  Franlc  0.  and  Phillip.  He  lived  a  busy  and  useful  life,  his  labors  bringing 
about  a  marked  transformation  in  the  appearance  of  the  quarter  section  of  land  which 
came  into  his  possession.  He  added  to  it  all  modern  accessories  and  equipment  and 
converted  it  into  one  of  the  fine  farms  of  the  district. 

Mr.  Graves  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mary  E.  Wadsworth  and  their  children 
were:  Frank  0.;  Ernest;  Phillip;  Bertha,  the  wife  of  James  Crooks;  and  Clarence, 
who  is  with  the  United  States  infantry  in  France. 

Phillip  Graves,  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  the  material  concerning  his  father, 
was  born  upon  the  old  homestead  ranch  at  Arvada  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Jefferson  county.  Through  vacation  periods  and  after  his  textbooks  were 
put  aside  he  continued  work  on  the  ranch  with  his  father  and  has  spent  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  on  this  property.  He  wedded  Marion  Crooks  and  to  them  have  been 
born  four  children,  Henry,  Lucy,  Margaret  and  Benjamin. 

Phillip  Graves  is  now  associated  with  his  brother  in  the  development  of  the  home 
farm  and  ranks  among  the  enterprising  agriculturists  of  the  community.  His  entire 
time  and  attention  are  concentrated  upon  the  work  of  the  fields  and  his  labors  are 
productive  of  excellent  results. 


JAMES   M.    BRADSHAW. 


James  M.  Bradshaw,  owner  of  the  Bradshaw  ranch  of  nineteen  hundred  and 
thirty  acres,  situated  near  Peyton,  in  El  Paso  county,  was  born  in  Hancock  county, 
Illinois,  on  the  5th  of  April,  1849,  a  son  of  John  and  Susanna  (Dickson)  Bradshaw. 
He  acquired  a  common  school  education  and  in  1866,  when  a  youth  of  seventeen  years, 
removed  to  Franklin  county,  Kansas,  where  he  resided  upon  a  farm  until  1885.  He 
then  came  to  Colorado  and  purchased  eighty  acres  of  school  land  and  also  preempted 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty.  As  his  financial 
resources  have  increased  he  has  added  to  his  holdings  from  time  to  time,  making 
other  purchases  until  his  landed  possessions  now  embrace  nineteen  hundred  and 
thirty  acres,  constituting  one  of  the  large  and  fine  ranches  of  his  section  of  the  state. 
It  is  devoted  to  the  raising  of  stock  and  grain  and  he  produces  from  five  to  ten  thou- 
sand bushels  of  grain  per  annum  and  has  upon  the  place  about  one  hundred  and 
twenty  head  of  cattle.  The  Bradshaw  ranch  is  a  splendidly  improved  property.  There 
are  beautiful  groves  of  trees  that  surround  house,  barns  and  sheds  and  every  modern 
equipment  is  to  be  found  upon  the  place.  Well  kept  fences  divide  the  farm  into  fields 
of  convenient  size  and  the  latest  improved  machinery  facilitates  the  work  of  plowing, 
planting  and  harvesting.  He  is  not  only  an  extensive  grower  of  wheat  but  also  mills 
it  on  the  ranch,  manufacturing  whole  wheat  graham  flour,  which  is  to  be  found  on 
sale  in  many  stores  of  the  locality.  The  ranch  is  pleasantly  and  conveniently  located 
about  four  and  a  half  miles  northwest  of  Peyton  and  Mr.  Bradshaw  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  most  substantial  and  progressive  farmers  of  El  Paso  county. 

Mr.  Bradshaw  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lydia  Brubaker,  of  Ashland,  Ohio, 
who  went  with  her  parents  to  Douglas  county,  Kansas,  in  1866,  and  was  there  educated. . 
She  became  the  wife  of  Mr.  Bradshaw  on  the  25th  of  October,  1877.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bradshaw  have  been  born  two  sons.  Marcus,  born  July  28,  1878,  married  Sarah  Barn- 
hart  and  has  two  sons,  George  and  Albert.  Earl  Bradshaw,  after  completing  a  high 
school  course,  pursued  a  course  in  electricity  and  steam  fitting  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and 
is  now  engaged  in  business  along  that  line. 

Mr.  Bradshaw  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers  State  Bank  of  Peyton  and  also  a 
stockholder  in  the  Peyton  Farmers  Cooperative  Elevator  Company  at  that  place.  He 
is  a  man  of  sound  business  judgment  and  his  life  has  been  one  of  well  directed 
industry  and  thrift.  He  accomplishes  what  he  undertakes  by  reason  of  a  stalwart 
purpose  that  knows  no  defeat.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  El  Paso  county  for  a  third 
of  a  century  and  has  contributed  in  marked  measure  to  its  progress  and  improvement. 


JAMES  M.  BRADSHAW 


THE  JAMES  M.  BRADSHAW  RANCH 


252  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

In  1918,  he  was  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  county  commissioner  on  the  democratic 
ticket.  He  is  actuated  by  a  public-spirited  devotion  to  the  general  good  in  all  that 
he  does  and  in  the  development  of  his  farming  interests  is  permeated  by  a  spirit  of 
patriotism  that  prompts  him  to  raise  the  largest  possible  wheat  crops  in  order  that 
the  boys  over  there  may  be  well  supplied.  All  who  know  him — and  he  has  a  wide  ac- 
quaintance— speak  of  him   in  terms  of  high   regard. 


METT   GORDON. 


Mett  Gordon  is  a  well  known  rancher  of  Elbert  county,  living  on  section  33,  town- 
ship 12,  range  57,  not  far  from  Limon.  He  was  born  in  Austria  in  1860.  a  son  of  Mett 
and  Mary  Gordon.  The  father  died  when  the  son  was  but  an  infant.  The  latter 
acquired  his  education  In  his  native  country  and  afterward  spent  three  years  in  mil- 
itary service,  but  when  he  left  the  army  he  at  once  started  for  America,  where  he 
could  be  free  and  work  out  his  own  ideas  of  life,  enjoying  and  utilizing  the  oppor- 
tunities that  came  his  way.  In  the  year  1885  he  became  a  resident  of  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  and  as  his  financial  resources  were  extremely  limited,  rendering  it 
imperative  that  he  seek  immediate  employment,  he  accepted  any  work  that  offered. 
He  entered  the  steel  mills,  where  he  remained  for  a  year,  and  during  that  time  he  was 
studying  and  acquainting  himself  with  the  English  language.  Later  he  went  to 
Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he  was  employed  in  a  brewery  for  a  year,  and  then  removed 
to  Chicago,  where  he  secured  work  in  a  foundry.  On  leaving  that  city  he  made  his  way 
to  Pueblo,  Colorado,  and  after  pursuing  different  kinds  of  work  he  removed  to  Elbert 
county  and  homesteaded  on  section  33,  township  12,  range  57.  For  a  time  he  lived 
in  a  frame  house  of  one  room.  He  had  to  go  to  work  in  order  to  get  the  necessary 
money  for  the  development  of  his  own  place.  For  five  years  he  was  employed  by 
others  and  during  this  period  he  saved  everything  possible  that  he  had  earned.  He 
purchased  cattle  one  by  one  until  at  the  end  of  five  years  he  had  eighty-five  head. 
During  the  five  year  period  he  was  employed  on  the  Holt  Live  Stock  Company's  ranch, 
first  at  a  salary  of  fifteen  dollars  per  month,  while  later  he  received  twenty  dollars 
per  month. 

In  1891,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Mr.  Gordon  was  married  to  Miss  Barbara  Jankovich, 
a  native  of  Austria,  who  has  indeed  been  a  helpmate  to  her  husband.  She  did  the  farm 
work  while  he  was  employed  by  others  and  thus  materially  assisted  her  husband  in 
gaining  a  start.  During  the  early  years  of  his  residence  in  Colorado  Mr.  Gordon  had  a 
very  exciting  experience.  He  decided  to  buy  some  land  hut  he  did  not  have  the  money 
nor  even  railroad  fare  with  which  to  get  to  the  land  office  in  Denver.  However,  he 
received  assistance  from  some  one  in  Limon,  who  advanced  him  ten  dollars.  He  then 
went  to  Denver  and  when  making  his  way  to  the  land  office  he  met  two  well  dressed 
young  men  who  spoke  to  him  and  asked  him  if  he  knew  anything  about  land.  He 
replied  that  he  knew  something  about  it  in  the  section  where  he  lived.  One  of  the 
youths  said  his  father  wanted  to  buy  some  land  and  wished  Mr.  Gordon  would  go  and 
speak  to  him,  saying  that  he  was  to  be  found  in  a  certain  building.  After  a  little 
persuasion  Mr.  Gordon  went  with  the  young  men  and  on  entering  the  room  discovered 
that  it  was  a  gambling  joint.  The  men  invited  him  to  take  a  hand  at  cards  but  he 
refused,  saying  that  he  had  business  to  transact  and  could  not  waste  the  time,  but 
they  prevailed  upon  him  to  stay  and  play.  He  also  explained  that  he  did  not  under- 
stand the  game  and  one  of  the  young  men  agreed  to  stand  behind  him  and  tell  him 
what  cards  to  play.  Soon  he  learned  that  it  was  necessary  to  put  the  money  on  the 
table.  He  realized  then  that  if  something  wasn't  done  quickly  he  would  lose  the  little 
money  that  he  had.  As  one  of  the  men  was  moving  toward  him  Mr.  Gordon  jumped 
out  of  his  chair  and  over  another  and  bolted  out  of  the  door  running  down  twenty 
steps  and  into  the  street,  with  the  gang  following  him,  but  they  did  not  get  him,  as  he 
gained  the  sidewalk  before  they  could  reach  him.  Not  being  used  to  the  country,  he 
did  not  care  to  call  the  police.  He  certainly  had  a  narrow  escape  with  his  money.  Not 
having  the  necessary  funds,  he  started  out  to  try  to  borrow  money  and  after  some 
difficulty  in  this  connection  he  came  across  W.  S.  Pershing,  of  Limon,  who  used  his 
influence  and  enabled  Mr.  Gordon  to  gain  a  start.  He  secured  four  hundred  dollars, 
purchased  his  land  and  returned  home.  Since  that  time  he  has  prospered  and  has  In- 
creased his  stock  to  a  great  extent.  He  has  made  wonderful  improvements  upon  his 
farm,  where  are  to  be  seen  some  of  the  most  beautiful  trees  of  this  section.  Today  he 
has  an  attractive  home  and  surroundings  of  which  any  man  might  be  proud.  Upon 
his  place  are  large  barns  and  outbuildings  for  the  shelter  of  grain  and  stock  and  he 


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utilizes  the  latest  improved  machinery  to  facilitate  the  work  of  the  fields.  His  family 
have  aided  him  in  carrying  out  his  plans  and  he  has  been  very  successful.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Gordon  were  born  ten  children,  of  whom  eight  are  yet  living,  Mett.  Zephia, 
Prank,  Loie,  Mary,  Josie,  Barbara  and  Bernard,  and  they  have  an  adopted  daughter, 
Annie,  who  is  now  one  of  the  family.     The  children  are  of  the  Catholic  faith. 

In  politics  Mr.  Gordon  has  always  been  a  republican  since  becoming  a  naturalized 
American  citizen,  giving  stalwart  allegiance  to  the  party.  He  is  a  self-educated  as 
well  as  a  self-made  man.  He  speaks  the  English  language  fluently  and  has  become 
a  representative  resident  of  the  community  in  which  he  makes  his  home.  He  is 
interested  in  community  welfare,  especially  in  the  improvement  of  the  roads,  and 
he  stands  for  progress  and  advancement  along  all  practical  lines.  His  business  career 
has  been  productive  of  good  results.  He  has  worked  earnestly  and  indefatigably  to 
attain  success  and  is  now  numbered  among  the  representative  farmers  and  cattle 
raisers  of  Elbert  county. 


FRANK   LESLIE   BARTLETT. 

Dr.  Frank  Leslie  Bartlett,  now  acting  president  of  the  Merchants  Bank  of  Denver, 
twice  president  of  the  Denver  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  for  over  a  decade  the  leader 
in  Colorado  of  the  good  roads  movement,  is  a  native  of  Maine,  having  been  born  at 
Hanover,  Oxford  county,  March  2,  1S52.  He  is  a  sou  of  Cyrus  Bartlett,  also  a  native 
of  the  Pine  Tree  state,  and  a  lineal  descendant  of  Josiah  Bartlett,  one  of  the  signers 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

Frank  L.  Bartlett  when  eighteen  years  of  age  entered  the  University  of  Michigan, 
where  he  specialized  in  chemistry  and  mineralogy.  During  his  last  year  in  college  he 
held  the  position  of  tutor.  For  sixteen  years  after  completing  his  education  he  was 
assayer  of  the  state  of  Maine,  accepting  that  position  when  only  twenty-one  years  of 
age.  During  the  period  which  he  served  in  that  capacity  he  also  pursued  a  medical 
course  at  Dartmouth  College  for  the  general  scientific  value  of  the  study  but  not  with 
a  view  to  practice.  Later  he  was  appointed  professor  of  natural  science  at  Westbrook 
College,  near  Portland,  and  in  187S.  during  the  mining  excitement  in  eastern  Maine, 
he  began  devoting  his  attention  to  the  treatment  of  ores.  Later,  at  the  urgent  request 
of  the  governor,  he  went  abroad  to  study  methods  of  ore  treatment  and  upon  his  return 
erected  the  Portland  Smelting  &  Reduction  Works  for  the  treatment  of  ores  from 
eastern  Maine  and  the  provinces. 

It  was  Dr.  Bartlett  who  first  called  attention  in  New  England  to  the  manufacture 
of  sulphuric  acid  from  iron  pyrites.  From  the  Milan  mine  in  New  Hampshire  which 
he  purchased  he  laid  the  foundation  for  an  extensive  business  in  the  furnishing  of 
pyrites  to  the  acid  manufactories.  In  1880  he  began  his  important  work  in  the  solving 
of  problems  of  treating  zinciferous  ores.  For  ten  years  he  conducted  his  experiments 
at  the  Portland  works  with  results  that  were  exceedingly  satisfactory.  He  sought  for 
a  larger  field,  coming  to  Colorado  and  establishing  the  American  Zinc-Lead  Smelter  in 
Canon  City,  where  he  began  operations  in  1891.  His  patents  are  among  the  most  im- 
portant in  the  smelting  industry,  one  of  the  most  notable  being  secured  on  the  famous 
Bartlett  concentrator.  It  is  but  just  to  say  that  no  other  man  has  given  such  careful 
attention  to  the  study  of  zinc  ore  and  few  have  accomplished  as  much  as  he. 

On  the  17th  of  December,  1879,  Dr.  Bartlett  was  married  to  Miss  Hattie  W. 
Baldwin,   of  Bangor,   Maine. 

In  1902  Dr.  Bartlett  sold  his  interests  in  the  American  Zinc-Lead  Smelter  and 
removed  to  Denver,  where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  his  concentrators.  Having 
some  spare  time  and  being  greatly  interested  in  road  improvement,  he  with  others 
organized  the  Colorado  Motor  Club  and  he  remained  its  president  for  five  years.  In 
1906  this  club,  together  with  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  began  a  series  of  rcrad  conven- 
tions which  resulted  in  the  introduction  of  various  road  bills  in  the  legislature  and 
the  formation  of  the  Colorado  Good  Roads  Association,  of  whicli  Dr.  Bartlett  was 
president  for  two  years.  He  was  also  the  representative  of  the  roads  department  of 
the  United  States  government  for  several  years.  He  visited  all  parts  of  Colorado 
in  the  interests  of  better  highways  and  was  largely  instrumental  in  securing  the  present 
laws  relating  to  the  public  roads,  in  fact,  his  work  in  this  connection  cannot  be  over- 
estimated. He  has  done  much  to  shape  public  thought  and  action  and  in  arousing 
public  sentiment  concerning  the  improvement  of  the  highways  and  his  labors  have 
indeed  been  far-reaching  and  effective.  In  the  meantime  he  was  president  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  in  1910  and  1911  and  while  acting  in  that  office  taised  the  money 


254  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  buUt  the  fine  building  of  the  Chamber  in  Champa  street.  This  is  now  owned  and 
occupied  by  the  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  and  other  allied  commercial  asso- 
ciations. During  his  connection  with  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  Dr.  Bartlett  inaugu- 
rated the  movement  for  and  secured  the  consolidation  of  the  city  and  county  of  Denver 
and  was  instrumental  in  bringing  about  other  reforms  and  improvements  in  connec- 
tion with  the  civic  welfare. 

Dr.  Bartlett  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics  but  has  ever  been  deeply 
interested  in  public  improvements  and  always  ready  to  lend  his  aid  and  cooperation  to 
any  undertaking  for  the  commercial  advantage  of  the  city  or  the  upbuilding  of  those 
interests  which  are  a  matter  of  civic  virtue  and  civic  pride.  He  remains  one  of  the 
active  business  men  of  Denver  as  president  of  the  Merchants  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  founders,  and  as  an  official  of  several  other  enterprises  and  his  faith  in 
Denver  and  the  state  is  indicated  by  his  extensive  investments  in   Colorado  property. 


ROBERT   W.    CAMPBELL. 


Robert  W.  Campbell  passed  away  at  Longbeach,  California,  on  the  18th  of  January, 
1919.  He  had  many  substantial  traits  of  character  which  endeared  him  to  friends  and 
neighbors  and,  moreover,  he  was  numbered  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Brighton  and 
of  that  section  of  the  state.  In  his  later  years  he  lived  practically  retired  in  Brighton 
but  was  still  the  owner  of  valuable  farm  property  from  which  he  derived  a  substantial 
annual  income.  He  was  born  in  Nashville,  Tennessee,  on  the  25th  of  March,  1860,  and 
was  of  Scotch  descent.  His  parents,  John  B.  and  Maria  (Allen)  Campbell,  were  both 
natives  of  the  land  of  hills  and  heather,  in  which  they  were  reared  and  married.  In 
the  early  '50s  they  determined  to  try  their  fortune  in  the  new  world  and  crossed  the 
Atlantic  to  the  United  States.  They  established  their  home  at  Nashville,  Tennessee, 
but  after  living  there  for  several  years  removed  to  Indiana,  where  they  took  up  their 
abode  on  a  farm  about  1866.  Their  remaining  days  were  passed  in  that  state  and  they 
were  among  the  highly  respected  residents  of  the  community  in  which  they  made 
their  home.     They  had  a  family  of  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  yet  living. 

Robert  W.  Campbell  was  but  three  years  of  age  when  he  went  with  his  parents 
to  Indiana,  where  he  was  reared  and  educated,  mastering  the  branches  of  learning 
taught  in  the  public  schools.  In  1884  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  at  Brighton,  and 
for  eleven  years  was  employed  in  the  Brighton  creamery,  first  as  a  helper,  later  as 
engineer  and  then  general  manager  in  full  charge  of  the  business,  his  fidelity  as  well 
as  his  keen  executive  ability  having  been  quickly  recognized  by  those  with  whom  he 
had  business  relations.  He  was  then  appointed  postmaster  and  occupied  that  position 
for  three  terms  under  republican  administrations.  As  time  passed  he  made  investments 
in  property  and  became  the  owner  of  five  hundred  acres  of  fine  farm  land.  In  1918  he 
raised  six  thousand  bushels  of  wheat  and  six  hundred  bushels  of  beans.  He  gave  gen- 
eral supervision  to  his  farming  and  ranching  interests,  but  the  actual  work  of  the  place 
was  done  by  those  whom  he  employed.  His  sound  judgment  and  keen  discrimination, 
however,  were  important  elements  in  the  successful  conduct  of  his  place. 

In  April,  1884,  the  year  in  which  he  came  to  Colorado,  Mr.  Campbell  was  mar-ried 
to  Miss  Ella  Whitehead,  a  native  of  Indiana,  and  they  became  parents  of  two  daughters, 
but  the  first  born,  Carrie,  is  deceased.  The  other  daughter.  Bessie,  has  become  the 
wife  of  Harry  Bates  and  is  now  living  in  Denver.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Campbell  owned  and 
occupied  a  fine  residence  in  the  village  of  Brighton  and  enjoyed  all  of  the  comforts 
and  many  of  the  luxuries  of  life. 

In  his  political  aflSliations.  Mr.  Campbell  was  a  stalwart  republican,  and  he  always 
endorsed  and  ardently  supported  the  principles  of  the  party.  He  served  as  road  over- 
seer for  eight  years,  when  John  Twombly  was  county  commissioner  from  the  Brighton 
district  and  when  Adams  and  Denver  counties  were  a  part  of  old  Arapahoe  county,  and 
to  his  initiative  and  personal  efforts  may  be  attributed,  in  large  measure,  the  excellent 
roads  of  the  district.  When  Adams  county  was  formed  he  took  an  especially  active 
part  in  the  contest  for  the  location  of  the  county  seat,  and  the  leading  members  of  both 
political  parties  willingly  gave  him  much  credit  for  his  work  in  winning  the  contest 
for  Brighton.  He  also  participated  in  the  early  politics  of  Denver  and  was  recognized 
as  one  of  those  men  who  fought  the  battles  fairly  ind  aboveboard.  He  would  never 
countenance,  nor  desire,  a  questionable  victory,  nor  would  he  deign  to  employ  those 
petty  tricks  so  often  the  subterfuge  of  the  professional  politician.  He  could  accept  an 
honorable    defeat,    if    the    voters    of    his    district    so    willed,    rather    than    be    returned 


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256  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  victor  in  a  contest  won  through  dishonest  methods.  After  discontinuing  his  work 
as  road  overseer,  he  purchased  the  farm  where  he  resided  four  years,  after  which 
he  was  appointed  postmaster  for  Brighton,  and  served  in  ihat  capacity  for  twelve 
consecutive  years. 

There  were  no  spectacular  phases  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Campbell.  He  pursued  the 
even  tenor  of  his  way  in  the  conduct  of  his  business,  and  his  diligence  and  determina- 
tion were  the  salient  points  in  winning  him  the  success  that  numbered  him  with  the 
substantial  residents  of  Adajns  county.  Moreover,  the  methods  which  he  employed 
won  for  him  an  honored  name  and  he  was  among  the  valued  and  respected  citizens 
of  Brighton.  Some  time  prior  to  his  death  Mr.  Campbell  suffered  from  an  automobile 
accident,  from  which  he  never  fully  recovered.  Thinlcing  that  he  might  be  benefitted 
by  a  western  trip,  he  went  to  Longbeach,  California.  The  trip,  however,  was  too  much 
for  him  and  there  he  passed  away.  When  the  news  of  his  death  was  received  in 
Brighton  it  caused  deep  sorrow  throughout  the  town,  tor  his  many  substantial  traits  of 
character  had  endeared  him  to  those  with  whom  he  was  associated  and  everywhere 
he  was  spoken  of  in  terms  of  high  regard.  He  possessed  the  qualities  of  good  citizen- 
ship, of  fidelity  in  friendship,  and  one  who  knew  him  well  said  he  was  "always  identified 
with   all   public   movements,    liberal    to   a   fault,    a   typical   big-hearted   westerner." 


WILLIAM  C.  BRADBURY. 


William  C.  Bradbury  is  numbered  among  the  builders  of  the  great  western  empire. 
His  life  work  literally  and  figuratively  has  been  along  construction  lines,  leading  to  the 
utilization  of  the  natural  resources  and  to  the  development  of  Colorado  in  many  ways. 
An  eminent  American  statesman  has  said  that  eastern  training  and  learning  grafted 
upon  western  opportunity  produces  the  strongest  in  American  citizenship.  William  C. 
Bradbury  constitutes  an  example  of  this.  He  was  born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  Febru- 
ary 1,  1849,  a  son  of  Cotton  C,  and  Rebecca  Bradbury.  His  father  was  born  in  York, 
Maine,  in  August.  1822,  and  the  mother,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Rebecca  Brewer, 
was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in  1819,  a  representative  of  one  of  the  old  Quaker 
families.  Soon  after  the  birth  of  William  C.  Bradbury,  the  father  went  to  California, 
attracted  by  the  mining  excitement  on  the  Pacific  coast.  The  trip  was  made  in  1849 
by  way  of  the  overland  route  and  after  two  years  spent  on  the  western  coast  he  returned 
by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  During  the  early  youth  of  his  son  William,  he  and 
his  family  resided  in  Boston  or  near  that  city.  There  were  five  sons  but  only  two  are 
now  living,  the  surviving  brother  of  our  subject  being  George  E.  Bradbury,  of  Colorado. 

William  C.  Bradbury  acquired  a  common  school  education  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
and  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  but  when  fourteen  years  of  age  ran  away  from  home  to 
enlist  for  service  in  the  Civil  war.  He  was  accepted  and  spent  two  weeks  as  a  drummer 
boy,  after  which  his  father  found  him  and  took  him  home.  For  a  year  or  two  afterward, 
however,  he  was  so  persistent  in  his  desire  to  enter  the  army  that  his  father  finally  gave 
consent  but  by  that  time  the  eighteen-year-old  law  was  rigidly  enforced  and  Mr.  Brad- 
bury, being  young  in  appearance  and  slight  in  build,  was  not  accepted  at  the  recruiting 
offices  of  either  the  army  or  the  navy  in  Boston,  to  both  of  which  he  applied.  Between 
1868  and  1871  he  held  several  salaried  positions  in  Boston  and  for  a  year  owned  and 
operated  a  job  printing  office  in  that  city.  In  1871  he  came  to  the  west  to  make  a  pay- 
ment on  properties  at  Evans,  Colorado,  for  his  father,  who  was  interested  with  a  num- 
ber of  St,  Louis  parties  in  colonizing  the  town  of  Evans.  Mr.  Bradbury  arrived  in  Denver 
in  June,  1871,  and  concluded  to  remain  in  this  state.  As  a  boy  he  had  always  been 
intensely  interested  in  hunting,  trapping  and  fishing  and  he  spent  the  winter  of  1871-2 
in  the  cattle  camp  of  Lyman  Cole  at  Fremont  Orchard,  on  the  Platte  river  in  Colorado, 
in  hunting  buffaloes,  antelope  and  wolves  and  in  trapping  otter,  beaver  and  other  fur- 
bearing  animals,  as  well  as  in  making  a  trip  to  the  mountains  up  the  Cache  la  Poudre 
river  after  elk  and  deer. 

In  the  spring  of  1872,  Mr,  Bradbury  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hattie  A. 
Howe,  who  came  from  Boston,  Massachusetts,  to  Colorado  with  her  parents  in  1871. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradbury  began  their  domestic  life  in  Denver,  which  at  that  time  was  a 
city  of  five  thousand  population.  They  became  the  parents  of  seven  children:  Buckley 
C.  Miriam,  William  C,  Harriet,  Isabelle  B.,  Luther  F.  and  George  Edward;  but  only 
four  of  the  number  are  now  living,  these  being:  Harriet,  the  wife  of  G.  H.  Locke,  of 
Milford,  Massachusetts;  Isabelle  B.,  now  Mrs.  I.  B.  Gelder,  of  Denver;  Luther  F.,  of 
Boston,  Massachusetts;  and  George  E.,  who  is  now  a  member  of  the  United  States 
aviation  service. 


WILLIAM  C.  BRADBURY 


258  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

After  establishing  his  home  in  Denver,  Mr.  Bradbury  entered  the  employ  of  Lewis 
&  Bancroft,  architects,  as  a  draftsman  and  in  the  latter'  part  of  the  year  1872  removed 
to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  entered  mercantile  circles,  establishing  a  prosperous 
business  as  a  dealer  in  paints,  oils,  glass,  artists'  materials  and  wall  paper,  and  employ- 
ing a  force  of  men  for  painting  and  paper  hanging.  He  continued  the  business  until 
1878,  when  his  health  failed  and,  physicians  insisting  that  he  must  live  out-of-doors,  he 
sold  the  business  and  began  freighting  with  a  mule  outfit  from  Colorado  Springs  to 
Leadville.  His  patronage  in  this  direction  increased  until  he  was  utilizing  five  eight- 
mule  teams,  the  route  being  up  Ute  Pass  via  South  Park  and  Buena  Vista.  At  the 
same  time  he  also  established  a  six-horse  stage  line  and  mail  route  from  Colorado 
Springs  to  Leadville,  via  Ute  Pass  and  Western  Pass,  and  operated  these  until  the 
South  Park  Railroad  was  completed  into  South  Park  and  the  Rio  Grande  Railroad  was 
approaching  Leadville,  making  it  impossible  to  further  compete  with  the  railroads. 
His  entire  outfit  was  then  taken  to  Tres  Piedras,  New  Mexico,  where  under  R.  E.  Sloan, 
who  was  then  in  charge  of  the  southern  division  of  the  tie  and  timber  department  of 
the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  construction,  he  was  put  in  charge  of  two  sawmills 
and  the  tie  camps  at  Tres  Piedras  and  of  the  transportation  of  the  lumber  and  ties 
from  these  camps  used  in  the  construction  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  between 
Antonita  and  the  New  Mexico  state  line.  From  there  he  moved  the  mules  and  mill  out- 
fits and  performed  similar  services  in  the  construction  of  portions  of  the  line  of  the 
same  railroad  between  Chama  and  Durango.  This  being  completed,  his  outfits  were 
then  moved  on  to  be  used  in  connection  with  grading  work  on  the  Burlington  Railroad, 
then  building  into  Denver.  He  completed  his  first  contract  of  six  miles  of  railroad  grad- 
ing near  the  present  town  of  Akron,  Colorado,  and  from  that  time  until  1909  was  actively 
engaged  in  railroad  construction,  doing  work  in  various  departments,  including  tunnel- 
ling, grading,  masonry,  bridge  work  and  track  laying,  in  many  of  the  western  states  and 
old  Mexico.  He  also  constructed  numerous  irrigation  systems  of  canals  and  reservoirs 
in  Colorado,  New  Mexico.  Idaho  and  Wyoming.  Associated  with  partners  he  had  the 
contract  for  forty  miles  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railroad  in  Montana.  He 
also  had  the  contract  for  thirty  miles  of  the  Burlington  &  Missouri  Railroad  in  Colo- 
rado and  Nebraska,  fifty  miles  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad  in  Idaho,  thirty- 
five  miles  of  the  Colorado  Midland  Railroad  in  Colorado,  one  hundred  and  twenty  miles 
of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  between  the  Missouri  river  and  Colorado  Springs, 
Colorado.  He  also  constructed  ninety-seven  miles  of  the  Pecos  Valley  Railroad  in 
Texas  and  New  Mexico,  including  grading,  bridging  and  track  laying,  had  the  contract 
for  large  portions  of  the  Chihuahua  &  Pacific  Railroad  in  old  Mexico,  fifty  miles  of  the 
Denver,  Texas  &  Fort  Worth  Railroad  in  Colorado,  forty  miles  of  the  Chicago,  Burling- 
ton &  Northern  in  Illinois  and  Wisconsin,  also  portions  of  the  Laramie.  Hahns  Peak  & 
Pacific  Railroad  in  Wyoming,  three  hundred  miles  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  includ- 
ing new  and  second  track,  in  Kansas,  Nebraska.  Wyoming  and  Colorado  and  sundry 
short  lines  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  and  tor  the  Colorado  Fuel  &  Iron  Company 
in  Colorado.  He  has  constructed  numerous  irrigation  systems.  Including  canals  and 
storage  reservoirs,  in  the  states  of  Idaho,  Wyoming,  Colorado  and  New  Mexico,  of  which 
the  following  are  some  of  the  larger  and  more  important:  the  systems  of  the  Idaho 
Mining  &  Irrigation  Company' of  Idaho;  the  Wyoming  Development  Company  in  Wyom- 
ing, of  which  the  town  of  Wheatland  is  now  the  business  center;  the  Pecos  Valley  irri- 
gation system.  New  Mexico,  of  which  Carlsbad  and  Roswell  are  the  principal  centers; 
and  the  Colorado  canal  in  Colorado. 

Mr.  Bradbury  has  also  been  engaged  in  sundry  development  projects  of  the  state, 
the  most  conspicuous  being  perhaps  the  lands  under  the  Colorado  canal  mentioned  above 
which  takes  its  water  from  the  north  side  of  the  Arkansas  river,  about  twenty  miles 
east  of  Pueblo,  and  covers  the  lands  surrounding  the  present  towns  of  Ordway,  Sugar 
City,  Olney  Springs  and  Crowley.  He  constructed  this  canal  in  1890  under  contract  and 
afterward  acquired  ownership  of  the  same,  as  well  as  thirty-five  thousand  acres  of  land 
underlying  it,  which  he  purchased  from  the  state  of  Colorado.  At  the  time  of  construc- 
tion there  was  not  a  habitation  under  the  line  of  the  canal,  the  land  being  open  pmirie 
cattle  range,  though  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  had  been  completed  through  it. 
Shortly  after  the  construction  of  the  canal  he  sold  large  interests  in  the  property  but 
has  been  continually  interested  and  engaged  in  its  colonization  and  development  up  to 
the  present.  At  one  time,  while  still  owning  ten  thousand  acres  of  the  lands  and  water 
rights,  he  operated  sixteen  different  farms  of  large  acreage  under  irrigation  and  at  times 
was  interested  in  the  cattle  and  sheep  business,  one  year  feeding  and  fattening  seven 
thousand  head  of  lambs,  which  he  sold  in  eastern  markets;  and  the  following  year  he 
fattened,  and  marketed  in  the  east  seventeen  thousand  head  of  lambs.     While  develop- 


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ing  the  properties  he  also  planted,  on  the  same,  over  seven  hundred  acres  in  apple  and 
other  fruit  orchards. 

Mr.  Bradbury  has  always  been  an  enthusiastic  sportsman  and  angler  since  earliest 
childhood,  having  hunted  all  smaller  game  and  fish  as  a  boy  in  New  Englaud,  while 
after  coming  to  Colorado  he  annually  hunted  buffalo  until  1876,  when  they  became  scarce. 
He  has  devoted  all  his  spare  time  and  found  his  recreation  in  the  hunting  of  game  on  the 
plains  and  mountains  of  the  west,  including  elk,  deer,  sheep,  antelope,  bear,  etc.,  down 
to  the  smaller  game  animals  and  game  birds.  He  has  enjoyed  fishing  in  most  of  the 
western  states  and  also  fished  in  the  ocean  for  salmon,  tuna,  sword  fish  and  all  other 
large  garqe  fish  of  the  Pacific,  together  with  tarpon  and  other  game  fish  of  the  Gulf,  as 
well  as  all  the  large  game  fish  of  Florida  and  the  Atlantic  waters.  He  is  and  has  been 
a  member  of  numerous  hunting  and  fishing  clubs  of  Colorado,  Utah,  California  and 
Texas,  including  the  Tuna  Club  of  California,  and  he  likewise  has  membership  in  the 
Denver  and  other  clubs  of  the  capital.  For  years  he  has  been  an  enthusiastic 
oblogical  student  and  collector  and  has  donated  to  the  Colorado  Museum  of  Natural 
History  probably  the  most  extensive  collection  of  birds'  eggs  on  public  exhibition  in  the 
United  States,  comprising  over  four  thousand  five  hundred  sets  of  eggs  with  nests  and 
representing  nearly  nine  hundred  different  species  of  North  American  birds.  His  life 
has  been  one  of  intense  activity  and  broad  usefulness.  His  labors  have  always  been 
of  a  character  that  have  contributed  to  upbuilding  and  progress  and  he  has  been  a 
most  dominant  factor  in  shaping  the  development  of  the  west,  opportunity  ever  being 
to  him  a  call  to  action  to  which  he  has  made  ready  response. 


SAMUEL   BERESFORD  CHILDS,   M,   D. 

Dr.  Samuel  Beresford  Childs  of  Denver,  widely  known  physician  and  roentgenol- 
ogist, is  a  man  of  broad  scientific  knowledge  and  training.  He  is  one  of  the  early 
workers  in  the  field  of  roentgenology. 

Dr.  Childs  comes  from  Connecticut,  having  been  born  in  East  Hartford,  November 
5,  1861,  a  son  of  Dr.  Seth  Lee  and  Juliet  (Wood)  Childs.  The  elder  Dr.  Childs  was 
a  prominent  physician  of  Connecticut,  where  he  practiced  his  profession  for  over 
forty  years,  leaving  the  impre.ss  of  his  individuality  upon  public  thought  and  opinion, 
having  served  as  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  state  senate.  His  wife  was  a  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  Luke  Wood,  a  talented  Congregational  minister. 

Dr.  Samuel  B.  Childs  attended  the  Hartford  public  schools  and  was  graduated 
from  the  Hartford  high  school  with  the  class  of  1879.  He  was  graduated  from  the 
academic  department  of  Yale  University  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1883, 
and  in  1887  he  won  his  M.  D.  from  New  York  University  Medical  School.  In  the 
interim  he  had  devoted  the  years  1884  and  1885  to  teaching  school  in  East  Hartford. 
Following  his  graduation  from  medical  college  he  became  an  interne  in  the  out- 
patient department  of  Chambers  Street  Hospital  of  New  York  and  in  June,  1887,  was 
appointed  an  interne  in  the  Hartford  Hospital,  and  during  the  last  ten  months  of 
his  service  there  was  house  physician  and  surgeon.  He  began  practice  in  Hartford 
in  1888  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  and  continued  in  that  city  until  1895  when,  on 
account  of  his  health,  he  came  to  Denver  and  soon  thereafter  resumed  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession. 

Since  1900  he  has  devoted  his  attention  to  diagnosis  and  to  treatment  by  the 
use  of  the  Roentgen-ray.  From  1900  to  1912  he  was  professor  of  anatomy  in  the 
Denver  University  Medical  School  and  in  the  Denver  and  Gross  Medical  College. 
Since  1912  he  has  been  professor  of  roentgenology  in  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Colorado.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  City  and 
County  of  Denver  and  has  served  as  its  president.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  and  of  the  American  Roentgenological  Society. 

Dr.  Childs  was  a  member  of  the  Hartford  City  Guard  of  the  Connecticut  state 
militia  and  in  1888  and  1889  he  was  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Connecticut  National 
Guard.  In  politics  he  maintains  an  independent  course,  voting  for  men  and  measures 
rather  than  for  party.  He  is  a  great  lover  of  out-door  sports, — is  an  enthusiastic 
hunter,  fisherman  and  golfer.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver  Club,  Denver  Country  Club 
and  to  the  Colorado  Yale  Association  and  was  president  of  the  Yale  Association  in 
1911.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Twenty-Third  Avenue  Presbyterian  church.  Dr.  Childs 
has  ever  been  actuated  by  high  ideals  and  in  his  practice  he  has  striven  to  attain  the 
highest  degree  of  efficiency. 

Dr.  Childs  has  been  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  Henrietta  Willett,  whom 


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he  married  in  1890  in  West  Hebron,  New  York,  and  who  died  in  1906,  leaving  one 
son,  John  Wood,  who  was  born  in  1896.  In  1908  Dr.  Childs  married  Anne  Starling  of 
Henderson,  Kentucky.  Mrs.  Childs  Is  a  great-great-granddaughter  of  Justice  Thomas 
Todd  of  the  United  States  supreme  court,  who  married  Lucy  Payne  Washington,  the 
young  widow  of  George  Steptoe  Washington  and  only  sister  of  Dolly  Madison.  Lucy 
Payne  Washington  lived  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Madison  and  her  marriage  to  Justice 
Todd  was  the  first  marriage  to  be  solemnized  in  the  White  House. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Childs  have  one  son.  Samuel  Beresford,  Jr. 


JOHN   SAHM. 


For  twenty-seven  years  John  Sahm  has  been  a  resident  of  Colorado,  arriving  in 
Elbert  county  in  1891,  and  through  the  intervening  period  he  has  contributed  much 
to  Its  agricultural  development.  He  was  born  in  Belleville,  Illinois,  on  the  15th  of 
December,  1866,  and  is  a  son  of  German  parents  who  on  coming  to  the  new  world 
settled  at  Belleville.  In  the  schools  of  his  native  city  John  Sahm  pursued  his  educa- 
tion and  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-five  years  when  he  sought  the  opportunities  of 
the  west,  making  his  way  to  Elbert  county,  Colorado.  Here  he  purchased  a  farm  of 
six  hundred  acres  close  to  the  town  of  Elizabeth.  He  has  a  model  farm  property,  to 
which  he  has  added  many  modern  improvements  and  equipments,  and  today  he  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  most  prosperous  men  in  his  section.  He  has  brought  his  land 
under  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  has  added  substantial  buildings,  has  divided  his 
place  into  fields  of  convenient  size  by  well  kept  fences  and  he  utilizes  the  latest 
Improved   farm  machinery  in  caring  for  his  crops. 

In  1890  Mr.  Sahm  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Anderson.  They  have 
had  no  children  of  their  own,  but  their  generosity  has  prompted  them  to  care  for 
and  give  a  home  to  five  orphan  children,  one  of  whom  came  to  them  when  seven  years 
of  age.  They  were  taken  from  the  Home  for  Dependent  Children  at  Denver  and 
from  St.  Vincent's  Orphan  Asylum.  All  have  been  given  excellent  educational  privileges 
in  the  fine  public  schools  of  Elizabeth  and  have  thus  been  qualified  for  life's  practical 
and  responsible  duties.  Two  of  the  sons  have  enlisted  and  are  now  in  the  service 
of  their  country,  while  the  other  three  children  are  upon  the  farm.  Mr.  Sahm  is  a 
man  of  generous  and  benevolent  spirit,  continually  extending  a  helping  hand  where 
aid  is  needed.  In  his  business  affairs  he  has  displayed  keen  wisdom  and  sound  judg- 
ment in  everything  relating  to  the  advancement  of  the  productivity  of  the  soil  and 
the  raising  of  crops.  The  worth  of  his  ideas  is  manifest  in  the  large  harvests  which 
he  gathers,  placing  him  among  the  substantial  agriculturists  of  his  part  of  the 
state. 


RALPH  EVERET  PINNICUM. 

Ralph  E.  Finnicum,  one  of  the  brilliant  young  lawyers  of  the  state  of  Colorado, 
has  recently  established  himself  in  Kiowa  and  has  already  gained  a  gratifying  client- 
age. He  came  to  this  city  in  May,  1918,  and  quickly  demonstrated  his  ability,  as  is 
evident  from  the  fact  that  he  has  been  chosen  county  attorney  of  Elbert  county,  now 
ably  representing  the  interests  of  the  county.  Formerly  he  was  a  partner  in  the  firm 
of  Hilliard  &  Finnicum,  with  oflfices  in  the  Guardian  Trust  building  in  Denver.  He  was 
born  in  State  Center,  Iowa.  December  2,  1886.  a  son  of  George  E.  and  Effle  (Ryan) 
Finnicum,  both  of  whom  are  living,  the  father  being  actively  engaged  in  business  as 
an  engineer.  The  mother  was  born  in  Iowa  and  by  her  marriage  has  two  children, 
the  brother  of  Ralph  E.  Finnicum  being  Leo  G.  Finnicum,  now  a  resident  of  Stockton, 
California.  The  family  is  of  English  ancestry,  the  first  of  the  name  who  settled 
on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  coming  to  the  new  world  from  England  about   1800. 

At  the  usual  age  Ralph  E.  Finnicum  became  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Des 
Moines,  Iowa,  and  after  mastering  the  work  of  the  high  school  there  entered  the 
State  University  of  Iowa,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1912  with  the  LL.  B.  degree. 
He  then  removed  to  Denver,  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  this  state  in 
that  year,  and  in  1912  was  also  admitted  to  the  Iowa  bar.  During  the  period  of  his 
residence  in  the  west  he  has  given  his  attention  to  general  law  practice  and  while  in 
Denver  built  up  a  liberal  clientage.  Since  coming  to  Kiowa  he  has  continued  very 
successful,  his  previous  reputation  and  experience  greatly  helping  him  in  the  building 


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262  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

up  of  his  private  practice.  He  now  however  gives  a  great  deal  of  his  time  and  effort 
to  his  duties  as  county  attorney,  thereby  rewarding  the  confidence  and  trust  which 
the  public  reposed  in  him  by  calling  him  to  that  office.  While  yet  a  comparatively 
young  man,  he  has  already  displayed  marked  ability,  is  thoroughly  versed  in  the  law 
and  acquainted  with  principle  and  precedent,  is  ever  careful  and  painstaking  in  the 
preparation  ot  his  cases  and  clear  and  logical  in  his  deductions.  He  is  forceful  and 
resourceful  and  ably  presents  his  cause  before  court  and  jury,  readily  bringing  out  by 
close  analysis  the  points  which  he  desires  to  demonstrate.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver 
County  and  City  Bar  Association,  of  which  he  has  been  a  member  for  about  four 
years,  and  has  won   many   friends   among   his  brethren   of   the   legal   profession. 

In  June,  1915,  Mr.  Finnicum  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Loraine  Hilliard,  ot 
Denver,  Colorado,  the  wedding  being  celebrated  in  that  city.  During  their  residence 
in  Colorado  they  have  gained  many  friends  in  the  state  and  have  been  received  with 
open  arms  by  the  young  social  set  of  Kiowa  and  Elbert  county. 

Mr.  Finnicum  has  always  taken  a  laudable  interest  in  public  affairs  and  is  ever 
ready  to  give  his  support  to  measures  which  he  considers  of  value  to  the  community, 
county  and  state,  and  although  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Elbert  county  for  but  a 
short  time  he  has  been  elected  to  the  position  of  county  attorney,  giving  the  best 
that  is  in  him  to  faithfully  perform  his  duties  in  that  connection.  He  is  greatly 
interested  in  war  work  and  has  in  every  way  assisted  in  making  the  various  drives 
and  campaigns  of  the  government  successful,  being  fully  in  accord  with  the  policy  set 
up  by  the  administration,  of  gaining  a  world-wide  victory  for  democratic  ideals.  Per- 
sonally Mr.  Finnicum  is  well  liked,  as  he  is  easily  approachable,  sympathetic  and 
pleasant-mannered. 


THEODORE    ADDISON    ERB. 

Among  the  valued  citizens  of  Akron,  Colorado,  who  contributed  much  to  the  growth 
and  development  of  this  community  was  Theodore  Addison  Erb,  who  for  a  number  ot 
years  successfully  conducted  business  interests  here.  His  efforts  were  devoted  to  the 
management  of  a  hotel  but  he  was  also  engaged  in  the  plumbing  business,  and  it 
was  through  an  accident  while  performing  labors  in  this  line  that  his  life  was  termi- 
nated in  1914.  Although  it  is  now  several  years  since  Mr.  Erb  has  passed  away,  his 
memory  is  still  enshrined  in  the  hearts  of  his  friends,  who  respected  him  as  an  hon- 
orable and  straightforward  man  of  high  qualities  of  heart  and  character. 

Theodore  A.  Erb  was  a  native  of  Maryland,  where  he  was  born  March  24,  1852. 
a  son  of  Christopher  and  Mary  (Shade)  Erb,  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  For  many 
years  Christopher  Erb  followed  agricultural  pursuits  in  Virginia,  to  which  state  he 
had  removed  from  Pennsylvania  in  his  youth,  and  the  Old  Dominion  remained  his 
home  until  death  called  him  in  1903.  His  wife  had  preceded  him  to  the  home  beyond 
in   1S96. 

Although  born  in  Maryland,  Theodore  A.  Erb  was  reared  in  Virginia,  where  the 
parental  home  was  established,  and  he  received  his  education  in  the  home  neighbor- 
hood. His  schooling,  however,  was  very  limited,  for  he  put  aside  his  textbooks  at  the 
age  of  eleven  and  began  to  learn  the  blacksmith  and  wagon  maker's  trade.  Becoming 
proficient  in  these  lines,  he  continued  to  work  at  his  trade  in  Virginia  until  1885, 
when  at  the  age  of  thirty-three  he  decided  to  seek  the  less  thickly  populated  sections 
of  the  west  in  order  to  grow  up  with  the  country  and  improve  his  opportunities.  He 
first  removed  to  Trenton,  Nebraska,  where  for  five  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  im- 
plement business  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  went  to  McCook  in  the  same  state,  there 
giving  his  attention  to  the  conduct  and  operation  of  a  hotel  which  he  successfully 
managed  tor  three  years.  In  1893  he  came  to  Akron.  Colorado,  and  this  city  remained 
his  home  until  his  untimely  demise  in  1914,  so  that  for  over  twenty-one  years  he  was 
a  resident  of  Akron,  Washington  county.  Upon  his  arrival  in  this  city  he  bought  a 
hotel,  to  the  operation  of  which  he  devoted  his  energies  throughout  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  although  he  conducted  a  plumbing  business  at  the  same  time.  He  man- 
aged his  hotel  along  modern  ideas  and  put  forth  every  effort  to  make  his  guests  com- 
fortable. His  place  therefore  was  well  patronized  and  became  favorably  known  to 
the  traveling  public.  In  the  plumbing  business  Mr.  Erb  was  also  quite  successful, 
deriving  from  this  line  of  his  activities  a  gratifying  addition  to  his  income.  His  death 
occurred  from  the  effect  of  burns  which  he  had  received  while  doing  plumbing  work. 
His  sudden  death  was  not  only  a  great  shock  to  his  immediate  family  but  was  deeply 
regretted  by  his  many  friends  and  the  traveling  public,  who  had  come  to  know  him 


MR.  AND  MRS.  THEODORE  A.   ERB 


264  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

as  a  reliable,  trustworthy,  honorable  and  pleasant  man.  Moreover,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Erb 
operated  a  railroad  eating  house  for  about  eight  years  but  after  the  discontinuance 
of  the  same  served  meals  in  the  hotel,  this  proving  more  satisfactory  to  the  public. 
Subsequent  to  his  death  Mrs.  Erb  opened  a  cafe  in  connection  with  the  hotel  which 
she   successfully   operates,   maintaining  a   rooming   house   in   addition. 

On  July  21,  1884,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Theodore  A.  Erb  and  Susan  S.  Payne, 
a  native  of  Frederick  county,  Virginia,  where  she  was  born  in  November,  1866,  and  a 
daughter  of  Summerfield  and  Susan  (Timberlake)  Payne,  natives  of  Virginia,  where 
the  father  followed  farming  all  his  life.  During  the  war  between  the  states  he  served 
as  a  lieutenant  in  the  Confederate  army,  being  active  throughout  the  entire  period 
of  the  war,  and  for  four  months  he  was  held  prisoner  at  Fort  McHenry.  His  death 
occurred  in  August,  1885,  while  his  wife  died  in  1866.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Erb  were  born 
two  children:  Anna  M..  who  married  Worth  M.  Miller,  a  newspaper  editor  of  Ogallala, 
Nebraska;  and  Ruth  G.,  who  makes  her  home  with  her  mother.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  M. 
Miller  have  two  children,  Suone,  who  is  now  eleven,  and  Marcellus  Harwood,  who  is 
seven  years  of  age. 

From  that  time  when  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Akron,  Colorado,  until  his  death 
Mr.  Erb  always  cooperated  with  his  fellow  citizens  in  order  to  promote  or  support  plans 
for  the  growth  of  his  community  either  in  a  material  or  moral  and  intellectual  way. 
He  was  interested  in  all  matters  concerning  Akron  and  was  ever  ready  by  word,  deed 
and  means  to  render  assistance  to  worthy  causes.  Fraternally  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  order,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen,  while  Mrs.  Erb  belongs  to  the  Eastern  Star.  The  principles  of 
brotherhood  underlying  these  organizations  always  guided  Mr.  Erb  in  his  conduct 
toward  his  fellowmen,  to  whom  he  ever  was  kind  and  helpful.  His  religiou.«  faith 
was  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  in  the  work  of  which  he  took  active  part,  and 
politically  he  was  a  democrat.  Although  more  than  four  years  have  passed  since  death 
claimed  one  of  Akron's  most  useful  and  most  respected  citizens,  the  memory  of  Theo- 
dore Addison  Erb  lives  in  the  hearts  of  his  fellow  citizens,  for  all  recognized  in  him 
a  loyal  American,  a  successful  business  man  of  honorable  principles  and  a  true, 
faithful  friend  who  would   never  fail  in  an  emergency. 


HAROLD  PAGE  MARTIN. 


Harold  Page  Martin,  an  active  practitioner  at  the  bar  of  Boulder,  lo  whom 
success  has  come  as  the  result  of  thorough  training  and  broad  experience,  was  born 
upon  a  farm  in  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  in  1878.  His  father,  William  J.  Martin,  was 
a  native  of  England  and  came  to  the  United  States  in  his  boyhood  days  with  his 
father,  following  the  death  of  his  mother.  They  settled  first  in  the  east  but  after- 
ward removed  westward  to  Colorado,  where  they  arrived  in  the  early  '60s.  William  J. 
Martin  became  a  gold  miner  and  was  part  owner  of  the  Caribou  mine  in  Boulder 
county,  Colorado,  which  he  and  his  partner  discovered.  He  was  married  in  Central 
City,  Colorado,  to  Miss  Ida  S.  Wilson  and  they  are  now  occupying  a  farm  in  Boulder 
county. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof,  Harold  Page  Martin  became 
familiar  with  all  the  duties  and  labors  that  fall  to  the  lot  of  the  agriculturist,  for  in 
his  boyhood  his  time  was  divided  between  his  studies  in  the  schoolroom,  the  pleasures 
of  the  playground  and  the  work  of  the  fields.  After  mastering  the  elementary  branches 
of  learning  in  the  district  schools  he  became  a  student  in  the  high  school  of  Boulder, 
Colorado,  from  which  in  due  course  of  time  he  was  graduated.  He  later  entered  the 
University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder  and  won  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy  upon 
graduation  with  the  class  of  1901.  With  broad  literary  learning  to  serve  as  a  founda- 
tion upon  which  to  rear  the  superstructure  of  professional  knowledge,  he  took  up  the 
study  of  law  and  in  1904  completed  a  course  in  the  law  department,  winning  the  LL.  B. 
degree.  He  practiced  for  two  years  in  Denver,  covering  1905  and  1906,  and  then 
returned  to  Boulder,  where  he  opened  an  office.  His  record  stands  in  contradistinction 
to  the  old  adage  that  a  prophet  is  not  without  honor  save  in  his  own  country,  for  in 
the  county  where  practically  his  entire  life  has  been  passed  Mr.  Martin  has  been 
accorded  a  liberal  and  distinctively  representative  clientage.  He  is  most  careful  and 
painstaking  in  the  preparation  of  his  cases  and  presents  his  cause  with  clearness  and 
strength,  never  failing  to  impress  judge  and  jury  with  the  correctness  of  his  position 
and  seldom  failing  to  gain  the  verdict  desired. 

Mr.  Martin  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  and  takes  active  part  in  further- 
ing the  principles  in  which  he  believes.     He  has  served  as  deputy  prosecutor  of  Boulder 


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county  for  several  years  but  has  not  been  a  politician  in  the  sense  of  office  seeking.  He 
belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  aud  is  also  a  member  of  the  Boulder 
Club.  He  is  appreciative  of  the  social  amenities  of  life  and  among  the  members  of 
these  organizations  he  has  many  friends. 


MELVIN    C.    GOSS. 


Melvin  C.  Goss,  devoting  his  life  to  the  practice  of  law  in  Boulder,  where  he 
opened  his  office  in  1906,  has  through  the  intervening  years  become  well  established 
as  a  successful  lawyer  whose  ability  enables  him  to  solve  many  intricate  and  involved 
professional  problems.  Colorado  numbers  him  among  her  native  sons,  for  his  birth 
occurred  upon  a  farm  in  Pueblo  county  in  1874.  He  comes  of  English  and  Scotch 
ancestry.  His  father,  Calvin  W.  Goss,  was  born  in  Tennessee  in  the  year  1828  and 
after  reaching  manhood  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Parsons,  a  native  of  North 
Carolina.  The  father  served  as  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war,  joining  the  Eleventh  Kansas 
Cavalry,  and  was  largely  engaged  in  fighting  Indians  upon  the  Wyoming  frontier. 
His  last  days  were  spent  in  Pueblo,  Colorado,  where  he  departed  this  life  in  1913, 
after  having  devoted  many  years  to  general  agricultural  pursuits  in  Pueblo  county. 

It  was  there  upon  the  old  homestead  farm  that  Melvin  C.  Goss  was  reared,  his 
youthful  days  being  passed  in  the  usual  manner  of  the  farmbred  boy.  He  attended 
the  country  schools  and  after  mastering  the  branches  of  learning  therein  taught, 
became  a  student  in  the  high  school  of  Pueblo.  Ambitious  to  enter  upon  a  professional 
career,  he  decided  upon  the  practice  of  law  as  a  life  work  and  in  preparation  therefor 
entered  the  University  of  Colorado,  in  which  he  pursued  the  law  course,  winning 
the  LL.  B.  degree  upon  graduation  with  the  class  of  1906.  He  then  located  for  practice 
in  Boulder,  where  he  has  since  remained,  and  through  the  intervening  period  he  has 
enjoyed  a  constantly  growing  clientage.  Advancement  at  the  bar  is  proverbially  slow, 
yet  no  dreary  novitiate  awaited  him.  He  soon  demonstrated  his  power  to  handle 
legal  questions  and  one  of  the  characteristics  of  his  practice  has  been  the  thoroughness 
with  which  he  has  prepared  his  cases.  He  is  also  identified  with  business  interests 
as  the  assistant  secretary  of  and  the  attorney  for  the  Western  Light  &  Power  Com- 
pany of  Boulder  and  is  also  attorney  for  the  Boulder  National  Bank  and  attorney  for 
and  a  director  in  the  Mercantile  Bank  and  Trust  Company. 

On  the  10th  of  June,  1913,  in  Denver.  Mr.  Goss  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Eleanor  Hoyme,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Hoyme  of  the  United  States  army. 
Mr.  Goss  belongs  to  the  Boulder  Club  and  is  also  identified  with  Phi  Alpha  Delta,  a 
college  fraternity.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  widely  known  and  highly  esteemed  in 
Boulder,  occupying  a  very  enviable  position  in  social  circles,  their  many  friends  bearing 
ready  testimony  to  their  genuine   worth. 


LOUIS    W.    HENDERSHOTT. 


Louis  W.  Hendershott  is  living  retired  in  a  beautiful  home  at  the  corner  of 
Seventh  street  and  Turner  avenue  in  Berthoud.  For  a  long  period  he  was  identified 
with  ranching  interests  but  ultimately  put  aside  business  cares  to  enjoy  in  well  earned 
rest  the  fruits  of  his  former  toil.  He  was  born  in  Livingston  county.  New  York, 
March  24,  1856,  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Sterner)  Hendershott,  who  were  natives  of 
Pennsylvania.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  in  early  life  removed  to  New  York,  where 
he  purchased  land  about  1840.  He  improved  that  place  and  continued  its  cultivation 
throughout  the  remainder  of  his  days.  His  father  also  became  a  resident  of  the 
Empire  state  at  the  same  time  and  purchased  land  there.  He  had  twelve  sons  and 
they  all  settled  in  that  vicinity.  The  death  of  John  Hendershott  occurred  in  New 
York  in  1860  and  his  widow,  long  surviving  him,  passed  away  in  1889. 

Louis  W.  Hendershott  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  Empire  state,  remaining 
under  the  parental  roof  until  he  had  attained  his  majority,  after  which  he  cultivated 
the  home  farm  for  three  years.  He  had  previously  had  liberal  experience  in  that  line 
of  work,  his  vacation  periods  being  devoted  to  the  task  of  developing  and  cultivating 
the  fields.  In  1881  he  left  the  east  for  Colorado  and  took  up  his  abode  in  Larimer 
county,  purchasing  land  a  mile  south  of  Berthoud  which  he  improved.  In  partnership 
with  H.  V.  Bennett,  he  bought  the  property  and  together  they  carried  on  their  ranching 
interests  for  six  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  Mr.  Hendershott  disposed  of  his  in- 


LOUIS  W.  HENDERSHOTT 


MRS.   LOUIS   W.  HENDERSHOTT 


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LOUIS  W.  HENDERSHOTTS  RANCH,  WELD  COUNTY,  FOUR  AND  A  HALF 
MILES  NORTHEAST  OP  BERTHOUD 


LOUIS  W.  HENDERSHOTT'S  RESIDENCE,  SEVENTH  AND  TURNER 
AVENUE,  BERTHOUD 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  269 

terest  to  Mr.  Bennett.  He  afterward  rented  land  for  a  year  and  next  bought  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  in  Weld  county  four  and  a  half  miles  northeast  of  Berthoud.  This  he 
at  once  began  to  develop  and  improve  and  continued  its  cultivation  until  1900  but  lived 
upon  the  place  until  1914,  when  he  took  up  his  abode  in  Berthoud,  erecting  a  large 
and  attractive  residence  at  the  corner  of  Seventh  street  and  Turner  avenue,  where  he 
has  since  remained.  While  upon  his  ranch  he  engaged  in  the  raising  of  high  grade 
Percheron  horses  and  shorthorn  cattle.  He  also  fed  sheep  for  several  years.  He  is 
now  a  stockholder  and  one  of  the  directors  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Berthoud, 
and  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Fairburn  Lumber  Company  of  Berthoud.  His  investments 
have  been  judiciously  made  and  he  derives  therefrom  a  substantial  annual  income. 

In  September,  1883,  Mr.  Hendershott  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hattie  Keirnes 
and  to  them  were  born  two  sons:  Carroll  C,  who  is  operating  his  father's  place  and  one  of 
his  own  adjoining;  and  Orlan  N.,  a  farmer  of  Weld  county,  living  a  mile  north  and  a 
mile  and  a  half  east  of  the  old  home  place.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in 
July,  1900,  and  on  the  4th  of  February,   1902,   Mr.  Hendershott  wedded  Jennie  Parker. 

Politically  he  is  a  democrat  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Eastern  Star  and  in  these 
associations  are  found  the  rules  which  govern  his  conduct  and  shape  his  course  in  all 
the  relations  of  lite.  He  commands  the  respect,  confidence  and  goodwill  of  those  with 
whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact  and  his  friends  in  this  section  of  the  state  are 
legion. 


JOHN   ANDERSON. 


John  Anderson,  county  judge  of  Douglas  county  and  one  whose  record  upon  the 
bench,  characterized  by  strict  fairness  and  impartiality,  has  won  the  support  of  the 
general  public,  was  born  in  Sweden,  October  31,  1863,  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Margaret 
E.  (Astberg)  Anderson.  He  acquired  his  elementary  education  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  country  and  afterward  became  a  student  in  the  Lutheran  Academy  at  Wahoo, 
Nebraska,  having  come  to  America  in  June,  1882,  when  a  youth  of  nearly  nineteen 
years.  He  started  upon  his  business  career  as  an  employe  of  the  Omaha  Grant  Smelt- 
ing Company,  being  there  employed  for  two  years.  In  August,  1885,  he  arrived  in 
Colorado,  making  his  way  first  to  Denver,  and  in  1886  removed  to  Douglas  county, 
where  for  ten  years  he  was  superintendent  of  stone  quarries  for  different  concerns, 
acting  in  that  capacity  until  called  to  the  office  of  sheriff  of  Douglas  county  by 
election  in  1908.  He  made  an  excellent  record  and  was  reelected  in  1910,  serving  in 
that  position  until  1912,  when  he  was  elected  on  the  democratic  ticket  to  the  office  of 
county  judge.  He  was  always  a  stanch  supporter  of  democratic  principles  but  when 
elected  county  judge  made  nonpartisan  appointments,  which  was  not  according  to 
party  rule,  and  hence  he  was  not  again  nominated  by  the  democrats  for  the  office.  At 
the  close  of  his  term  in  1916.  however,  he  became  a  candidate  for  reelection  on  an 
independent  ticket,  making  the  run  against  botli  republican  and  democratic  candidates, 
and  winning  the  election  by  a  good  majority — a  fact  which  indicates  that  the  public 
is  satisfied  with  the  equity  and  impartiality  of  his  rulings.  As  judge  of  Douglas  county 
he  represents  all  of  the  people  and  does  not  show  any  political  preference  and  in 
consequence  the  old  party  organization  did  not  support  him.  but  public  opinion 
endorsed  his  course.  He  has  also  been  secretary  of  the  school  board  for  nine  years 
and  the  cause  of  education  finds  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  He  continues  a  factor  in 
business  circles  as  one  of  the  stockholders  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Castle  Rock. 

In  1886  Judge  Anderson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Augusta  Oberg,  who  was 
born  in  Sweden,  and  they  have  become  parents  of  five  children.  Edgar  T.,  who  was 
born  March  16,  1887,  was  graduated  from  the  high  school  and  spent  three  years  in  the 
State  University  at  Boulder,  after  which  he  devoted  one  year  to  the  study  of  law. 
He  attended  the  second  officers  training  camp  at  Fort  Sheridan,  near  Chicago,  and 
received  a  commission  as  second  lieutenant.  He  then  went  to  France,  attending  tlie 
French  artillery  school  at  Samour  and  now  holds  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  in 
the  field  artillery,  having  been  engaged  in  active  duty  with  the  Stars  and  Stripes  on 
the  battlefields  of  the  western  front.  Richard  E.,  born  October  21,  1888,  was  graduated 
from  high  school,  spent  a  year  in  the  Colorado  College  at  Colorado  Springs  and  four 
years  in  the  West  Point  Military  Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1912.  He  is  now  a  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  field  artillery  in  France.  He 
married  Anne  White  Glover,  of  New  York  city,  and  has  one  child,  Cornelia  Livingston. 
Alice  Elizabeth,   the  next  of  the  family,  was   born  March  21,   1890,  attended   the   high 


270  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

school  for  three  years  and  is  the  wife  of  Leonard  Ellis,  a  ranchman  residing  at  Edge- 
mont,  South  Dakota,  and  they  have  one  child,  John  Leonard.  Agnes  S.,  born  July 
26,  1892,  is  a  graduate  of  the  high  school,  of  the  Woman's  College  at  Denver  and  also 
of  the  Greeley  Normal  School,  and  is  now  successfully  teaching  in  South  Dakota. 
Robert  A.,  born  February  15.  1904,  is  a  high  school  pupil  at  Castle  Rock. 

Judge  Anderson  and  his  family  have  made  their  home  at  Castle  Rock  since  1890, 
occupying  a  substantial  residence  which  he  owns.  He  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows 
Lodge,  No.  139,  also  to  the  Court  of  Honor,  No.  1109,  at  Castle  Rock  and  is  a  highly 
esteemed  representative  of  those  organizations.  A  man  of  genuine  personal  worth, 
of  a  high  sense  of  honor  in  office  and  of  marked  fidelity  in  citizenship,  he  is  today 
numbered  among  the  most  valued  and  representative  residents  of  his  section  of  the 
state. 


HON.  EBEN  E.  HUGHES. 


Hon.  Eben  E.  Hughes,  actively  and  prominently  identified  with  the  agricultural 
development  of  Elbert  county,  was  born  at  Llanelly,  South  Wales,  on  the  18th  of  June, 
1868,  a  son  of  Richard  and  Sarah  Hughes.  The  father  was  a  brilliant  minister  of  the 
Presbyterian  faith  who  came  to  America  in  1870,  when  his  son  Eben  was  but  two  years 
of  age.  The  paternal  grandfather  was  connected  with  the  noted  church  insurrection. 
Both  father  and  grandfather  were  men  ever  ready  to  fight  for  the  faith  that  was  so 
dear  to  them  and  Richard  Hughes  came  to  this  country  like  the  Pilgrims  of  old  for 
the  religious  liberty  which  in  that  period  was  still  but  a  name  in  England.  The 
grandfather  of  Eben  E.  Hughes  in  the  maternal  line  served  under  the  Duke  of  Wel- 
lington at  the  battle  of  Waterloo.  After  crossing  the  Atlantic  in  1870  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Richard  Hughes  went  first  to  Mankato,  Minnesota,  and  in  1874  removed  to  Columbus 
Junction,  Iowa.  There  the  family  prospered  and  the  father  became  widely  noted  for 
the  power  of  his  eloquence.  Both  he  and  his  wife  lived  to  round  out  long  and  beau- 
tiful lives  in  the  town  of  Columbus  Junction,  honored  by  all  with  whom  they  came  "in 
contact. 

In  1890  Eben  E.  Hughes,  then  a  young  man  of  twenty-two  years,  removed  to 
Colorado  and  on  the  4th  of  June,  1891,  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ellen  E. 
Jones,  of  Denver,  the  wedding  being  celebrated  in  the  little  Welton  Street  Welsh  church. 
Mrs.  Hughes  is  one  of  the  leading  women  of  Elbert  county  and  takes  a  deep  interest 
in  all  that  stands  for  the  progress  and  development  of  her  sex.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes 
have  been  born  the  following  named:  Edward,  who  is  now  in  the  service  of  the  gov- 
ernment at  Colorado  College;  Walter,  who  is  in  France  in  the  service  of  his  country; 
Leila  and  Mary,  two  talented  daughters,  who  have  taken  the  places  of  their  brothers 
on  the  farm  and  are  thus  doing  a  splendid  work  in  releasing  man  power  in  order  to 
aid  in  winning  the  war;  and  Ralph,  who  is  the  youngest  of  the  family,  and  is  also  in 
Colorado   College   in   the   S.   A.   T.   C. 

Eben  E.  Hughes  has  been  active  in  the  development  of  Elbert  county  since  he 
removed  to  this  district  with  his  bride  in  1891.  Through  the  intervening  years  he  has 
borne  a  helpful  part  in  all  that  has  pertained  to  its  progress  and  upbuilding  and  his 
liberal  education,  his  persuasive  power  and  oratorical  ability  have  been  potent  factors 
in  educating  the  public  along  many  lines  of  progress.  In  1918  he  was  named  as  the 
republican  candidate  for  legislative  honors  and  was  elected  representative  of  his  dis- 
trict comprising  Arapahoe  and  Elbert  counties.  No  one  questions  his  fitness  for  the 
position  nor  his  loyalty  to  any  cause  which  he  may  espouse  and  he  is  widely  recognized 
in  Elbert  county  as  a  splendid  type  of  American  manhood  and  citizenship. 


WILLIAM   LEWIS   ARMSTRONG. 

Since  1908  William  Lewis  Armstrong  has  been  a  resident  of  Boulder,  Colorado, 
where  he  is  living  largely  retired,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  former  business  activity, 
enterprise  and  judicious  investment.  He  was  born  upon  a  farm  in  Crawford  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1844,  being  a  son  of  William  and  Lucy  Ann  (Hickernell)  Armstrong, 
who  were  likewise  natives  of  the  Keystone  state.  The  former  was  a  son  of  John 
Arinstrong,  also  born  in  Pennsylvania.  William  Armstrong  was  born  in  York  county 
in  1816  and  throughout  the  greater  part  of  his  active  business  career  was  a  contracting 


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272  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

builder  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  passed  away  in  the  year  1904,  having  for  about 
four  years  survived  his  wife,  who  died  in  1900. 

William  Lewis  Armstrong,  whose  name  introduces  this  review,  was  reared  upon 
the  old  homestead  farm  in  Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania,  early  becoming  familiar 
with  the  work  of  the  fields  from  the  time  of  the  early  spring  planting  until  crops 
were  harvested  in  the  autumn.  In  the  winter  months  he  attended  the  country  schools 
and  then  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  or  in  September,  1862.  he  enlisted  in  response 
to  the  call  for  troops  to  aid  in  the  preservation  of  the  Union,  becoming  a  private  of 
Company  D,  Eighty-third  Regiment  of  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was 
mustered  out  in  May,  1S65,  at  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  after  having  participated  in 
the  battles  of  Antietam,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville.  Gettysburg  and  many  other 
hotly  contested  engagements  of  the  war  which  led  up  to  the  final  victory  which 
crowned  the  Union  arms.  At  Fredericksburg  he  was  slightly  wounded.  Following 
his  military  experience,  he  went  to  the  oil  regions  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained 
until  1908,  winning  success  through  well  directed  business  efforts  and  Investments. 
He  has  become  interested  in  Oklahoma  oil  property  and.  moreover,  is  the  president 
of  the  Mercantile  Bank  of  Boulder,  president  of  the  Nederland  State  Bank,  and  a  director 
of  the  Louisville  (Col.)  State  Bank.  He  became  a  resident  of  Boulder  in  1908  and 
through  the  intervening  period  has  made  his  home  in  this  city. 

On  the  16th  of  February,  1870.  in  Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Armstrong 
was  married  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Wasson,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Harrison  Wasson,  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  to  them  was  born  a  daughter,  Hattie  Mabel,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Abram  McCoy,  of  West  Virginia,  who  died  in  1907,  leaving  four  children, 
namely:  Lewis  J.,  who  is  with  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  Engineers  of  the 
national  army;  Freda,  who  married  Albert  D.  McArthur.  of  Idaho,  and  they  have  a 
son  William  Lewis,  named  in  honor  of  his  great-grandfather;  Ernest;  and  Abram 
Armstrong  McCoy. 

Mr.  Armstrong  belongs  to  the  Boulder  Club  and  to  the  Boulder  Golf  Club,  while 
fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His 
religious  faith  is  indicated  in  his  membership  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of 
Boulder,  of  whicli  lie  is  serving  as  a  trustee.  In  politics  lie  has  always  been  a  stalwart 
republican  and  while  in  the  east  served  for  one  term  as  county  commissioner  of 
Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  while  since  taking  up  his  abode  in  Boulder  his  fellow 
citizens  have  twice  chosen  him  to  fill  the  office  of  mayor.  He  is  now  taking  a  very 
active  part  in  Red  Cross  work  and  is  doing  everything  in  his  power  to  sustain  his 
country  in  its  aim  at  world  democracy.  He  is  one  of  the  most  esteemed  citizens  of 
Boulder,  interested  at  all  times  in  the  general  progress  of  his  city,  the  commonwealth 
and   the  country. 


FREDERICK    A.    WALD. 


Frederick  A.  Wald,  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Wald  &  Mosher,  is  one  of  the 
owners  of  The  Oasis,  a  valuable  ranch  property  in  Elbert  county,  not  far  from  Kutch, 
and  is  a  recognized  leader  among  the  agriculturists  and  stock  raisers  of  the  state. 
He  was  born  in  New  York  city,  October  12,  1862,  a  son  of  Fred  and  Louise  Wald.  both 
of  whom  were  natives  of  New  York.  In  1869  they  removed  with  their  family  to  Bay 
City,  Michigan,  where  the  mother  is  still  occupying  the  old  home. 

Frederick  A.  Wald  was  a  lad  of  about  seven  years  at  the  time  of  the  removal 
to  the  middle  west,  where  he  was  reared  and  educated.  He  entered  business  life  as  an 
apprentice  to  a  plumber  and  gas  fitter  and  when  fifteen  years  of  age  ran  away  from 
home  in  order  that  he  might  enlist  in  the  Twenty-third  United  States  Infantry  Band, 
with  which  he  served  for  five  years.  In  that  period  he  saw  only  border  service.  At 
the  end  of  that  time  he  returned  home  and  entered  railroading,  to  which  occupation 
he  devoted  twenty-seven  years  of  his  life,  spending  much  of  that  time  with  the  Michi- 
gan Central,  while  later  he  was  yardmaster  with  the  Pere  Marquette  at  Saginaw. 
Michigan. 

In  1906  Mr.  Wald  removed  to  Colorado  for  the  benefit  of  his  health  and  today  he 
is  as  robust  as  ever.  The  bronchitis  from  which  he  had  suffered  in  the  east  was 
entirely  cured  in  this  climate.  With  his  arrival  in  Colorado  Mr.  Wald  began  rail- 
roading at  La  Junta  and  later  he  entered  into  a  partnership  with  J.  B.  Mosher  and 
purchased  eight  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Elbert  county  near  Kutch.  The  firm  is 
engaged  in  raising  registered  Hampshires  that  command  notably  large  prices.  They 
now  have  forty-five  head  of  blooded  Hampshires  upon  their  place  and  also  fifty  head  of 


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pedigreed  shorthorns.  The  Fort  Collins  Agricultural  College  has  made  a  special  record 
of  the  blue  ribbon  won  by  the  firm  with  one  of  its  Hampshires  at  the  county  fair 
held  in  Kutch  in  1917.  The  firm  owns  one  hog  which  cost  them  at  the  time  of  the 
purchase  a  dollar  per  pound.  Their  ranch  is  known  as  The  Oasis  and  includes  four 
hundred  acres  of  land  under  cultivation,  with  fine  fruit  trees  and  shade  trees.  The 
barn  is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  equipped  in  the  county.  Not  only  have  they  been 
very  successful  in  stock  raising,  but  have  made  equal  progress  in  crop  production. 
They  have  raised  eight  hundred  pounds  of  beans  to  the  acre,  fifty  bushels  of  corn, 
twenty-seven  and  twenty-eight  bushels  of  rye— all  this  in  a  dry  country.  They  have 
studied  the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  developing  the  crops  and  thoroughly 
understand  existing  conditions,  so  that  their  labors  produce  the  best  possible  results. 
Their  activities  have  constituted  a  standard  which  others  have  followed  and  the 
members  of  the  firm  rank  with  the  most  prominent  and  progressive  agriculturists  and 
stock  raisers  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Wald  was  married  in  1887  to  Katherine  Enright  and  their  children  were: 
Palmer,  who  has  enlisted  for  service  with  the  colors  in  France;  and  Laverne,  who  is 
private  secretary  to  the  secretary  of  state  of  Michigan.  Mrs.  Wald  died  in  1898  and 
on  September  16,  1901.  Mr.  Wald  was  united  In  marriage  to  Margaret  Fee  French,  of 
Saginaw,  Michigan. 

Mr.  Wald  is  very  prominent  in  political  circles  and  is  a  single-tax  man.  He  is 
perhaps  the  best  posted  resident  of  the  county  on  economic  topics  of  the  day.  He 
possesses  a  fine  library  and  is  a  student  of  the  best  literature,  keeping  in  touch  with 
the  trend  of  thought  in  past  ages  as  well  as  with  the  questions  of  interest  of  the 
present.  Mrs.  Wald  is  the  secretary  of  School  District  No.  6,  which  includes  twenty- 
one  schools,  and  is  a  stalwart  champion  of  the  cause  of  public  education.  In  fact  she 
and  her  husband  stand  for  progress  and  improvement  along  all  lines  which  tend  to 
promote  the  material,  intellectual,  social  and  moral  progress  of  community  and 
commonwealth. 


UPTON   T.   SMITH. 

Upton  i".  Smith,  at  one  time  treasurer  of  Douglas  county  and  a  well  known  and 
honored  citizen  of  Castle  Rock,  was  born  in  Monroe,  Waldo  county,  Maine,  September 
22.  1843,  a  son  of  Gustavus  Watson  and  Rosilla  (Pattee)  Smith.  The  paternal  grand- 
father. Daniel  Smith,  who  it  is  thought  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  settled  in  Waldo 
county,  Maine,  about  1800  and  there  Gustavus  W.  Smith  was  born  and  reared.  Later 
he  became  a  prominent  citizen  of  the  town  of  Monroe,  where  he  served  as  selectman. 
His  fellow  townsmen  would  have  elected  him  to  the  legislature  but  he  refused  to  accept 
the  nomination.  When  his  son,  Upton  T.  Smith,  was  thirteen  years  of  age  the  father, 
having  married  a  second  time,  removed  to  another  county. 

It  was  then  that  Upton  T.  Smith  went  to  make  his  home  with  a  cousin,  with  whom 
he  remained  for  about  four  years,  during  which  period  he  attended  the  country 
schools  and  also  spent  one  term  as  a  pupil  in  the  academy  at  Newburgh,  Maine.  He 
afterward  occupied  the  position  of  messenger  for  the  high  sheriff  of  Penobscot  county 
for  a  year.  In  May.  1861,  when  a  youth  of  but  seventeen  years,  he  responded  to  the 
first  call  of  the  country  for  troops  to  serve  for  three  months  in  the  Civil  war.  He 
enlisted  but  the  company  was  not  accepted  under  that  call.  On  the  2Sth  of  the  same 
month  he  enlisted  again,  becoming  a  member  of  Company  H,  Sixth  Maine  Infantry, 
which  was  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  participated  in  the  engagements 
of  Williamsburg,  Fair  Oaks,  Cold  Harbor,  Antietam,  Fredericksburg,  Rappahannock 
Station,  Chancellorsville,  Gettysburg  and  various  skirmishes.  He  was  always  at  the 
front  on  active  duty  but  was  never  wounded  or  captured.  After  three  years  of  faith- 
ful service  he  was  honorably  discharged  at  Portland,  Maine,  and  returned  to  Levant, 
that  state,  where  his  father  was  living. 

The  sheriff  of  Bangor,  Maine,  appointed  Mr.  Smith  to  the  office  of  deputy.  After 
three  months,  feeling  the  need  of  a  better  education,  he  attended  the  academy  at 
Searsport  and  a  year  later  became  a  student  in  Eastman's  Business  College  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  New  York,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  April,  1867.  He  then  taught 
school  for  one  term  at  Saddle  River,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  and  subsequently 
went  to  New  York  city,  where  he  was  employed  for  a  year  by  the  Brooklyn  City 
Railway  Company  in  the  capacity  of  conductor. 

It  was  while  there  that  Mr.  Smith  met  Parker  N.  Savage,  who  was  the  owner  of 
mining  properties  in  Colorado,  and  Mr.  Smith  accompanied  him  to  the  west,  arriving 

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at  Central  City  on  the  1st  of  March,  1869,  having  made  the  journey  by  stage  from 
Cheyenne.  He  then  engaged  in  prospecting  but  was  not  successful.  In  September, 
with  a  brother,  who  had  recently  come  from  Maine,  and  with  Newton  S.  Grout,  Mr. 
Smith  set  out  on  a  surveying  expedition.  In  the  tall  of  1869  he  entered  a  quarter 
section  of  land  on  section  26,  township  8.  range  68  west,  and  there  developed  and  im- 
proved a  farm,  to  which  he  afterward  added,  so  that  his  place  comprised  five  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  in  all. 

In  1872  Mr.  Smith  returned  to  Maine  and  in  the  town  of  Monroe,  on  the  8th  of 
November,  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  E.  Grout,  who  was  born  in  Jackson  township, 
Waldo  county,  Maine,  a  daughter  of  Robert  C.  and  Elizabeth  (Stowers)  Grout.  Four 
children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith.  Hattie  Avis,  born  upon  the  home  farm 
November  2.  1873,  became  the  wife  of  Thomas  Hall,  who  passed  away  on  February  12, 
1911.  To  this  union  were  born  seven  children  as  follows:  James  Ross,  Murray  Doug- 
las, George  Edwin,  John  Pringle,  Wallace  Treat,  Elizabeth  Isabelle  and  Guy  Monroe. 
Her  second  union  was  with  George  F.  Short,  of  the  Cripple  Creek  district  and  to 
them  was  born  Rose  Ella.  Edwin  W.,  head  of  the  commercial  department  of  the  North 
Side  high  school  of  Denver,  the  second  of  the  family,  was  born  February  19.  1878,  and 
married  Zelma  Woods,  of  Fort  Collins.  Guy  W.,  born  October  7,  18S5,  was  graduated 
from  the  State  University  of  Boulder  and  pursued  a  post  graduate  course  in  the  State 
University  of  Illinois  at  Champaign,  where  he  won  the  Ph.  D.  degree.  He  is  now  a 
teacher  of  higher  mathematics  in  the  State  University  of  Kentucky  at  Lexington. 
Roger  Putnam,  born  October  3,  1887,  and  a  direct  descendant  of  Israel  Putnam  of 
Revolutionary  war  fame,  was  graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Castle  Rock  and 
from  the  Agricultural  College  at  Fort  Collins  and  is  now  private  clerk  and  stenographer 
to  the  chief  of  police  of  Denver.     He  married  Elizabeth  Thompson,  of  Denver. 

Mr.  Smith  cast  his  first  presidential  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln  in  1864  and  has 
continued  a  stanch  republican  to  the  present  time.  He  was  elected  treasurer  of 
Douglas  county  and  continued  to  fill  that  office  for  seven  years.  During  his  term  of 
office  he  assisted  in  organizing  and  became  vice  president  of  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Castle  Rock,  and  soon  after  retiring  as  county  treasurer  helped  in  founding  the 
Peoples  Bank  of  Castle  Rock  of  which  he  was  chosen  president.  Owing  to  the  un- 
faithfulness of  a  cashier  the  bank  proved  only  a  partial  success  and  after  about  two 
■years  was  absorbed  by  the  First  National  Bank  of  Douglas  county.  Although  he  now 
lives  largely  retired,  he  is  still  doing  some  business  in  the  field  of  real  estate  and  also 
looking  after  some  property  for  others.  He  is  a  stockholder  and  one  of  the  directors 
of  a  county  newspaper  called  the  Record-Journal.  In  Grand  Army  circles  he  has  been  a 
very  prominent  figure.  He  was  a  member  of  Blunt  Post,  No.  65,  G.  A.  R.,  of  which 
he  was  the  first  commander,  occupying  that  position  for  two  terms.  He  is  now 
commander  of  Post  No.  65  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge  of  Castle 
Rock.  While  he  was  in  the  army  he  sent  ten  dollars  of  his  pay  home  each  month  to 
his  father  and  this  was  returned  to  him  when  he  resumed  his  education,  being  used 
to  meet  the  expenses  of  his  college  course.  The  thorough  educational  training  which 
he  received  constituted  the  basis  of  his  success  in  life.  His  has  been  a  most  useful, 
active  and  honorable  career,  winning  for  him  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  with 
whom  he  has  been  associated,  and  in  public  affairs  he  has  been  as  true  and  loyal  to 
the  welfare  of  his  country  as  when  he  followed  the  nation's  starry  banner  on  the 
battlefields  of  the  south. 


FRANK   J.   SCHMID. 

Frank  J.  Schmid,  a  farmer  of  Elbert  county,  was  born  in  Germany  in  1878,  a  son 
of  John  and  Annie  (Miller)  Schmid.  He  came  to  this  country  with  his  mother  when 
six  years  of  age  to  join  the  husband  and  father,  who  had  crossed  the  Atlantic  two 
years  before.  The  family  home  was  established  in  Kansas  City  and  after  acquiring 
a  limited  education  Frank  J.  Schmid  started  out  in  business  life  by  working  on  the 
railroad,  cleaning  engines  and  assisting  in  other  tasks  in  the  roundhouse.  He  later 
became  connected  with  the  brick  business  at  several  places,  working  at  different  times 
in  Trinidad  and  Pueblo,  Colorado.  He  continued  to  work  on  the  brick  press  for  four 
years  and  in  Pueblo  was  employed  by  the  Standard  Brick  Company  for  five  years. 
On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  returned  to  Trinidad  in  1897  and  in  1904  came  to 
his  present  place  which  is  situated  on  section  6.  township  12,  range  59,  and  he  also 
owns  a  quarter  of  section  60.  He  lived  in  a  sod  house  that  is  still  in  existence.  He 
had  to  encounter  many  of  the  hardships  which  are  conditions  of  pioneer  life.     When 


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276  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

he  arrived  in  this  section  the  county  was  yet  in  an  undeveloped  state.  On  the  prairies 
there  were  only  cattle  and  sheep;  little  of  the  land  was  cultivated,  and  many  believed 
that  it  was  not  possible  to  raise  crops  in  the  district.  His  financial  resources  were 
limited  at  the  time  of  his  arrival,  but  he  had  a  team  and  wagon,  harness,  a  cow  and 
calf  and  twenty-five  dollars  in  money.  During  the  first  year  he  could  only  plant  a 
small  tract  of  about  twenty  acres,  but  at  the  present  time  he  has  about  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  under  cultivation.  At  different  periods  he  found  it  necessary  to  go  out 
to  work  in  order  to  earn  a  little  ready  money.  He  has  seen  the  time  when  he  did 
not  have  a  pair  of  shoes  to  wear  and  when  there  was  no  food  in  the  house.  One  time 
he  traveled  twenty-eight  miles  to  a  store  to  see  if  the  people  would  let  him  have  some 
provisions  for  himself  and  his  wife  until  he  was  in  a  position  to  pay  for  them.  The 
storekeeper  refused  him  credit.  The  next  day  he  went  about  the  same  distance  and 
received  the  same  answer  from  another  merchant.  The  third  day,  however,  he  was 
very  lucky,  for  he  made  a  call  on  two  brothers  of  the  name  of  Keysor,  who  conducted 
a  little  store  a  few  miles  away,  and  they  extended  to  him  the  credit  which  he  required. 
As  time  passed  he  proved  up  on  his  property,  was  able  to  meet  all  of  his  indebtedness 
and  he  increased  his  original  holdings  until  now  four  hundred  and  ten  acres  are 
within  the  boundaries  of  his  farm.  In  1912  he  built  a  nice  home  and  he  has  all 
modern  improvements  upon  his  place.  A  very  substantial  measure  of  success  has 
attended  his  efforts  during  the  past  few  years  and  he  is  now  very  profitably  carrying 
on  general  farming,  although  he  raises  cattle  to  some  extent. 

In  1903  Mr.  Schmid  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Miller,  a  daughter  of  Phillip 
and  Annie  (Mills)  Miller  and  a  native  of  Kentucky.  They  are  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist church  and  Mr.  Schmid  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party. 
He  is  very  much  interested  in  astronomy  and  is  ambitious  to  be  able  to  give  more 
of  his  time  to  the  study  of  that  science.  While  born  in  Germany,  he  is  thoroughly 
American  in  spirit,  interest  and  loyalty  and  he  and  his  wife  have  been  active  sup- 
porters of  the  Liberty  Loan  and  all  movements  that  will  promote  the  safety  and  wel- 
fare of  the  American  boys  at  the  front.  He  is  a  genial  gentleman,  kindly  and  courteous 
in  manner,  and  his  sterling  worth  and  ability  are  recognized  by  all. 


A.  J.  FYNN,  Ph.   D. 


Dr.  A.  J.  Fynn.  of  Denver,  educator,  author,  lecturer  and  musical  composer,  is 
well  known  throughout  the  entire  country,  particularly  by  reason  of  his  contribution 
to  the  literature  concerning  the  American  Indian.  Dr.  Fynn  was  born  on  a  farm  in 
Herkimer  county.  New  York,  a  son  of  Michael  and  Mary  (Barnes)  Fynn.  The  father 
was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  came  to  America  in  early  life,  settling  in  the  state  of 
New  York,  where  he  was  engaged  in  various  lines  of  business  until  the  Civil  war,  when 
he  volunteered  for  service,  enlisting  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  New  Y'ork 
Regiment  of  Infantry,  in  July,  1863,  and  losing  his  life  during  the  engagement  at 
Y'orktown  in  the  following  November.  His  wife  was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  died  in 
Salisbury,  New  Y'ork,  in  1908.  They  had  a  family  of  four  children,  those  still  living 
being  A.  J..  Hiram   A.  and   Phebe   H.,   the  two  brothers   being  residents   of   Denver. 

Dr.  A.  J.  Fynn  began  his  education  in  the  rural  schools  of  his  native  county  and 
afterwards  attended  Fairfield  Seminary.  He  was  graduated  on  the  completion  of  a 
preparatory  course  in  187S  and  later  entered  Tufts  College  of  Massachusetts,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree  in  1884.  In  1S87  he  won 
the  Master  of  Arts  degree  from  the  same  institution,  and  received  his  Doctor  of 
Philosophy  degree  from  the  University  of  Colorado  in  1899.  In  1914  Denver  Univer- 
sity  conferred   upon   him  the   honorary  degree   of   Doctor   of  Literature. 

After  winning  his  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree  he  resumed  his  educational  work,  having 
formerly  taught  in  the  rural  schools  and  the  union  districts  of  his  native  state.  Tie 
also  spent  one  year  as  instructor  in  Fairfield  Seminary.  In  1S89  he  came  to  Colorado, 
and  was  elected  principal  of  the  Central  City  high  school.  He  was  afterward  superin- 
tendent of  schools  in  Alamosa,  and  later  became  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Colorado  at  Boulder,  teaching  and  attending  lectures  at  the  same  time. 
On  leaving  that  institution  he  removed  to  Denver  in  1S99  and  has  since  had  the  super- 
vision of  three  different  schools  of  the  city.  In  1915  he  became  principal  of  the  Gilpin 
school,  which  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  excellent  and  thorough  of  the  public 
educational  institutions  of  the  state.  In  addition  to  this,  for  several  years  he  has  been 
connected  with  the  extension  work  of  Denver  University  as  professor  of  anthropology 
and  literature,  and  is  constantly  in  demand  as  a  lecturer  on  these  subjects.     Another 


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278  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

branch  of  his  educational  work  is  that  of  Normal  Institute  conductor.  Dr.  Fynn  thinks 
that  the  aim  of  modern  American  education  should  be,  first,  to  make  the  child  appre- 
ciate his  own  country  through  careful  study  of  its  language,  literature,  history,  gov- 
ernment and  social  institutions,  and,  second,  lo  develop  the  child  in  the  direction  of 
his  natural  aptitudes  so  that  he  may  become  an  efficient  citizen. 

A  lifelong  student,  Dr.  Fynn  has  constantly  extended  his  researches  and  investi- 
gations into  various  fields,  and  he  is  the  author  and  publisher  of  several  works  not  only 
of  high  literary  but  also  of  scientific  merit.  Of  his  volume  entitled  "The  American 
Indian  as  a  Product  of  Environment"  the  Boston  Transcript  said:  "Perhaps  no  other 
book  gives  in  small  compass  a  truer  idea  of  the  Indian  and  his  life."  The  Washington 
Star  stated  that  "The  final  chapter,  in  which  is  found  Dr.  Fynn's  conclusions  as  to  the 
facts  he  has  observed  and  assimilated,  is  convincing  in  its  breadth  of  view  and  calm- 
ness of  judgment."  The  Review  of  Reviews  said:  "While  Dr.  Fynn's  work  has  especial 
reference  to  the  Pueblo  Indians  of  the  Southwest,  his  chapters  contain  many  sugges- 
tions which  have  force  as  related  to  the  study  of  other  Indian  tribes.  There  is  no 
attempt  at  technical  discussion,  but  all  of  Dr.  Fynn's  comments  are  of  interest  to  the 
general  reader  as  well  as  to  the  student  of  anthropology."  Equally  favorable  com- 
ments were  made  by  the  press  in  all  sections  of  the  country. 

Dr.  Fynn  has  also  written  the  words  and  composed  the  music  for  a  number  of 
popular  songs,  including  "The  Mohawk,"  which  is  said  to  reproduce  in  music  the  emo- 
tions produced  by  the  fascinating  landscape  of  the  Mohawk  valley.  He  is  also  the 
writer  of  the  song,  "Where  the  Columbines  Grow,"  which  has  been  adopted  by  the 
Colorado  Legislature  as  the  official  state  song,  the  spirit  of  the  great  romantic  West 
being  suggested  in  its  every  line  of  verse  and  every  strain  of  music.  His  latest 
production  is  entitled,  "Brother  Jonathan  Leaves  Home,"  a  patriotic  song,  voicing 
the  spirit  of  the  recent  war. 

Dr.  Fynn  was  married  in  August,  1902,  to  Miss  Mary  McDonald,  of  Woodville. 
New  York,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  McDonald. 

Fraternally,  he  is  a  prominent  Knight  Templar  Mason;  in  politics  is  a  republi- 
can; and  in  religious  faith  a  Universalist.  He  has  held  the  presidency  of  the  Denver 
Teachers'  Club  and  of  the  Philosophical  Society,  and  has  been  for  years  chairman  of 
the  educational  committee  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Schoolmasters'  Club,  a  director  and  the  treasurer  of  the 
State  Historical  and  Natural  History  Society,  and  a  life  member  of  the  Archeological 
Institute  of  America.  He  has  made  valuable  contributions  to  the  sum  total  of  human 
knowledge  and  with  definite  purpose  his  labors  and  investigations  are  carried  forward 
to  the  accomplishment  of  a  given  end. 


MRS.   MYRTLE  CRAWFORD. 


Mrs.  Myrtle  Crawford  is  the  superintendent  of  the  schools  of  Washington  county 
and  makes  her  home  in  Otis,  where  her  husband  John  H.  Crawford,  is  engaged  in 
business  as  a  druggist.  They  are  well  known  and  highly  esteemed  people  of  the 
town.  Mrs.  Crawford  was  born  in  Maryville,  Missouri,  a  daughter  of  Alvin  S.  Charles, 
a  native  of  Illinois,  who  removed  to  Missouri  and  was  for  many  years  engaged  in 
merchandising  at  Maryville.  His  last  days  were  spent  in  St.  Joseph,  that  state,  where 
he  passed  away  in  1911.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  having  served  throughout 
the  entire  period  of  hostilities  between  the  north  and  the  south  as  a  defender  of  the 
Union  cause.  His  religious  faith  was  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  to 
which  he  always  loyally  adhered.  In  early  manhood  he  wedded  Fannie  E.  Davis,  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  who  survives  and  is  now  living  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Crawford. 
In  the  family  were  three  sons  and  four  daughters,  but  two  of  the  sons  have  now 
passed  away.  The  surviving  son,  Virgil  N.  Charles,  is  a  first  lieutenant  at  Camp  Bowie, 
Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Mrs.  Crawford  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Maryville,  passing  through 
consecutive  grades  to  her  graduation  from  the  high  school;  and  in  the  Maryville 
Seminary,  in  which  she  pursued  a  classical  course.  She  afterward  entered  the  Colorado 
State  Teachers  College  at  Greeley,  where  she  won  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Pedagogy. 
Taking  up  the  profession  of  teaching,  she  soon  proved  her  ability  to  impart  clearly 
and  readily  to  others  the  knowledge  which  she  had  acquired  and  for  five  years  she 
successfully  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Otis,  becoming  principal  of  the  school. 
In  November.  1918,  she  was  elected  superintendent  of  the  public  schools  of  Washing- 
ton  county  and   is  now  occupying  that   position.     She   is   carefully   studying   the   con- 


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ditions  of  the  school  system  of  the  county  and  is  doing  everything  in  her  power  to 
inaugurate  new  and  improved  methods  which  shall  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  school 
system. 

In  1903  Myrtle  Charles  became  the  wife  of  John  H.  Crawford,  of  Graham,  Missouri, 
who  is  now  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Otis,  having  a  well  appointed  stcre. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masons  and  the  Odd  Fellows  and  is  a  faithful 
follower  of  the  teachings  of  these  organizations.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crawford  have  been 
born  two  children:  Marceline,  fourteen  years  of  age;  and  William  Edward,  a  youth 
of  eleven  years.  The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
and  in  its  work  they  take  an  active  and  helpful  interest,  Mrs.  Crawford  now  serving 
as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school.  They  have  a  nice  home  in  Otis  which  is 
the  abode  of  warm-hearted  hospitality  and  is  the  center  of  a  cultured  society  circle. 


GEORGE  W.  FOOTE. 


George  W.  Foote,  who  is  now  living  largely  retired  in  Loveland,  Larimer  county, 
Colorado,  although  he  yet  serves  as  president  of  the  Larimer  County  Bank  &  Trust 
Company,  has  in  many  ways  made  valuable  contributions  toward  development  and  up- 
building in  his  part  of  the  state.  Foremost  among  the  lines  of  activity  with  which  he 
was  connected  were  cattle  interests,  in  which  business  he  was  a  leader,  and  later  he 
also  was  for  a  number  of  years  very  successful  in  the  livery  business,  maintaining 
stage  lines  while  so  engaged.  Through  his  efforts  high  standards  of  cattle  breeding 
were  introduced  into  his  county  and  he  thereby  built  up  not  only  a  most  prosperous 
individual  business  but  set  a  valuable  example  for  others  to  follow.  For  over  forty 
years  he  has  now  been  a  resident  of  Larimer  county,  having  come  here  in  1874,  so  that 
he  is  numbered  among  the  honored  pioneers  of  his  section. 

Born  in  Mill  Creek  Hundred  (New  Castle  county),  Delaware.  November  23,  1842, 
Mr.  Foote  is  a  son  of  William  and  Susan  (Faulk)  Foote,  natives  of  New  Castle  county, 
that  state.  The  father  was  an  agriculturist  by  occupation  and  passed  his  entire  life 
upon  the  farm  on  whicli  he  was  born  but  he  died  at  liis  summer  home  at  New  Garden, 
Pennsylvania,  at  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-five  years.  Tlie  paternal  grandfather  of 
our  subject  was  William  Foote.  Sr.,  who  was  a  prosperous  cooper  and  also  gave  some 
attention  to  agriculture  in  Delaware,  while  the  maternal  grandfather,  John  Faulk,  a 
lifelong  resident  of  that  state,  was  a  miller.  William  Foote  was  recognized  as  one  of 
the  most  enterprising  agriculturists  of  his  county,  introducing  many  efficient  methods 
and  new  ideas  along  that  line,  and  was  also  highly  regarded  as  a  citizen,  for  he  was 
always  progressive  and  public-spirited,  readily  giving  his  aid  and  support  to  measures 
which  he  recognized  as  of  value  to  his  community.  Politically  he  was  an  adherent  of 
the  whig  party.  His  wife  also  attained  a  ripe  old  age,  passing  away  after  having  com- 
pleted her  eighty-seventh  year. 

George  W.  Foote  was  reared  upon  his  father's  farm,  acquiring  such  education  as 
the  earlier  schools  of  Newcastle  county.  Delaware,  alTorded.  and  after  laying  aside  his 
textbooks  he  remained  with  his  parents  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty  years.  In 
the  meantime  having  heard  favorable  reports  in  regard  to  the  excellent  opportunities 
presented  in  the  then  far  west,  he  decided  to  follow  Horace  Greeley's  advice  and  in 
1874  came  to  Colorado,  locating  at  that  time  in  Greeley,  where  he  remained  for  about 
six  years.  During  this  period  he  bought  and  successfully  operated  a  stage  line  be- 
tween Greeley  and  Namaqua  continuing  thus  for  five  years.  He  then  sold  out  and  in 
1881  came  to  Loveland,  Colorado,  where  he  became  associated  with  a  Mr.  Stoddard  in 
the  livery  and  sales  stable  business.  This  partnership  was  maintained  for  twenty-two 
years  to  the  mutual  benefit  of  both  of  the  parties  concerned  and  at  the  end  of  that 
period  Mr.  Foote  disposed  of  his  interests.  In  1S78,  or  forty  years  ago,  Mr.  Foote  ac- 
quired title  to  land  near  Loveland  and  in  1887  he  thereon  erected  a  handsome  residence. 
Following  in  the  footsteps  of  his  progressive  father,  he  soon  derived  a  gratifying 
income  from  his  original  tract,  which  enabled  him  to  acquire  more  land  as  the  years 
passed  until  he  now  owns  twenty-seven  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  three  hundred  and 
twenty  of  which  are  located  in  Weld  county,  while  the  remainder  is  in  Larimer  county. 
Mr.  Foote  engaged  in  the  raising  of  pure  bred  cattle,  acquiring  a  fine  herd  of  Galloways. 
He  built  up  an  excellent  and  profitable  business  along  this  line,  being  recognized  as 
one  of  the  foremost  cattle  breeders  within  the  state.  Moreover,  he  also  turned  to 
feeding  cattle  and  derived  a  gratifying  addition  to  his  income  from  this  source.  Among 
his  holdings  were  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  located  where  the  sugar  factory  now 
stands  and  which  he  sold  to  that  concern  at  a  considerable  advance.     A  great  deal  of 


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282  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

his  land  he  rents  but  he  is  still  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  although  he  has  largely 
retired  from  the  active  work,  now  giving  his  attention  chiefly  to  the  managing  and 
financial  end  of  his  affairs.  In  1894  Mr.  Foote  became  interested  in  banking,  being 
elected  vice  president  of  the  Larimer  County  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  while  seven  years 
later,  or  in  1901,  he  was  elected  to  the  chief  executive  position,  that  of  president.  As 
such  he  has  since  served  to  the  great  advantage  of  the  institution  over  which  he  pre- 
sides, which  is  conducted  along  proven  and  conservative  methods,  having  attained  a 
reputation  as  one  of  the  best  banks  of  this  part  of  the  state.  At  the  same  time  pro- 
gressive ideas  are  followed  in  its  management,  for  the  officers  of  the  bank  are  ever 
ready  to  extend  credit  where  financial  aid  is  needed  in  order  to  promote  new  enter- 
prises or  make  possible  important  business  deals  which  result  in  the  upbuilding  and 
development  of  the  region.  The  policy  of  the  bank  is  largely  laid  down  by  Mr.  Foote, 
who  has  not  only  an  intimate  knowledge  of  local  conditions  but  has  also  acquired  a 
business  insight  which  has  made  him  a  most  trustworthy  as  well  as  experienced  banker. 
While  engaged  in  the  livery  business  Mr.  Foote  operated  a  stage  line  from  Loveland  to 
Estes  Park,  continuing  in  that  business  for  seven  years,  and  being  very  successful  in 
that  enterprise. 

Before  his  migration  to  the  west  George  W.  Foote  was  united  in  marriage  to  Sarah 
A.  Woodward,  the  ceremony  being  performed  in  the  east  in  1869.  To  this  union  were 
born  two  children:  James  Lindsey.  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  and  Anna 
J.,  deceased.  Mrs.  Foote  passed  away  in  1893  and  in  1894  Mr.  Foote  wedded  Delia  E. 
Weaver,  of  Muscotah,  Atchison  county,  Kansas,  a  daughter  of  Conrad  and  Sarah 
(Hershman)  Weaver,  the  former  a  native  of  Germany  and  tlie  latter  of  Ohio.  The 
father  was  a  successful  farmer  and  in  the  early  days  of  the  history  of  the  state  w-ent 
to  Kansas,  locating  near  Muscotah.  where  he  purchased  land.  This  tract  he  improved, 
making  it  a  valuable  property,  and  has  operated  the  same  to  the  present  time,  his  wife 
also  surviving.  The  father  was  but  seven  years  of  age  when  he  was  brought  to 
America  and  during  the  confiict  between  the  north  and  south  took  up  the  banner  of 
the  Union,  fighting  during  the  last  year  of  that  struggle  in  order  to  preserve  the  Union 
under  one  flag.  To  the  second  marriage  of  Mr.  Foote  were  born  three  children:  Lester 
G.,  a  successful  agriculturist,  who  resides  north  of  Loveland;  Edna  D..  who  is  attend- 
ing school;  and  Albert  W.,  who  passed  away  in  May,  1908,  at  the  age  of  six  years. 

The  family  stand  high  in  their  community,  being  numbered  among  the  most 
prominent  people  of  the  neighborhood,  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Foote  often  entertaining  their 
many  friends  in  their  beautiful  and  hospitable  home.  They  have  ever  been  deeply  in- 
terested in  uplift  and  progress  along  intellectual  as  well  as  moral  lines  and  have  ever 
given  their  help  to  worthy  public  enterprises.  Their  beautiful  and  modern  home  is 
located  at  No.  343  East  Fifth  Street,  in  Loveland.  The  Foote  family  is  distinctively 
American  and  is  very  prominently  connected  in  the  east  and  middle  west,  being  blood 
kin  to  some  of  the  famous  men  and  women  of  the  past  century,  among  them  Harriet 
Beecher  Stowe.  of  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  fame,  and  the  famous  Brooklyn  preacher,  Henry 
Ward  Beecher.  Mr.  Foote  of  this  review  is  fully  upholding  the  traditions  connected 
with  the  family  name,  being  now  numbered  among  the  most  successful  as  well  as  pros- 
perous men  of  his  district  and  also  being  a  representative  of  the  highest  type  of 
American  citizenship.  His  political  affiliation  is  with  the  republican  party  but  he  has 
never  desired  office.  Fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  Mrs.  Foote  is  a  devoted  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in  the  work 
of  which  she  is  helpfully  interested.  Both  enjoy  the  highest  regard  and  respect  of  all 
who  know  them,  having  throughout  their  lives  contributed  toward  the  elevation  of 
standards  that  affect  living  conditions  here,  by  furthering  those  ideals  which  perfect 
human  conduct  and  action. 


LEONARD  A.  SWEET. 


With  the  ever  increasing  demand  for  automobile  housing  in  the  city  of  Denver  new- 
garages  for  this  purpose  have  been  established  from  time  to  time  and  many  of  these 
in  recent  years  have  built  up  a  business  of  extensive  proportions  not  only  in  housing 
cars  but  in  making  repairs  and  furnishing  supplies.  The  Denver  Garage,  owned  by 
Leonard  A.  Sweet,  is  perhaps  one  of  the  best  managed  and  most  conveniently  located  in 
the  city  and  is  patronized  by  many  of  the  downtown  business  men  and  bankers  of 
Denver.  It  has  grown  in  popularity  ever  since  the  day  that  it  was  opened  and  its  patron- 
age is  now  extensive. 

Mr.  Sweet,  the  proprietor,  was  born  in  Independence.   Iowa,  May  1,  1876,  a  son  of 


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Anson  C.  and  Ida  (Blood)  Sweet,  the  former  born  in  the  state  of  New  York  and  the 
latter  in  the  state  of  Wisconsin.  The  father  removed  to  Iowa  in  early  life  and  on  leav- 
ing that  state  established  his  home  in  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  business  for  a  considerable  period.  In  later  years,  however,  he  has 
lived  a  retired  life  and  is  now  making  his  home  in  Independence,  Iowa,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-nine  years.  He  has,  however,  retained  all  of  his  interest  in  Colorado,  where 
the  mother  of  Leonard  A.  Sweet,  still  makes  her  home.  They  had  a  family  of  three 
children,  of  whom  one  died  in  infancy.  A  brother,  H.  B.  Sweet,  is  a  resident  of  Sidney, 
Nebraska,  and  is  proprietor  of  the  Sidney  Motor  Company. 

The  eldest  of  the  family  is  Leonard  A.  Sweet  of  this  review,  who  after  completing 
a  high  school  education  at  Independence,  Iowa,  came  to  Denver  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  1,1st  decade  of  the  nineteenth  century.  Here  he  entered  the  internal  revenue  depart- 
ment as  cashier  and  remained  a  trusted  government  employe  for  twenty  years.  At 
the  end  of  that  period  he  started  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account  and  in  1917 
established  the  Denver  Garage  at  Nos.  1437-39  California  street.  This  is  in  the  very 
heart  of  the  downtown  shopping  district  of  Denver  and  since  the  day  the  garage  was 
opened  it  has  proven  a  profitable  business  venture  and  is  today  one  of  the  most  popular 
establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Sweet  also  maintains  a  repair  department 
and  carries  a  full  line  of  accessories.  He  is  now  negotiating  to  handle  a  new  car  that 
will  be  on  the  market  in  a  short  time. 

For  a  few  months  while  holding  his  government  position  in  connection  with  the 
interna)  revenue  department  Mr.  Sweet  acted  as  assessor,  by  appointment,  of  Arapahoe 
county,  but  aside  from  this  has  never  held  public  office  and  has  always  voted  independ- 
ently. 

On  the  6th  of  June,  1916,  Mr.  Sweet  was  married  to  Mrs.  Helen  Thomas,  the  widow 
of  Harry  Thomas,  of  Denver,  who  by  her  former  marriage  had  a  daughter,  Charlotte 
Thomas,  born  in  Denver.  While  a  native  of  Iowa,  Mr.  Sweet  has  spent  almost  his  entire 
life  in  Denver  and  while  he  has  never  sought  to  figure  prominently  in  public  connections 
he  has  become  well  known  in  the  city  and  his  fidelity  to  duty  while  in  the  government 
service  as  well  as  his  enterprise  in  business  circles  have  gained  for  him  a  creditable 
position  in  the  regard  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 


LAFAYETTE   MILLER. 

Lafayette  Miller,  who  departed  this  life  in  1888,  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers 
of  Colorado  who  contributed  in  substantial  measure  to  the  early  development  of  the 
state  and  aided  in  laying  broad  and  deep  the  foundation  upon  which  has  been  built 
the  present  progress  and  prosperity  of  the  commonwealth.  The  town  of  Lafayette 
was  named  in  his  honor,  as  he  was  once  the  owner  of  the  land  upon  which  it  stands, 
having  secured   the  tract  as  a  homestead  from  the   government. 

Mr.  Miller  was  born  in  Toulon.  Illinois,  March  18,  1840,  a  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Ann  (Able)  Miller,  whQ  were  natives  of  New  Jersey  and  after  living  for  some  time  in 
Illinois  removed  to  Linn  county,  Iowa,  where  they  settled  upon  a  farm,  which  they 
made   their   abiding   place   throughout   their   remaining   days. 

Lafayette  Miller  was  reared  and  educated  in  Iowa,  and  having  arrived  at  years 
of  maturity,  was  married  there  in  1S62  to  Miss  Mary  E*  Foot,  a  native  of  the  state 
of  New  York  and  a  daughter  of  John  B.  and  Sallie  (Cole)  Foot,  the  former  a  native 
of  Massachusetts,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  the  Empire  state.  They  removed  to 
Michigan  in  1852  and  in  1858  became  residents  of  Iowa,  settling  upon  a  farm,  where 
they  made  their  home  until  1868,  when  they  came  to  Colorado  and  established  their 
residence  in  Boulder  county.  Again  the  father  secured  a  tract  of  land,  which  he  con- 
verted into  a  productive  farm,  he  and  his  wife  living  upon  that  place  until  they  were 
called  to  the  home  beyond.  They  had  a  family  of  ten  children,  but  only  two  of  the 
number  now  survive. 

Following  his  marriage  in  1862,  Lafayette  Miller,  accompanied  by  his  bride,  started 
across  the  plains  with  ox  team  and  wagon  and  after  traveling  for  about  three  months 
they  reached  their  destination.  They  located  on  a  farm  in  Boulder  county,  where  he 
built  a  log  cabin,  the  roof  covering  being  hay  and  dirt.  He  secured  a  homestead  of 
eighty  acres  and  later  he  purchased  an  improved  farm,  while  subsequently  he  took  up 
his  abode  on  Rock  creek.  There  he  conducted  a  stage  tavern  and  resided  at  that  place 
until  1870,  when  he  purchased  the  land  on  which  the  village  of  Lafayette  now  stands. 
The  town  was  founded  by  his  widow,  who  named  it  in  honor  of  her  husband.  Mr.  Miller 
led  an  active,  busy  and  useful  life  and  his  labors  contributed   in   marked   measure  to 


284  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the   substantial    development    and    upbuilding    of    the    district    in    which    he   made    hia 
home. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  were  born  six  children:  Thomas  J.  and  Charles  L.,  both 
deceased:  George  I.,  who  resides  upon  the  home  farm;  Frank  S.,  also  deceased;  James 
P.,  who  is  now  an  attorney,  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  at  Houston, 
Texas;    and  Amelia  A.,  who  has  departed  this  life.     There  are  six  grandchildren. 

The  family  circle  was  again  broken  by  the  hand  of  death  when  in  1888  Mr.  Miller 
was  called  to  his  final  rest.  He  left  behind  him  many  friends,  as  well  as  his  imme- 
diate family,  who  mourned  the  loss  of  a  devoted  huband  and  father,  one  who  was 
always  anxious  to  put  forth  every  possible  effort  if  it  would  advance  the  welfare  and 
happiness  of  the  members  of  his  household.  Mr.  Miller  always  took  an  active  part  in 
politics  and  was  a  stanch  supporter  of  democracy.  Fraternally  he  was  connected  with 
the  Masons  and  the  Odd  Fellows  and  was  a  loyal  adherent  of  the  teachings  of  those 
organizations. 

Mrs.  Miller  has  been  very  active  in  temperance  work  and  has  been  an  equally 
effective  worker  in  behalf  of  the  schools,  serving  for  eight  years  on  the  school  board. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  is  most  earnest  in  the  work  thereof.  In 
fact  her  aid  and  influence  are  always  given  on  the  side  of  right,  progress,  truth,  reform 
and  improvement  and  her  efforts  have  been  productive  of  splendid  results  along  those 
lines.  She  now  owns  and  occupies  a  fine  residence  in  the  village  of  La-fayette  and 
she  is  one  of  Colorado's  honored  pioneer  women,  having  for  fifty-six  years 
within  the  borders  of  the  state. 


EDWARD  W.  ROBINSON. 


Edward  W.  Robinson,  lumber  and  coal  merchant  of  Denver  and  one  of  the  repre- 
sentative business  men  and  manufacturers  of  the  city,  was  born  in  Waterloo,  Lower 
Canada,  now  the  province  of  Quebec,  August  4,  1858,  a  son  of  Rev.  George  C.  and 
Harriet  J.  (Whitten)  Robinson.  The  mother  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  whence  she 
made  her  way  to  Canada  in  early  life.  The  father  was  born  in  Waterloo,  Lower 
Canada,  his  parents  having  removed  there  from  Vermont.  He  was  a  very  faithful  and 
highly  esteemed  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England  in  Canada.  He  died  in  Aylmer, 
Quebec,  Canada  in  1882,  since  which  time  Mrs.  Robinson  has  come  to  Denver,  where 
she  makes  her  home.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom  three  are  still 
living:     Harriet  S.,  Harold  F.  and  Edward  W.,  all  residents  of  Denver. 

Edward  W.  Robinson  attended  public  school  in  different  places  in  Canada  and  high 
school  at  Montreal.  He  was  then  employed  in  various  ways,  working  some  time  in  a 
general  store.  In  18S4  he  went  to  Florida,  settling  at  Orlando,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed in  a  hardware  store  for  a  short  time.  He  then  went  to  Davenport,  Thayer* 
county,  Nebraska,  where  he  started  in  the  lumber  and  coal  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count, which  business  he  successfully  conducted  for  eight  years,  also  having  branch 
yards  at  Shickley  and  Oak,  Nebraska,  a  part  of  this  time. 

Mr.  Robinson  settled  in  Denver  in  1892  buying  out  the  Cone  Lumber  and  Coal 
Company.  He  has  since  established  a  large  woodworking  mill  which  is  thoroughly 
equipped  with  the  latest  improved  machinery  for  doing  all  kinds  of  wood  work.  His 
motto  is  "Good  Service." 

On  the  1st  of  March,  1892,  Mr.  Robinson  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  J.  Bishop, 
of  Ottawa,  Canada,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Bishop,  of  that  city.  They 
have  become  the  parents  of  three  children.  The  eldest.  Norah  L.,  now  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Moody,  born  in  Denver  in  1893,  graduated  from  Miss  Wolcott's  School  of  Denver  and 
Wellesley  College  of  Massachusetts  and  is  the  wife  of  Lieutenant  A.  E.  Moody,  of 
Golden,  Colorado,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Massachusetts  School  of  Technology  and  is 
now  in  France,  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  Coast  Artillery  and  an  aerial  observer.  Se- 
leucia,  born  in  Denver  in  1895,  is  also  a  graduate  of  Miss  Wolcott's  School  and  of  Dana 
Hall,  Wellesley.  George  Sidney,  born  in  Denver  in  1897,  is  a  graduate  of  Colorado 
College.  He  enlisted  as  a  flyer  in  aviation  and  has  completed  the  ground  school  work 
at  Berkeley,  California,  and  the  flying  at  Southern  Field,  Americus,  Georgia. 

In  politics  Mr.  Robinson  is  an  independent  democrat.  He  served  on  the  park  board 
of  Denver,  from  1912  until  1914,  and  assisted  in  starting  Denver's  beautiful  system  of 
mountain  parks.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Masons,  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  of  Den- 
ver, with  which  he  has  been  identified  for  many  years.  He  is  likewise  treasurer  of  the 
South  Denver  Community  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  is  a  director  of  the 


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Mountain  Club  and  a  member  of  the  State  Historical  and  Natural  History  Society. 
His  interests  and  activities,  as  thus  indicated,  are  broad  and  varied,  touching  the 
general  interests  and  welfare  of  society,  while  as  a  business  man  he  has  contributed 
to  the  commercial  development  of  the  city  as  well  as  he  has  promoted  his  individual 
fortunes. 


WALTER    EUDEAN    HOLT. 


Walter  Eudean  Holt  is  one  of  the  extensive  landowners  of  Elbert  county,  where 
he  has  made  his  home  since  18S6,  or  for  a  period  of  almost  a  third  of  a  century.  He 
was  born  in  Hardin  county,  Iowa.  July  14,  1868,  a  son  of  John  H.  and  Mary  Jane  Holt, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ohio  and  of  English  descent,  while  in  the  maternal  line 
the  ancestry  in  America  is  traced  back  to  one  of  the  early  colonial  families  of  Virginia. 

Walter  E.  Holt  pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  state  and  was 
a  young  man  of  eighteen  years  when  he  left  the  Mississippi  valley  and  came  to  Colo- 
rado, where  he  has  since  resided.  He  located  in  Elbert  county  and  as  the  years  have 
passed  has  made  for  himself  a  most  creditable  position  in  its  agricultural  circles.  He 
is  now  the  owner  of  nine  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  rich  and  valuable  land,  which 
he  has  brought  to  a  high  state  of  productivity.  The  methods  which  he  employs  in  the 
cultivation  of  his  farm  are  most  progressive  and  resultant  and  his  labors  have  been 
attended   with   excellent   success. 

In  1895  Mr.  Holt  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Bertha  Housh,  a  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Housh  Danneman  and  her  first  husband,  Sydney  Housh.  The  death 
of  Mrs.  Holt  on  October  7,  1917,  was  greatly  mourned  by  a  host  of  friends  who  had 
been  cheered  and  assisted  by  her  attentions  in  illness  and  who  always  looked  to  her 
as  the  leader  in  all  of  the  women's  farm  movements  of  this  section.  She  had  exerted 
marked  influence  for  progress  in  the  community  and  her  genuine  worth  was  acknowl- 
edged by  all. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holt  were  born  a  daughter,  Bertha,  who  is  the  wife  of  Norman 
H.  Mcllhenney.  a  son  of  one  of  Elbert  county's  most  noted  public  men  and  who  is 
in  the  service  of  his  country  abroad;  and  a  son.  Jack,  on  July  20,  1899,  who  is  there- 
fore nineteen  years  of  age.  He  remains  upon  the  farm  with  his  father,  whom  he 
greatly  assists  by  relieving  him  of  much  of  the  active  work.  Jack  Holt  is  a  likeable, 
pleasant  mannered  young  chap,  who  takes  up  life's  duties  with  a  serious  mind  and  stead- 
fast purpose  and  is  full  of  youthful  energy. 

Mr.  Holt  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  in  1916  was 
elected  to  the  oflice  of  county  commissioner,  in  which  capacity  he  is  now  serving. 
He  has  always  been  loyal  to  the  best  interests  of  the  community  and  active  in  sup- 
port of  valuable  public  measures  but  has  never  been  a  politician  in  the  sense  of 
office  seeking.  His  farming  interests  have  largely  claimed  his  time  and  energy,  and 
the  results  of  his  close  application  and  intelligently  directed  efforts  have  been  most 
gratifying. 


MICHAEL   M.   RINN. 


Prominent  among  the  able  members  practicing  at  the  Boulder  bar  is  Michael  M. 
Rinn,  whose  thoroughness  combined  with  a  natural  gift  of  oratory  has  made  him  a 
strong  advocate  before  the  court,  while  his  sound  judgment  is  manifest  in  the  wisdom 
of  his  counsel.  He  was  born  in  Covington.  Indiana,  in  18S3,  and  is  therefore  yet  a 
comparatively  young  man  but  already  has  made  for  himself  a  place  in  professional 
circles  that  many  a  one  of  twice  his  years  might  well  envy.  His  father,  Thomas  M. 
Rinn,  was  born  in  County  Kerry,  Ireland,  but  in  infancy  was  brought  to  the  new 
world,  the  family  home  being  established  in  Indiana,  where  he  spent  his  remaining 
days,  his  death  occurring  in  Covington,  that  state,  in  1913. 

Michael  M.  Rinn  passed  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  Covington  and  pursued  his 
early  education  in  the  schools  there.  He  afterward  entered  the  University  of  Michigan, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1905  on  the  completion  of  a  law  course 
that  brought  to  him  the  LL.  B.  degree.  For  a  year  thereafter  he  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  Denver  but  in  1906  removed  to  Boulder,  where  he  opened  an  office  and 
has  since  followed  his  profession.  He  has  made  for  himself  a  creditable  position  at 
the   bar.     He    throws    himself   easily    and    naturally    into    the    argument    with    a    self- 


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288  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

possession  and  a  deliberation  that  indicate  no  straining  after  effect.  The  precision 
and  clearness  of  his  statement,  the  acuteness  and  strength  of  his  argument  indicate 
a  mind  trained  in  the  severest  school  of  investigation  and  to  which  the  closest  reason- 
ing has  become  habitual  and  easy. 

In  Covington,  Indiana,  in  1914,  Mr.  Rinn  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Fauneil 
Hall  and  they  are  now  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Alice  Marie.  Mr.  Rinn  is  a  director 
of  the  Citizens  National  Bank.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic 
party  and  for  five  years  he  has  filled  the  office  of  county  attorney  of  Boulder  county 
but  has  sought  no  political  preferment  outside  the  strict  path  of  his  profession.  He 
belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  to  the  Phi  Delta  Phi  fraternity 
and  to  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  being  entitled  to  membership  in  that 
organization  through  his  maternal  ancestry.  He  stands  for  progress  and  improvement 
In  all  community  affairs  and  has  taken  active  part  in  advancing  many  interests  which 
have  been  of  great  worth  to  the  city  in  which  he  lives. 


COLOMAN  JONAS. 


Coloman  Jonas,  prominent  in  the  art  of  taxidermy  and  animal  group  mounting, 
having  won  international  fame  in  this  connection,  and  also  a  most  successful  furrier 
of  Denver,  has  proof  of  his  fine  workmanship  and  ability  in  many  large  natural  history 
museums  in  the  country.  He  was  born  in  Budapest,  Hungary,  February  18,  1879, 
a  son  of  John  and  Julia  (Szilady)  Jonas,  who  were  also  natives  of  that  country.  The 
father  was  identified  with  the  government  postal  service  throughout  the  greater  part 
of  his  active  lite  and  is  still  living  in  Budapest,  but  the  mother  has  passed  away.  In 
the  family  were  twelve  children,  eight  of  whom  survive.  One  of  these  was  Louis  Jonas, 
a  brother  of  Coloman  Jonas  and  until  the  declaration  of  war  a  partner  in  business 
with  him.  He  enlisted  in  the  national  army  as  a  member  of  the  Engineering  Corps 
and  is  now  serving  with  the  rank  of  sergeant  in  France.  This  young  man  is  one  of 
America's  leading  sculptors.  He  has  made  a  speciaS  study  of  animal  life  and  has 
done  some  wonderful  work  in  his  art,  making  his  studies  from  life.  He  was  a  student 
under  Professor  Proctor,  the  distinguished  New  York  sculptor,  and  was  for  four  years 
connected  with  the  American  Museum  of  Natural  History  in  New  York  city.  John 
Jonas,  the  second  brother,  has  charge  of  a  branch  house  in  Livingston,  Montana,  and 
he,  too,  is  well  known  as  a  taxidermist.  A  sister.  Miss  Zella  Jonas,  is  also  in  business 
with  her  brother  and  has  charge  of  the  Denver  fur  department.  Four  of  the  family, 
Stephen,  Laslo,  Geza  and  Ethel  Jonas,  are  still  living  in  Budapest.  Hungary. 

Mr.  Jonas  of  this  review  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth  in  the  family.  He  attended 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native  country  and  afterward  pursued  special  courses. 
Later  he  took  up  the  study  of  animal  life  and  of  taxidermy  under  the  direction  of  a 
firm  in  Budapest  that  had  an  international  reputation.  He  continued  to  devote  his 
time  and  thought  to  that  work  and  remained  with  the  firm  for  ten  years,  gaining 
broad  and  valuable  experience.  As  he  became  more  proficient  in  his  art  his  fame  in 
that  connection  spread  and  he  believed  that  his  experience  justified  his  removal  to 
America  with  the  purpose  of  engaging  in  business  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  Ac- 
cordingly in  February,  1905,  he  arrived  in  the  United  States  and  settled  first  at  Col- 
orado Springs,  where  he  remained  in  business  for  three  years.  He  then  removed  to 
Denver  in  1908  and  has  since  won  a  reputation  and  built  up  a  business  that  is  one 
of  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the  west.  In  1917  he  received  orders  for  furs  and  for 
animal  mounting  from  thirty-eight  different  states.  He  carries  a  very  extensive  line 
of  fine  furs  of  all  kinds  and  at  the  same  time  the  taxidermy  department  of  his  business 
is  a  most  extensive  and  important  one.  Specimens  of  his  splendid  work  in  this  con- 
nection are  seen  in  some  of  the  natural  history  museums  of  the  country  and  there  is 
no  one  who  gets  more  lifelike  results  in  the  mounting  of  animals  and  birds  than  Mr. 
Jonas. 

On  the  17th  of  June,  1912,  Mr.  Jonas  was  married  to  Esther  (Balogh)  Bordas, 
of  Denver,  the  widow  of  Paul  Bordas.  She  had  two  children  by  her  first  marriage 
who  have  since  taken  the  name  of  Jonas.  These  are:  Helen,  born  in  Budapest  in 
1902  and  now  attending  the  high  school  at  Denver;  and  Joseph,  born  in  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois, in  1905,  and  also  in  school.  There  is  one  child  of  the  second  marriage,  Esther, 
born  in  Denver  in  1913. 

In  politics  Mr.  Jonas  maintains  an  independent  course.  Fraternally  he  Is  con- 
nected with  the  Denver  Lodge  of  Elks,  No.  17.  He  belongs  to  the  Civic  and  Commer- 
cial Association,  also  to  the  Manufacturers  Association,  the  Kiwanis  Club  and  to  the 


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Ad  Club  and  he  is  an  officer  of  the  First  Reformed  church  of  Denver.  He  has  never 
had  occasion  to  regret  his  determination  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  new  world.  He  has 
here  found  excellent  opportunities  and  a  quick  recognition  of  his  superior  skill  and 
ability  and  as  the  years  have  passed  he  has  built  up  a  business  of  most  extensive  and 
gratifying  porportions.  Since  he  and  his  brother  established  their  branch  store  in 
Montana  E.  A.  Lockwood,  of  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  made  the  statement  that  others  would 
either  have  to  improve  their  methods  or  go  out  of  business,  which  indicates  the  care 
and  painstaking  methods  of  the  firm,  their  enterprise  and  artistic  work.  They  have 
ever  held  to  the  highest  standards  and  ready  recognition  has  come  to  them  in  their 
steadily  increasing  patronage. 


HARVEY  STEWART. 


Among  the  venerable  citizens  of  Jefferson  county  is  Harvey  Stewart,  who  from 
pioneer  times  has  been  familiar  with  the  history  of  Colorado.  He  was  in  this  state 
when  there  were  only  a  few  isolated  mining  camps,  the  work  of  progress  and  improve- 
ment having  scarcely  begun.  In  1863  he  became  identified  with  farming  interests 
independently  and  in  1880  acquired  the  property  upon  which  he  still  resides.  He  has 
passed  the  eighty-third  milestone  on  life's  journey,  his  birth  having  occurred  in 
Macoupin  county,  Illinois,  December  31,  1835,  his  parents  being  Charles  and  Mary 
Stewart,  natives  of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina  respectively.  The  paternal  grand- 
father was  of  Scotch  birth.  The  maternal  grandfather  was  one  of  the  heroes  of  the 
Revolutionary    war. 

During  his  infancy  Harvey  Stewart  was  taken  by  his  parents  from  Illinois  to 
Missouri,  the  family  home  being  established  near  Independence,  in  Jackson  county, 
where  he  lived  for  twenty-three  years.  He  came  to  Colorado  in  1859  and  made  his  way 
into  the  mining  camps  above  Denver,  arriving  in  that  locality  on  the  28th  of  April.  He 
purchased  the  second  copy  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  News,  obtaining  the  paper  while  it 
was  still  wet  from  the  press,  but  found  nothing  in  it  to  interest  him,  e.xcept  a  hint  of 
the  discovery  of  the  Blackhawk  mine  at  Central  City.  Mr.  Stewart  then  went  to  Cen- 
tral City  and  over  to  Spanish  Bar,  now  Idaho  Springs,  where  he  worked  through  the 
summer,  continuing  there  until  November,  when  he  returned  to  Denver  and  for  two 
weeks  sought  in  vain  to  obtain  work.  As  he  could  find  no  employment  he  went  back 
to  Independence,  Missouri,  where  for  one  year  he  engaged  in  teaching  school.  He  then 
entered  the  Confederate  army  in  the  Raines  Division  and  served  until  taken  ill,  when 
he  was  honorably  discharged  and  sent  home.  He  was  detained  by  the  authorities  for 
a  few  days  for  being  a  Confederate,  but  after  taking  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the 
Federal  government  was  released  and  in  1862  returned  to  Colorado,  where  he  entered 
the  employ  of  a  Mr.  Fisher  at  Fort  Halleck,  cutting  hay  for  the  government.  He  was 
thus  employed  during  the  first  fall,  after  which  he  took  up  a  homestead  on  Clear  creek 
in  1863.  There  he  engaged  in  farming  for  eighteen  years.  In  1880  he  purchased  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  from  George  Yule  and  took  up  his  abode  upon  that 
tract,  which  has  since  been  his  home,  his  time  and  attention  through  the  intervening 
years  being  given  to  general  agricultural  pursuits.  In  fact  he  has  engaged  in  farming 
in  Colorado  for  a  half  century  and  more,  and  has  contributed  in  no  small  measure  to 
the   agricultural   development   of   the  eastern   section   of  the   state. 

On  the  1st  of  December.  1867,  Mr.  Stewart  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary 
Patrick,  who  was  born  in  Andrew  county.  Missouri,  March  23,  1846.  She  was  educated 
in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Fillmore,  Missouri,  and  when  a  young  lady  of  sixteen 
years,  came  with  her  parents  to  Denver.  She  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Cloyd) 
Patrick,  who  were  both  natives  of  Missouri.  In  1863,  they  came  to  Colorado,  taking 
up  their  abode  on  a  farm  six  miles  below  Denver.  In  1865,  they  removed  to  a  farm 
on  Clear  creek,  in  Arapahoe  county,  where  they  were  numbered  among  the  early  set- 
tlers, and  where  they  continued  to  reside  until  their  demise,  the  father  dying  January 
11,  1874.  He  was  born  February  15,  1818.  The  mother  died  February  19,  186C.  Her 
birth  occurred  August  29,  1823.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stewart  were  born  two  daughters. 
Minnie  Agnes,  born  January  28,  1869,  is  the  wife  of  Alexander  Ritchie,  and  they  have 
a  daughter,  Lois  Minnie.  The  second  daughter,  Sarah  Gertrude  Stewart,  was  born 
February  6,  1S71,  and  died  July  6,  1909.  She  was  educated  in  East  Denver  high  school, 
later  becoming  a  student  at  Denver  University,  from  which  she  graduated,  with  honors, 
as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1904.  In  the  fall,  immediately  following  her  graduation! 
she  accepted  the  position  of  teacher  of  English  in  North  Denver  high  school,  continuing 
there   for  five   years,   and   winning  for   herself   high  esteem   in   her   chosen  profession. 


HARVEY  STEWART 


MRS.  MARY  STEWART 


292  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

While  connected  with  this  school  she  liad  taken  post-graduate  courses  at  the  University 
of  Chicago,  and  also  at  the  University  of  California.  Her  untimely  death  cut  short  a 
brilliant  career  as  an  educator,  and  brought  deep  sorrow  to  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 
In  his  political  views  Mr.  Stewart  has  always  been  a  democrat,  giving  stalwart 
support  to  the  party,  and  be  served  for  one  term,  about  1S96,  as  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature,  but  the  honors  and  emoluments  of  office  have  had  little  attraction 
for  him.  However,  he  has  always  kept  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of 
the  day  and  has  ever  been  able  to  support  his  position  by  intelligent  argument.  He 
belongs  to  Highlands  Lodge,  No.  86,  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  and  is  also  identified  with  High- 
lands Commandery,  No.  30,  K.  T.  His  religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his  membership 
in  the  Christian  church.  It  will  be  observed  that  Mr.  Stewart  is  one  of  the  few  remain- 
ing pioneers  whose  advent  into  the  state  dates  back  to  1859,  and  he  is  a  living  witness 
of  the  wonderful  transformation  which  has  taken  place  since  that  time,  a  transforma- 
tion in  which  he  had  an  active  part.  His  first  journey  to  Colorado  was  made  by  wagon, 
over  the  old  trail,  and  consumed  many  weeks  in  the  making.  Danger  constantly  lurked 
along  the  way,  and  many  interesting  incidents  of  the  trip  are  recalled  by  him.  Possessed 
of  sterling  traits  of  character  and  guiding  his  life  by  high  and  honorable  principles, 
Mr.  Stewart  has  ever  commanded  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  has 
come  in  contact  and  his  friends  are  many. 


JOHN  POLLOCK. 


John  Pollock,  president  of  the  Littleton  Feed  &  Fuel  Company  and  formerly  closely 
identified  with  ranching  interests  in  Colorado,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
May  11,  1848.  His  father,  Richard  Pollock,  was  a  native  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  and  when 
a  little  lad  came  with  relatives  to  the  United  States.  They  landed  at  Philadelphia  and 
some  years  later  he  established  a  grocery  business  in  that  city  and  as  the  years  passed 
became  one  of  the  prosperous  merchants  in  his  line  but  later  lost  much  of  his  well 
acquired  fortune  in  speculation  in  the  oil  fields,  fn  1834  he  married  Sarah  Morrison, 
who  came  to  this  country  with  her  parents  from  Glasgow,  Scotland,  her  native  city.  Her 
death  occurred  in  the  year  1858.  while  Mr.  Pollock  survived  until  1S6S. 

Their  son,  John  Pollock,  after  mastering  the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the 
graded  schools  of  Philadelphia,  continued  his  studies  in  the  high  school  but  did  not  get 
to  complete  his  course  there  owing  to  the  death  of  his  father,  which  necessitated  his 
providing  for  his  own  support.  He  then  took  up  the  painting  trade  in  Philadelphia,  at 
which  he  worked  for  a  short  time,  and  in  1868  he  removed  to  Omaha,  Nebraska,  while 
later  he  went  to  North  Platte  and  then  to  Denver.  He  spent  only  two  weeks  in  the 
Colorado  metropolis,  however,  and  returned  to  Omaha  on  horseback,  continuing  his 
residence  in  that  city  until  1871.  He  was  employed  there  in  the  painting  shop  of  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad  and  afterward  became  timekeeper  and  bookkeeper  for  Joshua 
Taylor,  who  had  taken  the  contract  for  the  stone  used  in  the  erection  of  the  Lincoln 
penitentiary.  This  necessitated  Mr.  Pollock's  removal  to  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  where  he 
was  engaged  until  the  completion  of  the  work,  when  he  started  with  Mr.  Taylor  for 
St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  At  Knoxville,  Iowa,  however,  they  paused  and  Mr.  Taylor  secured  a 
ccntrict  there  for  getting  out  stone  for  culverts  on  the  Albia  &  Des  Moines  Valley  Rail- 
road, Mr.  Pollock  remaining  in  his  employ  until  1871,  when  following  the  great  Chicago 
fire  he  went  to  that  city  to  view  the  ruins.  He  then  continued  his  journey  to  Phila- 
delphia and  afterward  visited  New  York  city  but  again  came  to  Colorado  in  June,  1S74. 
Here  he  began  contracting  and  secured  the  contract  for  painting  the  courthouse  at  Castle 
Rock.  In  the  following  year  he  went  to  San  Juan  county  when  the  gold  excitement  there 
was  at  its  height.  In  the  fall  of  1875  he  became  identified  with  ranching  interests, 
beginning  to  herd  cattle  on  his  own  account  and  at  the  same  time  was  similarly  employed 
by  Albert  Benjamin.  He  watched  the  herds  under  his  charge  in  the  vicinity  of  Acquia 
until  1879,  when  on  account  of  the  scarcity  of  grass  he  started  his  herd  for  the  head- 
waters of  the  north  fork  of  the  Republican  river.  Mr.  Pollock  continued  in  the  cattle 
business  until  1SS3,  when  he  sold  his  herd  of  three  hundred  head,  for  which  he  received 
about  sixteen  thousand  dollars.  He  then  returned  to  Denver  and  soon  afterward  pur- 
chased a  farm  near  the  city,  on  which  he  engaged  in  general  agricultural  pursuits  for 
a  considerable  period.  In  1903,  however,  he  sold  his  ranch  and  took  charge  of  the  Green- 
laud  ranch,  owned  by  J.  A.  McMurtrie,  remaining  in  that  connection  until  1909.  The 
following  year  he  lived  retired  from  business,  but  indolence  and  idleness  are  utterly 
foreign  to  his  nature  and  when  a  twelvemonth  had  passed  he  joined  with  Ben.  Kelt 
and  R.  F.  Gill  in  organizing  the  Littleton  Feed  &  Fuel  Company,  of  which  he  has  since 


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been  president.  They  have  conducted  a  substantial  business  at  Littleton,  their  trade 
steadily  increasing,  so  that  the  enterprise  has  become  one  of  the  profitable  commercial 
interests  of  the  town. 

On  the  23d  of  July,  18S4,  Mr.  Pollock  was  married  to  Miss  Jessie  M.  Babcock,  of 
Douglas  county,  Colorado,  and  a  daughter  of  Alonzo  A.  and  Rosa  (Estlake)  Babcock. 
They  are  well  known  socially,  having  a  large  circle  of  warm  friends  who  esteem  them 
highly  by  reason  of  their  sterling  worth.  Mr.  Pollock  is  well  known  in  Masonic  circles, 
belonging  to  Western  Lodge,  No.  22,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Littleton,  and  Denver  Chapter, 
No.  2;  Colorado  Consistory,  No.  1,  and  EI  Jebel  Temple,  at  Denver.  Of  the  first  he  is  a 
past  master  and  the  treasurer.  His  political  allegiance  has  always  been  given  to  the 
republican  party  since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise  and  while  a  resi- 
dent of  Douglas  county  he  was  a  candidate  for  county  commissioner,  also  for  the  state 
legislature,  being  defeated  for  the  latter  by  the  narrow  margin  of  seven  votes.  In  all 
matters  of  citizenship  he  stands  for  progress  and  improvement,  for  development  and 
advancement,  and  his  efforts  in  behalf  of  the  public  good  have  been  far-reaching  and 
beneficial. 


FRANK    L.    MOORHEAD. 


Boulder,  the  seat  of  the  University  of  Colorado,  with  its  splendidly  organized  law 
school  and  also  the  seat  of  many  progressive  business  enterprises  and  the  center  of  large 
mining  interests,  has  drawn  to  it  a  large  number  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  the  state. 
Testing  his  ability  with  other  representatives  of  the  profession,  Frank  L.  Moorhead  has 
become  well  established  as  an  able  lawyer  of  developing  powers  and  is  now  accorded  a 
gratifying  clientage.  Boulder  numbers  him  among  her  native  sons.  He  was  born  in  18S5, 
of  the  marriage  of  James  L.  and  Josephine  (Carnahan)  Moorhead.  The  father  was 
born  in  Holmes  county,  Ohio,  and  after  removing  westward  to  Colorado  when  this  was 
still  largely  a  frontier  state  he  was  married  in  Boulder  to  Josephine  Carnahan.  Rear- 
ing their  family  in  Boulder,  Frank  L.  Moorhead  attended  its  public  schools  and  in 
1907  completed  a  classical  course  in  the  State  University  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts.  He  determined  upon  the  practice  of  law  as  a  life  work,  and  with  broad  literary 
learning  to  serve  as  the  foundation  upon  which  to  rear  the  superstructure  of  profes- 
sional knowledge,  he  entered  the  law  school  and  won  the  LL.  B.  degree  upon  gradua- 
tion with  the  class  of  1909.  He  has  since  practiced  in  Boulder  and  in  April,  1916,  he 
was  appointed  city  attorney  to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  H.  E.  Rowland. 
He  was  reappointed  in  April,  1917,  and  was  again  appointed  under  the  new  charter  on 
the  1st  of  January,  1918,  so  that  he  is  the  present  incumbent  in  the  position.  He  ia 
also  a  director  of  the  Boulder  Building  &  Loan  Association. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Moorhead  has  always  been  a  republican  since  age  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  He  belongs  to  the  Delta  Tau  Delta  and  the 
Phi  Delta  Phi,  two  college  fraternities.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Boulder  Club  and 
he  attends  the  Episcopal  church.  His  genuine  worth  has  won  him  high  regard  on 
the  part  of  his  fellowmen  and  his  professional  career  thus  far  is  an  augury  of  future 
success    and    advancement. 


GEORGE  P.   STEWART. 


George  P.  Stewart,  serving  for  the  third  term  as  county  treasurer  of  Douglas 
county,  was  born  February  18.  1863,  near  Melbourne,  Australia,  a  son  of  Charles  and 
Emma  (Salas)  Stewart,  the  former  a  native  of  Scotland,  while  the  latter  was  of  Aus- 
tralian birth.  When  George  P.  Stewart  was  but  four  years  of  age  he  was  taken  to 
England  by  his  uncle  to  be  educated  in  the  schools  of  that  country  and  they  were  three 
months  in  making  the  trip.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  London  and  St.  Aubins, 
and  later  became  a  student  of  Victoria  College  on  the  isle  of  Jersey.  He  crossed  the 
Atlantic  to  America  in  1879,  when  a  youth  of  sixteen  years,  and  made  his  way  to 
Plum  Station,  now  Sedalia,  Colorado,  where  he  lived  with  an  uncle.  He  afterward 
took  up  a  homestead  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  also  preempted  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  and  secured  a  timber  claim  of  equal  amount.  Subsequently  he  kept 
adding  to  his  holdings  from  time  to  time  as  his  financial  resources  increased  until  his 
landed  possessions  aggregated  seventeen  hundred  acres.  He  had  been  educated  for 
engineering  work  and   since  coming  to  the  new  world  has  done  more  or  less   in  that 


294  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

connection,  in  addition  to  his  labors  along  other  lines.  For  twenty  years  he  occupied 
the  position  of  county  surveyor — a  fact  which  stands  as  unmistakable  evidence  of  his 
capability,  fidelity  and  the  confidence  reposed  in  him  by  his  fellow  townsmen.  Appre- 
ciative of  his  worth  and  recognizing  his  loyalty  to  every  public  duty,  his  fellow  citizens 
elected  him  to  the  ofiice  of  county  treasurer  and  by  reelection  have  continued  him  in 
the  position  for  four  terms.  Since  first  coming  to  Colorado  he  has  spent  one  year  in 
California  and  at  two  other  times  has  visited  that  state. 

Mr.  Stewart  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Millie  Mclnroy,  also  a  native  of 
Australia,  and  to  them  have  been  born  four  children  who  are  living.  George  H.,  who 
was  born  December  8,  1S83,  and  is  residing  upon  a  ranch  on  Plum  creek,  married  Marg- 
aret Grout  and  has  four  children,  Margaret,  Amy,  Helen  and  Elizabeth.  Douglas  N., 
born  December  25,  1S87,  married  Lena  Ayers,  of  Fort  Collins,  and  has  two  children, 
Mildred  and  George  P.  Douglas  N.  Stewart  is  now  county  engineer,  serving  for  the 
second  term  in  that  position.  Charles  C,  born  in  December,  1890,  is  now  in  the 
United  States  army  as  veterinary  surgeon,  being  in  the  Veterinary  Medical  Corps 
with  the  commission  of  lieutenant.  George  M.,  born  October  22,  1895,  enlisted  in  the 
cavalry  but  is  now  serving  as  sergeant  with  infantry  troops. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Stewart 
gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  Republican  party,  of  which  he  has  always  been  a 
stalwart  champion.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  at 
Castle  Rock  and  is  clerk  of  the  local  camp.  Coming  to  the  new  world  in  young  man- 
hood, he  has  always  been  a  loyal  American  citizen,  putting  forth  the  most  earnest 
effort  to  advance  the  welfare  and  substantial  upbuilding  of  his  community,  his  com- 
monwealth and  his  country,  and  the  spirit  of  patriotism  dominating  the  family  is  indi- 
cated in  the  fact  that  two  of  the  sons  are  now  with  the  colors. 


JASPER  D.  BABCOCK. 


Jasper  D.  Babcock,  filling  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  at  Morrison,  has  led 
a  most  active,  useful  and  interesting  life,  bringing  him  into  close  connection  with 
mining  interests  in  various  parts  of  Colorado,  while  as  hotel  proprietor  he  has  also 
become  widely  known.  He  has  passed  the  seventy-fourth  milestone  on  life's  journey, 
his  birth  having  occurred  in  Rochester,  New  York,  February  9,  1845.  He  is  a  son  of 
Sanford  and  Adelia  J.  (Green)  Babcock,  the  latter  a  sister  of  Seth  Green,  the  dis- 
coverer of  the  method  of  artificial  propagation  of  fsh.  Jasper  D.  Babcock  comes  of 
Revolutionary  war  stock  and  his  grandfather.  Adanijah  Green,  was  a  soldier  of  the 
War  of  1812  and  one  of  the  founders  of  Rochester,  New  York. 

Jasper  D.  Babcock  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Springfield,  Illinois,  whither 
he  had  gone  with  his  parents,  when  a  lad  of  about  twelve  years,  and  in  which  city 
his  father  for  many  years,  followed  his  profession  of  dentistry.  The  last  years  of  the 
parents'  lives  were  spent  in  Colorado  where  they  made  their  home  with  their  son 
Jasper  D.  In  1861,  when  a  youth  of  but  sixteen  years,  he  responded  to  the  country's 
call  tor  troops,  joining  the  boys  in  blue  of  Company  C,  Second  Illinois  Light  Artillery. 
He  was  on  detached  service  with  the  United  States  Military  Telegraph  Corps  and 
the  principal  engagements  in  which  he  participated  were  at  Arkansas  Post,  Vicks- 
burg.  Champion  Hill  and  Port  Gibson.  When  the  war  was  over  he  became  an  operator 
for  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  and  acted  as  station  agent  and  operator 
at  various  places  on  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  between  St.  Louis  and  New  Orleans. 
He  afterward  remained  at  Marlin,  Texas,  as  telegraph  operator  from  1867  until  1869 
and  in  the  latter  year  came  to  Colorado  but  remained  at  that  time  for  only  a  short 
period.  He  then  returned  to  Illinois,  going  to  Macoupin  county,  where  he  accepted 
a  position  with  the  old  Rockford.  Rock  Island  &  St.  Louis  Railway  as  telegraph  opera- 
tor and  agent,  at  Medora,  where  he  remained  until  late  in  1873,  going  then  to  Kansas 
City,  Missouri,  and  associating  himself  with  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railway 
Company.  In  April,  1875,  he  once  more  made  his  way  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Jefferson 
county,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Colorado  Central  Railroad  as  agent  and 
operator.  He  worked  at  the  old  Beaver  Brook  station  until  1879,  when  he  turned 
his  attention  to  the  hotel  business  in  Golden,  there  remaining  until  1881.  He  after- 
ward built  the  famous  resort  "Troutdale  in  the  Pines"  in  the  Bear  Creek  canyon  and 
conducted  it  until  1893.  He  next  engaged  in  mining  in  different  parts  of  the  state 
until  1897,  when  he  resumed  the  hotel  business  at  Evergreen,  where  he  continued 
until  1908.  In  that  year  he  became  a  resident  of  Morrison.  He  engaged  in  prospecting 
and  mining  until  1910,  when  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  the  town  and  occupied 


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the  position  until  1915.  He  is  now  serving  as  justice  of  the  peace  but  otherwise  has 
retired  from  active  business.  He  has  been  a  great  enthusiast  ever  trap  shooting  and 
was  president  of  the  Denver  Shooting  Club.  He  has  a  beautiful  medal  for  being  the 
best  shot  in  the  club,  awarded  him  in  1876.  He  has  been  a  great  hunter  and  fisherman 
and  has  greatly  enjoyed  all  forms  of  outdoor  life. 

On  the  10th  of  November,  1866,  Mr.  Babcock  was  united  In  marriage  at  Mound 
City,  Illinois,  to  Miss  Lizzie  Cecelia  Tibbs,  who  was  born  in  Deerfield,  Ohio,  but  was 
educated  and  reared  at  Mound  City,  Illinois.  The  children  of  this  marriage  are: 
Mary,  the  deceased  wife  of  William  Tudor;  Lizzie  C,  who  is  the  wife  of  John  Kirby 
and  is  manager  for  the  telephone  company  in  this  district;  J.  Dwight,  a  ranchman 
and  cattle  raiser  of  Routt  county;  and  William  A.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  same 
line  of  business  in  Eagle  county.  In  November,  1916,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Babcock  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding.  There  was  a  wonderful  surprise  charivari  and  almost  the 
entire  town  turned  out.  The  Episcopal  wedding  ceremony  was  read  over  again  by  the 
minister  as  it  had  been  fifty  years  before  and  the  occasion  was  made  one  of  great 
Interest  and  delight  to  all  who  participated  therein.  The  companionship  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Babcock  has  grown  all  the  closer  as  the  long  years  have  passed  and  they  have 
shared  together  the  joys  and  sorrows,  the  adversity  and  prosperity  that  checker 
the  careers  of  all.  The  love  which  they  bear  each  other  has  been  the  redeeming  feature 
that  has  compensated  for  all  earthly  trials  and  hardships  and  they  are  certainly 
fortunate  in  that  they  have  been  permitted  to  go  down  the  western  slope  of  life  thus 
far  together.  Their  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Christian  Science  church.  In  politics 
Mr.  Babcock  is  a  republican  and  fraternally  is  a  Mason,  having  been  initiated  into  the 
order,  in  the  early  '70s,  in  Fidelity  Lodge,  No.  152,  at  Fidelity,  Illinois.  He  Is  also 
a  Knight  of  Pythias  and  an  Odd  Fellow.  He  also  has  membership  in  T.  H.  Dodd  Post, 
G.  A.  R.,  of  Golden,  and  thus  maintains  pleasant  relations  with  his  old  army  com- 
rades. In  days  of  peace,  as  in  days  of  war,  he  has  ever  been  a  true  and  loyal  American 
citizen,  as  faithful  to  his  country  as  when  he  followed  the  nation's  starry  banner  on 
the  battlefields  of  the  south. 


FRED    L.   PADDELFORD. 


Fred  L.  Paddelford,  for  sixteen  years  superintendent  of  the  State  Industrial  School 
at  Golden,  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Henry  county,  Illinois,  January  24,  1867,  a  son  of 
James  H.  and  Rachel  D.  (Hanna)  Paddelford.  In  the  paternal  line  the  ancestry  is 
traced  back  to  the  colonial  period  and  the  mother  of  James  H.  Paddelford  passed 
away  at  the  notable  old  age  of  ninety-three  years.  She  had  attended  the  funeral  of 
George  Washington.     In  the  maternal  line  the  family  comes  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry. 

Fred  L.  Paddelford  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Illinois  and 
in  1888,  when  twenty-one  years  of  age,  was  a  teacher  in  the  Illinois  State  School  for 
Boys  at  Pontiac,  with  which  he  was  connected  until  1891.  He  afterward  read  law 
in  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1893.  Subsequently  he  returned 
to  the  State  School  at  Pontiac,  with  which  he  remained  until  the  Spanish-American 
war  broke  out,  at  which   time  he  joined  the  Third   Nebraska  Infantry. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Paddelford  took  up  ranching  in  Wyoming  but  in  1900  came  to 
Golden,  taking  up  \s'ork  as  a  teacher  in  the  State  Industrial  School.  His  previous 
experience  along  that  line  was  of  great  benefit  to  him  and  recognition  of  his  worth 
and  ability  came  in  his  appointment  in  1902  to  the  superintendency  of  the  school,  in 
which  position  he  has  now  been  retained  for  more  than  sixteen  years.  He  is  today 
one  of  the  noted  educators  of  the  country  in  his  particular  branch.  He  has  accom- 
plished wonders  with  the  boys  by  being  a  companion  to  them  and  calling  forth  the 
best  in  them.  He  has  studied  boy  nature,  knows  their  temptations  and  their  possi- 
bilities and  conducts  his  work  along  constructive  lines.  He  is  an  athlete  of  note,  in 
the  state,  and  is  still  pitcher  on  the  school  baseball  team  and  in  the  summer  of  1918 
struck  out  eighteen  men  in  one  game.  This  naturally  gives  him  a  strong  hold  upon 
the  boys  and  he  soon  wins  their  confidence  and  love.  Hardly  a  day  passes  but  one 
of  his  old  graduates  comes  to  visit  him  and  the  institution  under  his  supervision  has 
become  one  of  the  finest  in  the  country.  Notable  improvements  have  been  carried  on 
during  the  sixteen  years  of  Mr.  Paddelford's  connection  with  the  school.  The  acreage 
has  been  increased  from  fifty-eight  to  four  hundred  and  sixty-five  acres  and  the  lawns 
have  been  trebled  in  size.  Two  cottages  have  been  erected,  also  a  gymnasium,  a 
kitchen,  dining  room,  bakery  and  chapel.  Two  barns  have  been  completed,  the  school 
forces  doing  all  the   work  thereon,  and   an   addition   to  the  hospital  has   been   erected 


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298  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

from  concrete  blocks  made  by  the  boys,  who  have  also  done  all  the  other  work.  All 
the  toilet  rooms  have  been  furnished  with  enameled  wainscoting  and  tiled  floors.  All 
of  the  cement  walks  now  in  use  have  been  laid  except  the  one  from  the  main  drive 
to  the  old  main  building.  A  fountain  basin  has  been  constructed  and  the  road  paved 
for  traffic  and  pedestrians  from  the  grounds  to  the  depot.  A  florist  has  been  employed 
and  the  grounds  have  been  greatly  beautified.  Considerable  equipment  has  been 
placed  on  the  playgrounds,  a  one  hundred  foot  flagpole  has  been  erected  and  the  flag 
is  always  kept  flying.  There  has  been  an  addition  built  to  the  print  shop,  through 
the  labor  of  the  boys,  machinery  has  been  installed  in  the  shoe  shop  and  the  aaj> 
penter  shop,  with  additional  equipment  in  the  machine,  print  and  laundry  shops. 
Brick  pavement  has  been  laid  all  about  the  dining  room  building  and  the  school  has 
recognized  the  value  of  refining  influences,  to  which  end  white  napkins  and  white 
tablecloths  are  in  use  at  every  meal  in  the  boys'  dining  rooms,  while  silverware  and 
china  dishes  have  been  substituted  for  ironware  and  enameled  dishes.  The  variety 
and  attractiveness  of  the  food  has  been  greatly  increased  and  boys  are  permitted  to 
talk  in  the  dining  room.  Toothbrushes  and  powder  are  furnished  all  boys  and  every 
efi'ort  has  been  made  to  produce  a  desire  for  that  physical  cleanliness  which  is  always 
a  part  of  moral  and  cultural  development.  One  of  the  improved  features  of  the  farm 
has  been  the  introduction  of  pedigreed  cattle,  horses  and  hogs,  the  calves  raised  sell- 
ing as  high  as  four  hundred  dollars  each.  A  silo  of  five  hundred  tons  capacity  has 
been  erected.  Thirteen  hundred  cherry  trees  have  been  planted  on  land  above  ditch 
and  irrigated  from  a  big  \vel\  of  eight  hundred  thousand  gallons  which  has  been  put 
in,  furnishing  enough  water  for  all  domestic  purposes  and  to  some  extent  for  irriga- 
tion. Hundreds  of  rods  of  woven  wire  fence  have  been  put  up.  a  refrigerating  and 
ice  plant  has  been  erected.  Concrete  hotbeds  have  been  constructed  and  beds  in  the 
greenhouse  have  been  made  of  concrete.  The  greenhouse  supplies  all  flowers  for  tables, 
chapel,  schoolrooms,  etc.  Great  indeed  have  been  the  improvements  made  in  the  sys- 
tem of  instruction.  Instruction  is  given  on  alternate  days,  the  intervening  days  being 
devoted  to  work  of  various  kinds  upon  the  farm.  Corporal  punishment  has  been 
almost  entirely  abolished.  There  are  three  male  teachers  for  the  higher  grades,  two 
female  teachers  for  the  lower  grades  and  there  are  also  special  teachers  employed 
for  instruction  in  various  branches  of  work,  including  the  machinist's  trade.  The 
boys  are  given  religious  instruction;  Catholic  boys  are  taught  separately  in  their 
Sunday  school,  while  arrangements  have  been  made  for  the  Jewish  boys  to  have 
instruction  in  their  religion  given  by  volunteer  teachers  from  Denver.  There  is  a 
well  organized  band  of  thirty-eight  pieces,  which  furnishes  music  for  all  chapel  exer- 
cises and  entertainment.  The  military  organization  has  been  perfected  and  modernized 
and  a  fine  silk  flag  has  been  won  for  "being  the  best  drilled  military  organization 
in  line  on  July  4,  1911,"  in  Denver.  Five  purple  championship  ribbons  and  prizes 
have  been  taken  on  live  stock  at  the  Western  Stock  Show  besides  numerous  first  and 
second  premiums  won  there  and  at  the  State  Fair.  Lecture  and  entertainment  courses 
have  been  greatly  extended  and  basketball,  football  and  baseball  games  are  regularly 
scheduled  and  played  with  high  school  and  other  outside  teams.  The  school  is  con- 
ducted along  the  most  humanitarian  lines,  that  the  boys  may  be  fitted  physically, 
mentally  and  morally  to  become  good  citizens  and  a  large  percentage — more  than 
ninety  per  cent — finally  make  good. 

In  April,  1917,  Mr.  Paddelford  was  married  to  Dr.  Esther  S.  Cherry,  a  musician 
of  note,  who  was  musical  critic  on  Denver  papers  and  at  the  time  of  her  marriage 
was  the  first  vice  president  of  the  Denver  Woman's  Club.  The  influence  of  both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paddelford  has  been  along  cultural  lines  and  their  work  of  a  construc- 
tive character.  That  Mr.  Paddelford  is  a  man  of  keen  sagacity  and  of  deep  sympathy 
and  human  interest  is  shadowed  forth  between  the  lines  of  this  review  and  his  work 
has  gained   him   well   deserved  prominence   in  this  connection. 


E.  PORTER  SMITH. 


E.  Porter  Smith,  of  Arvada,  Colorado,  who  is  now  living  retired,  has  been  a  suc- 
cessful agriculturist,  having  acquired  a  (Competence  as  the  result  of  his  industrious 
life's  labors.  He  is  a  native  of  Harmony,  Maine,  and  was  born  March  3,  1845,  a  son 
of  Samuel  and  Lucy  (Bates)  Smith.  When  he  was  three  years  of  age  the  family 
removed  to  Bloomington,  Illinois,  but  when  he  was  six  years  old  left  there,  for  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  In  that  city  he  remained  for  two  years,  when  removal  was  made  to 
Lawrence,  Kansas.    The  father  was  a  drummer  in  John  Brown's  Company  and  E.  Porter 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  299 

Smith  of  this  review  was  in  the  Indian  troubles  upon  the  Kansas  frontier.  Later  he 
served  two  years  with  Company  M,  of  the  Eleventh  Kansas  Cavalry,  being  in  Price's 
raid  in  1864,  and  he  was  out  on  the  plains  when  Lee  surrendered.  He  then  came  to 
Colorado,  finding  work  in  the  Georgetown  mines,  and  after  having  saved  sutficient 
money  acquired  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  near  Broomfield,  to  the  success- 
ful cultivation  of  which  he  devoted  his  time  and  attention  until  several  years  ago,  when 
he  retired,  selling  out  at  that  time.  In  his  farming  methods  he  was  progressive  and 
made  many  improvements  upon  his  place,  creating  out  of  a  wilderness  a  valuable 
farming  property.  He  thus  acquired  a  competence  which  now  permits  him  to  rest 
from  further  labor.  In  his  early  days  he  assisted  in  building  the  Colorado  &  Southern 
Railroad,  working  on  the  grade  work. 

On  September  30,  1870,  Mr.  Smith  was  married  in  Arvada  to  Miss  Mary  Graves, 
a  daughter  of  Oliver  and  Lucy  (Story)  Graves,  natives  of  Vermont  and  Ohio  respec- 
tively. Their  daughter  Mary  was  born  in  Bloomington,  Illinois,  and  came  with  her 
parents  to  Colorado  in  1860,  where  they  settled  in  the  mountains  between  Golden  and 
Central.  Her  father  engaged  in  farming,  along  which  line  he  was  successful,  and 
also  built  the  toll  road  between  Grey  Hill  and  Smith's  Hill.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith 
eleven  children  were  born:  Oliver,  who  is  located  near  Broomfield;  George  S.; 
Frank;  Winnie,  who  is  now  Mrs.  William  Schulz  and  resides  near  Griffith;  Nettie, 
the  wife  of  Ernest  N.  Carne;  Harry,  of  Broomfield;  Ada,  the  wife  of  H.  Metzger,  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  Myrtle,  who  is  Mrs.  Theodore  Scheppe;  Homer;  Alfred,  who  is  now 
in  France  with  Company  F,  Fourth  United  States  Infantry;  and  Mary  L.,  who  married 
David  Landry  of  Colorado  Springs. 

E.  Porter  Smith  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  and  has  always  supported 
the  men  and  measures  of  that  party.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  public  progress  and 
by  developing  a  fine  farm  property  has  contributed  toward  the  agricultural  upbuilding 
of  his  state.  Moreover,  he  is  ever  ready  to  give  aid  to  movements  of  a  public  nature 
which  have  for  their  purpose  the  benefit  of  the  public  and  he  is  highly  esteemed  in 
his  community,  where  he  has  made  many  friends,  being  numbered  among  its  pioneers. 
His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  church  and  he  is  interested  in  its  work  and 
its  allied  institutions.  All  who  know  him  speak  of  him  in  the  highest  terms  and 
whatever  success  has  come  to  him  is  attributable  to  his  own  efforts,  so  that  he  can 
be  truly  called  a  self-made  man. 


GEORGE   W.   HIXSON. 


W.  Hixson  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  finest  farm  properties  not  only  of 
Elbert  county  but  of  this  section  of  the  state.  A  beautiful  residence,  large  and  sub- 
stantial barns  and  sheds  and  every  equipment  of  the  model  farm  are  found  upon  his 
place.  His  entire  life  has  been  devoted  to  agricultural  pursuits.  He  was  born  upon 
a  farm  near  Hillsboro,  Iowa,  March  21,  1857,  a  son  of  David  and  Phoebe  (Sayers) 
Hixson.  The  Hixson  family  removed  from  Kentucky  to  Iowa,  three  generations  living 
in  the  latter  state.  Their  ancestral  line  in  America  dates  back  to  the  colonial  period. 
On  the  paternal  and  maternal  sides  the  family  comes  from  Ohio. 

In  1898  George  W.  Hixson  arrived  in  Colorado  and  homesteaded  on  the  site  of 
his  present  farm,  securing  a  tract  of  land  which  constituted  the  nucleus  of  his  present 
extensive  possessions,  covering  twenty-four  hundred  acres.  He  is  carrying  on  his  opera- 
tions in  a  partnership  connection  under  the  firm  style  of  Geo.  W.  Hixson  and  Sons. 
They  make  a  specialty  of  feeding  beef  cattle  and  raising  shorthorns  and  Poland  China 
hogs.  Theirs  is  the  only  beef  feeding  and  cattle  finishing  point  in  this  section  of 
Colorado,  the  firm  becoming  pioneers  in  this  line.  They  have  so  developed  their  inter- 
ests that  the  farm  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  show  places  in  their  section  of  the  state. 
They  have  model  barns  and  two  big  silos,  together  with  every  equipment  necessary 
for  the  care  of  stock  and  of  grain. 

Mr.  Hixson  was  married  in  Iowa  on  the  14th  of  March.  1883,  to  Miss  Lizzie  Enders- 
by,  who  comes  of  English  ancestry.  They  are  parents  of  three  sons  and  a  daughter. 
One  of  the  sons,  Bryan  W.,  has  enlisted  at  the  Fort  Collins  Agricultural  College.  The 
other  sons  are:  Loren  B.,  who  is  at  home;  and  B.  Rex,  who  is  married.  The  daughter, 
Verna  May.  is  also  under  the  parental  roof. 

The  career  of  George  W.  Hixson  is  one  of  marked  progress.  He  is  a  man  of  keen 
sagacity,  farsighted  and  enterprising,  and  has  been  actuated  at  all  times  by  a  laudable 
ambition  that  has  ever  prompted  him  to  take  a  forward  step  when  the  way  was  open. 
His  life  record  indicates  the  fact  that  activity  does  not  tire  but  gives  resistance  and 


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that  power  grows  through  the  exercise  of  effort.  He  is  today  a  strong  and  resourceful 
man,  strong  in  his  honor  and  good  name,  strong  in  his  ability  to  plan  and  perform. 
Carlyle  has  said:  "Obstacles  in  the  path  of  the  weak  often  become  stepping-stones 
to  the  strong,"  which  statement  finds  verification  in  the  life  record  of  George  W.  Hixson. 


CHARLES  VOEGTLE. 


Charles  Voegtle,  who  passed  away  on  the  27th  of  September,  1917,  was  closely 
associated  with  the  business  interests  of  Boulder,  where  for  a  long  period  he  was 
active  in  the  real  estate  field.  He  was  born  in  Baden,  Germany,  June  7,  1841,  a  son 
of  Anton  and  Frances  (Friedrich)  Voegtle,  whose  family  numbered  eight  children, 
five  sons  and  three  daughters.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  keeper  of  vineyards  in 
Germany  and  never  came  to  the  new  world. 

The  son  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America  in  1865  and  made  his  way  direct  to  Quincy, 
Illinois,  where  he  secured  a  position  in  the  Dick  Brothers  Brewery.  There  he  advanced 
rapidly  by  reason  of  his  adaptability  and  faithfulness.  He  remained  in  that  position 
until  1875,  when,  attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the  growing  west,  he  removed  to 
Boulder,  Colorado,  where  he  began  business  on  his  own  account,  building  a  brewery 
which  was  operated  under  the  firm  style  of  Weisenhorn  &  Voegtle.  He  was  thus 
active  until  1884,  when  he  sold  his  interest  to  his  partner,  and  from  that  time  he  gave 
his  attention  to  a  fruit  farm  about  one  mile  out  of  Boulder.  He  also  conducted  a 
small  fruit  farm  of  ten  acres  at  the  corner  of  Third  avenue  and  Fifteenth  street. 

On  the  2Sth  of  January,  1869,  Mr.  Voegtle  was  married  to  Miss  Johanna  Weisen- 
horn, a  native  of  Germany  and  a  daughter  of  Silas  and  Barbara  (Zaehringer)  Weisen- 
horn, who  came  from  Germany  in  1857  and  settled  in  Quincy,  Illinois,  where  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Voegtle  were  married.  She  is  still  living  in  Boulder  with  her  daughters,  Barbara 
Frances  and  Mrs.  John  Reinert.  The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Voegtle  were  as  fol- 
lows; August  Anton,  who  passed  away  in  1911  at  the  age  of  forty-one;  Barbara  Fran- 
ces, residing  with  her  mother;  Charles  Joseph,  of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  who  married 
Ivy  Montgomery,  by  whom  he  has  a  daughter.  Ivy;  and  Emma  Caroline,  who  wedded 
Francis  John  Reinert,  of  Boulder,  and  has  four  children,  Paul,  Carl,  Francis  J.  and 
George. 

Mr.  Voegtle  was  a  German  Catholic  in  religious  faith.  He  took  much  interest  in 
his  home  and  little  fruit  farm  and  cared  nothing  for  political  activity.  He  acquired 
considerable  wealth  as  the  years  passed  and  his  business  affairs  were  carefully  con- 
ducted. In  1911  he  built  the  Voegtle  block  in  Boulder,  which  is  one  of  the  handsomest 
office  buildings  of  the  city. 


ARTHUR  PONSFORD. 


Arthur  Ponstord  is  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  as  senior  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Ponsford  &  Carnine  of  Denver.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1895  and  the 
following  year  entered  upon  the  active  work  of  the  profession,  in  which  he  has  since 
successfully  continued.  A  native  of  England,  he  was  born  at  Netley,  Southampton,  on 
the  24th  of  April,  1870,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  William  and  Susan  Dora  (Ruddach)  Ponsford, 
the  former  a  native  of  Netley,  Southampton,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Scotland.  The 
father  became  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England  and  devoted  his  life  to  that  holy 
calling,  passing  away  in  1900.  His  wife  is  also  deceased.  In  their  family  were  seven 
children. 

Arthur  Ponsford,  whose  name  introduces  this  review,  pursued  his  education  in 
private  schools  of  Thorpe  Mandeville,  Banbury,  Oxfordshire,  England.  Crossing  the 
Atlantic,  he  spent  several  years  in  Canada  and  in  1887  came  to  the  United  States.  In 
1889  he  made  his  way  westward  to  Denver  and  ultimately  deciding  upon  the  practice 
of  law  as  a  life  work,  began  preparation  for  the  profession.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Colorado  in  1895  and  the  following  year  entered  upon  the  active  practice  of 
law  in  Denver,  forming  a  connection  with  Stuart  D.  Walling,  who  was  afterward  a  judge 
of  the  court  of  appeals.  That  association  continued  for  five  years,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  Mr.  Ponsford  was  alone  in  practice  until  1905,  when  he  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Hersey  &  Ponsford.  He  practiced  in  that  connection  for  two  years  and  was 
then  again  alone  until  1917,  when  he  was  joined  by  Charles  F.  Carnine  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  present  firm  of  Ponsford  &  Carnine,  which  has  since  continuously  existed. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  303 

They  make  a  specialty  of  banking  law  and  Mr.  Ponsford  acts  as  counsel  for  various  banks 
and  corporations.  He  is  thoroughly  informed  concerning  this  branch  of  jurisprudence 
and  his  ability  is  pronounced.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver,  the  Colorado  State  and  the 
American  Bar  Associations  and  thus  keeps  in  touch  with  the  active  work  of  the  pro- 
fession, with  the  high  ideals  for  which  it  stands  and  with  the  purposes  which  it  wishes 
to  accomplish.  He  has  always  been  a  close  and  discriminating  student  of  law,  is  strong 
in  the  presentation  to  a  cause  before  the  court,  is  logical  in  argument,  clear  in  reasoning 
and  is  considered  a  safe  and  wise  counselor.  For  twenty  years  he  has  been  counsel  for 
the  Denver  National  Bank  and  also  for  the  Denver  Stock  Yards  Bank  and  various  other 
important  financial  institutions.  He  turns  from  heavy  professional  cares  and  responsi- 
bilities to  the  pleasure  and  recreation  which  he  gets  in  farm  life.  He  is  much  interested 
in  Holstein  cattle  and  has  a  fine  herd  upon  his  farm  at  Willow  Springs,  near  Mount 
Morrison,  Colorado. 

On  the  7th  of  May,  1897,  Mr.  Ponsford  was  married  to  Miss  Julia  Emily  Houghton, 
a  sister  of  Rev.  Dr.  John  Henry  Houghton,  a  very  prominent  and  honored  resident  of 
Denver,  who  passed  away  in  December,  1917.  He  was  the  rector  of  St.  Mark's  Episcopal 
church  and  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  people.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ponsford  have  been 
born  two  children:  Dorothy  Muriel,  who  was  born  January  6,  1900,  and  is  "now  attending 
the  Wolcott  School  in  Denver;  and  Barbara,  who  was  born  November  19,  1907,  and  is 
a  pupil  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mr.  Ponsford's  social  nature  finds  expression  in  his  membership  in  the  Denver 
Athletic  Club  and  the  Lakewood  Country  Club.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason,  having 
membership  in  Albert  Pike  Lodge,  No.  117,  of  Denver,  of  which  he  is  a  past  master, 
and  he  also  belongs  to  Colorado  Consistory.  No.  1,  A.  &  A.  S.  R.,  having  thus  attained 
the  thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite.  He  has  likewise  crossed  the  sands  of  the 
desert  with  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  belonging  to  El  Jebel  Temple.  In  politics 
he  is  an  independent  republican,  for  while  he  usually  votes  for  the  men  and  measures 
of  the  party,  he  does  not  consider  himself  bound  by  party  ties.  He  is  a  very  active 
and  interested  member  of  St.  Mark's  Episcopal  church,  in  which  he  is  serving  as  a  ves- 
tryman, and  he  is  also  a  trustee  of  the  diocese  of  Colorado.  He  does  all  in  his  power  to 
advance  the  interests  and  promote  the  work  of  the  church  and  stands  loyally  in  support 
of  all  these  forces  which  are  of  cultural  value  and  which  promote  the  uplift  of  the 
individual  or  advance  the  welfare  of  the  community  at  large.  He  holds  to  high  profes- 
sional standards  in  the  practice  of  law  and  few  men  are  as  careful  to  conform  their 
practice  to  the  advanced  ethics  of  the  profession  as  is  Arthur  Ponsford. 


ARTHUR  W.  FITZGERALD. 


Arthur  W.  Fitzgerald,  who  for  eight  years  has  been  a  representative  of  the  Colorado 
bar,  practicing  at  Boulder,  is  now  a  meml>er  of  the  firm  of  Tedrow  &  Fitzgerald,  which 
is  accorded  rank  among  the  leading  law  firms  of  their  section  of  the  state.  Mr.  Fitz- 
gerald is  a  native  of  New  York,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Lorraine,  Jefferson  county, 
in  1879.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Joseph  Fitzgerald,  was  born  in  Ireland  and  came  to 
America  with  his  brothers  in  early  manhood,  settling  first  in  New  York  city.  He 
afterward  removed  to  Jefferson  county.  New  York,  where  the  family  home  was  long 
maintained.  In  response  to  the  call  of  his  adopted  country  for  aid  in  the  Mexican  war 
he  donned  the  nation's  uniform  and  went  to  defense  of  American  interests  on  the 
southern  border.  His  son,  Frank  Fitzgerald,  is  a  native  of  Jefferson  county,  New 
York,  born  in  the  year  1852.  There  he  spent  the  period  of  his  boyhood  and  youth 
and  after  reaching  man's  estate  wedded  Drucilla  Fisher.  He  has  always  remained 
a  resident  of  the  Empire  state  and  now  lives  in  Orwell,  New  York,  where  his  wife 
passed  away  in   1911. 

The  removal  to  Orwell  was  made  during  the  very  early  childhood  of  Arthur  W. 
Fitzgerald,  who  there  spent  the  first  twenty  years  of  his  life  and  acquired  much  of 
his  early  education,  although  his  high  school  course  was  pursued  at  Pulaski,  New 
York,  where  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1897.  He  afterward  entered  the 
State  University  of  Indiana  at  Bloomington,  where  he  pursued  his  more  specifically 
literary  course,  winning  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree  as  an  alumnus  of  1904.  He 
then  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching,  becoming  principal  of  the  high  school  at 
Gosport,  Indiana.  He  next  went  to  the  south  and  spent  two  years  in  teaching  at 
Cuero,  Texas,  and  on  the  expiration  of  that  period  was  chosen  principal  of  the 
high  school  at  Ennis,  Texas,  of  which  he  had  charge  for  a  year.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  he  came  to  Boulder  and  entered  the  law  school  of  the  Colorado  State  University, 


304  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

for  he  had  determined  to  make  the  practice  of  law  his  life  work.  He  completed 
his  course  by  graduation  with  the  class  of  1910,  at  which  time  the  LL.  B.  degree 
was  conferred  upon  him.  He  at  once  entered  upon  the  active  work  of  the  profession 
in  the  office  of  Richard  H.  Whiteley,  now  deceased,  and  in  January,  1912,  he  be- 
came associated  with  Harry  B.  Tedrow.  who  in  1914  was  called  to  the  office  of 
United  States  district  attorney.  The  partnership  relation,  however,  continues  and  the 
firm  of  Tedrow  &  Fitzgerald  occupies  a  prominent  position  at  the  Boulder  bar. 

On  the  16th  of  August,  1914,  in  Boulder,  Mr.  Fitzgerald  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Turrell)  Andrew,  a  daughter  of  the  late  J.  W.  Turrell,  who  was  a 
pioneer  druggist  of  Longmont,  Boulder  county,  Colorado.  Mr.  Fitzgerald  is  an  Episco- 
palian in  religious  faith.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party, 
and  while  he  is  greatly  interested  in  the  vital  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  and 
keeps  well  informed  on  all  important  political  matters,  he  does  not  seek  nor  desire 
office.  His  military  record  covers  service  with  a  cavalry  company  of  the  Colorado 
National  Guard.  He  is  now  concentrating  his  undivided  interest  and  attention  upon 
his  professional  duties  and  his  devotion  to  his  clients'  interests  is  proverbial.  He  has 
the  faculty  of  presenting  most  clearly  and  forcefully  a  truth  which  he  wishes  to  impress 
upon  the  minds  of  his  hearers  and  his  oratory,  clothing  sound  logic,  carries  conviction 
and  merit  has  enabled  him  to  mount  the  ladder  of  fame. 


ROBERT  LEWIS  EULER. 


Robert  Lewis  Euler,  occupying  the  position  of  sheriff  of  Boulder  county  and  mani- 
festing the  utmost  promptness,  fearlessness  and  capability  in  the  discharge  of  his  du- 
ties, was  born  in  Warsaw,  Illinois,  in  1S68.  His  father,  William  D.  Euler.  was  born 
in  Germany  in  1829  and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1844.  After  living  for  many 
years  in  the  middle  west  he  removed  to  Colorado  in  1872  and  his  last  days  were  spent 
in  Boulder,  where  he  departed  this  life  in  1915.  He  had  at  that  time  been  a  resident 
of  the  state  for  forty-three  years,  for  he  came  to  the  west  when  Colorado  was  still 
under  territorial  rule  and  when  the  work  of  development  and  progress  was  yet  in  its 
pioneer  stages.  Through  the  passing  years  he  bore  his  part  in  the  task  of  reclaim- 
ing a  wild  region  for  the  purposes  of  civilization  and  in  advancing  the  welfare  of  his 
community  along  all  lines  of  progressive  citizenship. 

His  son,  Robert  Lewis  Euler,  was  a  little  lad  of  but  four  summers  when  the  family 
came  to  this  state.  He  was  reared  in  Boulder  and  pursued  his  education  in  its  public 
schools.  He  turned  his  attention  to  the  livestock  business  when  about  nineteen  years 
of  age  and  has  directed  his  attention  in  that  field  of  activity  to  the  present  time.  He 
has  become  one  of  the  leading  live  stock  dealers  of  his  section  of  the  state  and  has 
conducted  his  business  in  a  very  extensive  and  progressive  way. 

On  the  20th  of  February,  1895,  in  Denver.  Mr.  Euler  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Georgia  Lindley  Williams,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Lindley  Williams.  They  have 
become  the  parents  of  three  sons,  namely:  Lou  W.,  Robert  Rowland  and  Clinton  Olney. 
The  family  attend  the  Congregational  church.  Mr,  Euler  has  membership  with  the 
Masons  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  is  loyal  to  the  teachings  of 
these  organizations.  His  military  experience  covers  service  as  a  member  of  Company 
H  of  Boulder,  a  company  of  the  Colorado  National  Guard,  with  which  he  was  identified 
for  three  years.  He  has  always  voted  with  the  republican  party  and  in  1913  he  was 
chosen  to  the  office  of  under  sheriff  of  Boulder  county  and  served  in  that  capacity  for 
four  years.  In  1916  he  was  elected  sheriff  and  in  the  following  January  entered  upon 
the  duties  of  the  position  for  a  two  years'  term.  He  is  making  an  excellent  record 
in  office  by  reason  of  his  faithfulness  and  fearlessness,  doing  everything  in  his  power 
to  curb  crime  and  maintain  the  highest  standards  of  law  and  order. 


HUGH  L.  SHELLABARGER. 


Hugh  L.  Shellabarger,  mayor  of  Castle  Rock,  was  born  in  Littleton,  Arapahoe 
county,  Colorado,  October  9,  1870,  a  son  of  George  and  Emily  (Drummond)  Shella- 
barger, both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ohio.  They  became  residents  of  Littleton  in 
1869,  at  which  time  the  father  homesteaded  and  turned  his  attention  to  ranching. 

Reared  under  the  parental  roof,  Hugh  L.  Shellabarger  completed  his  public  school 
education   by  graduation   from   the  high  school,  after  which  he  spent   two  years   as   a 


ROBERT  L.  EULER 


306  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

student  in  the  University  of  Denver  and  also  pursued  a  commercial  course  at  Spring- 
field, Ohio.  For  ten  years  he  was  with  the  Denver  Union  Water  Company  in  different 
capacities  and  during  the  latter  part  of  that  period  acted  as  foreman  of  the  filter  plant. 
Later  he  spent  four  years  as  representative  of  the  firm  of  O'Brien  &  Rhoades,  who 
were  contractors  and  builders  of  water  plants.  Mr.  Shellabarger  acting  as  superintend- 
ent of  construction  on  several  plants  in  western  Colorado  and  Arizona.  In  1906  he 
embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account  at  Littleton,  forming  a  partnership  with  his 
brother  William  tor  the  conduct  of  a  grocery  store  at  that  place.  In  1914  they  came 
to  Castle  Rock,  where  they  now  conduct  the  leading  grocery  house  of  the  city.  They 
carry  a  large  and  attractive  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries  and  in  fact  their  store 
contains  everything  that  the  market  affords.  They  have  built  up  a  trade  of  gratifying 
proportions  through  honorable  and  progressive  methods,  closely  studying  the  wishes  of 
their  patrons  and  putting  forth  every  effort  to  please.  At  the  same  time  their  prices 
are  reasonable  and  thus  the  number  of  their  customers  is  continually  increasing. 

In  1897  Mr.  Shellabarger  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lula  Eagleton,  a  native 
of  Ohio,  and  to  tfcem  have  been  born  two  children,  Gertrude  E.  and  Ruth  E.  The 
former  is  a  high  school  graduate  and  is  now  successfully  teaching,  while  the  latter 
is  still  a  high  school  .student.  The  family  attend  the  Methodist  church  and  Mr.  Shella- 
barger is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  His 
political  allegiance  has  always  been  given  to  the  democratic  party  and  he  has  fre- 
quently been  called  upon  to  serve  in  positions  of  public  trust,  being  a  member  of  the 
town  board,  also  a  school  trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  school  board,  while  for  three 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Littleton.  In  1917  he  was  elected  mayor 
of  Castle  Rock  and  made  so  creditable  and  satisfactory  a  record  during  his  first  term 
that  his  fellow  townsmen  again  called  him  to  the  position  and  he  is  now  serving  for 
the  second  time.  He  exercises  his  official  prerogatives  in  support  of  all  progressive 
measures  and  movements,  his  course  justifying  his  classification  with  the  most  valuable 
officials  of  the  city  as  well  as  with  its  substantial  merchants  and  business  men. 


J.  F.  BARNHILL. 

J.  F.  Barnhill.  president  and  general  manager  of  The  Colorado  Pitchblende  Com- 
pany, occupies  a  conspicuous  position  in  the  mining  circles  of  Colorado,  and  among 
the  younger  men  of  the  state  in  that  industry  he  stands  foremost. 

Mr.  Barnhill  was  born  February  20,  1885,  on  a  farm  near  Brashear,  Adair  county, 
Missouri,  a  son  of  George  W.  and  Cecelia  (Howk)  Barnhill.  The  father  was  born  in 
Louisville,   Kentucky,  while  the  mother  was  a  native  of  Adair  county,   Missouri. 

George  W.  Barnhill  was  a  well  known  farmer  and  stock  raiser  and  his  death 
occurred  in  1897,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  sons.  The  widow  remarried  and  now 
lives  at  Kellogg,  Idaho.  Of  the  sons  J.  F.  is  the  elder  while  the  younger,  Roy  L.,  is 
prominently  identified  with  the  Acme  Manganese  Mining  Company  of  Hot  Springs, 
Arkansas. 

J.  F.  Barnhill  as  a  boy  attended  the  public  schools  in  Gibbs,  Missouri,  later  sim- 
ilar institutions  at  Farmington  and  Walla  Walla.  Washington.  His  education  since 
the  age  of  sixteen  has  been  largely  acquired  in  the  school  of  experience.  He  began 
making  his  own  way  at  the  age  of  thirteen.  However,  as  circumstances  permitted 
he  studied  at  night  and  in  this  way  added  materially  to  his  previous  limited  educa- 
tional training.  When  he  started  out  to  do  for  himself  he  was  employed  at  ranching 
in  Washington.  He  was  too  ambitious  to  limit  his  progress  to  these  lines  and  seeking 
something  where  advancement  would  be  more  rapid  he  went  back  east,  to  St.  Joe, 
Missouri,  where  he  became  an  apprentice  in  the  trade  of  machinist.  Here  he  found 
a  wider  field  for  his  natural  mechanical  skill  which  was  soon  evidenced  by  his  invent- 
ing the  interlocking  rail  which  he  patented.  He  devoted  considerable  time  to  this 
invention,  which,  as  a  result  of  prolonged  litigation  has  failed  to-date  to  bring  him 
as  much  of  a  reward  as  he  is  entitled  to.  He  was  connected  with  the  Wrought  Iron 
Range  Company  of  St.  Louis,  being  employed  by  that  firm  at  St.  Louis.  Missouri.  In 
1909  he  came  to  Denver  and  for  some  time  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago,  Burling- 
ton and  Quincy  Railroad,  after  which  he  became  connected  with  the  mining  industry 
as  vice  president  and  managing  director  of  the  Golden  Age  Mining  and  Reduction 
Company  of  Boulder  county,  as  well  as  in  connection  with  other  mining  properties. 
Mr.  Barnhill  acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  rich  mineral  deposits  of  that  section  of 
the   state   and   discovered   that   the   great   deposits    of   fluor   spar   ore    on   the   Colorado 


J.  F.  BARNHILL 


308  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Pitchblende  Company's  property  at  Jimtown  carried  extraordinary  values  In  uranium, 
radium  and  other  rare  minerals.  The  fluor  spar  underlays  approximately  two  square  . 
miles  of  territory  and  extends  from  the  surface  down  to  unknown  depths.  It  is  tlie 
largest  known  uranium-radium  deposit  in  the  world.  Assays  of  concentrates  taken 
from  this  property  and  made  by  Victor  Blanc,  one  of  the  leading  chemists  In  the 
state,  show  values  of  $914.16  per  ton,  not  including  the  fluor  spar,  which  averages 
about  seventy  per  cent  in  the  crude  ore,  and  when  concentrated  to  an  eighty-five 
per  cent  product.  Itself  yields  about  twenty-two  dollars  per  ton  gross.  It  is  to 
the  development  of  this  wonderful  property  that  Mr.  Barnhill  as  its  president  and 
general  manager.  Is  now  devoting  his  energy.  A  plant  of  one  thousand  tons  daily 
capacity  is  planned,  which  on  the  authority  of  engineers  and  experts  will  yield  a 
daily  profit  that  most  mining  projects  would  be  glad  to  secure  In  a  month. 

Mr.  Barnhill's  interests  include  numerous  other  mining  properties  among  which 
is  the  Acme  Manganese  Mining  Company  of  Hot  Springs,  Arkansas,  of  which  he  is 
president  and  general  manager.  His  keen  executive  ability  and  great  power  as  an 
organizer  have  been  valuable  factors  in  his  business  connections  and  have  brought 
him  into  prominence  in  industrial  and  financial  circles.  He  Is  a  member  of  the  Colo- 
rado Manufacturers'  Association. 

While  yet  a  man  of  less  than  middle  age  he  has  achieved  a  success  that  reflects 
a  whole  lot  of  credit  upon  him.  Thrown  on  his  own  resources  at  an  early  age  his 
progress  has  been  wholly  of  his  own  making  and  not  without  the  "hard  luck"  that  to 
one  less  determined  might  have  proven  a  stopping  point  in  his  career. 


SAMUEL  GROVER  PHILLIPS.  M.  D. 

Dr.  Samuel  Grover  Phillips,  a  prominent  homeopathic  physician  and  surgeon  of 
Denver,  whose  hospital  work  and  wide  general  practice  have  gained  for  him  a  place  in 
the  front  rank  of  the  representatives  of  the  homeopathic  school  in  the  city,  was  born 
in  Hindsville,  Arkansas,  January  6,  1863.  His  father,  the  late  Samuel  G.  Phillips, 
was  a  native  of  Alabama  and  was  of  English  descent.  The  family  traces  its  ances- 
try back  to  a  period  antedating  the  Revolutionary  war  and  settlement  was  originally 
made  in  the  New  England  states.  Samuel  G.  Phillips  became  a  successful  planter 
and  through  the  later  years  of  his  life  resided  in  Arkansas.  His  early  life,  however, 
was-  spent  in  southern  Missouri  and  Texas  and  during  the  Civil  war  he  served  with 
the  Confederate  army,  becoming  captain  In  an  Arkansas  regiment.  He  was  at  the 
front  throughout  the  entire  period  of  hostilities  between  the  north  and  the  south.  He 
had  previously  been  a  large  slaveholder  and  he  became  a  well-to-do  planter  of  Arkansas, 
where  he  continued  to  make  his  home  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  that  state 
in  1896,  when  he  was  seventy  years  of  age.  In  politics  he  was  a  stanch  democrat 
and  served  as  sheriff  of  Madison  county,  Arkansas,  while  for  one  term  he  was  also 
county  assessor.  Fraternally  he  was  connected  with  the  Masons.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Johnson,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  where  her  family  has  been  represented  from 
pioneer  times.  They  come  of  English  and  Scotch  ancestry  and  the  family  was  estab- 
lished on  American  soil  at  an  early  period  in  the  development  of  the  new  world.  Mrs. 
Phillips  had  a  brother.  Hon.  Robert  Johnson,  who  was  a  prominent  jurist  of  Madison 
county,  Arkansas.  Mrs.  Phillips  passed  away  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years.  She 
had  become  the  mother  of  nine  children,  two  sons  and  seven  daughters. 

Dr.  Phillips  of  this  review  was  the  seventh  in  order  of  birth  In  that  family.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Hindsville.  Arkansas,  and  also  attended  the 
College  View  College,  near  Lincoln,  Nebraska.  He  completed  his  studies,  however, 
in  the  Kansas  City  University  of  Kansas  City,  Kansas.  For  seventeen  years  previous  to 
1906,  Dr.  Samuel  G.  Phillips  had  charge  of  the  field  work  for  the  Pacific  Press  Pub- 
lishing Company  of  Oakland,  California,  with  branch  house  at  Kansas  City.  Missouri. 
He  began  at  the  bottom  with  them  and  worked  his  way  to  the  top.  He  was  field 
manager  for  the  territory  extending  from  Mexico  to  Canada  and  from  the  Mississippi 
river  to  the  Pacific  coast.  The  company  was  a  distributor  and  publisher  of  bibles 
and  other  religious  works.  Dr.  Phillips  made  his  headquarters  in  Arkansas,  Missouri 
and  Colorado,  and  handled  millions  of  dollars  for  the  company.  In  1906,  however, 
tiring  of  the  nomadic  life  and  desiring  to  take  up  the  practice  of  medicine  and  sur- 
gery, he  resigned  his  position.  The  company  endeavored  by  increased  pay  and  other 
inducements  to  persuade  him  to  remain.  They  offered  him  the  opportunity  to  go  for 
them  to  England,  to  the  Pacific  islands  and  also  to  Australia:  but  Dr.  Phillips 
adhered   to   his   determination   to   become   a   physician   and   surgeon.      He   spent   three 


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310  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

years  in  the  Denver  Homeopathic  College  and  for  one  year  was  a  student  in  the 
medical  department  of  the  Kansas  City  University.  He  was  graduated  with  the  M.  D. 
degree  in  1910  and  through  the  following  two  years  he  served  as  an  interne  at  the 
Park  Avenue  Hospital  in  Denver.  He  next  entered  upon  the  private  practice  of 
'medicine,  in  which  he  has  since  actively  continued  and  his  pronounced  ability  is 
evidenced  in  his  increasing  patronage.  He  was  at  one  time  medical  examiner  of  the 
German  American  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Denver  and  was  medical  examiner  of 
the  Modern  Brotherhood  and  the  Knights  and  Ladies  of  Security.  He  was  also  con- 
nected with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  in  a  similar  capacity  and  is  now  medi- 
cal examiner  for  the  Court  of  Honor  and  medical  examiner  for  the  American  Life 
Insurance  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the  staff  of  St.  Anthony's  Hospital  of  Denver 
and  also  of  the  Park  Avenue  Hospital  Association  and  its  vice  president.  He  is  a 
well  known  and  frequent  contributor  to  medical  journals  and  his  writings  always 
elicit  interest  and  attention.  He  belongs  to  the  American  Institute  of  Homeopathy, 
to  the  Colorado  State  Homeopathic  Society  and  to  the  Twentieth  Century  Medical  Club 
of  Denver.  He  is  likewise  identified  with  the  Denver  Homeopathic  Society  and  was 
at  one  time  vice  president  of  the  Colorado  State  Homeopathic  Society.  He  holds  to 
high  professional  standards  and  has  kept  abreast  in  all  of  his  professional  work  and 
thought  with   those   who  are   recognized   leaders   in   the   practice   of   homeopathy. 

Dr.  Phillips  has  been  twice  married.  In  1884.  in  Hindsville,  Arkansas,  he  married 
Anna  Fritz,  a  native  of  that  state  and  a  daughter  of  Martin  and  Matilda  (Johnston) 
Fritz,  the  former  now  deceased.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Phillips  were  born  eight  children, 
six  sons  and  two  daughters.  His  second  marriage  occurring  October  2,  1918,  when  he 
wedded  Mrs.  Marian  F.  Brown,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  a  graduate  nurse. 

Dr.  Phillips  maintains  an  independent  course  in  the  exercise  of  his  right  of  fran- 
chise yet  often  supports  republican  principles,  in  which  he  believes.  He  is  a  Mason 
of  high  rank  and  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  he  also  belongs  to  the  Lions  Club 
and  to  the  Kiwanis  Club  of  Denver.  His  social  qualities  render  him  popular  in  these 
organizations,  while  at  the  same  time  his  professional  skill  and  conscientious  service 
have  gained  for  him  an  enviable  position  as  a  homeopathic  practitioner.  Dr.  Phillips 
has  pursued  postgraduate  work  in  surgery  at  the  Metropolitan  and  Bellevue  Hospitals 
of  New  York  city.  He  also  spent  some  time  visiting  the  prominent  hospitals  at  Wash- 
ington,  D.  C,  his  object  being  to  further  perfect  himself  in   surgery. 


ROBERT    G.    PAYNE. 


The  Yale  Laundry,  of  which  Robert  G.  Payne  is  the  founder  and  of  which  he  is 
now  president  and  manager,  is  one  of  the  leading  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the 
city.  It  had  its  start  in  a  very  modest  and  unostentatious  way,  the  work  being  under- 
taken by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Payne  in  small  quarters,  but  through  careful  attention  to  busi- 
ness they  have  developed  a  patronage  of  extensive  proportions  and  their  trade  is 
now  in  a  well  equipped  plant. 

Mr.  Payne  was  born  in  Maury  county,  Tennessee,  May  4,  1864,  a  son  of  James 
Madison  and  Lucy  C.  (Perry)  Payne,  the  former  a  native  of  Virginia  and  the  latter 
of  Tennessee.  In  young  manhood  the  father  removed  to  Tennessee,  where  he  and  his 
wife  spent  their  remaining  days,  and  he  became  well  known  as  a  planter  and  slave- 
holder prior  to  the  Civil  war.  He  was  born  in  1815  and  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-six 
years,  while  his  wife,  who  was  born  in  1S22,  passed  away  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight.  In 
both  the  paternal  and  maternal  lines  Robert  G.  Payne  comes  of  families  long  identified 
with  the  south  and  prominent  in  connection  with  many  events  in  both  Virginia  and 
Tennessee. 

The  youngest  in  a  family  of  eight  children,  Robert  G.  Payne  attended  the  schools 
of  Maury  county  until  his  seventeenth  year,  when  he  left  home  and  made  his  way  to 
Emporia,  Kansas,  where  he  became  an  employe  in  a  grocery  store,  continuing  in  that 
position  for  five  years.  He  then  severed  his  connection  with  the  house  and  removed 
to  Denver  in  1889.  Here  he  again  secured  a  clerkship  in  a  grocery  store,  with  which 
he  continued  for  five  years,  after  which  he  obtained  a  position  with  the  Old  Home- 
stead Baking  Company  and  was  in  that  employ  tor  twelve  years.  On  the  20th  of 
June,  1910,  he  established  a  small  laundry  in  connection  with  his  wife.  It  was  at 
first  a  hand  laundry  but  as  the  business  grew  the  most  modern  machinery  has  been 
installed  and  today  the  Yale  Laundry  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  of  the  city.  In  1913 
the  New  Method  Laundry  was  consolidated  with  the  Yale  and  as  the  result  of  the 
amalgamation   of  these   two   strong   companies   the   business  has   increased   many   fold, 


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employing  now  from   seventy-five  to  eighty  people  and  utilizing   nine  delivery 

and  trucks.     The  building  occupied  is  thoroughly  modern  in  every  way  and  the  trade 

now   extends   to   various   points   outside   of   Denver.     Mr.    Payne   is   the    president   and 

manager  of  the  business.     The  corporation  is  a  close  one.     Mr.  Payne  is  president  of 

the  Denver  Laundrymen's  Association.     He  also  has  membership  in  the  Manufacturers 

Association. 

Mr.  Payne  has  been  married  twice.  He  first  wedded  Miss  Anna  L.  Casey,  a  native 
of  Tennessee,  the  wedding  being  celebrated  in  1891.  She  passed  away  in  Denver  in 
1904,  leaving  a  son,  Harold  B.  Payne,  who  was  born  in  Denver  in  1898  and  is  a 
graduate  of  the  high  school.  He  is  now  in  the  national  army  with  the  Artillery  Corps 
at  Camp  Taylor.  In  1906  Mr.  Payne  was  married  to  Minnie  E.  Ball,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Henry  Ball,  well  known  people  of  Denver,  having  resided  here 
from  the  early  days.  Mr.  Payne  may  truly  be  called  a  self-made  man  and  as  the 
architect  of  his  own  fortunes  he  has  builded  wisely  and  well. 


GEORGE  W.   HARRIMAN. 


Inseparably  interwoven  with  the  history  of  Jefferson  county  is  the  name  of 
George  W.  Harriman  because  of  the  active  part  which  he  took  in  the  promotion  of 
its  interests.  He  was  identified  with  mining,  with  hotel  keeping,  with  the  agricultural 
development  of  his  section  of  the  state,  and  his  work  was  particularly  valuable  in 
connection  with  irrigation  interests.  While  actuated  by  the  laudable  ambition  of 
winning  success  in  his  business  affairs,  he  at  the  same  time  was  ever  mindful  of 
his  duties  and  obligations  as  a  citizen,  contributing  in  large  measure  to  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  district  in  which  he  made  his  home. 

A  native  of  Canada,  Mr.  Harriman  was  born  in  Argentine  on  the  1st  of  Sep- 
tember, 1826,  his  parents  being  Reuben  and  Abigail  (Davis)  Harriman,  whose  family 
numbered  seven  children.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Vermont,  bom  January  1,  1799. 
In  his  youth  he  accompanied  his  father  to  Canada,  where  he  learned  the  shoemaker's 
trade  and  afterward  followed  that  occupation  throughout  his  entire  life.  In  1833  he 
became  a  resident  of  Niagara  county.  New  York,  where  he  resided  until  1842.  He 
then  went  to  Ohio,  whence  he  afterward/  removed  to  Indiana.  At  a  later  period  he 
went  to  Michigan  and  in  1848  took  up  his  abode  in  Walworth  county,  Wisconsin,  where 
he  resided  until  he  was  called  to  his  final  rest  on  the  12th  of  April,  1863. 

George  W.  Harriman  accompanied  his  parents  on  their  various  removals,  thus 
gaining  wide  experience  which  proved  of  worth  to  him  in  his  later  years.  Having 
reached  adult  age,  he  was  married  November  11,  1851,  at  Elkhorn,  Wisconsin,  to  Miss 
Betsy  M.  Spencer  and  for  six  months  thereafter  conducted  a  hotel  there  but  at  the 
end  of  that  time  turned  his  attention  to  farming.  In  1858,  however,  he  became  pro- 
prietor of  a  livery  stable  at  Elkhorn,  Wisconsin,  and  also  again  conducted  a  hotel 
there. 

The  year  1860  witnessed  his  arrival  in  Colorado.  Making  his  way  across  the 
plains  with  a  two-horse  team,  he  reached  Boulder  on  the  2Sth  of  June  and  afterward 
went  to  Central  City,  whene  he  devoted  a  month  to  mining  and  then  established  a 
boarding  house,  which  he  conducted  for  a  year.  In  the  spring  of  1861  he  located  at 
Kenosha,  Park  county,  Colorado,  where  he  built  a  hotel,  which  he  carried  on  for 
three  and  a  half  years.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  hotel  men  of  the  state  and  while 
thus  engaged  he  took  part  in  the  Espanosa  and  Runnell  raids.  Because  of  the  lawless 
conditions  that  existed  in  the  frontier  settlement,  he  decided  to  dispose  of  his  inter- 
ests there  in  October.  1865,  and  returned  to  Wisconsin,  where  he  spent  the  winter. 
However,  the  lure  of  the  west  was  upon  him  and  in  the  following  spring  he  returned 
to  Colorado  and  conducted  a  stage  line  running  between  Denver  and  Buckskin  Joe. 
A  year  later  he  removed  to  Turkey  Creek,  two  miles  above  Morrison,  in  Jefferson 
county,  and  there  built  a  hotel,  which  he  conducted  for  three  years,  and  at  the  same 
time  was  engaged  in  stock  raising  and  teaming.  In  1870  he  settled  on  what  became 
known  as  the  Harriman  ranch,  on  Bear  creek,  between  Fort  Logan  and  Morrison, 
homesteading  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  to  the  development  and  improve- 
ment of  which  he  at  once  gave  his  attention.  He  studied  closely  the  conditions  of 
the  country,  its  opportunities  and  possibilities  and  realized  how  valuable  the  district 
would  become  if  water  could  be  supplied  to  the  arid  plains.  He  became  the  originator 
and  principal  promoter  of  the  extensive  irrigation  system  of  Bear  Creek  valley.  He 
was  the  prime  mover  in  support  of  the  Arnett  ditch,  which  had  been  begun  two  years 
before.     It  was   Mr.   Harriman   who  worked   out  the  plans  for   its   completion   by   hta 


MRS.  HATTIE  M.  WATSON 


314  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

undaunted  energy  and  saw  that  the  project  was  carried  forward  to  success.  On  the 
completion  of  the  ditch  with  all  of  its  ramifications  Mr.  Harrlman  took  over  the 
Arnett  interests  and  it  became  known  as  the  Harriman  ditch.  In  1873  he  was  the 
builder  of  a  large  reservoir,  the  first  in  Colorado,  and  thus  he  became  the  father  of 
the  great  system  of  storage  reservoirs  now-  so  prominent  a  feature  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  state  and  the  promotix)n  of  its  agricultural  interests.  He  was  largely 
instrumental  in  building  the  Bergen  reservoirs  and  was  also  one  of  the  heaviest  stock- 
holders in  the  Soda  Lake  reservoirs.  The  worth  and  value  of  his  labors  can  scarcely 
be  overestimated.  He  was  indeed  an  important  factor  in  that  work  which  has  made 
Colorado  to  bloom  and  blossom  as  the  rose,  reclaiming  its  arid  districts  tor  the  pur- 
poses of  civilization,  converting  wild  tracts  of  land  into  rich  and  productive  farms 
that  provide  the  means  of  livelihood  for  thousands. 

In  all  public  affairs  Mr.  Harriman  was  also  deeply  interested  and  his  fellow 
townsmen,  appreciative  of  his  worth  and  ability,  elected  him  a  member  of  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  that  had  charge  of  the  erection  of  the  courthouse  at  Golden. 
His  fellow  townsmen  strongly  urged  him  to  become  a  candidate  for  the  state  legisla- 
ture, but  his  ambition  was  not  in  the  path  of  office  holding  and  he  declined.  While 
Fort  Logan  was  being  builded  he  was  one  of  the  contractors  who  made  brick  for  the 
building  and  he  also  did  much  teaming  work  in  connection  with  the  erection  of  the 
fort.  His  business  affairs  were  wisely  and  carefully  directed  and  as  the  years  passed 
he  kept  adding  to  his  holdings  until  within  the  boundaries  of  his  ranch  were 
comprised  eight  hundred  and  eighty  acres.  A  spirit  of  warm-hearted  hospitality  per- 
vaded the  place,  its  good  cheer  and  hearty  welcome  being  greatly  enjoyed  by  the  many 
friends  of  the  family.  In  1897  Mr.  Harriman  sold  his  ranch  and  removed  to  Fort 
Logan,  where  he  lived  retired  until  his  demise.  Mr.  Harriman  reached  the  age  of 
almost  ninety  years,  passing  away  on  the  24th  of  August,  1915,  while  the  wife  and 
mother  died  on  the  2d  of  May,  1908. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harriman  became  the  parents  of  four  children,  but  only  two  sur- 
vive, Clark  S.,  a  prominent  ranchman  of  Park  county,  Colorado,  and  Hattie  M.,  the 
latter  the  widow  of  W.  J.  Watson.  She  was  born  in  Park  county,  Colorado,  and 
reared  and  educated  in  Denver.  On  August  18,  1886,  she  married  William  J.  Watson, 
a  native  of  England,  who  had  come  to  America,  with  his  parents,  when  a  lad  of 
fifteen  years  and  resided  in  Kansas  until  1882,  when  he  came  to  Colorado,  locating 
in  Jefferson  county.  Following  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Watson  resided  in  Jef- 
ferson county  until  1S87,  when  they  removed  to  the  western  slope,  where  he  was 
numbered  among  the  leading  ranchmen  and  stockraisers,  up  to  the  time  of  his  death 
which  occurred  October  2,   1896. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Watson  were  born  two  sons:  George  H.,  a  well  known  and 
prosperous  ranchman  of  Park  county,  Colorado;  and  William  C,  now  with  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railway  Company  as  agent  at  Fernley,  Nevada,  and  prominently  identified 
with  the  Order  of  Railway  Trainmen. 

In  her  political  views  Mrs.  Watson  is  a  republican,  believing  firmly  in  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  party.  She  was  postmaster  at  Fort  Logan  from  1912  to  1916  and  she 
has  been  very  prominent  and  active  in  public  affairs  of  the  community,  doing  not  a 
little  to  shape  public  thought  and  opinion.  Her  labors  in  behalf  of  war  activities 
were  particularly  valuable  and  resultant.  She  has  been  a  member  of  the  Woman's 
Division  of  the  Colorado  Council  of  National  Defense,  very  active  in  Red  Cross  work, 
was  a  surveyor  on  the  registration  of  nurses  for  war  work  and  a  member  of  the  food 
administration  at  Fort  Logan.  At  once  recognizing  the  needs  of  the  country  with 
the  entrance  of  America  into  the  war  and  knowing  that  there  would  be  much  work 
that  women  could  do  in  this  connection,  she  began  giving  her  time  and  effort  to  meet 
these  calls  for  service,  doing  everything  within  her  power  that  would  promote  the 
interests,   the  health   and   the  welfare  of  the   boys   over   there. 


CHARLES  A.  MacMILLAN. 


Charles  A.  MacMillan  needs  no  introduction  to  the  readers  of  this  volume 
and  especially  to  the  citizens  of  Denver,  where  he  is  widely  and  prominently 
known  as  a  la-w'yer  and  by  reason  of  his  activities  along  philanthropic  lines.  Illinois 
claims  him  as  a  native  son,  for  his  birth  occurred  in  the  city  of  Peoria  on  the  15th  of 
October,  1870.  He  is  a  son  of  James  Calvin  and  Katherine  (Anderson)  MacMillan. 
In  the  paternal  line  he  comes  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  although  the  family  has  been 
represented  in  the  United  States  through  three  generations.     In  the  maternal  line  he 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  315 

is  descended  from  New  England  stock.  His  father  was  born  in  Indiana  but  removed 
to  Illinois,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  When  the  country  be- 
came involved  in  civil  war,  however,  he  offered  his  aid  to  the  Union  and  went  to 
the  front  with  the  Eleventh  Illinois  Cavalry,  with  which  he  did  active  service.  He 
was  an  aide-de-camp  on  the  staff  of  General  Grant  and  he  remained  at  the  front  until 
victory  crowned  the  Union  arms.  He  is  now  residing  upon  a  farm  in  Arapahoe 
county,  Colorado,  but  is  not  actively  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits,  having  put  aside 
business  cares  to  enjoy  a  well  earned  rest.  To  him  and  his  wife  have  been  born  six 
children,  of  whom  five  are  living. 

Charles  A.  MacMillan  was  a  public  school  pupil  in  Kansas,  to  which  state  his 
parents  removed  after  leaving  Illinois.  Later  he  continued  his  education  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Denver  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1894.  He  then  left  that  institution  but 
studied  law  in  Denver  under  a  private  preceptor  and  thus  qualified  for  admission  to 
the  bar.  He  was  licensed  to  practice  in  1896  and  opened  an  office  in  the  E.  and  C. 
building  in  Denver.  After  a  brief  period,  however,  he  removed  to  Wyoming,  settling  at 
Rock  Springs,  and  for  two  terms  he  served  as  prosecuting  attorney  of  the  district. 
He  then  removed  to  Spokane,  Washington,  where  he  remained  for  seven  years,  prac- 
ticing law  there  until  appointed  special  United  States  district  attorney  under  President 
Taft,  in  which  capacity  he  served  from  1909  until  1911.  The  following  year  he  re- 
turned to  Denver,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  and  in  the 
management  of  his  private  interests. 

In  1899  Mr.  MacMillan  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  Wight,  who  was 
born  in  Maine,  a  daughter  of  Frederick  D.  Wight,  of  Denver,  who  was  at  one  time 
a  very  prominent  business  man  of  Trinidad,  Colorado,  and  a  leading  citizen  of  the 
state.  His  later  years  were  passed  in  Denver,  where  he  died  about  six  years  ago, 
leaving  an  extensive  estate.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  MacMillan  have  been  born  five  chil- 
dren: Dorothy,  a  student  at  The  Wolcott  School,  Denver,  and  who  possesses  considerable 
musical  talent;  Charles  Wight,  born  August  1,  1902,  in  Denver,  a  high  school  pupil; 
Frederick  Dearborn,  born  October  2,  1904,  in  Rock  Springs,  Wyoming,  attending  high 
school;   and  Ruth  and  Marjorie,  who  are  also  in  school. 

Mr.  MacMillan  turns  to  motoring,  to  trout  fishing  and  to  golf  for  recreation.  He 
belongs  to  Beta  Theta  Pi,  a  college  fraternity,  and  he  is  also  connected  with  the  Benev- 
olent Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  with  the  Masonic  fraternity.  His  membership  in 
the  latter  is  in  Oriental  Lodge,  No.  74,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Spokane;  in  Colorado  Chapter, 
No.  29,  R.  A.  M.;  Denver  Commandery,  No.  25,  K.  T.;  and  in  El  Jebel  Temple  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  belongs  to  the  Lakewood  Country  Club  and  to  the  Denver  Athletic 
Club,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  First  Congregational  church  and  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation and  in  the  latter  is  serving  on  the  boys'  committee.  He  takes  a  deep  interest 
in  philanthropic  work,  contributing  generously  to  the  support  of  many  plans  and  move- 
ments toward  ameliorating  hard  conditions  of  life  for  the  unfortunate  and  is  ever  ready 
to  extend  a  helping  hand  where  aid  is  needed.  Intensely  interested  in  the  vital  prob- 
lems of  the  country  at  the  present  time,  he  does  active  service  in  connection  with  the 
promotion  of  Liberty  loans  and  the  Red  Cross.  His  life  has  Indeed  been  a  busy,  active 
and  useful  one,  characterized  by  high  purposes  and  fraught  with  great  good. 


JOHN  R.  WOLFF. 


Liberal  educational  training  well  qualified  John  R.  Wolff  for  professional  activity 
and  since  1900  he  has  been  actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law 
in  Boulder.  He  was  born  upon  a  farm  in  Jefferson  county,  Colorado,  near  Denver,  in 
1877.  His  grandfather,  John  B.  Wolff,  was  a  native  of  Martinsburg,  Virginia,  and  was 
a  son  of  Joseph  Wolff,  who  served  America  as  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812  and  again 
in  the  Mexican  war.  He  was  also  keeper  of  the  Long  Bridge  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
during  the  Civil  war.  His  father  had  been  a  soldier  in  the  Continental  army  during 
the  Revolutionary  war  and  thus  through  many  generations  the  family  has  manifested 
the  utmost  loyalty  to  American  interests.  John  Wolff,  the  father  of  John  R.  Wolff 
of  this  review,  was  born  in  Wheeling,  Virginia,  now  West  Virginia,  in  the  year  1848 
and  was  a  youth  of  fourteen  years  when  in  July,  18fi2,  he  arrived  in  Colorado  in 
company  with  his  father.  They  settled  upon  a  ranch  near  Denver,  where  John  Wolff 
remained  for  six  or  seven  years.  He  then  returned  eastward  as  far  as  Iowa  and 
spent  two  years  in  that  state,  after  which  he  again  became  a  resident  of  Colorado, 
settling  in  Larimer  county.     At  a  later  period  he  removed   to  Adams   county,   where 


316  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

he  engaged  in  ranching  for  a  number  of  years  and  then  took  up  his  abode  in  Boulder, 
where  he  now  makes  his  home. 

Between  the  years  1881  and  1895  John  R.  Wolft  remained  upon  his  father's  farm 
in  Adams  county,  Colorado,  having  the  usual  experiences  that  fall  to  the  lot  of  the 
farmbred  boy  who  divides  his  time  between  the  acquirement  of  a  public  school  educa- 
tion and  the  work  of  the  fields.  He  continued  in  the  district  schools  until  1888,  when 
he  entered  the  North  Denver  high  school,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1895.  He  determined  upon  a  professional  career  and  with  that  end  in  view 
entered  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder,  completing  his  law  course  as  a  graduate 
of  the  class  of  1899  and  finishing  his  academic  course  as  a  member  of  the  class  of 
1900.  Thus  well  qualified  by  liberal  literary  and  professional  training,  he  entered  upon 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boulder  and  through  the  intervening  years  has 
specialized  in  mining  law,  showing  marked  ability  in  handling  important  cases  of 
this  character,  while  the  extent  of  his  clientage  indicates  much  concerning  his  success. 

On  the  22d  of  July,  1903,  Mr.  Wolff  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maude  C. 
Hague,  a  daughter  of  Charles  G.  Hague,  and  they  now  have  two  children,  John  R.  and 
Lois  Josephine.  Mr.  Wolff  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  is  also 
identified  with  the  Boulder  Club  and  is  a  Master  Mason.  His  political  allegiance  is 
given  to  the  republican  party  and  these  associations  and  membership  relations  indicate 
much  of  the  nature  of  his  interests  and  the  rules  which  govern  his  conduct.  Aside 
from  his  activity  along  those  lines  and  in  the  path  of  his  profession  he  is  greatly 
interested  in  mining  and  is  a  director  in  many  mining  companies,  having  made  most 
judicious  investment  in  mining  properties  in  this  section  of  the  country.  His  judg- 
ment is  sound,  his  discrimination  keen  and  his  investments  have  brought  to  him 
a  substantial  financial  return.  There  ars  few,  if  any,  more  thoroughly  conversant 
with  mining  law  in  all  of  its  departments  and  phases,  and  the  soundness  of  his  legal 
opinions  is  attested  by  colleagues  and  contemporaries  at  the  bar. 


JAMES  N.  COUNTER. 


James  N.  Counter,  one  of  the  progressive,  alert  and  energetic  business  men  of 
Brighton,  was  born  in  the  province  of  Ontario,  Canada.  January  10,  1858,  a  son  of 
Charles  and  Adelaide  (Watts)  Counter.  He  obtained  his  education  in  Ontario  and 
in  Kansas,  the  family  having  removed  during  his  boyhood  days  to  the  latter  state.  He 
learned  the  printer's  trade  in  Belleville,  Kansas,  where  he  worked  until  he  reached  his 
majority.  He  then  went  to  Oberlin,  Kansas,  where  he  conducted  a  newspaper  for  a  time, 
and  in  1887  he  arrived  in  Wray,  Colorado,  where  he  purchased  the  Wray  Rattler,  which 
he  owned  and  published  for  ten  years.  He  made  it  a  very  attractive  journal,  the  name 
indicating  the  enterprising  spirit  manifest  in  the  paper  and  its  endorsement  of  all  those 
interests  of  benefit  to  the  public.  Prospering  in  his  undertaking,  he  extended  the  scope 
of  his  business  activity  by  the  purchase  of  a  lumber  yard  there.  This  he  conducted 
until  1902,  when  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  Wray  and  removed  to  Brighton,  where 
he  became  owner  of  a  lumber  yard,  in  which  he  carries  an  extensive  line  of  all  kinds 
of  lumber  and  building  supplies.  He  has  built  up  a  business  of  large  and  gratifying 
proportions. 

In  Belleville,  Kansas,  on  the  29th  of  July,  1883,  Mr.  Counter  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  May  Tucker,  a  daughter  of  H.  Tucker.  Their  children  are  four  in 
number.  James  C.  is  now  in  the  service  of  the  government  as  irrigation  manager 
of  the  Belle  Fouche  (So.  Dak.)  irrigation  project.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  state 
college,  at  Fort  Collins,  where  he  pursued  a  thorough  course  in  civil  and  irrigation 
engineering,  being  later  elected  to  the  office  of  county  surveyor  for  Adams  county, 
which  position  he  filled  most  creditably.  Benjamin  T.  Is  associated  in  business  with 
his  father  in  Brighton.  Clara  J.  is  the  wife  of  William  A.  Gaddis.  Mildred,  the  young- 
est, is  yet  at  home. 

Mr.  Counter  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  In  the  former  he  has  connections  with  Brighton  Lodge,  No.  7S,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
of  which  he  is  a  past  master;  Denver  Chapter.  No.  2,  R.  A.  M.;  Colorado  Commandery, 
No.  1,  K.  T.;  and  El  Jebel  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  His  political  allegiance  is 
given  to  the  democratic  party  and  he  is  recognized  as  one  of  its  leaders  in  his  section 
of  the  state.  His  fellow  townsmen,  recognizing  his  worth  and  ability,  called  him  to 
the  office  of  mayor  and  continued  him  in  that  position  for  four  years,  during  which 
he  gave  the  city  a  most  businesslike  and  progressive  administration.  He  studied 
its  needs   and   its   possibilities,   seeking  to   obviate   the   former   and   develop   the   latter 


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318  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

to  the  benefit  of  the  entire  community.  Adams  county  chose  him  to  be  its  rep- 
resentative in  the  state  legislature  from  1914  until  1916  and  while  a  member  of  the 
house  he  gave  the  most  thoughtful,  earnest  and  careful  attention  to  all  vital  ques- 
tions which  came  up  for  settlement.  He  stands  for  progressiveness  in  public  affairs 
just  as  he  does  in  business  life  and  his  entire  career  has  been  characterized  by  steady 
advancement,  while  each  forward  step  has  brought  him  a  broader  outlook  and  wider 
opportunities. 


ISAAC  E.  McBROOM. 


Isaac  E.  McBroom  was  a  respected  citizen  of  Arapahoe  county  and  when  death 
called  him  his  loss  was  deeply  felt  by  his  many  friends  and  associates  in  that  section 
of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Indiana,  April  22,  1830,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Phoebe 
(Young)  McBroom,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Virginia.  In  early  life,  however, 
tljey  removed  to  Indiana  and  Mr.  McBroom  was  for  many  years  actively  engaged  in 
farming  there. 

Isaac  E.  McBroom  spent  his  youthful  days  to  the  age  of  thirteen  years  in  his 
native  state  and  then  accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal  to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri, 
where  he  continued  his  education,  which  had  been  begun  in  the  public  schools  of 
Indiana.  In  1850  he  removed  to  Mills  county,  Iowa,  where  he  settled  upon  a  farm 
and  there  resided  until  1860,  when  he  crossed  the  plains  to  Denver  with  that  great 
tide  of  emigration  that  was  flowing  into  the  state  and  reclaiming  its  vast  areas  for 
the  purposes  of  civilization.  He  settled  upon  his  widow's  present  farm,  homestead- 
ing  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  which  adjoins  the  present  town  of  Fort  Logan,  although 
the  town  had  not  been  established  at  that  period.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  agricul- 
turists of  the  community  and  contributed  to  the  development  and  improvement  of 
his  section  of  the  state  in  large  measure.  He  first  built  a  log  cabin  and  occupied 
that  dwelling  until  1889,  when  he  erected  a  fine  brick  residence  that  is  still  standing 
upon  the  place — one  of  the  attractive  farm  homes  of  the  district.  As  the  years  passed 
he  energetically  and  successfully  followed  farming  and  stock  raising,  both  branches 
of  his  business  proving  profitable.  He  was  thus  actively  engaged  to  the  lime  of 
his  demise. 

In  Iowa,  in  1854,  Mr.  McBroom  had  been  married  to  Miss  Emma  L.  Brower,  a  native 
of  Kane  county,  Illinois,  and  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Cordelia  (Hussy)  Brower.  both 
of  whom  were  natives  of  the  state  of  New  York.  They  removed  westward  to  Illinois 
in  the  '30s  and  became  residents  of  Iowa  in  1850,  at  which  time  they  settled  upon 
a  farm,  there  spending  the  remainder  of  their  days.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McBroom  became 
the  parents  of  three  children,  but  the  first  two  died  in  infancy.  The  surviving  daughter, 
Eva,  is  the  wife  of  Clark  Payter  and  they  live  upon  the  farm  with  her  mother.  They 
have  one  son,  Richard  E.,  who  is  a  high  school  pupil. 

The  death  of  Mr.  McBroom  occurred  on  the  17th  of  October,  1914,  when  he  had 
reached  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-four  years,  and  his  remains  were  interred  in 
the  Littleton  cemetery.  He  was  a  self-made  man,  who  started  out  in  the  business  world 
empty-handed,  but  by  unfaltering  industry  and  determination  he  acquired  a  handsome 
fortune  and  left  his  family  in  most  comfortable  financial  circumstances.  In  politics 
he  was  a  very  loyal  and  earnest  republican,  never  faltering  in  his  support  of  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  party.  He  served  upon  the  town  board  and  upon  the  school  board  and  at 
all  times  he  stood  for  progress  and  improvement  in  his  community.  He  had  been  loyal 
in  citizenship,  had  conducted  business  interests  with  ability  and  success  and  he  laid 
down  his  task  in  the  twilight  of  the  day,  when  all  that  he  had  to  do  had  been  nobly 
and   fully    completed. 


FRED  C.  CRAMER. 


Fred  C.  Cramer,  possessed  of  executive  ability  and  qualities  of  business  leadership, 
is  now  at  the  head  of  the  Denver  Powerine  Company,  of  which  he  purchased  the 
control  on  June  2,  1913.  This  company  handles  petroleum  products  and  has  developed 
a  business  of  extensive  proportions.  Mr.  Cramer  was  born  at  Saratoga  Springs,  New 
York,  February  23,  1864,  a  son  of  Boardman  J.  and  Mary  E.  ("Wright)  Cramer,  who 
were  also  natives  of  the  Empire  state.  In  the  year  1861  they  removed  westward  to 
Lawrence,  Kansas,  and  there  the  father  engaged  in  carpenter  work.     Later,  however, 


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the  family  returned  to  New  York,  remaining  for  a  year,  and  tlien  removed  to  Lawrence, 
Kansas,  where  Boardman  J.  Cramer  resided  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1S82.  His 
widow  survived  and  passed  away  in  Denver  in  1911.  In  their  family  were  five  children, 
three  of  whom  have  passed  away,  the  surviving  brother  of  Fred  C.  Cramer  being 
Charles  B.  Cramer,  a  former  state  engineer  of  Colorado  and  a  well  known  resident 
of  Denver. 

Fred  C.  Cramer  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth  in  his  father's  family.  He 
attended  the  schools  of  Lawrence.  Kansas,  and  afterward  spent  two  years  as  a  student 
in  the  University  of  Kansas,  thus  receiving  liberal  educational  privileges.  In  1S81  he 
established  his  home  at  Leadville,  Colorado,  where  he  began  work  in  a  harness  shop  at 
a  wage  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  month,  and  board.  He  left  that  position  in  March, 
1882,  and  traveled  through  various  sections  of  Idaho,  remaining  for  a  time  at  Boise 
and  there  fitting  out  for  a  prospecting  trip  through  the  Wood  River  district.  He  re- 
mained in  that  state  until  1885,  when  he  came  to  Denver,  en  route  to  Rochester,  New 
York,  where  tor  three  years  he  was  employed  as  a  dry  goods  clerk  and  also  in  a  flour 
mill.  In  1888,  however,  he  again  came  to  the  west,  making  his  way  to  Breckenridge, 
Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and  civil  engineering  on  his  own  account.  He 
maintained  his  home  at  Breckenridge  until  191?.  and,  in  addition  to  his  other  activities 
there,  engaged  in  practice  as  a  civil  and  mining  engineer,  maintaining  an  office  for  that 
work  in  Cripple  Creek  from  1891  until  1893.  In  1913  he  disposed  of  his  interests  at 
Breckenridge  and  returned  to  Denver,  where  as  stated  he  purchased  the  controlling 
interest  of  the  Denver  Powerine  Company,  of  which  he  has  since  been  the  president. 
This  company  handles  all  kinds  of  high  class  petroleum  products  and  maintains  various 
oil  filling  automobile  stations  which  are  the  pride  of  Denver.  These  are  situated  in 
various  parts  of  the  city  and  the  one  located  at  Fourteenth  and  Tremont  streets  is 
as  fine  as  can  be  found  in  the  entire  west.  Mr.  Cramer  is  also  the  president  of  the 
Midnight  Oil  Company,  operating  in  Colorado  and  Wyoming.  His  business  interests 
are  thus  extensive  and  important  and  substantial  success  is  rewarding  his  labors. 

On  the  17th  of  June,  1890,  Mr.  Cramer  was  married  to  Miss  Louise  E.  Brooks,  of 
Leadville,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Brooks,  pioneer  people  of  that 
city.  Her  father  is  still  living,  now  making  his  home  at  Seattle.  Washington.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cramer  have  two  children:  George  B.,  born  in  Breckenridge,  August  6,  1891; 
and  Harold  F.,  born  in  Denver,  August  20,  1897.  Harold  F.  Cramer  was  educated  in 
the  East  Denver  high  school,  with  a  year's  study  at  Golden,  and  is  now  a  member  of 
the  United  States  army,  serving  with  Company  G,  of  the  Twenty-ninth  Colorado 
Engineers,  which  is  attached  to  the  Rainbow  Division,  that  in  the  drives  of  1918  has 
covered  itself  with  undying  credit  and  honor.  George  B.  Cramer  is  married,  having 
wedded  Miss  Hazel  E.  Anderson,  and  is  in  the  United  States  Tank  service  at  Camp 
Colt,  Pennsylvania. 

In  politics  Mr.  Cramer  maintains  an  independent  course,  but  has  been  affiliated 
with  the  democratic  party  for  twenty-five  years.  While  living  in  Breckenridge  he 
served  as  treasurer  of  the  town  tor  several  years,  making  a  most  creditable  record  In 
that  position.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason,  having  membership  in  the  blue  lodge,  and 
he  belongs  to  the  Kiwanis  Club,  also  to  the  Denver  Motor  Club  and  to  the  Denver  Civic 
and  Commercial  Association.  He  stands  for  all  that  has  to  do  with  the  progress, 
development,  upbuilding  and  improvement  of  the  city  and  state  and  his  lite  typifies 
the  progressive  spirit  of  the  west,  leading  to  its  rapid  and  substantial  advancement. 


JOHN    McINNES. 


John  Mclnnes  is  one  of  the  well  known  residents  of  Boulder,  who  after  long  and 
prominent  connection  with  business  affairs  is  now  living  retired,  although  he  still  acts 
as  vice  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Boulder,  to  which  position  he  was 
called  in  1902.  He  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  February  1,  1840.  His  fatlier,  Donald 
Mclnnes,  a  native  of  Scotland,  was  born  in  the  year  1792  and  crossed  the  Atlantic  to 
Canada  in  1817.  He  was  married  in  Ontario  to  Margaret  McRae  and  died  in  the  year 
1851,  while  his  wife  passed  away  in  1850. 

John  Mclnnes  was  therefore  a  little  lad  of  but  eleven  years  when  left  an  orphan. 
He  was  reared  in  Ontario  and  acquired  a  common  school  education,  after  which  he 
took  up  the  profession  of  teaching,  which  he  followed  through  two  winter  seasons  in 
Ontario,  and  in  1862  he  came  to  the  United  States,  making  his  way  to  the  copper 
mining  country  on  Lake  Superior.  There  he  resided  tor  four  years,  being  connected 
with  a  mining  company  In  above-ground  work.     At  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  he  re- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  321 

moved  to  Green  Bay,  Michigan,  wliere  he  resided  for  thirty-one  years  and  during 
that  period  was  actively  and  extensively  engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  Attracted 
by  the  opportunities  of  the  west,  he  arrived  in  Boulder,  Colorado,  in  1898  and  through 
the  succeeding  period  of  twenty  years  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city.  In  1902  he  was 
called  to  the  oflice  of  vice  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Boulder  and  has 
since  occupied  that  position  but  is  now  practically  living  retired.  He  was  connected 
with  copper  mining,  in  which  he  won  a  notable  measure  of  success.  In  all  business 
affairs  he  has  displayed  keen  sagacity  which  has  resulted  in  judicious  investment, 
and  indefatigable  energy  and  unfaltering  perseverance  have  also  been  features  of  his 
business  career,  placing  him  in  his  present  position  as  one  of  the  prosperous  residents 
of  Boulder. 

In  December,  1S97,  in  Michigan,  Mr.  Mclnnes  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Georgina  C.  Helps  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  sons  and  a  daughter:  Donald, 
Gertrude  and  Gordon.  The  family  home,  which  is  one  of  the  finest  in  Boulder,  was 
built  about  1904.  The  religious  faith  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mclnnes  is  that  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  while  socially  he  is  connected  with  the  Boulder  Club  and  in  his  political 
views  is  a  republican.  He  displays  many  of  the  sterling  characteristics  of  the  people 
who  come  from  the  land  of  the  crag  and  glen,  of  mountain  peak  and  mountain  lake, 
of  lowland  heath  and  plain — the  land  of  liberty,  poetry  and  song,  of  religious  and 
educational  zeal,  the  home  of  Wallace  and  Bruce,  of  Scott  and  Burns,  the  land  whose 
heroes  have  honored  Britain's  flag  on  every  field  from  Waterloo  to  the  Crimea  and 
Lucknow,  on  to  the  great  battlefields  of  the  World  war.  Scotland  has  been  the  ances- 
tral home  of  many  of  America's  brightest,  best  and  most  capable  men.  It  is  from  that 
land  that  Mr.  Mclnnes  traces  his  lineage,  and  the  determined  purpose  which  has  ever 
marked  the  Scotch  people  has  been  one  of  the  strong  and  salient  forces  in  his  honor- 
able and  prosperous  career. 


ROBERT   A.   CHACE. 


Robert  A.  Chace,  who  owns  and  operates  a  ranch  on  section  S,  in  Morgan  county, 
adjoining  the  town  of  Fort  Morgan,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  the  raising  of  Percheron 
horses,  Galloway  cattle  and  Poland  China  hogs,  has  been  very  successful  in  the  con- 
duct of  his  business  affairs.  The  reason  is  not  far  to  seek.  He  has  always  regarded 
Industry  as  the  basis  of  honorable  success  and  industry  has  therefore  constituted  the 
foundation  on  which  he  has  builded  his  prosperity.  Mr.  Cliace  comes  to  Colorado  from 
Illinois.  He  was  born  in  Ottawa,  that  state,  on  the  22d  of  August,  1857,  a  son  of 
Edward  and  Elizabeth  (Lewis)  Chace,  the  former  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  the 
latter  of  Pennsylvania.  The  father,  a  farmer  by  occupation,  removed  westward  to 
Lasalle  county,  Illinois,  at  an  early  period  in  the  development  of  that  region,  settling 
there  about  1832.  The  work  of  improvement  had  scarcely  been  begun  in  that  district, 
for  it  was  in  that  year  that  the  Black  Hawk  war  occurred  and  decided  the  question 
of  the  supremacy  of  the  Indians  in  Illinois,  the  white  settlers  demonstrating  their 
right  to  rule  over  the  land  and  utilize  it  for  the  purposes  of  civilization.  The  father 
purchased  and  improved  land,  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  throughout  his  remain- 
ing days,  his  death  there  occurring  on  the  11th  of  April,  1875.  His  widow  survived  for 
many  years,  passing  away  at  the  home  of  her  son,  Robert  A.,  on  the  30th  of  July,  1900. 

Robert  A.  Chace  was  reared  and  educated  in  Lasalle  and  Livingston  counties  of 
Illinois,  remaining  with  his  parents  after  completing  his  education  and  cultivating  the 
old  homestead  farm  in  Livingston  county  until  the  spring  of  1888,  when  he  removed  to 
Arapahoe  county.  Colorado,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead  eighty  miles  east  of  Denver. 
This  he  continued  to  develop  for  five  years,  proving  up  on  the  claim  in  1893.  He 
afterward  sold  that  property  and  bought  a  farm  in  Morgan  county,  a  mile  south  of 
Fort  Morgan.  This  he  also  developed  and  improved,  continuing  the  cultivation  of 
that  land  until  1899,  when  he  purchased  his  present  place  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres.  Later  he  bought  an  additional  tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  across  the 
road  and  has  further  invested  in  land  as  his  financial  resources  increased  until  his 
holdings  now  aggregate  five  thousand  acres  in  Morgan  county,  farming,  however,  only 
a  section  of  this.  In  all  of  his  undertakings  he  has  been  quite  successful  and  has 
become  widely  known  as  a  leading  stock  raiser,  making  a  specialty  of  Percheron  horses, 
Galloway  cattle  and  Poland  China  hogs,  and  his  business  in  that  direction  has 
brought  to  hira  substantial  profits.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Fort  Morgan,  in  which  connection  he  has  remained  for  many  years.  He  has  ever 
stood    for   progress   and    improvement    along   all    lines    leading   to"  general   benefit   and 


322  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

upbuilding  throughout  the  state.  He  was  largely  instrumental  in  securing  the  location 
of  the  sugar  factory  at  Fort  Morgan  and  he  now  has  been  a  director  of  the  National 
Western  Stock  Show  of  Denver  for  several  years  and  also  an  exhibitor  from  its  be- 
ginning. He  has  been  prominently  associated  with  Irrigation  interests,  being  con- 
nected with  various  ditch  boards  and  serving  at  one  time  on  fourteen  different  boards. 
His  close  study  of  every  problem  connected  with  irrigation  has  made  his  judgment 
in  that  regard  very  valuable  and  his  cooperation  has  done  much  to  enhance  land 
values  in  the  state  through  the  development  of  its  irrigation   Interests. 

On  the  13th  of  September,  1882,  Mr.  Chace  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  Everett,  a 
daughter  of  Alfred  E.  and  Susan  J.  (Bowers)  Everett,  the  former  a  native  of  Frances- 
town,  New  Hampshire,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Chester,  Ohio.  Her  father  followed 
farming  throughout  his  entire  business  career,  residing  most  of  that  period  in  Livings- 
ton county,  Illinois,  where  Mrs.  Chace  was  born.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  there 
and  was  closely  associated  with  its  agricultural  interests  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  November,  1875.  For  more  than  three  years  he  had  survived  his 
wife,  who  passed  away  in  March,  1872.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chace  have  been  born  seven 
children:  Alfred,  who  was  born  in  August,  1SS6,  and  is  now  at  Camp  Grant,  Illinois; 
Reno  E.,  who  is  operating  the  Chace  &  Sons  ranches  in  Wyoming,  comprising  thirty 
thousand  acres  of  land,  on  which  they  run  sheep  and  cattle — an  important  project 
for  one  of  his  years,  for  he  was  born  in  October,  1887;  Myra,  who  was  born  in  August, 
1890,  and  is  the  wife  of  Professor  R.  J.  Hale,  of  Fort  Morgan,  agricultural  teacher  in 
the  public  schools  and  also  having  charge  of  extension  work  for  the  State  College; 
Willard,  who  was  born  November  12,  1S97,  and  is  at  home;  Ida,  who  died  In  November, 
1898,  when  but  eighteen  days  old;  one  child,  who  died  in  infancy;  and  Cora,  who  died 
in  November,  1899,  at  the  age  of  four  and  a  half  years. 

Politically  Mr.  Chace  is  a  republican  and  in  1896  was  nominated  on  the  party  ticket 
for  the  office  of  state  legislator  but  was  defeated.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  He  has  done  splendid  work  on  behalf  of  public  progress  and 
improvement,  especially  in  connection  with  the  development  of  the  natural  resources 
of  Colorado.  His  labors  have  been  an  effective  force  in  stimulating  ambition  and  a 
desire  for  progress  and  improvement  on  the  part  of  others,  especially  in  connection 
with  the  National  Western  Stock  Show  of  Denver. 


JOHN  W.  ROBB. 

John  W.  Robb  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  property  in  eastern  Jefferson  county, 
now  in  the  suburb  of  Lakewood,  and  his  land  is  devoted  to  farming  and  fruit  growing. 
Although  he  once  owned  many  acres  he  now  has  sold  all  but  ten,  for  Mr.  Robb  has 
reached  the  eightieth  milestone  on  life's  journey.  He  was  born  at  Vernon,  Jennings 
county,  Indiana,  of  Scottish  parentage,  on  the  15th  of  July,  1838.  The  public  schools 
afforded  him  his  educational  opportunities  and  in  his  youthful  days  he  worked  in  his 
father's  woolen  factory  until  he  reached  the  age  of  seventeen.  In  1855  the  family 
removed  to  Walshville,  Montgomery  county,  Illinois,  after  which  John  W.  Robb  left 
home  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  traveled  through  Missouri  and  Kansas.  In 
Kansas  City  he  secured  a  position  in  the  Bullard  machine  shops,  which  were  devoted 
to  the  making  of  quartz  mills  for  the  mines.  In  April,  1860,  accompanied  by  two 
of  his  brothers,  he  started  for  Pike's  Peak  and  on  the  15th  of  May  arrived  in  Denver, 
from  which  point  he  proceeded  to  Central  City.  He  engaged  in  prospecting  and  mining 
and  later  he  assisted  in  building  a  ditch  from  the  Fall  river  to  Nevada  City.  He 
was  also  one  of  the  promoters  in  organizing  the  Empire  and  Union  mining  districts. 
In  September,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  K  of  the  First  Colorado  Cavalry  and 
served  for  four  months.  He  then  enlisted  in  Company  H,  Curtis'  Horse  Regiment,  at 
Peru,  Nebraska,  and  was  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland.  The  name  of  the 
organization  was  changed  to  the  Fifth  Iowa  Cavalry  and  they  went  directly  into  active 
service.  At  the  battle  of  Franklin,  on  Dick  river,  in  1864,  and  while  on  picket  duty 
at  night,  Mr.  Robb  was  captured,  stripped  of  his  uniform  and  marched  to  the  Fort 
Columbia  stockade  in  Tennessee.  Thence  he  was  transferred  to  Montgomery,  Ala- 
bama, and  afterward  to  Thomasville,  Georgia,  from  which  point  he  was  taken  to  Selma, 
Alabama,  and  afterward  to  Meridian,  Mississippi,  while  finally  he  was  sent  to  Ander- 
sonville.  Georgia,  having  marched  seven  hundred  miles  barefooted  and  suffering  all 
the  miseries  and  tortures  of  prison  life.  Once  he  made  his  escape  from  his  captors 
but  after  a  chase  of  nine  days  was  recaptured.  On  the  approach  of  Union  forces  he 
was  paroled  and  returned  to  his  command  at  Nashville,  Tennessee. 


JOHN    W.    ROBB 


324  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

With  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Robb  returned  to  Colorado  to  find  that  his  agent, 
in  whose  care  he  had  placed  his  interests  had  made  his  escape  and  the  property, 
amounting  to  thirty-eight  thousand  dollars,  had  been  sold,  regardless  of  the  act  of 
congress  giving  a  soldier  a  year  to  return  to  his  mines.  Mr.  Robb  was  therefore 
obliged  to  begin  life  anew  but  soon  became  a  victim  to  mountain  fever  and  was  forced 
to  go  into  the  valley. 

It  was  then  that  Mr.  Robb  located  four  miles  west  of  Denver,  on  the  West  Colfax 
road,  in  Jefferson  county.  He  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  for 
many  years  devoted  his  time  and  energies  to  general  agricultural  pursuits  and  fruit 
raising.  He  brought  the  land  under  a  high  state  of  development  and  improvement 
and  it  is  today  one  of  the  excellent  properties  of  this  section  of  the  state.  During  the 
intervening  years,  however,  he  has  sold  all  but  ten  acres  which  now  constitutes  his  home 
place,  where  he  lives  with  his  daughter  Martha,  his  wife  having  passed  away  two 
years   ago. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Robb  is  a  republican  and  has  ever  been  a  stalwart  sup- 
porter of  the  party  which  was  the  defense  of  the  Union  during  the  dark  days  of  the 
Civil  war  and  has  always  been  a  party  of  reform  and  progress.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Colorado  Pioneers  and  maintains  pleasant  relations  with  his  old  military 
comrades  as  a  member  of  A.  Lincoln  Post.  No.  4,  G.  A.  R.  He  was  one  of  six  brothers 
who  served  in  the  Union  army  and  is  the  sole  survivor.  His  has  indeed  been  an 
active  and  useful  life,  and  he  can  look  back  over  the  past  without  regret  and  forward 
to  the  future  without  fear. 


CHARLES  EMERSON. 


Charles  Emerson,  who  passed  away  in  Denver,  August  23,  1S96,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty-one  years,  was  born  in  Marietta,  Ohio,  August  6,  1815,  his  parents  being 
Caleb  and  Mary  (Dana)  Emerson.  The  father  was  a  lawyer  and  newspaper  pub- 
lisher of  Marietta,  Ohio.  The  ancestors  came  to  America  between  1640  and  1700. 
They  were  mostly  English,  with  a  slight  French  strain,  and  members  of  the  family 
through    succeeding   generations   have   been    lawyers,    farmers   and   preachers. 

Charles  Emerson  attended  the  schools  of  Marietta,  Ohio,  in  which  city  he  was 
reared,  and  also  spent  a  year  or  more  as  a  student  in  Oberlin  College  before  entering 
the  University  of  Cincinnati  for  the  study  of  medicine.  Between  courses  of  study  he 
taught  school.  He  also  served  an  apprenticeship  with  a  practicing  physician,  a  course 
that  was  often  followed  by  medical  students  at  that  time.  In  his  early  twenties  he 
settled  in  Van  Wert,  Ohio,  where  he  practiced  medicine  until  about  thirty-seven 
years  of  age.  He  afterward  entered  the  banking  business,  establishing  a  private  bank 
In  Van  Wert  in  connection  with  a  Mr.  Wells  of  that  place.  The  bank  was  nationalized 
as  the  First  National  Bank  of  Van  Wert  in  1861  with  Mr.  Emerson  as  president  and 
Its  active  executive  head,  and  he  remained  in  active  connection  therewith  until  1870. 
when  he  removed  to  Greeley,  Colorado,  and  there  entered  a  private  banking  firm 
as  an  inactive  partner.  He  sold  his  Ohip  Interests  in  1876.  settling  permanently  in 
this  state,  and  with  C.  G.  Buckingham,  of  Boulder,  Colorado,  founded  the  bank  of 
Emerson  &  Buckingham,  of  Longmont,  Colorado,  but  was  never  active  in  the  work 
of  the  bank,  which  is  one  of  the  oldest  moneyed  institutions  in  the  state  and  is  still 
in  existence,  though  recently  it  has  been  nationalized  under  another  name.  Mr.  Emer- 
son soon  parted  svith  his  interest  in  the  bank,  as  did  Mr.  Buckingham,  to  Charles 
Day  and  Walter  Buckingham.  He  afterward  engaged  extensively  in  real  estate  oper- 
ations and  irrigation  enterprises  and  at  one  time  owned  ten  thousand  acres  of  land 
in  Colorado.  He  was  the  largest  stockholder  and  the  first  president  of  the  Platte  and 
Beaver  Improvement  Company,  which  built  The  Upper  Platte  and  Beaver  Canal  and 
The  Lower  Platte  and  Beaver  Canal  of  Morgan  county,  Colorado,  bringing  under  irri- 
gation over  thirty  thousand  acres  of  land  in  the  eastern  part  of  that  county.  He  also 
engaged  in  the  cattle  business  and  after  selling  his  Greeley  interests  removed  to  Denver 
in  1S85,  there  spending  his  remaining  days,  his  death  occurring  August  23,   1S96. 

On  the  Sth  of  May,  1842,  Mr.  Emerson  was  married  to  Margaret  (Bangman) 
Grier.  who  died  in  1869,  and  on  the  15th  of  March,  1873.  he  wedded  Mrs.  Kate  (Hill) 
Atkinson,  a  widow,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Richings)  Hill,  the 
former  an  export  merchant  oi  Birmingham,  England,  where  Mrs.  Emerson  was  born 
March  10,  1835,  dying  in  Denver,  June  10,  1908.  Mr.  Emerson's  children,  born  of  his 
first  marriage,  were  Elizabeth  E.  Marble,  Mary  Buckingham  and  Margaret  E.  Smith, 
but  the  last  named  is  the  only  one  now  living.     The  children  of  the  second  marriage 


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326  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

are:     Charles  William  and  George   Dana,   both  of   whom   are  married;    and   Rose   Hill, 
the  wife  of  Stanley  V.  Hamly,  of  Denver. 

Mr.  Emerson  was  not  a  party  man  but  was  inclined  to  single  tax  ideas.  He  served 
as  the  first  local  treasurer  of  Union  colony  of  Greeley,  occupying  the  office  for  six  years. 
While  he  made  valuable  contribution  to  the  development  and  progress  of  the  state,  it 
was  not  as  an  office  holder  but  in  the  advancement  of  his  individual  interests,  which 
were  ever  of  a  character  that  constlJ.ute(Lan  important  element  in  the  upbuilding  of  the 
districts   in   which   he   operated. 


HENRY  P.  MANHART. 


Henry  P.  Manhart,  county  and  state  road  contractor,  who  has  done  important 
public  work  especially  in  bridge  building,  makes  his  home  at  Castle  Rock.  He  was 
born  in  Douglas  county,  Colorado,  April  15,  1870,  a  son  of  Christ  and  Sarah  (Varney) 
Manhart,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  came  to  Colorado  in  1860. 
They  are  now  residents  of  Sedalia. 

Henry  P.  Manhart  acquired  a  common  school  education  while  spending  his  youth- 
ful days  upon  his  father's  farm.  He  was  also  trained  in  the  work  of  the  fields  and 
after  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  assumed  the  management  of  the  home  ranch, 
which  he  continued  to  further  develop  and  cultivate  until  1902,  when  he  established  a 
market  at  Sedalia,  continuing  in  business  there  for  four  years.  On  the  expiration  of 
that  period  he  removed  tO  Pierce,  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  the  implement  busi- 
ness for  two  years,  and  later  he  took  up  his  abode  at  Larkspur,  Colorado,  where  he 
carried  on  mercantile  interests  for  two  and  a  half  years.  Since  that  date  he  has  been 
engaged  in  contract  work  in  road  iaiid  bridge  construction,  both  for  the  county  and 
state,  in  Douglas  county.  He  does  practically  all  of  the  bridge  construction  work  in 
his  county  and  keeps  busy  throughout  the  year  a  large  force  of  workmen.  He 
thoroughly  understands  the-  scientific  principles  of  bridge  building  as  well  as  the 
practical  phases  of  the  work  and  the  results  of  his  labors  are  highly  satisfactory  to 
the  public. 

In  1898  Mr.  Manhart  was  joined  in  wedlock  to  Miss  Mary  Lowell,  who  was  bom 
in  Maine  but  was  reared  in  Sedalia,  Colorado.  They  have  one  child,  Bessie  F.,  born 
December  21,  1900,  now  a  high  school  graduate  who  expects  soon  to  enter  Colorado 
College  with  a  two  years'  scholarship  in  recognition  of  the  highest  standing  in  her 
class.  Mr.  Manhart  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  being 
identified  with  Lodge  No.  142  at  Sedalia.  He  is  leading  a  busy  and  useful  life.  There 
are  no  esoteric  phases  in  his  career,  his  entire  course  being  characterized  by  industry 
and  enterprise,  leading  to  the  wise  use  of  his  opportunities,  and  his  work  has  ever 
been   of  a  character  that  has  contributed  to  public  progress  and   welfare. 


JAMES  COWIE. 

James  Cowie  is  a  business  man  of  discernment  and  marked  enterprise  whose 
attention  is  now  largely  given  to  the  supervision  of  his  invested  interests,  which 
include  much  property  in  Boulder,  where  he  -makes  his  home.  He  was  born  in  For- 
farshire, Scotland,  in  1855,  a  son  of  William  Cowie,  who  was  born  in  1800  and  passed 
away  in  the  land  of  hills  and  heather  in  the  year  1866. 

James  Cowie  obtained  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country  and  in 
1872,  when  a  youth  of  seventeen  years,  bade  adieu  to  friends  and  native  land  and 
sailed  for  the  new  world.  He  took  up  his  abode  in  Syracuse,  New  York,  where  he 
remained  for  five  years,  being  there  engaged  in  clerking.  In  1877  he  came  to  Boulder 
county,  Colorado,  where  he  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  concentrating  his  efforts 
upon  mining  activities  for  twelve  years,  during  which  time. he  was  connected  with 
the  famous  Caribou  mine  as  mill  assayer  and  assistant  superintendent.  This  was  a 
position  of  large  responsibility,  the  duties  of  which,  however,  he  most  capably  dis- 
charged. In  1S89  he  w^as  elected  clerk  of  Boulder  county  and  by  reelection  was 
continued  in  that  office  for  four  years.  For  ten  years,  beginning  in  1S97,  he  served  on 
the  Boulder  school  board  and  long  before  the  expiration  of  that  term  of  office  he  was 
called  to  higher  political  honors.  It  was  in  1902  that  he  was  made  the  nominee  of  the 
republican  party  for  the  oflSce  of  secretary  of  state  and  endorsement  of  his  first  term's 
service  came  to  him  In  reelection,  so  that  he  was  the  incumbent  in  that  position  for 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  327 

four  years.  He  was  again  called  to  a  position  of  public  trust  in  1905,  when  he  was 
chosen  mayor  of  Boulder  for  a  two  years'  term,  during  which  he  gave  to  the  city  a 
businesslike  and  progressive  administration  characterized  by  various  needed  reforms 
and  improvements.  He  has  never  ceased  to  feel  the  keenest  interest  in  politics  but 
Is  not  active  as  an  office  holder  at  the  present  time.  His  attention  is  concentrated,  in 
as  far  as  he  gives  his  time  to  business  affairs,  upon  the  interests  of  the  Boulder 
Building  &  Loan  Association,  of  which  he  has  been  the  president  for  a  quarter  of  a 
century. 

In  January,  1881,  In  the  city  of  Boulder,  Mr.  Cowie  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Irene  Beckett  Reed,  a  daughter  of  the  late  James  Reed  and  a  native  of  Iowa.  To  them 
have  been  born  three  daughters:  Irene  Jane,  now  deceased;  Isabel  C,  who  is  the  wife 
of  Floyd  Redding,  a  well  known  architect  of  Denver;  and  Josephine  R.,  who  is  the 
wife  of  Bailey   H.   Dunlap,   living  in   La   Feria,   Texas. 

Mr.  Cowie  is  well  known  as  a  representative  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  in  Boulder, 
having  attained  the  Knight  Templar  degree,  while  with  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine  he  has  crossed  the  sands  of  the  desert.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  stands  for  all  those 
things  which  have  progressive  worth  in  the  life  of  the  individual  and  of  the  community 
and  his  career  is  an  illustration  of  the  fact  that  the  path  of  opportunity  is  open  to 
all.  Without  special  advantages  at  the  outset  of  his  career,  his  equipment  being  that 
of  a  common  school  education,  he  started  in  the  business  world  and  step  by  step  has 
worked  his  way  steadily  upward.  Watchful  of  all  opportunities  pointing  to  success, 
he  has  wisely  utilized  the  chances  which  have  come  to  him  and  his  keen  sagacity  has 
enabled  him  to  understand  the  right  time  for  real  estate  investment.  Accordingly  he 
has  added  to  his  holdings  as  the  years  have  passed  on,  until  his  property  interests 
now  return  to  him  a  most  gratifying  income. 


WILLIAM    M.    GRAVES. 


Among  the  successful  business  men  of  Arvada,  Jefferson  county,  was  numbered 
William  M.  Graves,  who  there  profitably  conducted  a  blacksmith  shop  which  was  also 
fitted  with  feed  grinders,  planing  mill,  turning  lathe  and  other  machinery  along 
similar  lines.  Moreover,  he  operated  threshing  machines  and  from  this  source  derived 
a  gratifying  addition  to  his  income.  He  was  among  the  pioneers  of  his  district  and 
during  the  long  period  of  his  residence  in  Jefferson  county  he  made  many  friends,  in 
business  as  well  as  in  private  life.  All  were  agreed  upon  his  high  qualities  of  charac- 
ter, his  sound  business  principles  and  his  value  as  a  public-spirited  citizen. 

William  M.  Graves  was  born  near  Bloomington,  Illinois,  August  12,  1846,  the  eldest 
of  five  children  born  to  Oliver  and  Lucy  (Story)  Graves.  The  other  members  of  the 
family  are:  John,  who  is  farming  near  Broomfield,  Colorado:  Mary,  the  wife  of  E. 
Porter  Smith,  who  follows  the  same  line  of  work  near  Broomfield;  Edward,  a  mining 
man,  who  makes  his  home  in  Denver:  and  Harry,  a  merchant  of  Broomfield.  Oliver 
Graves,  who  was  one  of  the  California  Argonauts,  was  a  native  of  the  Green  Mountain 
state,  being  born  in  Montpelier,  March  13,  1813.  His  youthful  days  were  spent  in 
the  city  of  his  birth  but  after  his  marriage  a  removal  was  made  to  New  York  state, 
where  the  family  home  was  maintained  for  several  years.  The  opportunity  of  attain- 
ing more  readily  to  fortune  and  independence  in  the  farther  west  decided  him  to 
remove  to  Illinois,  where  in  the  city  of  Bloomington  he  established  a  wholesale  and 
retail  grocery  business  which  he  conducted  tor  four  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
he  embarked  in  agricultural  pursuits.  The  world-stirring  news  of  the  rich  gold  dis- 
coveries in  California  in  the  year  1849  induced  him,  however,  to  seek  out  the  gold 
fields  and  court  fortune  to  grant  him  a  rich  stake.  He  started  across  the  plains  and 
amid  dangers  from  Indians  and  other  sources  he  pursued  his  way  until  at  last  he 
reached  his  destination.  His  journey  was  filled  with  thrilling  incidents,  and  while 
he  himsflf  did  not  arouse  the  enmity  of  the  red  men,  he  witnessed  many  harrowing 
scenes.  One  ot  these  was  the  skinning  of  a  white  man  alive  by  the  Indians  as  a 
revenge  for  shooting  an  Indian  squaw.  Such  terrible  scenes  he  was  forced  to  witness 
and  it  was  therefore  with  gratitude  in  his  heart  that  he  finally  reached  his  destination 
unscathed.  In  his  mining  operations  he  was  more  successful  than  most  of  those 
who  sought  fortunes  in  California  and  after  two  years  of  arduous  labor  he  returned 
home  with  his  father-in-law.  Palmer  Story,  bringing  a  considerable  sum  of  money 
with  him.  During  the  Pike's  Peak  excitement  of  1859  Mr.  Graves  was  attracted  to 
Colorado  and  engaged  in  mining  at  Spring  Gulch.     In  1860  he  again  returned  to  Illinois 


328  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

in  order  to  take  his  family  west  and  they  settled  twelve  miles  from  Blackhawk,  where 
he  bought  a  toll  road  from  Golden  Gate,  twelve  miles  up  into  the  mountains.  He  was 
however,  unable  to  hold  it  and  in  1S62  he  removed  to  Arvada,  where  he  had  taken  up 
a  ranch  claim  in  January.  1861.  Here  he  settled,  devoting  the  balance  of  his  life 
to  agricultural  pursuits  and  acquiring  a  gratifying  competence.  His  death  occurred 
May  4,  1896,  when  he  was  in  his  eighty-fourth  year. 

William  M.  Graves  was  reared  in  Illinois  and  there  received  his  early  education. 
When  about  fourteen  years  of  age  he  came  with  the  family  to  Colorado  and  at  the  age 
of  seventeen  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  blacksmith's  trade  in  Golden  Gate  with  Ashley 
Howard.  He  thus  continued  for  eighteen  months,  when  he  removed  to  Denver,  con- 
tinuing to  work  along  the  same  line  under  Ansel  Barker,  who  had  a  shop  on  the 
present  site  of  Brown  Brothers'  wholesale  grocery.  While  in  Denver  six  lots  were 
offered  him  on  that  site  for  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  but  he  refused  to  buy 
them.  For  two  years  he  remained  with  Ansel  Barker,  but  then  his  father's  illness 
caused  him  to  give  up  his  work  there  and  he  returned  home  in  order  to  take  charge 
of  the  farm.  He  had  bought  a  thresher  in  the  fall  of  1868  and  about  three  years  later 
took  up  the  threshing  business  in  a  regular  way,  becoming  quite  successful  along 
this  line  and  operating  three  steam  threshers,  which  were  kept  busy  day  after  day 
during  the  season.  He  also  built  a  blacksmith's  shop  in  Arvada  and  in  connection 
with  this  business,  which  grew  to  gratifying  proportions,  he  had  a  shop  fitted  up  with 
feed  grinders,  planing  mill,  turning  lathe,  band  saw  and  other  machinery  to  do 
special  work  for  the  surrounding  farmers,  saving  them  thereby  delay  and  trouble. 
All  his  enterprises  were  managed  ably  and  as  the  years  passed  he  prospered.  He  also 
continued  in  the  operation  of  the  home  farm,  which  he  brought  to  a  high  state  of 
productiveness,  installing  modern  machinery  and  facilities  upon  the  place.  He  was 
thoroughly  well  versed  in  agricultural  subjects,  knew  which  crops  were  the  most  profit- 
able and  studied  soil  conditions,  climate,  moisture  problems,  etc.,  following  scientific 
principles  in  the  operation   of  his  land. 

On  January  14,  1S6S,  the  marriage  of  William  M.  Graves  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Perrin 
was  celebrated.  To  them  eleven  children  were  horn,  three  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 
The  others  are:  Ollie;  Charles;  Ruth;  Annie;  Robert;  Louise;  Nellie;  and  Ida,  who 
has  passed  away.  The  family  enjoy  the  high  regard  of  the  community  in  which  they 
live  and  are  honored  as  pioneers  of  the  section. 

In  his  political  affiliations  Mr.  Graves  was  a  republican  and  faithfully  supported 
the  measures  and  candidates  of  that  party.  The  public  welfare  found  in  him  a  stanch 
friend  and  he  supported  many  movements  undertaken  for  the  benefit  of  Jefferson 
county,  having  in  1892  been  elected  county  commissioner  on  the  republican  ticket 
and,  being  reelected,  served  two  terms  in  that  capacity.  His  reelection  stood  as  in- 
controvertible proof  of  his  popularity  and  ability  and  his  unselfish  aims  in  serving 
the  county  turned  out  to  its  benefit.  In  his  official  capacity  he  promoted  and  supported 
projects  and  improvements  which  greatly  developed  the  district.  The  cause  of  educa- 
tion also  was  always  close  to  the  heart  of  Mr.  Graves  and  for  fifteen  years  he  was 
school  director  of  his  district.  As  a  public-spirited  and  patriotic  American  citizen 
he  proved  an  invaluable  factor  in  planting  the  seeds  of  civilization  in  the  wilds  of 
the  west  and  his  county  and  town  have  been  bettered  through  his  activities. 


JOHN  R.   HOPKINS,   M.   D. 


Dr.  John  R.  Hopkins,  a  physician  and  surgeon  of  Denver,  was  born  at  Stony 
Creek,  Ontario,  Canada,  January  30,  1871,  a  son  of  Silas  and  Katherine  (Agnew) 
Hopkins.  The  mother  was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland  but  in  early  life  went  to 
Canada,  where  she  was  married.  The  father  was  a  native  of  that  country  and  engaged 
extensively  in  fruit  raising,  becoming  one  of  the  prominent  orchardists  near  Ham- 
ilton, Ontario,  where  he  passed  away  in  1888.  His  wife  survived  him  for  a  coiisidr 
erable  period,  dying  in  1912.  They  had  a  family  of  six  children,  four  of  whom  ara 
living:  Dr.  William  B.  Hopkins,  a  prominent  physician  and  surgeon  of  Hamilton, 
Ontario;  Dr.  Marshall  W.  Hopkins,  living  at  Edmonton,  Canada;  and  Edward,  of 
Hamilton. 

The  other  surviving  member  of  the  family  is  Dr.  Hopkins,  of  Denver,  who  attended 
school  in  Hamilton  and  afterward  entered  the  University  of  Toronto,  where  he  pur- 
sued his  medical  course  and  was  graduated  in  1893.  He  later  attended  lectures  for 
post  graduate  work  in  London  hospitals  and  at  Edinburgh  in  the  Royal  College  of 
Physicians   and    Surgeons   and    in    other    clinics   and   hospitals    in    Great    Britain.      He 


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330  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

devoted  some  time  each  year  to  post  graduate  work  for  fourteen  years  and  was  a  student 
at  the  clinics  of  the  Drs.  Mayo  in  Rochester,  Minnesota.  In  1907  he  began  going 
abroad  for  post  graduate  study  in  Vienna,  Berlin,  Paris  and  other  European  centers. 
In  fact,  he  has  put  forth  every  possible  effort  to  promote  his  knowledge  and  thereby 
increase  his  efficiency  in  professional  work.  He  entered  upon  active  practice  at  the 
age  of  twenty-two  years  and  after  following  his  profession  in  Canada  until  1900  came 
to  Denver,  where  he  opened  an  office,  and  through  the  intervening  period  has  won 
a  place  among  the  most  eminent  surgeons  of  the  state.  For  fourteen  years  he  has 
been  one  of  two  chief  surgeons  on  the  staff  of  St.  Anthony's  Hospital  in  Denver.  He 
belongs  to  the  Denver  City  and  County  Medical  Society,  the  Colorado  State  Medical 
Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association,  is  a  life  member  of  the  Surgeons 
Club  of  Rochester,  Minnesota,  a  member  of  the  Anglo-American  Medical  Association 
of  Berlin,   and   the   American   Medical   Association   of   Vienna. 

In  1895  Dr.  Hopkins  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lottie  Sherk,  of  Ridgeway, 
Ontario,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugh  Sherk,  who  are  prominent  people  of  that 
place.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hopkins  have  two  children:  Hazel,  bojn  in  Canada,  October  1, 
1896,  and  a  graduate  of  Colorado  College  of  the  class  of  1918;  and  Hugh,  who  was^ 
born  in  Canada,  November  1,  1899,  and  is  now  a  sophomore  in  the  University  of 
Colorado. 

In  politics  Dr.  Hopkins  maintains  an  independent  course  but  stands  for  that 
which  is  progressive  in  citizenship  and  loyally  adheres  to  all  plans  and  measures 
for  the  general  good.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  holds  to  the  highest  professional  ideals  and  standards  and  has  put  forth 
every  possible  effort  to  majrif'  his  service  of  greatest  worth  in  the  world,  realizing 
fully  the  responsibilities  and  .obligations  that  devolve  upon  the  physician  and  surgeon. 
Few  men  have  given  so  much  time  to  study,  investigation  and  research  and  his 
broad  learning  places  him  in  'the  front  rank  of  the  eminent  members  of  the  pro- 
fession in  Colorado. 


HON.    CHARLES    E.    CROSSWHITE. 

Many  are  the  interests  which  Hon.  Charles  E.  Crosswhite  represents  In  his 
district  and  state,  and  it  must  be  conceded  that  in  whatever  line  Mr.  Crosswhite  has 
been  active  he  has  been  successful.  Foremost  with  him  have  always  been  his  agri- 
cultural interests,  along  which  line  he  has  become  a  leader,  being  now  owner  of  a 
very  valuable  property.  However,  he  is  also  connected  with  transportation  and  mer- 
cantile companies  and,  moreover,  has  large  dairy  interests  thus  augmenting  his  income 
from  many  lines.  This,  however,  does  not  yet  exhaust  the  variety  of  duties  which  he 
has  taken  upon  his  shoulders,  for  Mr.  Crosswhite  is  also  an  able  and  energetic  repre- 
sentative of  his  district  in  the  Colorado  state  legislature. 

Charles  E.  Crosswhite  was  born  in  Gentry  county.  Missouri,  a  son  of  Alexander  . 
D.  and  Lucy  (Wright)  Crosswhite,  natives  of  Virginia  and  Kentucky  respectively. 
The  father  was  at  different  periods  in  various  walks  of  life,  being  not  only  a  successful 
teacher  and  lawyer  but  having  also  taken  up  mercantile  and  farming  lines  with  good 
financial  results.  C.  E.  Crosswhite  is  a  high  school  graduate  and  subsequently  attended 
the  Central  Christian  College  at  Albany,  Missouri.  The  year  1896  marked  his  arrival 
in  Colorado  and  more  specifically  in  Cherry,  Douglas  county,  where  he  secured  a 
position  with  D.  R.  Williams,  who  was  engaged  in  the  dairy,  creamery  and  mercan- 
tile business.  It  took  Mr.  Crosswhite  but  a  few  months  to  demonstrate  to  his  employer 
his  ability  and  in  1897  Mr.  Williams  gave  to  the  energetic  young  man  complete  man- 
agement of  the  creamery  and  cheese  factory.  Thus  Mr.  Crosswhite  became  an  expert 
cheese  maker  and  his  enterprise  along  that  line  may  be  estimated  from  the  fact 
that  he  was  the  first  to  introduce  the  Babcock  test  in  Douglas  county. 

In  1901  Mr.  Crosswhite  married  Miss  Annie  B.  Williams,  a  daughter  of  D.  R.  and 
Alvera  0.  (Pond)  Williams,  natives  of  Massachusetts.  Her  father  was  numbered 
among  the  early  pioneers  of  Douglas  county,  of  which  he  became  a  large  landowner 
and  one  of  the  leading  citizens.  In  many  ways  he  promoted  progress  and  develop- 
ment, giving  valuable  aid  to  movements  which  had  for  their  purpose  material  as  well 
as  moral  or  intellectual  growth.  For  three  terms  he  efficiently  served  as  county  com- 
missioner and  it  was  he  who  owned  and  operated  the  first  cheese  factory  in  the  state 
of  Colorado,  known  as  Factory  No.  1.  In  1909  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crosswhite  removed  to 
Oklahoma  and  there  they  made  their  home  until  1912  in  Custer  county.  There  he 
was    not    only    prominently    connected    with    agricultural    interests,    giving    particular 


HON.  CHARLES  E.  CROSSWHITE 


332  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

attention  to  cattle  and  hogs,  but  also  served  as  township  trustee  in  1912.  The  return 
to  Colorado  was  made  in  1913  and  he  now  owns  a  valuable  ranch  of  seven  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  near  Cherry,  Colorado.  This  is  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  suitable 
buildings  to  shelter  stock  and  produce  having  been  erected  and  everything  about  the 
place  denoting  progressive  and  energetic  management.  Moreover,  Mr.  Crosswhite  was 
the  organizer  and  is  a  director  of  the  University  Hill  Dairy  &  Produce  Company  of 
Boulder  county  and  in  this  connection  maintains  a  dairy  of  fifty  head  of  milch  cows, 
the  enterprise  being  operated  in  a  most  up-to-date  and  sanitary  manner.  It  is  a 
modern  milk  distributing  business,  and  being  conducted  on  sound  principles,  a  sub- 
stantial income  is  derived  from  this  enterprise.  Moreover,  Mr.  Crosswhite  is  president 
of  the  Cherry  Creek  Mercantile  &  Transportation  Company,-  which  operates  motor 
trucks  between  Cherry  and  Denver. 

Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crosswhite  are  highly  respected  and  esteemed  in  their  com- 
munity. They  have  become  the  parents  of  eight  children.  William  L.,  Hazel  L.,  Percy 
R.,  Lucy  E.,  David  E.,  Edna  M.,  Edgar  W.  and  Thomas  F.  The  children  have  been 
reared  in  the  atmosphere  of  a  refined  Christian  home  and  the  best  educational  oppor- 
tunities have  been  provided  for  them. 

Mr.  Crosswhite  is  a  democrat  by  political  persuasion  and  in  1914  was  elected  to 
the  twenty-first  general  assembly  of  Colorado  and  not  only  took  good  care  of  the 
interests  of  his  constituents  but  also  gave  careful  attention  to  all  those  measures 
which  were  of  general  benefit  to  the  state,  giving  his  endorsement  to  bills  which  he 
considered  of  value  to  the  greatest  number.  He  was  not  only  active  in  committee 
rooms  but  upon  the  floor  of  the  house  in  order  to  secure  the  best  advantages  for  his 
district  and  his  term  of  office  was  identified  with  a  number  of  improvements  which 
resulted  through  his  legislative  activity.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason  and  stands  high 
in  the  esteem  of  his  brethren  of  the  craft.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crosswhite  have  a  large 
circle  of  friends  in  their  neighborhood  and  are  esteemed  as  people  of  high  accomplish- 
ments who  have  qualities  of  heart  and  character  which  endear  them  to  all  who  come 
in  contact  with  them. 


JOHN   H.    McKAY,   M.   D. 


Dr.  John  H.  McKay  is  one  of  the  well  known  physicians  and  surgeons  of  Denver 
and  is  conducting  a  private  sanitarium  for  the  treatment  of  nervous  diseases.  He  was 
born  in  Madison,  Mississippi,  January  8,  1868,  and  is  a  son  of  John  H.  and  Katherine 
(Mathews)  McKay.  The  mother  was  born  in  Mississippi  and  belonged  to  a  prominent 
southern  family.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  but  became  a  well  known  and 
prominent  physician  and  surgeon  of  Mississippi,  where  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  for  many  years,  living  at  Madison  and  at  Carrollton.  During  the  Civil 
war  he  espoused  the  cause  of  the  Confederacy  and  enlisted  for  service  in  the  southern 
army,  becoming  a  surgeon  with  the  rank  of  major.  He  remained  at  the  front  during 
the  entire  period  of  hostilities.  After  the  war  was  over  he  removed  to  Memphis, 
Tennessee,  where  he  continued  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  1897.  For  a  long  period  he  has  survived  his  wife,  who  passed 
away  in  Madison,  Mississippi,  in  1882.  They  had  a  family  of  four  children,  of  whom 
only  two  are  living,  the  sister  being  Mrs.  T.  H.  Boswell.  of  Memphis,  Tennessee. 

Dr.  McKay  was  the  youngest  of  the  family  and  in  his  youthful  days  he  attended 
the  Mississippi  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1888.  He  then  entered  Tulane  University  and  completed  a  course  in  medicine  with 
the  class  of  1890.  He  located  for  practice  in  Durant,  Mississippi,  where  he  successfully 
followed  his  profession  until  1897,  when  failing  health  required  him  to  give  up  his 
work  there  and  remove  to  the  west.  He  devoted  two  years  to  recovering  his  health, 
following  a  thorough  system  which  he  marked  out  and  by  so  doing  lie  regained  his 
strength  and  resumed  his  practice  in  Memphis,  Tennessee,  where  he  resided  for 
another  period  of  five  years.  In  1904,  however,  he  returned  to  Denver,  for  during  his 
sojourn  in  this  state  he  had  come  to  acknowledge  the  lure  of  the  west.  He  bought 
property  at  No.  2839  Colfax  avenue,  where  he  established  a  sanitarium  for  the  treat- 
ment of  nervous  diseases,  of  which  he  has  made  a  specialty  for  the  past  fifteen  years. 
He  has  twenty-five  rooms  for  patients  in  this  institution  and  every  convenience  for 
their  care  and  comfort.  He  also  enjoys  a  large  outside  practice  and  is  one  of  the 
representative  and  highly  respected  physicians  and  surgeons  of  Colorado.  He  belongs 
to  the  Denver   City   and   County   Medical    Society,   the   Colorado   State   Medical   Society 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  333 

and  the  American  Medical  Association  and  thus  he  keeps  in  close  touch  with  the  trend 
of  modern   scientific  thought,  research  and  investigation. 

On  the  22d  of  December,  1891,  Dr.  McKay  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Beulah 
Handy,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hiram  Handy,  representatives  of  an  old  southern 
family.  They  now  have  one  child,  Elizabeth  McKay,  who-  was  born  in  Escatawpa, 
Mississippi,  in  1900,  and  is  now  attending  the  Wolcott  School  in  Denver  as  a  member 
of  the  class  of  1918. 

In  politics  Dr.  McKay  is  a  democrat.  He  and  his  wife  hold  membership  in  the 
South  Broadway  Christian  church  and  they  are  well  known  socially.  In  his  pro- 
fession Dr.  McKay  has  attained  high  rank.  He  is  most  conscientious  and  faithful 
in  the  performance  of  his  professional  duties  and  is  constantly  studying  to  make  his 
service  of  greater  benefit  and  worth  to  his  fellowmen.  His  developed  powers  have 
brought  him  prominently  to  the  front  in  the  treatment  of  nervous  diseases,  so  that 
his  opinions  along  this  line  are  largely  accepted  as  authority  not  only  by  the  general 
public  but  by  the  profession  as   well. 


J.  W.  HIGBY. 

While  almost  four  years  have  passed  since  J.  W.  Higby  was  called  to  his  final 
rest,  Colorado  is  still  benefiting  by  business  interests  which  he  instituted  and  for 
many  years  he  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  forceful,  resourceful  and  progressive 
men  of  his  section  of  the  state.  He  possessed  unfaltering  enterprise,  keen  sagacity, 
laudable  ambition  and  high  principles  of  business  integrity.  Born  in  Illinois  on 
the  17th  of  February,  1854,  he  spent  his  youthful  days  upon  the  home  farm  with  his 
father  and  after  his  schooldays  were  over  began  farming  on  his  own  account,  following 
that  pursuit  in  Illinois  and  in  Iowa  until  1888,  when  he  removed  to  Eastonville, 
Colorado. 

At  that  date  Mr.  Higby  secured  employment  with  the  Russell-Gates  Mercantile  Com- 
pany as  a  clerk  and  after  six  months  became  one  of  the  partners  in  the  business  and 
for  twelve  years  remained  the  vice  president  of  the  corporation,  which  at  that  time 
operated  twelve  stores  in  El  Paso,  Elbert  and  Douglas  counties.  Successful  as  he  was 
along  mercantile  lines,  this  constituted  but  one  phase  of  his  activities.  In  1888 
he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  also  preempted  a  similar  amount 
of  land  and  secured  a  timber  claim  of  like  size  near  Calhan,  Colorado.  His  wife  occu- 
pied the  claim  for  six  years  in  order  to  prove  up  on  the  property,  while  Mr.  Higby 
remained  at  Eastonville  to  conduct  the  interests  of  the  Russell-Gates  Mercantile 
Company.  He  remained  an  active  factor  in  the  conduct  and  successful  management 
of  that  business  until  1900,  when  he  sold  his  interests  and  removed  to  Monument, 
where  he  established  a  mercantile  house  and,  contrary  to  the  predictions  of  all  of  his 
friends,  he  made  of  it  a  notable  success.  He  closely  studied  the  wishes  and  interests 
of  his  patrons,  as  well  as  the  market,  ever  recognizing  the  fact  that  satisfied  customers 
are  the  best  advertisement.  He  held  to  the  highest  standards  in  the  personnel  of  the 
house,  in  the  line  of  goods  carried,  in  the  treatment  of  his  customers,  and  his 
business  showed  a  rapid  and  substantial  growth.  Centering  his  efforts  in  a  way  upon 
Monument  and  the  district  surrounding,  he  purchased  in  1902  sixteen  hundred  and 
forty  acres  of  woodland  near  Monument  and  erected  thereon  a  number  of  sawmills, 
which  he  utilized  in  furnishing  fifty  thousand  railroad  ties  for  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad  Company.  He  also  cut  all  of  the  tree  tops  into  cordwood,  shipping 
hundreds  of  carloads  of  cordwood  into  Fort  Logan  and  Denver.  Ranching  interests 
also  claimed  his  attention  to  a  still  greater  degree  and  in  1910  he  purchased  the 
Greenland  ranch  of  sixteen  thousand,  two  hundred  and  eighty  acres  at  Greenland, 
Colorado,  and  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  February,  1915,  he  spent  most  of  his  time 
upon  the  ranch,  leaving  his  mercantile  interests  in  charge  of  competent  and  trusted 
employes.  The  ranch  has  a  capacity  of  twenty-five  hundred  head  of  cattle,  with  a 
thousand  acres  under  cultivation  and  two  thousand  acres  of  hay  land.  After  pur- 
chasing this  property  Mr.  Higby  sold  a  two-fifths  interest  in  the  ranch  to  one  of  his 
closest  friends,  C.  C.  Henning,  of  Colorado  Springs.  The  ranch  at  present  is  under  tne 
management  of  two  of  his  sons,  Louis  and  Carl,  who  carry  on  the  business  under  tne 
name  of  the  J.  W.  Higby  Ranch. 

In  1S82  Mr.  Higby  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  JIarie  Emily  Briley,  of  Garden 
Grove,  Iowa,  a  daughter  of  Stephen  H.  and  Jane  (Hyatt)  Briley,  the  former  a  min- 
ister of  the  United  Brethren  church.  Mr.  Higby  on  his  deathbed  desired  it  to  be 
known  that  to  his  wife  he  owed  his  success  in  life,  saying  that  any  man  w'ith  a  wjfe 


J.  W.  HIGBY 
President  ot  the  Greenland  Land  &  Cattle  Company 


MRS.  J.  W.  HIGBY 


336  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

like  his  could  not  do  otherwise  than  win  success,  for  she  at  all  times  was  the  guiding 
spirit  of  his  life,  encouraging  and  assisting  him  when  there  were  trials  and  diffi- 
culties to  be  met.  Her  cooperation  and  her  encouragement  were  strong  elements  in 
his  advancement,  as  he  claimed.  In  other  w-ords,  theirs  was  largely  an  Ideal  com- 
panionship. Each  shared  in  the  interests,  the  ambitions  and  the  projects  of  the  other 
and  their  deepest  concern  was  for  the  welfare  and  happiness  of  their  six  children. 
Olive  May,  their  eldest,  became  the  wife  of  James  Killin,  a  ranchman  residing  near 
Monument,  and  they  have  one  child,  James  Lewis.  Louis  R.  married  Jennie  Lake, 
of  Colorado  Springs,  and  resides  upon  the  home  ranch.  Carl  M.  wedded  Dorothy 
Hulbert.  of  Logansport,  Indiana,  by  whom  he  has  three  children,  Marie  E.,  Carl  R. 
and  John  W.,  and  they,  too,  reside  upon  the  home  ranch.  William  Eugene  wedded 
Blanche  David,  of  Marionville,  Missouri,  by  whom  he  has  two  children,  William  D. 
and  James  E.,  and  in  his  business  connections  is  well  known  as  the  manager  of  the 
Monument  store.  Kate  is  the  wife  of  Fred  Noe,  living  on  a  ranch  near  Greenland, 
and  they  have  five  children.  William  F.,  Carl  F.,  Charles  L.,  Campbell  and  Catharine. 
Jack  B.,  who  was  manager  of  the  mercantile  business  at  Greenland  and  died  of 
influenza  in  the  early  winter  of  1918,  married  Gladys  Johnstone,  of  Greenland,  and 
had  one  son,  Ladus  Jack.  The  Higby  estate  comprises  three-fifths  of  an  interest  in 
the  ranch  of  sixteen  thousand,  two  hundred  and  eighty  acres  and  the  mercantile  enter- 
prises at  Greenland  and  Monument.  The  business  is  largely  under  the  management 
of  the  children,  all  of  whom  are  graduates  of  the  East  Denver  high  school,  and  the 
daughters  are  also  graduates  of  the  Manual  Training  school  at  Denver,  Olive  grad- 
uating from  the  State  Teachers'  College  at  Greeley,  while  the  boys  pursued  a  busi- 
ness course  at  the  Modern  School  of  Business  in  Denver.  The  family  is  one  of  which 
the  mother  has  every  reason  to  be  proud,  for  her  training  and  teaching  have  devel- 
oped men  of  high  moral  principles,  none  of  her  sons  having  ever  tasted  intoxicants  or 
tobacco,  and  her  daughters  are  proving  to  be  most  efficient  in  modern  scientific 
housekeeping.  Their  course  reflects  credit  upon  an  untarnished  family  name,  and 
indicates  the  wisdom  of  the  training  given  by  the  parents.  Mr.  Higby  counted  no 
personal  effort  or  sacrifice  on  his  part  too  great  if  it  would  promote  the  welfare  and 
happiness  of  his  wife  and  children.  In  the  career  of  such  a  man  the  broadest  spirit 
of  the  new  twentieth  century  found  expression.  The  philosopher  Emerson  once  said: 
"An  Institution  is  but  the  lengthened  shadow  of  a  man."  Judged  by  this  standard, 
measured  by  his  extensive  ranching  and  commercial  interests,  Mr.  Higby  was  a  great 
man  who  owed  his  success  to  intense  industry  and  not  to  special  ability.  An  analyza- 
tion  of  the  records  of  most  successful  men  will  indicate  that  their  advancement  is  due 
to  that  quality  of  intense  industry.  However,  his  life  was  never  self-centered.  While 
he  attempted  important  things  and  accomplished  what  lie  attempted,  his  success  never 
represented  another's  losses,  but  was  built  up  through  constructive  effort.  He  was  a 
dependable  man  in  any  relation  and  any  emergency — one  in  whom  to  have  confidence. 
His  easy  dignity,  his  frankness  and  cordiality  of  address,  with  a  total  absence  of 
anything  sinister  or  anything  to  conceal,  indicated  him  to  be  a  man  ready  to  meet 
any  obligation  of  life  with  the  confidence  and  courage  that  come  of  conscious  per- 
sonal ability,  right  conception  of  things  and  an  habitual  regard  for  what  is  best  in  the 
exercise  of  human  activity. 


JAMES  PURSE. 


James  Purse,  who  follows  ranching  near  Aurora,  dates  his  residence  in  Colorado 
from  1881  and  after  earnest  efforts  to  gain  a  start  in  the  business  world  he  is  now 
numbered  among  the  substantial  farmers  of  the  county.  He  is  a  native  son  of  the 
Emerald  isle,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  on  the  28th  of  October. 
1852,  his  parents  being  John  and  Jane  (Lemon)  Purse.  At  the  usual  age  he  began 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  country  and  in  1875,  when  a  young 
man  of  twenty-three  years,  he  bade  adieu  to  friends  and  native  land  and  sailed  for 
the  new  world.  He  made  his  way  at  once  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  he  spent  six 
months,  after  which  he  removed  to  Henry  county,  Illinois,  where  he  resided  for  six 
years.  He  was  there  engaged  in  farming  and  during  that  period  took  out  his  citizen- 
ship papers,  giving  his  full  allegiance  to  the  land  of  his  adoption.  He  continued  his 
residence  in  the  Mississippi  valley  until  1881,  when  he  made  his  way  westward  to 
Denver.  For  more  than  a  decade  he  remained  in  that  city,  working  in  various  ways, 
but  in  1892  rented  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which  he  continued  to  culti-  ' 
vate  for  fifteen  years.    On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  purchased  a  farm  in  Adams 


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county  and  has  since  carried  on  general  agricultural  pursuits.  His  land  is  carefully 
and  systematically  cultivated  and  his  energy  has  enabled  him  to  overcome  hardships 
and  difficulties  and  worli  his  way  steadily  upward  to  success. 

In  Atkinson,  Illinois,  Mr.  Purse  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  Irvine,  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Irvine  and  a  native  of  Ireland.  They  have  become  the 
parents  of  two  children:  Fred,  who  married  Jennie  L.  Pedersen  and  has  four  children, 
Irvine,  Bertrand,  Bertha  and  Melvina;  and  Clara,  who  became  the  wife  of  Walter 
Duggan  and  has   two  children,  Raymond  and  Timothy. 

In  'tis  political  views  Mr.  Purse  is  a  republican  and  fraternally  is  connected  with 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  long  residence  in  this  section  has  made  him  widely 
known  and  his  enterprise  and  the  many  substantial  traits  of  his  character  have  gained 
him  classification  with  the  representative  residents  of  Adams  county. 


GEORGE    E.    BERMONT. 


George  E.  Bermont,  engaged  in  merchandising  at  Lafayette,  was  born  in  Franklin 
county,  Pennsylvania.  November  19,  1866,  a  son  of  George  and  Clara  (Gilbert)  Bermont. 
who  were  likewise  natives  of  the  Keystone  state.  The  father  there  passed  away,  but 
the  mother  is  still  living.     They  reared  a  family  of  six  children  and  all  yet  survive. 

George  E.  Bermont  spent  his  youthful  days  in  his  native  state  and  is  indebted 
to  its  public  school  system  for  his  educational  privileges.  He  continued  there  until 
about  seventeen  years  of  age,  when  he  removed  westward  to  Carroll  county,  Illinois, 
where  he  resided  for  four  years,  during  which  period  he  was  employed  as  a  farm  hand. 
The  opportunities  of  the  far  west,  however,  attracted  him  and  he  made  his  way  to 
Colorado,  settling  in  Boulder  county.  Throughout  the  intervening  period  he  has  been 
identified  with  commercial  interests,  establishing  a  business  at  Lafayette,  where  he 
handles  all  kinds  of  merchandise  and  machinery.  He  has  built  up  a  large  and  gratify- 
ing trade  and  has  an  extensive  stock,  being  thus  ready  to  meet  the  demands  of  his 
customers  at  all  times.  He  has  otherwise  been  closely  and  prominently  identified 
with  the  business  development  of  the  community,  tor  during  eight  years  he  was 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Lafayette  and  he  is  the  owner  of  valuable 
property,  including  a  brick  store  building  and  a  residence  in  the  town. 

In  1892  Mr.  Bermont  was  married  to  Miss  Katherine  Jones,  of  Youngstown,  Ohio, 
a  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Katherine  (Fletcher)  Jones,  both  of  whom  have  passed 
away.  Mr.  Bermont  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but  is  not 
an  office  seeker.  He  has  prospered  since  coming  to  Colorado  and  is  a  self-made  man 
who  as  the  architect  of  his  fortune  has  builded  wisely  and  well.  He  and  his  wife 
are  well  known  socially  in  Lafayette  and  enjoy  the  hospitality  of  the  best  homes  of 
the  city. 


JONAS  BROTHERS. 


One  of  the  most  attractive  commercial  and  art  establishments  of  Denver  is  that 
of  the  Jonas  Brothers,  taxidermists  and  furriers.  Few  cities  of  the  world  have  any 
attraction  that  appeals  to  the  traveling  public  from  so  many  different  angles  as  does 
the  great  exhibit  which  their  establishment  offers.  It  is  a  sportsman's  paradise  to  the 
hunter  or  the  fisherman  and  it  offers  many  articles  of  home  adornment  to  the  people 
who  enjoy  spending  their  time  at  their  own  fireside.  The  most  fastidious  taste  in  fine 
furs  and  rugs  can  here  be  gratified  and  to  the  child  this  store  is  a  fairy  tale  come 
true.  Beautiful  fur  rugs  adorn  the  floors  and  the  walls  are  decorated  with  the  finest 
mounted  specimens  of  game  heads,  birds  and  skins.  Here  taxidermy  seems  to  have 
reached  its  highest  point.  Back  of  the  work  of  Jonas  Brothers  is  a  natural  love  of 
animal  life,  combined  with  an  artist's  eye  for  form  and  motion  and  a  sculptor's  skill 
in  modeling.  The  three  Jonas  Brothers  closely  connected  with  the  development  of 
the  Denver  business  are  all  enthusiastic  naturalists  as  well  as  taxidermists,  and  that 
their  work  is  continually  called  for  by  the  leading  natural  history  museums  of  the 
country  is  indicative  of  the  fact  that  their  work  approaches  most  closely  to  nature,  in 
fact  is  a  faithful  reproduction  of  the  habits  and  many  times  of  the  haunts  of  these 
animals.  Before  starting  upon  their  work  of  mounting  any  animal  they  make  drawings 
and  plastic  sketches  of  the  living  animal.  The  structure  is  then  built  up  in  clay 
in  the  chosen  attitude,  reproducing  the  entire  muscular  system  of  the  subject.     A  mold 

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338  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

is  made  of  the  finished  model,  from  which  a  manikin  cast  Is  made  of  paper.  This 
form  is  light,  strong,  durable  and  prepared  moisture-proof  to  receive  the  skin,  which 
is  put  on  by  pasting  and  sewing.  They  have  received  letters  of  commendation  for 
their  work  from  curators  of  museums  and  prominent  sportsmen,  throughout  the  entire 
country.  With  the  growth  of  their  Denver  house  they  opened  a  branch  establishment 
in  Livingston,  Montana,  and  their  growing  patronage  has  brought  to  them  gratifying 
success. 


PELIMON  A.   BALCOM. 


Pelimon  A.  Balcom  is  the  vice  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Radio-Active 
Chemical  Company  of  Denver  and  is  interested  in  mining.  He  was  born  in  Halifax, 
Nova  Scotia,  June  22,  1850,  and  is  a  son  of  Silas  and  Anne  (Van  Busklrk)  Balcom,  the 
latter  of  Holland  descent.  The  father  was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  became  a  prom- 
inent merchant,  making  extensive  shipments  to  and  from  the  West  Indies.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  have  passed  away.  Pelimon  A.  Balcom  is  descended  from  one  of  the 
earliest  families  of  England  of  whom  there  is  authentic  record.  The  name  is  a  place 
name  and  the  family  is  one  of  prominence.  Records  concerning  the  Balcoms  date 
back  to  1309,  as  shown  by  the  records  of  the  parish  church  in  Bacombe,  County  of 
Sussex,  England,  and  the  family  tree  was  planted  on  American  soil  at  a  very  early 
period  in  the  colonization  of  the  new  world  by  Henry  Balcom,  who  came  from  England 
in  1620  and  died  April  29,  1683,  in  Sudbury,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Haynes,  who  was  born  at  Sudbury,  July  19,  1644.  Their  marriage  was  celebrated 
August  12,  1666,  and  Elizabeth  Balcom  passed  away  November  20,  1715.  Their  children 
were  all  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  namely:  Hannah,  who  was  born  March 
16,  1668,  and  died  April  21st  of  the  same  year;  John,  who  was  born  October  15,  1669, 
and  died  August  28,  1743;  Elizabeth,  who  was  born  August  16,  1672,  and  became  the 
wife  of  Gersham  Rice;  and  Joseph,  who  was  born  December  17,  1674,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 17,  1745.  The  last  named  was  married  at  Marlborough,  Massachusetts,  to 
Tabitha  Newton  on  the  28th  of  June,  1711.  and  they  had  six  children,  all  born  in 
Sudbury:  Joseph,  who  was  born  January  13,  1713,  and  died  away  from  home  in  1744; 
John,  who  was  born  March  13.  1715,  and  died  in  1789;  Elizabeth,  born  May  17,  1717; 
Mary,  October  10,  1719;  Sibelah,  born  July  25,  1721;  and  Micah,  who  was  born  March 
4,  1723,  and  died  in  1754. 

The  eldest  of  that  family,  Joseph  Balcom,  married  Deborah  Boise  on  the  21st  of 
February,  1733,  and  they,  too,  had  a  family  of  six  children,  all  of  whom  were  natives 
of  Sudbury,  namely:  Samuel,  born  June  16,  1734;  Jonas,  who  was  born  August  7, 
1735,  and  died  September  3,  1810;  Silas,  born  in  March,  1737;  Henry,  who  was  born 
August  16,  1740.  and  died  October  28,  1812;  Isaac,  born  in  July,  1742;  and  Tabitha,  in 
July,  1744. 

Samuel  Balcom,  direct  ancestor  of  P.  A.  Balcom  in  the  fourth  generation  in 
America,  wedded  Mary  Brigham  on  the  14th  of  January,  1761.  They  had  children  as 
follows:  Sarah,  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1762,  as  ascertained  from  her  tombstone, 
became  the  wife  of  George  Starrall  in  1785  and  died  in  1824.  Lydia  was  born  in 
Massachusetts  about  1765  and  became  the  wife  of  Obijah  Parker.  Henry,  born  in  1768, 
as  ascertained  from  the  tombstone,  died  in  1850.  Jonas  was  born  in  Paradise,  Nova 
Scotia,  in  1770.  The  others  were:  Reuben,  born  in  1772;  Joseph  Brigham;  Asa,  in 
1778;   Lucy,  in  17S0;   and  Pheba,  in  1782. 

Of  that  family  Joseph  Brigham  Balcom  was  born  at  Paradise,  Nova  Scotia,  about 
1774  and  was  married  about  1801  to  Phoebe  Tufts,  who  was  born  about  1781.  He  died 
about  1840  and  his  wife  passed  away  about  the  same  time.  They  had  a  large  family, 
as  follows:  Silas,  who  was  bom  about  1802,  died  in  1899.  Major,  born  about  1804, 
married  Mary  Roax.  Lavinia,  who  was  born  about  1806,  became  the  wife  of  John 
Remson.  Amelia  and  William  died  unmarried.  David  Harris,  who  was  born  about 
1812,  wedded  Mary  Willett.  Seraphina  Ann,  who  was  born  about  1815.  became  the  wife 
of  Paul  Amberman.  Phillis  Theresa  died  unmarried.  Leonora,  who  was  born  about 
1821,  became  the  wife  of  Jacob  Durland.  Joseph  Allen,  who  was  born  about  1823, 
was  married  twice.  Samuel  Judson,  who  was  born  about  1827,  married  Elizabeth 
Banks.  Jonas  W.  H.,  who  was  born  about  1829,  died  in  1901.  His  wife  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Mary  Banks. 

The  ancestral  line  is  thus  traced  down  to  Silas  Balcom,  father  of  Pelimon  A. 
Balcom.  He  was  born  about  1802  and  died  in  1899.  His  wife,  Anne  Van  Buskirk,  was 
born  in  1804  and  died  in  1871.     They  were  married  in  1823  and  their  children  were  as 


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340  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

follows:  John  Edward,  who  was  born  in  Annapolis  county  about  1824,  married  Louise 
Stirk  and  died  about  1901.  George  Bishop  and  Phebe  Ann  are  the  next  in  order 
of  birth.  Susanna,  who  was  born  about  1827,  became  the  wife  of  John  Fleet.  Helen 
Maria,  who  was  born  about  1829.  was  married  twice.  Henrietta  was  born  about  1831. 
Catherine  and  Charles  Albert  are  the  next  of  the  family.  Silas  Wesley  was  born 
about  1836  and  died  in  1882.  William  Judson  was  born  ab6ut  1839.  Mary  Elizabeth, 
who  was  born  about  1843,  became  the  wife  of  John  S.  Clarke.  Rachel  Louise  was 
born  about  1846  and  died  in  1867.     Pelimon  A.  is  the  subject  of  this  review. 

While  Pelimon  A.  Balcom  belongs  to  the  Canadian  branch  of  the  family,  they 
were  not  among  the  tories  who  went  from  the  United  States  to  the  northern  country. 
Silas  Balcom  served  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and  while  there  took  a  fancy  to 
Nova  Scotia.  It  was  this  that  caused  him  and  his  brother  Samuel  afterward  to  remove 
to  Paradise,  Nova  Scotia,  about  the  year  1768.  During  the  long  connection  of  the 
family  with  the  United  States  the  name  has  been  spelled  variously  Balcombe,  Balcomb 
and  Balcom.  Representatives  of  the  family  in  large  numbers  met  at  the  Pan-American 
Exposition  in  Buffalo  in  August,  1901,  and  formed  a  permanent  organization  to  bring 
the  various  branches  of  the  family  into  closer  acquaintance  and  to  establish  their 
records  in  a  complete  way. 

Mr.  Balcom  of  this  .review  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Halifax 
and  in  an  academy  there  but  put  aside  his  textbooks  when  a  youth  of  seventeen  years 
and  entered  his  father's  office  in  Kings  county,  Nova  Scotia,  there  receiving  his  initial 
business  training.  After  a  short  time,  however,  he  left  his  father's  employ  and  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Wallace  &  Balcom,  dealers  in  glassware,  crockery  and  fancy 
imported  goods.  He  was  thus  actively  engaged  until  April,  1873,  when  he  came  to 
Denver  and  through  the  intervening  period  he  has  been  identified  with  the  upbuilding 
of  this  section  of  the  country,  with  the  development  of  its  industrial  and  manufactur- 
ing interests,  and  is  now  figuring  prominently  in  connection  with  its  mining  and 
manufacturing  possibilities.  As  manager  of  the  Radio-Active  Chemical  Company  he  is 
also  engaged  in  handling  mining  options,  making  purchases  and  other  activities  of 
similar  character  in  various  sections  of  the  country.  He  was  with  the  firm  of  Phelps, 
Dodge  &  Company  from  1880  until  1885.  after  which  he  returned  to  Denver  and 
established  a  soap  manufacturing  business  which  was  conducted  under  the  name  of 
the  Colorado  Soap  Company  .and  afterward  under  the  name  of  the  Union  Soap  Company 
until  1893.  This  business  he  developed  to  mammoth  proportions,  its  annual  sales 
reaching  a  million  and  a  half  dollars.  Mr.  Balcom  is  a  man  of  marked  enterprise 
and  executive  force.  He  displays  marked  discrimination  in  realizing  the  value  of 
any  business  situation   and   has  splendid   powers   as  an   organizer. 

In  1884  Mr.  Balcom  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lolita  Turtle,  of  Georgetown, 
Delaware,  a  daughter  of  John  W.  Turtle.  To  them  was  born  a  daughter,  Edna,  whose 
birth  occurred  in  Denver  in  1892  and  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Lester  C.  Thomas,  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  Mountain  States  Tractor  Company  at  Denver,  agents  for  the 
Fordson  (Ford)  tractor.  Mr.  Balcom  had  been  previously  married.  In  1873  he  had 
wedded  Matilda  Gossip  and  to  them  was  born  a  son,  William  Wallace,  who  is  now 
forty-three  years  of  age  and  who  is  with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  W.  Balcom  have  two  children:  Dorothy,  born  in  1897;  and  Pelimon 
Carroll,  born  in  1900. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Balcom  has  been  a  republican  and  has  long  supported 
the  party,  giving  to  it  stalwart  allegiance.  He  is  a  man  of  determined  purpose  whose 
long  residence  in  Colorado  makes  him  one  of  its  pioneer  settlers,  and  throughout  the 
entire  period  he  has  been  most  deeply  and  helpfully  interested  in  everything  pertain- 
ing to  the  welfare  and  development  of  the  state.  His  strong  personality  enables  him 
to  execute  his  plans  and  at  all  times  he  is  actuated  by  a  spirit  of  enterprise  and 
progressiveness   that  accomplishes   results. 


JULIUS  AUBUCHON. 


A  property  comprising  six  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  valuable  ranch  land  is 
the  result  of  the  incessant  industry,  close  application  and  progressive  methods  which 
Julius  Aubuchon  has  displayed  in  the  attainment  of  his  success.  He  has  been  a  resident 
of  this  state  for  thirty-six  years  and  is  therefore  numbered  among  the  pioneers  of  the 
commonwealth,  having  during  that  long  period  greatly  contributed  toward  growth  and 
development,  especially  along  agricultural  lines.  A  native  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  he 
was  born  in  1860.  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Seline   (Chomeau)   Aubuchon,  both  of  St.  Louis. 


342  HISTOR\    OF  COLORADO 

and  of  French  lineage.  Gregory  M.  Aubuchon,  the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  was  the 
first  sheriff  of  St.  Louis  county,  Missouri.  He  was  a  native  of  France  and  one  of  those 
early  distinguished  French  gentlemen  who  settled  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  gave  to 
the  city  that  air  of  French  refinement,  traces  of  which  are  still  perceptible  even  in 
these  modern  days  of  rapid  changes.  Cecile  Aubuchon.  an  aunt  of  Joseph  Aubuchon, 
was  the  first  white  child  born  in  St.  Louis.  On  the  maternal  side  the  subject  of  this 
review  is  of  French  Canadian  extraction. 

Julius  Aubuchon  acquired  his  education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  city 
and  subsequently  assisted  his  father  on  the  home  farm,  thus  acquiring  valuable 
knowledge  of  agricultural  methods.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two,  in  1882,  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  homesteaded  land  in  El  Paso  county,  near  the  county  line  and  about  ten 
miles  from  Monument.  This  land  was  then  in  a  wild  state  but  Mr.  Aubuchon  energetic- 
ally took  up  the  task  of  transforming  it  into  cultivated  fields  and  as  the  years  passed 
he  succeeded  and  prosperity  attended  his  efforts.  He  added  to  his  property  as  his  means 
increased  and  today  he  has  six  hundred  and  eighty  acres  in  one  tract.  The  ranch  is 
now  known  as  Pike  View  and  is  considered  one  of  the  most  valuable  within  the  neighbor- 
hood. There  are  substantial  buildings,  and  modern  equipment  and  machinery  are  found 
upon  the  place.  Enterprising  and  progressive,  Mr.  Aubuchon  has  never  held  back  in 
making  improvements,  but  on  the  contrary  has  often  led  the  way  and  has  thus  inspired 
others. 

At  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  Julius  Aubuchon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Rose  Lavelette. 
of  French  Canadian  parentage,  and  to  this  union  were  born  seven  children:  Celine,  who 
married  Fred  Geiger,  a  rancher  in  El  Paso  county;  and  George,  Bertha.  Adele,  Homer, 
Glenn  and  Walter.     The  family  are  devout  communicants  of  the  Catholic  church. 

Mr.  Aubuchon  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  affiliations  but  has  never  been  an 
office  seeker,  preferring  to  give  his  undivided  attention  to  his  farming  interests. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Monument  Lodge,  No.  302,  W.  O.  W.,  in  which  organiza- 
tion he  has  many  friends.  He  Is  a  public-spirited  citizen  who  has  proven  himself  a 
valuable  addition  to  the  agricultural  community  of  his  neighborhood  and  who  has  ever 
been  ready  to  give  his  support  to  measures  which  have  for  their  purpose  general  im- 
provement and  advancement.  There  is  great  credit  due  him  for  what  he  has  achieved, 
for  he  is  a  self-made  man.  Trustworthy  and  reliable,  he  has  inspired  others  with 
confidence  and  enjoys  the  highest  regard  of  all  who  know  him. 


CHARLES    H.    LOWELL. 


Charles  H.  Lowell,  living  in  Sedalia  and  numbered  among  the  substantial  ranchers 
of  Douglas  county,  where  his  birth  occurred  in  1874,  is  a  son  of  Charles  Abner  and 
Lydia  (Bowman)  Lowell,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Maine  and  became  early 
pioneers  of  Douglas  county,  where  they  arrived  in  the  early  '70s.  They  reared  a  family 
of  six  children,  of  whom  Charles  H.  Lowell  is  the  third  in  order  of  birth.  His  educa- 
tion was  acquired  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  county  and  he  was  reared  to 
ranch  life,  to  which  he  has  always  devoted  his  energies  and  attention.  He  is  now 
actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  the  further  development  of  a  large  ranch  of 
twelve  hundred  acres  near  Sedalia,  which  is  largely  devoted  to  stock  raising  and 
dairying.  It  has  splendid  equipment  for  these  purposes  and  the  business  is  most 
wisely,  carefully  and  successfully  directed.  The  ranch  is  well  improved  in  every 
particular  according  to  the  standards  of  modern  farming,  in  the  twentieth  century, 
and  as  the  result  of  his  close  application,  unfaltering  energy  and  sound  judgment  Mr. 
Lowell  is  meeting  with  notable  and  gratifying  success  in  his  ranching  interests. 

In  1894  Mr.  Lowell  was  married  to  Miss  Christian  MacGregor,  who  was  born  in 
Edinburgh,  Scotland,  and  was  educated  in  a  private  school  in  Frankfort,  Germany. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lowell  have  become  the  parents  of  six  children,  Jean,  Duncan,  Josephine, 
Dorothy,  Godfrey  and  Harry.  Duncan  is  in  the  radio  branch  of  the  United  States 
army.  He  enlisted  in  the  state  militia  in  August,  1916,  and  served  on  the  Mexican 
border  with  Pershing's  expedition  into  Mexico,  after  which  he  entered  upon  active 
service  in  connection  with  the  recently  terminated  World  war.  Jean  and  Josephine  are 
both  graduates  of  the  high  school  of  Sedalia  and  are  now  teachers  there.  Dorothy 
is  a  student  in  the  high  school.  The  family  home  has  been  maintained  in  Sedalia  in 
order  that  the  children  might  have  the  advantage  of  the  educational  opportunities  of  the 
city. 

Mr.  Lowell  is  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  0.  F.  Lodge,  No.  142,  of  Sedalia,  and  he  also 
bas    membership    with    the    Woodmen    of    the    World    at    Castle    Rock.      His    political 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  343 

allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  was  a  candidate  for  sheriff  of 
Douglas  county  in  November,  1918.  The  family  attend  the  Episcopal  church  and 
socially  their  position  is  one  of  prominence. 


OTIS  A.   PIKE. 


Otis  A.  Pike  is  a  substantial  and  representative  merchant  of  Morrison,  Jefferson 
county,  in  which  town  he  was  born  on  the  Sth  of  May,  1877.  He  has  always  resided 
in  Colorado,  being  a  representative  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  the  state.  His 
parents  were  Anderson  and  Hannah  (Penton)  Pike,  the  former  a  native  of  Indiana, 
while  the  latter  was  born  in  Missouri.  Removing  to  Iowa  in  early  life,  they  were 
married  there  and  in  1875  came  to  Colorado,  taking  up  their  abode  upon  a  farm  in 
Jefferson  county.  The  father  was  a  nephew  of  Lieutenant  Z.  M.  Pike.  Both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Anderson  Pike  continued  residents  of  Colorado  until  called  to  the  home  beyond 
and  here  they  reared  their  family  of  twelve  children,  nine  of  whom  are  living. 

Otis  A.  Pike  spent  his  youthful  days  in  his  father's  home  at  Morrison  and  Jeffer- 
son county's  public  schools  afforded  him  his  educational  opportunities.  He  continued 
through  vacation  periods  and  after  his  school  days  were  over  to  assist  his  father  until 
he  reached  his  majority  and  in  1900  he  embarked  in  merchandising,  opening  a  store 
in  Morrison  which  he  has  since  conducted,  enjoying  a  growing  trade  as  the  years 
have  passed.  The  business  is  carried  on  under  the  name  of  the  Pike-Perry  Mercantile 
Company,  with  Otis  A.  Pike  as  the  manager.  He  concentrates  his  entire  efforts  and 
attention  upon  the  successful  conduct  of  the  business  and  has  ever  recognized  the  fact 
that  satisfied  patrons  are  the  best  advertisement. 

In  1902  Mr.  Pike  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mollie  V.  Dyer,  a  native  of 
Missouri  and  a  daughter  of  T.  J.  Dyer.  Three  children  have  been  born  of  this  marriage, 
Esta  R.,  Alberta  V.  and  Genevieve  M.  The  family  is  well  known  socially,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Pike  having  many  friends  in  this  part  of  the  state.  Mr.  Pike  is  a  member  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs  in  the  local 
lodge.  He  also  has  membership  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party  and  in  March,  1918,  he  was  appointed  post- 
master of  Morrison,  which  position  he  is  now  filling.  He  has  also  served  as  mayor 
of  the  city  for  four  years,  giving  to  Morrison  a  businesslike  and  public-spirited 
administration   that   has  resulted   greatly   to  the   benefit   of   the   town. 


EUGENE  E.  BURLINGAME. 


Eugene  E.  Burlingame,  to  whom  the  development  of  mining  interests  in  Colorado 
offered  opportunity  for  successful  business  activity,  became  a  resident  of  the  state 
during  the  pioneer  epoch  in  the  development  of  mining  interests  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  was  conducting  a  profitable  business  as  an  assayer  of  Denver.  He  was  born  in 
Brownville,  Jefferson  county.  New  York,  on  the  21st  of  November,  1844,  a  son  of  Alvah 
and  Mary  (Waterman)  Burlingame,  and  his  life  record  covered  the  intervening  years 
to  the  20th  of  March,  1907,  when  he  passed  away  in  the  capital  city.  His  father  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation.  Born  in  Little  Falls,  Herkimer  county.  New  York,  he  was  of 
English  ancestry,  his  forebears  having  located  in  Rhode  Island  at  an  early  period.  The 
mother  was  also  a  native  of  Herkimer  county.  New  York,  and  was  of  English  and 
Scotch  parentage. 

Eugene  E.  Burlingame  attended  the  public  schools  of  Watertown,  New  York,  and 
when  seventeen  years  of  age  went  to  New  York  city,  where  for  five  years  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  A.  K.  Eaton,  a  practical  assayer  and  chemist.  There  he  acquired  the  training 
in  the  profession  which  he  so  successfully  followed  in  Colorado  in  later  years.  In 
1866,  soon  after  the  discovery  of  silver  at  Georgetown,  he  came  west  to  this  state  and 
was  appointed  territorial  assayer  by  Acting  Governor  Frank  Hall,  which  appointment 
was  confirmed  by  the  senate.  He  located  at  Georgetown  and  made  his  home  there  and 
in  Central  City  during  the  period  of  four  years  in  which  he  held  the  position.  He  be- 
came interested  in  silver  milling  in  Boulder  county  and  later  he  removed  to  Silver 
City,  New  Mexico,  where  he  operated  two  silver  mills.  After  three  years  spent  in  that 
state,  however,  he  returned  to  Colorado  and  established  his  home  in  Denver,  where 
he  began   business  as  a  public  assayer,   successfully  continuing   in   that   line   until  his 


344  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

demise.  As  he  prospered  he  made  judicious  and  extensive  investments  in  real  estate 
and  was  the  owner  of  a  number  of  valuable  properties. 

On  the  14th  of  January,  1874,  in  Central  City,  Mr.  Burlingame  was  married  to  Miss 
Alice  Hoffman,  a  native  of  Illinois,  who  was  educated  in  Toledo,  Ohio.  She  survives 
her  husband,  now  occupying  the  family  residence  in  Denver.  They  became  the  parents 
of  three  children.  Fannie,  the  eldest,  is  the  wife  of  D.  L.  Mechling,  and  has  two  children, 
Alice  and  Eugene  B.,  the  latter  now  in  the  United  States  aviation  service  and  an  expert 
instructor  in  the  air  schools.  Walter  E.  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Bessie 
is  the  wife  of  Dr.  R.  G.  Morrison,  of  Denver,  and  has  two  children,  Ann  and  Graham. 

Mr.  Burlingame  was  a  Mason,  having  taken  the  degrees  of  lodge,  chapter  and  cora- 
mandery,  and  the  teachings  and  precepts  of  the  order  dominated  his  life  in  all  of  his 
relations  with  his  fellowmen.  His  career  was  characterized  by  the  thoroughness  of  his 
undertakings,  study  and  experience  gaining  him  added  efficiency  in  his  chosen  life  work, 
while  his  social  qualities  won  for  him  the  kindly  regard  of  all. 


DEWEY  WHITNEY   STRONG. 

Founder  and  president  of  the  Strong  Mercantile  Company,  of  Brighton,  Dewey 
Whitney  Strong  is  a  native  of  Strongsville,  Cuyahoga  county,  Ohio,  his  birth  occurring 
July  28,  1848.  His  parents  were  Clark  R.  and  Lydia  (Stevens)  Strong  who,  in  1853, 
left  the  Buckeye  state  and  located  in  Kankakee,  Illinois,  where  the  father  established 
himself  in  the  general  merchandising  business,  and  where  he  resided  until  his  death 
a  few  years  later.  *  The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  immediate  subject,  John  S.  Strong, 
was  numbered  among  the  early  pioneers  of  northern  Ohio,  having  removed  there  from 
Connecticut,  when  the  Western  Reserve  was  a  frontier  country.  Here  he  platted  and 
established  the  town  of  Strongsville,  in  Cuyahoga  county,  the  new  settlement  being 
named  in  honor  of  its  founder. 

Following  the  death  of  his  father,  Dewey  W.  Strong  went  to  Hillsdale,  Michigan, 
where  he  made  his  home  with  his  brother.  Emory  M.,  and  where  he  availed  himself 
of  the  opportunities  for  an  education,  afforded  by  the  excellent  public  schools  of  the 
flourishing  little  city.  He  afterwards  became  a  student  in  Oberlin  College,  at  Oberlin, 
Ohio,  an  institution  ranking  high  in  educational  work,  and  one  which  has  proven  a 
powerful  factor  in  shaping  the  minds,  and  moulding  the  characters,  of  the  boys  and 
girls  who  came  within  the  sphere  of  its  influence  and  guidance,  particularly  so  in  the 
earlier  years,  when  such  institutions  of  advanced  study  were  few  and  far  between  in 
the  growing  west.  After  spending  two  years  at  Oberlin,  Mr.  Strong  took  up  the  pro- 
fession of  teaching,  devoting  his  attention  to  this  line  of  work,  in  the  public  schools  of 
northern  Indiana,  for  about  two  years.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  the  insurance 
business,  and  for  the  ensuing  two  years,  ^\•ns  located  at  Geneva,  Ashtabula  county, 
Ohio. 

In  1869,  he  decided  to  go  still  farther'  west,  and  removed  to  Burlington,  Kane 
county,  Illinois,  where  he  associated  himself  with  one  of  the  early  merchants  of  the 
town,  as  clerk  and  assistant  in  a  general  store,  and  there  he  remained  for  a  number 
of  years.  It  was  during  his  period  of  residence  in  Burlington,  that  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with   Miss  Nancy  C.  Roseborough,  a  resident  there. 

Failing  health  induced  him  to  seek  a  different  climate,  and  in  May,  1873,  he  arrived 
in  Colorado.  After  spending  about  a  year  in  Denver,  and  in  the  mountains,  he  located 
a  homestead  in  Weld  county,  upon  which  he  resided  for  seven  years.  He  greatly  im- 
proved the  property  and  in  addition  to  general  ranching,  established  and  conducted  an 
extensive  and  profitable  dairying  business.  He  also  took  an  active  interest  in  the 
development   of  the   Fulton    irrigation   project. 

In  1882,  Mr.  Strong  removed  to  Brighton  where  he  established  himself  in  the 
general  merchandising  business.  About  two  years  later,  J.  C.  Twombly  acquired  a 
partnership  interest  and  the  business  was  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  Strong 
&  Twombly.  A  dairying  business  was  also  conducted  by  them  for  many  years.  The 
firm  name  was  later  changed  to  The  Strong-Twombly  Mercantile  Company  and.  again, 
still  later,  to  The  Strong  Mercantile  Company,  under  which  title  the  business  is  now 
conducted.  During  all  the  years  of  its  existence,  under  whichever  name  it  may  have 
been  conducted,  Mr.  Strong  has  served  as  president  and  general  manager,  and  it  is  not 
amiss  to  say  that  under  his  careful  guidance  the  material  success  of  the  enterprise 
has  been  of  a  substantial  character,  while  at  the  same  time,  the  policy  of  the  organiza- 
tion has  been  a  potent  factor  in  the  industrial  and  general  business  development  of 
Brighton  and  the  surrounding  community. 


DEWEY  W.  STRONG 


346  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Strong  has  been  born  a  son,  Arthur  James,  who  is  associatea 
with  his  father,  and  has  taken  upon  himself  a  large  share  of  the  responsibilities  and 
care  of  the  management  of  the  business.  He  wedded  Miss  Daisy  Irene  Potter,  and 
they  have  one  child,  a  son,  Sheldon  Arthur.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Strong,  also  have  an 
adopted  daughter,  Myrta  Mae,  who  married  Edwin  C.  Potter,  and  they  have  one 
daughter,  Mae  Edwina.  Mr.  Potter  responded  to  the  call  of  his  country,  by  enlisting 
in  May,  1917,  and  is  now  in  active  service  in  France  where  he  has  won  promotion  to 
the  rank  of  quartermaster  sergeant. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church,. in  the  welfare 
of  which  both  take  an  active  part.  For  many  years,  Mr.  Strong  has  served  as  elder 
and  trustee,  and  he  served  for  twenty-six  consecutive  years  as  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school.  Mr.  Strong  is  a  charter  member  ot  Brighton  Lodge,  No.  78,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  and  in  which  he  is  a  past  master.  His  political  allegiance  is  with  the  republi- 
can party,  and  while  not  seeking  office,  he  has  served  the  community  as  postmaster, 
mayor,  also  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  town  trustees,  taking  a  natural  interest  in, 
and  being  ready  to  do  all  in  his  power  to  promote,  the  welfare  of  the  community  in 
which  he  has  so  long  resided,  and  where  he  has  long  been  regarded  as  an  upright, 
representative  citizen   of  sterling   worth   and   character. 


GIDEON  C.  PRATT. 


Gideon  C.  Pratt,  deceased,  was  for  many  years  a  representative  and  highly  respected 
farmer  of  Douglas  county,  living  on  section  1.  township  10,  range  66  west.  He  was 
born  near  the  village  of  Goshen,  Orange  county.  New  York,  June  8.  1834,  and  passed 
away  in  1902.  He  was  a  son  of  Alanson  E.  and  Sarali  (Noble)  Pratt.  The  father  was 
a  merchant  of  Elmira.  New  York,  and  in  1853  removed  westward  to  Muscatine,  Iowa, 
where  he  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land.  Later  he  again  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits 
and  in  1867  he  removed  to  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado.  His  last  days  were  passed  at 
Sedalia.  Missouri,  where  his  death  occurred  in  1893. 

Gideon  C.  Pratt  acquired  an  academic  education  and  after  his  textbooks  were  put 
aside  secured  a  clerkship  in  the  store  ot  David  A.  Tuttle,  of  Elmira.  New  York,  at  a 
salary  of  fifty  dollars  per  year,  thus  making  his  initial  step  in  the  commercial  world.  At 
the  age  of  nineteen,  he  removed  with  his  father  to  Iowa  and  in  1862  went  to  Council 
Bluffs,  that  state.  From  there  he  traveled  by  coacli  to  Denver,  Colorado,  a  trip  that 
consumed  six  weeks.  He  afterward  engaged  in  clerking  in  the  bank  of  O.  D.  Cass  & 
Company  and  in  1862  was  sent  across  the  range  to  collect  a  large  bill.  He  was  obliged  to 
travel  nights  in  order  to  take  advantage  of  the  crusts  which  then  formed  over  the 
snow.  He  collected  the  full  amount  of  the  bill  in  gold  dust  and  returned  it  safely  to 
his  employers.  Later  he  was  transferred  to  the  branch  office  at  Central  City,  where  he 
continued  to  do  collecting  for  some  time.  In  1867,  however,  he  became  interested  in 
a  sawmill  on  the  divide,  in  Douglas  county,  and  in  1869  he  invested  in  seven  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  land.  He  was  thereafter  closely,  prominently  and  successfully 
engaged  in  farming,  converting  his  land  into  rich  and  productive  fields. 

On  the  10th  of  November,  1858,  Mr.  Pratt  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lydia  M. 
Cass,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  M.  G.  and  Sophia  (Putnam)  Cass,  the  former  a  minister 
of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Nine  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pratt.  Harry  C, 
the  eldest,  died  on  the  I9th  of  March,  1875.  Lillie  S.,  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for 
the  facts  concerning  her  father,  was  married  on  the  8th  of  September,  1910,  to  Charles 
S.  Heimann.  of  Evansville.  Indiana,  a  graduate  of  the  Kent  College  of  Law  at  Chicago, 
who  was  practicing  his  profession  at  Castle  Rock  prior  to  his  death,  which  occurred  May 
23,  1911.  Nellie  S.  married  D.  J.  Skinner  at  Spring  Valley,  Colorado,  on  the  13th  of 
July,  1882.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Skinner  now  reside  at  Fruita,  Colorado,  where  the  former  is 
superintendent  of  the  waterworks.  To  him  and  his  wife  have  been  born  eight  children, 
as  follows:  Emma  S.,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Cline,  of  Del  Norte,  Colorado,  by  whom  she 
has  two  children,  Eugene  and  Joseph;  May,  the  wife  of  Edward  Freemyer.  of  Nampa, 
Idaho,  by  whom  she  has  one  child,  June;  Pearl,  who  gave  her  hand  in  marriage  to 
Leonard  Stewart,  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Fruita,  Colorado:  Mabel  C. 
the  wife  of  Clarence  Jeffries,  a  general  merchant  of  Meeker,  Colorado:  Elmer,  who  was 
a  member  of  Company  M,  Three  Hundred  and  Sixty-second  Infantry,  was  later  trans- 
ferred to  Company  H.  One  Hundred  and  Ninth  Infantry,  was  wounded  in  September, 
1918.  was  then  returned  to  America  and  is  now  in  a  convalescent  hospital;  Myrtle,  who 
is  a  telegraph  operator  living  with  her  parents  at  Fruita.  Colorado;  Guy,  who  is  in 
Washington;  and  Dalton,  who  is  twelve  years  of  age  and  is  attending  school. 


348  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Oscar  D.,  the  fourth  member  of  the  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pratt,  was  called  to  his 
final  rest  on  the  22d  of  January,  1886.  Helen  M.  passed  away  August  15,  1894.  Gideon 
C,  Jr.,  died  December  13,  1S98.  Amy  R.  was  called  to  the  home  beyond  on  the  22d  of 
March,  1S78.  Agnes  L.  was  married  in  1912  to  Mark  S.  Harris,  of  Castle  Rock,  Colo- 
rado, a  printer  by  trade,  who  died  October  10,  1918.  Beatrice  M.  Pratt  passed  away 
on  the  11th  of  September,  1890. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Pratt  was  long  a  stalwart  supporter  of  the  republican 
party,  becoming  one  of  its  stanch  advocates  at  its  organization.  He  filled  the  office  of 
county  commissioner  for  three  years,  was  assessor  for  two  terms  and  for  one  term 
represented  his  district  in  the  state  legislature.  In  1893  he  was  called  upon  to  mourn 
the  loss  of  his  wife  and  for  nine  years  he  survived  her  until  a  stroke  of  apoplexy 
terminated  his  career.  Both  were  highly  esteemed  people,  enjoying  the  confidence, 
goodwill  and  friendship  of  all  who  knew  them,  and  their  worth  was  widely  acknowledged 
in  Douglas  county. 


CYRUS    G.    RICHARDSON. 

No  history  of  Colorado  would  be  complete  without  mention  of  Cyrus  G.  Richard- 
son, who  for  twenty-five  years  was  an  active  member  of  the  Denver  bar  and  was  one 
of  the  large  investors  in  Colorado  ranch  and  farm  lands,  thus  indicating  his  faith  in 
the  state  and  its  future.  He  was  a  native  of  Maine,  where  the  days  of  his  minority 
were  passed,  his  early  education  being  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  that  state. 
After  his  public  school  course  was  completed  he  attended  the  college  at  Waterville, 
Maine,  from  which  in  due  time  he  was  graduated,  and  later  he  took  up  the  study  of 
law  in  the  Albany  Law  School,  completing  a  thorough  course  in  that  institution.  Thus 
well  qualified  tor  the  bar,  he  entered  upon  the  active  practice  of  his  profession,  in 
which  he  won  distinction.  In  1869  he  removed  to  the  west,  having  in  the  meantime 
married.  He  opened  a  law  office  in  Denver,  where  he  continued  in  active  practice 
throughout  his  remaining  days.  He  was  a  lawyer  of  eminent  ability,  his  legal  learning, 
his  analytical  mind,  the  readiness  with  which  he  grasped  the  points  in  an  argument, 
all  combining  to  make  him  one  of  the  ablest  lawyers  practicing  at  the  Denver  bar. 
His  practice  was  extensive  and  of  an  important  character.  He  was  remarkable  among 
lawyers  for  the  wide  research  and  provident  care  with  which  he  prepared  his  cases. 
At  no  time  was  his  reading  confined  to  the  limitations  of  the  question  at  issue;  it 
went  beyond  and  compassed  every  contingency  and  provided  not  alone  for  the  expected, 
but  for  the  unexpected,  which  happens  quite  as  frequently  in  the  courts  as  out  of 
them.  He  was  never  surprised  by  the  attack  of  an  opposing  counsel  and  he  was 
always  ready  to  support  his  position  by  the  citation  of  precedent  or  principle.  As  the 
years  passed  he  gave  demonstration  of  his  faith  in  Colorado  by  his  investment  in 
land  until  he  was  the  owner  of  more  than  seven  thousand  acres  of  ranch  property  In 
the  state  besides  a  large  amount  of  Denver  realty,  and  thus  he  left  his  family  in  very 
comfortable  financial  circumstances. 

It  was  in  the  '60s,  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  that  Mr.  Richardson  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Julia  Frances  Tibbals,  a  native  of  the  state  of  New  York,  born  in 
Windham,  Greene  county,  and  a  daughter  of  Minor  and  Temperance  (Lamareau) 
Tibbals,  whose  family  numbered  seven  children,  of  whom  two  are  now  living.  Mrs. 
Richardson  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  Empire  state  and  was  graduated  from 
the  State  Normal  School  at  Albany.  She  afterward  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching, 
which  she  followed  for  several  years  in  New  York  and  later  she  taught  in  the  public 
schools  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  for  a  number  of  years.  Since  her  husband's  death  she 
has  managed  the  business  affairs,  having  Albert  Packard  as  superintendent  of  her 
ranching  interests.  In  this  connection  she  has  made  a  specialty  of  the  raising  of 
horses,  mules  and  cattle  and  in  1918  she  had  over  eleven  hundred  acres  planted  to 
wheat.  She  also  raised  a  large  amount  of  alfalfa.  The  greater  part  of  her  land  is 
under  ditch,  a  most  excellent  irrigation  system  keeping  it  in  fine  condition. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richardson  were  born  four  children:  Lenore,  Lessie,  Theddie 
and  Daisy,  but  all  have  passed  away. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Richardson  was  a  stalwart  republican  and  ever  took 
an  active  part  in  support  of  the  principles  in  which  he  so  firmly  believed.  His 
fraternal  relations  were  with  the  Masons  and  he  was  a  worthy  exemplar  of  the  craft. 
His  lite  was  well  spent.  Indeed  his  entire  career  was  a  most  active,  useful  and  honor- 
able one  and  the  public  and  his  professional  colleagues  entertained  for  him  the  warmest 
regard,    while    his    friends    had    for    him    the    highest    admiration.      Passing    away    in 


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June,  1894,  after  a  residence  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  Denver,  his  death  was  the 
occasion  of  deep  and  widespread  regret.  Mrs.  Richardson  displays  excellent  business 
ability  in  the  control  of  the  important  property  interests  which  were  left  to  her  and 
is  regarded  as  a  lady  of  superior  qualifications  and  executive  force,  combined  with 
those  truly  womanly  attributes  which  have  made  her  a  social  leader  in  the  circles 
in  which  she  moves. 


AMOS   JESSE   EMMONS. 


In  the  history  of  Amos  Jesse  Emmons  is  recorded  the  career  of  one  of  the  most 
prominent  citizens  of  Boulder  county,  and  when  death  called  him  on  the  25th  of  April, 
1917,  his  demise  was  the  occasion  of  deep  regret  in  many  a  household  throughout  this 
section  of  the  state.  He  had  long  been  identified  with  farming  interests  in  Boulder 
county  and  was  numbered  among  Colorado's  pioneer  settlers,  having  driven  across  the 
country,  with  Captain  Tyler  from  Omaha  to  Denver  with  team  and  wagon  at  an 
early  day.  While  he  started  out  in  the  business  world  empty-handed,  he  came  to 
number  his  landed  possessions  by  thousands  of  acres  and  his  live  stoclc  by  thousands 
of  head.  His  success  was  the  direct  result  and  legitimate  outcome  of  persistent  effort, 
perseverance  and  unwearied  industry,  and  while  he  promoted  his  individual  prosperity, 
he  also  contributed  to  the  growth  and  development  of  the  state,  especially  through 
his  cooperation   in  the  work  of  establishing  an   adequate   irrigation   system. 

Mr.  Emmons  was  born  in  Chester,  New  Jersey,  in  1838  and  came  of  English 
ancestry,  although  the  family  has  long  been  represented  on  American  soil.  His 
great-grandfather  in  the  paternal  line  was  one  of  the  heroes  of  the  Revolutionary  war. 
The  grandfather,  Amos  Emmons,  and  the  father,  John  Emmons,  were  both  natives  of 
Morris  county.  New  Jersey,  and  made  farming  their  life  work.  The  latter  died  in  the 
year  1840,  leaving  a  widow  and  four  children,  one  of  whom,  George  Emmons,  left  New 
Jersey  for  the  west  in  the  fall  of  1864,  with  Denver  as  his  destination,  and  was  never 
again   heard  from. 

A.  J.  Emmons  was  but  two  years  of  age  when  his  father  passed  away.  He  was 
reared  upon  the  old  home  farm  in  the  east  and  continued  there  with  his  mother  until 
he  reached  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  during  which  time  he  acquired  his  education  in 
near-by  schools.  He  then  took  up  farming  on  his  own  account  and  his  mother  found 
a  comfortable  home  as  well  as  filial  care  and  devotion  with  him.  At  the  time  of  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  it  was  his  earnest  desire  to  join  the  army  and  aid  in  the 
defense  of  the  Union,  but  he  delayed  this  act  at  the  earnest  entreaty  of  his  mother, 
who  was  in  very  ill  health.  When  she  had  passed  away,  however,  he  quickly  offered 
his  services  to  the  country  and  in  May,  1864,  was  enrolled  with  the  boys  in  blue  of 
Company  K,  Twenty-seventh  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry,  being  mustered  into 
service  at  Newark.  He  was  then  sent  to  the  front  and  participated  in  the  siege  of 
Petersburg  and  in  the  arduous  campaign  which  led  up  to  the  surrender  of  General 
Lee  and  his  Confederate  forces.  For  eleven  months  Mr.  Emmons  was  engaged  in  hard 
fighting  and  was  then  mustered  out  at  Camp  Frelinghuysen  at  Newark,  after  having 
participated  in  the  grand  review  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  where  the  victorious  army 
marched  through  the  streets  of  the  capital,  over  which  hung  a  broad  banner  bearing 
the  words:  "The  only  debt  which  the  country  owes  that  she  cannot  pay  is  the  debt 
that  she  owes  to  her  soldiers." 

In  the  fall  following  his  return  from  the  war,  Mr.  Emmons  started  for  the  west, 
hoping  that  he  might  find  his  brother  or  learn  something  concerning  his  fate.  He 
traveled  by  way  of  Chicago  and  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  to  Om-aha,  Nebraska,  and  from 
that  point  started  on  the  long  journey  across  the  plains  to  Denver.  In  the  meantime 
he  had  formed  the  acquaintance  of  four  or  five  young  men,  with  whom  he  became 
connected  in  the  purchase  of  a  team  and  camp  outfit  for  which  they  paid  three  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars.  At  length  some  dissatisfaction  arose  among  them  and  about  tliis 
time  they  fell  in  with  Captain  Tyler,  then  of  Blackhawk,  Colorado,  who  agreed  to 
purchase  their  outfit  and  transport  the  men  to  Colorado  for  fifty  dollars  each,  after 
which  he  would  employ  them  if  they  so  desired.  They  then  resumed  the  journey  and 
covered  the  distance  in  what  at  that  time  was  a  remarkably  short  period — twenty 
days. 

At  every  point  Mr.  Emmons  continued  his  search  for  his  brother,  making  inquiries 
in  every  direction,  but  at  length  felt  that  his  search  was  fruitless.  From  Denver, 
therefore,  he  went  to  Blackhawk  and  entered  the  employ  of  Captain  Tyler,  receiving 
fifty-two  dollars  for  his  first  month's  work.     He  afterward  accompanied  Captain  Tyler 


AMOS  J.  EMMONS 


MRS.  LOVINA  EMMONS 


352  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

to  the  mouth  of  Boulder  creek  and  remained  in  his  employ  for  several  months  at  a 
salary  of  seventy-flve  dollars  per  month.  Moreover,  his  board  in  Blackhawk  was  not 
charged  to  him,  nor  the  fifty  dollars  which  he  had  agreed  to  pay  for  the  trip  across 
the  plains,  showing  that  his  employer  regarded  his  service  as  most  valuable.  During 
the  succeeding  winter  Mr.  Emmons  engaged  in  baling  hay  and  in  the  spring  of  1S67 
started  in  business  independently  by  renting  a  quarter  section  of  land  on  the  lower 
Boulder.  For  nine  years  he  devoted  his  time  and  energies  to  the  further  cultivation 
and  improvement  of  that  property  and  in  the  meantime  he  purchased  an  adjoining 
tract  of  school  land  of  eighty  acres  and  built  thereon  a  home.  As  he  prospered  in  his 
undertakings  he  kept  adding  to  his  holdings  from  time  to  time  until  his  aggregate 
possessions  included  more  than  a  thousand  acres  of  valuable  land  under  fence  and 
thoroughly  irrigated  and  improved.  His  methods  were  at  all  times  practical  and 
energetic  and  his  work  produced  splendid  results.  He  became  interested  in  cattle 
raising,  which  he  began  on  a  small  scale,  but  his  herds  increased  until  they  numbered 
thousands.  He  ever  closely  studied  the  best  methods  of  improving  the  land  and  culti- 
vating the  soil  and  he  took  an  advanced  stand  upon  many  questions  which  have  been 
most  vital  to  the  agriculturists  of  this  section.  He  gave  most  earnest  consideration 
to  the  problem  of  irrigation  and  many  of  the  big  ditches  now  furnishing  water  in 
Boulder  county  were  built  according  to  the  advice  and  with  the  assistance  of  Mr. 
Emmons.  To  other  fields  of  labor  Mr.  Emmons  directed  his  energies  and  became  a 
large  stockholder  in  milling  and  banking  enterprises.  Whatever  he  undertook  he 
carried  forward  to  success  and  in  his  vocabulary  there  was  no  such  word  as  fail. 
Obstacles  and  difficulties  in  his  path  seemed  to  serve  as  an  impetus  for  renewed  effort 
on  his  part. 

In  1876  in  Colorado  Mr.  Emmons  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lovina  Robinson 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  six  children:  Nettie,  the  wife  of  Roy  Plumb,  of  Long- 
mont;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  C.  G.  Campbell,  of  Cheyenne;  Carrie,  who  has  married 
Lee  Perry,  of  Longmont;  Emma,  the  wife  of  T.  R.  Nickell  of  Denver;  Jessie,  the  wife 
of  Dr.  Frank  Kennelley;  and  Harry  A.,  now  living  in  Strasburg,  Colorado.  In  1894, 
in  order  to  give  his  children  better  educational  advantages,  Mr.  Emmons  removed 
with  his  family  to  Longmont,  and  his  eldest  daughter,  Mrs.  Plumb,  was  graduated  from 
the  high  school  there.  She  then  attended  the  Normal  School  at  Greeley  and  after- 
ward successfully  engaged  in  teaching  for  several  years.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Campbell 
was  graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Longmont  with  the  class  of  1895.  In  the  fine 
home  at  Longmont,  Mrs.  Emmons  yet  resides  as  does  her  son's  family.  Mr.  Emmons 
was  ever  interested  deeply  in  educational  work  and  for  several  years  served  as  a 
school  director  and  contributed  largely  of  his  time  and  effort  to  the  upbuilding  of 
the  educational  interests  of  his  community.  Death  called  Mr.  Emmons  on  the  25th 
of  April,  1917,  and  his  loss  was  deeply  deplored  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  may  well 
be  called  one  of  the  builders  of  the  state,  for  he  contributed  in  substantial  measure  to 
the  work  of  progress  and  improvement  in  the  city  and  county  in  which  he  lived.  He 
bravely  faced  the  hardships  and  privations  of  pioneer  life  and  aided  in  laying  broad 
and  deep  the  foundation  upon  which  has  been  built  the  present  progress  and  prosperity 
of  Colorado.  Not  all  days  in  his  career  were  equally  bright.  At  times  he  met 
reverses  in  a  business  venture,  but  he  never  lost  heart  and  his  determination  and 
energy  overcame  all  obstacles.  As  the  years  passed  he  prospered  and  in  the  course 
of  time  ranked  with  the  most  substantial  residents  of  Longmont.  He  had  reached 
the  age  of  seventy-nine  years,  two  months  and  eighteen  days,  leaving  behind  him  the 
record  of  an  untarnished  name.  His  history  was  as  the  day  with  its  morning  of  hope 
and  promise,  its  noontide  of  activity,  its  evening  of  completed  and  successful  effort, 
ending  in  the  grateful  rest  and  quiet  of  the  night. 


GEORGE  T.   NEWMARCH. 


George  T.  Newmarch  was  born  in  Douglas  county.  July  9,  1872,  on  the  ranch  which 
is  now  his  home.  He  is  a  western  man  by  training  and  preference  as  well  as  by 
birth  and  exemplifies  in  his  life  the  spirit  of  western  enterprise  and  progress.  His 
father,  Charles  Turner  Newmarch,  was  a  prominent  dairyman  and  stock  raiser  of 
Douglas  county  for  many  years,  owning  and  cultivating  a  ranch  of  five  hundred  and 
thirty  acres.  He  was  born  in  Lincolnshire,  England,  September  15,  1825,  a  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Turner)  Newmarch.  He  was  reared  to  farm  life  and  became 
self-supporting  when  a  mere  lad.  In  1853  he  bade  adieu  to  friends  and  native  country 
and   sailed   for    America,   landing   at   Montreal,   Canada,   whence   he   made    his   way   to 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  353 

Charleston,  West  Virginia.  In  1858  he  removed  to  Comanche,  Clinton  county,  Iowa, 
and  on  the  12th  of  May,  1859,  started  for  Pike's  Peak.  Eventually  he  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Jefferson  county,  Colorado,  and  in  1863  he  removed  to  the  Platte  canyon  in 
Douglas  county,  where  he  owned  and  cultivated  a  tract  of  land  which  he  sold  in 
1866,  taking  up  his  abode  at  that  time  on  Indian  creek.  On  the  15th  of  November, 
1868,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  M.  Perry,  a  native  of  Somersetshire, 
England,  and  a  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Dowden)  Perry,  who  came 
with  their  family  to  America  when  Mrs.  Newmarch  was  nine  years  of  age,  arriving 
in  Colorado  in  1861.  Her  mother  homesteaded  a  part  of  the  ranch  upon  which  George 
T.  Newmarch  of  this  review  now  resides  and  thus  both  the  Newmarch  and  Perry 
families  have  been  identified  with  the  development  and  progress  of  the  state  from 
early  pioneer  days.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Turner  Newmarch  were  born  four 
children:  Charles  James,  George  Thomas,  Ida  and  Elizabeth  Lillian.  The  family 
shared  in  all  of  the  hardships  and  privations  incident  to  the  settlement  of  the  frontier 
and  the  father  contributed  in  marked  measure  to  the  substantial  development  and 
progress  of  the  district  in  which  he  lived.  He  was  a  man  of  genuine  personal 
worth,  of  high  principles,  of  marked  capability,  and  wherever  known  he  was  held  in 
the  highest  esteem. 

George  T.  Newmarch  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  in  his  early  school 
days  it  was  not  unusual  for  him  to  see  hundreds  of  wild  long-horn  Texas  cattle  upon 
the  plains.  There  is  no  feature  or  phase  of  pioneer  life  with  which  he  did  not  become 
familiar  and  his  memory  forms  a  connecting  link  between  the  primitive  past,  with  its 
hardships  and  privations,  and  the  progressive  present,  with  its  opportunities  and 
advantages. 

In  1897  Mr.  Newmarch  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Susan  B.  Harlin,  who 
was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York  and  in  her  early  girlhood  days  went  to  Kansas 
with  her  parents.  There  she  was  reared  and  educated  and  from  that  state  removed 
to  Colorado,  where  she  was  married.  Slie  has  become  the  mother  of  four  children: 
Howard  S.,  who  is  now  employed  in  the  Du  Pont  powder  plant  at  Louviers,  Colorado; 
Charles  T.,  who  is  attending  the  high  school  at  Castle  Rock;  Ethel  E.,  also  a  pupil  in 
the  high  school  there;  and  Ruth  M..  who  completes  the  family. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newmarch  attend  the  Episcopal  church  and  contribute  generously 
to  its  support.  He  is  identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  at  Castle  Rock  and 
also  with  the  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  at  Sedalia.  In  politics  he  may  be  termed 
an  independent  republican,  for  while  he  usually  supports  the  men  and  measures  of 
that  party,  he  does  not  consider  himself  bound  by  party  ties.  He  has  always  been 
an  independent  thinker,  progressive  in  action,  resolute  and  determined  in  spirit  and 
guided  at  all  times  by  a  laudable  ambition  that  has  worked  for  his  advancement  in  a 
business  way. 


GEORGE   L.   HALL. 


George  L.  Hall,  who  owns  and  operates  a  cattle  ranch  a  mile  south  of  Peyton,  was 
born  in  Hallsville.  Dewitt  county,  Illinois,  May  21,  1869,  a  son  of  Aquilla  and  Elizabeth 
(Barnett)  Hall.  Both  parents  were  representatives  of  old  families  of  Illinois.  The 
town  of  Hallsville  was  named  in  honor  of  the  ancestors  of  George  L.  Hall  in  the 
paternal  line,  and  the  memory  of  his  maternal  ancestors  is  perpetuated  in  the  name 
of  Barnett  township  in  Dewitt  county.  Illinois.  His  father,  Aquilla  Hall,  was  born 
in  Paris,  Kentucky,  in  1837  and  represented  one  of  the  old  southern  families.  When 
George  L.  Hall  was  but  three  years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Table  Rock,  El  Paso 
county,  Colorado,  where  the  father  homesteaded  and  continued  to  reside  upon  his  land 
for  many  years,  after  which  time  he  entered  into  the  mining  and  real  estate  business 
for  some  years  before  he  retired  from  active  business.  He  then  took  up  his  abode  in 
Peyton,  Colorado,  where  he  passed  away  in  October,  1918. 

George  L.  Hall  was  accorded  liberal  educational  advautages.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Denver  on  the  completion  of  a  business  course,  being  thus  well 
qualified  for  life's  practical  and  responsible  duties.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a 
stenographer  with  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe,  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific 
and  the  Colorado  Midland  Railway  Companies  and  for  one  year  he  was  employed  in 
the  post  office  at  Colorado  Springs.  He  also  spent  a  year  in  the  clerk's  office  at 
Colorado  Springs  and  in  1895  he  became  actively  engaged  in  ranching,  purchasing 
one  thousand  acres  of  land  near  Peyton,  on  which  he  has  since  engaged  extensively  in 
feeding   cattle,   feeding  more   than   one  hundred   head   at   a   time.     The   ranch   is   well 


354  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

adapted  to  the  raising  of  wild  grasses  and  in  1911  Mr.  Hall  received  the  first  prize 
awarded  for  wild  grasses  at  the  dry  farming  congress  held  in  Colorado  Springs. 

In  1895  Mr.  Hall  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret  Taylor,  who  was 
born  in  Ohio  and  comes  of  Quaker  ancestry.  She  is  a  direct  descendant  of  Zachary 
Taylor,  once  president  of  the  United  States.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hall  have  two  children, 
Everett  B.  and  Pauline  Villette.  The  former  is  a  high  school  graduate  and  also  com- 
pleted a  course  in  the  Brown  Business  College  at  Colorado  Springs.  He  is  now  a 
member  of  Battery  D  of  the  National  Guard  of  Colorado,  holding  the  rank  of  sergeant. 
The  daughter,  an  accomplished  musician,  is  a  student  in  the  high  school  at  Colorado 
Springs. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Hall  is  a  republican  and  gives  stalwart  support  to 
the   party. 


HON.    ATTERSON   W.    RUCKER. 

It  has  often  been  thought  that  the  qualities  which  are  demanded  for  success  along 
professional  lines  are  at  variance  with  those  which  are  needed  for  the  achievement 
of  prosperity  in  agriculture.  Be  this  as  it  may,  Hon.  Atterson  W.  Rucker  has  won 
prominence  in  both  fields  and  by  reason  of  his  extended  and  intelligently  directed 
activity  has  left  his  impress  upon  the  history  of  Colorado  as  lawyer,  legislator,  agri- 
culturist and  stock  raiser.  He  was  born  in  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky,  April  3,  1S47,  a 
son  of  James  W.  and  Elizabeth  E.  (Jones)  Rucker.  The  father  was  a  major  in  the 
Mexican  war,  while  the  maternal  grandfather  served  with  the  same  rank  in  the  War 
of  1812.  Ancestors  of  Mr.  Rucker  also  participated  in  the  struggle  for  independence 
which  led  to  the  establishment  of  the  American  republic,  and  the  same  military 
spirit  was  displayed  by  Atterson  W.  Rucker  and  his  three  brothers,  who  responded 
to  the  call  of  their  loved  southland  and  served  in  the  Confederate  army.  He  enlisted, 
in  1862.  as  a  member  of  Shelby's  brigade,  and  was  attached  to  Price's  army  during 
the  campaign  through  Missouri,  participating  in  the  engagements  at  Carthage,  Lexing- 
ton, and  elsewhere.  He  was  taken  prisoner,  in  August  of  '62,  and  after  having  been 
imprisoned  at  Springfield,  Missouri,  for  six  months,  was  paroled. 

Following  the  close  of  the  war  Atterson  W.  Rucker,  when  a  young  man  of  twenty 
years,  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  Lexington,  Missouri,  in  1867  and  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  June,  1S68.  In  the  fall  of  1869,  in  connection  with  his  brother,  T.  A.  Rucker, 
he  opened  an  office  at  Baxter  Springs,  Kansas,  for  the  practice  of  law  and  remained  a 
resident  of  that  place  until  1873.  He  then  went  to  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  where  he 
resided  until  1879,  when  he  removed  to  Leadville,  Colorado,  and  afterward  was 
appointed  judge  of  the  criminal  court  of  Lake  county,  serving  upon  the  bench  for  a 
short  period.  Retiring  from  office,  he  resumed  private  practice,  in  which  he  continued 
at  Leadville  until  1885,  when  he  removed  to  Denver  and  was  an  active  and  successful 
member  of  the  bar  of  that  city  until  1908.  He  was  accorded  a  large  and  distinctively 
representative  clientage  which  connected  him  with  much  of  the  important  litigation 
heard  in  the  courts  of  the  state.  His  preparation  of  a  case  was  always  thorough  and 
exhaustive,  his  deductions  logical,  his  reasoning  clear  and  cogent.  Moreover,  he  was 
seldom  if  ever  at  fault  in  the  application  of  a  legal  principle  and  his  ability  was 
acknowledged  by  colleagues  and  contemporaries  at  the  bar.  In  1908  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  sixty-first  congress  and  was  continued  in  office  through  the  sixty-second 
congress.  He  was  elected,  on  the  democratic  ticket,  from  the  first  congressional  dis- 
trict, which  at  that  time  included  the  city  and  county  of  Denver,  and  though  it  was 
normally  a  strong  republican  section,  he  was  elected  with  a  majority  of  more  than 
six  thousand  votes.  During  his  service  in  congress,  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
insular  committee,  and  as  such,  made  an  official  trip  of  inspection  and  investigation, 
to  Porto  Rico  and  also  to  Honolulu,  and  the  Philippines,  this  latter  investigation  being 
extended  to  include  Japan  and  China.  He  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  irrigation 
committee;  the  committee  on  Indian  affairs,  and  the  pension  committee.  It  is  worthy 
of  note  that,  largely  through  his  efforts,  and  in  face  of  strenuous  opposition,  including 
that  of  the  chairman  of  the  appropriations  committee,  the  funds  for  the  completion 
of  the  new  federal  building,  in  Denver,  were  obtained  and  the  building  stands  as  a 
monument  to  his  earnest  effort.  He  closely  studied  the  questions  which  came  up  for 
settlement  affecting  the  welfare  of  the  commonwealth  and  country  and  gave  earnest 
support  to  every  measure  which  he  believed  would  promote  the  public  good.  At  the 
close  of  his  congressional  service  he  returned  to  his  home  and  is  now  engaged  in 
raising  registered  pure-blooded  Hampshire  Down   sheep,   having  the  only  flock   of  the 


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356  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

kind  in  the  state  and  is  successfully  directing  his  sheep  raising  interests.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Farmers  Union,  the  National  Wool  Growers'  Association,  the  Cattle 
Growers'   Association   and   the  National   Farmers'   Institute. 

Judge  Rucker  has  never  ceased  to  feel  the  deepest  interest  in  the  political  situa- 
tion of  the  country  and  few  men  are  better  informed  concerning  the  vital  questions 
and  issues  of  the  day  than  he.  While  in  Kansas  he  was  a  candidate  for  attorney 
general  of  the  state  and  was  on  the  Greeley  electoral  ticket.  In  Colorado  he  has  also 
been  on  the  electoral  ticket  at  two  different  times. 

At  Baxter  Springs,  Kansas,  on  the  5th  of  March,  1S72,  Judge  Rucker  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Celeste  Caruth,  a  daughter  of  Hon.  S.  B.  and  Jane  (Browne) 
Caruth.  Mrs.  Rucker  was  born  in  Illinois  and  was  reared  and  educated  in  Columbia, 
Missouri.  In  1906  she  was  called  to  her  final  rest.  A  daughter.  Ethel  R.,  is  the  wife 
of  Frederick  Dorr,  formerly  a  resident  of  Boston  but  now  of  Denver,  and  they  have 
a  daughter,  Celeste,  who  is  the  wife  of  Captain  Garner,  of  the  United  States  army,  now 
on  active  duty  in  France. 

Judge  Rucker  belongs  to  the  Denver  Athletic  Club  and  his  religious  faith  is  indi- 
cated by  his  membership  in  the  Christian  church.  He  has  turned  to  hunting  and  fish- 
ing for  rest  and  relaxation,  greatly  enjoying  those  sports.  While  he  has  passed  beyond 
the  Psalmist's  span  of  three  score  years  and  ten  he  is  still  a  most  active,  energetic 
man  and  in  spirit  and  interests  as  well  as  in  personal  appearance  seems  yet  in  his 
prime.  The  term  seventy-one  years  young  may  be  appropriately  applied  to  him.  He 
keeps  closely  in  touch  with  the  trend  of  modern  thought  and  progress  and  gives  out 
of  his  rich  stores  of  wisdom  and  experience  for  the  benefit  of  others.  His  activities 
have  covered  a  broad  field,  touching  the  general  interests  of  society,  and  Colorado  has 
reason  to  class  him   with  her  valued,  honored  and   representative  citizens. 


JOHN  D.  WARBERG. 


John  D.  Warberg  has  extensive  landed  interests  in  Larimer  and  Weld  counties 
but  makes  his  home  in  the  former,  living  on  section  32,  township  5,  range  68,  his  place 
being  pleasantly  situated  about  five  miles  southeast  of  Loveland.  He  was  born  in 
Sweden,  November  4.  1861,  a  son  of  Carl  and  Gustava  (Danielson)  Warberg,  who  were 
also  natives  of  Sweden.  The  father  followed  farming  in  that  country  throughout  his 
entire  life,  his  labors  being  ended  in  death  in  January,  1891.  His  widow  survived  him 
for  a  considerable  period,   passing  away  in  December,  1910. 

John  D.  Warberg  spent  his  youthful  days  in  his  native  country  until  he  had  com- 
pleted his  first  two  decades.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Sweden  and  in  1881  the 
opportunities  of  the  new  world  attracted  him  across  the  Atlantic  and  he  became  a 
resident  of  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  farm  hand  for  five 
years.  Anxious  and  ambitious  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account,  he  then 
rented  land  in  Weld  county  and  continued  its  cultivation  for  five  years.  On  the  ex- 
piration of  that  period  he  bought  land  a  mile  and  a  half  north  of  Berthoud,  but  the 
country  soon  afterward  was  swept  by  a  widespread  financial  panic  and  he  lost  every- 
thing. He  then  had  to  go  to  work  again  for  others  for  another  year,  at  the  end  of 
■which  time  he  took  a  contract  for  digging  irrigation  ditches.  Later  he  rented  his 
present  place,  upon  wliich  he  lived  for  four  years  as  a  renter  and  then  purchased  the 
property,  which  he  has  since  owned  and  cultivated.  He  has  ninety-seven  acres  and  has 
improved  the  place  in  nice  shape.  For  years  he  fed  cattle  and  sheep  but  for  the  past 
three  years  has  not  engaged  in  stock  feeding  on  account  of  impaired  health.  He  has 
purchased  more  land  from  time  to  time  and  is  now  the  owner  of  eight  hundred  and 
forty  acres  of  dry  land  in  Weld  county  and  two  hundred  and  fifty-seven  acres,  upon 
which  he  resides,  in  Larimer  county,  most  of  which  is  irrigated.  He  rents  most  of  his 
land  at  the  present  time,  however,  leaving  the  arduous  work  of  further  developing  and 
cultivating  his  farm  to  others. 

On  the  2Sth  of  December,  1892,  Mr.  Warberg  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sophie 
Carlson,  a  daughter  of  Carl  and  Eva  (Carlson)  Carlson,  who  were  natives  of  Sweden. 
Mrs.  Warberg  was  born  in  that  country  in  December,  1864.  Her  father  also  made  farm- 
ing his  life  work  and  passed  away  in  Sweden  in  April.  1914,  while  the  mother  survived 
until  March  of  the  following  year.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warberg  have  become  the  parents  of 
five  children:  Ellen,  who  is  at  home;  Annie,  a  teacher  at  Milliken,  Colorado;  Daveda; 
Cecelia,  who  is  attending  the  State  Teachers'  College;  and  Carl,  who  is  a  student  in 
the  high  school  of  Loveland. 

Mr.   Warberg  has  served  on   the  school   board   for  fifteen  years   and   the   cause   of 


358  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

education  has  ever  found  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  He  has  given  his  children 
excellent  advantages  in  that  direction,  desiring  to  prepare  them  in  the  hest  possible 
way  for  life's  practical  and  responsible  duties.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  Politically  he  is  a  republican  and  his  religious  belief  is  that  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church.  He  is  a  man  of  excellent  traits  of  character  and  of  high  principles 
and  his  genuine  worth  is  attested  by  the  many  friends  that  he  has  made  during  the 
period  of  his  residence  in  Colorado. 


NELS  ANDERSON. 


Nels  Anderson  Is  the  owner  of  a  well  improved  farm  property  near  Sedalia,  largely 
devoted  to  dairy  interests.  He  was  born  in  Sweden  in  1867,  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
(Anderson)  Anderson,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  same  country.  In  1887,  when 
a  young  man  of  twenty  years,  Nels  Anderson  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  new  world 
and  established  his  home  in  Brainerd,  Minnesota.  After  living  in  that  section  for  two 
years  he  removed  westward  to  Castle  Rock,  Colorado,  and  was  for  eight  years  employed 
in  the  stone  quarries,  thus  making  his  initial  step  in  the  business  circles  of  his  adopted 
state.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  located  in  Sedalia,  where  he  conducted 
business  for  fifteen  years  and  then  sold  out.  He  next  turned  his  attention  to  agri- 
cultural pursuits  and  purchased  the  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  a  half 
mile  west  of  Sedalia,  upon  which  he  now  resides.  He  has  put  all  of  the  improvements 
upon  this  property,  erecting  a  new  house,  a  large  and  substantial  barn  and  all  the 
necessary  sheds  for  the  shelter  of  grain  and  stock.  He  is  engaged  in  dairy  farming 
and  for  this  purpose  keeps  a  large  number  of  high-grade  cows.  Everything  about  the 
place  is  most  sanitary  and  he  displays  sound  .ludgment  in  the  care  of  his  milk  from 
the  time  it  is  taken  from  the  cows  until  it  reaches  the  consumers. 

In  1902  Mr.  Anderson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elma  Victoria  Anderson, 
who  was  born  in  Denver  and  was  reared  in  Elizabeth,  Elbert  county,  Colorado.  They 
have  become  the  parents  of  four  children:  Esther  G.,  Thelma  M.,  Grace  G.  and 
Helen  E. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Anderson  has  always  been  a  stalwart  republican  since 
becoming  a  naturalized  American  citizen.  He  is  much  interested  in  the  cause  of  public 
education  and  for  four  years  has  been  secretary  of  the  Sedalia  school.  His  religious 
faith  is  that  of  the  Lutheran  church  and  he  is  a  man  of  genuine  worth  whose  progress 
has  been  continuous  since  he  came  to  the  new  world  and  who  is  ever  a  stalwart  cham- 
pion of  material,  intellectual  and  moral  progress. 


DR.  PETER  CARPENTER. 


One  of  the  pioneers  of  the  Greeley  colony  was  Daniel  Carpenter,  father  of  Dr.  Peter 
Carpenter  and  mentioned  at  length  an  another  page  of  this  work  in  connection  with 
the  sketch  of  LeRoy  S.  Carpenter.  Peter  Carpenter  purchased  land  seven  miles  east 
of  Fort  Collins,  Colorado,  and  located  his  family  thereon  in  1870,  hoping  to  regain  his 
health  in  the  outdoor  life.  He  died,  however,  in  1871,  leaving  a  widow  and  three  sons, 
George,  Harry  and  Don.  The  eldest  George  S.  Carpenter,  remained  with  his  mother, 
Mrs.  Mary  P.  Carpenter,  upon  the  farm  and  developed  It,  thus  giving  to  the  state  another 
ideal  home.  He  is  still  the  owner  of  the  old  homestead  property  east  of  Fort  Collins, 
near  Timnath.  He  was  married  January  2,  1900,  to  Jessie  Fox,  of  Odebolt,  Iowa,  and 
they  have  three  children,  Harry,  Dorothy  and  Harold.  George  S.  Carpenter  still  con 
tinues  to  engage  in  farming  and  stock  feeding  and  is  one  of  the  representative  ranch 
men  of  the  community. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Loveland,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Carpenter,  was  married  December 
10,  1872,  to  Revilo  Loveland  and  they  lived  near  Windsor,  Colorado,  for  several  years 
but  later  removed  to  Fort  Collins,  where  Mrs.  Loveland  passed  away  and  was  laid  to 
rest  in  1916.  Her  husband  still  resides  there  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-two  years 
and  he  has  a  very  clear  memory  of  his  early  adventures  in  the  state,  when  he  was  in 
the  employ  of  the  government  upon  the  frontier  in  1857,  guarding  the  country  from 
Denver  to  Laramie,  Wyoming,  against  the  Indian  depredations.  He  came  west  from 
Connecticut  for  his  health  and  remained  in  the  government  service  for  eight  years, 
employed   in   various   ways.     He  then  retired  to   the   farm  near  Windsor  and  devoted 


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his  attention  to  its  development  and  cultivation.  He  is  a  man  ot  unusual,  sterling 
character  and  many  newcomers  have  been  encouraged  and  cheered  by  his  good  advice 
and  generous  hospitality.  He  still  relates  many  interesting  experiences  which  have 
become  matters  of  history  and  which  have  contributed  to  making  Colorado  the  great 
state  that  it  is  today. 

Mr.s.  Mattie  Bosworth,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Carpenter,  the  Greeley  pioneer, 
became  the  wife  of  Harlan  P.  Bosworth,  a  native  of  West  Virginia,  who  removed  to 
Larimer  county,  Colorado,  at  which  time  Bellvue  was  his  postofBce,  Subsequently  he 
removed  to  Stove  Prairie.  To  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bosworth,  which  was 
celebrated  in  March,  1879,  there  were  born  two  sons,  Jay  S.  and  Homer  C,  who  assisted 
their  father  in  his  agricultural  labors  and  the  clearing  of  the  farms  in  the  mountains, 
where  they  raised  stock.  They  also  made  a  specialty  of  the  production  of  seed  potatoes 
for  the  valley  and  later  Homer  C.  Bosworth  became  a  forest  ranger  in  Montana. 

Alfred  B.  Carpenter,  a  son  of  LeRoy  S.  and  Martha  A.  (Bennett)  Carpenter,  men- 
tioned elsewhere  in  this  work,  and  a  grandson  of  Daniel  Carpenter,  has  done  a  great 
deal  toward  the  improvement  of  the  home  farm  near  Greeley,  as  he  very  early  dis- 
played natural  aptitude  in  promoting  irrigation.  When  but  ten  years  of  age  he  com- 
menced to  irrigate  successfully  and  took  the  job  of  thoroughly  irrigating  his  father's 
farm,  while  later  he  performed  an  equal  service  on  his  own  land  near  Ault.  He  was 
married  September  6,  1904,  to  Mary  Edna  Caward.  of  Butler,  Missouri,  and  to  them 
were  born  three  daughters.  Mabel,  Ida  and  Emeline,  all  of  whom  were  born  on  the 
father's  farm  two  and  a  half  miles  west  of  Ault.  There  Alfred  B.  Carpenter  developed 
a  new  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  He  also  owned  a  farming  property  east 
of  Ault  but  disposed  of  these  tracts  of  land  in  1913  and  removed  to  other  new  lands 
near  Gowanda  in  Weld  county,  on  the  new  line  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  extending 
from  Denver  to  Fort  Collins.  There  he  has  continued  farming  and  has  earned  the  just 
reputation  of  being  one  of  the  best  potato  growers  of  the  state,  having  tested  the  moun- 
tain soil  as  a  restorer  of  the  run-out  potatoes  of  the  valley,  by  his  own  efforts,  on  a 
claim  he  homesteaded  near  Stove  Prairie  in  Larimer  county. 


HON.  JOHN  W.  GOSS. 


Hon.  John  W.  Goss  is  now  living  retired  in  Longmont.  His  career  has  been  one  ot 
activity  and  usefulness,  for  he  was  long  numbered  among  the  prominent  farmers  of 
Boulder  county  and  in  public  affairs  he  has  been  a  contributing  factor  to  the  welfare 
and  progress  of  community  and  commonwealth.  Twice  he  has  represented  his  district 
in  the  state  legislature. 

Mr.  Goss  is  a  native  of  New  York,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  St.  Lawrence 
county  on  the  11th  of  May,  1840.  His  parents  were  Darius  and  Sophia  (Blackstone) 
Goss.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  the  mother  of  New  York.  They  were 
married  in  the  Empire  state  and  there  resided  until  1852,  when  they  became  residents 
of  Kent  county,  Michigan,  taking  up  their  abode  upon  a  farm.  In  addition  to  cul- 
tivating his  land  the  father  engaged  in  preaching  as  a  minister  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  Both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  Michigan  and  of  their  family 
of  eight  children  four  are  now  living. 

J.  W.  Goss  of  this  review  spent  the  period  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  Michigan 
and  acquired  his  education  there.  He  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-one  years  when  in 
1861  he  responded  to  the  country's  call  for  aid  and  joined  Company  C  of  the  Twenty- 
first  Regiment  of  Michigan  Infantry.  He  went  to  the  front  with  that  command  and 
stanchly  aided  in  the  defense  of  the  Union,  returning  to  his  home  with  a  creditable 
military  record.  In  1864  he  drove  an  ox  team  across  the  country  to  Colorado  and  took 
up  his  abode  in  Boulder  county,  where  he  secured  a  homestead.  Later  he  purchased 
more  land  but  has  since  sold  this  property  to  his  children.  He  is,  however,  the  owner 
of  a  fine  residence  in  Longmont,  where  he  now  resides.  For  many  years  he  was 
actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  general  agricultural  pursuits  and  brought  his  land 
under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He  is  one  of  the  stockholders  in  the  farmers'  mill 
and  elevator  of  Longmont.  He  assisted  in  the  organization  of  this  company,  which  is 
one  of  the  things  that  has  put  the  county  ahead,  and  his  cooperation  therewith  is  some- 
thing of  which  he  has  every  reason  to  be  proud. 

On  December  15,  1867,  Mr.  Goss  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ellen  Olcott,  who 
was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York,  a  daughter  of  Philander  and  Elizabeth  H.  (Stevens) 
Olcott,  who  were  likewise  natives  of  New  York.  In  1852  they  removed  to  Michigan, 
where  they  continued  to  reside  until  called  to  their  final  rest.     To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goss 


360  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

have  been  born  six  children:  Bertha,  now  the  wife  of  F.  Lee  Johnson,  of  Palmer,  Idaho; 
W.  D.,  who  is  also  living  in  that  state;  Percy  A.,  of  Boulder  county;  John  B.  and 
James  A.,  twins,  who  are  successful  ranchers;  and  Charles  N.,  following  the  same  line 
of  occupation.  All  the  children  now  occupy  honorable  positions  in  lite  and  are  a  credit 
to  their  parents.  The  latter  have  passed  their  fifty-first  wedding  anniversary  and 
have  ever  been  true  helpmeets  to  each  other.  They  knew  each  other  from  early  life, 
as  they  come  from  the  same  neighborhood  in  Michigan,  Mr.  Goss  having  taught  the 
school  in  which  Mrs.  Goss  was  one  of  the  pupils.  Dependent  only  upon  themselves, 
they  started  married  life  and  they  have  fashioned  their  own  success.  The  prosperity 
that  has  come  to  them  and  their  present  ease  they  richly  merit,  having  devoted  many 
years  of  hard  work  to  attain  that  measure  of  affluence  which  has  permitted  them  to 
place  their  children  in  respectable  positions  in  life  and  to  now  live  upon  a  competency 
sufficient  for  their  wants. 

The  parents  attend  the  Congregational  church  and  are  interested  in  all  that  works 
for  progress,  development  and  improvement  in  the  community.  Mr.  Goss  is  a  member 
of  the  Grange,  with  which  he  has  been  identified  for  forty  years.  His  political  allegiance 
is  given  to  the  democratic  party  and,  active  in  its  ranks,  he  was  elected  to  serve  in  the 
nineteenth  general  assembly  of  the  state  legislature,  where  he  made  a  creditable  record, 
and  he  also  served  in  an  extra  session  called  by  Governor  Ammons.  He  gave  earnest 
consideration  to  the  vital  problems  which  came  up  for  settlement  and  proved  an  able 
working  member  of  the  lawmaking  body  of  Colorado.  His  life,  carefully  directed  in 
its  purposes  and  activities,  has  been  productive  of  substantial  results  and  today  he  is 
one  of  the  men  of  affluence  of  Longmont  and,  moreover,  he  enjoys  the  highest  respect 
because  his   success   has  been   most  honorably   won. 


HON.  JAMES  R.  NOLAND. 

In  the  election  of  1918  there  probably  was  among  the  larger  honors  bestowed 
by  the  state  none  more  justly  and  deservedly  given  to  any  candidate  than  the  one 
which  Hon.  James  R.  Noland  received  in  his  reelection  to  the  ofl5ce  of  secretary  of 
state.  Not  only  is  Mr.  Noland  a  well  known  and  well  informed  newspaper  man  of 
Denver,  of  positive  ideas  and  accomplishments,  who  has  had  a  deep  insight  into  public 
affairs  and  vast  experience,  but  he  has  also  always  been  a  loyal  adherent  of  his  party 
and  as  secretary  of  state  has  ably  demonstrated  his  peculiar  fitness  for  the  office.  While 
Mr.  Noland  occupies  an  eminent  place  on  the  roster  of  state  officials,  he  has  never 
lost  the  common  touch  and  to  his  old  friends  he  is  still  plain  "Jimmie"  Noland  and 
such  he  will  always  affectionately  remain  to  them. 

Mr.  Noland  was  born  in  Jackson  county,  Missouri,  February  18,  1-873,  a  son  of 
Hinton  H.  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Noland.  There  he  was  reared  and  in  the  acquirement 
of  his  education  he  attended  the  common  and  high  schools  of  that  state,  including 
Westminster  College  at  Fulton.  Missouri.  In  September  of  1S97  he  was  united  in  marri- 
age in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  to  Miss  Ida  B.  Matthews,  a  daughter  of  James  S.  and  Ella  E. 
Matthews,  and  to  this  union  was  born  one  son,  James  M.  Noland,  on  April  1,  1900.  The 
family  removed  to  Denver  in  1905  and  has  ever  since  made  the  capital  city  their  home. 

Since  coming  to  Colorado  Mr.  Noland  has  been  prominently  connected  with  Denver 
newspapers,  having  given  his  whole  attention  to  that  line  of  business  until  elected  to 
the  office  of  secretary  of  state,  with  the  exception  of  three  years — from  1909  to  1912— 
when  he  efficiently  served  as  secretary  of  the  fire  and  police  board.  As  a  newspaper 
writer  and  reporter  he  became  familiar  with  legislative,  city  hall  and  statehouse  work 
and  in  that  way  became  closely  informed  in  regard  to  public  affairs.  Under  his  own 
name  he  wrote  feature  stuff  which  became  famous  in  Colorado  and  made  him  eminently 
popular.  Mr.  Noland  has  also  excelled  in  handling  judiciously  many  newspaper  articles 
regarding  organized  labor,  which  brought  him  in  touch  with  the  working  men  and  in 
that  way  he  earned  the  friendship  of  union  men  generally.  In  this  regard  the  Denver 
Post  in  one  of  its  issues  in  1916  said:  "In  covering  any  trial  growing  out  of  labor 
disputes  which  was  difficult  to  handle  he  always  gave  both  sides  a  square  deal  and  there- 
fore successfully  retained  the  friendship  and  confidence  of  all." 

It  was  in  the  autumn  of  1916  that  Mr.  Noland's  name  first  became  identified  with 
the  democratic  nomination  for  secretary  of  state.  He  was  named  by  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  democratic  state  central  committee  when  the  resignation  of  William  F. 
Allen  as  democratic  nominee  was  formally  but  reluctantly  accepted,  the  committee  hav- 
ing united  upon  Mr.  Noland  after  considering  his  qualifications  most  carefully  and 
from  every  point  of  view.     At  that  time  the  Denver   Post   of  October  8,   1916,  wrote: 


HON.  JAMES  R.  NOLAND 


362  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

"To  everybody  the  new  candidate  is  plain  'Jimmie'  Noland  and  the  committee  feels  that 
in  putting  him  on  the  ticket  they  have  placed  before  the  voters  a  name  known  to  every 
county  in  the  state,  for  Mr.  Noland's  work  as  newspaper  writer  during  the  last  several 
years  has  taken  him  into  every  section  of  the  state,  just  as  his  service  as  secretary  of 
the  Denver  fire  and  police  board  from  1909  to  1912  added  thousands  to  the  number  of 
his  personal  acquaintances  and  friends."  At  that  time  the  Denver  Post  said  also: 
"If  anyone  has  a  wider  personal  acquaintance  than  Jimmie  Noland  that  person's  name 
does  not  occur  at  this  moment,"  and  this  statement  still  stands  today  and  to  it  it  may 
be  added  that  all  of  this  large  acquaintance  are  thoroughly  agreed  as  to  the  high  qualities 
of  character  of  Mr.  Noland  as  well  as  his  executive  ability  and  entire  fitness  for  the 
position  to  which  in  191S  he  was  reelected  on  the  democratic  ticket  in  the  face  of  a 
state-wide  republican  landslide,  as  a  just  tribute  to  these  qualities. 

To  his  duties  in  the  office  of  secretary  of  state  Mr.  Noland  brings  rare  qualifications, 
partly  intuitive  and  partly  acquired.  He  has  a  judicial  as  well  as  an  executive  mind, 
is  well  versed  in  the  law  and,  moreover,  as  a  newspaper  man  has  gained  a  deep  insight 
into  general  conditions  pertaining  to  all  walks  of  life,  which  highly  qualifies  him  for  the 
multitudinous  duties  which  fall  to  his  lot.  He  has  introduced  a  number  of  short  cuts 
and  systems  into  the  administration  of  his  office  which  have  proven  of  great  benefit  to 
the  public  in  that  they  have  not  only  accelerated  and  facilitated  the  work  but  have 
made  that  work  of  greater  benefit  at  less  expenditure.  Mr.  Noland  has  always  seen  to 
it  that  in  the  relationship  with  the  general  public  the  greatest  courtesy  has  been  main- 
tained by  all  officials  and  clerks  serving  under  him  and  information  desired  from  his 
office  or  any  business  transaction  with  it  receives  careful,  painstaking  consideration. 

Mr.  Noland  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association,  the 
Optimist  Club  and  the  Denver  Press  Club,  and  from  his  college  days  has  retained  mem- 
bership in  Phi  Delta  Theta  fraternity.  The  affectionate  regard  in  which  he  is  held  by 
his  newspaper  friends  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  he  was  president  of  the  Denver 
Press  Club  during  1911-12  and  the  high  position  which  is  accorded  him  as  an  editorial 
writer  is  founded  entirely  upon  his  merits.  His  opinions  have  always  been  based  upon 
penetrating  studies  and  before  coming  to  this  state  he  was  for  many  years  a  valued 
member  of  the  editorial  department  of  different  Kansas  City   (Mo.)   newspapers. 

Mr.  Noland  throws  his  whole  soul  and  effort  into  the  administration  of  his  im- 
portant public  duties,  which  have  been  especially  trying  during  the  last  years  under 
war  conditions,  and  he  has  fully  sustained  that  confidence  which  all  who  know  aught  of 
him  have  in  regard  to  his  ability,  experience  and  honorable  purpose.  His  wife  is  one 
of  the  most  widely  influential  women  in  Colorado  and  is  affectionately  and  universally 
known  as  "Mrs.  Jimmie."  She  and  Mr.  Noland  have  always  been  inseparable  chums. 
The  son  was  in  the  students'  reserve  corps  and  is  now  attending,  the  State  University 
at  Boulder. 


WALTER  J.  PRENDERGAST. 

Although  Walter  J.  Prendergast  is  now  nearing  his  eighty-sixth  birthday  he  is 
still  actively  engaged  in  the  live  stock  industry  in  Larimer  county,  where  he  owns  a 
valuable  ranch  on  section  36,  township  7,  range  69  west,  four  miles  south  of  Fort 
Collins.  Through  enterprise  and  industry  he  has  become  recognized  as  one  of  the 
leading  citizens  of  his  part  of  the  state,  having  not  only  attained  individual  pros- 
perity but  also  having  played  a  conspicuous  part  in  making  his  section  the  rich  agri- 
cultural district  which  it  is  today.  A  native  of  Ireland,  Mr.  Prendergast  was  born  in 
Mayo  county,  in  the  western  part  of  the  island,  on  Easter  Sunday,  1833,  a  son  of 
Patrick  and  Margaret  (Laughlin)  Prendergast,  also  natives  of  the  Emerald  isle.  The 
father  followed  agricultural  pursuits  in  his  native  land  but  in  later  life  went  to  Eng- 
land, where  he  died   in   1846,  his  widow  surviving  until   1852. 

Walter  J.  Prendergast  was  reared  and  educated  in  Ireland  but  in  1848,  at  the  age 
of  fifteen,  also  went  to  England,  where  he  spent  six  years  as  a  farm  hand,  becoming 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  valuable  agricultural  methods  during  this  period.  In 
December,  18.54,  he  decided  upon  emigration  to  America  and  crossed  the  Atlantic.  Upon 
arriving  in  New  York  conditions  there  obtaining  at  that  time  in  regard  to  employ- 
ment did  not  come  up  to  his  expectations  but  on  the  contrary  he  looked  for  work  for  five 
or  six  weeks  unsuccessfully,  not  being  able  to  find  anything  to  satisfy  his  taste  or  ability. 
During  this  period  he  had  gone  to  surrounding  districts  but  instead  of  finding  a  place 
he  suffered  nothing  but  hardships,  so  at  the  end  of  six  weeks  he  decided  to  return  to  the 
city  and  then  enlisted  in  New  York  as  a  member  of  Company  K,  Seventh  United  States 


364  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Infantry,  in  1855.  The  company  was  subsequently  sent  to  New  Orleans  and  later  to 
the  Indian  Territory,  being  stationed  at  Fort  Arbuckle  until  1855,  and  in  1857  it  was 
sent  to  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  there  remaining  for  three  or  four  months.  It  was  tlien 
sent  to  Camp  Floyd,  Utah,  where  the  Mormons  were  becoming  troublesome.  Mr. 
Prendergast  served  with  the  organization  for  five  years,  being  discharged  in  February, 
1S60,  and  during  part  of  that  time  acted  as  government  wagon  boss.  In  1860  he  came 
to  Larimer  county,  Colorado,  and  settled  on  the  Little  Thompson,  putting  up  hay  for 
one  year.  He  then  moved  to  the  Poudre  river,  taking  up  a  homestead  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  receiving  his  patent  in  1860.  He  lived  there  for  sixteen  years,  and  then 
sold  that  ranch,  and  moved  to  his  present  location.  He  is  therefore  one  of  the  oldest 
and  most  honored  pioneers  of  this  district,  having  ever  since  made  his  home  here  and 
having  witnessed  the  development  of  Colorado  from  territorial  days  to  its  present  high 
condition  of  prosperity.  When  he  arrived  here  he  witnessed  some  of  the  troubles  with 
the  Indians  but  personally  was  not  molested  by  the  redskins.  As  the  years  passed 
and  his  income  from  his  tract  increased  he  acquired  more  land  and  now  owns  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres.  He  has  bought  and  sold  farm  lands  here  all  his  life  and  now 
has  also  sold  his  homestead,  having  improved  the  place  to  quite  an  extent.  His 
present  farm  is  highly  developed,  standing  as  evidence  of  his  enterprise  and  industry 
and  from  it  Mr.  Prendergast  receives  a  most  gratifying  income.  He  has  always  given 
his  attention  to  high  grade  stock  and  has  specialized  in  feeding  cattle,  sheep  and  lambs 
for   years. 

In  April,  1860,  Mr.  Prendergast  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Hanson  and  to  them 
were  born  six  children:  Mary,  who  died  in  April,  1917;  Margaret,  the  wife  of  Allen 
McLain,  who  is  a  college  professor  located  in  Canada;  John,  a  successful  agriculturist 
of  Weld  county,  Colorado;  Walter  H.,  who  is  assisting  in  the  management  of  his 
father's  place;  Martha,  the  wife  of  Clifford  S.  Atherley,  a  resident  of  Ogden,  Utah, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  government  work;  and  James,  who  also  is  farming  part  of  his 
father's  property.  On  April  9,  1917,  Mrs.  Prendergast  passed  to  the  home  beyond 
after  nearly  fifty-eight  years  of  an  ideal  marital  union.  At  the  time  of  her  demise 
she  was  seventy-five  years  of  age,  and  enjoying  the  best  of  health  throughout  her  long 
life,  was  sick  only  a  short  time  before  her  death. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Prendergast  was  a  member  of  the  Grange,  in  which  he  was 
very  active,  and  politically  he  is  a  democrat,  thoroughly  versed  in  the  questions  and 
issues  of  the  day  but  not  active  in  public  affairs.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Catholic  church,  of  which  he  is  a  devoted  communicant.  His  career  stands  as  an 
example  to  a  younger  generation,  showing  what  may  be  accomplished  in  this  country 
when  there  is  the  will  to  dare  and  to  do,  and  there  is  great  credit  due  Mr.  Prender- 
gast for  what  he  has  achieved,  as  he  has  attained  to  an  honorable  and  substantial 
position  in  life  entirely  through  his  own  efforts  and  is  therefore  entitled  to  the  proud 
appellation  of  a  self-made  man.  While  pursuing  his  private  affairs  he  has  contributed 
to  the  general  welfare  by  advancing  the  standards  in  regard  to  stock  breeding  and  also 
in  relation  to  moral  and  intellectual  development  and  has  thus  been  a  valuable  factor 
in  the  upbuilding  of  Larimer  county. 


ANTHONY  C.  SMITH. 


Anthony  C.  Smith  has  long  been  identified  with  farming  interests  in  Colorado  and 
Is  now  the  owner  of  an  excellent  tract  of  rich  and  valuable  land  near  Henderson.  He 
was  born  in  England,  December  17,  1842,  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Ann  (Cadman)  Smith.  He 
attended  school  in  his  native  country  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-one  years, 
supplementing  his  public  school  instruction  by  a  course  in  the  Bristol  School  of  Mines, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Mining  Engineer.  He  thereafter 
followed  his  profession  in  England  and  for  many  years  was  superintendent  of  mines, 
at  Rhondda,  South  Wales.  In  1S70  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  new  world  and  made 
his  way  to  Colorado,  settling  on  Plum  creek,  where  he  purchased  two  thousand  acres. 
For  twenty  years  he  devoted  his  attention  and  energies  to  ranching  upon  that  place, 
bringing  about  a  marked  transformation  in  the  appearance  of  the  property.  Conditions 
of  agricultural  life  changed  much  during  that  period.  The  wide,  open  range  gave  way 
to  the  ranch  and  the  ranch  in  turn  to  the  small  farm.  Disposing  of  his  property,  he 
went  to  New  Mexico  where  he  engaged  in  lumbering  and  the  operation  of  large  saw- 
mills. Returning  to  Colorado  Mr.  Smith  purchased  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of 
land  near  Henderson,  on  which  he  has  since  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock 
raising.     He  closely  studies  the  condition  of  the  soil  and  its  needs,  and  through  crop 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  365 

rotation  and  every  modern  method  of  enhancing  productiveness  now  gathers  good 
harvests  as  the  reward  of  his  labors. 

In  England,  in  1870,  Mr.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Matilda  McLeod 
and  they  had  four  children.  The  eldest,  Anthony  Bertram,  is  deceased.^  Matilda 
became  the  wife  of  Eugene  Conklin  and  they  have  two  children,  Ralph  and  Alice. 
Mabel  became  the  wife  of  Irving  Smith  and  they  have  three  children,  William  P., 
Grace  Mabel  and  Irving  William.  Mary  McLeod  has  passed  away.  The  wife  and  mother 
died  on  February  11,  1876,  and  on  the  23d  of  June,  1879,  Mr.  Smith  married  Frances 
A.  Wells,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Frances  (Barr)  Wells.  She  was  born  in  London, 
was  there  educated  and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1879.  There  were  four  children 
of  this  marriage:  Cecil  Anthony;  Leonard  McLeod,  who  married  Matilda  Huler  and 
who  have  two  children.  Earl  Cadman  and  Gladys  A.;    Edith  Ann;   and  Herbert  Isaac. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Smith  is  a  democrat,  having  supported  the  party  since 
becoming  a  naturalized  American  citizen.  He  has  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  and 
has  made  an  excellent  officer  in  that  position,  but  he  has  never  been  a  politician  in  the 
sense  of  office  seeking.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  his 
belief  has  dominated  his  life  in  all  of  its  relations,  making  him  a  man  whom  to  know 
is  to  esteem  and  honor. 


ROBERT   LEE   HEARON. 


Robert  Lee  Hearon  has  for  nineteen  years  been  connected  with  the  Colorado  Fuel 
&  Iron  Company  and  for  the  past  eleven  years  has  been  its  traffic  manager  at  Denver. 
He  was  born  on  the  old  family  plantation  near  Columbus,  Mississippi,  December  13, 
1865.  He  has  in  his  possession  genealogical  records  of  the  family  tracing  the  ancestry 
back  through  many  generations.  His  father  Ananias  Hearon,  was  born  in  South 
Carolina  in  1816  and  removed  to  Mississippi  with  his  parents  when  a  youth  of  eighteen 
years.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  started  in  life  as  a  plantation  overseer  and  served 
in  that  capacity  for  ten  years.  He  is  said  to  have  been  at  one  time  the  highest  paid 
overseer  in  Mississippi,  receiving  a  salary  of  a  thousand  dollars  per  year.  His  method 
was  kindness  and  fatherly  interest  in  the  slaves.  At  the  age  of  thirty-four  years  he 
bought  the  plantation  of  which  he  was  overseer,  and  after  the  close  of  the  war  and 
the  emancipation  of  the  colored  people,  all  but  two  of  his  former  slaves  returned  to 
the  plantation  and  wanted  to  be  taken  back  by  their  "massa."  In  1873  he  came  to 
Denver  and  in  1875  brought  his  family  to  Denver,  his  death  occurring  in  this  city  in 
May,  1909.  His  wife  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Mary  Carlisle  and  is  now  living  in  Lin- 
coln, Nebraska,  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine  years,  her  birth  having  occurred  in  Aberdeen, 
Mississippi,  in  1839. 

Robert  Lee  Hearon  pursued  his  education  in  the  East  Denver  high  school,  and 
entered  business  life  as  clerk  with  the  Denver,  Texas  &  Fort  Worth  Railway  Com- 
pany, now  the  Colorado  &  Southern  Railway  Company.  He  continued  for  eleven 
years  with  the  railroad  and  for  nineteen  years  has  been  associated  with  the  Colorado 
Fuel  &  Iron  Company,  in  which  connection  he  has  won  steady  advancement  and  for 
eleven  years  has  held  the  responsible  and   important  position   of  traffic  manager. 

On  the  23d  of  November,  1897,  Mr.  Hearon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary 
Adah  James,  a  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Elizabeth  (Coover)  James,  who  were  married 
in  1865  at  Bourneville,  Ohio,  and  in  1872  removed  to  Coffey  county,  Kansas,  whence  in 
1894  they  came  to  Denver.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  stockman.  He  was  born 
at  South  Salem,  Ohio,  in  1838  and  died  at  Longbeach,  California,  in  1916.  His  parents 
were  Reuben  and  Mary  (Shoafstal)  James  and  the  former  was  a  son  of  Reuben  James, 
who  was  born  at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  and  \vho  served  for  thirty-three  years  in 
the  United  States  navy.  He  was  with  Stephen  Decatur  as  quarter  gunner  in  the  war 
with  Tripoli  in  1804,  also  participated  in  the  War  of  1812  and  the  Algerian  war  of 
1815.  Elizabeth  (Coover)  James,  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Hearon,  was  born  at  Bourneville, 
Ohio,  in  1838.  a  daughter  of  John  and  Adah  (McKenzie)  Coover  and  a  great-grand- 
daughter of  Gideon  Coover,  who  was  born  in  1738  and  died  in  1810.  He  was  a  private 
in  Captain  McCurdy's  company  of  the  Third  Battalion  of  Cumberland  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania Militia,  in  1780,  of  which  Samuel  Erwin  was  the  colonel,  and  with  this  command 
he  did  active  service  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Mrs.  James  was  a  granddaughter  of 
Joshua  McKenzie,  who  was  a  drummer  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Ludwig  Weltner's  com- 
pany of  the  German  Battalion  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Mrs.  Hearon  is  a  member  of 
the  Denver  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hearon  have  been  born  twin  daughters,   Elizabeth  and   Eleanor, 


366  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

whose  birth  occurred  in  1904,  and  a  third  daughter,  Mary  Carlisle,  born  in  1907.  Mr. 
Hearon  is  a  lover  of  all  forms  of  outdoor  life  and  is  particularly  fond  of  shooting.  He 
was  for  many  years  connected  with  gun  clubs  but  in  recent  years  his  close  application 
to  business  has  deprived  him  of  this  pleasure.  His  devotion  to  his  family  is  one  of 
his  marked  characteristics.  As  a  business  man  he  ranks  high,  his  entire  career  being 
characterized  by  loyalty  to  every  interest  entrusted  to  his  care.  His  political  allegiance 
is  given  to  the  republican  party,  while  his  religious  faith  is  evidenced  in  his  member- 
ship in  the  Church  of  the  Ascension  of  Denver.  He  likewise  belongs  to  the  Denver 
Club,  the  Denver  Country  Club  and  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association. 


JOHN   E.   BAILEY. 


John  E.  Bailey,  a  highly  respected  farmer,  stockman  and  dairyman  of  Jefferson 
county,  was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  on  the  18th  of  January,  1864.  His  father,  Joseph 
Bailey,  a  native  of  England,  came  to  America  and  took  up  his  abode  in  Chicago.  He 
became  a  captain  of  vessels  sailing  on  the  Great  Lakes,  devoting  his  life  to  navigation 
interests.  Both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  Chicago  leaving  five  children,  all  of 
whom  are  living. 

John  E.  Bailey  was  adopted  by  his  uncle,  John  Bailey,  for  whom  he  was  named 
and  who  removed  to  Minnesota,  so  that  the  subject  of  this  review  was  reared  and 
educated  in  that  state.  After  attaining  his  majority  he  went  to  North  Dakota,  where 
he  lived  for  two  years,  and  then  removed  to  Oregon,  where  he  engaged  in  the  sheep 
business  for  a  period  of  four  years.  He  then  sold  out  and  turned  his  attention  to 
mining  in  Colorado,  spending  three  years  in  that  way.  He  afterward  located  on  his 
father-in-law's  farm  and  has  since  given  his  attention  to  general  agricultural  pursuits, 
stock  raising  and  dairying.  For  this  purpose  he  keeps  a  number  of  high  grade  cows 
and  has  a  well  appointed  dairy,  conducted  along  scientific  and  sanitary  lines,  and  bring- 
ing to  him  a  substantial  measure  of  success. 

In  1893  Mr.  Bailey  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Annie  Spickerman,  a  native 
of  Colorado  and  a  daughter  of  A.  H.  and  Fannie  (Wylie)  Spickerman.  Her  father 
settled  upon  the  ranch  now  occupied  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bailey  in  the  year  1859  and  he 
and  his  wife  continued  to  make  their  home  thereon  until  called  to  their  final  rest. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bailey  have  become  the  parents  of  seven  children,  Andrew,  Francis,  John, 
Anna,  Joseph,  Bryan  and  James. 

The  parents  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  are  people  of  genuine  worth, 
highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  them.  Mr.  Bailey  is  also  a  member  of  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World.  His  political  endorsement  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  while 
he  has  never  sought  or  desired  political  office  he  has  served  as  school  director.  He  is 
interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community  in  which 
he  resides  and  cooperates  heartily  in  many  plans  and  movements  for  the  general  good. 
Those  who  know  him — and  he  has  a  wide  acquaintance — speak  of  him  in  terms  of 
warm  regard  and  many  give  him  their  enduring  friendship. 


HIRAM  PRINCE. 


An  attractive  brick  residence  standing  in  the  midst  of  a  highly  cultivated  farm  in 
Boulder  county  is  the  home  of  Hiram  Prince,  now  one  of  the  venerable  citizens  of  his 
section  of  the  state,  for  he  has  reached  the  ninety-fourth  milestone  on  life's  journey. 
He  was  bom  in  Mobile,  Alabama,  on  the  6th  of  May,  1824,  a  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Cooper)  Prince,  who  were  natives  of  England.  They  came  to  America  in  an  early 
day,  settling  in  Alabama,  where  both  passed  away. 

Hiram  Prince,  who  was  one  of  a  family  of  three  children,  left  home  when  but  ten 
years  of  age  and  shipped  on  a  whaling  vessel.  He  followed  the  seas  in  that  connection 
for  twelve  years  and  afterward  engaged  in  steamboating  as  second  mate  on  the 
Mississippi  river.  In  1864  he  arrived  in  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Denver,  and 
having  previously  acquainted  himself  with  the  blacksmith's  trade,  he  there  followed 
work  along  that  line.  He  was  the  builder  of  the  first  omnibus  that  was  run  in  Denver 
and  he  continued  to  work  at  his  trade  in  that  city  until  1870,  when  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  agricultural  pursuits,  purchasing  the  farm  whereon  he  now  resides  in  Boulder 
county.  It  comprises  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  rich  and  valuable  land  and  he  has 
also  given  eighty  acres  to  each  of  his  children.     Upon  his  present  farm  he  has  made 


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368  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

many  modern  improvements,  has  erected  the  fine  brick  residence  which  he  occupies  and 
has  also  otlier  good  buildings  whrch  furnish  ample  shelter  for  the  grain  and  stock. 
His  entire  farm  is  under  the  ditch  and  everything  about  the  place  is  indicative  of  his 
careful  supervision  and  progressive  methods. 

Mr.  Prince  was  for  thirty  years  president  of  the  South  Boulder  Canyon  Ditch  Com- 
pany, which  runs  sixty-five  cubic  feet  of  water  per  second.  In  fact  he  was  most  closely 
associated  with  the  very  first  irrigation  schemes  in  his  district,  for  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Pitkin  as  the  first  water  commissioner  to  divide  the  waters  in  Boulder 
creek.  He  was  appointed  prior  to  the  regular  commission  and  when  that  body  came 
into  being  it  abided  by  his  decision.  He  continued  in  that  connection  until  he  resigned 
in  order  to  take  up  his  duties  in  the  state  legislature.  When  the  ditch  company  was 
formed  in  1870  Mr.  Prince  made  the  by-laws,  etc.,  and  also  made  the  plans  for  assess- 
ments. The  same  stock  which  originally  was  sold  for  twenty-five  cents  is  today  literally 
priceless,  a  fact  which  places  a  true  valuation  upon  his  activities  in  this  connection. 

Mr.  Prince  was  married  in  Missouri  in  1851  to  Miss  Mary  Lindsey,  a  native  of 
Ohio,  and  to  them  were  born  six  children:  Frank;  Louis,  who  is  identified  with  farm- 
ing in  Boulder  county;  John,  who  resides  with  his  father  and  carries  on  the  home 
place;  Clarence,  of  Boulder  county;  Mary,  the  wife  of  Al  Schofield;  and  Emma,  who 
married  Elmer  Schofield.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  1892  and  was  laid 
to  rest  in  Lafayette  cemetery. 

Mr.  Prince  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  and  has  twice  been  called  upon  to 
represent  his  district  in  the  state  legislature.  He  has  also  served  on  the  school  board 
and  has  stood  stanchly  in  support  of  every  project  and  measure  which  he  deemed  would 
prove  of  benefit  in  advancing  the  political,  educational  and  moral  welfare  of  the 
community.  For  years  he  was  superintendent  of  what  was  known  as  the  People's 
Sunday  school  at  Denver  and  he  has  done  much  to  further  moral  progress  in  the 
community.  Moreover,  he  is  a  self-made  man  when  judged  from  a  business  standpoint 
and  has  accumulated  a  handsome  fortune.  He  is  wonderfully  well  preserved  for  one 
of  his  years,  making  frequent  trips  to  town  with  a  team  of  horses.  His  life  was  for 
many  years  one  of  intense  activity  that  brought  to  him  the  substantial  competence  that 
is  today  his,  enabling  him  to  spend  the  evening  of  life  in  retirement  and  comfort.  Not- 
withstanding his  advanced  years  he  keeps  in  touch  with  the  trend  of  modern  thought 
and  progress  and 

"Though  the  snows  of  winter  are  on  his  head 
The  flowers  of  spring  are  in  his  heart." 


NELS  P.  SWANSON. 


Nels  P.  Swanson,  living  on  section  20,  township  4,  range  68,  in  Weld  county,  was 
born  in  Sweden,  January  8,  1868,  a  son  of  Swan  and  Ingre  (Nelson)  Gumeson,  who 
are  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work  in  connection  with  the  sketch  of  G.  S.  Swanson. 

Nels  P.  Swanson  was  reared  and  educated  in  Sweden  and  when  nineteen  years 
of  age  came  to  America.  He  located  at  Berthoud,  Larimer  county,  and  worked  as  a 
farm  hand  for  four  years.  He  then  went  to  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  followed  mining 
for  eleven  years  and  on  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  returned  and  rented  land 
in  Weld  county.  This  he  continued  to  cultivate  for  about  fifteen  years  but  prior  to 
the  end  of  that  time  he  purchased  his  present  place,  which  he  cultivated  for  four 
years  before  taking  up  his  abode  thereon.  In  April,  1918,  however,  he  removed  to 
the  farm  and  today  he  has  one  of  the  best  improved  places  of  the  state.  In  its  midst 
stands  a  thoroughly  modern  and  beautiful  brick  residence,  in  the  rear  of  which  are 
large  and  substantial  outbuildings  for  the  shelter  of  grain  and  stock.  The  improve- 
ments upon  the  place  indicate  his  progressive  spirit.  They  meet  every  requirement 
of  the  model  farm  and  he  has  all  of  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  every  facility 
to  promote  farm  work.  He  makes  a  business  of  feeding  cattle  and  of  raising  pure  bred 
Duroc  Jersey  hogs  and  Holstein-Friesian  cattle.  He  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the 
Milliken  flour  mill  and  a  stockholder  in  the  Handy  Ditch  Company  and  in  the  Love- 
land  Lake  &  Ditch  Company.  He  has  altogether  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land, 
upon  which  are  found  three  sets  of  good  buildings. 

In  September,  1899,  Mr.  Swanson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nora  Morell,  a 
daughter  of  John  Morell,  a  native  of  Sweden,  where  he  spent  his  entire  life.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Swanson  became  the  parents  of  two  children:  Oscar  G.,  born  January  17,  1901, 
who  is   now  attending  the  Agricultural   College  at   Fort  Collins;    and  Edna,   who  was 


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370  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

born  in  1903  and  died  in  1906.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  September,  1907, 
and  in  September,  1908,  Mr.  Swanson  was  married  to  Miss  Tecla  Carlson.  They  had 
one  child,  Carl,  who  was  born  in  December,  1910,  and  passed  away  in  January,  1911, 
while   Mrs.    Swanson    departed   this    life   in    1912. 

Mr.  Swanson  belongs  to  the  Swedish  Lutheran  church,  of  which  he  is  the  secretary, 
and  he  also  has  membership  with  the  Knights  of  The  Maccabees.  His  political  allegi- 
ance is  given  to  the  democratic  party  but  he  has  never  sought  or  desired  office,  pre- 
ferring to  give  his  undivided  attention  to  his  business  affairs,  which  have  been  care- 
fully conducted.  He  has  worked  persistently  and  energetically  as  the  years  have  gone 
by,  and  although  he  started  out  in  life  empty-handed,  he  is  today  at  the  head  of  busi- 
ness interests  of  considerable  importance  and  is  financially  and  officially  identified  with 
several  corporations  which  have  much  to  do  with  the  development,  progress  and  pros- 
perity of  his  section  of  the  state. 


GEORGE  NICKSON. 


George  Nickson,  who  is  making  a  creditable  record  as  a  fearless  and  faithful  officer 
in  the  position  of  sheriff  of  Douglas  county,  was  born  and  reared  in  the  county  which 
is  still  his  home  and  with  its  development  and  upbuilding  has  been  identified  through 
forty-four  years.  His  natal  day  was  February  2,  1874,  his  parents  being  George  and 
Sarah  (Paddison)  Nickson,  the  former  a  native  of  England,  while  the  latter  was  born 
in  Wales.  The  father,  on  coming  to  Colorado  in  the  early  '60s,  settled  at  Plum  creek 
in  Douglas  county,  where  he  homesteaded  and  also  purchased  land,  thereon  residing 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  His  widow  survives  and  is  still  occupying  the  old  home 
place.  I 

George  Niiekson  acquired  a  common  school  education  and  early  in  life  took  up 
blacksmithing  jat  Castle  Rock,  where  he  now  owns  a  blacksmithing  and  horseshoeing 
shop.  He  continued  active  in  the  line  of  his  trade  until  1901,  when  he  was  appointed 
under  sheriff  of  Douglas  county  by  Sheriff  Anderson,  who  is  now  filling  the  position  of 
county  judge  and  who  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Mr.  Nickson  continued 
to  act  in  that  capacity  for  four  years  and  in  1912  was  elected  sheriff  of  Douglas  county 
on  the  democratic  ticket  for  a  term  of  two  years.  Three  times  since  then  he  has 
been  reelected  to  the  office.  Four  years'  service  as  deputy  and  eight  years'  service 
as  sheriff  certainly  indicates  a  most  creditable  record  of  faithfulness  and  capability. 
While  he  has  retired  from  activity  along  the  line  of  his  trade,  owing  to  the  demands 
of  his  office,  he  is  still  known  in  the  business  circles  of  Castle  Rock  as  one  of  the 
stockholders  in  the  Castle  Rock  State  Bank. 

On  the  25th  of  November,  1911,  Mr.  Nickson  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha  Howell, 
of  Pueblo,  a  graduate  of  the  Pueblo  high  school,  who  prior  to  her  marriage  engaged 
in  teaching  for  several  terms.  Three  children  have  been  born  of  this  union:  Gweny, 
Betty  and  George  Andrew.  The  family  attend  the  Episcopal  church  and  Mr.  Nickson 
has  membership  in  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge  of  Castle  Rock  and  also  in  the  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men.  His  time  and  attention  at  present,  however,  are  largely  given  out- 
side of  the  duties  of  his  office- to  his  work  as  chairman  of  the  county  exemption  board 
and  he  is  standing  loyally  behind  the  president  in  all  of  the  efforts  of  the  nation  to  up- 
hold on  European  soil  the  principles  for  which  this  country  stands,  based  upon  the 
belief  that  "all  men  are  created  free  and  equal." 


WALTER  ANDREW  PETERSON. 

Walter  Andrew  Peterson,  organizer  and  the  president  of  the  Pioneer  State  Bank  of 
Denver,  which  was  founded  in  1912,  is  numbered  among  the  substantial  citizens  that 
Illinois  has  contributed  to  Colorado.  He  was  born  in  Paxton,  Illinois,  on  the  3d  of 
September,  1872,  a  son  of  Gustav  and  Johanna  (Jonnson)  Peterson.  The  father,  a 
native  of  Sweden,  was  a  railway  worker  and  in  1866  came  to  the  new  world.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  have  now  passed  away.  They  had  a  family  of  nine  children,  three  of 
whom  have  been  called  to  the  home  beyond. 

Walter  A.  Peterson  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  his  native  town  and  then 
went  to  Rockford,  Illinois,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools,  while  later  he  pur- 
sued a  course  in  a  business  college  there  and  thus  became  well  qualified  for  life's  prac- 
tical and  responsible  duties.     He  entered  upon  his  business  career  in  connection  with 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  371 

the  Rockford  (111.)  National  Bank,  with  which  he  was  associated  for  seven  years.  He 
afterward  spent  three  years  as  treasurer  of  the  Forest  City  Furniture  Company  and 
for  a  similar  period  was  secretary  of  the  Forest  City  Bit  &  Tool  Company  of  Rockford. 
In  these  various  connections  he  was  gaining  valuable  experience  and  knowledge  which 
has  been  of  benefit  to  him  as  the  years  have  passed  by.  His  residence  in  Denver  dates 
from  1902,  when  he  took  up  his  abode  in  this  city  and  became  connected  with  the 
J.  F.  Brown  Investment  Company  as  its  treasurer.  He  has  since  figured  in  financial 
circles  and  in  1912  became  the  organizer  of  the  Pioneer  State  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
elected  president,  a  position  which  he  has  since  continuously  and  capably  filled.  His 
early  experience  in  banking  stood  him  in  good  stead  in  this  connection  and  a  general 
banking  business  is  safely  conducted.  He  has  ever  recognized  the  fact  that  the  bank 
is  most  worthy  of  support  that  most  carefully  safeguards  the  interests  of  its  depositors 
and  the  course  which  he  has  followed  lias  commanded  for  the  institution  the  highest 
trust  and  confidence. 

Before  leaving  Illinois,  Mr.  Peterson  was  married  in  1900  to  Miss  Alice  O.  Lund- 
vall,  of  Rockford,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children:  Wesley  Adalbert, 
who  was  born  in  1903  and  is  now  a  pupil  in  the  Manual  Training  high  school  of 
Denver;  and  Grace  Evelyn,  who  was  born  in  1908  and  is  also  pursuing  her  studies. 

The  parents  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  church,  in  the  work  of  which  they  take 
an  active  and  helpful  interest,  Mr.  Peterson  serving  as  one  of  the  deacons  of  the 
Augustana  Lutheran  church.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver  Real  Estate  Exchange,  also  to 
the  Denver  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Denver  Manufacturers'  Association,  and  Is 
deeply  interested  in  all  plans  and  measures  put  forth  by  these  organizations  for  the 
city's  upbuilding  and  benefit.  In  1908  he  was  appointed  vice  consul  of  Sweden  at  Den- 
ver and  is  still  filling  that  position.  He  is  a  man  of  discriminating  judgment  in  public 
as  well  as  in  business  affairs,  and  his  enterprise  and  progressiveness  have  carried  him 
steadily  forward  in  various  important  relations  of  life. 


FRANK    L.    MONTGOMERY. 


In  the  passing  of  Frank  L.  Montgomery,  of  Parker,  Colorado,  Douglas  county  lost 
one  of  its  leading  citizens  and  honored  pioneers,  who  for  many  years  had  contributed 
toward  its  development  along  various  lines.  During  the  last  years  of  his  life  he  lived 
retired  in  the  enjoyment  of  well  earned  rest,  having  acquired  a  comfortable  competence 
through  ranching,  to  which  occupation  he  devoted  his  attention  during  many  years  to  , 
good  purpose,  not  only  acquiring  an  individual  fortune  but  also  assisting  in  the  agricul- ' 
tural  development  of  his  district  in  marked  manner.  A  native  of  New  Hampshire,  Mr.; 
Montgomery  was  born  in  1846,  in  Fairfield,  and  early  in  his  life  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Wisconsin,  where  he  was  largely  reared  and  received  his  education.  During 
the  strife  between  north  and  south  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  and  in  the  cause  of 
freedom  served  for  one  year,  at  the  end  of  which  period  he  was  honorably  discharged. 
When  the  war  was  concluded  he  returned  to  his  Wisconsin  home,  but  having  heard 
favorable  reports  of  the  many  opportunities  which  were  presented  to  a  young  and 
energetic  man  in  Colorado,  he  decided  to  remove  to  that  section  of  the  country  and  in 
1866  became  a  resident  of  this  state.  During  the  first  few  years  he  gave  his  attention 
largely  to  freighting,  in  which  occupation  he  was  quite  successful,  but  in  1872  decided 
to  settle  upon  a  homestead  on  Cherry  creek,  in  Douglas  county.  He  was  numbered  among 
the  pioneers  residents  of  his  part  of  the  county  and  there  he  continued  along  agricultural 
lines  for  thirty-four  years,  or  until  1906,  when  he  sold  his  farming  interests  and  retired 
to  Parker,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life,  highly  respected  and  honored  by 
all  who  knew  him.  His  farm  became  one  of  the  valuable  properties  of  Douglas  county, 
for  he  not  only  brought  his  land  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  but  also  built  model 
structures  to  shelter  grain  and  stock  and  likewise  instituted  up-to-date  equipment,  prov- 
ing himself  in  every  way  a  progressive,  modern  agriculturist  who  was  ever  ready  to  try 
out  the  latest  experiments  along  his  line  of  occupation  in  order  not  only  to  serve  himself 
but  also  all  others  who  followed  the  same  line  of  vocation.  In  that  way  he  not  only 
acquired  a  comfortable  competence  for  himself  but  also  set  a  valuable  example. 

In  1873  Frank  L.  Montgomery  and  Elizabeth  E.  O'Neil  were  united  in  marriage, 
the  latter  having  come  to  this  state  in  1864  with  her  parents,  who  were  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Douglas  county.  To  this  union  were  born  six  children.  Frank  S. 
resides  in  Montrose  county.  Mary  A.  is  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Young,  by  whom  she  has 
five  children,  and  they  reside  in  Douglas  county.  Her  eldest  child  is  Lester  L.,  who 
married  Josephine  Kennedy,   of  Denver,  shortly  before  he  left  for  FYance,  having  en- 


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37i  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

listed  iu  the  Engineers  Corps,  U.  S.  A.  His  younger  sisters  and  brothers  are  Josephine, 
Mildred,  Ruth  and  Chester.  Charles  G.,  the  next  member  of  the  Montgomery  family, 
married  Louisa  Hawkey  and  both  passed  away,  leaving  a  son,  Thomas  E.,  who  makes  his 
home  with  his  grandmother,  Mrs.  Frank  L.  Montgomery  of  this  review,  at  Parker. 
Nellie  E.,  the  fourth  in  the  family,  married  W.  H.  Shroer,  who  passed  away  and  by 
whom  she  had  one  son,  William.  She  subsequently  married  W.  E.  Sager  and  they  now 
reside  at  Bovina,  Colorado.  Edgar  Montgomery  married  Annie  Ulray,  of  Parker,  and 
they  had  a  son,  Robert  E.  Edgar  Montgomery  was  a  valued  employe  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  on  December  4,  1918.  Lilly  I.,  the  youngest 
of  the  family,  married  W.  R.  Ellis  and  they  reside  on  his  homestead  near  Thatcher, 
Colorado.  They  have  a  daughter,  Dorothy  E.  The  family  are  highly  respected  and 
esteemed  in  Parker  and  vicinity,  all  of  them  ever  readily  supporting  worthy  measures 
undertaken  on  behalf  of  public  beoefit,  and  Mrs.  Montgomery  and  her  children  are  valued 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Montgomery  was  a  loyal  republican  in  his  political  affiliations  and  the  high 
place  which  he  filled  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens  is  evident  from  the  fact  that 
for  a  long  period  he  served  as  county  commissioner,  his  service  covering  three  terms. 
Fraternally  he  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Red 
Men.  In  his  passing  in  1917  Douglas  county  not  only  lost  a  substantial  citizen  but  a 
public-spirited  and  loyal  American  who  ever  upheld  the  democratic  principles  of  liberty 
and  freedom  and  who  was  ever  ready  to  give  of  his  time  and  means  in  order  to  promote 
local  as  well  as  county  and  state  interests.  Being  numbered  among  the  pioneers  of 
Douglas  county,  Mr.  Montgomery  was  known  to  practically  all  of  its  inhabitants  and 
when  he  died  left  many  friends,  all  of  whom  sincerely  mourned  his  demise.  Many  were 
the  tokens  of  condolence  and  sympathy  extended  to  the  family  upon  that  occasion, 
being  proof  of  the  high  regard  in  which  he  was  held  by  all. 

Mrs.  Montgomery  is  greatly  beloved  on  account  of  her  womanly  qualities  of  character 
and  as  a  loving  mother  and  grandmother  is  venerated  by  her  children  and  many  grand- 
children. She  has  always  considered  it  her  noblest  duty  to  be  to  them  a  friend  and 
guide  in  all  those  perplexities  which  beset  human  beings  from  earliest  childhood.  She 
now  lives  in  a  modern,  handsome  bungalow  at  Parker  which  Mr.  Montgomery  had  built 
before  his  death  and  in  which  he  spent  his  last  days. 


JAMES  TRUELSEN. 


James  Truelsen,  successfully  engaged  in  fruit  and  truck  farming  near  Edgewater, 
was  born  in  Schleswig-Holstein,  Denmark,  on  the  17th  of  September,  1863,  a  son  of 
James  and  Mary  Truelsen.     The  father  was  a  farmer  and  hotel  proprietor. 

His  son  James,  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  thirteen  children,  attended  school  in 
Denmark  until  he  reached  the  age  of  fifteen  years,  when  he  began  learning  the  baker's 
trade.  He  was  a  youth  of  eighteen  when  in  1881  he  came  to  the  United  States,  making 
his  way  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  he  was  employed  for  two  years.  With  his  brothers 
he  then  leased  a  farm  in  Pocahontas  county,  Iowa,  where  he  carried  on  general  agri- 
cultural pursuits  until  1S85,  when  he  removed  to  Denver  *and  was  in  the  employ  of 
William  Holland  for  two  and  a  half  years,  receiving  a  salary  of  twenty-five  dollars  per 
month  in  the  summer  seasons  and  fifteen  dollars  in  the  winter  seasons.  He  afterward 
leased  the  Ellis  property  at  what  is  now  Thirty-first  and  Quincy  streets,  and  in  1889  he 
purchased  ten  acres  of  land  in  Maple  Grove,  constituting  the  nucleus  of  his  present 
possessions.  In  1890  he  added  a  five-acre  tract  and  in  1900  purchased  ten  acres  more, 
so  that  he  now  has  twenty-five  acres  of  very  rich  and  productive  land  devoted  to  the 
raising  of  fruit  and  garden  products.  His  annual  sales  are  large  and  the  excellence 
of  his  products  enables  him  to  command  high  prices. 

In  April,  18S8,  in  Denver,  Mr.  Truelsen  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary 
Hansen,  a  daughter  of  Hans  and  Katrina  Hansen.  Mrs.  Truelsen  was  also  born  in 
Denmark  and  came  to  the  new  world  in  young  womanhood.  Two  daughters  have  been 
born  of  this  marriage:  Norma,  now  the  wife  of  J.  R.  Wilson,  by  whom  she  has  three 
children — James,  Bertrand  and  Mary;  and  Katie,  the  widow  of  Carl  Koenig. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Truelsen  has  ever  been  a  stalwart  republican  and  served 
as  county  commissioner  from  1912  until  1916.  During  his  term  of  oflSce  the  Lookout 
Mountain  road  was  built,  also  the  first  five  miles  of  the  Colfax  concrete  road  and  the 
Denver-Morrison  road,  and  the  jail  and  sheriff's  residence  at  Golden  were  erected. 
Mr.  Truelsen  cast  the  weight  of  his  influence  on  the  side  of  progress,  development  and 
improvement  and  his  labors  were  of  much  worth  in  this  connection.     He  has  been  sec- 


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retary  of  the  school  district  and  was  so  serving  when  the  fine  Maple  Grove  schoolhouse, 
a  two-story  and  basement  brick  structure,  was  erected.  This  is  also  used  for  a  Grange 
hall  and  has  a  large  stage  with  roll  curtain.  Mr.  Truelsen  acted  as  purchasing 
agent  for  the  Maple  Grove  Grange  for  several  years.  There  is  no  plan  or  project  for 
the  benefit  and  upbuilding  of  the  community  which  does  not  receive  his  endorsement 
and,  if  possible,  his  active  cooperation.  He  is  a  man  of  marked  ability  and  enterprise 
whose  success  is  the  direct  result  and  outcome  of  his  individual  labors.  He  has  gained 
many  friends  during  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Colorado  and  all  esteem  him  for 
his  personal  worth. 


JAMES   WOODHOUSE. 


James  Woodhouse,  living  near  Sedalia,  is  now  in  the  seventy-seventh  year  of  his 
age  but  in  appearance  and  interests  seems  a  man  of  not  more  than  sixty-five.  He  was 
born  in  Sheflield,  Yorkshire,  England,  a  son  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Foster)  Wood- 
house.  On  coming  to  America  in  1S72  he  settled  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
engaged  in  brickmaking,  a  trade  which  he  had  learned  in  his  native  country  under 
the  direction  of  his  father,  who  had  long  been  a  brickniaker  of  England. 

In  1873  Mr.  Woodhouse  arrived  at  Sedalia,  Colorado,  and  has  resided  in  the  city 
or  vicinity  since  that  time.  His  attention  has  been  devoted  to  brickmaking,  brick- 
laying and  farming  and  at  present  he  is  the  owner  of  seventeen  hundred  acres  of 
well  improved  land  in  Douglas  county.  His  home  farm  of  ten  hundred  and  forty  acres 
is  situated  a  short  distance  off  the  state  road  north  of  Sedalia  and  in  addition  he  has 
a  six  hundred  and  sixty  acre  ranch  east  of  Castle  Rock.  His  home  farm  is  adapted 
to  the  raising  of  small  grain  and  in  1918  he  produced  three  thousand  bushels  of 
wheat,  besides  rye,  corn,  oats  and  other  crops  in  abundance.  He  keeps  one  hundred 
head  of  cattle  upon  his  place  and  also  ten  workhorses  and  mules.  Moreover,  he  uses 
a  farm  tractor  and  has  a  complete  line  of  the  most  modern  farm  implements,  using 
everything  possible  to  facilitate  the  work  of  the  fields  and  bring  his  land  to  the 
highest  point  of  productivity.  Mr.  Woodhouse  has  purchased  nearly  all  of  the  land 
which  he  possesses.  He  did  not  homestead  but  he  preempted  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres. 

Mr.  Woodhouse  was  first  married  to  Annie  Weil,  a  native  of  England,  who  passed 
away  in  1887,  without  issue.  In  ^888  Mr.  Woodhouse  was  united  in  marriage  to  Anna 
Jacksh,  a  native  of  Austria,  who  came  to  America  with  her  parents.  They  have  a 
family  of  nine  children.  James,  who  followed  ranching  near  Sedalia,  was  well  known 
and  liked  by  all.  He  was  robust,  a  perfect  specimen  of  young  manhood,  but  became 
a  victim  of  the  Spanish  infiuenza  and  passed  away  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine  years, 
leaving  a  wife  and  one  child,  the  former  having  been  Hattie  Krull  prior  to  their 
marriage.  Robert  is  at  home  upon  the  ranch.  Susie  is  also  at  home.  Phoebe  is  the 
wife  of  William  Woodhouse,  of  Boulder,  and  has  three  children.  The  others  of  the 
family  are  Frank,  Rosie,  Grace,  Bessie  and  Annie,  the  last  named  but  seven  years 
of  age.  Mr.  Woodhouse  is  preparing  to  give  all  of  his  children  land  and  wishes  them 
to  be  thoroughly  trained  in  farm  work — the  daughters  as  well  as  the  sons.  He  has 
thus  labored  for  the  interests  of  his  family  and  the  success  he  has  achieved  will  enable 
him  to  provide  liberally  for  them.  His  political  alleglanca  is  given  to  the  democratic 
party. 


JOHN   PEDERSEN. 


John  Pedersen,  identified  with  the  farming  interests  of  Adams  county  where  he 
has  large  and  substantial  landed  possessions  ranking  him  with  the  representative  agri- 
culturists of  the  community,  has  made  his  liome  in  Colorado  since  1882  and  has  occupied 
his  present  farm  since  1886.  He  was  born  in  Drammen,  Norway,  on  the  21st  of 
January,  1846,  a  son  of  Peter  and  Johanna  Gulbransen.  The  mother  died  when  their, 
son  John  was  but  four  years  of  age  and  he  was  left  an  orphan  by  the  death  of  his 
father  when  a  little  lad  of  but  seven  years. 

In  his  boyhood  days  John  Pedersen  attended  the  national  schools  of  Norway  until 
he  reached  the  age  of  thirteen,  when  he  became  a  sailor,  and  until  he  reached  the  age 
of  twenty-nine  he  followed  a  seafaring  life,  during  which  period  he  visited  many 
foreign  ports  and  saw  much  of  the  world.     He  has  traveled  over  the  West  Indies  and 


376  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  East  Indies,  has  visited  Calcutta,  India,  Alexandria,  Egypt,  and  Brazil  and  has 
made  trips  around  Cape  Horn  to  Peru,  to  Valparaiso,  Chile,  and  around  the  Cape  of 
Good  Hope  to  various  African  ports.  His  experiences  were  indeed  varied  and  interest- 
ing and  one  delights  to  listen  to  his  reminiscences  of  those  days.  He  afterward  sailed 
on  the  Great  Lakes  for  three  seasons. 

The  year  1872  witnessed  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Pedersen  in  America.  He  settled  in 
Detroit,  Michigan,  where  he  spent  ten  years,  largely  in  the  employ  of  the  Canada 
Southern  Railroad.  In  1882  he  reached  Colorado  and  for  five  years  was  one  of  the 
employes  at  the  Grant  smelter  in  Denver.  In  1886  he  purchased  the  farm  whereon 
he  has  since  resided  and  through  the  intervening  period  of  almost  a  third  of  a  century 
he  has  given  his  attention  to  the  further  cultivation  and  development  of  the  property 
and  has  today  a  splendidly  improved  farm. 

On  the  5th  of  December,  1874,  Mr.  Pedersen  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Berta  Johansen,  who  was  born  in  Norway,  November  28,  1854.  They  became  the 
parents  of  five  children  but  lost  three  sons  while  in  Michigan.  The  others  are  Burton 
Gilbert  Nicolai  and  Jennie  Louise.  The  son  is  now  serving  in  the  United  States  army 
and  the  daughter  is  the  wife  of  Fred  Purse.  Mrs.  Pedersen  died  on  March  25,  1916, 
and  her  demise  caused  deep  sorrow  not  only  to  her  immediate  family  but  also  to  the 
many  friends  whom  she  had  won  to  her  by  her  delightful,  endearing  personality.  She 
was  ever  helpful  to  her  neighbors  and  took  a  great  and  actual  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  others,  her  unselfish  sunshiny  nature  manifesting  itself  in  practical  ways  of 
assistance,  bringing  solace  to  many  in  hours  of  distress  and  sorrow. 

Mr.  Pedersen  gives  his  political  support  to  the  republican  party,  of  which  he  is  a 
stanch  advocate.  He  has  been  an  active  worker  in  behalf  of  the  public  schools  and 
Mrs.  Pedersen  served  for  years  as  president  of  the  school  board  in  their  district. 
Mr.  Pedersen  commands  the  unqualified  respect  and  confidence  of  those  who  know 
him  and  he  has  a  wide  acquaintance  in  Adams  county.  He  has  led  a  most  busy,  useful 
and  active  life,  giving  his  entire  attention  to  his  agricultural  pursuits  since  1886, 
and  the  result  of  his  labors  is  seen  in  the  well  developed  farm  with  its  excellent  im- 
provements and  modern  equipment. 


PATRICK  MURPHY. 


For  nearly  a  half  century  Patrick  Murphy  has  devoted  his  attention  to  agricultural 
pursuits  in  Douglas  county  and  is  tlierefore  numbered  among  its  honored  pioneers.  He 
now  owns  eleven  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  from  which  he  derives  a  gratifying 
income,  and  his  property  has  greatly  increased  in  value  through  his  incessant  labors. 
He  has  made  many  improvements  upon  his  place,  his  enterprising  spirit  and  industry 
leading  to  the  success  which  he  now  enjoys. 

Mr.  Murphy,  born  March  16,  1821,  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  where  he  spent  his  life 
until  1864.  when  he  decided  upon  emigration  to  America  and  came  to  this  country, 
his  port  of  arrival  being  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  where  he  joined  his  brother,  who 
had  come  to  America  two  years  previously.  However,  Mr.  Murphy  of  this  review  was 
not  satisfied  to  stay  on  the  Atlantic  shore  and  he  tlierefore  soon  left  Jersey  City  and 
made  his  way  to  Tennessee,  in  which  state  he  made  his  home  for  a  few  years,  and  from 
there  he  migrated  to  Kansas.  Pollowing  the  westward  trend,  he  remained  in  that  state, 
however,  for  only  a  year  and  then  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  arrived  in  the  Arkansas 
valley  in  1S70.  In  that  year  he  came  to  Table  Rock,  this  state,  and  this  has  ever  since 
remained  his  home.  He  took  up  a  homestead  in  1870  and  as  he  prospered  on  his  holding 
added  to  his  land  until  he  now  owns  eleven  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  He  built  a  log- 
house  in  1870  and  in  that  same  dwelling  he  still  resides  and  it  is  yet  in  a  very  good 
state  of  preservation.  Mr.  Murphy  devotes  his  land  to  general  farming  and  also  has 
important  live  stock  interests,  having  one  hundred  head  of  cattle  and  also  eight  horses. 

Interesting  are  the  stories  which  Mr.  Murphy  can  relate  of  the  early  days  when  the 
Indians  still  roamed  over  the  country  in  bands  several  hundred  strong,  making  their 
living  as  they  went  by  fishing  and  hunting.  Game  was  then  plentiful  and  antelope 
could  be  seeii  by  the  thousands  on  the  plains.  Mr.  Murphy  ever  had  the  knack  of 
getting  along  well  with  the  red  men  and  serious  trouble  never  threatened  him  from 
that  source.  Treating  them  generously  and  justly  and  leaving  them  alone  as  much  as 
possible,  he  was  never  molested  by  them,  as  he  never  interfered  in  their  affairs.  Mr. 
Murphy  is  known  far  and  wide  in  Douglas  county  and  has  practically  attained  to  his- 
torical significance  in  his  part  of  the  state,  living  still  in  his  loghouse  at  an  age  of 
ninety-eight  years.     He  may  be  seen  today  or  any  day  chopping  wood  and  making  his 


378  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

own  fire  in  his  fireplace,  now,  liowever,  having  with  him  most  of  the  time  a  man  who 
assists  in  working  the  land.  At  a  recent  date  when  Mr.  Murphy  was  interviewed  his 
helper  had  been  taken  ill  and  he  was  therefore  alone  in  looking  after  his  stock  and 
horses,  still  being  quite  able  to  take  care  of  all  the  interests  connected  with  the  work 
of  the  farm. 


HARRY   S.   THAYER. 


Harry  S.  Thayer,  a  mining  engineer  who  since  1915  has  practiced  his  profession 
at  Boulder,  was  born  in  Greeley,  Colorado,  in  1880.  His  father,  Eugene  R.  Thayer,  a 
native  of  Massachusetts,  was  born  near  Boston  in  the  year  1852  and  resided  there 
through  the  period  of  youth  and  early  manhood.  After  arriving  at  adult  age  he 
wedded  Mary  W.  Stanley,  a  native  of  Boston,  and  in  1876  they  removed  westward  to 
Colorado,  taking  up  their  abode  in  Greeley,  where  they  have  since  made  their  home, 
covering  a  period  of  forty-two  years.  The  father  became  one  of  the  pioneer  cattle 
men  of  Colorado  but  is  now  engaged  in  business  in  Greeley. 

Harry  S.  Thayer  attended  the  public  schools  of  Greeley  after  which  he  matricu- 
lated in  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder  and  won  the  Bachelor  of  Science  degree 
upon  graduation  with  the  class  of  1902.  He  later  did  post-graduate  work  in  Columbia 
College  in  New  York  in  1902  and  1903,  after  which  he  returned  to  Colorado,  practicing 
his  profession  of  mining  engineering  in  this  state  since  that  time.  In  1915  he  estab- 
lished his  home  and  office  in  Boulder  and  from  this  point  has  directed  his  efforts. 
His  ability  in  the  line  of  his  chosen  profession  is  pronounced  and  he  is  accorded  a 
liberal   clientage. 

On  the  18th  of  June,  1902,  in  Boulder,  Colorado,  Mr.  Thayer  was  joined  in  wedlock 
to  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Brown,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Walter  T.  Brown,  who  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania.  They  have  three  children,  Elizabeth,  Barbara  and  Mary. 
Mr.  Thayer  votes  with  the  republican  party,  and  while  he  keeps  well  informed  on 
the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day,  he  does  not  seek  nor  desire  office,  preferring  to 
concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  business  affairs.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Boulder  Club  and  possesses  a  social  nature  which  makes  for  personal  popularity 
among  his  wide  acquaintance. 


BERNARD  ROI  DESJARDINS. 

Bernard  Rol  Desjardins,  a  prominent  contractor  and  builder  and  one  of  the  old- 
time  residents  of  Colorado,  now  living  in  Denver,  was  born  in  Quebec,  Canada,  Novem- 
ber 8,  1857,  a  son  of  Captain  David  and  Eleanor  (Ouilette)  Desjardins.  The  father,  a 
native  of  France,  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  Canada  in  early  life.  He  was  a  shipbuilder  in 
that  country  and  later  worked  along  the  same  line  in  various  parts  of  the  world  but 
ultimately  returned  to  Canada. 

Bernard  Desjardins  was  the  youngest  in  a  family  of  seven  children.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  country  and  afterward  learned  the  carpenter's  trade, 
at  which  he  began  working  when  a  youth  of  fifteen  years.  He  was  classed  as  a  mechanic 
and  he  developed  considerable  skill  and  ability  along  mechanical  lines.  Leaving  home, 
he  removed  to  Burlington,  Vermont,  where  he  worked  as  a  mechanic  for  a  year  and 
In  1880  came  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Port  Collins,  where  he  conducted  business 
as  a  contractor  and  builder,  securing  the  contract  for  the  erection  of  the  courthouse 
at  that  place.  He  remained  in  Fort  Collins  for  seven  years  and  then  sought  the  broader 
field  of  labor  offered  in  Denver.  He  devoted  five  years  to  architectural  work  and  later 
again  took  up  contracting,  erecting  many  of  the  present  fine  buildings  of  the  city. 

On  the  5th  of  February,  18S4,  Mr.  Desjardins  was  married  to  Miss  Eleanor  Purcell, 
of  Fort  Collins,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  nine  children.  Leo  A.,  the  eldest,  born 
at  Fort  Collins,  was  graduated  from  the  Denver  high  school,  attended  Cornell  University, 
where  he  pursued  a  special  course  in  architecture,  and  is  now  well  known  as  a  represen- 
tative of  that  profession.  May  E.,  born  in  Port  Collins,  was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  and  the  Colorado  State  Teachers  College,  after  which  she  spent  two  years  as  a 
student  in  Columbia  University  of  New  York  and  is  now  a  successful  public  school 
teacher.  Clotilda  C.  born  in  Denver,  is  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  W.  P.  Russell,  Ph.  D.,  B.  A., 
dean  of  education  at  the  University  of  Iowa,  but  at  the  present  time  in  Russia  as  a 
representative  of  the  United   States  government.     To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Russell  have  been 


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380  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

born  three  children:  William  F.,  Jr.,  James  R.  and  Bernard  Robert.  Elise,  born  in 
DenA'er,  attended  the  public  schools.  Joseph  Bernard,  born  in  Denver,  is  a  graduate  of 
the  city  high  school  and  is  now  in  France  with  the  American  army.  He  fought  in 
the  battle  of  Chateau  Thierry,  which  according  to  military  experts  turned  the  tide 
of  war,  and  also  in  the  battle  of  St.  Mihiel.  Regina  and  Virginia,  twins,  are  the  next 
in  the  family,  and  both  were  graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Denver  and  are  now 
students  in  the  University  of  Iowa.  John  Louis,  born  in  Denver,  is  attending  college 
at  St.  Marys,  Kansas.  Richard  Jerome,  born  in  Denver  and  attending  school  in  this 
city,  completes  the  family. 

In  politics  Mr.  Desjardins  maintains  an  independent  attitude.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Denver  Athletic  Club,  the  Lakewood  Golf  Club,  the  Rotary  Club  and  the  Mountain 
Club.  He  is  very  fond  of  outdoor  life  and  mountain  climbing  and  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
one  years  he  made  the  entire  ascent  of  Mount  Evans,  walking  thirty-one  miles  on  the 
trip.  His  long  residence  in  Denver,  the  importance  of  his  work  and  his  individual 
traits  of  character  have  gained  him  prominence  and  he  stands  high  in  the  business 
life  of  the  state. 


EDWARD  J.  WECKBACH. 


Edward  J.  Weckbach,  one  of  the  organizers  and  the  cashier  of  the  Hamilton 
National  Bank  of  Denver,  was  born  in  Plattsmouth,  Nebraska,  on  the  7th  of  February, 
1874,  a  son  of  J.  V.  and  Mary  K.  (Guthmann)  Weckbach.  The  father  came  to  the 
United  States  prior  to  the  Civil  war  and  devoted  his  life  to  merchandising,  remaining 
for  many  years  a  valued  resident  of  Plattsmouth,  Nebraska.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
have  now  passed  away.  Their  family  numbered  eleven  children,  nine  of  whom  are 
living. 

Of  these  Edward  J.  Weckbach  pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  he  completed  a  high  school  course  with  the  class  of 
1888.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  the  banking  business  in  Lincoln,  becoming 
identified  with  the  Columbia  National  Bank,  in  which  he  was  employed  for  six  years. 
On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  removed  to  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado,  and  was 
employed  in  the  Dave  Moftat  Bimetallic  Bank  as  assistant  cashier  for  six  years.  Later 
he  went  to  the  Colorado  National  Bank,  where  he  occupied  the  position  of  paying  teller 
for  seven  years,  and  afterward  he  removed  to  Curtis,  Nebraska,  where  for  two  and 
a  half  years  he  ably  filled  the  position  of  cashier  of  the  State  Bank  of  Curtis.  His 
next  business  connection  brought  him  to  the  Hamilton  National  Bank,  which  he  aided 
in  organizing  and  of  which  he  has  continuously  been  the  cashier.  He  is  a  courteous 
and  obliging  official  and  his  efforts  have  contributed  in  no  small  measure  to  the 
success  and  upbuilding  of  this  institution. 

In  1907  Mr.  Weckbach  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Gertrude  Hanford  and 
they  have  become  parents  of  two  childrren,  Hanford  and  Elizabeth,  aged  respectively 
eight  and  four  years,  the  former  now  in  school.  The  parents  are  members  of  St. 
Elizabeth's  church,  and  Mr.  Weckbach  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican 
party,  but  while  he  keeps  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  he 
has  never  been  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention 
upon  his  business  affairs.  He  is  interested  in  farming  near  Denver,  where  he  owns 
two  good  tracts  of  land,  while  at  the  same  time  he  is  capably  filling  the  office  of  cashier 
of  the  Hamilton  National  Bank.  His  progress  has  been  steady  and  continuous  since 
he  made  his  initial  step  in  the  business  world  and  each  forward  step  has  brought  him 
a  broader  outlook  and  wider  opportunities,  which  he  has  carefully  and  intelligently 
utilized. 


WILLIAM  A.  LAFFERTY. 


William  A.  Lafferty  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  ranch  of  one  hundred  and  seventy 
acres  in  Jefferson  county  which  he  purchased  in  1912.  Previous  to  this  time  he  had 
been  engaged  in  railroad  contract  work  and  his  entire  career  has  been  characterized 
by  unwearied  industry  and  perseverance  in  anything  that  he  has  undertaken.  He  is 
numbered  among  the  citizens  that  Illinois  has  furnished  to  Colorado,  his  birth  having 
occurred  near  Alexis,  in  Mercer  county,  of  the  former  state,  on  the  25th  of  February, 
1863.    He  is  a  son  of  Jonathan  and  Maria  (Lafferty)  Lafferty.    The  father  was  a  soldier 


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in  the  Civil  war,  serving  as  a  member  of  Company  E,  One  Hundred  and  Second  Illinois 
Volunteer  Infantry. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof,  William  A.  Lafferty  pursued 
his  education  by  attendance  at  the  district  and  high  schools  to  the  age  of  nineteen 
years.  He  afterward  worked  upon  his  father's  farm  and  also  in  his  father's  lumber- 
yard, thus  receiving  his  initial  business  training.  In  the  spring  of  1887  he  came  to 
Colorado,  settling  on  the  homestead  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  old  Bent  county. 
In  the  spring  of  1889  the  county  was  divided.  Mr.  Latferty's  land  being  situated  in 
that  section  which  became  Kiowa  county,  l/pon  the  division  of  the  county  he  was 
appointed  to  the  office  of  county  clerk  and  served  in  that  position  for  two  terms  and 
also  for  one  term  filled  the  office  of  county  treasurer.  He  then  turned  his  attention 
to  the  contracting  business,  with  headquarters  at  Pueblo,  and  was  thus  engaged  for 
five  years.  Removing  his  headquarters  to  Denver  he  continued  in  railroad  contracting 
in  Colorado,  New  Mexico,  Kansas  and  Oklahoma.  He  has  not  withdrawn  altogether 
from  that  line  of  business,  but  war  conditions  have  made  it  nearly  impossible  to  con- 
tinue actively  in  that  field,  as  railroad  building  has  been  practically  suspended.  In 
1912  he  purchased  a  ranch  of  one  hundred  and  seventy  acres  in  Jefferson  county  and 
has  since  been  conducting  it  with  good  success.  He  is  an  adaptable  man,  forceful 
and  resourceful  in  business  and  of  unfailing  energy. 

On  the  28th  of  April,  1889,  Mr.  Lafferty  was  married  in  Pueblo.  Colorado,  to  Miss 
Chrlstena  F.  Lawrence,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Christena  Lawrence.  Mrs.  Lafferty 
■was  born,  reared  and  educated  in  Holt  county,  Missouri.  Mr.  Lafferty  is  a  republican 
in  his  political  views  and  is  identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  The  extent 
and  importance  of  his  business  interests  have  brought  him  prominently  to  the  front 
and  throughout  his  entire  career  he  has  made  good  use  of  his  time  and  the  chances 
for  advancement.  He  has  been  connected  with  the  development  of  the  state  along 
agricultural  lines  and  with  its  upbuilding  as  a  factor  in  the  promotion  of  its  rail- 
road interests,  his  efforts  being  ever  of  a  character  that  have  contributed  to  public 
progress  and  prosperity  as  well  as  to  individual  success. 


JERRY  R.  NOE. 


A  valuable  farm  property  of  three  hundred  and  ninety-five  acres  pays  tribute  to 
the  care  and  labor  bestowed  upon  it  by  the  owner,  Jerry  R.  Noe,  now  one  ot  the 
successful  ranchmen  of  Colorado,  living  three  miles  southwest  of  Larkspur,  where  he 
carries  on  general  agricultural  pursuits  and  cattle  raising.  He  was  born  on  the  banks 
of  the  Ohio  river  in  Indiana,  August  19,  1861,  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Martha  C.  (Richards) 
Noe.  The  father's  birth  occurred  in  Lexington,  Kentucky,  while  the  mother  was  born 
in  Indiana. 

Jerry  R.  Noe  acquired  a  common  school  education  and  after  his  textbooks  were 
put  aside  was  apprenticed  to  the  blacksmith's  trade  when  fourteen  years  of  age  and 
devoted  several  years  to  horseshoeing  and  blacksmithing,  becoming  an  expert  work- 
man in  both  branches  of  the  business,  which  he  followed  for  some  time  at  Westport, 
Kentucky.  He  abandoned  those  pursuits,  however,  for  he  found  the  work  was  too 
heavy  for  him  and  in  1880  he  left  Kentucky  and  removed  to  Lawrence,  Kansas,  where 
he  spent  one  winter.  He  next  came  to  Colorado  with  his  brother  William  and  in  the 
spring  of  1881  took  up  his  abode  at  Greenland,  this  state.  He  never  used  his  home- 
stead right  but  cultivated  rented  farms  for  sixteen  years  or  until  1897,  when  with  the 
capital  acquired  through  his  industry  and  economy  he  purchased  land,  upon  which 
he  now  resides,  three  miles  southwest  of  Larkspur.  While  his  possessions  now  include 
three  hundred  and  ninety-five  acres,  he  formerly  had  more  extensive  holdings  but 
two  years  ago  sold  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  his  place.  He  has  a  good  ranch, 
on  which  he  raises  from  one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  head  of  cattle,  vfe 
also  has  a  timothy  meadow  of  seventy-five  acres,  which  cuts  from  two  to  three  hundred 
tons  of  hay  each  season,  and  also  an  alfalfa  meadow.  Throughout  all  the  period  of 
his  residence  here  he  has  continued  to  do  blacksmithing  and  horseshoeing  for  himself 
and  his  neighbors  and  can  repair  anything  in  the  line  of  iron  or  steel. 

Mr.  Noe  has  been  married  twice.  In  1882  he  wedded  Addie  Graves,  of  Indiana, 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  four  children.  Isaac  J.,  the  eldest,  married  Claudie 
Wilson  and  resides  upon  a  homestead  farm  near  Meeker,  Colorado.  Martha  B.  is  the 
wife  of  Ernest  Bailey,  who  is  conducting  a  creamery  at  Cherry,  Colorado,  and  they 
have  one  son,  William.  Arthur  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years.  May  is  the  wife 
of  John  R.  Bugge,  who  is  now  in  France,  having  enlisted  in  an  artillery  company  of 


382  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  United  States  army  in  1917.  They  have  one  son,- William.  For  his  second  wife 
Mr.  Noe  chose  Mary  E.  O'Brien,  who  was  born  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  and  in  1873  came 
to  Colorado  with  her  parents.  Her  father.  Pleasant  O'Brien,  first  made  the  trip  to 
this  state  in  1861  and  spent  one  year  in  mining,  after  which  he  returned  to  Iowa, 
where  he  continued  to  reside  for  a  tew  years.  He  then  again  came  to  Colorado  in 
1873  and  located  at  Lake  Gulch  in  Douglas  county.  He  was  born  in  Indiana,  while 
his  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Margaret  Smith,  was  born  in  Ireland.  Her 
brother,  John  Smith,  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Johnson  county,  Iowa.  To  the 
second  marriage  of  Mr.  Noe  four  children  have  been  born:  Margaret,  the  wife  of 
Luther  Johnson,  living  on  a  ranch  near  Meeker,  Colorado,  by  whom  she  has  one  child, 
Ellen;  Pleasant,  who  is  attending  the  high  school  at  Castle  Rock;  and  Walter  and 
Jerry,  at  home. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Noe  has  always  been  a  democrat.  He  and  his  family 
attend  the  Methodist  church  and  are  people  of  genuine  worth,  highly  esteemed  by 
all  who  know  them.  They  have  many  excellent  traits  of  character  and  their  aid  and 
influence  is  always  given  on  the  side  of  right,  progress  and  improvement.  Mr.  Noe 
is  a  self-made  man  and  one  who  deserves  much  credit  for  what  he  has  accomplished. 
As  the  architect  of  his  fortunes  he  has  builded  wisely  and  well. 


REV.  CHARLES  HUGHES  MARSHALL. 

Rev.  Charles  Hughes  Marshall,  rector  of  St.  Barnabas  church  in  Denver,  has  long 
been  widely  known  not  only  as  a  prominent  representative  of  the  Episcopal  ministry  in 
Colorado  but  also  as  a  representative  of  one  of  the  most  honored  and  widely  known 
pioneer  families  of  the  state.  He  was  born  at  Richmond,  Missouri,  November  10,  1849, 
a  son  of  General  Francis  J.  and  Mary  R.  (Williams)  Marshall.  The  father  was  born 
in  Virginia,  while  his  father  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  whence  he  came  to  America  during 
the  Revolutionary  war  period.  The  mother  was  a  niece  of  "Cerro  Gordo"  Williams,  a 
hero  of  the  Mexican  war,  who  afterward  served  as  United  States  senator  from  Kentucky. 

General  Marshall  was  appointed  governor  of  Kansas  by  President  Buchanan  dur- 
ing the  days  of  the  bitter  excitement  attending  the  Kansas-Nebraska  bill,  but  his 
appointment  was  not  confirmed.  Leaving  his  old  home  in  Virginia  when  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  he  made  his  way  first  to  Missouri  and  in  1852  went  to  Kansas,  settling  on  the 
Big  Blue  river.  He  established  a  trading  post  to  cover  the  travel  up  and  down  that 
river.  General  Kearney  at  that  period  was  fighting  the  Indians  in  the  west  and 
General  Marshall  became  identified  with  the  pioneer  development  of  that  region.  The 
place  at  which  he  settled  was  called  Marysville  in  honor  of  his  wife,  while  the  county 
was  named  Marshall  in  honor  of  the  General.  After  the  latter's  death  the  county  re- 
quested the  familly  to  send  his  remains  to  Marshall  county,  ottering  to  put  up  a 
monument  in  his  honor  there,  but  at  length  a  decision  was  reached  against  the  removal. 
The  death  of  General  Marshall  occurred  November  25,  1895,  at  the  home  of  his  son.  Rev. 
C.  H.  Marshall,  and  he  was  laid  to  rest  in  Riverside  cemetery  at  Denver.  His  wife 
passed  away  at  Larchmont  Manor,  New  York,  a  few  years  ago.  She  had  been  living  there 
with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Edward  Payson  Call,  whose  husband  is  president  of  the  New 
York  Commercial  Company.  Mrs.  Call  is  the  only  daughter  of  the  family  and  amongst 
four  sons  Rev.  Marshall  is  the  only  survivor. 

General  Marshall's  connection  with  Colorado  is  one  of  intense  interest,  constituting 
an  important  chapter  in  the  history  of  the  state.  He  reached  Denver  in  1859  and  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  D.  D.  Wliite  &  Company,  freighters.  Later  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  mining  at  Central  City  and  became  a  partner  of  Colonel  S.  J.  Mallory  there. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  famous  club  which  had  among  its  members  Senator  N.  P.  Hill, 
John  T.  Herrick,  George  M.  Pullman  and  many  others  who  became  famous  in  later 
days.  When  the  big  silver  discovery  was  made  at  Georgetown  in  1866,  General  Marshall 
went  into  that  section.  His  prospector,  Lynde,  discovered  the  Colorado  Central  mine, 
which  became  the  biggest  producer  of  silver  in  that  entire  region.  General  Marshall 
planned  and  built  the  famous  Marshall  tunnel  which,  starting  at  Silverdale,  pierced  the 
mines  at  the  five  hundred  foot  level.  Much  of  the  ore  was  at  first  sent  to  Swansea, 
Wales,  until  Pierce  came  out  and  brought  with  him  Uie  process  tor  treating  the  ore.  In 
April,  1875.  there  was  a  memorable  social  event  held— a  dance  being  given  in  the  mine 
where  the  tunnel  broke  into  it,  the  dancing  chamber  having  been  blasted  out.  It  was 
a  famous  affair.  Harper's  Weekly  running  a  full-page  picture  of  it.  In  1879,  General 
Marshall  sold  both  the  tunnel  and  the  mine,  which  had  produced  a  great  fortune  for  its 


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384  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

owners.  With  the  early  development  of  the  rich  mineral  resources  of  this  state  he 
was  closely  and  prominently  associated  and  Marshall  Pass  was  named  in  his  honor. 

The  Reverend  Charles  H.  Marshall  was  graduated  from  Racine  College  at  Racine, 
Wisconsin,  in  1869.  and  in  1874  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  of  the  Episcopal  church 
at  Georgetown  by  Bishop  Spalding  after  having  studied  for  holy  orders  at  Matthews  Hall 
in  Golden  under  Bishop  Randall.  He  was  sent  to  Evanston,  Wyoming,  where  he  remained 
for  a  few  months  and  was  then  transferred  to  Eureka,  Nevada.  In  1877  he  became 
Episcopal  rector  at  Georgetown,  where  he  remained  until  May.  1880,  when  he  became 
rector  of  Trinity  Memorial  church  at  Twenty-sixth  and  Curtis  streets  in  Denver.  There 
he  remained  until  September,  1895.  when  he  became  rector  of  St.  Barnabas  church  at 
Thirteenth  and  Vine  streets  in  Denver.  Before  he  took  charge  it  was  a  little  mission 
called  Christ  church.  This  popular  neighborhood  church  has  been  built  up  through  his 
efforts.  It  was  established  with  one  hundred  communicants  and  now  has  a  member- 
ship of  two  hundred  and  fifty.  The  work  of  the  church  has  steadily  grown  and  its 
influence  has  been  extended  as  a  potent  force  in  the  moral  development  of  the  com- 
munity. 

Reverend  Marshall  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie  B.  Watts,  of  Cincinnati,  and  they 
have  become  parents  of  two  daughters  and  a  son  who  are  yet  living.  The  eldest,  Mrs. 
Ralph  H.  Hathaway,  has  one  daughter.  Nelsine.  The  other  daughter,  Mrs.  Albert  S. 
Brooks,  whose  husband  is  now  general  attorney  for  the  Northwestern  Railroad,  has 
four  children:  Charles  Marshall,  Nelda  Elizabeth,  Genevieve  Knight  and  Jean  Louise 
Brooks.  The  son,  Charles  Avery  Marshall,  is  with  the  Colorado  Fuel  &  Iron  Company. 
He  is  married  and  has  two  sons,  Charles  Avery  and  Jack  Pershing  Marshall.  Four 
generations  of  the  family  have  thus  been  represented  in  Colorado  and  the  name  has 
ever  figured  conspicuously  in  connection  with  the  history  of  its  material  and  moral 
development. 


ROBERT  D.  HAIGHT. 


Robert  D.  Haight,  a  man  of  genuine  worth,  highly  respected  by  his  friends  and 
neighbors,  makes  his  home  at  Littleton,  where  he  is  now  living  retired,  although  in 
former  years  he  was  closely  connected  with  ranching  interests.  He  was  born  in 
Livingston  county.  New  York,  July  6,  1842,  a  son  of  Clark  and  Hannah  (Stone) 
Haight.  He  acquired  a  common  school  education  and  when  twenty-one  years  of  age 
enlisted  on  the  18th  of  September,  1863,  as  a  member  of  the  Twenty-first  New  York 
Cavalry,  with  which  he  served  in  various  important  engageii«nts,  displaying  marked 
valor  and  courage  when  facing  the  enemy's  bullets.  After  the  war  he  was  stationed 
at  the  garrison,  at  Fort  Collins  and  at  Denver,  until  honorably  discharged  on  the  eth 
of  July,  1866.  Later  he  engaged  in  freighting  for  a  year  between  Denver  and  Cheyenne, 
Wyoming,  and  then  returned  to  the  state  of  New  York,  where  he  again  resided  for  a 
year. 

While  there  Mr.  Haight  was  married  and  with  his  bride  removed  to  Illinois, 
where  he  resided  for  a  year,  after  which  he  took  up  his  abode  on  a  farm  at  Columbus. 
Kansas,  where  he  lived  for  three  years.  He  then  became  a  resident  of  Douglas  county, 
Colorado,  where  he  purchased  a  ranch  which  he  still  owns  and  which  he  now  rents 
to  his  son.  For  a  long  period  he  was  closely  identified  with  its  development  and 
improvement,  transforming  it  into  a  valuable  farm  property  from  which  he  annually 
gathered  large  harvests  and  thus  won  substantial  success  that  now  enables  him  to 
live  retired.  He  owns  the  home  which  he  now  occupies  in  Littleton  and  also  another 
house  and  lot  in  the  city,  together  with  several  vacant  lots.  He  has  now  lived  retired 
for  more  than  thirty  years,  enjoying  a  rest  which  he  has  truly  earned  and  richly 
deserves. 

On  the  22d  of  September,  1869,  Mr.  Haight  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martha 
A.  Butler,  of  Livingston  county,  New  York,  a  granddaughter  of  John  Polhemus,  who 
served  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  a  sister  of  John  Butler,  who  served  his  country  in 
the  Civil  war  and  died  in  Libby  prison.  The  living  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haight 
are  given  as  follows.  Grace  is  the  wife  of  Edwin  Hockaday,  a  ranchman  residing 
near  Boulder,  Colorado,  and  they  have  five  children:  Martha.  Roy,  Robert,  Edmond 
and  Helen.  Edith,  a  graduate  of  Dr.  Place's  sanitarium  of  Boulder,  is  now  a  trained 
nurse  of  that  city,  following  her  profession  there.  George,  a  resident  of  San  Francisco. 
California,  married  Nellie  Hudson  and  has  four  children:  Gladys.  Robert.  Ruth  and 
Eleanor.  Arthur  R.  married  Nancy  Hargis,  resides  upon  the  home  farm  and  has  three 
children:   Neal  R.,  Harry  and  Eloise. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  385 

Mr.  Haight  Is  a  member  and  the  senior  vice  commander  of  John  C.  Fremont 
Post,  No.  83,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Littleton,  and  his  wife  is  a  very  active  and  prominent  member 
of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps  which  is  the  auxiliary  of  the  post.  His  political  allegiance 
is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  They  are  people  of  sterling  worth,  enjoying  the  warm  esteem  of  those  who 
know  them,  and  Mr.  Haight  is  held  in  the  highest  regard  by  all,  friends  and  neighbors 
speaking  of  him  in  terms  of  the  deepest  respect.  He  has  ever  been  upright  in  busi- 
ness, faithful  in  friendship  and  in  matters  of  citizenship  as  true  and  loyal  to  his 
country  as  when  he  followed  the  nation's  starry  banner  on  the  battlefields  of  the  south. 


CHARLES  HIER. 


Charles  Hier  is  the  owner  of  a  valuable  farm  property  of  seven  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  situated  near  Sedalia,  in  Douglas  county,  and  is  numbered  among  the  representa- 
tive agriculturists  of  his  part  of  the  state.  He  is  a  native  son  of  Iowa,  his  birth  having 
occurred  at  Onawa  in  1876.  His  parents  were  John  and  Minnie  (Glause)  Hier,  both 
of  whom  were  natives  of  Germany. 

The  son  spent  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof  in  Iowa  and  acquired  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  near  his  father's  home.  He  was  early  trained  to  farm 
work  and  soon  became  familiar  with  the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring 
for  the  crops.  He  devoted  his  life  to  farming  in  Iowa  until  1903,  when  he  removed 
westward  to  Colorado,  establishing  his  home  near  Sedalia.  As  the  years  have  passed 
he  has  won  a  place  among  the  leading,  substantial  and  representative  farmers  of  his 
county.  His  investments  have  been  judiciously  placed  and  he  is  now  the  owner  of 
seven  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  good  land,  which  he  has  greatly  improved  in  many 
ways.  He  has  erected  substantial  buildings  upon  the  farm,  has  brought  his  fields  under 
a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  has  carried  on  every  branch  of  the  farm  work  along 
most  progressive  lines  so  that  his  place  has  become  one  of  the  attractive  features 
of   the   landscape. 

In  1903  Mr.  Hier  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Grace  Curtis,  a  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Elizabeth  Hepburne  (Mitchelson)  Curtis  and  a  granddaughter  of  Captain 
H.  H.  Curtis,  who  came  to  America  from  England  in  1871,  bringing  with  him  a 
family  of  nine  children,  whom  he  took  to  Colorado,  making  the  journey  across  the 
country  with  ox  teams.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hier  have  been  born  six  children  of  whom 
five  are  living,  Minnie,  Douglas,  Allen,  Archie  and  Margaret.  Edith  passed  away 
in  infancy.     The  parents  and  the  children  all  attend  the  Episcopal   church. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Hier  is  a  democrat  and  keeps  well  informed  on  the  ques- 
tions and  Issues  of  the  day.  He  belongs  to  the  Grange  and  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry 
and  is  interested  in  all  that  has  to  do  with  the  progress  and  welfare  of  his  com- 
munity along  political,  social,  intellectual,  material  and  moral  lines. 


GEORGE  A.  ALLEN. 


The  agricultural  development  of  Jefferson  county  has  been  well  represented  by  George 
A.  Allen,  who  is  actively  and  profitably  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  His  entire 
career  has  been  characterized  by  energy  and  determination  and  he  has  never  allowed 
obstacles  or  difficulties  to  bar  his  path  but  has  regarded  them  as  an  impetus  for 
renewed  effort  on  his  part.  A  native  of  Ireland,  Mr.  Allen  was  born  on  the  4th  of 
February,  1876,  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Sarah  (Fawcett)  Allen,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  the  Emerald  isle,  whence  they  came  to  America  in  1880.  They  made  their 
way  across  the  country  to  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  and  there  the  father  engaged  in  the 
cattle  business.  He  successfully  conducted  his  interests  for  a  long  period  and  in  190S 
passed  away.  His  widow  survives  and  is  yet  living  in  Nebraska.  In  their  family 
were  six  children,  all  of  whom  are  living, 

George  A.  Allen  was  but  four  years  of  age  when  brought  to  the  new  world.  His 
youthful  days  were  spent  in  Nebraska  and  at  the  usual  age  he  became  a  pupil  in 
the  public  schools,  mastering  the  branches  of  learning  that  constitute  the  work  of 
the  grades  and  of  the  high  school.  He  continued  upon  the  home  farm  until  he  had 
attained  his  majority  and  gained  valuable  experience,  which  has  been  of  great  worth 
to  him  in  later  years.  On  reaching  adult  age,  however,  he  took  up  railroad  contracting, 
which  he  has  since  followed.     The  major  part  of  his  time  and  attention,   however,   is 


386  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

now  given  to  his  agricultural  interests,  his  farm,  whereon  he  resides,  comprising  three 
hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  excellent  land,  all  under  the  ditch.  He  has  greatly  improved 
the  property  by  the  erection  of  fine  buildings  and  he  has  added  many  of  the  equip- 
ments of  the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century.  He  cultivates  the  crops  best  adapted 
to  soil  and  climate  and  each  year  gathers  substantial  harvests.  He  also  makes  a  spe- 
cialty of  stock  raising,  giving  his  preference  to  Holsteins.  He  is  likewise  one  of  the 
stockholders  in  an  implement  company  and  is  a  representative  and  progressive  busi- 
ness man  in  whose  vocabulary  there  is  no  such  word  as  fail.  He  is  actuated  by  a 
determined  spirit  in  all  that  he  undertakes  and  he  never  stops  short  of  the  successful 
accomplishment  of  his  purpose. 

In  1905  Mr.  Allen  was  married  to  Miss  Effie  E.  Gager  and  to  them  were  born 
three  children,  Marie,  George  Lawrence  and  William.  The  wife  and  mother  passed 
away  March  2,  1915,  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Brown  Hill  cemetery. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Allen  is  a  republican,  content  to  exercise  his  right  of 
franchise  in  support  of  the  men  and  measures  of  the  party  without  seeking  office  as 
a  reward  for  party  fealty.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masons  and  with  the 
Elks  and  is  a  loyal  follower  of  the  beneficent  teachings  of  these  organizations.  During 
a  residence  of  nineteen  years  in  Colorado  he  has  become  widely  and  favorably  known, 
establishing  his  position  as  a  substantial  and  thoroughly  reliable  business  man  and  as 
a   progressive   citizen. 


HENRY  B.  HICKS. 


In  the  death  of  Henry  B.  Hicks  on  October  8,  1918.  Larimer  county  lost  one  of  its 
foremost  citizens  and  an  enterprising  agriculturist  who  had  greatly  contributed  toward 
development  and  upbuilding.  Moreover,  he  was  interested  in  milling  and  dairying 
enterprises  and  in  his  various  business  connections  set  valuable  standards  which  others 
have  since  successfully  followed.  He  was  ever  a  public-spirited  citizen  and  his  memory 
remains  with  his  many  friends,  who  recognized  in  him  a  man  of  the  highest  qualities 
of  character.  His  farm  property  was  located  four  miles  north  of  Loveland,  in  Larimer 
county,  and  there  he  developed  through  years  of  labor,  and  serious  endeavor  and  un- 
flagging enterprise  a  property  which  stood  as  a  monument  to  his  enduring  qualities. 

Born  in  Michigan,  June  28,  1866,  Mr.  Hicks  was  a  son  of  Calvin  and  Maryett 
(Hoyt)  Hicks.  The  Hoyt  family  originally  came  from  England.  The  father  throughout 
his  life  has  successfully  followed  farming.  He  is  a  native  of  Michigan  and  still  makes 
his  home  in  that  state  but  his  wife  passed  away  in  1892. 

Henry  B.  Hicks  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof,  amid  farm  conditions,  and 
from  his  parents  received  his  first  lessons  in  regard  to  life's  conduct.  Early  in  his 
boyhood  honorable  principles  were  implanted  into  him  and  these  have  ever  guided 
his  life's  course.  In  the  acquirement  of  an  education  he  attended  the  schools  of 
Michigan  and  subsequently  assisted  his  father  with  the  farm  work  until  he  came  of 
age.  Having  heard  glowing  reports  in  regard  to  the  opportunities  awaiting  a  young 
man  in  the  far  west,  he  decided  upon  removal  to  Colorado  in  order  to  take  advantage 
of  these  favorable  conditions  and  in  1886  arrived  in  this  state,  being,  moreover,  induced 
to  come  here  by  the  state  of  his  health,  which  at  that  period  was  not  of  the  best.  He 
took  up  a  preemption  claim  in  Elbert  county,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state,  and  upon 
this  he  proved  up,  making  the  required  improvements.  Thence  he  went  to  Weld 
county,  where  fjr  one  season  he  rented  land,  and  then  proceeded  to  the  locality  near 
Evans,  where  for  three  years  he  rented  land.  Having  accumulated  sufficient  capital, 
he  was  then  enabled  to  purchase  sixty  acres  of  land  near  Evans,  which  he  operated 
quite  successfully  for  three  years,  selling  at  the  end  of  that  period  and  coming  to 
Larimer  county,  where  he  bought  the  place  which  is  still  the  property  of  the  family 
and  which  comprises  forty  acres.  He  immediately  set  to  work  to  improve  the  land, 
and  giving  due  consideration  to  its  adaptability  for  fruit  raising  purposes,  set  out  a 
large  apple  orchard  of  three  hundred  trees  on  the  place.  Seven  acres  were  planted 
to  cherries  and  from  this  source  also  he  received  a  substantial  income,  in  fact  Mr. 
Hicks  became  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  fruit  business  in  his  district.  In  this  connec- 
tion it  may  be  mentioned  as  remarkable  that  part  of  the  cherry  orchard  is  on  dry  land. 
The  balance,  however,  is  irrigated  and  this  fruit  farm  he  operated  until  his  death. 
He  ever  readily  embraced  the  newest  ideas  and  methods  in  horticulture,  carefully  studied 
propagation  as  well  as  local  climatic  and  soil  conditions  and  thus  became  one  of  the 
foremost  agriculturists  in  Larimer  county.  In  1905  Mr.  Hicks  also  took  up  a  home- 
stead claim  in  Las  Animas  county,  upon   some  of  which   he  proved  up.     The  original 


388  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

claim  comprised  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  For  some  time  he  operated  this 
farm  himself  but  subsequently  rented  the  place  to  his  son.  who  still  conducts  this 
enterprise. 

On  October  2,  1S92,  Mr.  Hicks  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mary  Eva  Fetters,  a 
daughter  of  Casper  and  Anna  (Haines)  Fetters,  natives  of  Missouri,  in  which  state 
Mrs.  Hicks  was  also  born,  her  natal  day  being  December  9,  1876.  Mr.  Fetters  was  a 
successful  agriculturist  and  operated  a  farm  in  Missouri  until  1885.  when  he  took  a 
westward  course,  making  his  way  to  Nebraska,  where  he  remained  for  three  years. 
He  then  decided  upon  another  removal  and  came  to  Colorado,  locating  in  Weld  county, 
where  he  rented  land,  so  continuing  for  some  time.  Finally  he  made  his  home  with 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hicks,  residing  with  them  on  the  Hicks  farm  until  his  demise  in  Janu- 
ary, 1907.  His  widow  survives  and  is  now  residing  in  Loveland.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hicks  were  born  eight  children:  Bernice  and  Ethel  M.,  both  at  home;  Theron,  who 
served  his  country  in  the  army  and  is  now  on  the  ranch  in  Las  Animas  county;  and 
Floyd  M.,  Laveda,  Howard,  Opal  and  Calvin,  all  yet  at  home. 

Mrs.  Hicks  and  her  children  still  make  the  farm  their  home,  all  contributing  toward 
its  development.  She  has  ably  taken  up  the  reins  which  have  dropped  from  her  hus- 
band's hands,  courageously  undertaking  to  provide  for  her  large  family.  She  is  a 
woman  highly  esteemed  and  admired  not  only  because  she  has  shown  rare  business 
acumen  but  also  because  she  excells  in  those  feminine  traits  which  make  her  beloved 
by  all  who  come  in  contact  with  her. 

Mr.  Hicks  besides  his  ranching  and  fruit  interests  was  also  a  stockholder  in  the 
Farmers  Mill  at  Kelim,  Colorado,  and  also  operated  a  dairy  very  successfully  for  three 
years.  In  politics  he  was  a  republican  and  his  religious  faith  was  that  of  the  Church 
of  God.  In  him  there  passed  away  a  public-spirited  and  valuable  citizen  who  not  only 
stood  high  because  of  his  individual  success  but  also  because  he  ever  typified  in  his 
career  helpfulness  toward  his  'fellowmen  as  well  as  other  qualities  which  make  for 
general  advancement  along  intellectual,  moral  and  material  lines.  His  death  caused 
gfeneral  -  sorrow  and  his  memory  is  cherished  by  all  who  knew  him. 


JAMES  RICHARD  DE  REMER. 

The  life  record  of  tew  Illustrates  so  clearly  the  possibilities  for  individual  achieve- 
ment as  does  that  of  James  Richard  De  Remer,  whose  entire  career  was  marked  by 
a  steady  progression  that  brought  him  fame  and  notable  success  as  a  civil  engineer 
and  railway  contractor.  His  sound  judgment,  too,  wjis  manifest  in  his  judicious  and 
extensive  investments  in  real  estate,  which  enabled  him  to  leave  his  family  in  most 
prosperous  circumstances.  Colorado's  development  and  upbuilding  is  attributable  in 
no  small  measure  to  his  efforts  in  railroad  construction,  which  opened  up  the  west 
to  the  settlement  of  hundreds  of  people.  The  story  of  his  life  indeed  contains  much 
that  is  inspirational. 

Carbon  county,  Pennsylvania,  claimed  James  Richard  De  Remer  as  a  native  son. 
He  was  there  born  in  April,  1847,  and  spent  the  first  sixteen  years  of  his  life  at  the 
place  of  his  birth,  when,  in  response  to  the  country's  call  for  troops  to  aid  in  the 
preservation  of  the  Union,  he  joined  Company  H,  of  the  Forty-seventh  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  with  which  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  participated  in  the 
battles  of  Perryville,  Winchester  and  other  engagements  of  the  Shenandoah  valley,  and 
following  the  general  surrender  of  Confederate  troops,  he  acted  as  a  detective  on  the 
staff  of  General  Gerry. 

For  a  year  after  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  De  Remer  was  a  student  in  a  college  at 
Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  He  then  made  his  way  to  the  middle  west  and  at  Oswego, 
Illinois,  took  charge  of  a  division  of  the  Fox  River  Railroad,  remaining  at  that  place 
until  1868,  in  which  year  he  removed  to  Springfield,  Missouri,  and  became  connected  with 
the  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Railroad,  having  charge  of  the  laying  out  of  new  towns.  He 
was  thus  employed  until  1869,  when  he  entered  into  active  connection  with  the  Kansas 
Pacific  Railroad,  which  was  building  its  line  to  Denver.  In  this  connection  a  contem- 
porary biographer  has  written:  "General  W.  J.  Palmer  had  been  construction  engineer 
of  that  road  and  had  projected  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  to  skirt  the  foot  of  the  moun- 
tains to  Old  Mexico,  and  in  1870  Mr.  De  Remer  joined  that  company.  He  began  as  rod- 
man,  but  in  two  years  had  become  assistant  chief  engineer. 

"It  was  during  his  connection  with  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  that  the  memorable 
struggle  began  between  General  Palmer  and  the  management  of  the  Santa  Fe  road  to 
secure  control  of  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Arkansas.     It  amounted  to  practically  a  small 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  389 

war  and  the  result  of  the  victory  for  the  Rio  Grande  was  due  in  large  measure  to  J.  R. 
De  Remer.  It  was  an  important  highway  to  the  mining  camps  and  has  become  a  high- 
way across  the  continent.  It  is  related  that  at  one  time  De  Remer  and  a  party  of 
engineers  swam  the  Arkansas  river  at  a  time  when  it  was  filled  with  floating  ice  in 
order  to  defeat  the  forces  of  the  opposition.  The  manager  of  the  Santa  Fe  offered 
a  reward  of  ten  thousand  dollars  for  his  taking,  dead  or  alive.  He  put  to  flight  by  a 
sliower  of  stones  and  rocks  a  deputy  sheriff  and  twenty  men  who  had  come  to  serve  him 
with  a  process." 

The  year  1885  witnessed  the  severance  of  Mr.  De  Remer's  connection  with  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande  and  following  his  resignation  he  traveled  for  a  time  owing  to  ill  health. 
In  March  of  that  year  President  Cleveland  appointed  him  register  of  the  land  office  at 
Leadville,  but  he  resigned  the  following  June,  although  his  resignation  was  not  accepted 
until  a  year  later.  He  resumed  his  active  connection  with  railroad  building  in  the  fall 
of  1885,  when  he  took  a  contract  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  the  Colorado 
Midland  road.  Before  completing  the  line,  however,  he  had  obtained  a  more  important 
contract  with  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  and  subsequently  he  contracted  to  build  the 
Denver,  Texas  &  Fort  Worth  road,  now  a  part  of  the  Colorado  &  Southern  system. 
He  succeeded  in  constructing  the  road  from  Trinidad  to  the  New  Mexico  line  and 
built  various  side-lines  into  the  timber  and  coal  camps  in  Huerfano  and  Las  Animas 
counties.  The  company  of  which  Mr.  De  Remer  was  the  head  did  a  large  contracting 
business  in  various  parts  of  the  country  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  also  the 
builder  of  the  first  opera  house  of  any  size  in  Pueblo.  As  his  financial  resources 
increased  he  made  extensive  investments  in  real  estate  in  various  sections  of  Colo- 
rado and  his  property  holdings  were  large  at  the  time  of  his  demise. 

Mr.  De  Remer  was  united  in  marriage  in  1886  at  Washington,  D.  C,  to  Miss  Anna 
M.  Roche,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  Leslie  L.,  Allen 
T.  and  Lonnetta,  who,  with  the  mother,  survive  the  death  of  the  husband  and  father, 
which  occurred  in  July,  1905.  He  had  for  sixteen  years  been  a  resident  of  Denver, 
occupying  a  beautiful  home  at  No.  1435  Pearl  street.  He  was  devoted  to  the  welfare 
of  his  family,  finding  his  greatest  happiness  in  promoting  the  interests  of  his  wife 
and  children.  He  was  also  a  man  of  most  charitable  spirit  and  was  continually  ex- 
tending a  helping  hand  to  assist  other  travelers  on  life's  journey.  He  knew  from 
experience  that  there  are  many  obstacles  and  difficulties  to  overcome  on  the  highroad  to 
success.  Having  started  out  empty-handed,  he  early  came  to  realize  the  value  of  indus- 
try and  determination  as  factors  in  the  attainment  of  prosperity.  He  worked  on, 
achieving  wealth  through  individual  worth  and  ability,  and  the  most  envious  could 
not  grudge  him  his  prosperity,  so  honorably  was  it  gained  and  so  worthily   used. 


PHILIP  ROACH. 


Philip  Roach,  who  is  engaged  in  ranching  in  Douglas  county,  was  born  at  Taunton, 
Massachusetts,  May  24,  1850,  a  son  of  James  and  Ann  (Mulligan)  Roach,  both  of  whom 
were  natives  of  Ireland.  Coming  to  the  new  world,  they  settled  first  in  New  England 
and  in  1857  removed  with  their  family  to  Whitewater,  Wisconsin,  Philip  Roach  being  at 
that  time  a  lad  of  seven  summers.  He  attended  the  common  schools  near  his  father's 
home  in  Wisconsin  and  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-five  years  when  in  1875  he  made 
his  way  to  the  west.  For  about  a  year  he  resided  in  southern  Colorado  and  in  1876 
came  to  Douglas  county,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad.  He  continued  to  serve  that  corporation  and  also  the  Atchison,  Topeka  & 
Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company  as  section  foreman  for  seventeen  years.  Since  then  he 
has  been  living  upon  the  ranch,  part  of  the  time  leasing  the  place  to  others  and  part 
of  the  time  operating  it  himself. 

Mr.  Roach  was  married  first  in  Wisconsin  to  Miss  Mary  Kelly  and  to  them  were 
born  two  sons.  Philip  F.,  the  elder,  has  for  a  number  of  years  been  in  the  United 
States  revenue  service  and  has  patrolled  both  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  coasts.  He  was 
captain  on  a  yacht  somewhere  in  the  submarine  zone  off  the  English  coast,  having 
been  thus  engaged  in  the  war  from  its  declaration  until  its  end.  His  duties  in  this 
connection  have  now  drawn  to  a  close  since  Germany  has  turned  over  her  submarines 
to  her  conquerors.  William  J.  is  an  expert  electrician  and  is  with  the  Western  Electric 
Company,    his   duties   alternating   between    New   York   city   and   Washington,    D.   C. 

Having  lost  his  first  wife,  Mr.  Roach  was  married  to  Louise  Cook,  a  daughter  of 
David  and  Sophie  (Bowman)  Cook.  Her  father  was  a  pioneer  of  Douglas  county, 
having  homesteaded  the  ranch  whereon  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roach  now  reside,  securing  this 


390  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

property  about  1S64.  From  her  father  Mrs.  Roach  inherited  the  land.  Her  mother, 
who  is  still  living,  is  now  past  seventy  years  of  age.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roach  have 
been  born  two  children.  David  J.,  who  married  Katharine  Higgins,  of  Kansas  City, 
and  has  one  child,  Mary  Louise,  is  now  assistant  to  the  general  manager  of  the  Great 
Western  Sugar  Company  of  Denver.  Anna  R.  is  the  wife  of  A.  F.  Gillis,  of  Arlington, 
New  Jersey,  who  is  with  the  Du  Pout  Powder  Company.  They  have  two  children, 
Mary  L.  and  Philip  H. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Roach  is  a  democrat,  having  supported  the  party  since 
age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise,  but  he  has  never  been  an  oflSce  seeker. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Sedalia  Lodge,  No.  142,  I.  0.  0.  F.  He  has  led  a 
busy  life  in  which  there  have  been  few  idle  hours.  Working  steadily  and  persistently, 
he  has  advanced  step  by  step  and  is  today  actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  home  ranch. 


THOMAS  HARRIS. 


Thomas  Harris,  a  retired  farmer  living  in  Boulder  county,  was  born  in  the  southern 
part  of  Wales  on  the  12th  of  January,  1849,  a  son  of  James  and  Lettisa  (Phillips) 
Harris,  who  were  also  natives  of  the  little  rock-ribbed  country  in  which  their  son's 
birth  occurred.  They  came  to  America  in  1855  and  settled '  in  Pennsylvania,  where 
both  passed  away.  They  had  a  family  of  eleven  children,  of  whom  Thomas  is  the 
eldest,  while  the  others  are:  Enoch;  James;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Samuel  Aley; 
Jennie,  who  gave  her  hand  in  marriage  to  M.  L.  Metheny;  Sadie,  who  is  the  widow 
of  Samuel  Whan  Sharp,  of  Beaver  county.  Pennsylvania;  George;  John  B.,  residing 
in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Rachel,  who  is  the  wife  of  Richard  Calhoun;  Mary 
L.,  the  wife  of  W.  M.  Harmon;  and  Ella,  who  is  the  wife  of  Frank  Main  Mann,  of 
Beaver  county,   Pennsylvania. 

Thomas  Harris  was  but  six  years  of  age  when  his  parents  crossed  the  Atlantic 
with  their  family,  and  was  reared  and  educated  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  attended 
the  common  schools.  In  1878  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Boulder  county,  where 
he  engaged  in  coal  mining  for  several  years.  In  1885  he  purchased  the  farm  whereon 
he  still  resides,  securing  eighty  acres  of  land,  all  of  which  is  under  irrigation.  He  has 
since  improved  the  property  with  fine  buildings,  and  all  modern  equipment  and  acces- 
sories of  the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century.  He  continued  personally  to  develop 
and  cultivate  his  fields  until  recent  years,  when  he  retired  to  enjoy  a  well  earned 
rest.  His  farm  is  underlaid  with  rich  veins  of  coal  and  he  is  now  receiving  a  nice 
royalty   from   the  mines. 

In  1883  Mr.  Harris  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Yarian,  a  native  of 
Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Saloma  (Miller) 
Yarian,  who  were  natives  of  Ohio.  In  that  state  they  were  married  but  afterward 
removed  to  Pennsylvania,  where  they  spent  their  remaining  days.  On  the  22d  of 
December,  1918.  Mr.  Harris  was  called  upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  his  wife,  who  died 
as  the  result  of  a  stroke  of  paralysis. 

Mr.  Harris  is  well  known  in  Boulder  county,  where  he  has  an  extensive  circle  of 
warm  friends.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party  but  lie  has  never 
been  an  ofBce  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  busi- 
ness affairs.  In  the  early  days  of  his  connection  with  farming  in  Boulder  county  he 
handled  a  large  herd  of  cattle,  keeping  from  one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  head  yearly,  and  his  unfaltering  industry  and  enterprise  have  been  the  salient 
features  in  winning  for  him  the  substantial  success  which  is  today  his.  He  is  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  Congregational  church  of  Lafayette. 


STANLEY   M.   WALKER. 


Stanley  M.  Walker,  prominently  identified  with  mining  throughout  Colorado  and 
an  expert  mining  engineer  whose  ability  is  known  throughout  the  country,  is  now 
president  of  the  Cadiz  Mining  Company  and  the  Colorado  Consolidated  Metals  Mining 
Company  of  Denver  and  is  identified  with  several  other  mining  corporations  of  equal 
importance.  Denver  numbers  him  among  her  native  sons.  He  was  born  on  the  1st 
of  October,  1887,  a  son  of  Dr.  James  M.  and  Caroline  (Moses)  Walker.  The  father  was 
born   in  Virginia,  while  the  mother's  birth  occurred  in   Winchester,   Illinois,  to  which 


THOMAS  HARRIS 


392  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

state  he  had  remover]  in  early  manhood.  He  there  enlisted  for  volunteer  service  in 
the  Civil  war  and  continued  an  active  participant  in  the  federal  army  until  the  close 
of  hostilities.  After  his  return  to  private  life  he  married  and  later  he  took  up  the 
study  of  medicine  in  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  honors.  In  the  early  '80s  he  came  to  Denver,  where  he  opened 
an  office  and  established  himself  in  practice.  He  soon  became  a  leading  and  successful 
physician  and  surgeon  of  the  city  and  after  many  faithful  years  of  service  as  a  rep- 
resentative of  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery  he  retired  from  active  life  and  is 
now  enjoying  well  earned  rest,  honored  and  respected  by  colleagues,  contemporaries 
and  all  who  have  known  him.  During  his  active  professional  career  he  was  chief 
medical  examiner  and  adviser  for  many  of  the  large  insurance  companies  and  promi- 
nent business  concerns  of  Colorado.  His  wife  passed  away  in  1912,  at  the  age  of 
fifty-six  years.  There  were  but  two  children  in  the  family,  the  elder  being  Colonel 
James  Frederick  Walker,  who  was  born  In  Denver,  is  a  graduate  of  Yale  University 
and  of  the  West  Point  Military  Academy  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  regular  army. 

Stanley  M.  Walker,  the  younger  son,  attended  public  schools  of  Denver  and  also 
the  Tome  Institute,  a  preparatory  school  of  Maryland.  After  leaving  the  latter  he 
decided  to  take  up  mining  and  to  obtain  practical  experience  rather  than  college 
training  along  that  line.  With  that  end  in  view  he  became  connected  with  various 
mining  companies  of  old  Mexico,  remaining  there  for  three  years,  after  which  he 
returned  to  Denver  and  entered  the  School  of  Mines  at  Golden.  He  was  graduated 
therefrom  in  1911,  after  which  he  again  entered  the  practical  field,  being  identified 
with  mining  in  various  parts  of  the  state  and  locating  a  number  of  properties  which 
have  since  developed  into  valuable  mines.  He  was  appointed  superintendent  of  mines 
for  the  Monarch  Madonna  Mining  Company,  remaining  in  that  position  in  1912  and 
1913.  He  was  next  made  superintendent  of  the  Frisco  Tunnel  Company  and  manager 
of  the  Monte  Cristo  Mining  Company,  so  continuing  through  1914,  when  he  resigned 
to  take  charge  and  act  as  consulting  engineer  of  the  Monarch  Madonna  mines  and  other 
properties,  with  which  he  was  connected  through  the  years  1915  and  1916.  While  thus 
engaged  he  also  devoted  some  time  to  the  private  practice  of  his  profession  as  a  con- 
sulting and  mining  engineer,  carrying  on  the  examination  of  properties  and  acting  as 
consulting  engineer  in  regard  to  many  important  mining  problems.  In  January, 
1916,  he  was  given  the  management  of  the  Cadiz  Mining  Company  of  Rico,  Colorado, 
continuing  in  that  connection  through  1917,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency 
of  the  company,  which  owns  a  lead,  zinc  and  silver  property.  Efficiency  In  the  various 
departments  brought  him  to  the  position  of  president  and  he  is  also  the  president 
of  the  Colorado  Consolidated  Metals  Mining  Company  and  of  the  Western  Colorado 
Exploration    Company. 

On  the  11th  of  June,  1912,  in  Denver,  Mr.  Walker  was  married  to  Miss  Emma 
Thayer  Ohl,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Wallace  Ohl,  and  they  have  become  parents 
of  three  children:  Caroline  Amy,  who  was  born  in  Salida,  Colorado,  in  1913;  Emma 
Josephine,  who  was  born  in  Denver,  January  1,  1915;  and  Stanley  Moses,  born  in 
Denver  on  August  7,  1918. 

Mr.  Walker  is  a  member  of  several  Greek  letter  fraternities,  including  the  Beta 
Theta  Pi  and  the  Theta  Tau,  an  honorary  engineering  fraternity.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Lakewood  Country  Club  and  along  strictly  scientific  lines  has  connection 
with  and  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of  ilining  Engineers  and  the  American 
Mining  Congress.  His  interest  and  activity  have  always  centered  in  his  profession 
and  the  passing  years  have  marked  his  growing  ability  as  the  result  of  his  broadening 
experience  and  practical  training.  He  has  today  attained  a  place  of  prominence  and 
his  name  is  widely  known  in  mining  circles  throughout  the  country. 


HENRY  HARPER  McINROY. 


Henry  Harper  Mclnroy  is  now  the  owner  of  what  Is  known  as  the  Twin  Spring 
ranch,  situated  on  Plum  creek  in  Douglas  county,  and,  moreover,  he  Is  one  of  the 
native  sons  of  that  county,  his  birth  having  occurred  near  Castle  Rock  on  the  23d  of 
Jlay,  1877.  He  is  a  son  of  Patrick  and  Amelia  (Curtis)  Mclnroy,  the  former  a  native 
of  Scotland,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Australia.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Captain 
Curtis. 

Henry  Harper  Mclnroy  was  born  and  reared  on  his  father's  homestead  near  Castle 
Rock  and  the  common  school  system  of  the  county  afforded  him  his  early  educational 
opportunities,  while  later  he  spent  a  year  as  a  student  in  the  State  Agricultural  Col- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  393 

lege  at  Fort  Collins.  The  training  there  received  has  been  of  great  benefit  to  him  in  the 
conduct  of  his  ranching  interests,  as  he  has  put  his  theoretical  knowledge  to  the 
practical  test.  For  three  years  he  was  engaged  in  ranching  in  Douglas  and  El  Paso 
counties  and  then  went  to  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  devoting 
his  time  during  that  period  to  heavy  teaming.  He  afterward  engaged  in  teaming  for 
two  years  in  Jefferson  county  and  subsequently  removed  to  northern  Colorado,  where  he 
devoted  a  year  to  similar  work.  He  also  spent  one  year  on  a  ranch  in  Arapahoe  county 
and  next  went  to  Elbert  county.  Colorado,  where  he  devoted  three  years  to  ranching. 
Since  that  date  he  has  again  lived  in  Douglas  county  and  has  given  his  attention  to 
ranching  in  this  part  of  the  state.  In  1917  he  purchased  his  present  place  and  thus 
became  owner  of  six  hundred  acres  of  rich  and  valuable  land,  known  as  the  Twin  Spring 
ranch.  This  place  is  devoted  to  dairying  and  stock  raising  and  is  well  adapted  for  both. 
It  is  well  watered,  the  valleys  are  extremely  fertile  and  large  crops  of  corn,  wheat  and 
oats  can  be  easily  raised,  while  the  mountain  sides  afford  excellent  pasturage  for  his 
stock.  The  ranch  is  pleasantly  situated  on  West  Plum  creek  and  the  business  is 
wisely  and  carefully  conducted. 

On  the  12th  of  October,  1912,  Mr.  Mclnroy  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maude 
Curtis,  a  daughter  of  Henry  Curtis,  a  jeweler  of  Littleton  and  a  son  of  Captain  Curtis, 
who  was  Mr.  Mclnroy's  grandfather  in  the  maternal  line.  Mrs.  Mclnroy  is  a  high  school 
graduate.  They  are  widely  known  in  Douglas  county  and  enjoy  the  warm  regard  of 
all  with  whom  they  have  been  associated. 

Mr.  Mclnroy  belongs  to  the  Grange,  P.  0.  H.,  at  Sedalia.  His  political  endorsement 
Is  given  to  the  democratic  party  and  he  has  filled  the  office  of  deputy  sheriff  of  Douglas 
county  for  six  years.  He  is  always  loyal  in  matters  of  citizenship  and  stands  for  those 
interests  and  activities  which  constitute  elements  of  the  greatest  progress  in  the  life 
of  community,  commonwealth  or  country. 


J.  G.  EVANS. 


For  thirty-three  years  J.  G.  Evans  has  been  connected  with  agricultural  interests 
near  Table  Rock,  Colorado,  where  he  now  owns  a  valuable  property  comprising  seventeen 
hundred  and  fifty  acres.  His  well  improved  ranch  and  good  buildings  stand  as  a 
monument  to  his  industry  and  progressive  methods,  which  have  led  to  the  substantial 
success  that  is  now  his.  A  native  of  Iowa.  Mr.  Evans  was  born  in  Allamakee  county  in 
1856,  a  son  of  L.  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Shober)  Evans.  The  father  was  born  in  Kentucky 
and  the  mother  in  Pennsylvania,  but  early  in  life  the  young  couple  removed  to  a  place 
near  Rochester,  Minnesota,  where  they  made  their  home  for  twelve  years.  Thence  they 
migrated  to  Wyandotte  county,  Kansas,  where  they  remained  for  ten  years,  and  for 
the  following  five  years  were  located  in  northwestern  Missouri  and  there  both  the  father 
and  mother  spent  their   remaining  days. 

J.  G.  Evans  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  was  brought  up  amid  farm  sur- 
roundings, assisting  his  father  in  the  work  of  the  fields  until  he  was  twenty-eight  years 
of  age.  when,  in  1884,  he  came  to  Colorado.  Having  heard  many  favorable  reports 
in  regard  to  the  opportunities  of  the  west,  he  decided  upon  this  state,  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  homesteaded  at  Table  Rock,  where  he  has  since  devoted  his  attention  to  the 
successful  operation  of  his  land.  As  his  means  increased  he  added  to  his  holdings 
until  he  now  owns  seventeen  hundred  and  fifty  acres.  Much  of  the  land  is  highly  im- 
proved and  he  also  has  added  suitable  buildings  and  instituted  modern  equipment,  so 
that  his  property  is  today  considered  one  of  the  most  valuable  in  his  section  of  the 
state.  This  gratifying  success  has  been  brought  about  entirely  through  his  own  labors, 
his  modern  methods  and  his  close  application,  and  as  his  prosperity  has  been  so  honorably 
won  it  is  well  merited,  his  career  standing  as  an  example  of  what  can  be  accomplished 
by  an  indomitable  spirit,  judiciously  guided  into  practical  channels. 

In  1884  J.  G.  Evans  was  united  in  marriage  to  Elvina  C.  Evans,  his  first  cousin,  who 
was  born  in  Missouri  and  was  there  reared.  In  1913,  after  twenty-nine  years  of  happy 
married  life.  Mrs.  Evans  was  called  to  her  final  rest,  being  deeply  mourned  by  her 
sorrowing  husband  who  in  her  lost  a  true  helpmate;  and  by  the  many  friends  whom 
she  had  made  while  a  resident  of  Table  Rock.  Her  endearing  womanly  qualities  won 
to  her  the  hearts,  of  all  who  came  in  contact  with  her  and  in  her  community  she  left  a 
place  which  it  has  not  been  easy  to  fill. 

Mr.  Evans  is  numbered  among  the  leading  citizens  of  his  community  and  in  war 
service  work  has  taken  a  laudable  and  helpful  part,  giving  much  of  his  time  to  his 
duties  as  chairman  of  the  committee  for  Table  Rock  and  vicinity  in  putting  his  town 


J.  G.  EVANS 


MRS.  J.  G.  EVANS 
From  photo  taken  in  18S5 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  397 

over  the  top  in  Liberty  Loan,  Red  Cross  and  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  cam- 
paigns. Fraternally  Mr.  Evans  is  a  Knight  of  Pythias,  belonging  to  the  lodge  at  Colo- 
rado Springs.  He  has  always  enjoyed  traveling  and  has  made  a  number  of  trips  to 
the  northwest  and  to  the  Pacific  coast,  being  well  acquainted  with  the  points  of  interest 
in  this  part  of  the  country.  He  stands  as  a  high  type  of  a  successful  western  ranchman 
and  loyal  American  citizen. 


HENRY  L.  LOWELL. 


Henry  L.  Lowell,  well  known  and  well  liked  in  Douglas  county,  where  he  is  engaged 
in  ranching,  was  born  near  Sedalia,  February  9,  1S76,  and  has  been  a  lifelong  resident 
of  Douglas  county.  In  connection  with  the  sketch  of  his  brother,  C.  H.  Lowell,  on 
another  page  of  this  work,  reference  is  made  to  his  parents.  He  acquired  a  common 
school  education  and  after  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  was  in  business  at  Littleton 
for  twelve  years,  having  charge  of  the  Littleton  Creamery  during  that  period.  He  after- 
ward spent  a  year  on  a  ranch  near  Parker,  Colorado,  and  then  removed  to  his  present 
place  of  residence,  which  is  known  as  the  0.  V.  ranch.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
conducted  this  place  in  connection  with  John  C.  Murray,  Jr.,  of  Denver,  but  two  years 
ago  bought  out  his  partner's  interest  and  now  owns  the  property  in  his  own  name.  The 
ranch  embraces  five  thousand  acres  of  land  and  is  one  of  the  largest,  it  not  the  largest, 
of  privately  owned  ranches  in  Douglas  county.  It  is  a  valuable  property,  splendidly 
equipped  and  improved,  and  upon  it  he  has  five  hundred  head  of  full-blooded  Hereford 
cattle.  His  business  interests  are  very  extensive  and  most  carefully  and  wisely  con- 
ducted and  he  is  actuated  by  a  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress  in  all  that  he  under- 
takes. The  ranch  is  situated  on  Plum  creek  and  Mr.  Lowell  has  his  own  irrigation 
plant,  irrigating  several  hundred  acres.  He  has  also  planned  to  build  an  irrigation 
project  on  the  ranch  that  will  include  a  reservoir  to  cover  two  hundred  acres  and 
hold  sufficient  water  to  irrigate  the  valley  for  miles. 

On  the  7th  of  August,  1901,  Mr.  Lowell  was  married  to  Miss  Maude  Everett,  who 
pursued  her  education  in  a  Denver  convent  and  in  the  high  school,  from  which  she  was 
graduated.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lowell  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  church  at  Castle  Rock. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  belonging  to  the  blue  lodge  at  Sedalia  and  to 
Colorado  Chapter,  No.  29,  R.  A.  M.,  of  Denver.  He  is  also  connected  with  Sedalia 
Lodge,  No.  142,  I.  0.  0.  F.;  and  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  at  Castle  Rock.  His 
political  endorsement  is  given  to  the  republican  party  but  he  has  never  been  desirous 
of  holding  office.  He  and  his  wife  have  traveled  extensively  in  the  United  States, 
making  several  trips  to  the  Pacific  coast  as  well  as  to  the  Atlantic  seaboard.  His 
success  has  enabled  them  to  have  periods  of  leisure  in  which  to  enjoy  such  trips  and, 
moreover,  his  prosperity  should  serve  to  encourage  and  inspire  others,  for  like  the 
great  majority  he  had  to  start  out  in  life  without  capital.  However,  he  early  recog- 
nized the  eternal  principle  that  industry  wins  and  industry  became  the  beacon  light  of 
his  life.  Centuries  ago  a  Greek  sage,  Epicharmus,  said;  "Earn  thy  reward:  the  gods 
give  nought  to  sloth."  The  truth  of  this  admonition  Henry  L.  Lowell  thoroughly 
understood  and  his  business  career  has  been  characterized  by  close  application,  well 
defined  plans  promptly  executed  and  indefatigable  energy  displayed  in  the  accomplish- 
ment of  every  purpose  which  he  has  undertaken.  Douglas  county  indeed  has  reason 
to  number  him  among  her  most  prominent  citizens. 


WILLIAM   D.    NASH. 


William  D.  Nash  is  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Colorado,  well  known  in  Denver, 
where  for  many  years  he  has  made  his  home  and  conducted  an  undertaking  and  em- 
balming business.  He  was  born  in  Hudson  Falls,  New  York,  April  19,  1862,  a  son  of 
Harvey  Bennett  and  Mary  June  (Dunham)  Nash.  The  father  was  born  at  Dorset.  Ver- 
mont, while  the  mother's  birth  occurred  at  Hudson  Falls.  New  York,  where  for  many 
years  they  resided,  their  last  days  being  there  passed.  The  father  was  engaged  in  the 
furniture  business  and  was  one  of  the  most  highly  respected  citizens  and  substantial 
merchants  of  that  section.  The  early  ancestors  of  the  Nash  family  came  from  England, 
the  line  being  traced  back  to  the  year  1632. 

William  D.  Nash  was  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  four  children  and  in  early  life 
was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Hudson  Falls,  New  York,  while  later  he  attended 


398  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute  of  Troy,  New  York.  He  was  graduated  on  the 
completion  of  an  academic  course  when  twenty-one  years  of  age,  after  which  he  took 
up  the  business  of  undertaking  and  embalming.  He  thoroughly  learned  the  work  and 
became  the  active  associate  of  his  father  in  that  business.  He  continued  to  reside  in 
the  east  until  18S9,  when  he  came  to  Denver  and  for  a  time  was  employed  as  an 
embalmer  by  the  firm  of  Farmer  &  Hale,  then  well  known  undertakers  of  the  city. 
He  remained  in  their  employ  until  1892,  when  he  established  business  on  his  own 
account  and  has  since  continued  active  in  that  field,  being  long  recognized  as  one  of 
Denver's  leading  undertakers.  He  maintains  a  fine  home  mortuary  known  as  the  Nash 
and  he  is  today  the  third  oldest  in  point  of  connection  with  the  undertaking  business 
in  the  city.  Ever  carrying  a  carefully  selected  line  of  undertaking  goods  and  supplies 
and  conducting  the  business  along  the  most  scientific  lines,  with  the  utmost  care  and 
tact  in  funeral  directing,  he  has  built  up  his  business  to  extensive  proportions.  He  is 
also  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Capitol  Hill  State  Bank. 

In  1884  Mr.  Nash  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Susie  De  Maugh,  of  Hudson  Falls, 
New  York,  a  daughter  of  Charles  and  Emma  De  Maugh.  They  have  two  children: 
Chauncey  Harvey,  who  was  born  in  Denver  and  died  in  1898;  and  William  D.,  who 
was  born  in  Denver  in  February,  1897,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  East  Denver  high 
school.  He  is  now  in  active  service,  being  connected  with  the  quartermaster's  depart- 
ment of  the  United  States  army  at  Fort  Logan. 

Mr.  Nash  is  a  Knight  Templar  and  Shriner.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  has  membership  in  the 
Denver  Athletic  Club  and  the  Denver  Motor  Club,  having  served  as  president  of  the 
latter  for  three  years.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 
One  of  the  representatives  of  the  Nash  family  was  Captain  Moses  Nash,  who  served 
as  a  lieutenant  and  captain  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  It  was  Thomas  Nash  who  came 
from  England  and  settled  at  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  where  he  became  a  man  of  promi- 
nence. In  the  maternal  line  William  D.  Nash  is  also  descended  from  Revolutionary  war 
ancestry,  for  his  mother's  people  came  from  England  during  the  early  colonization  of 
the  new  world. 

The  religious  faith  of  Mr.  Nash  is  that  of  the  Episcopal  church.  His  associations 
indicate  much  of  the  nature  of  his  interests  and  the  rules  which  govern  his  conduct. 
He  stands  at  all  times  for  progress  and  improvement  for  the  individual  and  for  the 
community,  and  his  aid  and  influence  have  ever  been  counted  upon  to  further  public 
progress  along  all  beneficial  lines. 


JOHN  R.  CAMPBELL. 


For  forty-six  years  John  R.  Campbell  has  resided  upon  the  farm  which  he  owns 
and  operates  in  Douglas  county.  His  labors  have  resulted  in  the  development  of  an 
excellent  property  and  although  he  has  now  reached  the  seventieth  milestone  on  life's 
journey  he  is  still  active  in  the  work  of  the  fields.  He  was  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  November  13,  1848.  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Nancy  J.  Campbell,  the  former  a 
native  of  Maryland,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Virginia.  The  ancestors  of  both  came 
over  during  early  colonial  days.  The  father  was  of  Scotch  lineage,  while  the  mother 
came  of  Scotch  and  Irish  ancestry. 

John  R.  Campbell  pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Pennsylvania  and  the 
year  1872  witnessed  his  arrival  in  Colorado,  at  which  time  he  was  a  young  man  of 
twenty-four  years.  He  at  once  homesteaded  in  Douglas  county  and  still  owns  the 
property  which  he  then  acquired.  The  family  holdings,  including  land  owned  by  his 
son  and  son-in-law,  approximate  six  thousand  acres.  This  is  the  largest  family  holding 
in  this  part  of  Colorado.  Corporations  own  as  large  tracts  but  no  single  family  has  as 
large  land  ownership.  Throughout  all  the  intervening  years  Mr.  Campbell  has  con- 
tinued active  in  the  work  of  the  farm,  which  displays  his  skill  and  care  in  its  excellent 
appearance,  its  fine  buildings  and  in  its  splendid  improvements.  He  is  thoroughly 
posted  on  everything  that  pertains  to  agriculture  and  is  an  authority  upon  the  care 
and  methods  used  in  the  breeding  of  horses  and  cattle.  He  has  had  extensive  experience 
in  stock  raising  and  the  results  achieved  have  been  most  gratifying.  The  Campbell 
farm  is  a  model  in  every  respect  and  John  R.  Campbell  has  long  been  regarded  as  one 
of  the  foremost  agriculturists  in  his  part  of  the  state. 

In  1886  Mr.  Campbell  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rosa  B.  Schultz.  a  cultured 
and  refined  woman,  who  takes  a  deep  interest  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  betterment  of 
the  conditions  of  women  on  the  farm.     The  children  of  this  marriage  are  as  follows. 


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400  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Emma  is  now  the  wife  ot  John  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Colorado  City,  Colorado,  a  son 
of  Charles  E.  Smith,  who  surveyed  the  original  town  of  Colorado  City  when  it  was  the 
capital  of  the  state.  John  Smith  is  a  partner  of  his  father-in-law  in  the  ownership  of 
twelve  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land.  Isaac  Campbell,  now  on  the  farm,  also  has 
large  land  holdings.  Edith  is  the  wife  of  Earl  Ronton.  Carl  and  Clyde  are  fourteen 
and  nine  years  of  age  respectively. 

One  cannot  carry  his  investigations  far  into  the  history  of  Douglas  county  without 
learning  of  the  close  connection  of  the  Campbell  family  with  all  that  has  pertained  to 
the  upbuilding  and  development  of  this  region,  for  from  pioneer  times  John  R.  Campbell 
has  here  made  his  home,  covering  a  period  of  forty-six  years.  Feeling  the  lure  of  the 
west,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  its  opportunities  liave  ever  been  to  him  a  call  to  action. 
His  well  defined  plans  have  been  promptly  executed  and  his  energy  has  enabled  him  to 
overcome  all  difficulties  and  obstacles  and  steadily  proceed  along  the  path  of  prosperity. 


MICHAEL  F.  O'DAY. 


Michael  F.  O'Day,  postmaster  of  Lafayette,  Colorado,  was  born  in  Keokuk,  Iowa. 
January  9,  1876,  a  son  of  John  and  Catherine  (Newell)  O'Day.  who  were  natives  of 
Ireland,  whence  they  came  to  the  new  world  in  1S68,  first  settling  in  Hancock  county. 
Illinois,  while  subsequently  they  removed  to  Iowa  and  took  up  their  abode  upon  a  farm. 
In  1884  they  became  residents  of  Nebraska,  where  they  lived  for  a  year,  and  then  came 
to  Colorado,  where  they  still  make  their  home.  The  father  is  now  retired  from  active 
business  affairs.     In  their  family  were  eleven  children,  nine  of  whom  survive. 

Michael  F.  O'Day  was  a  lad  of  ten  years  when  brought  to  Colorado  and  his  education 
was  largely  acquired  in  the  schools  of  this  state.  He  remained  at  home  until  he  reached 
the  age  of  twenty-four  years,  when  he  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  F.  Schweiger.  who  was 
born  in  Colorado  and  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (Mayhoffer)  Schweiger,  the 
former  a  native  of  Austria  and  the  latter  of  Germany.  Her  parents  came  to  the  United 
States  in  the  '60s  and  settled  first  in  Pennsylvania  but  afterward  removed  to  Colorado, 
where  both  passed  away.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  O'Day  have  been  born  two  children:  David 
W.,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Lafayette  high  school;   and  Catherine  M. 

Following  his  marriage  Mr.  O'Day  devoted  his  attention  to  coal  mining  and  was 
engaged  in  that  business  for  a  number  of  years,  or  until  1913,  when  President  Wilson 
appointed  him  to  the  position  of  postmaster  of  Lafayette,  in  which  connection  he  has 
made  an  excellent  record,  reappointment  continuing  him  in  the  ofiice  for  a  second  term. 
He  is  very  prompt,  systematic  and  capable  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  and  has  proven 
a  popular  official.  His  political  allegiance  has  always  been  given  to  the  democratic 
party  and  he  is  a  firm  believer  in'  its  principles.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Catholic 
church,  of  which  his  wife  and  children  are  also  communicants. 


JAMES    W.    KAYLOR.    M.    D. 

Dr.  James  W.  Kaylor,  who  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Akron, 
Colorado,  for  a  number  of  years,  is  classed  with  the  younger  physicians  and  surgeons 
of  the  state  and  has  already  built  up  an  enviable  reputation  because  of  his  success  in 
a  number  of  complicated  cases  in  which  he  has  applied  modern  ideas  and  the  latest 
discoveries  to  good  purpose.  As  his  reputation  has  spread  his  practice  has  increased 
and  today  his  clientele  is  important  and  his  income  is  a  gratifying  one.  He  was  born 
in  Graham,  Alabama,  January  2,  1S77.  a  son  of  John  T.  and  Millie  (Cosper)  Kaylor, 
natives  of  that  state.  The  father  is  engaged  along  agricultural  lines  and  has  also  con- 
ducted a  mercantile  establishment  throughout  his  life,  which  has  been  passed  entirely 
within  the  state  of  his  birth.  He  has  always  taken  a  laudable  interest  in  affairs  of  a 
public  nature  and  the  confidence  and  trust  his  fellow  citizens  have  in  him  is  expressed 
in  the  fact  that  for  six  years  he  has  served  as  probate  judge  of  his  district.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  are  still  living. 

James  W.  Kaylor  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  in  the  acquirement  of 
his  education  attended  the  schools  in  the  neighborhood  of  his  home  until  he  was 
thoroughly  prepared  to  take  up  his  professional  course,  which  he  pursued  in  the  Southern 
Medical  College  at  Atlanta.  Georgia,  which  is  now  the  State  University.  He  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  class  of  1S97,  receiving  his  M.  D.  degree  when  he  was  only  twenty  years 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  401 

of  age.  He  then  practiced  medicine  for  six  years  in  liis  native  state  but  in  1903 
decided  to  locate  farttier  west,  believing  that  the  future  of  a  physician  would  be  of 
greater  promise  in  a  newer  country.  He  arrived  in  Durango.  Colorado,  in  1903  and 
there  maintained  offices  until  1905,  when  he  came  to  Akron.  Here  he  has  since 
practiced  and  as  the  years  have  passed  the  number  of  his  patients  has  increased,  so 
that  he  now  receives  a  gratifying  income  from  his  professional  labors.  Dr.  Kaylor 
is  a  careful  diagnostician,  employing  the  latest  methods  and  discoveries  in  order  to 
define  the  nature  of  any  case  which  may  come  under  his  care,  and  he  seldom,  if  ever, 
fails  to  reach  the  correct  solution  as  to  his  cases.  Having  once  decided  upon  a  course 
of  remedy,  however,  he  follows  out  his  conclusions  unswervingly  and  rarely  fails  to 
bring  about  the. desired  recovery.  His  standing  in  the  profession  is  well  established 
and  in  difficult  cases  he  is  often  consulted  by  his  fellow  practitioners.  Dr.  Kaylor  has 
not  only  achieved  success  in  medicinal  cases  but  his  reputation  as  a  surgeon  is  equally 
high. 

In  January,  1902,  James  W.  Kaylor  was  united  in  marriage  to  Elizabeth  White,  who 
is  also  a  physician,  being  a  graduate  of  the  Birmingham  (Ala.)  Medical  College.  She 
ably  assists  her  husband,  with  whom  she  practices.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Kaylor  were  born 
three  children:  John  W.,  attending  school;  Elizabeth;  and  Margaret,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  seven  months. 

Dr.  Kaylor  keeps  in  contact  with  the  latest  discoveries  and  the  newest  methods  in 
the  field  of  medical  science  through  his  connection  with  the  Northeast  Colorado  Medical 
Society,  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association  and 
is  prominent  in  these  organizations,  in  the  proceedings  of  which  he  actively  partici- 
pates. Studious  by  nature,  he  continually  improves  his  knowledge  in  his  particular 
line  and  therefore  ranks  with  the  most  efficient  medical  men  of  his  section.  He  is  at 
present  serving  as  county  physician  and  that  he  has  discharged  his  duties  faithfully 
and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  public  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  he  has  now  held  that 
office  for  eight  years.  Politically  he  is  a  democrat,  unfailingly  giving  his  support  to 
that  party,  but  he  has  no  political  aspirations  as  far  as  he  himself  is  concerned.  His 
religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  fraternally  he  belongs  to  the 
Elks.  As  Dr.  Kaylor  has  prospered  he  has  invested  in  property  and  today  owns  valuable 
farm  lands  in  the  county.  At  the  present  writing  he  is  building  a  handsome  family 
residence  which  he  expects  to  make  a  home  of  hospitality  for  the  many  friends  whom 
both  he  and  his  wife  have  made  since  they  have  taken  up  their  abode  in  Akron.  All 
matters  of  public  welfare  and  public  advancement  receive  his  serious  consideration  and 
he  is  ever  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand  in  order  to  promote  measures  which  he  con- 
siders of  value  to  his  community. 


BENJAMIN  G.  NORVELL. 


Agricultural  interests  of  Monument  and  that  section  of  the  state  find  a  foremost 
representative  in  Benjamin  G.  Norvell,  who  has  participated  in  the  progress  Colorado 
has  made  for  forty-five  years,  having  arrived  in  this  state  in  1873.  Although  seventy- 
four  years  of  age  Mr.  Norvell  is  still  active  in  his  farming  pursuits  and  is  now 
numbered  among  the  prosperous  agriculturists  of  El  Paso  county,  owning  four  hundred 
and  twenty-one  acres  of  land  near  Table  Rock.  A  native  of  Virginia,  he  was  born 
August  4,  1844,  a  son  of  Hugh  and  Mary  J.  (Foster)  Norvell,  also  natives  of  the  Old 
Dominion,  born  in  Adams  county.  While  Benjamin  G.  Norvell  was  yet  a  boy  his 
parents  removed  to  Pike  county,  Missouri,  in  which  state  they  resided  during  the 
time  when  the  Civil  war  broke  out.  Hugh  J.  Norvell.  the  father,  was  greatly  affected 
by  the  conflict,  as  he  was  a  large  slave-holder  at  that  time,  and  Benjamin  G.  Norvell 
enlisted  in  the  sharpshooters  cavalry,  serving  for  nearly  two  years  with  the  Con- 
federate army,  during  which  period  he  was  wounded  twice. 
Mulheim,  a  native  of  Missouri,  and  to  this  union  seven  children  were  born,  five  sons 

In  1S71  Mr.  Norvell  of  this  review  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth 
and  two  daughters:  Tullie,  a  resident  of  Denver;  Martha,  who  married  W.  W.  Kirk  and 
resides  at  Colorado  Springs;  Tony,  who  makes  his  home  in  Idaho;  Cleave,  at  home; 
William,  who  served  with  the  United  States  army  in  France  and  who  returned  in 
January,  1919;  Marvin,  at  home;  and  Sallie,  who  died  in  August,  1917. 

The  year  1873  marked  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Norvell  in  Colorado,  the  family  coming  in 
that  year  to  El  Paso  county,  where  our  subject  homesteaded  near  Table  Rock.  He 
has  since  devoted  his  entire  attention  to  the  development  of  his  farm  and  as  his 
means  have  increased  he  has  added  to  his  acreage  until  today  he  owns  four  hundred 

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and  twenty-one  acres,  much  of  which  is  in  a  good  state  of  cultivation.  He  has  added 
commodious  buildings  and  installed  modern  equipment  and  by  following  progressive 
and  modern  methods  has  made  his  property  one  of  the  valuable  ones  of  the  neighbor- 
hood. In  his  political  affiliations  he  is  a  democrat,  readily  supporting  that  party,  but 
has  never  been  an  aspirant  for  office.  However,  he  is  interested  in  the  general  welfare 
and  ever  ready  to  give  his  support  to  worthy  measures  which  have  for  their  purpose 
the  benefit  of  the  public  and  since  coming  to  El  Paso  county,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the 
pioneers,  has  made  many  friends,  all  of  whom  speak  of  him  in  the  highest  terms. 


JOHN  L.  WILLIS. 


John  L.  Willis,  living  six  miles  southeast  of  Fort  Collins,  on  section  22,  town- 
ship 7,  range  68,  west.  In  Larimer  county,  was  born  in  Rockville,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1850,  a  son  of  Jesse  and  Nancy  R.  (Martin)  Willis,  who  were  also  natives  of 
that  state.  The  father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  followed  that  pursuit  in  Connec- 
ticut throughout  his  entire  life,  there  passing  away  August  21,  1887.  He  had  long 
survived   his   wife,   whose   death    occurred   November   19,   1861. 

Their  son,  John  L.  Willis,  was  reared  and  educated  in  Connecticut,  remaining 
under  the  parental  roof  until  he  had  attained  his  majority,  after  which  he  was  employed 
at  farm  labor  for  several  years  or  until  1875,  when  he  left  Connecticut  and  came  to 
Colorado,  settling  in  Larimer  county.  There  he  was  employed  as  a  ranchman  and  took 
a  band  of  sheep  on  shares  for  the  first  year.  He  put  all  the  money  he  had  in  the  sheep, 
but  ill  luck  attended  the  venture,  the  sheep  dying,  so  that  he  lost  heavily.  In  1877, 
however,  he  purchased  his  present  place  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  at  which  time 
there  was  nothing  upon  it  but  a  shanty.  With  characteristic  energy  he  began  its 
Improvement  and  developed  it  into  a  fine  place.  He  has  continuously  operated  his 
farm  through  the  Intervening  years,  and  although  he  has  sold  half  of  the  place, 
he  still  farms  eighty  acres.  He  makes  a  business  of  feeding  sheep,  which  pursuit  he 
has  followed  for  a  considerable  period,  and  he  is  today  recognized  as  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful sheep  raisers  of  Larimer  county.  He  also  fed  cattle  for  some  years  but  does  not 
give  his  attention  to  cattle  any  longer.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers  Bank  of 
Timnath  and  he  was  president  of  the  Lake  Canal  Ditch  Company  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  is  still  connected  therewith  as  one  of  the  stockholders  and  is  likewise  a  stockholder 
in   the   Lake   Canal   Reservoir   Company. 

On  the  22d  of  November,  1877,  Mr.  Willis  was  married  to  Miss  Luella  A.  Cobb,  a 
daughter  of  Royal  and  Eliza  A.  Cobb,  who  were  natives  of  Connecticut.  The  father 
followed  farming  and  about  1873  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead  in 
Larimer  county,  giving  his  attention  to  its  further  development  and  improvement 
throughout  the  remainder  of  his  days,  his  death  occurring  about  1893.  His  widow 
survived  him  until  1898.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willis  were  born  seven  children,  four  of 
whom  are  living:  Edith,  the  wife  of  S.  R.  Giddings,  an  automobile  dealer  of  Timnath; 
Dora,  the  wife  of  Robert  Strang,  residing  at  Fort  Collins;  Arthur  J.,  at  home;  Howard, 
living  at  Timnath;  Frank,  who  died  August  18,  1897;  Leila,  who  passed  away  June 
29,  1904;  and  Laura,  whose  death  occurred  July  12,  1898.  The  family  circle  was  again 
broken  by  the  hand  of  death  when  on  the  27th  of  March,  1908,  the  wife  and  mother 
passed  away   after  a  short   illness. 

Mr.  Willis  has  served  on  the  school  board  for  a  number  of  years  and  the  cause  of 
education  finds  in  him  a  stalwart  friend  and  supporter.  He  belongs  to  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Fort  Collins  and  his  religious  faith  is  indicated  by 
his  membership  in  the  FYesbyterian  church.  Politically  he  is  an  earnest  republican 
and  at  all  times  he  stands  for  those  interests  which  are  of  most  value  in  connection 
with  the  public  life  of  his  community. 


WILLIAM   GILPIN   NEWLIN. 

A  representative  of  agricultural  interests  in  Douglas  county,  William  Gilpin  New- 
lin,  of  Parker,  now  owns  a  valuable  property  in  the  vicinity  which  has  been  brought 
to  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  it  being  at  the  present  time  in  charge  of  his  son,  Harry 
A.,  who  has  proven  himself  well  fitted  for  his  position  as  manager.  William  G.  Newlin 
is  a  native  of  the  west,  his  birth  having  occurred  at  Albert  Lea,  Minnesota,  in  1856,  his 
parents   being  William   Gilpin   and   Elizabeth    (Martin)    Newlin,  who   had  migrated   to 


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40i  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Minnesota  from  Pennsylvania.  They  removed  to  Colorado  in  1S65.  when  Mr.  Newlin  of 
this  review  was  but  nine  years  of  age,  so  that  he  received  his  education  partly  in  the 
former  and  partly  in  the  latter  state.  Removal  from  Minnesota  was  made  by  bull 
team,  and  thirty  head  of  cattle  were  taken  along  on  the  trip,  which  was  fraught  with 
hardships  and  difiBculties,  in  fact  it  took  about  three  months,  from  May  20th  until 
August  20th,  to  complete  the  journey.  William  H.  Newlin,  Sr.,  however,  proved  by 
subsequent  events  that  he  had  made  no  mistake  in  seeking  the  opportunities  of  the 
greater  west,  for  in  Colorado  he  found  those  chances  which  permitted  him  to  care  for 
his  family  in  an  adequate  manner.  For  a  number  of  years  he  ran  cattle  on  the  range 
and  did  an  extensive  cattle  business,  but  in  1870  he  homesteaded  near  Parker,  this 
homestead  being  now  part  of  the  seven  hundred  and  twenty  acre  ranch  which  our 
subject  owns  and  which  is  situated  slightly  east  of  the  town.  During  the  rest  of  his 
life  Mr.  Newlin,  Sr..  devoted  his  attention  to  his  homestead,  while  now  his  son  and 
the  latter's  son,  Harry  A.,  carry  on  the  work  of  improvement  and  development  and 
have  made  this  property  one  of  the  most  valuable  in  the  vicinity.  The  farm  is  to  a 
large  extent  devoted  to  dairying  and  they  keep  from  thirty  to  forty  cows,  while  about 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  of  the  land  are  under  cultivation.  Through  indus- 
try and  foresight  they  have  made  the  property  very  valuable  and  the  land  is  now  bear- 
ing rich  harvests,  making  Mr.  Newlin  independent.  He  has  always  followed  progressive 
ideas  and  methods  and  he  and  his  family  enjoy  the  reputation  of  being  successful 
farmers. 

William  G.  Newlin  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nannie  E.  Adams,  who  was  a 
native  of  Missouri,  and  they  had  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter.  Pearl  M.,  the 
daughter,  married  Charles  Cummings  and  they  reside  on  a  ranch  near  Brookvale, 
Colorado.  They  had  five  children,  Charles,  Hazel,  Forest.  George  and  one  who  died 
in  infancy.  Harry  Adams,  the  son,  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  received 
his  first  lessons  for  life's  responsible  duties  under  the  guidance  of  his  good  parents. 
Having  attended  neighboring  schools  in  order  to  obtain  a  primary  education,  he  later 
was  a  student  in  the  East  Denver  high  school  and  rounded  out  his  education  by  taking 
a  business  course  in  the  Wallace  Business  College.  Thus  he  laid  the  foundation  for 
a  successful  career  and  has  since  proven  his  ability  as  manager  of  his  father's  ranch, 
of  which  he  now  has  charge  and  upon  which  he  has  instituted  a  number  of  improve- 
ments which  have  proven  of  great  value.  Jloreover,  Harry  A.  Newlin  has  talent  in 
another  direction,  as  he  is  an  accomplished  piano  player,  having  performed  in  some  of 
Denver's  best  theatres  and  at  numerous  other  places  of  entertainment,  his  reputation 
being  of  the  highest.  He  is  very  popular  among  the  younger  people  of  Parker  and 
vicinity,  where  he  has  many  friends.  While  he  displays  agreeable  social  characteristics 
and  makes  a  good  and  cheerful  companion,  he  does  not  lose  site  of  the  serious  side  of 
life,  well  taking  care  of  the  business  interests  in  his  charge.  Mrs.  Newlin,  who  for 
many  years  administered  this  ideal  household,  whose  welfare  and  comfort  were  always 
her  greatest  care,  has  now  passed  away. 

Mr.  Newlin  is  a  democrat,  but  while  interested  in  public  affairs  and  thoroughly 
posted  thereon  has  never  shown  any  desire  for  public  office.  Since  coming  to  Douglas 
county  he  has  made  many  friends,  all  of  whom  are  agreed  as  to  his  high  qualities  of 
heart  and  character,  and  in  business  life  he  stands  high,  as  all  of  his  transactions 
have  ever  been  above  the  slightest  suspicion.  Industry,  perseverance  and  good  judg- 
ment have  been  the  qualities  which  have  led  him  to  success. 


SAMUEL  GRIMES. 


Samuel  Grimes  is  the  president  of  the  Denver  Metal  &  Machinery  Company,  with 
offices  at  Thirteenth  and  Larimer  streets,  and  warehouses  and  yards  at  from  First  to 
Third  and  Larimer  streets.  The  business  was  begun  in  a  small  way  in  1898  and,  grow- 
ing apace  with  the  city  of  Denver,  has  become  the  largest  in  the  state,  with  yards 
covering  two  city  blocks,  in  addition  to  which  there  are  mammoth  machinery  ware- 
houses, conveniently  located  with  railroad  connections  for  easier»handling  the  heavy 
machinery  for  out-of-town  delivery.  Through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Grimes,  who  has  ever 
been  the  guiding  spirit  of  the  undertaking,  it  has  developed  into  one  of  the  leading 
industrial  interests  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Grimes  was  born  in  Russia  in  1871,  a  son  of  Israel  and  Rosa  Grimes,  who  were 
also  natives  of  that  country  but  came  to  America  in  1890.  They  made  their  way  direct 
to  Denver,  where  the  father  engaged  in  the  iron  business  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
which   occurred   in  1894.     His   widow   survives   and   is  still   a   resident   of   Denver.     In 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  405 

their  family  were  six  children:  Edward,  Benjamin,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Mrs.  Tillie  Mill- 
stadt  and  Mrs.  Sadie  Sachter,  all  residents  of  Denver. 

Samuel  Grimes  attended  the  public  schools  of  Denver  and  afterward  started  out 
in  the  business  world  in  connection  with  the  iron  industry.  His  entire  training  and 
experience  have  been  along  this  line  and.  as  stated,  in  1S9S  he  organized  the  Denver 
Metal  Company,  which  he  subsequently  reorganized  into  the  Denver  Jletal  &  Machinery 
Company.  Its  growth  has  been  steady  and  continuous,  although  phenomenal  when  one 
thinks  of  the  small  start  and  the  proportions  to  which  the  business  has  attained. 
Samuel  Grimes  is  the  president  of  the  company,  with  Joseph  Grimes  as  vice  president 
•  and  Benjamin  Grimes  as  secretary.  This  is  a  close  corporation,  the  stock  all  being 
held  by  the  three  brothers. 

On  the  26th  of  June,  1892,  Samuel  Grimes  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Karsh,  of 
Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Karsh,  and  they  have  six  children.  Max,  the 
eldest,  born  October  11,  1894,  in  Salt  Lake  City,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Denver  high  school 
and  of  the  Colorado  School  of  Mines  and  is  now  in  business  with  his  father.  He 
married  Miss  Fannie  Shapiro  and  they  have  two  children:  Louise  Harriett,  who  was 
born  in  Denver  in  1917;  and  Charles  A.,  born  in  Denver  in  October,  1918.  Isador 
Grimes,  born  in  Denver,  June  20.  1896,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Denver  high  school  and  was 
in  the  officers'  training  camp  at  Camp  Pike.  David  Grimes,  born  April  25,  1900,  is 
attending  the  University  of  Denver.  Dorothy,  born  December  25,  1901,  is  a  high  school 
pupil.  Pauline,  born  December  19,  1903.  is  also  a  high  school  student.  Joseph,  born 
May  18,  1907,  is  attending  the  junior  high  school. 

In  politics  Mr.  Grimes  maintains  an  independent  course.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and -his  religious  faith  is  indicated 
in  his  membership  in  Temple  Emanuel.  His  has  been  an  active  and  useful  lite.  He 
has  never  dissipated  his  energies  over  a  broad  field  but  has  concentrated  his  efforts 
along  a  single  line,  and  the  thoroughness  with  which  he  has  undertaken  his  work  and 
his  earnest  purpose  have  been  dominant  elements  in  the  attainment  of  the  success 
which  has  brought  him  to  the  head  of  one  of  the  leading  industries  of  the  kind  in 
Colorado. 


GEORGE  W.  HEFFNER. 


George  W.  Heffner,  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Heftner  Lumber  &  Manu- 
facturing Company  of  Denver,  is  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  the  lumber  trade 
in  the  western  country  and  his  interests  along  this  line  constitute  one  of  Denver's 
most  rapidly  growing  business  concerns.  He  was  born  in  Watsontown,  Pennsylvania, 
September  4,  1S61,  a  son  of  John  S.  and  Mary  E.  (Watts)  Heffner.  The  father  wa9 
born  near  Reading,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  mother  near  Turbotville,  that  state.  They 
removed  to  Elwood,  Indiana,  in  1876  and  there  the  father  engaged  in  contracting  and 
in  the  lumber  business.  At  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  he  responded  to  the  country's 
call  for  aid,  enlisting  as  a  private  for  four  years'  service  in  a  Pennsylvania  company. 
He  was  ever  loyal  to  the  interests  of  his  country  and  was  a  progressive  and  substantial 
citizen  of  Indiana,  where  both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away.  They  had  a  family  of 
four  children:  George  W.,  of  this  review;  Thomas  W.;  Mrs.  Lillie  Lee,  of  Elwood, 
Indiana;   and  John,  who  resides  at  Hamilton.  Ohio. 

In  his  boyhood  days  George  W.  Heffner  attended  the  public  schools  of  Watson- 
town, Pennsylvania,  and  afterward  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  the  lumber 
business  under  the  direction  of  his  father.  He  continued  to  work  along  those  two 
lines  until  he  had  attained  his  majority,  when  he  left  home  and  went  to  Billings, 
Montana.  There  he  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  for  a  few  years  with  good 
success  and  then  removed  to  Coeur  d'Alene,  Idaho,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and 
prospecting,  continuing  a  resident  of  that  state  for  a  year.  He  then  returned  to  Elwood, 
Indiana,  where  he  established  and  conducted  a  lumber  business  and  planing  mill  on 
his  own  account.  He  met  with  success  in  that  undertaking  and  after  thirteen  years 
at  Elwood  sold  all  of  his  interests  there  and  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  where 
he  lived  retired  from  active  business  for  a  year.  Indolence  and  idleness,  however,  are 
utterly  foreign  to  his  nature  and  he  could  not  content  himself  to  remain  without  some 
occupation,  so  after  a  year's  rest  in  southern  California  he  removed  to  Chicago,  where 
he  established  a  wholesale  lumber  business  which  he  conducted  successfully  for  seven 
years.  Disposing  of  his  interests  there,  he  removed  to  Toronto,  Canada,  where  he 
became  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Gold  Medal  Furniture  Manufacturing  Company,  Ltd., 
and   acted  as  manager  of  the  business.     He  remained  in  that  connection   for  about  a 


406  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

year,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  sold  his  interests  and  removed  to  Missoula,  Montana, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  wholesale  lumber  trade.  Mr.  Heffner  remained  in  Missoula 
until  1905,  when  he  decided  to  locate  in  Denver,  where  he  at  once  established  himself 
in  the  wholesale  lumber  business.  His  extensive  experience  and  familiarity  with  the 
trade  made  his  venture  a  success  from  the  beginning.  He  rapidly  built  up  a  profitable 
and  growing  business,  which  in  1915  was  organized  into  the  Heffner  Lumber  &  Manu- 
facturing Company,  a  copartnership,  conducting  a  wholesale  and  jobbing  business,  with 
Mr.  Heffner  as  general  manager. 

In  1918  Mr.  Heffner  purchased  a  block  of  ground  at  the  southwest  corner  of 
Forty-fourth  and  York  streets  in  Denver,  where  in  1919  the  firm  will  begin  the  operation  ' 
of  a  planing  mill  in  connection  with  the  conduct  of  its  wholesale  and  retail  lumber 
business,  which  will  include  the  handling  of  builders'  hardware  of  all  kinds,  glass, 
paint,  cement,  building  paper  and  roofing.  To  facilitate  the  handling  of  the  increased 
business  their  interests  were  incorporated  in  1919  as  the  Heffner  Lumber  &  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  with  G«orge  W.  Heffner  as  president  and  general  manager. 

In  January,  1S85,  Mr.  Heffner  was  married  at  Anderson,  Indiana,  to  Miss  Rosa 
Besch,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Theresa  Besch,  of  that  city.  Mrs.  Heffner  died  Sep- 
tember 8.  1905,  in  Elwood,  Indiana,  leaving  a  daughter  and  a  son.  The  former  is  now 
Mrs.  Frances  Currier,  and  the  son  is  Frederick  Eugene,  manager  and  head  of  the 
credit  and  traffic  department  of  the  Palm  Olive  Company  of  St.  Louis,  a  branch  of  the 
B.  F.  Johnson  Soap  Company  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  At  the  present  time  Mr.  Heffner 
is  erecting  a  fine  home  at  1650  Albion  street,  in  one  of  the  best  residential  districts  of 
the  city.  He  is  justly  accorded  a  prominent  place  among  Denver's  progressive  business 
men  and  leading  citizens.  He  has  through  his  splendid  business  ability  built  up  one 
of  the  leading  commercial  houses  in  its  line  in  the  great  west.  His  connection  with 
the  lumber  and  building  trade  extends  through  more  than  a  third  of  a  century  in 
various  sections  of  the  country,  thus  affording  him  a  rare  opportunity  for  acquiring 
a  practical  knowledge  of  its  various  lines  and  workings.  Mr.  Heffner  is  a  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter  Mason,  belonging  to  the  order  at  Kankakee,  Illinois.  His  religious  faith 
is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  its  teachings  have  guided  him  in  all  the  rela- 
tions of  life,  making  him  a  man  whom  to  know  is  to  respect  and  honor  because  of  his 
sterling  worth  and  his  loyalty  to  high  principles. 


CLARENCE  B.  FRINK. 


Clarence  B.  Frink  is  a  member  of  the  Carlson  &  Frink  Creamery  Company,  con- 
trolling extensive  dairy  interests  in  Colorado,  with  branch  establishments  at  various 
points.  They  have  their  headquarters  at  Larkspur,  Douglas  county,  where  Mr.  Frink 
makes  his  home.  He  was  born  in  Madison  county,  New  York,  December  12,  1878,  a  son 
of  Orrelo  and  Etta  (Pickham)  Frink,  natives  of  the  state  of  New  York.  The  father 
was  interested  in  the  creamery  business  in  the  Empire  state,  where  he  resided  until 
1890,  when  he  brought  his  family  to  Colorado,  settling  at  Fort  Lupton.  Clarence  B. 
Frink  spent  one  year  in  study  at  the  Colorado  State  Teachers  College  of  Greeley  and 
one  year  as  a  student  in  the  University  of  Wisconsin  at  Madison,  where  he  pursued  a 
course  in  agriculture  and  dairying.  He  further  continued  his  studies  along  that  line 
at  Columbus  Ohio,  where  he  spent  a  year,  and  in  1902  he  established  a  creamery  at 
Larkspur,  Colorado,  and  was  associated  with  C.  G.  Carlson,  of  Denver.  At  present 
Mr.  Frink  is  doing  business  under  the  firm  style  of  the  Carlson  &  Frink  Creamery 
Company,  with  headquarters  at  Larkspur,  Douglas  county,  where  he  has  his  office 
and  the  main  business.  He  has,  however,  established  branch  creameries  at  various 
points,  including  Sedalia,  Castle  Rock  and  Cherry  in  Douglas  county;  Kiowa  in 
Elbert  county,  and  Calhan  and  Monument  in  El  Paso  county.  He  practically  handles 
the  entire  milk  supply  in  a  radius  of  many  miles.  The  business  is  done  on  strictly 
modern  lines  and  according  to  the  most  scientific  methods  concerning  sanitation  and 
everything  that  has  to  do  with  keeping  the  milk  clean  and  healthful.  His  establish- 
ments are  all  models  of  neatness,  while  the  business  methods  employed  commend  the 
company  to  the  full  patronage  and  support  of  the  general  public.  The  firm  of  Carlson 
&  Frink  is  a  close  corporation,  all  stock  practically  being  owned  by  Mr.  Frink  and  his 
family. 

In  1902  Mr.  Frink  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ellen  Cheely,  a  daughter  of  Alli- 
son and  Sarah  (Slate)  Cheely.  Mrs.  Frink  was  born  near  Golden,  Colorado.  Her  father 
was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  this  state,  settling  near   Golden  at  an  early  day.     To  Mr. 


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408  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  Mrs.  Frink  have  been  born  three  children:   Eugene,  who  is  in  the  Kemper  Military 
School  at  Boon  villa,  Missouri;   and  Genevieve  and  Robert,   at   home. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Frink  is  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason  and  Shriner  and  he  has  his  blue 
lodge  membership  at  Fort  Lupton.  He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Denver  Athletic 
Club.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party,  and  although  he  is  not  an 
office  seeker,  he  is  active  in  framing  public  thought  and  action  in  regard  to  local  politics. 
He  owns  a  large,  fine  residence  at  Larkspur  but  removed  in  the  winter  o£  1918-19  to 
Denver  in  order  to  give  his  children  the  better  educational  opportunities  afforded  by  the 
city.  His  course  has  been  marked  by  steady  progress  since  he  made  his  initial  step  in 
the  business  world.  Year  by  year  he  has  progressed,  wisely  utilizing  his  opportunities, 
and  he  is  today  at  the  head  of  an  extensive  and  important  creamery  business  that 
covers  a  wide  territory  and  has  become  one  of  the  important  commercial  interests  of 
the  section  in  which  he  operates. 


E.  J.  JONES. 


E.  J.  Jones,  an  alert  and  enterprising  merchant  of  Broomfield,  was  born  in  Richland 
county,  Illinois,  October  17.  1S67.  a  son  of  Oscar  and  Mary  (Nicholas)  Jones.  The 
father  was  born  near  Troy,  Wisconsin,  while  the  mother's  birth  occurred  in  the  state 
of  New  York.  They  were  married  in  Illinois  in  1865,  where  they  resided  until  1879. 
It  was  in  1859  that  Oscar  Jones  left  Wisconsin  and  came  to  Colorado  with  John  C. 
Fremont.  Later  he  was  with  Kit  Carson,  the  scout,  in  New  Mexico  at  the  time  when 
the  Civil  war  broke  out.  In  1862,  however,  he  returned  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and 
thence  went  east  to  Richland  county,  Illinois,  where  he  was  married  in  1865.  as 
mentioned  above,  and  there  their  children  were  born.  Illinois  remained  the  home  of 
the  family  until  1879,  when  they  removed  to  northern  Michigan,  where  they  resided 
for  two  years.  In  1881  Mr.  Jones,  Sr.,  again  became  a  resident  of  Colorado,  where  he 
is  still  living  with  his  son,  Edgar  J-.,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-flve  years.  His 
wife,  however,  has  passed  away.  In  their  family  were  two  children,  both  of  whom  sur- 
vive. 

E,  J.  Jones  accompanied  his  parents  on  their  various  removals  and  completed  his 
education  in  the  schools  of  Colorado.  In  1896  and  1897  he  engaged  in  merchandising 
at  Broomfield,  but  was  not  engaged  in  that  line  from  1897  until  1901,  when  he  bought 
the  building  in  which  he  is  still  located  and  resumed  business.  He  opened  a  general 
store  and  has  since  carried  a  large  and  complete  stock,  meeting  the  demands  of  many 
customers.  He  has  always  recognized  that  satisfied  patrons  are  the  best  advertisement 
and  has  put  forth  every  effort  to  please  those  who  give  him  their  support.  In  1901  he 
was  appointed  postmaster  of  Broomfield  and  has  since  occupied  that  position,  con- 
ducting the  office  in  addition  to  the  management  of  his  store. 

In  1903  Mr.  Jones  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  Churchill  and  to  them  have  been 
born  two  children,  Eva  M.  and  Edgar,  Jr.  Mr.  Jones  has  always  been  a  stanch  advo- 
cate of  republican  principles  and  in  matters  of  citizenship  is  most  public-spirited,  giving 
his  active  support  and  aid  to  all  interests  of  benefit  to  the  comnjunity  at  large. 


FISHER  E.  SMITH,  M.  D. 


Since  1915  Dr.  Fisher  E.  Smith  has  resided  in  Parker,  where  he  gives  his  attention 
to  the  general  practice  of  medicine,  and  in  connection  conducts  a  drug  store,  in  the 
management  of  which  he  has  proven  very  successful.  A  native  of  Colorado,  he  was  born 
April  11,  1876,  in  Golden,  and  is  a  son  of  Joel  W.  and  Mary  F.  (Haslip)  Smith,  the 
former  born  in  Tennessee  and  the  latter  in  Missouri.  Joel  W.  Smith  is  numbered 
among  the  famous  pioneers  of  Colorado  and  now  makes  his  home  in  Denver,  where  he 
is  prominently  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business,  being  the  only  surviving  partner  in 
the  firm  of  Daniels.  Fisher  &  Smith,  the  pioneer  dry  goods  house  of  the  capital  city. 

Fisher  E.  Smith  spent  his  boyhood  days  under  the  parental  roof  and  after  suitable 
preparation  for  university  training  decided  upon  the  profession  of  medicine  as  a  life 
work  and  entered  the  Medical  University  of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1899.  Being  duly  qualified,  he  then  established  himself  in  practice 
at  Grand  Junction,  Colorado,  and  later  practiced  for  some  time  in  Rocky  Ford,  Colorado, 
and  also  in  Leadville  and  Denver,  but  in  1915  came  to  Parker.  During  the  intervening 
years  he  has  built  up  a  lucrative  and  gratifying  practice.     Dr.  Smith  is  of  a  studious 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  409 

nature  and  has  ever  kept  in  touch  with  the  latest  discoveries  made  In  the  field  of 
medical  science  and  as  his  knowledge  and  experience  have  expanded  has  gained  the 
confidence  of  the  public,  so  that  he  is  considered  one  of  the  ablest  physicians  and 
surgeons  of  his  part  of  the  state.  In  1916  he  acquired  a  drug  store  at  Parker,  which 
he  manages  in  connection  with  his  practice. 

In  1904  Dr.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Carrie  A.  Luvall,  of  Galesburg, 
Illinois,  who  is  a  graduate  nurse  and  by  reason  of  that  experience  is  now  able  to 
assist  her  husband  in  numerous  ways,  both  as  far  as  the  conduct  of  the  drug  store  is 
concerned,  as  well  as  in  the  treatment  of  his  cases. 

Dr.  Smith  has  always  given  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party,  in  the  principles 
of  which  organization  he  thoroughly  believes,  and  has  ever  taken  a  helpful  interest 
in  matters  of  public  import  although  he  has  never  put  himself  before  the  public  as  an 
office  seeker.  However,  anything  that  pertains  to  progress  and  development  in  his 
district  finds  in  him  a  warm  champion  and  he  is  ever  ready  to  sacrifice  time  or  money 
in  order  to  advance  the  interests  of  his  community.  There  is  an  interesting  military 
chapter  in  the  career  of  Dr.  Smith,  who  in  1900  enlisted  at  Seattle,  Washington,  in 
the  United  States  Medical  Corps  and  served  with  the  United  States  army  in  the 
Philippines  until  1903.  Fraternally  Dr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks,  belonging  to  the  lodge  at  Leadville.  Both  he  and  Mrs.  Smith  are 
popular  in  the  social  circles  of  their  neighborhood  and  are  highly  esteemed  for  their 
rare  qualities  of  heart  and  character. 


CHARLES    F.    HEIMBECHER. 

Charles  F.  Heimbecher  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Heimbecher  Brothers,  cement 
and  gravel  roofers,  conducting  business  in  Denver,  where  he  has  resided  since  18S9. 
His  life  is  one  of  industry  and  unremitting  toil  and  his  success  is  the  direct  result 
of  close  application  and  indefatigable  effort.  Mr.  Heimbecher  is  a  native  of  Manitowoc, 
Wisconsin.  He  was  born  June  24,  1865,  of  the  marriage  of  William  and  Minnie 
(Luebke)  Heimbecher,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Germany  but  came  to  America 
with  their  respective  parents  in  early  childhood.  They  were  reared,  educated  and 
married  in  Wisconsin,  where  their  parents  had  settled  on  farm  land,  becoming  pioneer 
agriculturists  of  that  community.  William  Heimbecher  learned  the  boot  and  shoe- 
making  trade  and  followed  that  pursuit  in  early  life.  Eventually,  however,  he  turned 
to  other  business  interests,  taking  up  his  abode  upon  a  farm,  and,  like  his  father 
before  him,  he  became  one  of  the  prosperous  and  well-to-do  agriculturists  of  Wisconsin. 
His  remaining  days  were  devoted  to  the  further  development  and  improvement  of 
his  fields  and  he  passed  away  on  the  old  homestead  in  1S82,  when  he  had  reached 
the  age  of  fifty-four  years  and.  eight  months.  His  wife  was  also  reared  and  educated 
in  Wisconsin  and  after  her  husband's  death  she  came  to  Denver,  Colorado,  to  visit  her 
daughter  and  here  passed  away  in  1913.  She  was  then  almost  eighty  years  of  age, 
her  birth  having  occurred  on  the  8th  of  March,  1834.  By  her  marriage  she  had 
become  the  mother  of  ten  children,  seven  of  whom  have  now  passed  away,  while 
those  still  living  are;  Charles  F.;  Fred,  who  still  makes  his  home  in  Manitowoc,  Wis- 
consin ;  and  Adolph,  who  is  living  in  Denver  and  is  a  partner  of  his  brother  Charles 
in  the  contracting  business. 

In  early  life  Charles  F.  Heimbecher  attended  the  district  schools  near  his  father's 
farm  and  afterward  continued  his  education  in  the  city  schools  of  Manitowoc,  but 
when  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  the 
work  of  the  fields,  in  which  he  aided  from  the  time  of  early  spring  planting  until  crops 
were  gathered  in  the  late  autumn.  He  was  thus  employed  until  he  reached  the  age 
of  twenty-four  years,  when  he  left  home  and  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  took  up  work 
in  contracting  lines  in  connection  with  cement  and  gravel  roofing.  The  opportunities 
of  the  west  brought  him  to  Colorado  and  in  1889  he  established  his  home  in  Denver. 
Here  he  embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account  and  so  well  has  he  succeeded  that 
he  is  today  known  in  business  connections  throughout  the  entire  city  and  in  many 
parts  of  the  state.  Everywhere  he  goes  in  Denver  he  can  see  the  results  of  his  labor, 
as  miles  and  miles  of  concrete  sidewalks  and  curbing  have  been  laid  by  him  and  his 
brother,  who  constitute  the  firm  of  Heimbecher  Brothers.  Adolph  Heimbecher  came 
to  Denver  in  May,  1907,  and  entered  into  partnership  with  Charles  F.  Heimbecher 
in  the  concrete  and  gravel  roofing  business  under  the  style  of  the  Heimbecher  Brothers 
Cement  &  Gravel  Roofing  Company.  They  do  expert  work  in  this  line  and  their  trade 
has   steadily   and   rapidly   developed,   bringing   to   them    well   merited    returns. 


410  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Mr.  Heimbecher  has  many  times  been  tendered  public  office  but  has  steadfastly 
declined  to  serve.  He  is  bound  to  no  political  party  and  at  the  polls  he  votes  for  the 
man  whom  he  deems  best  qualified  to  fill  the  position  which  he  seeks.  Fraternally  he 
is  identified  with  the  Royal  Arcanum,  of  which  he  has  been  a  member  for  twenty-one 
years. 

On  the  21st  of  February,  1894,  Mr.  Heimbecher  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Minnie  Wilson,  of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Levi  Wilson.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Heimbecher  have  two  children:  Louis,  who  was  born  November  21,  1894,  in  Denver 
and  was  graduated  from  the  Denver  high  school,  while  now  he  is  attending  Colorado 
College;    and  C.  F.  Heimbecher,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in   Denver,  August  31,   1898. 

Whatever  success  Mr.  Heimbecher  has  achieved  or  enjoyed  is  attributable  entirely 
to  his  persistency  of  purpose  and  efforts.  He  has  worked  diligently,  has  acquainted 
himself  thoroughly  with  every  phase  of  the  business,  has  kept  abreast  with  the  times 
concerning  progressive  methods,  and  his  thorough  reliability  has  brought  to  him  a 
liberal  patronage,  which  is  justly  deserved. 


JOHN  G.  COY. 


John  G.  Coy,  who  resided  a  mile  east  of  Fort  Collins  but  has  now  passed  away, 
was  born  in  Oswego,  New  York,  April  14,  1833,  a  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Thorpe) 
Coy,  who  were  natives  of  Yorkshire,  England.  Upon  coming  to  America  they  estab- 
lished their  home  in  Oswego.  New  York,  where  the  father  worked  at  the  miller's 
trade  and  there  spent  his  remaining  days.  Both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  1845, 
within  four  weeks  of  each  other. 

John  G.  Coy  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  Empire  state.  He  was  a  lad  of  but 
twelve  years  when  left  an  orpiian.  at  which  time  he  went  to  live  with  an  uncle  near 
Chicago,  Illinois,  residing  with  him  until  he  reached  the  age  of  nineteen.  About 
1852  he  made  his  way  to  California,  where  he  followed  mining,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1861  he  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  worked  until  the  spring  of  1862,  when  he  started 
to  drive  across  the  country  to  California  with  three  yoke  of  oxen.  Ill  luck,  however, 
seemed  to  attend  him  at  this  time.  Three  of  his  oxen  were  stolen  while  en  route  and  on 
reaching  Fort  Collins  he  paused,  and  changing  his  plans,  decided  to  settle  in  that 
vicinity.  While  it  was  his  misfortune  that  caused  him  to  discontinue  the  Journey, 
it  seemed  on  the  whole,  in  the  light  of  later  events,  a  fortunate  circumstance,  for 
in  the  course  of  years  Mr.  Coy  became  one  of  the  representative  and  substantial  citi- 
zens of  Larimer  county.  He  took  up  his  abode  on  what  became  the  old  family  home- 
stead near  Fort  Collins,  but  the  land  was  not  surveyed  at  the  time.  In  fact  this  was 
not  done  until  1865.  He  took  a  trip  east  in  1866  and,  fearing  he  might  lose  his  place 
during  his  absence,  he  bought  it  outright.  The  ranch  contained  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  and  later  he  took  up  a  homestead  adjoining  and  became  the  owner  of 
three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  which  was  entirely  wild  when  it  came  into  his 
possession,  not  a  furrow  having  been  turned  nor  an  improvement  made.  He  at  once 
began  the  task  of  plowing  and  planting,  however,  and  in  the  course  of  years  had 
worked  a  marked  transformation  in  the  appearance  of  his  ranch,  converting  it  into 
one  of  the  best  improved  places  in  the  county.  Upon  it  he  had  two  nice  residences  and 
various  other  buildings  furnishing  ample  shelter  to  grain  and  stock.  He  continued 
the  further  cultivation  and  development  of  his  ranch  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  July  22,  1912,  when  he  was  seventy-nine  years  of  age.  He  had  been  ill  for 
only  a  short  time,  doing  a  half  day's  work  on  the  day  that  he  died. 

On  the  17th  of  April,  1862,  Mr.  Coy  was  married  to  Miss  Emily  Adams,  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Frances  C.  (Eglington)  Adams,  who  were  natives  of  England.  Mrs.  Coy 
was  born  in  Norfolk,  England.  September  26,  1838.  Her  father  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade  and  in  June,  1841.  he  left  his  native  country  and  came  with  his  family  to  the 
new  world,  settling  near  Bristol,  Illinois,  where  he  again  followed  blacksmithing. 
He  continued  to  reside  in  that  state  until  called  to  his  final  rest,  passing  away  in  Kane- 
ville,  Illinois,  December  27,  1859.  For  six  years  he  had  survived  his  wife,  who  died 
on  the  15th  of  April.  1853.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Coy  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  six 
of  whom  are  living,  namely:  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Professor  J.  W.  Laurence,  who 
for  thirty  years  was  connected  with  the  Colorado  State  Agricultural  College  at  Fort 
Collins,  where  he  still  makes  his  honie;  William  B.,  a  well  known  cattle  man  of  Wyo- 
ming; Frances,  the  wife  of  John  Hoffman,  owner  and  operator  of  a  grist  mill  at  Fort 
Collins;  Anna  V.,  the  wife  of  George  W.  Bertram,  who  is  farming  the  old  Coy  home- 
stead in  partnership  with  John  E.  Coy,  who  is  the  next  of  the  family;  and  Burgis  G., 


MR.   AND  MRS.   JOHN  G.  COY 


412  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

who   is  a  civil  engineer  and  has  been   in   France   for  two   years,   while   now   that   the 
armistice  has  been  signed  he  has  been  sent  with  American  troops  into  Germany. 

ilr.  Coy  served  as  county  commissioner  tor  three  terms.  He  belonged  to  the 
Grange  and  politically  he  maintained  an  independent  course.  His  religious  faith  was 
that  of  the  Episcopal  church,  while  his  widow  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  long  gave  his  attention  to  the  business  of  feeding  cattle  and  sheep  in 
Larimer  county  and  his  sons  are  still  well  known  as  cattle  feeders  in  this  district. 
Mrs.  Coy  still  remains  upon  the  old  homestead  where  she  has  lived  for  fifty-seven  years 
and  the  family  Is  a  well  known  and  honored  one  throughout  the  community. 


JOSEPH  WILLIAM  YOUNG. 


Joseph  William  Young,  a  rancher  near  Parker,  upon  which  place  he  has  resided  for 
three  years,  was  born  In  Atchison  county,  Missouri,  January  16,  1867,  a  son  of  James 
Wesley  and  Martha  (Bradley)  Young.  He  comes  of  Revolutionary  war  ancestry  on  the 
paternal  side,  the  family  being  originally  from  Virginia,  and  on  the  mother's  side  he 
is  of   English  lineage. 

Joseph  W.  Young  was  educated  In  the  schools  of  Colorado,  for  the  family  came  to 
this  state  in  1872,  when  he  was  a  lad  of  but  five  summers.  They  located  first  about  two 
miles  south  of  Littleton  and  afterward  removed  to  Melvin.  Colorado,  in  Arapahoe  county, 
where  Joseph  W.  Young  remained  for  twenty-two  years.  For  seventeen  years  he  was  in 
business  in  Denver  but  three  years  ago  came  to  his  present  large  ranch  In  the  vicinity 
of  Parker  and  has  had  exceptionally  fine  crops  during  the  past  two  years.  He  is  now 
extensively  engaged  in  ranching  and  his  business  is  bringing  to  him  well  merited 
success. 

There  is  no  feature  of  Colorado's  development  and  upbuilding  with  which  he  is  not 
familiar.  In  the  early  days  he  attended  for  a  time  the  old  Cherry  Creek  school,  one  of 
the  first  country  schools  established  outside  of  Denver  in  Arapahoe  county.  As  a  boy 
he  remembers  distinctly  riding  along  by  the  side  of  Colerow,  the  noted  and  belligerent 
Indian  chief.  To  the  family  home  the  Indians  came  for  food,  which  was  always  given 
them,  and  this  they  never  forgot.  Mr.  Young  has  lived  to  witness  remarkable  changes  as 
the  work  of  development  and  improvement  has  been  carried  steadily  forward  and  his 
memory  forms  a  connecting  link  between  the  primitive  past  and  the  progressive  present. 

In  Denver,  twenty-five  years  ago,  Mr.  Young  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary 
Agnes  Montgomery,  a  daughter  of  Frank  L.  and  Elizabeth  E.  (O'Neil)  Montgomery,  a 
sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  three 
children,  of  whom  the  son.  Lester  Lee  Young,  Is  now  in  the  army  with  the  Thirty- 
second  Engineering  Corps,  in  service  in  France.  The  daughters,  Mildred  and  Josephine, 
are  at  home. 

Mr.  Young  is  one  of  the  best  informed  men  in  his  county.  He  has  always  been  a 
great  reader  and  possesses  a  fine  library,  with  the  contents  of  which  he  is  largely  familiar, 
spending  many  of  his  happiest  hours  there  In  the  companionship  of  the  master  minds 
of  all  ages. 


EDWARD    G.    SEIDENSTICKER. 

Edward  G.  Seidensticker  is  one  of  the  active  and  enterprising  ranchers  of  Douglas 
county,  controlling  extensive  and  important  interests.  He  was  born  April  26,  1S85, 
on  the  ranch  which  he  still  occupies,  his  parents  being  Julius  and  Kate  (Bauer) 
Seidensticker,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Bavaria.  Germany.  The  father  and  his 
brother,  William  Seidensticker.  became  pioneer  settlers  of  Douglas  county.  Colorado, 
having  come  to  America  in  the  late  '60s.  Crossing  the  country  to  this  state,  they 
homesteaded  in  Douglas  county,  preempted  and  also  took  up  timber  claims.  As 
the  years  passed  on  they  added  to  their  landed  possessions  until  at  present  the  ranch 
comprises  four  thousand  acres  of  land.  They  were  associated  in  their  business  under- 
takings until  the  death  of  William  Seidensticker.  The  father.  Julius  Seidensticker, 
is  still  living  but  is  now  somewhat  feeble.  He  was  born  December  23,  1847.  and  has 
therefore  passed  the  Psalmist's  allotted  span  of  three  score  years  and  ten.  His  wife 
came  to  America  in  her  childhood  days  with  her  parents  and  they  were  married  on 
this  side  of  the  Atlantic.     She  has  departed  this  life. 

Edward   G.    Seidensticker,    reared    under   the    parental    roof,    completed   his    public 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  413 

school  education  by  graduation  from  the  high  school,  after  which  he  pursued  a  four 
years'  course  in  the  State  Agricultural  College  at  Fort  Collins.  He  then  returned  to 
the  ranch,  where  he  has  since  remained,  concentrating  his  efforts  and  attention  upon 
the  business  connected  with  its  further  development  and  management.  There  are 
good  buildings  upon  the  place,  including  a  comfortable  residence  and  large  barns  and 
sheds  for  the  shelter  of  grain  and  stock.  He  keeps  from  five  to  six  hundred  head  of 
cattle  and  raises  a  large  amount  of  hay  together  with  cereals.  His  business  affairs  are 
energetically  prosecuted,  his  plans  are  definitely  formed  and  promptly  executed  and 
in  his  business  dealings  he  displays  sound  judgment  and  keen  discrimination.  He 
and  his  father  reside  upon  the  farm  which  has  now  been  in  possession  of  the  family 
from   pioneer  times. 

In  his  political  views  Edward  G.  Seidensticker  is  a  republican  and  in  the  fall  of 
1918  was  elected  to  the  office  of  commissioner  of  Douglas  county.  He  belongs  to  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  having  membership  in  the  lodge  at  Castle  Rock. 
Having  been  a  lifelong  resident  of  Douglas  county,  he  is  widely  known  and  his  many 
substantial  and  admirable  traits  of  character  have  gained  for  him  the  kindly  regard, 
the  goodwill  and  confidence  of  all   with  whom   he   has  been  associated. 


R.  C.  NICHOLS. 


General  farming  interests  as  well  as  the  cattle  industry  find  a  foremost  repre- 
sentative in  R.  C.  Nichols,  who  has  a  valuable  property  near  Parker,  Colorado.  It 
was  only  in  1918  that  he,  in  partnership  with  a  brother-in-law,  acquired  seven  hundred 
acres  in  this  vicinity  and  here  he  now  resides,  giving  his  undivided  attention  to  the 
further  upbuilding  of  the  property.  A  native  of  Missouri,  Mr.  Nichols  was  born  at 
St.  Joseph  in  1873.  his  parents  being  John  M.  and  Esther  J.  (Olds)  Nichols,  the  former 
a  native  of  Indiana  and  the  latter  of  Pennsylvania. 

R.  C.  Nichols  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  in  the  acquirement  of  an 
education  attended  the  common  schools  in  his  native  state.  After  laying  aside  his 
textbooks  he  began  life's  active  duties  in  connection  with  the  United  States  and  Pacific 
Express  Companies  at  St.  Joseph,  with  which  he  was  connected  for  three  years.  Sub- 
sequently he  was  for  eighteen  years  on  the  pay  roll  of  the  St.  Joseph  &  Grand  Island 
Railroad,  holding  first  the  position  of  fireman  and  later  that  of  locomotive  engineer. 
Carefully  husbanding  his  resources,  he  acquired  the  means  which  enabled  him  to  set 
himself  up  independently.  In  order  to  enjoy  greater  opportunities  for  a  more  rapid 
advancement  he  decided  to  remove  farther  west  and  concluded  that  he  would  find  in 
the  state  of  Colorado  a  field  that  would  suit  his  tastes  and  ambitions.  In  1914  he 
arrived  in  this  state,  locating  at  Arvada  and  subsequently  going  to  Littleton,  and  for 
a  few  years  was  there  engaged  in  the  stock  and  poultry  business.  In  1918,  however, 
he.  in  partnership  with  a  brother-in-law,  acquired  title  to  seven  hundred  acres  of 
valuable  ranch  land  and  here  he  now  resides.  This  property  is  known  as  the  Patter- 
son ranch,  his  brother-in-law  being  F.  E.  Patterson,  of  Denver,  an  accountant  for  the 
Sigel-Campion  Company.  One  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  are  under  cultivation, 
the  rest  being  devoted  to  pasture.  Mr.  Nichols  has  now  one  hundred  head  of  high 
grade  shorthorn  cattle  and  in  fact  his  efforts  largely  run  to  live  stock,  ranching  and 
dairying.  Having  thoroughly  studied  local  conditions,  climate,  soil  and  other  subjects 
which  might  enter  into  his  success,  he  employs  the  most  modern  ideas  in  order  to  make 
advancement  and   a  prosperous   future   may  be   presaged   for   him. 

In  1894  Mr.  Nichols  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anne  Neff,  of  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri,  and  to  this  union  were  born  seven  children  now  living:  Charles  R.,  a  high 
school  and  business  college  graduate,  who  enlisted  in  the  famous  United  States  Marines 
and  is  now  stationed  at  Quantico.  Virginia;  Marie  A.,  who  attended  high  school  and 
business  college  at  St.  Joseph  and  is  connected  with  an  important  industrial  enterprise 
at  that  city  in  the  position  of  forelady;  and  Elizabeth  T..  Louis  M.,  Margaret,  Harley 
and   Donald. 

Although  Mr.  Nichols  and  his  mother  have  made  their  residence  in  this  district 
for  but  a  few  months  they  have  been  well  received  by  all  those  who  have  made  their 
acquaintance  as  they  are  truly  worth  while  people.  Mr.  Nichols  inspires  confidence 
and  being  a  public-spirited  citizen  and  a  man  of  enterprise,  promises  to  be  of  great 
value  to  the  community.  In  his  political  affiliations  he  is  a  republican,  having  ever 
supported  that  party,  but  the  honors  and  emoluments  of  public  office  have  never 
had  attraction  for  him.  Along  fraternal  lines  he  is  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood 
of  Locomotive   Engineers  and   also  belongs   to   the  Expressmen's   Mutual   Benefit   Asso- 


414  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

ciation,  his  connection  being  ■with  the  lodges  at  St.  Joseph.  Having  worked  for  a 
number  of  years  in  the  employ  of  others,  Mr.  Nichols  has  attained  that  desirable 
position  in  which  he  is  permitted  to  guide  his  affairs  according  to  his  own  plans, 
and  being  a  man  of  good  Judgment,  it  may  be  predicted  for  him  that  his  future  in  this 
state  will  be  a  bright  one. 


JOHN  RAMSEY  ROTHROCK. 

Every  state  owes  a  great  debt  to  its  pioneer  settlers  but  none  greater  than  that 
■which  Colorado  owes  to  those  who  first  penetrated  within  her  borders  to  claim  the 
rich  mineral  resources  or  to  use  its  broad  plains  as  pasture  lands.  Cut  off  from  the 
comforts  and  conveniences  of  the  older  east,  they  faced  untold  hardships,  trials  and 
privations  but  they  met  these  with  courageous  spirit  and  in  the  course  of  years  their 
labors  wrought  a  change  which  transformed  the  western  wilderness  into  a  populous 
and  prosperous  region.  To  this  class  of  early  pioneers  belonged  John  Ramsey  Rothrock, 
who  was  probably  at  the  time  of  his  death  the  oldest  settler  in  Boulder  county.  He 
arrived  in  1858.  then  a  young  man  of  twenty-four  years,  his  birth  having  occurred 
in  Bellefonte.  Center  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  3d  of  April,  1834.  His  youthful 
training  was  that  which  is  generally  received  by  the  farmbred  boy  and  his  educational 
opportunities  were  those  accorded  by  the  public  schools  near  his  father's  home.  He  left 
the  east  about  the  time  that  he  attained  his  majority  and  made  his  way  to  Nebraska 
as  a  member  of  a  surveying  party,  assisting  in  the  survey  of  the  sixth  principal 
meridian  and  the  fifth,  sixth,  seventh,  eighth  and  ninth  meridians  of  longtitude.  He 
was  engaged  in  this  work  until  1858,  when  he  became  one  of  a  company  of  thirty-two 
who  traveled  over  the  country  with  ox  and  horse  teams  to  Colorado.  This  company 
was  formed  at  Nebraska  City  and  Mr.  Rothrock  joined  near  Kearney,  Nebraska.  They 
arrived  in  Boulder  county  in  November  of  that  year  and  made  their  way  to  the  site 
of  the  present  city  of  Boulder.  Nineteen  out  of  the  thirty-two  returned  eastward  that 
fall,  but  thirteen  remained  to  spend  the  winter  in  little  pioneer  cabins  which  they 
built  back  of  the  rocks  at  a  point  sometimes  known  as  the  Needles.  Mr.  Rothrock 
was  the  last  survivor  of  the  original  thirteen.  When  they  took  up  their  abode  in  that 
district  a  band  of  Indians  were  camped  near  the  creek  on  a  grassy  spot.  They  mani- 
fested a  most  friendly  attitude  until  they  learned  that  the  white  men  had  discovered 
gold,  when  they  became  very  hostile  and  tried  to  drive  them  away,  giving  them  three 
days  in  which  to  leave.  The  white  men,  however,  decided  that  they  would  remain 
and  fortified  their  cabins,  for  they  had  plenty  of  arms  and  ammunition  and  resolved 
to  fight  if  necessary.  After  three  days  had  passed  the  Indian  chief.  Old  Bear,  came 
to  the  cabins  and  reported  that  he  had  had  a  fearful  dream,  which  he  interpreted 
as  follows:  "The  water  in  Boulder  creek  would  rise,  so  he  was  informed  by  the  Great 
Father,  until  it  would  overflow  both  the  Indian  and  the  white  camps,  unless  an  ox  was 
slaughtered,  in  which  case  he  would  allay  the  flood."  The  white  men  knew  that  if 
they  slaughtered  one  ox  and  gave  it  to  the  Indians  that  another  would  be  demanded 
just  as  soon  as  the  first  one  was  gone,  so  they  made  up  their  minds  that  they  would 
not  accede  to  the  request  and  after  a  couple  of  days  the  Indians  withdrew,  leaving 
the  white  men  in  peace. 

From  the  earliest  point  of  Boulder's  development  Mr.  Rothrock  was  connected 
with  the  work  of  progress  and  improvement.  Associated  with  John  Hall  he  surveyed 
the  public  square  and  the  first  one  hundred  lots  in  Boulder.  In  the  spring  of  1859  he 
engaged  in  gulch  mining  on  Gold  Run,  near  Gold  Hill,  and  subsequently  went  with 
the  John  Gregory  party  on  a  prospecting  trip  in  North  Park.  Upon  his  return  he  was 
associated  with  George  Williamson  in  the  purchase  of  several  placer  claims  in  Spring 
Gulch,  in  Gilpin  county,  and  in  1860  he  made  his  way  to  California  Gulch,  near  Lead- 
ville.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  returned  to  Longmont  and  took  up  the  business  of 
ranching  and  stock  raising.  Owning  land,  he  began  its  cultivation  and  carried  forward 
the  work  of  improving  his  farm  along  the  most  progressive  lines.  He  built  the 
second  ditch  ever  constructed  in  the  state  and  was  a  close  student  of  irrigation  prob- 
lems and  of  the  best  methods  of  bringing  water  into  arid  districts.  Notwithstanding 
the  fact  that  difliculties  and  obstacles  confronted  him,  Mr.  Rothrock  persevered  in  his 
undertakings.  In  the  early  days  all  supplies  were  very  high  in  price.  His  first  plow, 
for  which  he  paid  seventy-five  dollars,  was  made  in  Denver  from  boiler  iron,  and 
the  second,  which  was  made  of  cast  iron  and  was  brought  by  freight  from  the  States,  was 
purchased  at  a  cost  of  one  hundred  and  ten  dollars.  He  had  to  pay  twelve  and  a  half 
cents  a  pound  or  seven  dollars  and  a  half  per  bushel  for  the  first  seed  wheat  which 


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416  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

he  purchased,  but  notwithstanding  all  these  drawbacks  Mr.  Rothrock  prospered  as  the 
years  passed  by.  In  1878  he  removed  to  Longmont,  making  his  home  just  over 
the  Longnumt  lin£_lQ  the  east,  on  a  farm  of  forty  acres.  He  also  extended  his  activ- 
ities into  other  fields  and  for  several  years  was  in  the  dry  goods  business  with  Sam 
Williams,  under  the  firm  style  of  Williams  &  Rothrock.  He  bore  an  unassailable  repu- 
tation in  business  and  his  enterprise  carried  him   into  important   relations. 

On  the  2d  of  January,  1867,  Mr.  Rothrock  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eliza 
C.  Buford.  a  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  A.  (Jones)  Buford,  and  to  them  were 
born  two  sons:  William  H.,  now  living  in  Longmont;  and  John  E.,  who  is  interested 
in  the  Howe-Allen  Mercantile  Company  of  Denver.  Mrs.  Rothrock  still  resides  in 
Longmont. 

While  Mr.  Rothrock  was  ever  an  upright  and  honorable  citizen,  he  did  not  unite 
with  the  church  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  eighty  years  and  then  identified 
himself  with  the  people  of  Presbyterian  faith  in  Longmont.  Integrity  was  ever  one 
of  his  dominant  characteristics  and  in  all  his  business  dealings  he  was  thoroughly 
reliable.  With  his  passing  Colorado  lost  one  of  its  honored,  worthy  and  substantial 
pioneer  settlers  whose  work  was  of  great  worth  in  the  development  of  his  section 
of  the  state.  Shut  off  by  distance  from  all  the  comforts  and  conveniences  of  the  east, 
he  bravely  faced  the  conditions  of  western  frontier  life,  involving  many  hardships 
and  sometimes  dangers,  and  there  was  no  fea'ture  of  the  state's  development  with  which 
he  was  not  thoroughly  familiar.  He  was  connected  with  the  mining  camps  as  well  as 
with  the  early  agricultural  progress  of  the  state  and  at  all  times  he  had  firm  faith  in 
Colorado  and  its  future.  This  faith  found  justification  in  the  success  which  ulti- 
mately came  to  him  and  which  enabled  him  to  leave  his  family  in  very  comfortable 
financial  circumstances.  His  memory  is  cherished  by  all  who  knew  him  and  his  name 
is  ever  spoken  in  terrjs  of  the  highest  regard.  His  demise  occurred  on  the  23d  of 
April,  1915,  when  he  had  attained  the  age  of  eighty-one  years  and  twenty  days. 


CHARLES   M.   DEITERS. 


Charles  M.  Deiters  is  the  vice  president  of  the  Ferris-Conaway  Real  Estate  & 
Investment  Company  of  Denver.  He  has  been  identified  with  this  corporation  since 
1913  and  through  the  intervening  years  has  contributed  in  substantial  measure  to  its 
success.  He  was  born  in  Wheeling,  West  Virginia.  April  9,  1S75,  and  is  a  son  of 
Charles  H.  and  Indiana  (Fulton)  Deiters,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  West  Vir- 
ginia. The  mother  was  a  distant  relative  of  Robert  Fulton,  who  was  the  inventor 
of  the  steamboat.  Both  of  the  parents  of  Charles  M.  Deiters  remained  in  West 
Virginia  and  the  father  was  for  many  years  prominently  identified  with  political 
activities  in  Wheeling.  He  served  as  clerk  of  the  district  court  for  many  years 
and  made  a  most  creditable  record  in  office.  Later  he  turned  his  attention  to  farming 
and  gave  his  energies  to  agricultural  pursuits  until  he  retire'd  from  all  business  life. 
He  is  now  enjoying  a  well  earned  rest  in  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  where  he  is 
numbered  among  the  honored  citizens.  During  the  period  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted 
in  a  West  Virginia  regiment,  in  the  artillery  service,  and  was  commissioned  adjutant 
general  under  Captain  Carlin.  He  commanded  two  heavy  guns  at  the  siege  of  Vicks- 
burg,  Mississippi.  His  wife  died  at  their  home  in  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  in  1890. 
In  their  family  were  seven  children,  of  whom  Charles  M.  was  the  second.  Six  of  the 
number  are  living,  namely:  Harry  A.,  still  a  resident  of  Wheeling:  Mrs.  John  R. 
Pogue.  living  at  West  Alexander.  West  Virginia;  Mrs.  J.  A.  Miller,  of  Wheeling:  Mrs. 
Samuel  Bane,  whose  home  is  in  Wellsburg,  West  Virginia;  Mrs.  Ellen  Wiedman, 
located  at  Elm  Grove,  West  Virginia:    and  Charles  M.  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  is  indebted  to  the  public  school  system  of  Wheeling  for  the 
educational  opportunities  which  he  enjoyed.  He  passed  through  consecutive  grades  to 
his  graduation  from  the  high  school  and  afterward  he  more  thoroughly  prepared  for 
a  commercial  career  by  a  course  of  study  in  the  Wheeling  Business  College.  He 
next  entered  a  military  school,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1S91.  Later  he 
established  himself  in  the  candy  manufacturing  business  in  Wheeling  and  became  one 
of  the  most  successful  manufacturers  and  business  men  of  the  city.  He  continued 
at  the  head  of  the  business  for  twenty-two  years  and  developed  it  to  large  propor- 
tions. His  enterprise,  thorough  reliability  and  progressiveness  brought  to  him  a 
very  substantial  trade,  but,  attracted  by  the  west,  he  at  length  disposed  of  his  interests 
in  his  native  place  and  came  to  Denver,  where  he  arrived  in  1913.  He  soon  found  an 
opening  consistent  with  his  active  ideas  and  laudable  ambition  and  invested  his  capital 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  417 

In  the  Ferris-Conaway  Real  Estate  &  Investment  Company,  of  which  he  was  made 
vice  president.  He  has  since  been  active  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the  company 
and  they  are  now  conducting  a  very  large  business  in  the  investment  field.  The  officers 
are  among  the  well  known  and  representative  men  of  the  city  and  the  clientage  is 
extensive  and  of  an  important  character.  Their  business  methods  will  bear  the 
closest  investigation  and  scrutiny,  their  success  being  the  direct  result  of  close 
application,   unfaltering   purpose   and   indefatigable   energy. 

On  the  14th  of  March,  1900,  Mr.  Deiters  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lulu 
Stringer,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  O.  C.  Stringer,  of  West  Virginia,  and  they 
havfe  become  parents  of  a  daughter,  Lucille,  who  was  born  in  Wheeling  in  1905  and 
who  is  attending  the  Park  Hill  school  of  Denver. 

In  politics  Mr.  Deiters  maintains  an  independent  course.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Scottish  Rite  Mason,  having  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  in  Colorado  Consistory. 
He  and  his  wife  hold  membership  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  they  occupy 
an  enviable  social  position,  having  many  warm  friends  in  the  city,  the  number  of 
whom  is  constantly  increasing  as  the  circle  of  their  acquaintance  widens. 


EDWARD  L.  KEEHN. 


Edward  L.  Keehn,  a  man  of  inventive  genius  and  marked  mechanical  skill  and 
Ingenuity,  removed  from  Ohio  to  Colorado  in  the  year  1873  and  his  remaining  days 
were  passed  in  this  state,  covering  a  period  of  forty  years.  Mr.  Keehn  was  in  the 
employ  of  the  city  of  Denver  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  and  was  the  engineer  of  the 
first  waterworks  system  that  was  installed  in  the  city.  He  remained  for  a  long  period 
with  the  water  company  and  then  accepted  a  position  with  the  fire  department  as 
engineer.  It  was  he  who  had  charge  of  the  first  fire  engine  in  Denver.  Later  he  was 
transferred  to  the  electrical  department  of  the  city  service  and  there  continued  until 
he  tendered  his  resignation  in  1912.  He  possessed  marked  inventive  ability  and 
brought  out  many  valuable  devices  which  have  come  into  general  use.  It  was  he  who 
invented  and  patented  the  harness  hangers  which  are  in  use  in  the  different  fire 
stations  in  Denver  today,  and  many  other  examples  of  his  skill,  handiwork  and 
initiative  are  yet  to  be  seen. 

On  the  3d  of  February,  1880,  Edward  L.  Keehn  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Mary  F.  Griffin,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Johanna  (Kennedy)  Griffin,  who  are  mentioned 
elsewhere  in  this  work.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keehn  became  the  parents  of  three  children: 
Tina,  now  the  wife  of  Harry  Huffman,  of  Denver;  Alma;  and  Roy.  Mrs.  Keehn  is 
very  active  in  social  and  club  circles  in  Denver  and  she  is  a  valued  member  of  the 
Territorial  Daughters  of  Colorado.  She  is  continually  engaged  in  some  service  for  the 
public  good  and  by  reason  of  her  charming  personality,  executive  ability  and  wide 
vision  is  in  great  demand  as  a  social  worker,  her  efforts  being  attended  by  most  sub- 
stantial and  gratifying  results. 


JOHN  RANDOLPH  BREWER. 

John  Randolph  Brewer,  a  retired  farmer  of  Adams  county,  dates  his  residence  in 
Colorado  from  18G3  and  in  1864  the  family  home  was  established  upon  the  farm  which 
he  now  owns  and  cultivates.  He  was  born  in  Carrollton,  Kentucky,  September  14,  1851, 
his  parents  being  John  I.  and  Hannah  C.  (Zllar)  Brewer.  The  father  was  born  amid 
the  Blue  Ridge  mountains  of  Virginia,  while  the  mother  was  a  native  of  Kentucky. 
Mr.  Brewer  devoted  his  time  and  energies  to  the  occupation  of  farming  and  on  leaving 
Kentucky  in  1861  removed  to  Missouri  with  his  family,  living  in  that  state  for  two 
years.  In  1863  he  came  with  his  wife  and  children  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  what  is 
now  Adams  county,  taking  up  his  abode  upon  a  farm.  The  following  year  he  entered 
as  a  claim  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  upon  which  his  son,  John  R.,  now 
resides.  With  characteristic  energy  he  began  the  development  and  improvement  of  the 
place  and  as  the  years  passed  added  to  it  modern  equipment.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
died  on  this  farm. 

John  R.  Brewer  was  one  of  a  family  of  five  children,  three  of  whom  are  now  living. 

His  youthful  days  were  spent  in  the  usual  manner  of  the  farmbred  boy  who  divides  his 

time  between  the  acquirement  of  a  public  school  education  and  the  work  of  the  farm 

and  after  attaining  his  majority  he  began  farming  on  his  own  account  on  the  old  home- 

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420  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

stead  which  he  now  owns,  comprising  seventy-two  acres  of  irrigated  land.  His  work 
is  evidenced  in  the  excellent  appearance  of  the  place  and  in  the  improvements  which 
he  has  put  upon  it.  His  has  been  an  active  and  useful  life  and  whatever  success  he 
has  achieved  has  come  as  the  direct  reward  of  his  persistent  and  earnest  efforts  at 
farming  and  stock  raising. 

Mr.  Brewer  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  but  has  never  sought  or  desired 
oflBce.  He  belongs  to  the  Grange  and  is  interested  in  its  work  to  disseminate  knowledge 
that  will  promote  the  agricultural  development  of  the  county.  There  are  few  residents 
of  Adams  county  who  have  so  long  resided  within  its  borders  as  Mr.  Brewer,  who  has 
made  his  home  here  for  flfty-five  years.  There  is  no  phase  of  its  growth  and  develop- 
ment with  which  he  is  not  familiar  and  his  reminiscences  of  the  early  days  are  most 
interesting. 


JOHN  GRIFFIN. 


A  glance  at  the  history  of  past  centuries  will  indicate  at  once  what  would  be 
position  of  the  world  if  mining  interests  had  had  no  part  in  industrial  and 
cial  life.  Only  a  few  centuries  ago  agriculture  was  almost  the  only  occupation  of 
man.  A  landed  proprietor  surrounded  himself  with  his  tenants  and  his  serfs,  who 
tilled  his  broad  fields,  while  he  reaped  the  reward  of  their  labors.  But  when  the  rich 
mineral  resources  of  the  world  were  placed  upon  the  market  industry  found  its  way 
into  new  and  broader  fields,  minerals  were  used  in  the  production  of  hundreds  of 
inventions  and  the  business  of  nations  was  revolutionized.  When  considering  these 
facts  we  can  in  a  measure  determine  the  value  to  mankind  of  the  mining  interests. 
One  who  was  connected  with  the  development  of  these  interests  of  Colorado  was 
John  Griffin,  who  became  a  pioneer  in  this  field  of  labor  and  remained  a  mining  man 
throughout  his  life. 

Mr.  Griffin  was  born  in  Ireland  but  at  a  very  early  age  was  brought  to  the  United 
States  by  his  parents.  When  he  arrived  in  Colorado  he  cast  in  his  lot  with  those  brave 
men  who  were  facing  hardships  and  dangers  in  order  to  develop  the  rich  mineral 
resources  with  which  nature  had  endowed  the  state.  He  courageously  bore  his  part 
in  the  arduous  task  and  ever  continued  in  active  connection  with  the  mining  interests 
of  Colorado. 

Mr.  Griffin  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Johanna  Kennedy,  who  was  born  on  the 
Atlantic  while  her  parents  were  en  route  from  Ireland  to  the  new  world.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Griffin  became  the  parents  of  ten  children,  of  whom  four  daughters  are  living, 
Mrs.  Mary  Keehn,  Mrs.  James  Dooley,  Mrs.  Anna  Katen  and  Mrs.  Frank  McNerney, 
all  of  whom  are  yet  residents  of  Denver.  The  parents  have  now  passed  away,  the 
father  having  died  in  1883  and  the  mother  in  1S84.  Mr.  Griffin,  however,  is  still  remem- 
bered by  many  of  the  old  mining  men  of  the  state,  where  his  labors  constituted  an 
Initial  element  in  the  utilization  of  Colorado's  vast  mining  interests. 


WILLIAM    A.    HOVER. 


William  A.  Hover,  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  and  president  of  the 
United  States  National  Bank  at  the  corner  of  Seventeenth  and  Stout  streets  in  Denver 
and  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  W.  A.  Hover  &  Company,  wholesale  druggists,  was 
born  at  Mazomanie,  Wisconsin,  on  the  9th  of  March,  1856,  and  there  led  the  quieb 
and  uneventful  life  of  a  village  lad.  He  is  the  son  of  William  Ulysses  and  Harriet 
(Harbaugh)  Hover,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  He  was  graduated  from  the 
high  school  of  his  native  town  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  and  matriculated  in  the 
University  of  Wisconsin  at  Madison,  becoming  a  freshman  in  that  institution  in  1873. 
There  he  was  graduated  with  honors,  winning  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Mining 
Engineering.  The  succeeding  year  was  spent  by  him  in  Columbia  College,  now 
Columbia  University,  as  a  student  in  the  School  of  Mines,  after  which  he  made  his 
way  directly  to  Colorado,   settling  at  Lake  City,  where  he  engaged   in  assaying. 

The  year  1878  witnessed  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Hover  in  Denver,  where  he  became 
associated  with  J.  0.  Bosworth,  a  retail  druggist,  under  the  firm  name  of  Bosworth 
&  Hover.  A  year  later  he  purchased  Mr.  Bosworth's  interests  and  established  the 
firm  of  W.  A.  Hover  &  Company.  Their  trade  increased  but  after  a  time  they  dis- 
continued  retailing   and   concentrated   their   efforts   and    attention   upon   the   wholesale 


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trade  exclusively,  developing  one  of  tlie  largest  wholesale  drug  houses  of  the  west. 
In  the  conduct  of  his  interests  Mr.  Hover  has  ever  held  closely  to  the  highest  stand- 
ards of  commercial  ethics.  He  has  built  up  his  business  along  constructive  lines  and 
his  path  has  never  been  strewn  with  the  wreck  of  other  men's  fortunes.  His  identifica- 
tion with  the  United  States  National  Bank  dates  from  its  inception.  He  became  its 
first  president  but  afterward  resigned  that  position  and  is  now  chairman  of  its  board 
of  directors.  He  was,  however,  reelected  president  and  chairman  of  the  board  at  the 
death  of  the  acting  president.  He  has  studied  banking  with  the  same  thoroughness 
with  which  he  has  studied  the  wholesale  drug  trade  and  his  developing  powers  have 
placed   him   in   the  front  rank  among  the  financial  leaders  of  the  state. 

On  the  1st  of  September,  1886,  Jlr.  Hover  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Marianna 
Vought,  a  native  of  Milwaukee.  Wisconsin.  The  children  of  this  marriage  are  William 
Tracy,  Mary  Throckmorton,  Ruth  Grandin,  Harriet  Harbaugh,  Dorothy  Adgate,  James 
T.,   Anne   Vought,    Charles    Stedman    and    Lloyd   Barberie. 

Mr.  Hover  is  well  known  in  the  club  circles  of  the  city,  having  membership  in 
the  Denver,  the  Denver  Athletic,  the  Denver  Country  and  the  University  Clubs.  In 
religious  faith  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  having  membership  in  St.  Mark's  church.  For 
years  he  was  chairman  of  the  traffic  bureau  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial 
Association  and  has  thus  been  actively  and  helpfully  interested  in  many  plans  and 
measures  which  have  to  do  with  the  upbuilding  and  development  of  the  city.  His 
business  activities,  too,  have  been  an  element  in  substantial  growth  and  progress  in 
Denver.  The  firm  of  W.  A.  Hover  &  Company  occupies  a  fine  modern  structure  in  a 
central  location — at  the  southwest  corner  of  Fourteenth  and  Lawrence  streets  in 
Denver.  Mr.  Hover's  beautiful  home  is  at  the  corner  of  Colfax  and  Lafayette  streets 
in  Denver.  His  interest  centers  in  his  family,  to  whose  welfare  he  is  most  devoted, 
and  he  is  a  kind  and  loving  husband  and  father.  In  business  circles  he  has  the  reputa- 
tion of  being  a  man  of  absolute  integrity  as  well  as  enterprise. 


GUY  E.  LOOMIS. 


Guy  E.  Loomis,  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Berthoud,  was  horn  near 
Fort  Collins,  in  Larimer  county,  Colorado,  May  16,  1869,  a  son  of  Abner  and  Isabelle 
(Allen)  Loomis,  who  were  natives  of  New  York  and  of  Missouri  respectively.  The 
father  was  a  stockman  who  in  1850  went  to  California  and  in  1860  came  to  Colorado, 
at  which  time  he  located  on  the  Poudre  river  in  Larimer  county,  where  he  purchased 
land  and  engaged  in  the  stock  business.  He  was  also  interested  in  the  Poudre  Valley 
National  Bank  of  Fort  Collins  and  was  its  president  for  a  number  of  years.  He  con- 
tinuously resided  in  Fort  Collins  from  1872  and  was  one  of  the  most  valued  and 
respected  citizens  as  well  as  prominent  financiers  and  business  men  of  that  place. 
He  died  in  August,  1904,  having  for  a  number  of  years  survived  his  wife,  who  passed 
away  in  October,  1892. 

Guy  E.  Loomis  was  reared  and  educated  in  Fort  Collins  and  in  Denver,  Colorado, 
remaining  with  his  parents  until  he  attained  his  majority.  He  then  became  a  book- 
keeper in  the  Poudre  Valley  National  Bank,  occupying  that  position  for  three  years, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  the  clothing  business  in  Fort  Collins,  conducting  his  store 
successfully  for  thirteen  years,  during  which  time  he  ranked  as  one  of  the  repro:- 
sentative  merchants  of  that  place.  He  then  sold  out  and  removed  to  Berthoud,  where 
he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  First  National  Bank  in  1906.  He  has  from  the 
beginning  served  as  its  cashier,  while  the  other  oificers  are  F.  A.  Bein,  president,  and 
John  B.  Everhard,  vice  president.  The  bank  is  capitalized  for  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars  and  has  a  surplus  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  while  its  deposits  now  amount  to 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  thousand  dollars.  Under  the  guidance  of  Mr.  Loomis 
and  his  associate  officers  the  bank  has  enjoyed  an  era  of  continued  prosperity  and 
growth  and  he  has  made  for  himself  a  creditable  position  in  financial  circles,  just  as 
he  had  in  mercantile  circles  in  Fort  Collins. 

In  September,  1896.  Mr.  Loomis  was  married  to  Miss  Irene  C.  Edwards,  of  Fort 
Collins,  who  passed  away  in  August,  1909.  In  April,  1915,  he  was  again  married,  his 
second  union  being  with  Lena  N.  Fairbairn,  and  to  them  has  been  born  a  daughter, 
Helen  Isabelle,  whose  birth  occurred  in  August,  1916. 

Mr.  Loomis  has  been  somewhat  prominent  in  public  affairs.*  He  served  as  city 
treasurer  of  Fort  Collins  for  one  term  and  has  been  city  clerk  of  Berthoud.  He  has 
figured  mostly,  however,  in  business  connections  and  aside  from  his  service  as  cashier 
of  the  Berthoud  bank  he  is  a  stockholder  of  the  Poudre  Valley  National  Bank  of  Fort 


422  HISTORY  Ol'  COLORADO 

Collins  and  is  the  owner  ot  two  hundred  acres  of  valuable  land  in  Larimfer  county, 
while  in  partnership  with  his  father-in-law  he  is  the  owner  of  one  hundred  and  eighty 
acres,  whereon  they  are  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  raising  polled  Durham  cattle. 
In  all  business  affairs  Mr.  Loomis  displays  sound  judgment  and  unfaltering  enterprise, 
and  his  high  purpose  and  determination  carry  him  forward  to  success.  His  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party  but  without  desire  for  office  as  a  reward 
for  party  fealty.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity,  having  membership  in  the 
lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  at  Fort  Collins,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Eastern 
Star,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  religious  faith 
is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  which  guides  him  in  all  of  the  relations  of  life. 
His  has  been  an  active  and  useful  career,  contributing  to  the  material  progress  and 
upbuilding  of  the  districts  in  which  he  has  lived  as  well  as  to  the  advancement  of  his 
individual  fortune. 


JAMES  FOREST  CARL. 


The  enterprising  town  of  Brighton  stands  largely  as  a  monument  to  the  building 
skill  of  James  Forest  Carl,  one  of  its  oldest  settlers  and  the  builder  of  its  first  brick 
house.  Since  that  date  he  has  erected  many  of  the  brick  buildings  ot  the  town  and 
has  ever  stood  for  progress  and  improvement  there.  He  was  born  in  Henry  county. 
Iowa,  July  2.  1S60,  a  son  of  Martin  L.  and  Amanda  ( Ballard  l  Carl.  With  the  removal 
of  the  family  to  southwestern  Iowa,  he  pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  that 
section  until  he  reached  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  He  afterward  went  to  Kansas, 
where  he  lived  for 'three  years,  and  in  1881  he  arrived  in  Colorado,  making  his  way 
to  Brighton  in  1882.  He  is  a  bricklayer  by  trade  and  here  he  began  work  along  that 
line,  building  the  first  brick  house  of  the  town.  His  excellent  workmanship  won  for 
him  a  liberal  patronage  and  his  time  was  constantly  occupied 'with  building  opera- 
tions, most  of  the  brick  structures  of  Brighton  standing  as  evidence  of  his  skill 
and  of  his  industry.  He  has  since  continued  to  work  along  that  line  and  among  the 
structures  which  he  has  erected  are  the  Leffingwell  block,  the  First  National  Bank 
Building,  the  Presbyterian  church  and  the  best   residences  of   Brighton. 

Mr.  Carl  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Adella  Taylor,  of  Brighton,  who  passed 
away  in  1914,  leaving  two  children,  James  Edward  and  Almeda  Lillian.  On  the  17th 
of  May.  1915.  Mr.  Carl  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being  with  Mrs.  W.  R. 
Armington.  He  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  but  not  an  office  seeker,  pre- 
ferring to  concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  business  affairs.  He  has 
never  been  remiss  in  the  duties  of  citizenship,  however,  and  has  given  hearty  aid  and 
cooperation  to  all  plans  and  measures  for  the  upbuilding  of  his  town  and  the  advance- 
ment of  its  best  interests. 


CHARLES  G.  BUCKINGHAM. 


Charles  G.  Buckingham,  president  of  the  National  State  Bank  of  Boulder  and  a 
prominent  figure  in  the  financial  circles  of  his  section  of  the  state,  was  born  in  Van 
Wert,  Ohio,  in  1846.  His  father.  Walter  Buckingham,  was  born  in  Muskingum  county. 
Ohio,  in  1812  and  was  a  son  of  Milton  Buckingham,  who  went  from  Connecticut  to  the 
middle  west,  having  been  a  representative  of  one  of  the  old  new  England  families. 
Walter  Buckingham  was  reared  to  farm  life  but  devoted  much  of  his  attention  to 
merchandising  after  attaining  his  majority  and  was  thus  long  associated  with  the 
business  interests  of  Van  Wert,  Ohio.  He  was  there  married  to  Miss  Priscilla  Strother 
and  passed  away  in  the  year  1849,  when  but  thirty-seven  years  of  age.  His  widow 
long  survived  and  departed  this  life  in  1912. 

Charles  G.  Buckingham  pursued  his  early  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Van  Wert,  Ohio,  and  later  spent  two  years  as  a  student  in  Kenyon  College.  In  1870 
he  arrived  in  Colorado,  then  a  young  man  of  twenty-four  years,  and  took  up  his  abode 
in  the  town  of  Greeley,  which  had  just  been  founded.  There  he  resided  for  four  years, 
being  senior  member  of  the  private  bank  of  Emerson,  West  &  Buckingham,  and  in 
1875  he  removed  to  Boulder  and  started  the  bank  of  Buckingham  Brothers.  Here  he 
has  since  made  his  home,  covering  a  period  of  more  than   forty-three  years.     He  has 


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424  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

throughout  the  greater  part  of  his  life  been  actively  and  continuously  connected  with 
banking  and  there  are  few  men  in  the  state  who  have  a  more  comprehensive  and 
accurate  knowledge  of  the  banking  business  in  all  of  its  departments.  In  1877  he  was 
elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  National  State  Bank  of  Boulder  which  took  over  the 
private  bank  of  Buckingham  Brothers  and  for  forty-one  years  has  continued  in  that 
position,  directing  the  interests  and  shaping  the  policy  of  the  institution,  which  has 
long  been   regarded   as  one  of   the   foremost  banks   of  that  section   of  the  state. 

Mr.  Buckingham  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  serving  as  a  trustee, 
and  he  belongs  to  the  Boulder  Club.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican 
party  and  while  he  keeps  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  he  does 
not  seek  nor  desire  public  oflBce. 


ROBERT  H.  HARTLEY. 


Robert  H.  Hartley,  deceased,  who  for  many  years  was  actively  identiiied  with 
farming  interests  in  Adams  county,  was  born  in  Illinois  on  the  18th  of  December, 
1854,  a  son  of  Basil  and  Mary  Hartley,  who  were  also  natives  of  the  Prairie  state, 
-where  the  father  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  throughout  his  active  business 
career,  making  his  home  in  Fulton  county,  where  both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away. 

Robert  H.  Hartley  was  the  thirteenth  child  born  to  his  parents  and  all  have  now 
departed  this  life.  He  was  reared  in  Illinois  in  the  usual  manner  of  the  farmbred 
boy  and  pursued  his  education  in  the  district  schools  near  his  home.  On  attaining 
his  majority  he  left  his  native  state  and  made  his  way  to  Nebraska,  where  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Isabel  McCracken,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Edith  (Boyle) 
McCracken.  Her  mother  was  a  native  of  Indiana,  while  her  father  was  born  in 
Ireland.  Following  their  marriage  they  removed  to  Ohio  and  afterward  became  resi- 
dents of  Nebraska,  where  they  continued  to  reside  until  called  to  their  final  rest. 
They  had  a  family  of  nine  children,  including  two  pairs  of  twins,  and  eight  of  the 
children  are  yet  living. 

It  was  in  the  year  1S95  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hartley  removed  to  Colorado  and 
settled  upon  a  farm  a  mile  north  of  East  Lake  in  Adams  county.  Mr.  Hartley  pur- 
chased one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which  he  at  once  began  to  develop  and 
improve,  transforming  it  into  productive  fields.  It  is  all  irrigated  land  and  responds 
readily  to  the  care  and  labor  which  is  bestowed  upon  it,  large  crops  being  annually 
gathered. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hartley  were  born  four  children:  Grace,  who  is  the  wife  of 
Stephen  H.  McMonigal;  Lida,  the  wife  of  O.  W.  Poitz;  George  M.;  and  Edith,  the 
wife  of  W.  L.  Murphy.  The  husband  and  father  passed  away  in  October,  1905,  and 
was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Wesley  Chapel  cemetery,  his  death  being  deeply  deplored  by 
his  widow  and  children  and  also  by  many  friends  who  had  held  him  in  the  highest 
esteem.  Mrs.  Hartley  still  occupies  the  homestead  farm  and  is  one  of  the  highly 
respected  residents  of  the  community.  She  has  now  made  her  home  in  Colorado  for 
almost  a  quarter  of  a  century,  living  throughout  the  entire  period  on  the  farm  which 
she  yet  occupies,  and  she  has  therefore  witnessed  much  of  the  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  this  section  of  the  state. 


CHARLES  B.  AMES. 


Not  only  is  Charles  B.  Ames  a  foremost  representative  of  important  and  extensive 
agricultural  and  stock  interests  near  Parker,  but  he  also  is  closely  identified  with 
financial  affairs  of  his  section  of  the  state,  serving  at  the  present  time  as  president 
of  the  Parker  State  Bank,  which  Institution  under  his  able  guidance  and  chairmanship 
has  made  rapid  progress  within  the  last  few  years,  now  being  numbered  among 
the  substantial,   trustworthy  and   confidence-inspiring  banks   of   the   state.     . 

Mr.  Ames  was  born  in  1S49  in  Washington  county,  Ohio,  a  son  of  Cyrus  and 
Sarah  (Porter)  Ames,  both  natives  of  Ohio.  Their  son,  our  subject,  was  reared 
under  the  parental  roof  and  his  parents  instilled  into  him  the  first  valuable  lessons 
in  regard  to  life's  practical  duties.  Thus  were  implanted  in  him  those  rugged  char- 
acteristics which  have  largely  been  the  foundation  of  his  successful  life's  course. 
In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  he  attended  the  common  schools,  thus  preparing 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  425 

for  an  active  career.  Subsequently  Mr.  Ames  turned  his  attention  to  the  lines  of 
commerce  and  for  about  six  years  conducted  and  owned  a  meat  market  in  Belpre, 
Washington  county,  Ohio.  That  state  remained  his  home  until  he  reached  the  age 
of  thirty-two  years,  when  in  1881  he  came  west,  visiting  the  states  of  Colorado,  Kansas 
and  New  Mexico,  being  thoroughly  convinced  that  in  this  vast,  and  fast  growing 
district  his  opportunity  would  come  to  him.  Establishing  his  homestead  right  in 
New  Mexico,  he  took  up  land  near  Albuquerque,  to  which  he  gave  his  attention  for 
some  time,  but  later  came  to  Douglas  county,  where  he  bought  land  two  and  a  half 
miles  north  of  Parker.  He  brought  his  land  under  cultivation  and  as  his  means 
permitted  he  gradually  added  valuable  buildings  and  other  equipment  and  machinery, 
Increasing  the  productivity  of  his  fields  from  year  to  year  and  adding  to  his  acres 
until  he  now  owns  twelve  hundred  and  ninety-five  acres,  being  one  of  the  foremost 
agriculturists  of  his  county.  He  largely  gives  his  attention  to  stock  raising,  conduct- 
ing a  profitable  dairy.  In  all  that  Mr.  Ames  has  ever  undertaken  he  has  been  guided 
by  progressive  and  modern  ideas,  which  he  combines  with  a  practical  understanding  of 
local  conditions  and  thus  has  been  enabled  to  acquire  a  substantial  position  in  his  com- 
munity. Moreover,  he  is  now  president  of  the  Parker  State  Bank,  thus  being  con- 
nected with  an  institution  which  reflects  the  substantial  growth  of  his  district  and 
which  has  been  of  great  benefit  to  the  inhabitants  of  Parker  and  vicinity.  As  chief 
executive  ofiicer  and  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  Mr.  Ames  has  in  large  measure 
made  possible  the  success  of  this  enterprise  and  his  policy  of  honesty  and  fair  dealing 
as  well  as  progress  has  been  the  dominant  note  in  guiding  the  destinies  of  the  bank. 

In  1871  Mr.  Ames  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Agnes  Prince,  a  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Hubbard  and  Elizabeth  (Kinchelo)  Prince,  natives  of  West  Virginia.  The  father 
of  Mrs.  Ames  was  a  Methodist  minister  who  devoted  his  labors  to  the  spread  of  that 
faith.  Of  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ames  five  children  are  living.  Lena  L.,  the 
eldest  of  the  family,  is  at  home  with  her  parents.  Blanche  B.  is  now  very  successfully 
conducting  a  beauty  parlor  in  Denver,  both  she  and  her  sister  Lena  having  received 
a  thorough  education,  rounding  out  their  courses  by  attendance  at  the  School  of  Ora- 
tory in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  Stark  P.,  the  elder  son,  married  Alice  Buterbaugh, 
by  whom  he  has  a  daughter,  Esther,  and  is  now  located  on  a  ranch  near  Keenesburg, 
Colorado.  Mary  A.,  who  took  a  course  in  domestic  science  and  has  the  B.  S.  degree 
from  the  Agricultural  College  of  Colorado,  married  Ernest  H.  Bader  and  they  reside 
at  Hesperus,  La  Plata  county,  Colorado.  Mr.  Bader  is  a  high  school  teacher  and  farm 
superintendent  at  the  Fort  Lewis  School.  There  is  one  daughter  in  this  family,  Ruth 
M.  Cyrus  H.  Ames,  the  youngest  in  the  family,  is  manager  of  his  father's  large  home 
ranch.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Agricultural  College  at  Fort  Collins  and  for  two 
and  a  half  years  was  connected  with  the  government  field  service  as  veterinary  sur- 
geon, stationed  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and  Denver,  Colorado. 
He  married  Gretchen  M.  Parker,  who  was  graduated  at  Fort  Collins,  having  pursued 
a  course  in  domestic  science. 

In  Parker  and  vicinity  Mr.  Ames  and  his  family  have  many  friends,  all  of  whom 
are  in  complete  accord  in  regard  to  the  high  qualities  of  heart  and  mind  which 
distinguish  the  family.  Mr.  Ames  has  ever  been  a  leader  in  agricultural  development 
and  thus  has  inspired  others  to  follow  in  his  footsteps,  thus  raising  farming  standards 
in  his  vicinity.  Public  interests  have  ever  been  near  his  heart  and  he  has  been  a 
member  of  the  local  school  board  for  twenty-five  years.  He  and  his  family  attend  the 
Methodist  church  and  Mr.  Ames  is  also  a  member  of  the  Grange.  His  valuable  farm 
property,  comprising  excellent  buildings,  a  fine  artesian  water  supply  for  his  house 
and  barns  and  numerous  other  improvements,  stands  as  evidence  of  a  life  of  industry 
and  energy,  a  life  that  has  been  guided  by  an  indomitable  spirit  of  enterprise,  combined 
with  sound  judgment.  Mr.  Ames  came  to  the  west  in  order  to  seek  opportunities 
for  advancement.  He  has  found  those  opportunities  and  made  the  best  use  of  them, 
thus  gaining  for  himself  a  position  as  one  of  the  most  substantial  citizens  in  Douglas 
county. 


WILLIAM  E.  BADER. 


William  E.  Bader  resides  on  section  31,  township  5,  range  68,  in  Larimer  county, 
four  and  a  quarter  miles  southeast  of  Loveland.  He  is  one  of  Colorado's  native  sons, 
his  birth  having  occurred  in  Boulder  county,  one  mile  north  of  Niwot,  on  the  21st  of 
November,  1868^  His  parents  were  Nicholas  E.  and  Eliza  (Greub)  Bader.  The  father 
was  born  in  Baden,  Germany,   and   the  mother  in   Switzerland.     He  followed   farming 


426  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

as  a  life  work  before  coming  to  America.  On  his  arrival  in  the  United  States  hn 
first  settled  for  a  brief  period  in  Oliio  and  then  removed  to  Knoxville,  Iowa,  and  in 
1859  or  1860  came  to  Colorado,  homesteading  the  land  upon  which  his  widow  now 
resides.  He  there  engaged  in  farming  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  5th  of 
December,  1873.  His  widow  afterward  became  the  wife  of  Clemens  Knaus.  Her  father 
had  come  to  Colorado  at  a  very  early  date,  removing  to  this  state  from  Missouri,  at 
which  time  he  traveled  by  ox  team  and  wagon.  He  also  homesteaded  near  where  Mrs. 
Knaus  now  resides  in  Boulder  county,  one  mile  north  of  Niwot. 

William  E.  Bader  was  reared  and  educated  in  Boulder  county,  pursuing  his  studies 
in  the  Longmont  high  school  and  also  in  a  business  college  at  Greeley,  Colorado.  He 
made  his  home  with  an  uncle  and  attended  business  college  after  leaving  his  mother's 
home.  Later  he  worked  as  a  farm  hand  for  three  years  and  during  that  period  care- 
fully saved  his  earnings  until  his  industry  and  economy  had  brought  him  sufficient 
capital  to  enable  him  to  purchase  land.  He  then  bought  his  present  place  of  eighty 
acres  in  Larimer  county  and  through  the  intervening  years  has  improved  and  developed 
it  and  now  has  it  in  excellent  shape.  He  has  now  cultivated  this  place  for  twenty- 
seven  years,  and  during  this  period  he  has  never  been  out  of  the  state  but  once.  He  has 
been  very  successful  as  a  farmer  and  his  labors  have  been  wisely  and  carefully  directed, 
bringing  to  him  a  substantial  measure  of  success.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Long- 
mont  Farmers'   Mill   &   Elevator   Company. 

On  the  11th  of  February,  1892,  Mr.  Bader  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sara'n 
E.  Welty,  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Beach)  Welty,  who  were  natives  of 
Pennsylvania  and  of  Germany  respectively.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  painter. 
He  went  to  Iowa  at  an  early  day.  settling  in  Cedar  county,  where  he  purchased  land 
which  he  continued  to  cultivate  throughout  his  remaining  days,  his  life's  labors  being 
ended  by  death  in  1907.  He  had  long  survived  his  wife,  who  passed  away  in  1876.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bader  have  been  born  six  children,  namely:  Ernest  H.,  Ada  R.,  Ivan  E., 
Orla  W.,   Ray   L.   and   Paul  F. 

Mr.  Bader  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party,  and  while  he  has 
never  sought  political  office,  he  has  served  on  the  school  board  of  his  district  for 
twenty-four  successive  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge  and  his 
religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  to  the  teachings  of  which  he  loyally 
adheres,  doing  all  in  his  power  to  promote  the  growth  of  the  church  and  extend  its 
influence. 


EMIL  C.  IMMER. 


One  of  the  best  improved  ranches  of  Colorado  is  the  property  of  Emil  C.  Immer, 
who  purchased  it  about  three  years  ago.  This  place  is  known  as  the  Pine  Grove  ranch 
and  is  situated  on  East  Cherry  creek,  near  Table  Rock,  in  the  northern  part  of  El 
Paso  county.  It  comprises  twenty-two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  and  is  a  valuable  prop- 
erty, indicating  in  its  attractive  appearance  the  careful  and  systematic  supervision  of 
a   progressive  owner. 

Mr.  Immer  is  a  native  of  Illinois.  He  was  born  in  Madison  county,  that  state, 
March  17,  1875,  a  son  of  Christian  and  Mary  (Hertig)  Immer,  who  were  natives  of 
Switzerland.  The  father  came  to  America  in  the  late  '50s  and  after  the  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  war  responded  to  the  call  of  his  adopted  country  for  military  aid.  He 
enlisted  in  the  Union  army  September  19,  1861,  as  a  member  of  the  Fifteenth  Missouri 
Infantry  and  served  his  country  most  faithfully,  participating  in  numerous  impor- 
tant engagements  until  honorably  discharged  at  the  close  of  his  three  years'  term  on  the 
24th  of  September,  1864. 

Emil  C.  Immer  obtained  his  early  education  in  the  common  schools  of  Illinois, 
and  when  but  a  young  lad  removed  with  his  parents  to  Pratt.  Kansas,  where  he  fin- 
ished his  education  and  remained  under  the  parental  roof  to  the  time  of  his  marriage, 
which  was  celebrated  in  1905,  when  Miss  Ethel  Cogswell  became  his  wife.  She  is  a 
native  of  Missouri,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Cogswell  family,  which  is  today  one  of  the 
oldest  and  largest  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Immer  have  become  parents 
of  three  children:  Christine,  aged  twelve;  Jean,  aged  ten;  and  Margaret,  a  little  maiden 
of  nine  summers.  The  family  reside  on  Pine  Grove  ranch  in  an  attractive  two-story 
residence  supplied  with  hot  and  cold  water  and  all  modern  improvements.  Every 
accessory  and  convenience  of  a  city  dwelling  and  of  a  model  farm  property  is  found 
upon  this  place.  Water  is  piped  to  the  barns  and  every  facility  has  been  secured  for 
the  care  of  the  stock.     Mr.  Immer  is  devoting  his  land  to  the  raising  of  small  grains 


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428  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  in  the  year  191S  threshed  over  five  thousand  bushels.  He  also  has  a  large  acreage 
devoted  to  potatoes  and  his  business  is  being  most  carefully  and  successfully  con- 
ducted. The  Pine  Grove  ranch  indeed  deserves  its  well  earned  reputation  as  being  one 
of  the  finest  places  in   the  state. 

Mr.  Immer's  military,  record  covers  service  in  the  Spanish-American  war.  He 
enlisted  at  Denver,  June  17,  1898,  as  a  member  of  Company  E,  First  Regiment,  Colo- 
rado Infantry,  and  was  on  active  duty  in  the  Philippines,  being  mustered  out  with 
his  command  at  San  Francisco  September  8,  1899.  He  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  belong 
ing  to  Kirwin  Lodge,  No.  175,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Kirwin,  Kansas,  and  Kirwin  Chapter 
No.  66,  R.  A.  M.  He  and  his  wife  are  identified  with  Amicitia  Chapter,  No.  283 
O.  E.  S.,  of  Kirwin.  Kansas.  Mr.  Immer  is  a  loyal  follower  of  the  teachings  of  the 
craft,  which  is  based  upon  a  recognition  of  the  brotherhood  of  mankind  and  the  obliga- 
tions thereby  imposed.  He  has  many  sterling  traits  of  character,  reliability  and  pro 
gressiveness    in   business,    loyalty   in   citizenship   and    fidelity    in    friendship. 


N.   H.   TAYLOR^ 


N.  H.  Taylor  was  one  of  the  pioneer  farmers  of  Adams  county,  where  he  resided 
from  1870  to  the  time  of  his  death.  A  native  son  of  Ohio,  he  was  born  September  8, 
1844,  his  parents  being  Nicholas  and  Susan  iShillenbarger)  Taylor,  both  of  whom 
passed  away  in  Ohio.  Their  family  numbered  thirteen  children  but  none  are  now 
living. 

N.  H.  Taylor  passed  his  youthful  days  in  the  Buckeye  state  and  was  indebted  to 
Its  public  school  system  for  the  educational  opportunities  which  he  enjoyed.  On  leav- 
ing Ohio  he  removed  to  Illinois,  where  he  resided  for  two  years  and  then  came  to 
Colorado,  arriving  in  1870.  He  took  up  his  abode  in  Adams  county  and  purchased  the 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  upon  which  his  widow  now  resides.  It  was  an  ex- 
cellent tract  of  land  in  its  possibilities,  although  at  that  time  not  a  furrow  had  been 
turned  nor  an  improvement  made  upon  the  place.  With  characteristic  energy  he  began 
its  development  and  his  labors  soon  wrought  a  marked  change  in  its  appearance.  Upon 
the  place  is  still  to  be  seen  the  old  stage  log  barn  which  gave  shelter  to  the  stage 
horses  in  the  early  days  when  that  was  the  only  means  of  travel  through  the  district. 
He  worked  untiringly  to  cultivate  his  land  and  in  the  course  of  years  was  gathering 
good  crops.  He  was  always  energetic  and  industrious  and  he  never  stopped  short 
of  the  successful  fulfillment  of  his  plans  and  purposes. 

Mr.  Taylor  was  married  in  Ohio  to  Miss  Almeda  Sims,  a  native  of  that  state 
and  a  daughter  of  James  and  Lucy  (Shackelfoot)  Sims,  who  spent  their  entire  lives 
in  Ohio.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  became  the  parents  of  two  children  but  both  have 
passed  away.  Mrs.  Taylor  has  two  grandchildren  who  are  living.  Edward  Carl  Taylor 
and  Mrs.  Lillian  Drake.  Mrs.  Taylor  still  owns  and  occupies  the  old  homestead  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  from  this  property  derives  a  substantial  annual  income 
which  supplies  her  with  all  of  the  necessities  and  many  of  the  comforts  of  life.  She 
can  relate  many  an  interesting  tale  of  the  early  days  when  this  section  was  upon  the 
western  frontier  and  her  reminiscences  cover  the  period  from  early  pioneer  development 
down  to  the  days  of  present-day  prosperity  and  progress. 


CHARLES  C.  McELRAVY. 


Charles  C.  McElravy,  whose  home  place  is  situated  six  and  a  half  miles  east  of 
Fort  Collins,  in  Larimer  county,  was  born  in  Muscatine  county,  Iowa,  November  30, 
1868,  a  son  of  Franklin  W.  and  Louise  (Dickerson)  McElravy.  The  father  was  born 
in  Ohio,  while  the  mother's  birth  occurred  in  Pennsylvania.  He  followed  farming 
and  also  engaged  in  carpentering.  In  an  early  day  he  went  to  Iowa,  settling  in  that 
state  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  war,  in  which  he  had  served  as  a  member  of 
an  Ohio  regiment  throughout  the  period  of  hostilities.  He  was  wounded  in  the  right 
shoulder  during  one  of  the  many  engagements  in  which  he  actively  participated.  He 
returned  home  at  the  close  of  the  war  with  a  most  creditable  military  record  and  soon 
afterward  removed  to  Muscatine  county,  Iowa,  where  he  purchased  eighty  acres  of 
land,  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  for  a  number  of  years.  He  then  went  to 
Nebraska  and  bought  land  which  he  further  developed  and  improved  for  about  thirty- 
five  years.     To  him  and  his  wife  were  born  eight  children,  seven  sons  and  a  daughter, 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  429 

and  all  are  yet  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McElravy  reared  their  family  in  Iowa  and 
Nebraska  but  on  the  8th  of  March,  1890,  removed  westward  to  Seattle,  where  they 
remained  for  four  years,  after"  which  Mr.  McElravy  went  to  Alaska,  where  he  has  since 
lived,  and  he  is  now  seventy-six  years  of  age.    His  wife  passed  away  in  December,  1906. 

Charles  C.  McElravy  was  reared  and  educated  in  Iowa  and  remained  under  the 
parental  roof  until  he  had  attained  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Subsequently  he  was 
employed  by  others  as  a  farm  hand  for  twelve  years,  after  which  he  cultivated  his 
mother's  place  for  a  year.  In  1892  he  arrived  in  Weld  county,  Colorado,  where  he 
continued  to  work  as  a  farm  hand  for  Ave  years.  He  afterward  rented  land  of  Gov- 
ernor Eaton  for  a  year  and  later  cultivated  another  rented  tract  for  five  years.  Dur- 
ing this  period  he  carefully  saved  his  earnings,  so  that  at  the  end  of  that  time  he  was 
able  to  purchase  two  hundred  acres  of  land,  which  he  has  since  owned  and  operated. 
He  has  greatly  improved  the  place,  bringing  the  land  under  a  high  state  of  cultiva- 
tion and  adding  large,  commodious  and  substantial  buildings  until  he  has  one  of  the 
best  improved  farm  properties  in  his  part  of  the  state.  He  purchased  the  place  for 
ten  thousand  dollars,  or  fifty  dollars  an  acre,  and  has  recently  been  offered  three  hun- 
dred dollars  per  acre,  a  sum  which  he  refused.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  handling  pure 
bred  Belgian  horses.  He  also  raises  a  large  number  of  cattle  and  many  hogs  annu- 
ally and  is  one  of  the  prominent  stockmen  of  his  part  of  the  state,  wisely  and  suc- 
cessfully conducting  his  interests.  He  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Fort  Collins  Dehy- 
drating Plant. 

On  the  8th  of  September,  1890,  Mr.  McElravy  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Tilla  Heath,  who  passed  away  on  the  2d  of  February,  1892.  In  1895  Mr.  McElravy 
was  again  married,  his  second  union  being  with  Nina  Lee,  by  whom  he  has  had  five 
children,  namely:  Pearl,  who  is  the  wife  of  Roland  West,  a  farmer  of  Larimer  county; 
Millard,  who  died  in  1897,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  months;  Mildred,  twenty-one  years 
of  age;   Delia,  aged  sixteen;   and  Roy,  a  lad  of  ten,  who  completes  the  family. 

Mr.  McElravy  is  a  member  of  the  school  board  and  the  cause  of  education  finds 
in  him  an  earnest  supporter.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World  and  in  his  political  views  is  a  stanch  republican.  His  religious  faith 
is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  in  its  teachings  are  found  the  rules 
which  govern  him  in  all  of  his  relations  with  his  fellowmen. 


EDWIN  L.  PITCHER. 


Edwin  L.  Pitcher,  living  on  section  22,  township  7,  range  68  west,  in  Larimer 
county,  his  ranch  being  pleasantly  situated  about  five  miles  southeast  of  Fort  Collins, 
was  born  in  Boonville,  New  York,  December  5.  1864,  a  son  of  Ephraim  and  Jane 
(Franklin)  Pitcher,  who  were  also  natives  of  Boonville.  New  York.  The  father,  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  removed  westward  to  Larimer  county,  Colorado,  in  1886  and 
here  cultivated  rented  land  for  many  years.  He  afterward  took  up  his  abo4e  in  Fort 
Collins  and  was  in  charge  of  the  dormitory  at  the  State  Agricultural  College  for  three 
years.  There  he  continued  to  make  his  home  until  his  life's  labors  were  ended  in 
death  in  September,  1908.     He  had  long  survived  his  wife,  who  died  in  July,  1867. 

Edwin  L.  Pitcher  spent  his  youthful  days  in  New  York  and  Ohio,  his  father  hav- 
ing removed  to  the  latter  state  when  he  was  a  youth  of  thirteen.  When  a  lad  of  fifteen 
he  started  work  on  the  railroad  as  a  brakeman  in  the  employ  of  the  Lake  Shore  & 
Michigan  Southern  and  was  also  for  a  time  employed  on  the  lines  of  the  Pennsylvania 
system.  He  continued  in  that  connection  until  1SS3,  when  he  came  west  to  Denver, 
where  he  was  employed  until  the  fall  of  1884.  He  then  worked  as  a  cowboy  until  1887, 
when  he  rented  land  and  began  ranching,  cultivating  that  place  until  1900,  when  he 
bought  land,  which  he  further  developed  and  improved  through  a  period  of  five  years. 
In  1906  he  made  investment  in  his  present  place,  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres,  and  with  characteristic  energy  began  its  further  cultivation  and  development. 
His  is  a  splendid  ranch  property,  forming  one  of  the  attractive  features  of  the  land- 
scape by  reason  of  the  excellent  buildings,  the  well  kept  fences,  the  highly  cultivated 
fields  and  the  air  of  neatness  and  thrift  which  pervades  the  entire  place.  Mr.  Pitcher 
has  made  a  business  of  feeding  sheep  since  1902  and  in  former  days  he  herded  cattle 
on  the  government  range  for  a  period  of  almost  two  decades,  or  from  1888  until  1906. 
He  also  ranged  horses  and  he  now  makes  a  specialty  of  raising  Percheron  horses.  In 
addition  to  his  home  property  he  owns  a  well  improved  farm  to  the  northwest,  which 
his  son  operates.  He  has  served  as  president  of  the  Lake  Canal  Ditch  and  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  Lake  Canal  Reservoir  Systems  and   is  much  interested   in  the  subject 


430  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

of  irrigation  and  In  all  of  the  problems  connected  therewith.  His  aid  and  influence 
have  ever  been  on  the  side  of  practical  progress  and  improvement  and  his  work  has 
been  productive   of  excellent  results. 

On  the  10th  of  June,  1S90,  Mr.  Pitcher  was  married  to  Miss  Belle  Hulbert,  who  was 
born  in  Wisconsin,  December  24,  1872,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Samantha  (Deberry) 
Hulbert,  who  were  likewise  natives  of  Wisconsin.  The  father  was  a  millwright  and 
worked  at  the  trade  until  he  came  to  Colorado  in  1889,  when  he  rented  land  in  Larimer 
county,  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  for  about  four  years.  He  then  retired  and 
removed  to  Fort  Collins,  where  he  spent  his  remaining  days,  his  death  occurring  in 
November,  1910.  His  wife  passed  away  in  July,  1908.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pitcher  have 
been  born  seven  children:  Edwin,  whose  birth  occurred  in  March,  1892;  Raymond  J., 
who  was  born  in  May,  1893,  and  is  now  operating  one  of  his  father's  farms;  Harry  F., 
who  was  born  in  December,  1895,  and  is  a  member  of  a  balloon  squad  at  West  Point, 
Kentucky;  Arthur  B.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  April.  1896;  Dorothy  J.,  who  was  born 
in  July,  1898.  and  is  attending  business  college;  William  H.,  who  was  born  in  April, 
1900,  and  is  a  high  school  student;  and  Lynn  E.,  who  was  born  in  February,  1904, 
and  is  also  attending  high  school. 

Mr.  Pitcher  exercises  his  right  of  franchise  in  support  of  the  men  and  measures 
of  the  republican  party  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker.  He  belongs  to  the  Bene- 
volent Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  They  are  well  known  residents  of  Larimer  county  and  the  intelligently  directed 
efforts  of  Mr.  Pitcher  have  gained  him  position  among  the  representative  ranchmen  of 
this  section  of  the  state. 


THOMAS  J.  CHANCELLOR. 


Thomas  J.  Chancellor  has  since  February,  1916.  ably  filled  the  position  of  post- 
Brighton  and  for  about  two  decades  prior  to  that  time  was  actively  identi- 
fied with  agricultural  interests  in  Adams  county.  His  birth  occurred  in  Howard 
county,  Missouri,  in  1S64,  his  parents  being  John  R.  and  Catherine  (Blankenbaker) 
Chancellor.  The  mother's  people  removed  from  Virginia  to  Missouri  during  the  pio- 
neer period  in  the  development  of  the  latter  state. 

Thomas  J.  Chancellor  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  state  and  subsequently  spent  three  years  as  a  college  student  at  Fayette, 
Missouri.  He  was  but  a  lad  of  twelve  years  when  his  father  died,  and  when  but 
sixteen  years  old,  the  management  of  the  homestead  fell  upon  him,  he  being  the  eldest 
son  in  a  family  of  four  sons  and  three  daughters.  He  took  full  charge  of  the  farm 
of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  and  so  ably  did  he  conduct  its  affairs  that  within 
a  few  years,  the  property  was  cleared  of  all  incumbrance,  the  younger  members  of 
the  family  were  given  splendid  educational  advantages,  while  he.  himself,  was  enrolled 
for  a  course  of  study  in  the  college  at  Fayette.  Following  his  college  course,  he 
returned  again  to  the  home  farm  and  continued  there  in  charge  until  1895.  In  the 
meantime,  he  had  purchased,  an  additional  tract  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  acres 
which  he  managed  and  cultivated,  in  conjunction  with  the  homestead.  All  of  these 
changes  were  consummated  as  the  direct  result  of  his  successful  management,  and 
though  he  was  but  a  boy  when  first  faced  with  the  stern  realities  of  existence,  both 
for  himself  and  also  for  those  dependent  upon  him.  he  soon  won  recognition  as  one 
of  the  most  successful  and  progressive  agriculturists  in  his  native  state.  He  made 
careful  study  of  soil  and  conditions,  and  applied  with  a  marked  degree  of  success, 
modern  methods  and  advanced  practices  which  resulted  in  bringing,  not  alone,  satis- 
factory financial  returns  to  him,  but  also  constituted  a  factor  in  the  development  of 
his  district.  Mr.  Chancellor's  mother  continued  to  make  her  home  on  the  old  home- 
stead until  her  death,  in  1918,  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty-eight  years. 

In  1895,  Mr.  Chancellor  came  to  Colorado,  since  which  time  he  has  taken  active 
part  in  the  development  of  his  adopted  state.  He  took  up  his  abode  near  Brighton, 
and  for  ten  years  devoted  his  efforts  and  attention  to  the  management  of  an  irrigated 
farm  of  eight  hundred  acres.  At  the  end  of  the  decade  he  removed  to  Brighton  and 
began  farming  the  M.  J.  Lawrence  ranch,  which  he  successfully  conducted  until 
appointed  postmaster  of  the  town  in  February,  1916.  In  this  connection  he  has 
since  discharged  his  duties  with  capability  and  promptness  and  is  making  a  most 
excellent  record  as  a  public  official. 

On  the  26th  of  June,  1894,  in  Helena,  Montana,  Mr.  Chancellor  was  united  In 
marriage  to  Miss  Stella  Smith,  a  daughter  of  Wilson  R.  and  Mary  D,   (Miller)    Smith, 


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•who  removed  from  Glasgow,  Missouri,  to  Helena,  Montana,  in  the  early  '70s.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Chancellor  have  a  daughter,  Mary  Porter  Chancellor.  In  the  work  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  Mr.  Chancellor  takes  a  very  active  and  helpful  part,  being  one  of  its 
leading  members.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  life  has  been 
upright  and  honorable  in  every  relation  and  he  well  merits  the  respect  and  esteem 
accorded  him  in  his  home  community. 


ADAM  BAXTER. 


Adam  Baxter,  postmaster  of  Wellington,  was  born  in  Ireland,  February  25,  1850, 
a  son  of  George  and  Eliza  (Birch)  Baxter,  who  were  natives  of  the  Emerald  isle, 
where  the  father  engaged  in  business  as  a  linen  manufacturer  and  also  followed  farm- 
ing.   He  died  in  that  country  in  1878,  while  his  widow  survived  until  1885. 

Adam  Baxter  spent  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof  and  pursued  his 
education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country.  He  continued  to  assist  his  father  after 
his  textbooks  were  put  aside,  becoming  actively  identified  with  the  linen  manufacturing 
business  there,  to  which  he  succeeded  upon  the  father's  death.  He  continued  in  that 
business  for  ten  years  and  then  sold  his  interests  to  his  brother,  for  he  had  become 
imbued  with  an  irresistible  desire  to  try  his  fortune  in  America.  Crossing  the 
Atlantic,  he  made  his  way  westward  to  Fremont,  Nebraska,  where  he  arrived  about 
1888.  He  there  worked  in  a  hardware  store  for  eighteen  years  and  on  the  expiration 
of  that  period  came  to  Colorado,  settling  at  Wellington,  where  for  two  years  he  was. 
manager  of  a  hardware  store.  He  was  next  appointed  postmaster  and  has  since  con- 
tinuously served  in  that  position,  being  the  incumbent  in  the  office  at  the  present 
time. 

In  June,  1876,  Mr.  Baxter  was  married  to  Miss  Letitia  Carson  and  to  them  were 
born  five  children:  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  George  Coddington,  living  at  San  Diego, 
California;  Helen,  the  wife  of  W.  F.  Howard,  of  Douglass,  Kansas;  Charlotte,  the  wife 
of  L.  J.  Andrews,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Margaret,  the  wife  of  Dr.  D.  C.  Brown, 
of  Bisbee,  Arizona;  and  May,  the  wife  of  G.  R.  Miller,  who  is  in  the  refining  office  at 
Casper,  Wyoming.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  December,  1916,  after  a 
lingering  illness,  her  death  being  deeply  regretted  by  many  friends  as  well  as  her 
immediate  family  and  relatives.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  to 
which  Mr.  Baxter  also  belongs.  lu  politics  he  has  maintained  an  independent  course. 
He  has  never  regretted  his  determination  to  come  to  the  new  world,  for  he  here  found 
pleasant  surroundings  and  favorable  opportunities  and  he  is  today  numbered  among  the 
substantial  and  highly  respected  citizens   of  Wellington. 


PETER  TURNER. 


Peter  Turner,  now  deceased,  was  numbered  among  the  honored  pioneer  settlers 
of  Colorado,  coming  to  this  state  more  than  a  half  century  ago.  He  was  born  in 
Franklin  county,  Virginia,  in  1838  and  spent  the  days  of  his  boyhood  in  the  Old 
Dominion.  He  afterward  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  took  up  his  abode  in  1857,  re- 
maining for  four  years  in  that  state,  during  which  time  he  gave  his  attention  to 
farming.  When  it  was  discovered  that  the  mountains  of  the  west  were  rich  in  min- 
erals he  resolved  to  seek  his  fortune  in  Colorado  and  made  his  way  toward  this  state. 
In  1861  he  crossed  the  plains,  arriving  at  Central  City,  after  which  he  embarked 
in  gulch  mining.  He  continued  in  that  work  for  a  number  of  years,  after  which  he 
returned  to  Iowa  in  1864  and  was  there  married  to  Elizabeth  Searcy.  They  began  their 
domestic  life  upon  a  farm  in  that  state  and  for  a  time  he  continued  in  the  work  of 
tilling  the  soil  and  also  followed  the  stone  mason's  trade.  He  continued  to  make  his 
home  in  Iowa  until  1873,  when  he  again  crossed  the  plains,  this  time  accompanied  by 
his  family.  He  made  the  long  journey  with  team  and  wagon,  camping  at  night  along 
the  wayside.  The  Indians  were  troublesome  at  that  time  and  the  family  suffered  no 
little  anxiety,  -fearing  an  attack  from  the  red  men.  However,  they  succeeded  in 
reaching  their  destination  in  safety  and  for  four  years  thereafter  Mr.  Turner  followed 
mining  in  the  new  camp  of  Sunshine  in  Boulder  county,  which  afterward  became  a 
noted  mining  camp. 

It  was  in  1876  that  Mr.  Turner  removed  to  a  homestead  near  Berthoud  in  Larimer 
county.    It  was  a  tract  of  barren  land  upon  which  not  a  furrow  had  been  turned  nor  an 


434  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

improvement  made.  He  began  the  work  of  development,  however,  and  built  thereon 
the  first  house  between  the  Big  Thompson  and  Little  Thompson  creeks.  In  1884  he 
laid  off  a  part  of  his  land  in  town  lots,  which  he  sold  for  building  purposes  and  thus 
became  the  founder  of  the  town  of  Berthoud.  which  now  stands  upon  a  part  of  his 
original  homestead.  It  was  Mr.  Turner  who  discovered  the  Emancipation  mine  and 
also  the  Hawkeye  mine,  which  he  developed,  and  he  continued  to  engage  in  mining 
at  Sunshine  after  he  took  up  the  homestead,  making  his  home,  however,  at  Berthoud, 
where  he  spent  his  remaining  days.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Turner  were  born  six  children: 
Beverly  B.;  William  H.,  who  is  mentioned  on  another  page  of  this  work;  Susan  Sun- 
shine, who  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  the  Sunshine  camp  and  who  for  several 
years  was  a  successful  teacher  in  the  public  schools;  Mattie,  the  wife  of  Fenton 
Mathews;   Gustavus  A.;   and  James  A. 

Mr.  Turner  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  also  of 
the  Rebekahs,  as  was  his  wife.  The  family  attended  the  United  Brethren  church,  in 
which  Mrs.  Turner  was  a  great  worker,  doing  everything  in  her  power  to  promote  the 
growth  of  the  church  and  extend  its  influence.  Mr.  Turner  also  guided  his  life  accord- 
ing to  its  teachings  and  his  career  ever  measured  up  to  the  highest  standards  of  man- 
hood and  citizenship.  He  was  thoroughly  reliable,  broad-minded,  trustworthy  in  every 
particular,  and  when  he  passed  away  on  the  28th  of  July,  1912,  his  death  was  deeply 
deplored  by  all  who  knew  him.  For  a  decade  he  had  survived  his  wife,  who  died  on 
the  2d  of  January,  1902.  He  was  among  the  oldest  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  the 
state,  having  come  first  to  Colorado  more  than  a  half  century  before,  and  through  the 
intervening  period  he  had  been  a  most  interested  witness  of  all  of  its  changes  and 
growth. 


FREDERICK   EARLE  ROBINSON. 

Frederick  Earle  Robinson,  deceased,  whose  connection  with  the  commercial  interests 
of  Colorado  Springs  was  of  vital  value  to  the  city,  was  born  in  Holliston,  Massachusetts, 
March  25,  1853,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  William  and  Jane  (Wynn)  Robinson.  The  father, 
who  was  of  Irish  Protestant  descent,  being  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  was  a  Congre- 
gational minister.  The  mother  was  born  in  Connecticut  and  both  parents  died  in  the 
east.  They  had  two  sons,  the  brother  of  Frederick  E.  Robinson  being  William  Frank- 
lin Robinson,  now  a  manufacturer  of  rubber  goods  in  the  east. 

Frederick  E.  Robinson  attended  the  public  schools  of  Holliston  and  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  afterward  graduated  from  the  Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical 
College  at  Boston,  having  determined  to  engage  in  the  drug  .business  as  a  life  work. 
His  first  position  as  head  prescription  clerk  was  with  the  Atkinson  Drug  Company, 
then,  as  now,  located  at  the  corner  of  Boylston  and  Tremont  streets  in  Boston.  In 
this  connection  Mr.  Robinson  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  very  ablest  men  in  his  pro- 
fession in  that  city. 

In  the  autumn  of  1875,  however,  Mr.  Robinson  sought  the  health-giving  air  of 
Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Colorado  Springs.  He  was  the  first  patient  to  whom 
Dr.  Knight,  the  celebrated  physician  of  Boston,  recommended  the  climate  of  Colorado 
Springs  to  recuperate  following  an  attack  of  pneumonia,  and  it  proved  highly  efficacious 
for  Mr.  Robinson,  who  decided  to  remain  here.  He  accepted  a  position  as  a  prescription 
clerk  in  the  leading  drug  store  of  the  town.  His  advance  in  a  business  way  was  rapid, 
attended  by  proportionate  financial  success.  In  1877  he  established  a  drug  store  of  his 
own  at  the  corner  of  Pike's  Peak  avenue  and  Tejon  street,  now  known  as  the  "busy 
corner,"  and  within  a  short  time  he  had  built  up  a  business  of  large  and  gratifying 
proportions.  During  his  active  life  Mr.  Robinson  acquired  other  business  properties 
and  at  his  death  was  rated  as  one  of  the  well-to-do  men  of  Colorado.  He  remained 
an  active  factor  in  the  drug  trade  for  a  number  of  years,  but  the  business  was  sold  in 
1903  to  the  Druehl  interests  of  Salt  Lake  City,  although  the  building  occupied  by 
Mr.  Robinson   is  yet  a  part  of  the  estate. 

On  the  11th  of  September.  1877,  Frederick  E.  Robinson  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Mary  Scotland  Mackenzie,  who  resided  in  Evanston,  Illinois,  and  in  New  York 
city.  She  came  to  Colorado  in  1875  on  account  of  her  grandmother's  health.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Robinson  were  born  the  following  named:  Thomas  Mackenzie,  now  living 
in  Colorado  Springs;  Jane,  the  wife  of  Major  Etienne  Bujac,  now  located  at  Carlsbad, 
New  Mexico,  and  the  mother  of  a  daughter.  Adele;  Paul,  who  died  in  infancy;  Fred- 
erick E.,  Jr..  who  is  with  the  IngersoU  Manufacturing  Company  of  Rockford,  Illinois; 
Beatrice,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eight  years;    Lucy,  who  passed   away  at   the  age  of 


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436  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

eleven;    and    Winifred    Margaret,    the    wife    of    Harold    Ingersoll,    of    Broadmoor,    by 
■whom  she  has  one  son,  Wlnthrop  II. 

The  family  circle  was  again  broken  by  the  hand  of  death  when  Frederick  E. 
Robinson  passed  away  November  3,  1903.  at  the  Menger  Hotel  in  San  Antonio,  Texas, 
being  one  of  the  last  victims  of  the  yellow  fever  scourge  which  swept  the  southern; 
part  of  the  United  States  at  that  time. ,  He  was  a  Mason  who  exemplified  in  his  life; 
the  beneficent  spirit  of  the  craft  and  he  was  a  member  of  all  the  leading  clubs  of 
Colorado  Springs.  He  was  universally  esteemed  and  loved.  He  had  the  faculty  of 
making  friends  wherever  he  went  as  well  as  winning  success. 


GEORGE  ELVIN  BROWN. 


George  Elvin  Brown,  living  near  Henderson,  Colorado,  was  born  near  Greensburg, 
Decatur  county,  Indiana,  on  the  19th  of  September,  1856,  his  parents  being  James  M. 
and  Rhoda  Emily  (Stout)  Brown,  who  are  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work  in  con- 
nection with   the  sketch   of  another  son,   Merritt   M.   Brown. 

In  the  schools  of  Indiana,  George  E.  Brown  pursued  his  education,  having  the 
advantages  offered  by  the  district  schools.  The  vacation  periods  were  spent  at  farm 
work  and  he  early  became  familiar  with  the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring 
for  the  crops.  After  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  devoted  several  years  to  farming, 
at  the  end  of  which  time  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade. 

In  1887  Mr.  Brown  arrived  in  Colorado,  locating  in  Denver,  and  took  up  general 
contract  work,  being  thus  actively  connected  with  building  operations  for  a  number 
of  years.  While  thus  engaged  he  built  the  Kuner  pickle  factory  and  also  a  number 
of  residences  in  Denver.  Eleven  years  ago,  however,  he  removed  to  Barr  Lake  in 
connection  with  his  brother,  Merritt  M.  Brown,  with  whom  he  had  previously  been 
In  partnership,  and  three  years  ago  he  bought  four  acres  of  land  and  a  home  near 
Henderson.  He  has  a  fine  residence  which  is  one  of  the  attractive  places  of  the 
community  and  in  the  intervening  period  he  has  again  given  his  attention  to  contract- 
ing and  building.  He  has  developed  high  eflBciency  along  this  line,  and  his  skill  and 
ability  are  recognized   in  a  liberal  patronage. 

In  Shelbyville,  Indiana,  on  the  28th  of  May,  1884,  Mr.  Brown  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Agnes  Greer,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (McGuire)  Greer. 
Mrs.  Brown  was  born  and  reared  in  Indiana  and  there  attended  school,  but  her  parents 
were  from  Virginia.  Mr.  Brown's  first  marriage  was  with  Miss  Mary  C.  Holmes,  on 
November  3,  1880.  She  died  May  5,  1883,  and  by  the  marriage  Mr.  Brown  had  one  son, 
Claude  E.,  who  married  Jessie  Louise  Howell  and  has  a  daughter,  Evelyn  H.  Having 
lost  his  first  wife  on  August  7,  1905,  Claude  E.  Brown  wedded  Mrs.  Ethel  Blakesley 
and  by  this  union  there  is  one  son,  Claude  Eugene,  Jr. 

Politically  George  E.  Brown  is  a  repubican  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Baptist  church.  He  stands  stanchly  in  support  of  every  cause  in  which  he  believes  and 
is  a  man  fearless  in  the  expression  of  his  honest  convictions.  In  a  business  way 
he  has  made  steady  progress  and  as  the  architect  of  his  own  fortunes  has  builded 
wisely  and  well. 


JOSEPH    A.    COOPER. 


Joseph  A.  Cooper,  deceased,  was  born  in  Madison  county,  Kentucky,  in  1844  and 
died  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  November  29,  1S83.  His  early  life  was  passed  upon  the 
home  farm  of  his  father  in  Kentucky  and  in  1869  he  removed  to  Chillicothe,  Missouri, 
being  at  that  time  a  young  man  of  twenty-five  years.  He  there  became  cashier  of  the 
Peoples  Savings  Bank  and  occupied  that  po.sltion  until  1876,  when  he  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Kansas  City,  where  he  entered  the  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  business  in  con- 
nection with  Dr.  J.  B.  Bell  and  Victor  B.  Buck,  the  firm  style  of  J.  A.  Cooper  &  Company 
being  adopted.  In  this  business  he  remained  until  January,  1881,  when  he  resumed 
activity  in  the  field  of  banking,  assisting  in  the  organization  of  the  Citizens  National 
Bank  of  Kansas  City,  of  which  he  became  the  first  president,  remaining  at  the  head  of 
the  institution  until  death  terminated  his  labors.  Honored  and  respected  by  all,  no 
man  occupied  a  more  enviable  position  in  the  business  and  financial  circles  of  Kansas 
City  than  did  Joseph  A.  Cooper,  not  alone  by  reason  of  the  success  which  he  achieved 


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but  also  owing  to  the  straightforward  business  policy  which  he  ever  followed,  his  career 
at  all  times  measuring  up  to  the  highest  ethical  standards  of  business  life. 

It  was  on  the  14th  of  September,  1871,  that  Mr.  Cooper  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Pocahontas  Bell,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  B.  and  Harriett  (Ballou)  Bell.  Her 
father  studied  medicine  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
in  Kansas  City  and  in  Chillicothe.  He  was  very  successful  as  a  practitioner  of  surgery, 
his  efficiency  constantly  increasing  as  the  result  of  broad  study  and  experience.  He 
was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Missouri  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  had  resided 
within  its  borders  for  a  half  century.  He  became  interested  in  commercial  affairs 
and  the  partner  of  Mr.  Cooper  in  the  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  business,  and  his  com- 
mercial and  professional  activities  made  him  a  most  valued  resident  of  his  state. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cooper  was  born  a  son,  Virgil,  who  married  Nellie  Campbell  and 
resides  near  his  mother's  home  in  Colorado  Springs.  Mrs.  Cooper  also  has  a  sister 
living,  Mrs.  Rebecca  B.   Lapsley,   of  Kansas   City. 

For  ten  years  after  her  husband's  demise  Mrs.  Cooper  remained  in  Kansas  City 
and  learned  the  principles  of  business  in  order  to  successfully  manage  the  property 
left  to  her.  She  then  came  to  Colorado  Springs  on  account  of  the  health  of  her  son 
and  purchased  her  present  home.  She  now  divides  her  time  between  Colorado  Springs 
and  Kansas  City,  and  her  mother,  during  her  life,  spent  the  summer  months  with  Mrs. 
Cooper.  The  latter  is  a  life  member  of  the  Red  Cross  and  has  done  a  very  important 
share  of  the  war  work  accomplished  by  the  women  of  Colorado  Springs. 


PHILO   D.    GROMMON. 


Philo  D.  Grommon,  a  farmer  and  stockman  living  about  five  miles  northeast  of 
Berthoud,  in  Weld  county,  was  born  in  Denver,  Colorado,  April  22,  1886,  a  son  of 
Philo  and  Lutie  J.  (Pierce)  Grommon,  the  former  a  native  of  Illinois,  while  the  latter 
was  born  in  Michigan.  They  arrived  in  Colorado  in  1S85  and  took  up  their  abode  in 
Denver,  where  the  father  spent  his  remaining  days  but  the  mother  is  still  living.  They 
were  the  parents  of  three  children,  all  of  whom  survive. 

Philo  D.  Grommon  was  reared  in  Denver  and  at  the  usual  age  became  a  pupil  in 
its  public  schools.  After  mastering  the  common  branches  of  learning  he  entered  the 
Colorado  School  of  Mines  at  Golden,  of  which  he  is  a  graduate,  and  for  three  years 
he  followed  that  line  of  work.  He  then  came  to  his  present  home  near  Berthoud,  leas- 
ing one  Iiundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which  he  has  since  developed,  adding  to  his 
place  many  modern  improvements.  He  has  continuously  cultivated  his  fields  with 
good  results  and  has  been  very  successful  in  all  of  his  undertakings 

Mr.  Grommon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Vera  De  Prance,  who  was  born  in 
Golden,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  A.  H.  and  Lucretia  C.  (Howell)  De  France,  who  were 
natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  of  Illinois  respectively.  In  their  family  were  five  children, 
four  of  whom  are  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grommon  have  but  one  child,  Philo,  Jr.,  who 
was  born  July  15,  1911. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Grommon  is  a  Mason  and  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs  in  the  local 
lodge.  He  has  proved  a  worthy  exemplar  of  the  craft,  ever  loyal  to  the  teachings  con- 
cerning the  brotherhood  of  man.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Baptist  church, 
while  his  political  belief  is  that  of  the  republican  party.  He  possesses  many  sterling 
traits  of  character,  including  reliability  and  progressiveness  in  business,  loyalty  In 
friendship  and  devotion  to  all  those  interests  which  make  for  uplift  in  the  individual 
and  for  advancement  in  the  community  at  large. 


FRITZ  MULLER. 


Fritz  MuUer  is  a  well  known  and  representative  agriculturist  of  Adams  county, 
where  for  the  past  five  years  he  has  owned  and  cultivated  a  farm  of  seventy-three 
acres  in  the  vicinity  of  East  Lake.  His  birth  occurred  in  Brooklyn.  New  York,  on  the 
9th  of  September,  1862,  his  parents  being  John  F.  and  Anna  (Roih)  Muller,  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  Germany.  They  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  the  "SOs 
but  subsequently  returned  to  the  fatherland  and  there  spent  the  remainder  of  their 
lives.     Their  family  numbered  three  children,  two  of  whom  are  still  living. 

Fritz  Muller  was  reared  and  educated  in  Germany,  accompanying  his  parents  when 
they  returned  to  that  country.     In  1S88,  however,  when  a  young  man  of  twenty-six  years, 


438  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

he  decided  to  establish  his  home  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  and  made  the  voyage 
to  the  new  world,  settling  first  near  Fort  Madison  in  Iowa,  where  he  spent  two  years. 
On  the  expiration  of  that  period.  In  1890,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  In  this  state  has 
resided  continuously  throughout  the  Intervening  period  of  nearly  three  decades.  It 
was  in  1913  that  he  purchased  his  present  farm  of  seventy-three  acres  In  Adams  county, 
to  the  further  cultivation  and  improvement  of  which  he  has  since  devoted  his  time 
and  energies.  He  has  erected  excellent  buildings  upon  the  property  and  the  neat  and 
thrifty  appearance  of  the  place  Indicates  the  bupervision  of  a  practical  and  progressive 
owner.  The  well  tilled  fields  respond  readily  to  the  care  and  labor  which  he  bestows 
upon  them,  annually  yielding  good  crops   which   find   a   ready  sale   on   the  market. 

In  1890,  in  Denver.  Mr.  Muller  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret  Brunz. 
He  is  a  republican  in  politics  and.  since  becoming  an  American  citizen,  has  supported 
the  men  and  measures  of  that  party  at  the  polls.  Mr.  Muller  has  won  an  extensive 
circle  of  warm  friends  during  th'j  years  of  his  residence  in  Adams  county  and  is 
widely  recognized  as  a  successful  agriculturist  and  esteemed  citizen  of  his  community. 


JOHN    MAYBERRY. 


An  excellent  ranch  property  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  in  the  vicinity  of 
Henderson  pays  tribute  to  the  care  and  labor  bestowed  upon  it  by  Its  owner,  John 
Mayberry,  who  is  a  progressive  agriculturist,  accomplishing  substantial  results  In  crop 
production  and  in  stock  raising.  He  was  born  in  the  province  of  Ontario,  Canada, 
December  12,  1867,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Keating)  Mayberry,  who  were 
natives  of  Ireland.  The  father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  thus  provided  for  the 
support  of  his  family,  numbering  seven  children,  of  whom  John  Mayberry  of  this 
review  was  the  second. 

Educated  in  the  schools  of  Ontario  to  the  age  of  ten  years.  John  Mayberry  then 
accompanied  his  parents  and  the  family  to  Colorado  in  1876,  after  which  he  continued 
his  studies  in  the  schools  of  Denver.  His  father  conducted  a  hotel  in  Denver  and  later 
carried  on  a  dairy  business  in  Arapahoe  county  but  subsequently  returned  to  Denver 
and  became  an  active  factor  in  the  grocery  trade  of  that  city.  Both  the  parents  con- 
tinued to  make  Denver  their  home  until  their  deaths. 

After  completing  his  education  John  Mayberry  started  In  business  In  the  dairy 
•which  his  father  had  established  and  for  fifteen  years  he  successfully  conducted  it.  He 
then  purchased  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land  near  Henderson  and  has  since 
given  his  time  and  attention  to  its  further  improvement  and  development.  He  has 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  planted  to  alfalfa  and  eighty  acres  in  pasture  and  upon 
his  place  he  is  now  feeding  one  hundred  head  of  stock.  His  has  been  a  life  of  diligence 
and  thrift  and  his  intelligently  directed  efforts  have  brought  most  gratifying  results. 
In  Denver,  on  October  2,  1889.  Mr.  Mayberry  was  married  to  Miss  Viola  White- 
head, a  daughter  of  James  and  Amanda  Wliltehead.  She  was  born  in  Missouri  and  came 
to  Colorado  with  her  parents  in  1887.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mayberry  have  been  born 
ten  children:  Ralph;  Homer;  Vassie,  the  wife  of  Otto  Anger;  Evan,  who  married 
Ebba  Johnson;  Marie;  Agnes;  Lulu,  deceased;  Richard;  Robert:  and  Zoe.  Homer,  after 
training  at  Camp  Funston,  was  transferred  to  Camp  Kearney,  and  is  now  serving 
with  the  American  army  in  France,  as  corporal  in  Company  D,  One  Hundred  and 
Fifteenth   Engineers. 

Mr.  Mayberry  belongs  to  Adams  City  Camp,  M.  W.  A.,  of  which  he  is  venerable 
consul.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  is  a  stalwart 
champion  of  its  principles  but  not  an  office  seeker.  He  never  hesitates  In  the  per- 
formance of  any  service  that  he  believes  will  prove  of  benefit  to  his  community  and, 
actuated  by  a  public-spirited  devotion  to  the  general  good,  has  cooperated  In  many 
movements  which  have  been  instituted  for  the  improvement  and  upbuilding  of  his 
district. 


FRANK  WILLIAM  SHERART. 

Frank  William  Sherart,  engaged  In  ranching  near  Brighton,  .vas  born  in  Phillips 
county,  Kansas,  July  23,  1876.  a  son  of  William  E.  and  Clara  Dale  (Stockett)  Sherart. 
The  father's  birth  occurred  in  Ohio  about  a  mile  from  Vermilion,  and  the  mother 
was  also  a  native  of  that  state.     They  were  married,  however,   in   St.   Elmo,   Illinois. 


440  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

William  E.  Sherart  was  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war,  serving  with  Company  E  of  the 
Fifty-fifth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  it  was  subsequent  to  his  military  service  that 
he  removed  to  Illinois,  where  he  remained  for  a  time  and  then  went  to  Kansas.  In  1882 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  year  resided  at  Fort  Lupton,  after  which  he  purchased 
land  near  Brighton  and  engaged  in  farming  thereon  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred   in   June,   1904.     His  widow   survives   and   is   now   living   at  Brighton. 

Frank  W.  Sherart  attended  district  school  No.  10  of  Adams  county  while  spending 
his  youthful  days  in  his  parents'  home,  where  he  had  the  association  of  a  brother  and 
four  sisters,  these  being:  Irwin  J.,  who  is  living  near  Hazeltine,  Colorado;  Mrs.  A. 
L.  Scott,  whose  home  is  iu  Denver;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Ralph  D.  Lee;  Blanche,  the 
wife  of  Frank  Ackerman;  and  Hazel,  the  wife  of  Edwin  Savage.  After  his  schooldays 
were  over  Frank  W.  Sherart  engaged  in  mining  in  the  Cripple  Creek  and  Boulder 
districts  for  a  year.  He  afterward  settled  upon  the  home  farm,  which  he  has  since 
managed,  and  through  the  intervening  years  he  has  won  a  place  among  the  represen- 
tative and  successful  ranchmen  of  his  section  of  the  state.  He  has  brought  the  land 
under  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  has  added  various  improvements  and  follows  the 
most  progressive  methods  in  the  cultivation  of  the  fields  and  in  the  production  of 
crops. 

On  the  14th  of  February,  1898.  Mr.  Sherart  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie  A.  I^rd, 
a  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  (Williams)  Liord.  She  was  born  in  Canton,  Illinois, 
and  was  seven  years  of  age  when  her  parents  removed  with  the  family  to  Colorado.  By 
her  marriage  she  has  become  the  mother  of  six  children,  Clara  A.,  William  Edward, 
Frank  Irwin,  Harold  Lord,  Nellie  A.  and  Doris.  All  are  living  with  the  exception 
of  Frank  Irwin. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  fraternally 
Mr.  Sherart  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
In  his  political  views  he  is  a  democrat,  earnest  in  support  of  the  party  and  at  all  times 
loyal  to  his  honest  convictions.  The  greater  part  of  his  life  has  been  passed  in  Colorado 
and  he  is  imbued  by  the  spirit  of  western  enterprise  in  all  that  he  undertakes. 


CHARLES  HENDY,  Jr. 


Charles  Hendy,  Jr.,  the  efficient  manager  of  the  Ford  Plant  in  Denver  and  one  of 
Colorado's  leading  young  business  men,  is  a  true  son  of  the  mighty  west,  where  his 
entire  life  has  been  passed.  He  was  bom  in  North  Platte,  Nebraska,  September  30, 
1875,  and  is  a  son  of  Charles  and  Katie    (Jeanette)    Hendy. 

His  father  is  a  native  of  New  York  city,  but  in  August,  1869,  after  having  comr 
pleted  his  course  in  pharmacy,  received  the  appointment  of  hospital  steward  in  the 
United  States  army.  In  March,  1870,  he  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  Department  of  the 
Platte,  coming  west  to  Omaha,  and  was  immediately  assigned  to  Fort  Sedgwick,  Colo- 
rado territory,  which  was  just  across  the  South  Platte  river  from  the  present  town  of 
Julesburg.  It  was  there  that  he  became  a  hunter  of  big  game,  for  the  Buffalo  then 
roamed  the  prairies  of  Colorado.  Nebraska  and  Wyoming  in  great  herds.  He  was 
successively  transferred  to  the  Sidney  barracks,  Sidney,  Nebraska;  Fort  McPherson, 
Nebraska,  just  east  of  North  Platte;  Fort  Sanders,  Wyoming,  and  Fort  Fetterman, 
Wyoming.  It  was  while  at  McPherson  that  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  William 
F.  Cody  (Buffalo  Bill),  Kit  Carson,  and  other  noted  scouts  of  the  early  days.  While 
at  Fort  Fetterman  he  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the  Powder  River  expedition  under 
command  of  General  George  Crock,  which  went  after  Chief  "Dull  Knife's"  band  of 
Sioux  Indians,  and  camped  on  the  north  fork  of  the  Powder  river.  Today  Mr.  Hendy  is 
one  of  six  living  pensioners  in  Nebraska  of  the  Federal  Government,  who  have  been 
pensioned  as  Indian  fighters,  for  he  was  engaged  in  many  interesting  encounters  with 
the  Indians.  In  December,  1880,  he  resigned  from  the  army  and  removed  to  North 
Platte,  Nebraska,  where  he  has  pince  been  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  and  today  is 
one  of  the  influential  citizens  of  his  home  city.  While  at  Fort  McPherson,  in  1872, 
he  met  and  married  Katie  Jeanette.  In  their  family  were  three  children:  William  J., 
who  was  born  at  Fort  McPherson  in  1872,  and  is  now  a  resident  of  North  Platte,  Nebraska; 
Charles,  Jr.,  of  this  review;  and  Mrs.  Lillian  Westfall,  who  was  born  at  Fort  Fetter- 
man and  is  now  living  in  North  Platte. 

In  early  life  Charles  Hendy,  Jr.,  attended  the  public  schools  of  Nebraska,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  high  school  at  North  Platte  in  June,  1894.  In  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  he  entered  the  University  of  Nebraska,  from  which  he  was  graduated  A.  B. 
in  1898.     During  his  first  two  years  in  that  institution  he  was  under  the  instruction 


CHARLES  HENDY,  Jr. 


442  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

of  General  John  J.  Pershing,  then  a  first  lieutenant  and  commandant  of  cadets.  While 
this  was  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  yet  Mr. 'Hendy  has  not  forgotten  the  wonderful 
discipline  practiced  by  General  Pershing,  who  at  that  time  gave  promise  of  a  great 
futiire  as  a  military  commander.  When  the  war  broke  out  between  Spain  and  the 
United  States  Mr.  Hendy  enlisted  in  the  Second  Nebraska  Regiment,  which  unfortu- 
nately went  only  as  far  as  Chickamauga  Park,  Georgia.  Before  the  war  closed  he 
was  promoted  to  sergeant  major  and  was  holding  ihat  title  when  discharged.  Prior 
to  his  graduation  from  the  university  he  had  been  captain  of  the  Cadet  Military  Com- 
pany, but  as  the  government  did  not  recognize  such  military  titles,  he  entered  the 
service  of  his  country  as  a  private,  being  mustered  in  on  the  lOtli  of  May,  1898,  and 
mustered  out  October  24,  1898.  For  five  years  he  was  a  member  of  tlie  Nebraska 
National  Guard  and  served  on  the  staff  of  Adjutant  General  Barry  of  that  state. 
During  that  time  he  was  connected  with  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  with 
headquarters  at  North  Platte. 

On  the  5th  of  October,  1905,  Mr.  Hendy  came  to  Denver  and  embarked  in  the 
automobile  business,  with  which  he  has  since  been  identified.  On  the  11th  of  Decem- 
ber, 1907,  he  opened  a  branch  establishment  at  this  place  for  the  Ford  Motor  Company. 
Their  present  plant  was  completed  December  15.  1913,  and  is  today  one  of  Ford's 
largest  branches,  with  a  force  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  employes.  It  was  the  seventh 
branch  of  the  company  established  in  the  United  States  and  Mr.  Hendy  has  since  been 
in  control  of  the  entire  western  district,  including  Colorado.  Wyoming,  western 
Nebraska  and  New  Mexico.  He  is  a  man  of  excellent  business  and  executive  ability 
and  lias  been  remarkably  successful  in  his  undertakings. 

On  the  16th  of  February,  1904,  Mr.  Hendy  was  married  in  North  Platte,  Nebraska, 
to  Miss  Jessie  M.  Bratt,  a  daughter  of  John  Bratl,  one  of  the  early  and  prominent 
pioneers  of  that  state.  They  have  one  child,  Charles  Bratt,  who  was  born  in  Denver, 
November   9,   1909.  and   is   now  attending  the  public  schools  of   the  city. 

Mr.  Hendy  is  a  director  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  and  also 
of  the  Rotary  Club  of  Denver.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Alumni  Association 
of  the  University  of  Nebraska  and  is  president  of  the  alumni  association  of  Beta 
Theta  Phi,  a  Greek  letter  society.  He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Lakewood  Country 
Club,  the  University  Club  and  the  Denver  Athletic  Club.  He  is  a  prominent  Mason, 
having  taken  the  Knight  Templar  degrees,  and  has  crossed  the  sands  of  the  desert 
with  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  today  one  of  tlie  prominent  business 
men  of  the  city  and  occupies  an  enviable  position  in  industrial  circles. 


GUY  D.  HARMON. 


Guy  D.  Harmon,  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of  Boulder  county,  within  the  borders  of 
which  he  was  born  on  the  5th  of  March,  1867,  is  a  son  of  Manning  and  Julia  A.  (Rexroad) 
Harmon,  the  mother  a  native  of  Virginia,  while  the  father  was  born  in  Massachusetts. 
They  were  married  in  Illinois  and  in  1861  removed  to  Colorado,  settling  first  at  Golden, 
where  Mr.  Harmon  devoted  his  attention  to  mining  for  a  number  of  years.  He  later  took 
up  agricultural  pursuits  in  Boulder  county  and  there  purchased  a  farm  which  he  con- 
tinued to  develop  and  improve  to  the  time  of  his  death.  His  widow  survives  and  has  now 
reached  the  age  of  eight-four  years.  In  their  family  were  six  children,  five  of  whom  are 
living. 

Guy  D.  Harmon  was  reared  and  educated  in  Boulder  county  and  acquired  a  common 
school  education.  He  assisted  in  the  work  of  the  farm  during  vacation  periods  and  after 
his  textbooks  were  put  aside  and  remained  at  home  until  he  had  attained  his  majority. 
He  then  began  farming  upon  the  tract  of  land  which  he  now  owns  and  occupies,  com- 
prising one  hundred  and  forty  acres  situated  a  half  mile  south  of  the  village  of  Lafayette, 
and  as  the  years  have  passed  he  has  continued  the  work  of  development  and  improve- 
ment, converting  the  tract  into  a  valuable  farm  property.  The  entire  place  is  well  irri- 
gated and  the  land  is  proving  very  productive,  so  that  he  annually  gathers  golden  harvests. 

In  1889  Mr.  Harmon  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret  Dixon,  a  native  of  England  and  a 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Ann  (Barker)  Dixon,  who  were  born  in  the  same  country.  They 
came  to  America  in  1881,  settling  in  Boulder  county.  Colorado,  where  the  father  passed 
away  but  where  the  mother  still  makes  her  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harmon  have  become 
parents  of  two  children:  Frank  R.,  who  is  associated  with  his  father  in  business;  and 
Nellie  A.,  who  is  now  taking  a  training  course  in  a  hospital  of  Denver. 

The  family  attend  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  fraternally  Mr.  Harmon  is 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  443 

identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  In  politics  he  is  a  democrat  and  while  never 
an  office  seeker  he  has  served  on  the  school  board.  He  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to 
the  welfare  and  progress  of  his  community  and  his  aid  and  cooperation  can  be  counted 
upon  to  further  all  measures  for  the  general  good. 


CHARLES  NEWKIRK. 


Charles  Newkirk.  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of  Adams  county,  devoting  his  time  and 
attention  to  the  cultivation  of  one  hundred  and  ten  acres  of  land  and  also  engaged  in 
excavating,  was  born  in  Chase  county.  Kansas,  November  30,  1871,  a  son  of  A.  W.  and 
Nancy  (Springsteel)  Newkirk,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Illinois.  In  early  life  they 
removed  to  Kansas  and  in  the  spring  of  1S80  arrived  in  Colorado,  where  the  mother 
passed  awa>  in  1883.  The  father  is  still  living  and  now  makes  his  home  in  Weld  county, 
Colorado.    They  had  a  family  of  eleven  children,  seven  of  whom  survive. 

Charles  Newkirk  was  a  lad  of  eight  years  at  the  time  the  family  home  was  estab- 
lished in  this  state  and  to  Colorado's  common  school  system  he  is  indebted  for  his  educa- 
tional opportunities.  His  advantages,  however,  were  somewhat  limited  owing  to  the  fact 
that  when  he  was  but  twelve  years  of  age  it  was  necessary  for  him  to  start  out  in  the 
business  world  and  provide  for  his  own  support— a  thing  that  he  has  done  continuously 
since.  The  greater  part  of  his  life  has  been  devoted  to  farming  and  as  the  years  passed 
he  carefully  saved  his  earnings  until  his  industry  and  economy  had  brought  him  suffi- 
cient capital  to  enable  him  to  purchase  land.  He  now  cultivates  a  tract  of  one  hundred 
and  ten  acres  which  he  has  brought  to  a  high  state  of  development  and  which  in  its  neat 
and  thrifty  appearance  indicates  his  care,  his  practical  methods  and  his  progressiveness. 

In  1895  Mr.  Newkirk  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Gertrude  Purcell,  a  native  of 
Nebraska,  and  to  them  have  been  born  four  children:  Mildred,  who  is  now  the  wife  of 
Harry  Brittain;  and  Floyd,  Ruby  and  Athol,  all  yet  at  home. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Newkirk  is  a  deiiiocrat  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker, 
although  at  the  present  time  he  is  serving  as  deputy  sheriff.  Whatever  he  has  achieved 
is  the  result  of  hard  work  and  persistent  energy.  He  early  recognized  the  eternal  prin- 
ciple that  industry  wins  and  his  life  has  been  a  most  industrious  and  energetic  one,  bring- 
ing him  the  merited  success  which  crowns  persistent  labor. 


JOHN  ALFRED  CARLSON. 


John  Alfred  Carlson,  deceased,  is  remembered  as  one  of  the  representative  ranchers 
of  Larimer  county.  He  lived  for  a  number  of  years  four  and  a  half  miles  south- 
east of  Loveland,  his  place  being  situated  on  section  29,  township  5,  range  65.  He 
was  a  representative  of  that  considerable  colony  of  Swedish  people  who  have  done 
much  to  develop  and  improve  that  section  of  the  state.  His  birth  occurred  in  Sweden, 
July  22,  1866.  his  parents  being  Carl  and  Charolette  Anderson,  who  were  natives  of 
the  same  country.  The  father  was  a  miller  by  trade  and  followed  that  pursuit 
in  Sweden  throughout  his  entire  life,  his  death  occurring  in  1906.  He  is  survived 
by  his  widow,  who  yet  makes  her  home  in  Sweden. 

John  Alfred  Carlson  spent  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof  and  acquired 
a  public  school  education  in  Sweden  and  in  America,  for  in  1886  he  crossed  the 
Atlantic  to  the  new  world,  being  at  that  time  a  young  man  of  twenty  years.  He  made 
his  way  first  to  Denver,  where  he  worked  in  a  smelter  for  fourteen  years,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  he  came  to  Larimer  county  and  purchased  a  farm  comprising  two  hundred 
and  forty  acres  of  land.  This  he  set  about  improving  and  continued  the  cultivation 
of  the  place  throughout  his  remaining  days.  He  died  July  16,  1914,  after  an  illness  of 
six  months. 

On  the  7th  of  January,  1893,  Mr.  Carlson  was  married  to  Miss  Amanda  Carlson,  a 
■daughter  of  Carl  and  Eva  (Kaise)  Carlson,  who  were  natives  of  Sweden,  in  which 
country  Mrs.  John  A.  Carlson  was  also  born,  her  natal  day  being  March  16,  1869. 
Her  father  followed  farming  in  the  old  country  throughout  his  entire  life  and  there 
his  death  occurred  in  April,  1911.  while  his  wife,  surviving  him  for  almost  five  years, 
passed  away  on  the  12th  of  March,  1916.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carlson  became  the  parents 
of  nine  children:  Hedvig;  Paul  H.;  Ruth  V.;  Myrtle;  Hazel  L.  and  Herbert  E.,  twins; 
Florence  Olga;  Walter  T.;  and  Fern  Lillian.  The  last  named  passed  away  May  12, 
1908,    when   but   nine   months   old. 


MR.  AND  MRS.  JOHN  A.  CARLSON 


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RESIDENCE  AND  BARN  OF  MRS.  JOHN  A.   CARLSON 


446  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Since  the  death  of  her  husband  Mrs.  Carlson  has  continued  upon  the  home  farm, 
which  is  now  largely  operated  as  a  dairy  farm,  Holstein  cattle  being  kept  for  this 
purpose. 

Mr.  Carlson  was  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  his  political  alle- 
giance was  given  to  the  republican  party,  while  his  religious  faith  was  that  of  the 
Swedish  Lutheran  church.  He  was  a  man  of  many  admirable  traits  of  character  and 
his  career  illustrated  what  can  be  accomplished  in  a  business  way  through  unfalter- 
ing industry  and  determination.  Steadily  and  persistently  he  advanced.  He  never 
had  occasion  to  regret  his  determination  to  come  to  the  United  States,  for  he  here 
found  the  opportunities  which  he  sought  and  through  their  utilization  gained  a  place 
among  the  substantial  farmers  of  Larimer  county  and  was  thus  able  to  leave  his  family 
in  comfortable  financial  circumstances,  while  they  also  received  as  a  priceless  heritage 
from  the  husband  and   father  an   untarnished  name. 


ALFRED  PETERSON. 


Alfred  Peterson,  living  on  section  5,  township  9,  range  68  west,  in  Weld  county,  about 
four  miles  northeast  of  Berthoud,  is  numbered  among  the  worthy  citizens  that  Sweden 
has  furnished  to  Colorado.  His  birth  occurred  at  Jungby  in  that  country  on  the  20th 
of  May,  1S61,  his  parents  being  Peter  and  Sarah  (Jenson)  Peterson,  who  were  natives 
of  Sweden.  The  father  was  a  farmer  of  that  country  throughout  his  entire  life  and  there 
passed  away  in  1898,  but  the  mother  is  living  and  has  now  reached  the  age  of  eighty- 
six  years. 

Alfred  Peterson  spent  his  youthful  days  in  his  native  land  and  pursued  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  there.  He  remained  with  his  parents  until  he  reached  the  age  of 
twenty,  when  in  1S81  he  determined  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  new  world.  Severing  home 
ties,  he  came  to  America  and  crossed  the  country  to  Boulder,  Colorado,  where  he  worked 
as  a  farm  hand  for  four  years.  He  then  rented  land  for  several  years  and  afterward 
purchased  his  present  place  of  two  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  He  has  greatly  improved 
this  property,  which  is  now  in  fine  shape,  and  he  has  cultivated  it  successfully  throughout 
the  intervening  years.  For  a  long  period  he  engaged  in  feeding  cattle  but  has  now  rented 
the  place  to  his  son  and  is  living  in  Berthoud,  practically  retired  from  business  cares 
and  enjoying  a  rest  which  he  has  truly  earned  and  richly  merits. 

On  the  16th  of  June,  1885,  Mr.  Peterson  was  married  to  Miss  Matilda  Anderson,  a 
daugflter  of  Anders  and  Marie  (Isaacson)  Anderson,  who  were  natives  of  Sweden.  The 
father  was  a  farmer  of  that  county  throughout  his  entire  life  and  there  passed  away  in 
1903.  while  the  mother  survived  until  1907.  Mrs.  Peterson  was  born  in  Sweden,  August 
4,  1S59.  and  by  her  marriage  has  become  the  mother  of  three  children:  David  B..  whose 
farm  adjoins  his  father's  place;  Roy  A.,  who  is  cultivating  the  old  homestead;  and  Ruth 
C,  who  is  with  her  parents. 

Mr.  Peterson  has  membership  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Farmers'  Union.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party, 
which  he  has  supported  since  becoming  a  naturalized  American  citizen.  His  religious 
belief  is  that  of  the  Swedish  Lutheran  church,  his  membership  being  at  Loveland.  where 
he  is  serving  as  one  of  the  church  trustees.  He  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the 
material,  intellectual  and  moral  progress  of  the  community  and  gives  hearty  aid  and 
cooperation  to  plans  and  movements  for  the  general  good. 


CHARLES    L.   WILSON. 


Charles  L.  Wilson,  residing  on  section  36,  township  o.  range  69,  in  Larimer  county, 
in  the  town  of  Campion,  was  born  fifteen  miles  northwest  of  Denver,  January  6.  1870,  a 
son  of  George  W.  and  Sarah  (Cross)  Wilson.  He  is  also  a  grandson  of  Lewis  Cross,  a 
very  prominent  settler  of  Larimer  county,  who  was  the  first  postmaster  of  Berthoud  at  a 
period  when  the  stage  line  brought  the  mail  to  that  place.  He  exerted  considerable  influ- 
ence over  public  thought  and  action  and  for  a  long  period  filled  the  office  of  county  com- 
missioner, in  which  connection  he  did  signal  service  for  the  community.  The  parents 
of  Charles  L.  Wilson  were  born  in  Indiana  and  removed  to  Iowa  at  an  early  period  in 
the  development  of  that  state.  About  1863  the  father  came  to  Colorado,  at  which  time 
Denver  was  composed  of  log  buildings.  He  was  afterward  associated  with  his  brother  in 
the  erection  and  operation  of  a  water  plant  which  supplied  water  to  Central  City  for  a 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  447 

number  of  years  and  then  sold  the  plant  to  the  city.  Previous  to  that  time  he  had  engaged 
in  the  dairy  business.  In  18S1  he  removed  to  Larimer  county  and  took  up  his  abode  on 
a  preemption  which  he  had  previously  entered.  He  improved  that  place  and  continued 
its  cultivation  until  1S91,  when  he  sold  the  property  and  bought  the  Lewis  Cross  place 
at  the  old  town  of  Berthoud,  Lewis  Cross  having  homesteaded  the  land.  George  W. 
Wilson  continued  to  further  develop  and  improve  the  place  until  1910.  and  he  and  his  son 
Charles  together  own  the  farm  at  the  present  time  and  from  it  secure  a  good  rental. 
George  W.  Wilson  is  now  living  in  Berthoud.  but  his  wife  passed  away  October  18,  1S87. 

Charles  L.  Wilson  was  reared  and  educated  in  Larimer  county,  attending  the  rural 
schools.  He  remained  with  his  parents  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  twenty-three  years, 
when  he  started  out  in  the  business  world  independently  and  for  two  years  thereafter 
engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  rented  land.  He  then  purchased  his  present  place  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  near  Campion,  becoming  owner  of  the  property  in  1895.  He 
has  since  greatly  improved  it  and  the  farm  is  today  in  fine  shape.  He  has  cultivated  it 
continuously  and  in  addition  to  his  own  residence  he  has  three  other  houses  on  the  place, 
occupied  by  his  help.  He  keeps  everything  in  excellent  condition  and  his  practical  and 
progressive  methods  are  shown  in  the  fine  appearance  of  his  farm,  which  is  one  of  the 
best  improved  properties  of  the  locality. 

In  February,  1892,  Mr.  Wilson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ida  Hanklns,  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  A.  and  Sarah  (Alkire)  Hankins,  who  are  natives  of  Indiana.  Her  father 
removed  to  Taylor  county,  Iowa,  during  the  pioneer  epoch  in  the  development  of  that 
district  and  while  living  there  enlisted  for  active  service  in  the  Union  army  as  a  member 
of  the  Twenty-fifth  Missouri  Infantry,  with  which  he  served  for  three  years  during  the 
Civil  war.  He  continued  to  engage  in  farming  in  Iowa  until  1878,  when  he  removed  to 
Boulder  county.  Colorado,  and  there  carried  on  farming  until  1880.  He  then  took  up  his 
abode  in  Larimer  county  and  secured  a  homestead  at  Campion,  which  he  improved  and 
further  developed  as  the  years  passed  by  until  1917,  when  he  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness. He  still  resides,  however,  at  Campion  and  his  wife  is  also  living.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wilson  have  been  born  seven  children  but  the  first  born,  Grace,  died  September  17,  1897, 
at  the  age  of  four  years,  four  months  and  three  days.  The  others  are:  Paul,  who  is  farm- 
ing his  father's  place;  Geneva,  who  is  attending  a  missionary  school  of  the  Seventh  Day 
Adventists;  Ethyle,  also  in  school;  and  Bertha.  Charles  and  Ida,  at  home. 

Mr.  Wilson  has  been  able  to  provide  liberally  for  his  family,  for  he  has  been  very 
successful  in  his  business  affairs  and  is  the  owner  of  considerable  other  land  that  he 
looks  after  besides  the  home  place.  He  makes  a  business  of  feeding  cattle  and  in  addition 
to  his  property  in  Larimer  county  he  owns  a  section  and  a  quarter  in  Weld  county  that 
is  largely  devoted  to  the  raising  of  wheat.  He  broke  the  first  dry  land  in  northern  Colo- 
rado, planting  an  acre  to  turkey  red  fall  wheat,  and  he  has  branched  out  until  in  1918 
he  raised  fifteen  thousand  bushels.  Three  years  ago  he  received  a  check  for  thirty  thou- 
sand dollars  for  wheat  raised  on  a  section  and  a  half  of  land  lying  mostly  in  Weld 
county.  He  has  made  a  thorough  study  of  the  possibilities  for  production  in  dry  farming 
and  has  been  very  successful.  He  has  ever  been  actuated  by  a  progressive  spirit  and 
was  one  of  the  first  men  in  the  state  to  buy  the  combined  harvester  and  thresher.  His 
business  affairs  are  most  wisely,  carefully  and  profitably  conducted  and  he  has  at  all 
times  been  actuated  by  a  spirit  of  progress  that  constitutes  an  example  that  many  others 
have  followed.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party  and  his  religious 
faith  is  that  of  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  church. 


WILLIAM  C.  KORTUM, 


A  well  improved  farm  property  is  that  owned  and  operated  by  William  C.  Kortum 
in  the  vicinity  of  East  Lake.  He  has  been  the  owner  of  this  place  since  1915,  in  which 
year  he  purchased  one  hundred  and  forty-four  acres  of  land  that  now  constitutes  one 
of  the  fine  farms  of  Adams  county.  Mr.  Kortum  is  a  native  of  Holstein,  Germany.  He 
was  born  July  17,  1864.  a  son  of  Detlev  and  Lena  Kortum.  The  father  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1893  and  remained  for  four  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Germany 
but  again  made  his  way  to  the  new  world  in  1912.  Both  he  and  his  wife  have  now 
passed    away.     In   their   family   were   six   children. 

William  C.  Kortum  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country  and  there 
worked  at  farm  labor,  while  for  three  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  German  army.  In 
1890  he  came  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Denver,  and  tor  eight  years  he  conducted  a 
dairy.  In  1915  he  made  Investment  in  his  present  home  place  of  one  hundred  and  forty- 
four  acres  near  East  Lake,  in  Adams  county,  and  has  since  engaged  in  farming  it,  devot- 


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448  .  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

ing  his  attention  largely  to  the  production  of  wheat  and  hay.  He  has  a  fine  house  upon 
his  place  and  large  substantial  barns,  and  in  fact  all  of  the  improvements  are  in  keeping 
with  the  progressive  spirit  of  modern  farming. 

On  the  9th  of  April,  1902,  Mr.  Kortum  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Sophie  Bunz, 
a  daughter  of  Henry  Bunz  and  also  a  native  of  Germany  who  came  to  America  in  1891. 
The  children  of  this  marriage  are:  William,  who  is  operating  a  threshing  machine; 
Mary,  now  Mrs.  Louis  Dierks;   Gustaf;  and  Anna. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Kortum  is  a  democrat,  having  always  supported  the  party 
since  becoming  a  naturalized  American  citizen.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Luth- 
eran church,  his  membership  being  with  the  congregation  that  has  its  house  of  worship 
at  Twenty-sixth  and  Lawrence  streets  in  Denver.  He  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret 
his  determination  to  come  to  the  new  world.  Having  voluntarily  chosen  to  become  an 
American  citizen  and  therefore  o^ing  his  allegiance  to  this  land,  he  has  cooperated  in 
well  defined  plans  and  measures  for  the  advancement  and  progress  of  community  and 
commonwealth. 


JOSEPH    STANDLEY. 


Joseph  Standley,  who  passed  away  on  the  14th  of  January,  1917,  was  a  man  whose 
high  principles  and  broad  mindedness  were  manifest  in  every  relation  of  life.  His 
history  is  an  inspiring  one,  indicating  what  may  be  accomplished  through  individual 
effort  directed  by  keen  intelligence  and  sound  judgment.  Mr.  Standley  was  a  native 
of  Illinois,  born  November  1,  1838,  and  was  therefore  in  the  seventy-ninth  year  of  his 
age  when  called  to  his  final  rest.  In  his  boyhood  days  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Nebraska  and  was  there  reared  upon  the  home  farm,  acquiring  his  education  in  one 
of  the  typical  little  district  schoolhouses.  He  had  no  other  educational  training,  but 
in  the  school  of  experience  learned  many  valuable  lessons.  His  naturally  keen  intel- 
lect enabled  him  to  glean  knowledge  from  every  situation  of  life  and  his  associates  knew 
him  as  a  man  of  broad  information  and  liberal  culture.  He  was  a  young  man  of  twenty- 
five  years  when  In  1863  he  came  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Central  City,  Gilpin 
county,  then  called  Nevada  or  Bald  Mountain.  He  engaged  in  prospesting  and  in  the 
early  days  he  purchased  a  ranch  property  on  Clear  creek,  of  which  he  remained  the 
owner  for  forty  years  but  lived  thereon  for  only  one  summer.  His  mining  interests 
proved  profitable.  He  became  ,the  owner  of  the  celebrated  California  mine,  which 
yielded  him  a  large  fortune.  He  was  particularly  successful  in  his  mining  ventures  by 
reason  of  the  extreme  care  which  he  displayed  in  making  his  investments  and  the 
efficiency  and  economy  with  which  he  operated  the  properties  that  came  under  his 
control. 

Prom  Central  City  Mr.  Standley  removed  to  Golden  and  afterward  became  a  resident 
of  Denver,  becoming  a  well  known  figure  in  financial  circles  of  the  capital  city.  In 
1870  he  entered  into  business  relations  with  Joseph  A.  Thatcher,  now  chairman  of  the 
board  of  the  Denver  National  Bank,  and  thus  formed  the  banking  firm  of  Thatcher 
&  Standley,  taking  over  the  business  of  the  banking  house  of  Warren,  Hussey  &  Com- 
pany. After  conducting  their  interests  as  a  private  banking  institution  for  three 
years  the  firm  of  Thatcher  &  Standley  organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Central 
City,  the  former  becoming  its  president  and  the  latter  its  vice  president.  The  bank 
has  maintained  a  prosperous  existence  throughout  all  the  intervening  years  and  until 
the  time  of  his  demise  Mr.  Standley  remained  one  of  its  stockholders,  while  Mr.  Thatcher 
is  still  connected  with  the  institution,  but  both  retired  as  officers  about  fifteen  years 
before  the  death  of  Mr.  Standley.  It  was  in  1884  that  these  two  gentlemen,  together 
with  Dennis  Sullivan,  William  H.  James,  Edward  Eddy  and  James  B.  Grant,  organized 
the  Denver  National  Bank  and  from  that  time  until  called  to  his  final  rest  Mr.  Standley 
remained  a  member  of  its  directorate  and  rendered  most  valuable  service  to  the 
institution  in  his  sound  business  advice  and  Judgment.  To  other  fields  Mr.  Standley 
also  extended  his  efforts.  He  was  prominently  connected  with  the  raising  of  fine  horses 
in  association  with  J.  W.  Gaynor  of  Boulder  county  and  this  enterprise,  like  the  others 
with  which  he  was  connected,  proved  profitable.  In  fact  whatever  he  undertook  he 
carried  forward  to  successful  completion,  his  energy  and  keen  discrimination  enabling 
him   to  overcome  all  obstacles  and  difficulties  which   arose  in  his  business   career. 

It  was  in  1863  that  Joseph  Standley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ellen  M. 
Shay.  Theirs  was  an  ideal  home  relationship  which  was  terminated  in  the  death  of 
Mr.  Standley  on  the  14th  of  January,  1917.  His  pronounced  charactertistics  and  his 
sterling  worth  are  indicated  in  the  following: 


JOSEPH  STANDLEY 


450  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

"Denver,   February   7,   1917. 
"To  the  Directors  of  the  Denver  National  Bank,   Denver,  Colo. 
"Gentlemen: 

"The  committee  appointed  by  your  board  to  draft  resolutions  on  the  death  of  our 
highly  esteemed  director,  Mr.  Joseph  Standley,  beg  to  submit  the  following: 

"Mr.  Standley  died  in  San  Diego,  California,  on  Sunday,  January  14,  1917,  of  a 
paralytic  stroke  after  a  brief  illness.  Mr.  Standley  was  one  of  our  oldest  directors.  He 
joined  Mr.  Sullivan,  Governor  Grant,  Mr.  James,  Mr.  Eddy,  Mr.  Sauer  and  Mr.  Thatcher 
in  organizing  the  Denver  National  Bank  in  December,  1884.  From  that  date,  although 
a  silent  man,  unpretentious,  retiring  and  unobtrustive.  he  was  a  most  loyal,  earnest 
and  effective  worker  in  the  interest  of  and  the  building  up  of  the  bank  in  every  way 
and  at  all  times  during  the  trying  days  of  1893  and  again  in  1907  he  stood  ready  to 
place  his  entire  fortune  at  the  disposal  of  the  bank  to  meet  the  threatened  situation 
regardless  of  his  personal  interests.  Although  Mr.  Standley  lived  in  Denver  more  than 
thirty  years,  he  was  but  little  known,  a  quiet  man  of  strong  friendships  and  unques- 
tioned loyalty  and  also  of  the  strictest  honor  and  integrity.  In  all  of  his  relations, 
not  only  with  his  friends  but  with  all  mankind,  his  simple  word  was  as  good  as  his 
bond   in   any   undertaking. 

"Resolved  that  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Standley  the  bank  has  lost  one  of  its  most 
valued  directors,  a  kindly,  lovable  man  whose  friendship  and  association  were  highly 
prized  by  every  member  of  the  board,  and  we  hereby  extend  our  deepest  sympathy  to 
Mrs.   Standley  and  all  relatives  of  the  family. 

"Resolved  that  these  resolutions  be  recorded  in  the  minute  book  of  the  bank  and  a 
copy  be  engraved  and  presented  to  Mrs.  Standley. 

Respectfully, 

"J.  A.  Thatcher. 
"Harry  C.  Jasies." 
Such  an  appreciation  from  lifetime  friends  is  indeed  a  record  of  which  the  widow 
and  the  many  friends  of  Mr.  Standley  may  well  be  proud.  Following  the  death  of 
her  husband  Mrs.  Standley  erected  a  beautiful  mausoleum  in  Fairmount  cemetery  at  a 
cost  of  fifty-three  thousand  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  It  is  a  most  artistic 
structure,  built  in  the  style  of  Grecian  architecture,  with  heavy  bronze  doors  and  having 
a  height  of  twenty  feet.  It  was  built  of  Vermont  granite  and  was  completed  on  the 
30th  of  June.  1918.  In  addition  Mrs.  Standley  has  given  as  a  memorial  to  her  husband 
the  north  wing  of  the  City  Museum  in  City  Park,  which  is  one  hundred  and  fifty  by 
seventy   feet  and  was  erected  at  a  cost   of  seventy-five  thousand   dollars. 

In  his  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Standley  was  a  Mason  and  always  exemplified  the 
highest  principles  and  purposes  of  the  craft.  Loyalty  was  one  of  his  most  marked 
characteristics — loyalty  to  the  business  interests  which  he  represented,  loyalty  to  his 
friends  and  loyalty  to  the  ideals  which  he  ever  cherished.  No  one  ever  came  to  know 
Joseph  Standley  that  did  not  appreciate  him  at  his  true  worth  and  his  memory  will 
long  be  cherished  by  all  who  came  within  the  circle  of  his  friendship. 


JEREMIAH    LEGGETT. 


Jeremiah  Leggett,  whose  life  record  covered  a  span  of  almost  eighty  years,  was 
born  in  Licking  county.  Ohio,  May  16,  1837,  and  passed  away  In  Boulder  county, 
Colorado,  on  the  4th  of  September.  1916.  He  was  a  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Younger)  Leggett,  whose  family  numbered  seven  children.  The  father  was  born  in 
Virginia  in  1816  and  removed  with  his  parents  to  Ohio  in  his  boyhood,  settling  in 
Licking  county,  where  he  was  reared  and  married.  He  early  entered  upon  an  appren- 
ticeship to  the  trade  of  shoemaking,  which  he  followed  in  Licking  county  until  1852, 
when  he  removed  to  Indiana  with  his  family.  For  two  and  a  half  years  thereafter 
he  carried  on  farming  in  Henry  county,  but  in  1S54  left  Indiana  and  went  to  Polk 
county,  Iowa,  where  he  secured  a  farm  and  engaged  in  dealing  extensively  in  cattle 
and  hogs.  He  was  not  long  permitted  to  enjoy  his  new  home,  however,  for  his  death 
occurred  in  1856.  He  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Leggett,  a  native  of  Scotland,  who  in  his 
youthful  days  came  to  the  new  world,  settling  in  Virginia,  where  he  married  and  made 
his  home  for  a  number  of  years.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Ohio,  where  he  engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits  until  his  death.  The  maternal  grandfather  of  Jeremiah  Leg- 
gett was  also  a  native  of  Scotland  and  became  a  resident  of  Virginia  in  his  youthful 
days. 

The    educational    opportunities    of    Jeremiah    Leggett    were    quite    limited    but    he 


MR.  AND  MRS.  JEREMIAH  LEGGETT 


452  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

became  a  well  informed  man  through  study,  reading  and  observation.  He  possessed 
an  observing  eye  and  retentive  memory  and  was  constantly  adding  to  his  fund  of 
knowledge.  He  was  nineteen  years  of  age  when  his  father  died  and  the  support  of 
the  family  then  devolved  upon  him  as  he  was  the  eldest  of  the  seven  children.  On 
the  31st  of  October.  1861,  when  a  young  man  of  twenty-four  years,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Augusta  Mary  Hinman.  a  native  of  Ohio  like  her  husband  and  a  daughter 
of  Porter  T.  Hinman,  who  was  born  near  Buffalo.  New  York,  July  6,  1816.  Her 
grandfather,  Anson  Hinman,  was  for  many  years  judge  of  the  county  court  and  was 
prominently  identified  with  military  matters,  holding  the  rank  of  general  in  the  state 
militia.  Porter  Hinman,  owing  to  the  death  of  his  parents,  was  early  thrown  upon 
his  own  resources  and  when  a  lad  of  fifteen  years  went  to  Buffalo  and  afterward  settled 
on  Grand  island,  in  the  Niagara  river,  where  he  spent  three  years  as  clerk  for  the 
Grand  Island  Company,  a  ship-building  concern,  and  afterward  he  became  clerk  on  the 
steamship  Constellation,  plying  on  Lake  Erie.  Two  years  afterward  he  removed  to 
Mansfield,  Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  teaching  a  writing  school  for  about  five  years. 
While  there  he  wedded  Mary  A.  Smith  and  in  1845  removed  to  Clinton  county,  Indiana, 
where  he  devoted  four  years  to  mining.  During  the  excitement  resulting  from  the 
discovery  of  gold  in  California  he  went  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  1849  and  there  engaged 
in  mining  and  in  freighting  until  185.^.  With  his  return  to  the  Mississippi  valley  he 
settled  in  Illinois  and  for  two  and  a  half  years  was  engaged  in  farming  in  McDonough 
county.  He  afterward  occupied  a  clerical  position  in  the  United  States  land  oflice 
at  Des  Moines.  Iowa,  and  thence  removed  to  Polk  City,  Iowa,  where  he  operated  a  saw- 
mill, becoming  in  time  proprietor  of  two  sawmills,  which  he  profitably  conducted. 
'He  also  served  as  postmaster  of  Polk  City  for  three  years.  In  1860  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, accompanied  by  his  eldest  son.  and  preempted  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land  on  Left  Hand  creek.  In  1862  he  returned  to  Iowa  but  again  came  to  Colo- 
rado, this  time  accompanied  by  his  second  son.  The  next  year  he  once  more  returned 
and  brought  his  family  with  him  to  Colorado,  subsequent  to  which  time  he  concentrated 
his  efforts  and  attention  upon  the  cultivation  of  his  land.  About  1876  he  made  his  way 
to  the  mines  of  Hahns  Peak,  and  while  there  identified  with  mining  for  three  years 
he  also  served  as  judge  of  Routt  county  and  postmaster  of  the  town.  In  1884  he 
was  called  upon  to  represent  his  district  in  the  state  legislature,  being  elected  on  the 
republican  ticket.  Thus  in  various  ways  he  left  the  impress  of  his  individuality 
and  ability  upon  the  development  and  the  history  of  the  state,  passing  away  June 
8,   1894. 

After  his  marriage  to  Augusta  Mary  Hinman,  Mr.  Leggett  continued  to  live  upon 
the  old  homestead  farm  and  care  for  the  younger  members  of  his  father's  family, 
but  when  most  of  his  brothers  and  sisters  had  married  and  left  home  he,  with  his 
wife  and  two  children,  started  for  Colorado  in  1866.  They  left  Polk  county,  Iowa,  on 
the  5th  of  April,  crossed  the  plains  with  horses  and  wagons  and  arrived  at  Left  Hand 
creek  on  the  18th  of  May.  Mr.  Leggett  had  previously  visited  the  state  in  1860,  in 
company  with  three  others,  at  which  time  they  journeyed  with  horses  and  two  wagons 
and  spent  six  months  in  the  mining  regions  of  the  state.  After  his  return  to  Colorado 
Mr.  Leggett  took  up  farming  on  Left  Hand  creek  but  a  year  later  removed  to  Boulder 
creek  and  took  charge  of  the  landed  interests  of  the  Ni  Wot  Mining  Company,  acting 
in  that  capacity  for  four  years.  In  1871  he  began  the  cultivation  of  a  farm  in  Boulder 
county  and  in  the  following  year  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and 
removed  to  that  place.  Later  he  extended  its  boundaries  by  the  further  purchase  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  so  that  he  became  the  owner  of  a  half  section.  He  always 
gave  considerable  attention  to  the  breeding  and  raising  of  cattle  and  horses,  which 
constituted  an  important  branch  of  his  business.  In  1897  he  erected  the  present 
family  home,  a  substantial  brick  residence,  which  is  one  of  the  attractive  country 
homes  of  Boulder  county  and  is  known  as  Clifton  Place.  His  was  a  busy  and  useful 
life  in  which  energy  and  enterprise  triumphed  over  difficulties  and  obstacles  and  led 
the   way   to   success. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leggett  became  the  parents  of  six  children.  Harriet  A.,  who  was 
born  September  18,  1862,  is  the  widow  of  Willard  Slocum  and  resides  in  Loveland, 
Larimer  county,  Colorado.  Alice  M.  was  born  in  August,  1864,  and  died  October  9. 
1871.  James  E.  was  born  August  8,  1866,  and  passed  away  January  30,  1867.  Edgar 
W..  born  March  2,  1868,  is  superintendent  of  the  Rock  Springs  Mining  Company  and 
resides  at  Four  Mile,  in  Routt  county.  Mary  E..  born  April  17,  1871.  graduated  from  the 
State  Normal  School,  then  taught  school  for  ten  years  and  is  now  the  wife  of  Dell  C. 
Strever,  foreman  of  the  Union  Pacific  shops  at  Laramie.  Wyoming;  Nathan  H.,  born 
December  2,  1878,  married  Grace  E.  Cline  and  resides  at  home. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  453 

The  death  of  the  husband  and  father  occurred  September  4,  1916,  and  he  was 
laid  to  rest  in  the  Columbia  cemetery  at  Boulder.  He  had  given  his  political  allegiance 
to  the  republican  party  and  he  belonged  to  Eureka  Lodge,  No.  1,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  and  to 
the  Boulder  Valley  Grange,  of  which  he  served  as  master,  and  for  one  term  he  was 
overseer  of  the  State  Grange.  He  also  served  for  a  decade  as  president  of  the  Boulder 
Industrial  Association  and  for  many  years  was  a  member  of  the  school  board.  In  a 
word,  he  stood  for  progress  and  improvement  in  public  affairs  and  gave  his  support 
to  every  measure  or  movement  that  was  calculated  to  upbuild  the  interests  of  the 
community. 

Mr.  Leggett  was  a  great  lover  of  children,  a  trait  in  his  character  which  revealed 
the  true  kindness  of  his  heart.  In  all  his  transactions  he  ever  proved  himself  reliable 
and  trustworthy  and  in  the  real  sense  of  the  phrase  it  may  be  said  of  him  that  his 
word  was  as  good  as  his  bond.  The  rare  event  of  their  golden  wedding  was  not  a 
mere  family  celebration  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leggett,  which  was  accompanied  with  due  and 
memorable  ceremonies,  but  it  was  to  them  most  significant  as  the  day  from  which 
they  looked  back  over  fifty  years  of  a  happy  union,  in  which  they  had  shared  joys  and 
sorrows,  hardship  and  pleasantness.  For  fifty-four  years  they  lived  together  until 
death  separated  them.  Together  they  came  to  this  state  and  with  them  they  had  a 
team  and  the  fixed  determination  to  succeed,  but  they  were  not  blessed  with  money  when 
they  started  out  to  carve  a  competence  from  a  wilderness.  The  dangers  and  hardships 
of  early  life  they  equably  shared  in  those  early  days,  as  they  afterward  enjoyed  the 
success  which  came  to  them.  Through  such  lives,  filled  with  faithfully  performed 
duties — performed  from  day  to  day  and  unreservedly — the  development,  growth  and 
present  prosperity  of  this  commonwealth  have  been  brought  about  and  therefore  there 
is  due  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leggett  the  gratitude  of  a  present  generation,  which  enjoys 
advantages  of  which   they  in  their  young  lives  were  deprived. 

Mrs.  Leggett  still  remains  on  the  old  homestead  of  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  which  is  splendidly  improved  and  which  her  son  Nathan  now  works.  She  is 
a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  she  belongs  to  the  Royal  Neighbors  and 
to  the  Grange.  The  family  has  long  figured  prominently  in  connection  with  public 
affairs    in    the   county   and   Mrs.   Leggett   is   held    in   the   highest   esteem,   as   was    her 


CARL  M.  EIDSON. 


Carl  M.  Eidson,  living  on  section  2,  township  4,  range  69.  his  place  being  a  half  mile 
east  of  the  railroad  at  Campion,  was  born  in  Weld  county,  Colorado,  August  26,  1884,  a 
son  of  Samuel  H.  and  Carrie  (Ackerman)  Eidson,  the  former  a  native  of  Adams  county, 
Illinois,  and  the  latter  of  Michigan.  The  father  was  a  farmer  in  Illinois  until  about 
1875,  when  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  farm  hand  for  three  years. 
He  then  took  up  a  homestead,  which  he  improved  and  cultivated  until  1906,  winning 
substantial  success  in  the  careful  conduct  of  his  farm.  In  the  year  indicated,  however, 
he  retired  from  active  business  life  and  removed  to  southern  California,  where  he  and 
his  wife  have  since  resided.  The  maternal  grandparents  of  Carl  M.  Eidson  were  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Longmont,  Boulder  county,  Colorado.  The  younger  sister  of  Mrs. 
Carrie  Ackerman  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  the  colony  of  Longmont  and  in  recog- 
nition of  this  distinction  was  later  awarded  a  city  lot  by  the  municipality  of  Longmont. 
She  disposed  of  this  in  1905  and  now  makes  her  home  in  southern  California.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Samuel  H.  Eidson  became  the  parents  of  ten  children,  as  follows:  Otto,  who  is 
engaged  in  farming  in  Oregon;  Elmo  W.,  a  resident  of  Oakland,  California;  Carl  M.,  of 
this  review;  Lester,  who  is  a  member  of  the  United  States  army;  Jean,  who  passed 
away  in  February,  1915;  Gladys,  the  wife  of  Lewis  Strickler,  of  Fruitvale,  California; 
Josephine,  also  living  in  California;  Theodore,  a  resident  of  Longbeach,  California; 
Irwin,  who  was  accidentally  drowned;  and  one  who  died  in  infancy. 

Carl  M.  Eidson  was  reared  and  educated  in  Weld  county.  He  attended  the  rural 
schools  and  also  the  high  school  at  Loveland,  Larimer  county,  and  he  remained  with  his 
parents  until  he  had  attained  his  majority,  assisting  in  the  work  of  the  farm.  He  after- 
ward rented  the  home  place  and  also  purchased  his  present  ranch  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  but  later  sold  some  of  his  property,  now  owning  one  hundred  and  thirty 
acres.  He  and  his  brother  continued  to  cultivate  the  old  homestead  in  addition  to  the 
farm  of  Carl  M.  Eidson  and  resided  upon  the  old  home  place  until  1909,  when  he  removed 
to  his  present  farm,  which  he  has  since  improved  in  fine  shape.  This  place  was  also 
homesteaded  by  his  uncle,  who  operated  it  for  a  number  of  years.     Carl  M.  Eidson  now 


454  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

has  a  nicely  improved  farm,  which  he  has  cultivated  according  to  progressive 
methods,  productive  of  excellent  results.  He  is  specializing  In  the  raising  of 
pure  bred  shorthorn  cattle  and  Poland  China  hogs  and  the  stock  raising  feature  of  his 
business  is  adding  materially  to  his  annual  income. 

On  the  1st  of  January,  1908,  Mr.  Eidson  was  married  to  Miss  Janie  L.  Drage,  a 
daughter  of  Charles  H.  and  Belle  (Bransom)  Drage.  who  were  natives  of  Illinois.  The 
father  was  a  farmer  of  that  state  and  there  carried  on  general  agricultural  pursuits 
until  1888,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Larimer  county,  where  he  bought 
and  improved  land,  which  he  has  since  owned  and  cultivated.  His  wife  passed  away 
in  March.  1904.  Their  family  numbered  four  children,  as  follows:  Vivian,  a  farmer 
residing  in  Weld  county:  Mrs.  Eidson:  Alma,  the  wife  of  R.  S.  Foster,  who  took  up  a 
homestead  claim  in  Weld  county  and  is  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  there;  and 
C.  Leonard,  a  farmer  living  in  Larimer  county.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eidson  have  been 
born  three  children:  Carrie  Belle,  whose  birth  occurred  in' September,  1908;  Roland  L., 
born  May   2.   1913;   and   Donald  Roy,  in  October,  1915. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Baptist  church  and  Mr.  Eidson 
belongs  to  the  Fraternal  Aid  Union.  In  politics  he  is  a  democrat,  and  while  never  an 
aspirant  for  political  office,  he  has  served  as  school  director.  He  is  interested  in  all 
that  has  to  do  with  public  progress  and  improvement  and  he  cooperates  heartily  in  all 
movements  tor  the  general  good.  He  is  a  representative  of  old  pioneer  families  of  the 
state  and  the  work  which  was  instituted  by  his  father  along  the  lines  of  agricultural 
development  has  been  carried  forward  by  him  and  he  ranks  today  with  the  representative 
farmers  of  this  district. 


JOHN   W.   GAYNOR. 


John  W.  Gaynor  is  a  well  known  and  highly  respected  farmer  and  stockman  of 
Boulder  county  and  is  also  one  of  the  veterans  of  the  Civil  war.  His  worth  as  a 
man  well  entitles  him  to  mention  among  the  substantial  citizens  of  the  state.  He  was 
born  in  Ireland.  March  17,  1842,  a  son  of  James  and  Margaret  (McElligott)  Gaynor, 
who  were  natives  of  the  Emerald  isle,  whence  they  came  to  America  in  1847,  settling 
in  Ohio,  at  which  time  John  W.  was  a  little  lad  of  but  five  years.  The  family  remained 
in  Ohio  until  1856,  when  the  parents  removed  to  Green  county,  Wisconsin,  where  both 
spent  their  remaining  days.  They  had  a  family  of  four  children,  of  whom  two  are 
now  living,  our  subject  and  Peter  0.  Gaynor  of  Pueblo,  a  civil  engineer  who  was  the 
originator   of   the   Georgetown   loop. 

John  W.  Gaynor  was  reared  and  educated  in  Wisconsin  and  in  1861  enlisted  for 
service  in  the  Civil  war,  being  at  that  time  a  youth  of  nineteen  years.  He  became  a 
member  of  Company  B.  Fifteenth  Illinois  Infantry,  and  with  his  command  went  to 
the  front,  serving  until  the  close  of  hostilities.  He  participated  in  the  battle  of 
Shiloh  and  in  a  number  of  other  hotly  contested  engagements  and  was  twice  wounded, 
once  in  the  thigh  at  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  the  bullet  passing  through  and  then 
Into  the  knee  of  a  comrade;  and  once  in  the  lower  leg.  While  in  Georgia  he  was 
taken  a  prisoner  but  was  held  captive  for  only  one  day,  as  at  night  he  succeeded  in 
making  his  escape.  This  occurred  during  the  siege  of  Atlanta,  in  which  he  took 
active  part,  afterward  going  with  Sherman  on  the  celebrated  march  from  Atlanta 
to  the  sea.  He  was  mustered  out  at  Springfield.  Illinois,  in  October,  1865,  and  returned 
to  his  home  with  a  most  creditable  military  record.  He  again  took  up  his  abode  in 
Boone  county,  Illinois,  where  he  had  previously  lived,  and  in  the  spring  of  1866  he 
drove  a  mule  team  for  the  government  across  the  plains  and  thus  made  his  initial  trip 
to  Colorado.  In  the  tall  of  that  year  he  filed  on  a  homestead  north  of  Golden,  which 
he  still  owns,  and  in  188S  he  purchased  the  farm  whereon  he  now  resides,  comprising 
fourteen  hundred  and  eighty-nine  acres  of  rich  and  valuable  land,  all  under  the  ditch 
and  splendidly  improved.  The  place  is  situated  two  and  a  half  miles  south  of  Long- 
mont  and  is  one  of  the  fine  ranch  properties  of  the  state  No  accessory  or  convenience 
of  the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century  is  lacking  upon  his  place  and  his  pro- 
gressive spirit  actuates  him  in  all  that  he  has  undertaken.  He  makes  a  specialty  of 
feeding  and  raising  stock  and  his  annual  sales  of  stock  and  of  grain  reach  a  large 
figure. 

In  1884  Mr.  Gaynor  started  the  Arkansas  River  &  Land  Company  and  put  in  the 
first  big  ditch  in  the  state.  This  had  a  sixty  foot  head  gate  in  the  Arkansas  river, 
west  of  La  Junta  and  is  one  hundred  and  thirteen  miles  in  length.  At  first  the  land 
it  watered  would  not  sell  as  the  ditch  was  put  in  too  early. 


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456  .  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

In  1866,  in  Illinois.  Mr.  Gaynor  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Gorman, 
a  native  of  Illinois,  who  passed  away  in  Golden,  Colorado,  in  October,  1871.  Mr. 
Gaynor  has  always  remained  true  to  her  memory,  never  marrying  again.  In  18S4 
he  went  to  old  Mexico,  where  he  spent  the  winter,  having  mining  interests  in  that 
section.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker,  and  he 
proudly  wears  the  little  bronze  button  that  proclaims  him  a  member  of  McPherson 
Post.  G.  A.  R.  Through  his  connection  with  that  order  he  maintains  pleasant  rela- 
tions with  his  old  army  comrades  and  enjoys  recalling  events  and  scenes  of  the  war. 
He  is  a  self-made  man  whose  prosperity  has  all  been  won  since  he  came  to  Colorado. 
Steadily  he  has  advanced  and  he  is  today  one  of  the  prosperous,  highly  respected  and 
honored  citizens  of  Boulder  county,  for  his  career  has  at  all  times  been  such  as  to 
commend  him  to  the  confidence  and  high  regard  of  those  who  know  him.  He  has  now 
passed  the  seventy-sixth  milestone  of  life's  journey  but  still  remains  an  active  factor 
in  the  world's  work  and  gives  personal  supervision  to  the  development  and  control 
of    his    large    ranch. 


ROBERT  TALBERT. 


Robert  Talbert,  a  retired  ranchman  residing  at  Brighton,  has  been  actively  identified 
with  farming  and  stock  raising  interests  in  Colorado  for  the  past  half  century  and  well 
merits  the  rest  which  he  now  enjoys.  His  birth  occurred  in  Burlington.  Iowa,  on  the 
13th  of  January,  1849,  his  parents  being  James  and  Ellen  Talbert,  who  later  established 
their  home  in  Jackson  county,  Missouri,  where  the  son  was  educated.  In  1868,  when 
a  young  man  of  twenty  years,  he  made  his  way  to  Denver.  Colorado,  and  there  secured 
employment  with  the  firm  of  John  Hughes  &  Company,  who  conducted  a  stage  line  and 
for  whom  he  tended  stock  for  five  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  embarked 
in  the  live  stock  business  on  his  own  account  and  purchased  a  tract  of  eighty  acres  in 
Adams  county  which  is  still  in  his  possession.  He  also  rode  the  range  and  ran  cattle 
for  twenty-five  years  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  returned  to  his  farm,  which  he  con- 
tinued to  cultivate  successfully  until  1918,  when  he  put  aside  active  business  cares  and 
has  since  lived  retired  at  Brighton.  His  interests  were  wisely  and  carefully  managed, 
so  that  substantial  success  rewarded  his  efforts  and  gained  him  recognition  among  the 
representative  ranchmen  of  his  district. 

On  the  14th  of  November,  1877,  Mr.  Talbert  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louisa 
Noble,  a  native  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  and  a  daughter  of  Albert  and  Maria  Noble. 
They  have  become  the  parents  of  five  children,  as  follows:  Delroy  C;  Inez,  who  is  the 
wife  of  John  McManus  and  has  a  daughter,  lola;  and  Robert  Blaine,  Russell  and  Ethel, 
all  of  whom  have  passed  away. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Talbert  is  a  stanch  democrat,  while  fraternally  he  is 
identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  likewise 
a  member  of  the  Grange.  He  has  been  an  interested  witness  of  the  growth  and  devel- 
opment of  his  section  of  the  state  through  the  past  half  century  and  has  ever  borne 
his  full  share  in  the  work  of  progress  and  upbuilding,  while  his  own  career  has  been 
such  as  to  win  and  retain  the  high  regard  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has  been 
brought  in  contact  in  business  or  social  relations. 


SAMUEL  HARTSEL. 


Samuel  Hartsel  had  almost  reached  the  eighty-fourth  milestone  on  life's  journey 
when  death  called  him.  His  friends  will  miss  him,  but  the  memory  of  his  beautiful  life, 
of  his  sincerity  and  simplicity,  will  not  be  forgotten.  They  will  not  mourn  for  him  as 
they  would  for  a  young  man  cut  off  in  the  flower  and  promise  of  his  youth  but  will 
rejoice  in  his  memory  as  that  of  a  man  who  laid  down  his  task  in  the  twilight  of  the 
day,  when  all  that  he  had  to  do  had  been  nobly  and  fully  completed.  He  had  remained 
active  in  business  to  the  last  and  no  long  illness  terminated  his  passing.  Only  on  the 
day  of  his  demise  he  had  visited  his  office  in  the  Ferguson  building  in  Denver,  in  which 
city  for  a  number  of  years  he  had  made  his  home  following  long  connection  with  exten- 
sive ranching  and  cattle  raising  interests  in  Park  county.  He  had  for  fifty-eight  years 
been  identified  with  the  development  of  the  west  and  even  in  the  evening  of  life,  when 
success  in  substantial  measure  had  come  to  him,  he  would  not  put  aside  business  cares 
and  duties.     Such  a  record  should  put  to  shame  many  a  man  who,  grown  weary  of  the 


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struggles  and  trials  of  life,  would  relegate  to  others  the  burdens  that  he  should  bear. 
Mr.  Hartsel  found  interest  and  pleasure  in  business  to  the  last.  His  plans  were  ever 
carefully  thought  out  and  promptly  executed,  and  what  he  accomplished  represented  the 
fit  utilization  of  his  innate  powers  and  talents. 

Mr.  Hartsel  was  born  November  22,  1834,  in  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania,  near  the 
town  of  Bethlehem,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Katherine  (Hartman)  Hartsel,  who  were  also 
natives  of  the  Keystone  state.  The  founder  of  the  family  in  the  new  world  came  from 
Switzerland  in  1735.  Jacob  Hartsel  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  thus  provided  for 
the  support  of  his  family,  which  numbered  ten  children,  all  of  whom  are  now  deceased. 
The  parents  have  long  since  passed  away. 

Samuel  Hartsel  was  educated  in  private  schools  and  early  began  work  upon  the  home 
farm.  In  1850  he  removed  westward  to  Ohio,  settling  near  Youngstown,  where  he 
remained  for  two  years  and  then  returned  to  Pennsylvania.  In  1852,  however,  he  became 
a  resident  of  Benton  county,  Indiana,  where  he  remained  until  1856,  when  he  removed 
to  Dubuque,  Iowa,  where  he  continued  until  the  spring  of  1857.  At  that  date  he  estab- 
lished his  home  in  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  and  was  employed  by  the  famous  overland 
company  of  Russell,  Majors  &  Waddell  until  the  spring  of  1860,  when  he  started  from 
Atchison,  Kansas,  along  the  Platte  River  trail  and  arrived  in  Denver  on  the  22d  of 
May,  1860,  and  on  May  25th  he  reached  Hartsel,  which  was  named  for  him.  The  journey 
westward  had  been  made  in  an  ox  train  and  he  located  at  the  placer  mining  town  of 
Hamilton,  on  Tarryall  creek,  near  the  present  town  of  Como.  Although  the  mining 
excitement  had  brought  him  to  Colorado,  he  gave  up  mining  within  a  few  months  and 
spent  two  years  in  herding  cattle  by  the  month  at  from  a  dollar  and  a  halt  to  two  dollars 
and  a  half  per  head,  being  employed  by  the  Hamlin  Cattle  Company.  In  the  fall  of  1862 
he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  a  tract  which  constituted  the  nucleus  of 
the  Hartsel  ranch,  comprising  nine  thousand  acres  of  patented  land  and  three  thousand 
acres  of  leased  land,  becoming  one  of  the  largest  and  best  stocked  cattle  ranches  of  the 
state.  He  also  developed  the  Hartsel  hot  springs  and  the  Hartsel  town  site.  His  origi- 
nal homestead  cabin  is  still  the  central  part  of  the  main  ranch  house,  its  huge  fireplace 
having  made  the  cabin  an  attractive  sitting  room  through  fifty-six  years.  There  is 
no  phase  of  pioneer  life  with  which  Mr.  Hartsel  was  not  familiar.  In  1866,  after  a 
round  trip  requiring  two  years  and  marked  by  two  attacks  from  Indians,  he  reached 
Colorado  with  the  first  herd  of  thoroughbred  shorthorn  cattle  brought  into  the  state, 
which  he  had  purchased  from  Mr.  Cobb,  father  of  Mrs.  Gordon  Jones,  having  made  the 
trip  from  Missouri.  Seven  of  his  Mexican  herders  were  killed  in  the  Indian  battles  on 
the  Kansas  plains.  Mr.  Hartsel  himself  was  at  one  time  captured  by  Indians,  this  occur- 
ring when  he  was  picking  wild  raspberries  in  the  Puma  hills,  about  twenty  miles  from 
his  ranch,  and  about  two  years  after  he  had  brought  his  shorthorns  to  Colorado.  After 
a  brief  period,  however,  he  was  released.  He  always  remained  a  cattle  man  and  spe- 
cialized for  many  years  in  the  raising  of  shorthorns.  His  first  ranch  was  located 
on  Tarryall  creek,  about  three  miles  below  Hamilton,  but  in  1862  he  removed  to  another 
part  of  Park  county,  settling  in  a  district  that  has  since  been  known  as  Hartsel.  There 
he  located  at  the  junction  of  the  two  Plattes  and  resided  upon  his  ranch  for  a  half 
century,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  sold  out  and  also  disposed  of  the  Hartsel  town  site 
and  the  Hartsel  hot  springs.  His  business  affairs  were  always  most  energetically,  wisely 
and  carefully  directed  and  success  in  substantial  measure  came  to  him.  Although  he 
practically  lived  retired  after  disposing  of  his  ranch  and  removing  to  Denver,  he  was 
nevertheless  connected  with  investment  interests  and  spent  much  time  in  looking  after 
several  pieces  of  residence  property  which  he  owned  in  the  city,  maintaining  an  office 
in  the  Ferguson  building.  He  became  a  large  property  owner  in  Denver,  and  his  keen 
judgment  in  business  affairs  remained  unimpaired  to  the  last,  he  spending  several 
hours  in  his  office  in  the  management  of  his  interests  the  day  of  his  demise.  He  always 
maintained  a  deep  interest  in  the  pioneers,  realizing  how  valuable  was  their  contribu- 
tion to  the  development  of  the  state,  and  he  spent  much  time  in  visiting  the  early 
settlers,  delighting  in  the  reminiscences  of  the  early  days.  He  made  it  a  point  to 
attend  the  funerals  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Colorado  whenever  it  was  possible  for 
him  to  do  so  and  he  was  long  a  valued  member  of  the  Pioneer  Society  and  also  of  the 
Sons  of  Colorado. 

On  the  1st  of  April,  1877,  Mr.  Hartsel  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Nancy  B. 
Mayol,  the  widow  of  Frank  Mayol,  a  pioneer,  who  passed  away  in  Chaffee  county.  Mrs. 
Hartsel  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Nancy  Boone  and  was  born  near  Millersburg,  Ohio. 
By  her  second  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  the  following  children:  Katherine, 
who  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  F.  E.  Prewitt,  of  Denver;  Myrtle  Louisa,  who  gave  her  hand  in 
marriage  to  George  W.  Schoephoester,  who  died  of  influenza,  December  7,  1918;   Henri- 


458  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

etta  S.,  the  wife  of  Paul  J.  Donovan;   and  Samuel  B.,   who  died  in  infancy.     The  wife 
and  mother  passed  away  in  Denver,  March  29,  1910. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Hartsel  was  always  a  republican  from  the  time  he  cast 
his  first  presidential  vote  for  John  C.  Fremont,  ever  remaining  most  loyal  to  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  party.  While  in  Park  county  he  served  as  county  commissioner  and  also 
as  assessor,  making  a  creditable  record  in  office.  His  religious  faith  was  that  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  his  life  was  guided  according  to  its  teachings.  He  never 
deviated  from  a  course  that  he  deemed  right  between  himself  and  his  fellowmen,  and 
the  respect  and  honor  accorded  him  were  the  legitimate  outcome  of  the  manly  and  honor- 
able course  that  he  ever  followed  in  all  of  his  relations  with  his  fellowmen.  His  life 
and  his  character  were  as  clear  as  the  sunlight.  His  record  was  as  the  day  with  its 
morning  of  hope  and  promise,  its  noontide  of  activity,  its  evening  of  completed  and  suc- 
cessful effort,  ending  in  the  grateful  rest  and  quiet  of  the  night. 


HARVEY   H.    GRIFFIN. 


Harvey  H.  Griffin,  one  of  Colorado's  native  sons  who  has  always  believed  in  the 
opportunities  of  the  state,  is  now  agricultural  superintendent  for  the  sugar  company 
at  Fort  Collins.  He  was  born  on  the  old  family  homestead  near  Brighton  on  the 
8th  of  February,  1866,  and  is  a  brother  of  George  M.  Griffin,  in  connection  with  whose 
sketch  on  another  page  of  this  work  is  made  mention  of  the  family  and  their  long 
identification  with  Colorado,  dating  from  early  pioneer  times  to  the  present.  Harvey 
H.  Griffin  completed  his  education  at  Fort  Collins,  being  graduated  from  the  Colorado 
State  Agricultural  College  in  the  class  of  June,  1888.  He  was  afterward  employed 
at  the  agricultural  experiment  stations  of  Colorado  and  New  Mexico  for  fifteen  years. 
He  was  subsequently  made  agricultural  superintendent  of  the  Fort  Collins  sugar 
factory,  which  is  his  present  business  connection.  His  previous  experience  well 
qualifies  him  for  the  work  which  he  has  assumed  and  he  is  most  faithful,  competent 
and  progressive  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  his  labors  contributing  in  no  small 
measure   to  the  success  of  the  undertaking. 

On  the  1st  of  January,  1889,  Mr.  Griffin  was  united  in  marriage  at  Fort  Collins 
to  Miss  Lillian  E.  Post,  a  daughter  of  William  M.  and  Emeline  (Emmons)  Post. 
They  have  become  the  parents  of  seven  children  as  follows:  Edward  M.,  who  wedded 
Miss  Gladys  Mitchell;  Myron  H.,  who  married  Agnes  Saunders;  Helene  and  Lucile, 
twins;    Florence;    Norma;    and   Lenore. 

Mr.  Griffin  is  connected  with  Empire  Grange  No.  148  and  he  is  thoroughly  inter- 
ested in  everything  that  has  to  do  with  farming  conditions  and  the  improvement  of 
agricultural  methods  throughout  the  state.  He  has  studied  broadly  and  deeply  along 
these  lines  and  his  progressive  ideas  have  constituted  an  influencing  factor  for  good 
in  Colorado.     His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Unitarian  church,  to  which  he  belongs. 


VICTOR  PETERSON. 


Victor  Peterson,  residing  on  section  20,  township  8,  range  6S,  five  and  a  half  miles 
northeast  of  Fort  Collins,  is  largely  engaged  in  feeding  cattle,  sheep  and  hogs.  He 
has  a  well  developed  ranch  property  which  is  the  visible  evidence  of  his  life  of  intel- 
ligently directed  energy  and  thrift.  He  was  born  in  Sweden,  January  17,  1864,  a 
son  of  Peter  and  Eva  (Peterson)  Peterson,  who  were  natives  of  Sweden.  The  father 
was  a  farmer  who  throughout  his  entire  life  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits  in 
Sweden,   where   he  died   in   1886,   while   his   wife  passed  away   in   1888. 

Victor  Peterson  was  reared  and  educated  in  Sweden  and  remained  with  his 
parents  until  he  reached  the  age  of  seventeen  years,  when  he  came  to  America, 
attracted  by  the  better  and  broader  business  opportunities  which  he  believed  he  might 
secure  in  this  country.  It  was  in  ISSO  that  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  and,  tarrying 
not  on  the  Atlantic  coast,  he  made  his  way  to  Boulder,  Colorado,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed by  others.  He  also  worked  at  Longmont  and  at  Loveland,  Colorado,  being 
employed  in  the  coal  and  mineral  mines  until  1890,  when  he  came  to  Larimer  county 
and  rented  land.  He  thus  engaged  in  farming  tor  thirteen  years  and  on  the  expira- 
tion of  that  period  purchased  his  present  place  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  which 
he  at  once  began  to  Improve  and  develop.  He  has  continued  its  cultivation  since 
that  time  and  now  has  a  valuable  property.     He  has  also   bought  more  land  and   at 


MR.  AND  MRS.  VICTOR  PETERSON 


460  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

one  time  was  the  owner  of  a  hundred-acre  tract  south  of  Port  Collins,  which,  however, 
he  sold  in  the  fall  of  1918.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  feeding  sheep,  cattle  and  hoga, 
annually  selling  particularly  a  large  number  of  hogs.  He  has  made  good  at  everything 
that  he  has  undertaken  and  he  has  a  splendidly  improved  farm.  Upon  his  place  is 
a  nice  orchard  largely  planted  to  apples,  and  there  is  no  accessory  or  convenience  of 
the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century  that  is  lacking  upon  his  property,  the  entire 
ranch  indicating  his  progressive  spirit. 

On  the  6th  of  June,  1890,  Mr.  Peterson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Matilda 
Johnson  and  to  them  were  born  two  children:  Arthur  Eugene,  who  died  in  1902,  at 
the  age  of  eleven  years;  and  Clarence  T.,  who  married  Rachel  Childers  and  is  now 
operating  the  old  home  farm,  which  he  has  purchased.  The  wife  and  mother  passed 
away  in  1914,  after  an  illness  of  six  days. 

Mr.  Peterson  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  being  con- 
nected with  the  lodge,  the  canton  and  the  encampment.  He  is  also  identified  with 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  In  politics  he  maintains  an  independent  course,  while 
his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Lutheran  church.  He  has  always  regarded  it  a 
fortunate  day  when  he  decided  to  come  to  America  and  try  his  opportunities  in  this 
country.  Here  he  found  the  business  chances  which  he  sought  and  in  their  utilization 
has  steadily  advanced,  carrying  forward  to  successful  completion  whatever  he  has 
undertaken  and  winning  that  prosperity  which  is  the  direct  result  of  unfaltering  labor 
and  perseverance. 


WILLIAM  EICKEL. 


William  Eickel,  proprietor  of  the  Grandview  Hotel  at  Berthoud,  was  born  in  Essen, 
Germany,  May  22,  1862,  a  son  of  William  and  Caroline  (Koch)  Eickel,  who  were  natives 
of  the  same  country.  The  father  was  a  tailor  by  trade  and  always  worked  at  that  occu- 
pation in  his  native  land,  where  he  passed  away  in  March,  1891.  His  widow  survived 
him  until  November,  1898. 

William  Eickel  of  this  review  was  reared  and  educated  in  Germany  and  there  learned 
the  machinist's  trade,  which  he  followed  in  his  native  country  until  1891,  when  he  came 
to  America  and  took  up  his  abode  in  Philadelphia.  There  he  secured  a  position  with 
the  government  at  the  Midwell  Steel  Works,  where  he  made  big  guns  for  seventeen  years 
or  until  1908,  when  he  removed  to  Denver  and  embarked  in  the  grocery  business  on  his 
own  account.  He  conducted  his  store  there  for  eight  years,  after  which  he  removed 
to  Berthoud,  Larimer  county,  and  purchased  the  Grandview  Hotel,  which  he  has  since 
owned  and  conducted. 

In  September,  1888,  Mr.  Eickel  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Matilda  DeWild, 
the  wedding  being  celebrated  in  Germany.  Mrs.  Eickel  is  a  daughter  of  Gerhard  and 
Matilda  (Martin)  DeWild,  the  former  a  native  of  Holland,  while  the  latter  was  born 
in  Germany.  Mrs.  Eickel's  birth  occurred  in  Holland,  March  30,  1866.  Her  father  was 
a  merchant  of  that  country  for  many  years  and  is  still  living  in  Holland,  although  he 
has  frequently  paid  visits  in  America.  His  wife  is  also  living.  Mrs.  Eickel  was  edu- 
cated in  a  convent  in  Holland  and  remained  with  her  parents  up  to  the  time  of  her 
marriage,  which  was  celebrated  in  Germany,  where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eickel  continued  to 
make  their  home  for  three  years  and  then  came  to  the  new  world.  Their  religious  faith 
is  that  of  the  Catholic  church  and  in  his  political  views  Mr.  Eickel  is  a  democrat.  He 
is  conducting  a  good  hotel,  liberally  patronized,  and  the  capable  management  of  his 
business  affairs  is  bringing  to  him  a  substantial  measure  of  prosperity. 


JOHN  LAURIDSON. 


John  Lauridson,  a  prosperous  agriculturist  of  Adams  county,  is  actively  engaged 
in  the  operation  of  a  farm  of  eighty-one  acres  on  section  31,  township  2,  range  67.  He 
was  born  in  Denmark  on  the  9th  of  September,  1883,  a  son  of  Diedrich  and  Karen 
(Jorenson)  Lauridson,  who  spent  their  entire  lives  in  that  country.  They  became  the 
parents  of  three  children,  all  of  whom  are  living  and  reside  in  Denmark  with  the 
exception  of  the  subject  of  this  review. 

John  Lauridson  spent  the  period  of  his  minority  in  the  land  of  his  nativity,  there 
acquiring  his  education.  In  1904,  when  a  young  man  of  twenty-one  years,  he  crossed 
the  Atlantic  to  the  United  States  and  made  his  way  across  the  country  to  Colorado, 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  461 

here  securing  employment  as  a  farm  hand.  Two  years  later  he  began  the  operation 
of  a  rented  farm  and  when  six  years  had  been  thus  passed  he  found  himself  in  possession 
of  sTifBcient  capital  to  enable  him  to  purchase  property.  It  was  then  that  he  secured 
his  present  place  of  eighty-one  acres  on  section  31,  township  2.  range  67,  in  Adams 
county,  all  of  the  land  being  under  the  ditch,  and  as  the  years  have  passed  he  has 
brought  his  fields  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  improvement.  Industrious, 
energetic  and  enterprising,  success  has  attended  bis  efforts  in  the  work  of  general  farm- 
ing, the  excelleht  crops  which  he  gathers  bringing  him  a  gratifying  annual  income. 

In  1912  Mr.  Lauridson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maggie  Lauridson,  who 
though  of  the  same  name  was  not  a  relative.  She  is  also  a  native  of  Denmark  and  a 
daughter  of  Graves  and  Bodil  Lauridson,  who  never  left  that  country.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  Lauridson  are  now  the  parents  of  four  children,  namely:  Clarence  R.,  Carl  R., 
Donald  G.  and  Mary  E. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Lauridson  is  a  democrat,  while  his  religious  faith  is  that 
of  the  Lutheran  church,  of  which  both  he  and  his  wife  are  devoted  and  consistent  mem- 
bers. He  also  belongs  to  the  Grange  and  takes  an  active  and  helpful  interest  in  all 
matters  pertaining  to  the  advancement  and  upbuilding  of  the  community.  He  has  never 
regretted  the  fact  that  in  young  manhood  he  determined  to  take  advantage  of  the  oppor- 
tunities offered  in  the  new  world.  His  present  success  is  self-acquired,  being  the  merited 
reward  of  his  well  directed  industry,  indefatigable  energy  and  sound  judgment. 


JAMES   TYNON. 


The  year  1S59  witnessed  the  arrival  of  James  Tynon  in  Colorado  and  for  a  long 
period  he  was  identified  with  farming  interests  in  this  state.  His  genuine  personal 
worth  gained  for  him  the  friendship  and  high  regard  of  those  with,  whom  he  was 
brought  in  contact,  causing  his  death  to  be  a  matter  of  deep  regret  to  those  who  knew 
him.  He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Alexandria,  Virginia,  November  2,  1835.  and  acquired 
a  good  common  school  education,  having  a  special  fondness  for  history.  He  main- 
tained his  studious  habits  throughout  his  entire  life,  constantly  broadening  his  knowl- 
edge by  observation  and  reading.  From  1851  until  1853  he  directed  his  uncle's  herring 
fishery  and  other  commercial  business  interests  on  the  Potomac,  near  Mount  Vernon. 
Subsequently  he  went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  was  connected  with  the  grocery 
and  jobbing  business  until  1856.  when  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  that  connection. 
Removing  to  Florida,  he  was  there  associated  with  the  coast  survey  for  two  yearsi 
and  in  the  summer  of  1858  he  made  his  way  up  the  Mississippi  to  the  mouth  of  Swan 
river,  where  he  spent  the  winter,  being  engaged  in  buying  and  selling  hides  and  furs 
during   that   period. 

It  was  about  that  time — in  1858 — that  Mr.  Tynon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Rebecca  Bulmer  and  to  them  were  born  three  children,  a  daughter,  Adeline,  and  two 
who  died  in  childhood.  In  the  spring  of  1859  Mr.  Tynon  started  across  the  plains 
for  Pike's  Peak,  following  the  Platte  River  trail  and  proceeding  as  far  as  Beaver  creek, 
near  where  the  town  of  Fort  Morgan  now  stands.  Having  suffered  from  several 
hemorrhages  of  the  lungs,  he  concluded  to  remain  in  Colorado  and  engaged  in  freight- 
ing on  the  plains  of  the  state.  He  crossed  the  plains  forty-four  times  from  various 
points  on  the  Missouri  river  to  Denver  and  had  numerous  skirmishes  with  hostile 
Indians.  Regaining  perfect  health  in  his  outdoor  lite,  Mr.  Tynon  then  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  in  Denver,  at  Fifteenth  and  Wazee  streets,  then  called  F  street.  The 
letter  of  credit  which  he  required  from  each  new  settler  who  traded  with  him  was 
that  he  should  have  a  wife,  two  children  and  also  possess  a  yoke  of  cattle  or  a  span 
of  horses.  Upon  these  certificates  of  solvency  and  honesty  Mr.  Tynon  would  load  their 
wagons  with  a  year's  provisions,  thus  giving  them  a  chance  to  keep  a  few  milch  cows 
and  their  increase  of  calves.  Once  or  twice  a  year  they  came  to  Denver  to  report 
progress.  If  the  birth  of  a  child  in  the  family  was  reported,  he  gave  the  happy  parents 
a  gallon  of  wine.  The  settlers  of  this  section  all  prospered  for  about  six  years  and 
Mr.  Tynon  did  not  think  there  were  more  honest  men  or  women  in  any  country  than 
those  around  him.  They  were  loyal  to  the  trust  which  he  reposed  in  them,  their  word 
proving  good  if  life  lasted  or  the  Indians  left  their  scalps.  He  never  took  a  mortgage 
on  their  farms  for  security  or  ever  received  an  acre  of  land  for  debt  or  trade.  In  1879 
he  closed  out  his  grocery  business  but  still  carried  on  the  hide  and  wool  business  until 
1882,  when  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  the  latter  and  devoted  his  time  to  improv- 
ing his  farm  and  ranch,  the  one  consisting  of  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  situated 
nine   miles   west   of  Denver   near   Westminster   and   the   other   of   twenty-four   hundred 


JAMES  TYNON 


MRS.  REBECCA  TYNON 


464  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

acres,  twenty-five  miles  from  Denver  on  Running  creek.  He  planted  an  orchard  in 
oblong  shape,  containing  eight  thousand  apple  trees,  with  a  fine  graded  gravel  drive- 
way fifty  feet  wide  between  orchard  and  lake,  and  called  it  the  Jefferson  County  Farm. 
Mr.  Tynon  laid  out  on  his  land  the  Tynon  addition  to  the  city  of  Denver,  thus  creating 
a  part  of  the  city  which  has  proven  of  great  benefit  to  its  growth.  His  enterprise  was 
evident  in  many  ways,  but  one  instance  may  be  cited  here  as  an  example,  for  it  was 
he  who  induced  the  street  car  company  to  extend  their  car  line  to  North  Denver, 
obtaining  this  desired  result  by  giving  to  the  company  a  block  of  land.  Mr.  Tynon  was 
also  closely  connected  with  actual  building  operations,  having  erected  a  number  of 
houses.  He  looked  after  his  interests  until  1914.  when  he  retired  from  active  business, 
spending  his  remaining  days  in  the  enjoyment  of  well  earned  rest,  his  death  occurring 
on  the  6th  of  March,  1918,  when  he  was  in  the  eighty-third  year  of  his  age.  He  was 
ever  a  loyal  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  exemplified  in  his  life  the  beneficent 
spirit  and  purpose  of  the  craft.  His  course  was  ever  straightforward  and  honorable 
and  the  policy  which  he  pursued  in  relation  to  the  early  settlers  constituted  a  most 
important  element  in  the  development  of  the  section  of  the  state,  as  it  allowed  the 
early  settlers  to  gain  a  start.  He  was  a  man  of  generous  spirit,  of  high  principle  and 
friendly  disposition,  and  the  sterling  worth  of  his  character  commanded  for  him  the 
esteem  and  admiration  of  all  who  knew  him. 

Mrs.  Tynon,  who  preceded  her  husband  in  death  by  twenty  years,  passing  away 
January  21,  1898,  was  a  native  of  Westmoreland  county.  New  Brunswick,  and  there 
she  was  educated.  In  Boston.  Massachusetts,  in  1858.  she  met  and  married  James 
Tynon.  She  was  a  woman  of  the  highest  qualities  of  character,  who  ever  took  a 
great  interest  in  church  work,  and  particularly  was  she  interested  in  the  old  Lawrence 
Street  Trinity  church  in  Denver,  to  the  welfare  of  which  she  earenstly  and  tirelessly 
gave  her  efforts. — in  fact  its  charities  and  humanitarian  branches  found  her  ever 
among  the  leaders.  The  oldest  members  of  the  church  still  tenderly  remember  her 
kind,  motherly  ways  and  her  unselfish  consideration  tor  others.  Because  of  these 
Christian  duties,  however,  she  never  neglected  her  own  household  but  on  the  contrary 
was  a  steadfast,  true  and  real  helpmate  to  her  husband. 

Her  daughter,  Adeline  Tynon,  was  educated  at  Loretta  Academy  in  Denver  and 
later  in  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  where  she  spent  two  years  at  the  Moravian  Seminary. 
During  her  entire  life  she  has  been  closely  associated  with  her  cherished  parents  both 
as  a  daughter  and  constant  companion.  After  the  passing  of  her  mother  she  was 
her  father's  sole  solace  and  close  associate  as  well  as  business  aid.  Miss  Tynan  is  a 
member  of  the  Eastern  Star,  the  White  Shrine  and  the  Territorial  Daughters.  She 
greatly  contributed  to  the  pleasure  of  her  parents  by  her  real  ability  as  an  artist. 
Her  home  is  filled  with  examples  of  paintings  that  express  her  trueness  of  conception. 
her  thorough  appreciation  of  color  schemes  and  blending  and  her  cleverness  in 
technique.  There  are  many  watercolors  of  Colorado  scenes  as  well  as  paintings  in 
oil.  representing  portraits,  lansdcapes  and  still  life,  as  well  as  pictures  which  have 
been  done  in  silk  and  wool.  In  her  quiet  life  Miss  Tynon  gives  honor  to  the  memory 
of  her  beloved  mother  and  father,  the  latter  of  whom  she  so  recently  lost  in  death. 


EDWIN  WIGHT  GIDDINGS. 

Edwin  Wight  Giddings.  merchant,  mine  owner,  banker  and  holder  of  valuable  real 
estate  interests,  to  whom,  however,  business  was  but  one  phase  of  his  existence,  for 
another  side  of  his  nature  showed  broad  charity,  liberal  philanthropy  and  assistance 
of  all  those  projects  and  measures  which  are  of  cultural  and  moral  worth  and  value, 
came  to  be  recognized  as  one  of  Colorado  Springs'  foremost  citizens,  so  that  his  death 
was  deeply  deplored  when  on  the  6th  of  December.  1913,  he  passed  away.  He  was 
twenty-four  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  this  state  from  Romeo,  Michigan,  his  native 
city,  and  took  up  his  abode  in  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  lived  for  more  than  four 
decades.  He  traveled  extensively  over  the  state  in  the  early  days  and  in  other  sec- 
tions of  the  west,  representing  a  commercial  house  of  Denver,  and  thus  he  established 
a  very  wide  acquaintance,  winning  friendships  that  endured  throughout  life.  He  was 
most  widely  known  throughout  the  Rocky  Mountain  region  and  wherever  known  was 
held  in  the  highest  esteem.  He  became  an  active  factor  in  the  commercial  circles 
of  Colorado  Springs  when  forty  years  prior  to  his  death  he  established  a  dry  goods 
store  on  South  Tejon  street.  A  few  years  later  a  change  in  the  firm  led  to  the  adoption 
of  the  style  of  Giddings  Brothers  &  Bent  and  at  a  later  period  the  firm  became  Giddings 
Brothers.    As  the  years  passed  they  developed  one  of  the  largest  and  best  known  depart- 


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ment  stores  in  their  section  of  the  state  and  also  one  of  the  most  substantial  in  the 
west.  The  methods  of  the  house  would  bear  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny  and 
every  effort  was  put  forth  to  please  the  patrons,  so  that  it  came  to  be  recognized  "once 
a  customer,  always  a  customer"  with  the  Giddings  house.  In  the  early  '90s  Edwin  W. 
Giddings  erected  a  brick  block  at  the  corner  of  Tejon  and  Kiowa  streets  in  Colorado 
Springs  and  remained  an  active  factor  in  the  control  of  the  business  until  1911,  when 
he  and  his  brother  withdrew  to  be  succeeded  by  his  son,  Ralph  O.,  and  T.  C.  Kirkwood. 
the  present  well  known  firm  of  Giddings  &  Kirkwood.  After  laying  the  foundation 
of  his  fortune  in  the  mercantile  business  Mr.  Giddings  began  investing  largely  in  lands 
and  live  stock  not  only  in  Colorado  but  in  other  western  states.  He  also  became  an 
investor  in  mining  properties  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district  and  was  one  of  the  owners 
of  the  Strong  mine,  one  of  the  big  producers  of  that  region.  He  was  likewise  interested 
in  several  other  properties,  including  the  El  Paso  Gold  King.  He  shared  largely  in  the 
development  of  the  gold  camp  and  was  one  of  the  men  who  bore  the  brunt  of  early 
struggles  in  that  region.  He  became  identified  with  the  banking  interests  of  Colorado 
Springs,  holding  a  large  amount  of  stock  in  two  of  the  leading  moneyed  institutions  of 
the  city,  and  he  was  also  the  owner  of  "Commission  Row"  at  the  corner  of  Huerfano 
and  South  Cascade  avenue,  together  with  two  buildings  on  South  Tejon  street. 

On  the  19th  of  May,  1870,  Mr.  Giddings  was  married  in  Romeo,  Michigan,  to  Miss 
Hester  Elizabeth  Ayres,  whose  parents  were  from  the  state  of  New  York.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Giddings  became  parents  of  four  children:  Louis  E.,  now  of  Colorado  Springs;  Sarah  A., 
the  wife  of  Dr.  B.  B.  Griffith,  of  Springfield,  Illinois,  by  whom  she  has  two  children; 
Ralph  0.,  of  Colorado  Springs,  who  has  two  children;  and  Roy  W..  of  San  Diego,  Cali- 
fornia, father  of  four  children. 

While  Mr.  Giddings  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  in  Colorado  Springs, 
it  was  well  known  that  his  success  resulted  entirely  from  his  own  efforts,  his  good  busi- 
ness judgment  and  his  irreproachable  integrity.  His  word  came  to  be  recognized  as  of 
sterling  worth.  It  was  on  a  par  with  any  bond  solemnized  by  signature  and  seal.  He 
did  not  weigh  his  acts  in  the  scale  of  policy  but  tested  them  by  the  standard  of  right, 
and  in  all  of  his  business  affairs  he  was  never  known  to  take  advantage  of  the  necessi- 
ties of  his  fellowmen. 

Mr.  Giddings  was  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  holding  membership  in  El  Paso 
Lodge.  No.  13,  A.  P.  &  A.  M.,  almost  from  the  time  of  its  organization  until  his  demise. 
He  also  had  membership  in  Pikes  Peak  Commandery.  No.  6,  K.  T.,  and  he  belonged  to 
Colorado  Springs  Lodge,  No,  309.  B.  P.  0.  E.  He  had  membership  in  the  El  Paso  Club, 
but  in  later  years  his  time  was  divided  between  his  office  and  his  home,  which,  accord- 
ing to  a  contemporary  biographer,  "became  the  Mecca  for  hundreds  of  people  who  had 
personal  troubles  to  relate  or  friendships  to  renew."  Mr.  Giddings  belonged  to  no  church 
but  was  a  generous  supporter  of  all.  He  believed  firmly  in  the  good  which  they  pro- 
moted and  his  aid  could  be  counted  upon  to  further  any  cause  which  he  considered  of 
value  in  bringing  higher  ideals  to  the  individual  and  higher  standards  of  community 
service.  The  hospitals  of  the  city  indeed  numbered  him  as  a  benefactor  and  in  each 
institution  of  the  kind  in  Colorado  Springs  there  were  many  patients  who  were  there 
recuperating  through  the  kindly  generosity  of  Mr.  Giddings.  He  became  one  of  the 
organizers  and  strongest  supporters  of  the  old  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  with  its 
revival  some  three  years  before  his  death  he  was  elected,  though  much  against  his  will,, 
to  the  presidency  and  continued  in  the  office  for  two  years,  filling  the  position  at  the 
sacrifice  of  his  business  affairs,  his  time  and  his  strength.  He  was  a  most  charitable 
man  and  his  benevolences  were  many,  yet  frequently  none  knew  of  them  save  himself 
and  the  recipient.  He  had  the  faculty  of  placing  young  or  old,  rich  or  poor,  at  ease 
in  his  presence.  Friendship  was  to  him  no  mere  idle  term.  It  meant  personal  obliga- 
tion as  well  as  companionship — the  obligation  to  assist  wherever  and  whenever  he  could. 
He  cared  nothing  for  society  in  the  usually  accepted  sense  of  the  term,  but  he  drew 
his  friends  to  him  with  "hoops  of  steel."  His  widow  still  occupies  the  family  home 
in  Colorado  Springs  and  is  one  of  the  city's  most  earnest  workers  along  the  lines  of 
charity,  civic  development  and  war  service,  her  labors  being  far-reaching  and  beneficial. 


HARRISON  K.  HANKINS. 


Harrison  K.  Hankins.  residing  on  a  ranch  a  mile  north  of  Berthoud,  in  I>arimer 
county,  was  born  in  Indiana,  September  27,  1847,  a  son  of  David  and  Rebecca  (Pace) 
Hankins,  who  were  natives  of  Knoxville,  Tennessee.  The  father  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation and  at  a  very  early  day  removed  to  Indiana,  where   he  purchased  land  which 

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he  improved  and  cultivated  for  some  time,  becoming  closely  identified  with  the  pioneer 
development  of  that  state.  He  afterward  sold  his  property  there  and  went  to  south- 
western Iowa,  where  he  again  purchased  and  improved  a  farm,  of  which  he  became 
owner  in  1855.  He  continued  the  cultivation  of  that  land  until  1890,  when  he  came 
to  Larimer  county.  Colorado,  where  he  purchased  a  little  place,  residing  thereon  for 
several  years.  He  then  retired  from  active  business  life  and  made  his  home  with  his 
daughter  at  Windsor.  Colorado,  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  17th  of 
August,  1898.  His  widow  survived  for  a  number  of  years,  passing  away  in  the  fall 
of  1906. 

Harrison  K.  Hankins  was  reared  and  educated  in  Iowa  and  remained  with  his 
parents  until  he  attained  his  majority.  He  then  rented  land  which  he  cultivated  for  a 
time  until  his  industry  and  economy  had  brought  him  sufficient  capital  to  enable  him 
to  purchase  a  farm.  He  afterward  improved  and  operated  his  land  until  1881,  when  he 
came  to  Larimer  county,  Colorado.  For  a  year  thereafter  he  rented  land  and  then  pur- 
chased a  place  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  for  Ihree  years.  On  selling  that  prop- 
erty he  returned  to  Iowa  but  never  unpacked  his  goods  in  the  latter  state.  He  returned 
to  Colorado  with  Larimer  county  as  his  destination  and  bought  his  present  place  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres.  This  he  set  about  improving  and  has  since  operated  it.  He 
has  won  success  as  the  years  have  passed,  bringing  his  land  under  a  high  state  of 
cultivation  and  adding  to  it  many  improvements  in  the  way  of  good  buildings. 

On  the  18th  of  August.  1869,  Mr.  Hankins  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  A. 
Lindsey.  a  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (Alkire)  Lindsey,  who  were  natives  of  Illi- 
nois and  of  Ohio  respectively.  The  father  was  a  farmer  in  Indiana  and  Minnesota  and 
afterward  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  purchased  land  which  he  continued  to  cultivate 
throughout  his  remaining  days.  He  died  August  12,  1889,  while  his  wife  survived  until 
Janiiary  30.  1905.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hankins  have  become  the  parents  of  five  children: 
Harry,  who  is  farming  with  his  father;  Ina,  the  wife  of  Frank  Kee,  living  in  Windsor, 
Colorado;  Bert,  whose  home  is  at  Wellington,  Colorado;  and  two  who  have  passed 
away.  Jlinnie,  who  was  the  eldest,  died  July  4,  1877,  at  the  age  of  five  years,  and 
Fred  died  in  August,  1911,  at  the  age  of  thirty-one  years. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Hankins  has  always  been  a  democrat.  He  has  held 
several  local  offices,  including  that  of  school  director,  but  his  time  and  attention  iiave 
been  largely  devoted  to  his  business  affairs  and  he  has  made  a  specialty  of  feeding 
sheep  for  a  number  of  years,  while  his  son  is  engaged  largely  in  the  raising  of  Holstein 
cattle.  Fraternally  Mr.  Hankins  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order  and  is  a  worthy 
exemplar  of  the  craft,  loyally  following  its  teachings.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of 
the  United  Brethren  church  and  his  aid  and  influence  are  given  at  all  times  on  the 
side  of  right,  progress,  reform  and  improvement. 


ERNEST  W.   THAYER. 

Ernest  W.  Thayer,  classed  with  the  enterprising  and  progressive  citizens  of 
Timnath,  is  now  the  cashier  of  the  Farmers  Bank  of  Timnath.  He  was  born  in 
.South  Deerfield,  Massachusetts,  July  25,  1884.  a  son  of  Henry  H.  and  Sarah  (.Dickin- 
son) Thayer,  who  are  likewise  natives  of  the  old  Bay  state.  The  father  followed 
farming  in  Massachusetts  until  October  5,  1S94.  when  he  sought  the  opportunities 
offered  in  the  growing  west  and  became  a  resident  of  Greeley,  Colorado.  Subsequently 
he  took  up  his  abode  upon  a  farm  a  mile  and  a  half  south  of  Timnath,  which  he  pur- 
chased. He  at  once  began  developing  the  place  and  the  plow  soon  wrought  a  marked 
transformation  in  its  appearance.  Year  by  year  he  carefully  tilled  his  fields  and  har- 
vested good  crops  until  1908.  when  he  retired  from  active  business  life  and  removed 
to  Timnath.  where  he  has  since  made  his  home,  his  earnest  toil  in  previous  years 
having  brought  to  him  a  comfortable  competence  that  now  enables  him  to  enjoy  all 
of  life's  necessities  and  many  of  its  luxuries.     His  wife   is  also  living. 

Ernest  W.  Thayer,  spending  his  youthful  days  in  Massachusetts  and  in  Larimer 
county,  Colorado,  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  two  states  and 
afterward  was  graduated  from  the  commercial  department  of  the  Agricultural  College 
at  Fort  Collins.  For  a  year  he  engaged  in  bookkeeping  in  Timnath  and  then  in  com- 
pany with  I.  J.  Meade  and  John  A.  Cross  organized  the  Farmers  Bank  of  Timnath, 
which  was  established  as  a  private  bank,  but  later  they  took  out  a  state  charter.  From 
the  beginning  Mr.  Thayer  has  served  as  cashier  and  has  contributed  in  no  small  degree 
to  the  success  of  the  bank,  which  was  organized  June  21,  1906,  with  a  capital  stock 
of  ten  thousand  dollars,  which  sum  has  since  been  increased  to  fifteen  thousand  dollars. 


468  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

The  bank  now  has  a  surplus  ot  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  and  its  deposits  amount 
to  two  hundred  and  fifty-one  thousand  dollars.  The  other  officers  are:  J.  M.  Edwards, 
president;    H.   H.  Thayer  and   H.   G.   Springer,   vice  presidents. 

On  the  17th  ot  June.  1908,  Mr.  Thayer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Roxie 
Love,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  A.  Love.  The  father,  a  native  of  New  York, 
took  up  his  abode  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Dawson  county,  Nebraska,  and  there 
devoted  his  attention  to  general  agricultural  pursuits  throughout  his  active  busi- 
ness career.  He  still  resides  on  his  farm  there  but  is  now  living  retired  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  well  earned  rest. 

Mr.  Thayer  is  identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  is  a 
loyal  adherent  of  the  society.  He  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  church,  to  the  support  of 
which  he  makes  generous  contribution,  and  he  is  a  stanch  advocate  of  republican  prin- 
ciples. It  is  characteristic  of  him  that  he  gives  earnest  support  to  any  cause  or  move- 
ment which  he  espouses  and  he  is  always  recognized  as  a  champion  of  the  best  interests 
of  his   community. 


U.   S.  GRANT  FREDERICK. 


U.  S.  Grant  Frederick,  living  seven  miles  southeast  of  Fort  Collins,  in  Larimer 
county,  was  born  in  Johnson  county,  Iowa,  in  January,  1S66,  a  son  of  Phillip  S,  and 
Nancy  (Keagy)  Frederick,  who  were  natives  of  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania. 
The  father  was  a  painter  by  trade  and  followed  that  pursuit  in  Pennsylvania  until 
he  removed  westward  to  Iowa  at  an  early  day.  He  purchased  land  in  Johnson  county, 
where  he  carried  on  farming  for  a  time,  and  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he 
enlisted  for  service  in  the  Twenty-second  Iowa  Infantry.  He  was  in  camp  from  Mon- 
day until  Saturday,  when  he  was  discharged  on  account  of  the  condition  of  his  health. 
He  then  returned  to  Iowa  and  later  went  to  Missouri,  where  he  purchased  land,  which 
he  improved,  but  on  account  of  his  health  he  could  not  do  much  work  upon  it  and 
accordingly  he  rented  the  land  most  of  the  time.  In  1879  he  came  to  Colorado,  driving 
across  the  country  from  Missouri,  the  trip  being  made  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 
He  settled  in  Larimer  county,  where  he  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  ot  land, 
upon  which  his  son  Grant  now  resides.  He  at  once  began  to  develop  and  improve  the 
place  and  continued  its  further  cultivation  throughout  his  remaining  days,  his  death 
occurring  in  January.  1901,  when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  seventy-three  years.  His 
wife  passed  away  in  1907.  when  seventy  years  of  age. 

Grant  Frederick  was  reared  and  educated  in  Missouri  and  in  Larimer  county, 
Colorado,  being  thirteen  years  of  age  when  brought  by  his  parents  to  this  state.  There 
■were  eight  children,  and  three  sons  and  two  daughters  died  within  fourteen  days  of 
scarlet  fever  prior  to  the  father's  death.  Mr.  Frederick  of  this  review  became  identified 
with  the  farming  interests  of  Colorado  through  the  purchase  of  eighty  acres  of  the  old 
home  farm,  which  he  has  since  continued  to  develop  and  improve  until  he  now  has  it 
in  splendid  shape.  He  has  continued  its  cultivation  throughout  the  intervening  years 
and  has  made  of  it  an  excellent  property  whereon  he  raises  high  grade  stock,  making 
a  specialty  of  feeding  sheep. 

On  the  2Sth  of  August,  1895.  Mr.  Frederick  was  married  to  Miss  Magdalena  L. 
Franz,  and  to  them  were  born  four  children,  Henry  P.,  Florence  E.,  Harvey  C. 
and  Esther  C,  who  was  the  first  born  and  died  in  1898,  when  only  three  months  old. 

Mr.  Frederick  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  also  of  the  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men.  He  has  always  voted  with  the  republican  party  and  is  a  stanch 
advocate  of  its  principles  but  does  not  seek  nor  desire  oflSce.  His  religious  faith  is  that 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  his  loyalty  to  its  teachings  has  made  him  a  highly 
respected   citizen   of   his  community. 


E.  K.  C.  EVANS. 


E.  K.  C.  Evans  is  now  living  retired  in  Loveland  but  for  many  years  was  actively 
engaged  in  farming  in  Larimer  county,  making  his  home  four  and  a  half  miles  south- 
east of  Loveland.  The  rest  which  he  is  now  enjoying  is  well  merited  for  he  has  earned 
it  through  earnest  and  unfaltering  labor.  He  was  born  in  Pennsylvania.  June  7. 
1838,  a  son  ot  North  and  Mary  (Black)   Evans,  who  were  natives  of  Wales  and  came  to 


470  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

America  in  early  life.  They  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  where  the  father  purchased  land 
and   carried   on   farming  throughout   his   remaining   days. 

E.  K.  C.  Evans  spent  his  youth  in  Pennsylvania  and  pursued  a  public  school  edu- 
cation there.  He  worked  for  bis  father  until  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war, 
when  he  felt  his  duty  to  his  country  surmounted  every  other  interest  in  his  life  and 
he  enlisted  in  a  Pennsylvania  regiment,  with  which  he  served  for  four  years  in 
defense  of  the  Union  cause,  participating  in  a  number  of  hotly  contested  engagements. 
When  the  war  was  over  and  the  nation's  starry  banner  had  been  planted  over  the 
capitol  of  the  Confederacy  he  returned  to  his  home  and  learned  the  carpenter's  trade, 
at  which   he   worked   in   Pennsylvania   until  the  fall   of  1874. 

It  was  at  that  date  that  Mr.  Evans  arrived  in  Colorado.  He  made  his  way  to 
Denver,  where  he  again  worked  at  his  trade  for  two  years  and  then  removed  to  Long- 
mont,  where  he  resided  for  three  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  took  up 
his  abode  in  Larimer  county  and  secured  a  homestead  claim  which  he  at  once  set 
about  improving  and  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  and  develop  until  1902,  when  he 
retired  from  active  business  life  and  removed  to  Loveland,  where  he  has  since  made 
his  home,  although  spending  the  winter  seasons  in  the  calmy  climate  of  California. 

It  was  on  the  12th  of  November,  1865,  that  Mr.  Evans  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Eliza  Fenton,  a  daughter  of  Abner  Fenton.  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  was 
a  blacksmith  by  trade.  Her  father  followed  that  pursuit  in  the  Keystone  state  through- 
out his  entire  life  and  both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  there.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Evans 
became  the  parents  of  four  children :  Lois,  now  the  wife  of  T.  E.  Burnes,  residing  at 
Milliken,  Colorado;  Alma,  the  wife  of  Ellett  McNeil,  residing  at  Loveland;  Howard 
L.,  who  is  operating  his  father's  farm;  and  Cecelia,  the  wife  of  Eugene  C.  Bunker, 
living  at   Monrovia.   California. 

Mr.  Evans  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Larimer  County  Bank  & 
Trust  Company  of  Loveland.  He  has  prospered  as  the  years  have  passed  and  he  has 
bought  more  land  from  time  to  time  until  he  now  owns  four  hundred  acres,  all  well 
improved.  His  possessions  are  the  visible  evidence  of  his  lite  of  well  directed  energy 
and  thrift.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  is  as  true 
and  loyal  to  his  country  in  all  matters  of  citizenship  as  he  was  when  he  followed 
the  nation's  starry  banner  on  the  battlefields  of  the  south.  His  religious  faith  is  that 
of  the  Christian  church  and  he  is  serving  as  one  of  the  church  trustees.  His  life  has 
ever  been  actuated  by  high  and  honorable  principles  and  worthy  motives  and  he 
has  ever  commanded  the  confidence,  goodwill  and  high  regard  of  those  with  whom  he  has 
been  associated. 


HOWARD  L.  EVANS. 

Howard  L.  Evans,  son  of  E.  K.  C.  Evans,  whose  sketch  is  given  above,  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania,  October  18.  1S70,  and  was  therefore  but  four  years  of  age  when  his 
parents  came  to  Colorado.  Here  he  spent  his  youthful  days  and  was  educated  in  the 
rural  schools  and  at  Loveland.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  went  to  Kansas,  where 
he  was  employed  as  a  farm  hand,  and  in  1902.  when  his  father  retired  from  the  active 
management  and  supervision  of  the  farm,  Howard  L.  Evans  rented  the  old  home 
place  and  continued  to  cultivate  it  for  four  years.  He  then  went  to  Nebraska,  where 
he  was  employed  for  four  years  in  boiler  shops  at  North  Platte,  but  on  the  expiration 
of  that  period  he  returned  and  again  rented  the  old  homestead,  which  he  has  since 
cultivated.  He  now  operates  the  entire  four  hundred  acres,  all  of  which  is  under 
cultivation  save  a  small  tract  of  fifteen  acres.  He  produces  large  crops  of  those 
cereals  best  adapted  to  soil  and  climate  and  employs  the  most  progressive  methods  in 
the  conduct  and  improvement  of  his  place. 

On  the  7th  of  September,  1894,  Mr.  Evans  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maude 
Wolff,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Jennie  (Jenkins)  Wolff,  who  were  natives  of  West 
Virginia.  Her  father  was  an  educator  in  his  early  days  and  afterward  took  up  the 
study  of  law.  In  1S82  he  removed  to  Minden,  Nebraska,  where  he  served  as  county 
attorney  tor  three  years.  He  also  learned  the  printer's  trade  and  published  a  news- 
paper in  West  Virginia  and  afterward  at  Little  Rock.  Arkansas.  Finally  he  home- 
steaded  land  near  Lowell,  Nebraska,  and  devoted  his  remaining  days  to  general  agri- 
cultural pursuits,  passing  away  upon  his  farm  in  1912.  His  widow  is  now  living  at 
Kearney,  Nebraska.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  L.  Evans  have  been  born  five  children: 
Harry  K.,  who  was  born  September  3,  1896,  and  is  now  a  brakeman  living  at  Needles. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  471 

California;    Arlie   L.,    who   was  born   September   1,    1901;    Lois   J.   and    Lloyd    L.,   born 
July  24,  1906:  and  Virginia  M.,  born  May  18,  1910. 

PolitlcalFy  Mr.  Evans  maintains  an  independent  course  nor  has  he  ever  sought 
or  desired  public  office.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Christian  church  and  its 
teachings  guide  him  in  all  of  the  relations  of  life.  He  is  a  man  of  high  and  honorable 
principles,  active  and  energetic  in  business,  reliable  in  citizenship,  and  the  many 
sterling  traits  of  character  which  he  has  displayed  have  gained  for  him  a  host  of 
warm  friends  in  Larimer  county. 


SAMUEL   M.   BLACK. 


Samuel  M.  Black  was  a  respected  Colorado  farmer  whose  business  enterprise  and 
personal  worth  classed  him  with  the  citizens  of  value  in  the  community  in  which  he 
lived.  He  made  his  home  tor  a  considerable  period  near  Brighton  and  was  held  in  the 
highest  respect  by  all  who  knew  him  throughout  that  section  of  the  state.  His  birth 
occurred  near  Cleveland,  in  Erie  county,  Ohio,  in  1853,  his  parents  being  James  M.  and 
Mary  (Atherton)  Black.  He  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  Erie  county  and 
there  resided  until  he  reached  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  when  in  1S72  he  made  his 
way  westward  to  Colorado,  settling  on  Clear  creek.  Jefferson  county.  He  subsequently 
removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Brighton,  where  he  purchased  two  hundred  and  forty  acres 
of  land  which  he  carefully  and  systematically  farmed  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1886. 

It  was  in  1874  that  Mr.  Black  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  MoUie  E.  Darnall, 
a  daughter  of  Milton  and  Mary  (Williams)  Darnall.  They  were  married  in  Golden, 
Colorado,  and  to  them  was  born  a  daughter,  Jessie  M.,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Golden 
and  who  attended  district  school  No.  10  in  Adams  county  and  also  the  high  school  of 
Denver.  On  the  17th  of  December.  1901.  she  gave  her  hand  in  marriage  to  Clayton 
A.  Reniff,  of  Brighton,  who  was  born  in  Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  and  came  to  Colorado 
in  1899.  He  engaged  in  farming  near  Brighton  to  the  time  of  his  demise,  which  occurred 
on  tire  5th  of  April,  1913.  He  had  energetically  and  persistently  carried  on  the  work 
of  the  fields  and  his  labors  brought  good  returns  as  the  years  passed  by.  To  him  and  his 
wife   were    born    four   children,    Marion,   Willard.    Blanche    and    Robert. 

Four  generations  of  the  Black  family  have  resided  in  Colorado,  for  the  father 
of  Samuel  M.  Black  settled  in  Golden,  where  he  lived  and  farmed  until  he  retired 
on  account  of  age.  He  there  passed  the  sunset  days  of  life  and  died  in  1908  at  the 
venerable  age  of  eighty-five  years,  while  his  wife  passed  away  in  May,  1914.  Thus  the 
family  has  borne  their  full  part  in  the  work  of  general  development  and  improvement 
in  the  state. 


MAX  0.  MAUL. 


Max  0.  Maul,  a  well  known  farmer  and  thresher,  living  in  the  vicinity  of  Henderson, 
was  born  in  Saxony,  Germany,  April  9,  1856,  a  sou  of  Karl  and  Adelgunde  (Uhle)  Maul. 
The  father  died  at  his  home  on  Comanche  creek  in  1876,  having  come  to  Colorado  in 
1874.  He  devoted  his  entire  life  to  the  occupation  of  farming  and  cast  in  his  lot 
with   the  early  ranchmen   on   Comanche  creek.     His   widow  still   survives. 

Max  O.  Maul  was  educated  in  his  native  country,  and  when  a  youth  of  seventeen 
years,  decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in  America.  Embarking  at  Bremen,  he  landed  in 
Baltimore.  January  7,  1873,  after  a  voyage  lasting  twenty-one  days.  He  immediately 
started  for  the  west  and  got  as  far  as  St.  Louis,  when  his  funds  became  exhausted 
and  he  found  employment  on  a  farm  about  twenty  miles  from  the  city  There  he 
remained  but  a  short  time,  and  then  set  out  for  Pottawatomie  county,  Kansas,  where 
he  had  an  uncle,  John  G.  Gunther,  who  afterwards  became  a  well  known  resident  of 
Colorado.  In  July.  1873,  Mr.  Maul  in  company  with  his  uncle,  and  six  others,  started 
across  the  plains  for  Colorado,  driving  four  hundred  head  of  cattle  with  which  they 
arrived  at  Comanche  creek,  after  having  spent  eight  weeks  in  making  the  trip.  Shortly 
after,  he  came  to  Denver,  arriving  in  the  capital  city,  September  7th,  and  soon  began 
market  gardening,  to  which  he  devoted  his  attention  for  four  years. 

In  1880  he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in  Arapahoe  county 
and  is  still  cultivating  that  tract,  together  with  another  quarter  section  which  he 
later  purchased.     For  four  years  he  was  associated   with  his  father-in-law  in  a  horse- 


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472  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

driven  threshing  outfit  and  in  18S0  he  purchased  a  steam  thresher  and  has  since  been 
engaged  in  threshing  in  this  part  of  the  country.  His  business  ability  and  his  industry 
are   strong   factors   in   the   attainment   of   his   growing   success. 

Mr.  Maul  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Katie  Mitze,  who  passed  away  in  1S89, 
and  he  was  later  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Katie  Eppler.  There  were  four  children 
born  of  the  first  marriage:  Elizabeth,  Max  K.,  William  J.  and  Katie.  The  children 
of  the  second  marriage  are  Anna.  Otto  and  Oscar. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Maul  has  always  maintained  an  independent  course. 
He  has  served  on  the  school  board  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  lodge  of 
Brighton,  in  which  he  has  served  as  junior  steward.  He  also  holds  membership  in  The 
Maccabees  and  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  has  led  a  busy  life,  his  prosperity  being 
attributable  entirely  to  his  industry  and, perseverance,  and  he  has  thus  won  the  proud 
American  title  of  a  self-made  man.  He  was  granted  his  naturalization  papers  in 
1S80,  and  he  regards  as  one  of  the  most  important  moments  of  his  life  the  time  when 
he  was  admitted  into  full  citjzenship  with  all  its  rights  and  benefits,  as  well  as  its 
obligations,  which  latter  he  has  been  ever  mindful  of,  by  giving  to  the  land  of  his 
adoption  his  undivided  allegiance  and  support. 


WILLIAM   E.    FULLER. 


William  E.  Fuller,  mail  carrier  and  farmer  of  Adams  county,  is  widely  known  in 
the  section  of  the  state  in  which  he  resides.  He  has  become  the  owner  of  forty  acres 
of  fine,  irrigated  land  which  he  has  brought  to  a  high  state  of  development  and  im- 
provement. He  comes  to  Colorado  troni  the  east,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Franklin 
county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  13th  of  June,  18S3,  his  parents  being  William  and  Kath- 
erine  (Carson)  Fuller.  The  father  was  also  a  native  of  the  Keystone  state  and  there 
passed  away  in  the  year  18S6,  while  the  mother,  who  was  born  in  Maryland,  is  still 
living.  Their  family  numbered  two  children,  the  daughter  being  Florence  I.,  now 
the  wife  of  Charles  Kelley.  After  the  death  of  the  husband  and  father  the  mother 
removed  with  her  children  to  Linn  county,  Iowa,  where  they  lived  for  two  years,  and 
then   in   1887   came  to  Colorado,   where   Mrs.   Fuller  still   makes  her  home. 

William  E.  Fuller,  an  only  son,  was  but  four  years  of  age  when  the  family  home 
was  established  in  this  state,  so  that  practically  his  entire  life  has  here  been  passed. 
He  spent  his  youthful  days  with  his  mother  and  attended  the  public  schools  near  their 
home.  When  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  took  up  farm  work  and  in  1909  began 
farming  on  his  own  account.  In  1906  he  was  appointed  a  mail  carrier  on  Rural  Route 
No.  1.  out  of  Henderson  and  through  the  intervening  period  he  has  continued  to  carry 
the  mail.  Those  along  the  route  find  him  always  courteous,  obliging  and  genial,  and 
he  has  won  many  friends.  Desirous  of  developing  important  farming  interests,  he 
has  invested  in  land  and  has  become  the  owner  of  a  forty  acre  tract,  splendidly  cul- 
tivated, which  is  today  worth  two  hundred  dollars  per  acre.  This  he  devotes  to  the 
raising  of  the  cereals  best  adapted  to  soil  and  climate,  and  annually  he  gathers  good 
crops.  He  is  systematic  in  carrying  on  his  work  and  everything  about  his  place  is 
indicative  of  his  progressive  spirit. 

In  June.  1911,  Mr.  Fuller  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Dora  L.  Foster,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Sherman  and  Louise  Foster.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fuller  have  been  born  three 
children.  John  S.,  Ora  Katherine  and  Raymond.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fuller  are  consistent 
members  of  the  Congregational  church  and  in  his  political  views  Mr.  Fuller  is  a 
democrat.  He  has  led  a  busy  life,  actuated  by  a  spirit  of  undaunted  enterprise,  and  his 
property  possessions  are  the  visible  evidence  of  his  life  of  well  directed  thrift. 


JAMES    NORMAN   WYLIE. 


A  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progressiveness  has  won  James  Norman  Wylie  a  place 
among  the  prominent  and  successful  ranchers  in  Adams  county.  He  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania,  about  sixteen  miles  from  Pittsburgh,  on  the  19th  of  February,  18.52, 
a  son  of  James  Patterson  and  Hannah  (Stewart)  Wylie  and  a  nephew  of  the  Rev. 
Samuel  0.  Wylie,  a  prominent  minister  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church.  His 
brother,  Samuel  Oliver  Wylie,  was  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war.  The  old  homestead  in 
Pennsylvania  of  six  hundred  acres  is  now  the  site  of  the  Crucible  Steel  Company,  the 


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474  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

plant  of  which  covers  altogether  three  hundred  acres  of  ground  and  is  one  of  the 
largest  steel  plants  in  the  United  States  today. 

James  N.  Wylie  pursued  his  education  in  the  Jefferson  township  district  schools 
near  his  father's  home,  continuing  his  studies  until  he  was  about  sixteen  years  of  age, 
after  which  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  came  to  Colorado  in  1893.  Here 
he  again  Identified  himself  with  agricultural  interests,  purchasing  a  ranch  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  in  Adams  county,  upon  which  he  lived  for  three  years.  He 
lost  three  crops,  however,  two  by  hail  and  one  by  flood.  He  then  went  to  the  Klondike, 
where  he  spent  a  year  and  a  half,  after  which  he  returned  to  Colorado,  and  for  fifteen 
years  was  empoyed  by  the  Mountain  States  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company.  He  then 
removed  to  the  rancli  which  he  had  purchased  in  1902,  comprising  forty  acres  of  land 
near  Henderson.  He  had  previously  rented  the  place  and  has  made  it  his  home  con- 
tinuously since.  To  his  farm  he  has  added  many  modern  and  attractive  improvements, 
including  a  substantial  residence,  built  in  an  attractive  modern  style  of  architecture, 
and  large  and  commodious  barns  and  corrals.  He  has  forty  acres  of  the  best  land  in 
this  section  of  the  state  and  thereon  raises  beans,  corn,  melons  and  alfalfa.  His  crops 
are  very  large  and  he  is  classed  with  the  prominent  and  representative  agriculturists 
of  the  community. 

On  the  24th  of  November,  1874,  in  Monongahela  City,  Pennsylvania,  Mr.  Wylie  was 
married  to  Miss  Alice  Barbara  Mellinger,  a  daughter  of  Major  William  and  Jane 
(Black)  Mellinger  and  a  granddaughter  of  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  of  his 'time 
In  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  She  had  three  brothers  who  were  soldiers  of  the 
Civil  war  and  one  of  these  had  a  son  who  is  now  serving  with  the  United  States  army 
in  France.  Mrs.  Wylie  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  by  her 
marriage  has  become  the  mother  of  two  children,  Jeanetta  B.  and  Norman  Arthur 
Wylie,  who  is  manager  with  the  Rugby  Coal  Company  of  Denver.  He  married  Miss 
Minette  Webb,  of  Denver,  and  they  have  a  son,  Verne  Gray  Wylie. 

Mr.  Wylie  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  League.  His  religious  faith  is  indicated  by 
his  connection  with  the  Central  Christian  church  of  Denver  and  his  political  belief 
is  evidenced  in  the  strong  support  which  he  gives  to  the  republican  party.  He  has 
ever  been  loyal  to  high  ideals  of  citizenship,  and  his  aid  and  support  can  always  be 
counted  upon  to  further  any  progressive  public  measure.  At  the  same  time  he  is  a 
progressive  and  wideawake  business  man  and  one  who  is  carrying  forward  to  successful 
completion    whatever   he   undertakes. 


FRANKLIN    MOORE. 


Four  miles  south  of  Fort  Collins  is  situated  the  home  ranch  of  Franklin  Moore 
on  section  36,  township  7,  range  68,  west.  He  displays  a  progressive  spirit  in  the 
development  and  further  conduct  of  his  property,  which  is  now  under  a  high  state 
of  cultivation.  Mr.  Moore  comes  to  Colorado  from  the  Atlantic  coast,  his  birth 
having  occurred  in  New  Jersey,  March  15.  1855.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas  B.  and  Phoebe 
A.  (Rice)  Moore,  who  were  natives  of  that  state.  The  father  was  a  farmer  in  New 
Jersey  throughout  his  entire  life  and  won  a  substantial  measure  of  success  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  fields.  He  was  a  devoted  adherent  of  the  Society  of  Friends  and 
in  that  faith  passed  away  in  1890.  while  his  wife  died  in   1888. 

Franklin  Moore  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  state  and  remained  with 
his  parents  until  he  had  reached  adult  age.  He  then  started  west,  going  first  to 
Indiana,  later  to  Illinois  and  in  April,  1S78,  arrived  in  Colorado,  taking  up  his  abode 
near  Timnath.  Larimer  county.  He  taught  school  in  New  Jersey  and  also  after  coming 
to  Colorado  through  three  winter  terms  but  at  length  gave  up  that  profession  to  con- 
centrate his  efforts  and  attention  upon  agricultural  interests.  He  rented  land  for  two 
years,  and  carefully  saving  his  money  during  that  period,  then  purchased  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  near  Timnath,  which  he  further  developed  and  improved,  operat- 
ing the  place  until  1S92.  He  was  always  a  great  church  worker  and  was  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sunday  school  at  Timnath  for  thirteen  years.  In  1892.  through  the  influ- 
ence of  his  pastor,  he  entered  the  ministry  and  was  licensed  to  preach.  He  theta 
supplied  the  Timnath  Presbyterian  church  for  seven  months  and  afterward  was 
pastor  of  the  Fossil  Creek  church  for  eleven  years,  during  which  period  he  builti 
the  house  of  worship  there.  When  he  took  up  his  work  the  membership  of  the  church 
was  but  twenty-six  and  when  he  left  there  were  more  than  a  hundred  members.' 
During  that  period  he  also  maintained  missions  at  Stout,  Bellvue,  Virginia  Dale  and 
Livermore.   preaching  once  a  month   in  each   of  those  places.     In   1903  he   was   called 


MR.  AND  MRS.  FRANKLIN  MOORE 


476  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

to  Hillsborough,  now  Milliken,  where  he  engaged  in  preaching  for  three  years.  During 
his  eleven  years'  pastorate  at  the  Fossil  Creek  church  he  bought  fifteen  acres  of  land 
and  set  about  improving  the  tract.  After  three  years  at  Milliken  he  returned  to  his 
home  and  took  up  mission  work  at  Virginia  Dale,  Llvermore.  Waverly  and  Masonville. 
He  continued  to  live  upon  the  old  home  place  and  his  last  work  was  continued  until 
1916,  when  he  discontinued  his  labors  at  Virginia  Dale  and  Livermore  but  continued 
to  act  as  pastor  for  the  Presbyterian  people  of  Masonville  and  Waverly.  At  the  same 
time  he  took  up  the  pastorate  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church  at  Fort  Collins, 
where  he  has  continued  his  duties  since.  During  the  interim  he  has  built  churches 
at  Masonville  and  at  Waverly  at  a  cost  of  about  three  thousand  dollars  each  and 
remodeled  the  church  at  Virginia  Dale.  He  also  leased  school  land  adjoining  his 
place  across  the  road  in  1908,  and  when  it  was  put  upon  the  market  in,  1916,  Mr. 
Moore  purchased  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  that  property,  so  that  he  now 
owns  altogether  one  hundred  and  thirty-flve  acres  of  splendidly  improved  land  which 
he  has  since  cultivated  and  developed.  His  son  has  rented  the  place  and  has  been 
of  wonderful  assistance  to  the  father. 

In  March,  1880,  Mr.  Moore  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  L.  Peterson  and  to  them 
have  been  born  seven  children:  Mary  E.,  who  died  in  1888.  at  the  age  of  seven 
years;  Edith  A.,  the  wife  of  William  Franz,  a  farmer  of  Larimer  county;  Attie  D., 
the  wife  of  C.  E.  Mellen,  a  resident  of  Fort  Morgan,  Colorado;  Elizabeth  T.,  the  wife 
of  Ralph  Trotman,  a  farmer  of  Larimer  county;  Ralph  F.,  who  is  farming  his  father's 
place;  Alma  M.,  at  home;  and  Charles  T.,  who  died  in  1887,  at  the  age  of  three 
months. 

During  all  these  twenty-seven  years  of  strenuous  work  his  good  wife  has  been 
a  constant  help  and  encouragement.  She  is  a  great  lover  of  home  and  Mr.  Moore 
freely  admits  that  it  has  been  only  through  her  patience,  economy  and  sacrifice  that 
they  have  been  able  to  secure  and  maintain  their  much  appreciated  home  at  Fossil 
Creek. 

While  carrying  on  his  ranching  interests  Mr.  Moore  during  the  past  few  years 
has  made  a  specialty  of  raising  spring  lambs,  and  has  found  this  a  profitable  source 
of  income.  His  activities  have  always  been  intelligently  directed  and  reasonable 
results  have  accrued.  Politically  he  maintains  an  independent  course.  Since  young 
manhood 'he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  loyal  to  its  teachings, 
active  in  its  work,  and  his  labors  have  been  far-reaching  and  resultant. 


AUGUST   SWANSON. 

August  Swanson.  now  deceased,  was  a  well  known  farmer  of  Larimer  county  who 
resided  five  miles  northeast  of  Berthoud  and  five  miles  southeast  of  Loveland.  He 
was  born  in  Sweden,  December  10,  1863,  a  son  of  Swan  and  Ingre  Swanson,  who  were 
natives  of  Sweden.  The  mother  died  when  her  son  August  was  but  nine  days  old 
and  lie  was  reared  by  a  stepmother.  Further  history  of  the  family  is  given  in  connec- 
tion with  the  sketch  of  G.  S.  Swanson  on  another  page  of  this  work. 

August  Swanson  was  reared  in  Sweden  and  pursued  his  education  there  to  the 
age  of  sixteen  years,  when  he  came  to  America,  crossing  the  Atlantic  in  1879.  He  made 
Boulder"  county,  Colorado,  his  destination  and  here  worked  as  a  farm  hand  until  1S87, 
when  he  rented  land  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  for  twelve  years.  He  then  bought 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  five  miles  northeast  of  Berthoud  and  five  miles 
southeast  of  Loveland.  He  at  once  began  to  improve  and  develop  the  property  to  a 
large  extent  and  continued  its  further  cultivation  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred   September  16,   1912.  after  about  a  year's  illness. 

On  the  1st  of  November,  1888.  Mr.  Swanson  had  been  married  to  Miss  So^iie 
Peterson,  a  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Ella  (Johnson)  Peterson,  who  were  natives  of 
Sweden,  as  is  Mrs.  Swanson,  who  was  there  born  on  the  1st  of  November,  1862.  Her 
father  was  a  farmer  in  the  old  country  and  made  his  home  there  until  1870,  when  he 
came  to  the  new  world,  settling  in  Nebraska,  where  he  lived  for  a  short  time.  He  next 
removed  to  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  and  took  up  a  homestead  four  miles  west  of 
Niwot.  This  he  improved  and  developed,  continuing  its  further  cultivation  until  his 
life's  labors  were  ended  in  death  on  the  14th  of  February.  1896.  The  mother  has 
since  made  her  home  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Swanson,  and  has  now  reached  the 
advanced  age  of  eighty-six  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swanson  became  the  parents  of  two 
children:  Hulda  Elnora,  now  the  wife  of  Axel  Benson,  who  is  farming  half  of  Mrs. 
Swanson's   place;    and   Roy,   who   is  cultivating  eighty   acres  of  the   old   home  place. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  477 

Politically  Mr.  Swanson  was  a  republican  and  gave  stalwart  support  to  the 
party,  although  never  an  office  seeker.  His  religious  belief  was  that  of  the  Swedish 
Lutheran  church,  his  membership  being  at  Loveland.  and  the  teachings  of  the  church 
guided   him   in   all   the   relations   of   lite,   making   him   a  most   honorable   and   honored 


WILLIAM  M.  EWING. 


William  M.  Ewlng,  whose  ninety-acre  farm  in  the  vicinity  of  Eastlake  is  highly 
productive,  large  crops  being  raised  annually  upon  the  place,  has  made  his  home  in 
Colorado  since  1888.  He  was  born  in  Allegan  county,  Michigan,  April  20,  1862.  a 
son  of  William  H.  and  Mary  (Lilly)  Ewing,  the  former  a  farmer  by  occupation.  His 
early  education  was  acquired  in  the  district  school,  which  he  attended  until  he 
reached  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  He  then  left  Michigan  and  went  to  Madison  county, 
Nebraska,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  for  seven  years  and  afterward  spent  two 
years  in  railroad  work  at  Ewing,  Nebraska.  In  1888  he  arrived  in  Colorado  and  was 
employed  at  different  points  in  the  state  for  seven  years.  He  worked  for  three  years 
on  the  Bancroft  ranch  and  for  a  year  engaged  in  farming  about  ten  miles  north  of 
Plattevllle.  Subsequently  he  spent  five  years  in  Loveland  and  was  then  engaged  in 
the  dairy  business  in  Denver  for  twelve  years.  Removing  to  Standley  Lake  he  spent 
three  years  at  that  place,  after  which  he  took  up  his  abode  near  Eastlake  upon  the 
farm  of  ninety  acres  which  he  now  owns  and  cultivates.  This  is  devoted  to  the  raising 
of  hay,  grain,  cabbage  and  beets,  of  which  he  has  a  fine  crop.  His  is  a  well  developed 
ranch  property,  improved  according  to  modern  agricultural  ideas,  and  his  success  is 
well  merited. 

Mr.  Ewing  was  married  in  Denver  on  the  15th  of  June.  1892,  to  Miss  Eva  J.  Rob- 
inson, who  was  born  in  Nebraska.  In  1912  he  wedded  Eva  M.  White  and  they  are 
widely  and  favorably  known  in  Eastlake  and  their  section  of  Adams  county.  Mr. 
Ewing  votes  with  the  republican  party  and  strongly  endorses  its  principles  but  does 
not  seek  nor  desire  office.  He  has  served  as  school  director  but  never  in  political  posi- 
tions. He  finds  his  recreation  in  baseball,  being  an  enthusiast  in  regard  to  the  national 
game.     Fra^ternally  he  is  connected  with   the   Woodmen  of  the  World. 


WILLIAM  BARROWMAN. 


William  Barrowman.  who  follows  farming  in  Boulder  county,  was  born  in  Mary- 
land, August  8,  1851.  a  son  of  William  and  Agnes  (Kinnon)  Barrowman,  who  were 
natives  of  Scotland,  whence  they  came  to  the  new  world  about  1847.  They  settled 
first  in  Maryland  and  afterward  removed  to  Kentucky,  while  later  they  became  resi- 
dents of  Wisconsin,  where  they  lived  for  eleven  years.  They  then  took  up  their  abode 
in  Iowa,  where  their  remaining  days  were  passed.  They  had  a  family  of  eight  children, 
of  whom  five  are  living. 

William  Barrowman  was  reared  in  Wisconsin  and  Iowa  and  his  education  was 
acquired  in  the  common  schools  of  those  states.  In  1872  he  arrived  in  Colorado,  making 
his  way  to  Denver.  During  the  early  period  of  his  residence  in  this  state  he  followed 
farming  and  mining  and  later  he  purchased  the  tract  of  land  whereon  he  now  resides, 
becoming  the  owner  of  one  hundred  acres,  which  he  has  since  cultivated  and  improved. 
He  has  lived  upon  this  farm  for  thirty-five  years  and  its  neat  and  thrifty  appearance 
is  an  indication  of  his  well  directed  energy  and  industry.  He  has  won  substantial  success 
as  the  years  have  passed  and  his  labors  have  made  him  one  of  the  prosperous  agri- 
culturists of  the  community. 

Mr.  Barrowman  has  been  married  twice.  In  ISSO  he  wedded  Miss  Jennie  McFar- 
land.  who  passed  away  in  18S2,  and  in  1884  he  was  joined  in  wedlock  with  Miss  Eliza 
A.  Carter,  who  was  born  in  Wisconsin,  They  have  become  parents  of  seven  children: 
Nellie,  at  home;  Jennie,  the  widow  of  E.  Johnson;  Roy  L. ;  William;  Sadie,  the  wife 
of  Arthur  Mosher,  of  Ward,  Colorado;   one,  who  died  in  infancy;    and  Hazel,  at  home. 

Mr.  Barrowman  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  has  filled  a 
number  of  offices.  He  is  ever  loyal  to  the  craft  and  its  purposes,  exemplifying  in  his 
life  its  beneficent  teachings  concerning  the  brotherhood  of  mankind  and  the  obliga- 
tions thereby  imposed.  He  has  served  for  six  years  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board  in  his  district  and  is  a  stalwart  champion  not  only  of  the  cause  of  public  educa- 


478  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

tlon  but  of  all  interests  that  tend  to  promote  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  has  so  long  lived.  Forty-six  years  have  passed  since  he  arrived 
in  Colorado  and  great  indeed  have  been  the  changes  which  have  occurred  during 
this  period.  His  own  record  is  an  illustration  of  the  progress  of  the  state,  for  Mr. 
Barrowman  started  out  in  life  empty-handed,  and  working  his  way  steadily  upward, 
is  now  classed  with  the  substantial  agriculturists  of  Boulder  county.  The  state 
a  half  century  or  more  ago  was  a  wild  district  with  great  stretches  of  sandy  plains, 
but  the  labors  of  a  progressive  class  of  men  have  wrought  a  transformation  that  is 
almost  magical.  The  rich  mineral  resources  of  the  state  have  been  utilized,  its  arid 
lands  converted  into  productive  farms  and  the  work  of  development  carried  forward 
until  Colorado  today  occupies  a  position  of  leadership  along  various  lines,  making  it 
one  of   the   important  states   of  the  Union. 


EDWARD  H.  LUND. 


Edward  H.  Lund,  merchant  and  postmaster  of  Timnath,  was  born  in  Germany, 
December  3,  18G9,  a  son  of  P.  A.  and  Johanna  (Besthorn)  Lund,  who  were  also  natives 
of  that  country.  The  father  was  a  hotel  keeper  in  Germany  throughout  his  entire 
life  and  there  passed  away  in  March,  1918,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years,  having  long 
survived  his  wife,  who  died  in  1892. 

Edward  H.  Lund  was  reared  in  Germany,  pursuing  his  education  in  its  public 
schools,  and  in  1893,  when  twenty-four  years  of  age,  came  to  the  United  States.  He 
settled  at  Crook,  Logan  county,  Colorado,  where  he  lived  for  three  or  four  years, 
working  during  that  period  as  a  farm  hand.  He  then  went  to  Brush,  Colorado,  and 
for  two  years  was  employed  as  clerk  in  a  store  there.  He  afterward  removed  to 
Hillrose.  where  he  remained  for  eight  years  and  during  that  period  was  part  owner 
of  a  general  store.  On  selling  his  interest  in  the  business  he  took  up  his  abode  at 
Timnath,  Larimer  county,  where  he  purchased  a  stock  of  general  merchandise  and 
has  since  conducted  the  business.  He  carries  an  extensive  line  of  goods  and  enjoys 
a  large  patronage.  His  store  is  well  equipped  in  every  particular  and  he  puts  forth 
every  possible  effort  to  please  his  patrons,  recognizing  that  satisfied  customers  are 
the  best  advertisement.  In  July,  1917,  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Timnath  and 
is  also  filling  that  position.  This  was  not  his  initial  experience  along  that  line,  how- 
ever, for  he  had  served  as  assistant  postmaster  at  Hillrose  and  again  at  Snyder, 
Colorado. 

On  the  2.5th  of  December,  1906,  Mr.  Lund  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Emma 
Voigt,  by  whom  he  has  two  children:  Carl  Edward,  born  January  6,  1908;  and  Esther 
J.,  whose  birth  occurred  on  the  11th  of  August,  1910.  Politically  Mr.  Lund  is  a  demo- 
crat and  aside  from  his  service  as  postmaster  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  school 
board.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Throughout  the  entire 
period  of  his  residence  in  the  United  States  he  has  lived  in  Colorado  and  he  has 
found  here  the  better  business  opportunities  which  he  sought  on  his  removal  from 
his  native  country  to  America.  He  has  made  good  use  of  his  chances  and  of  his  time 
and   is   now  a  substantial  business   man   of   his   adopted   town. 


JAMES  A.  PICKARD,  M.   D. 


Dr.  James  A.  Pickard,  diagnostician  and  one  of  Denver's  most  eminent  physicians 
and  surgeons,  is  a  man  whose  comprehensive  study  and  initiative  have  promoted  health 
conditions  in  Denver  in  a  large  measure.  His  advanced  ideas  have  made  him  a 
pioneer  in  various  fields  of  labor  and  in  recent  years  he  has  been  working  upon  and 
strongly  advocating  a  plan  which  is  winning  wide  attention  among  medical  men 
and  laymen,  having  to  do  with  the  physical  and  therefore  the  mental  and  moral 
development  of  the  people  at  large.  His  idea,  which  is  strongly  endorsed  by  many 
physicians  and  surgeons  throughout  the  country,  is  that  the  National  Government 
should  appoint  physicians  and  surgeons  to  look  after  the  health  of  a  certain  number 
of  families,  pro  rata,  and  that  it  should  become  compulsory  for  each  family  to  undergo 
an  examination  at  least  once  a  month  and  in  case  of  sickness  to  immediately  call  in 
the  physician  appointed  for  the  given  district.  This  would  of  course  decrease  the 
disease  statistics  and  decrease  the  death  rate.  Moreover,  it  would  establish  clean 
morals  and   it  would  do  away  with   quack  doctors  and  so  called  healers.     Physicians 


DR.  JAMES  A.  PICKARD 


480  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

in  general  have  come  to  look  upon  his  theory  and  plan  with  favor,  as  solving  many 
of  the   vexed  and   important  problems   which  are  today  before   the   country. 

Dr.  Pickard  is  a  native  of  Tennessee.  He  was  born  in  Whitfield,  that  state,  on 
the  14th  of  June.  1869.  a  son  of  John  S.  and  Cynthia  Caine  (Morrison)  Pickard.  The 
father  was  a  native  of  Alabama  and  the  mother  of  Tennessee,  in  which  state  they 
were  married.  'There  they  resided  throughout  their  remaining  days  and  the  father 
became  a  well  known  planter  of  that  region.  During  the  war  he  served  as  a  member 
of  a  Tennessee  regiment,  and  fought  gallantly  with  the  southern  troops  as  a  private. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  Whitfield.  Tennessee. 

Dr.  Pickard  was  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth  in  their  family  of  seven  children  and. 
like  the  other  members  of  the  household,  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city.  He  afterward  attended  Lewisburg  College  and  subsequently  was  also 
a  student  in  the  Waverly  College  and  in  the  Tennessee  Normal  College  at  Nashville. 
He  next  entered  the  University  of  Tennessee  as  a  medical  student  and  was  graduated 
in  1S93,  at  which  time  he  won  his  professional  degree.  He  then  located  for  practice 
in  Nashville,  where  he  remained  from  April,  1S94.  until  1905.  when  his  health  became 
impaired  and  he  removed  to  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado.  He  was  greatly  benefited 
by  the  change  of  climate  and  upon  his  recovery  resumed  the  practice  of  medicine, 
which  he  continued  in  Colorado  Springs  for  five  years.  In  the  meantime  he  opened 
a  sanitarium  for  tuberculosis  and  in  connection  with  general  practice  became  well 
known  as  a  specialist  on  pulmonary  diseases.  On  the  15th  of  August,  191,5,  he  again 
had  to  abandon  work  for  a  time  owing  to  overwork.  He  removed  to  Denver  and 
opened  an  office  in  the  Commonwealth  building,  on  January  1,  1916.  whence  he  removed 
to  his  present  location  at  No.  1114  Sixteenth  street.  He  confines  his  practice  now 
to  diagnosis  and  to  chronic  and  pulmonary  diseases,  and  a  most  liberal  patronage  is 
accorded  him. 

Dr.  Pickard  belongs  to  several  lodges  of  this  and  other  cities.  He  has  been  a 
most  close  and  discriminating  student  of  his  profession  and  of  all  problems  connected 
therewith  and  has  taken  an  advanced  stand  upon  many  questions  having  to  do  with 
public  health  and  with  the  dissemination  of  knowledge  concerning  the  spread  of 
disease.  Actuated  by  the  highest  purpose,  he  has  accomplished  much  in  his  chosen 
field  and  his  labors  have  been  productive  of  splendid  results.  Dr.  Pickard  is  also 
a  writer  and  composer,  having  written  the  two  patriotic  songs,  "Our  Flag."  and 
"Peace  for  the  U.  S.  A." 


GUME    S.    SWANSON. 


Gume  S.  Swanson  is  living  a  mile  and  a  half  north  of  Berthoud,  where  he  is  ex- 
tensively engaged  in  cattle  raising.  He  has  won  the  success  that  comes  through  close 
application  and  indefatigable  energy  and  his  record  is  an  indication  of  the  opportunities 
that  are  open  to  men  of  foreign  birth  in  this  land,  for  Mr.  Swanson.  although  now  a  most 
loyal  citizen  of  the  United  States,  was  born  in  Sweden  on  the  4th  of  October,  1871,  a  son 
of  Swan  and  Ingre  (Nelson)  Gumeson.  who  were  natives  of  Sweden.  The  father  fol- 
lowed farming  in  that  country  throughout  his  entire  life  and  there  passed  away  August 
4.  18S2.     His  wife  died  in  August.  1893,  having  survived  him  for  more  than  a  decade. 

Gume  S.  Swanson  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  country  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  or  in  18S9,  bade  adieu  to  friends  and  native  land  and  sailed  for  America. 
He  did  not  tarry  on  the  eastern  coast  but  at  once  made  his  way  into  the  interior  of  the 
country,  traveling  far  beyond  the  Mississippi  until  he  had  reached  Larimer  county. 
Colorado.  He  then  made  his  home  with  his  brother,  for  whom  he  worked  for  three 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  went  to  Cripple  Creek  and  was  employed  in  the 
mines  for  eleven  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  returned  to  Larimer  county, 
where  he  rented  land  for  thirteen  years,  after  which  he  purchased  land  in  Weld  county 
but  never  farmed  it.  However,  he  rented  it  for  four  years,  after  which  he  traded  that 
property  for  his  present  place  of  one  hundred  and  forty-seven  acres.  He  has  just  com- 
pleted a  most  commodious  and  beautiful  residence  upon  his  farm,  has  also  erected  large 
and  substantial  outbuildings  and  has  one  of  the  finest  improved  places  in  the  state. 
Some  of  this  land  had  not  produced  a  crop  in  years  on  account  of  alkali,  but  Mr.  Swpnson 
has  gotten  rid  of  that  and  last  year  gathered  three  hundred  bushels  of  oats  from  land 
which  for  years  before  had  not  produced  anything.  He  has  followed  most  progressive 
methods,  has  closely  studied  the  conditions  of  the  soil  and  has  utilized  the  most  modern 
ideas  concerning  farm  development.  His  is  today  a  wonderfully  beautiful  and  highly 
cultivated  place  and  stands  as  a  monument  to  his  thrift,  enterprise  and  sound  business 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  481 

judgment.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  raising  pure  bred  shorthorn  cattle  and  also  Percheron 
and  Norman  horses.  He  engages  quite  largely  in  feeding  cattle,  in  which  undertaking 
he  is  associated  with  his  brother.  Together  they  have  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of 
pasture  land  west  of  Campion.  Gume  S.  Swanson  is  a  director  in  the  Berthoud  Lake  & 
Reservoir  Company  of  Berthoud,  which  was  recently  organized  for  irrigation  purposes, 
and  he  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Handy  Ditch  Company,  the  stock  of  which  is  worth 
five  hundred  dollars  per  share. 

On  the  19th  of  August,  1906,  Mr.  Swanson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Annie  Carlson 
and  to  them  have  been  bom  two  children:  Carl  M..  who  was  born  July  17,  1907,  and 
Swan  Vernon,  born  November  24,  1916.  By  a  former  marriage  his  wife  had  two 
children:     Edith,  born   in   1898,  and  Rath,   in   1901. 

Mr.  Swanson  is  a  member  of  the  Farmers'  Union  and  of  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  also  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  woman's  auxiliary, 
the  Rebekahs.  Politically  he  maintains  an  independent  course.  His  religious  faith 
is  that  of  the  Swedish  Lutheran  church,  his  membership  being  at  Loveland,  where  he 
is  serving  as  a  trustee  of  the  church,  while  in  Its  work  he  takes  a  very  active  and 
helpful  part.  He  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  and  progress  of 
the  community  in  which  he  lives  and  his  entire  life  has  been  actuated  by  a  spirit  of 
advancement.  He  has  never  waited  for  anything  to  turn  up  but  has  started  out  in 
search  of  the  opportunities  which  he  believed  would  lead  to  success  and,  readily  recog- 
nizing such  opportunities,  he  has  utilized  them  to  good  advantage. 


GEORGE   A.    HAMILTON. 


George  A.  Hamilton  is  now  living  retired  in  Loveland,  making  his  home  at  No. 
745  Lincoln  avenue.  He  was,  however,  identified  for  many  years  with  ranching  and 
live  stock  interests  in  Larimer  county,  making  a  specialty  of  the  raising  of  Suffolk 
Punch  horses.  Of  Canadian  birth,  he  was  born  in  Ontario,  near  London,  October 
4,  1S49,  a  son  of  Delona  and  Sarah  (Wright)  Hamilton,  who  were  natives  of  Canada 
and  of  the  north  of  Ireland  respectively.  The  father  was  a  farmer  of  Ontario  through- 
out his  entire  life  and  there  passed  away  in  October,  1894.  while  his  wife  survived  for 
several  years,  her  death  occurring  in  the  winter  of  1907. 

George  A.  Hamilton,  spending  his  youthful  days  on  his  father's  farm  in  Ontario, 
attended  the  public  schools  during  that  lime  in  the  acquirement  of  an  education  and 
after  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  gave  his  entire  attention  to  the  farm  work  until  he 
had  attained  his  majority.  He  then  crossed  the  border  into  Michigan  and  bought  land, 
which  he  improved  and  developed  for  nine  years.  In  1879  he  left  the  Mississippi  valley 
and  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Boulder  county.  He  conducted  a  store  at  Longmont 
and  lived  in  the  county  for  three  years,  subsequent  to  which  time  he  removed  to 
Larimer  county  in  January,  1883,  and  bought  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
two  miles  south  and  five  miles  east  of  Loveland.  This  he  at  once  began  to  cultivate, 
bringing  it  into  excellent  condition.  He  kept  buying  more  land  from  time  to  time 
as  his  financial  resources  increased  until  he  was  the  owner  of  thirteen  hundred  and 
five  acres,  most  of  which  is  in  Larimer  county,  with  a  small  amount  in  Weld  county, 
but  all  in  one  tract.  He  also  owns  two  hundred  acres  in  Weld  county  five  miles  from 
Longmont.  He  continued  to  cultivate  and  improve  his  land,  residing  thereon  until 
February,  1917,  when  he  removed  to  Loveland.  where  he  purchased  a  fine  modern  brick 
bungalow  which  he  now  occupies  through  the  winter  months,  while  the  summer  seasons 
are  spent  upon  the  farm.  He  rents  all  of  his  land,  however,  thus  being  relieved  of 
the  active  care  and  management  of  the  place.  While  upon  the  farm  he  made  a 
specialty  of  the  raising  of  thoroughbred  Suffolk  Punch  horses  and  made  two  importa- 
tions of  these  from  England  and  his  sons  still  raise  that  breed.  He  also  made  a  busi- 
ness of  feeding  sheep  and  he  has  extended  his  efforts  into  various  other  lines,  indi- 
cating his  resourcefulness  and  ability  in  business.  He  is  the  president  of  the  Con- 
solidated Home  Supply  Ditch  &  Reservoir  Company,  is  the  vice  president  of  the  First 
National   Bank   of   Loveland   and   a   stockholder  in   the   Loveland   National   Bank. 

On  the  5th  of  October,  1875.  Mr.  Hamilton  was  married  to  Miss  Charlotte  E.  Powers, 
a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Franklin  and  Martha  (Stephens)  Powers,  who  were  natives 
of  Ontario,  Canada.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  in  an  early  day  went  to  Michigan, 
where  he  purchased  land  which  he  continued  to  further  cultivate  throughout  the 
remainder  of  his  days.  His  death  occurred  about  1900  and  his  wife  passed  away 
about  1891.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hamilton  have  become  parents  of  eight  children:  Myron 
S.,  now  a  merchant  of  Loveland;  Mattie,  the  wife* of  H.  W.  Hankins,  residing  at 
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484  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Greeley,  Colorado;  Clinton  Roy,  who  is  operating  a  farm  near  Wellington,  Colorado; 
Lillian  May,  at  home;  D.  Ray,  who  is  cultivating  his  father's  farm;  Alexander  B., 
who  is  also  farming  one  of  his  father's  places;  Gertrude,  who  died  in  March,  1884, 
at  the  age  of  five  years;  and  N'ellie,  who  passed  away  in  March,  1892,  when  but  eleven 
months  old.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hamilton  have  sixteen  grandchildren  and  one  of  these 
is  married.  In  1905  they  made  a  four  months'  tour  of  Europe,  crossing  that  section 
of  the  country  which  has  been  the  recent  great  battle  front. 

Politically  Mr.  Hamilton  is  a  democrat,  while  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  His  life  has  ever  been  guided  by  high  and  honorable 
principles  and  the  sterling  worth  of  his  character  is  recognized  by  all  with  whom 
he  has  had  business  or  social  relations. 


HJALMER   M.   PETERSON. 


Hjalmer  M.  Peterson,  who  is  engaged  in  stock  raising  and  dairying  and  is  num- 
bered among  the  foremost  representatives  of  agricultural  interests  in  Adams  county, 
was  born  in  Colorado.  September  2,  18S5,  a  son  of  George  and  Carolina  (Anderson) 
Peterson,  the  former  a  native  of  Denmark,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Sweden.  The 
father  came  to  the  new  world  in  1872  and  made  his  way  first  to  Indiana,  where  he 
remained  for  a  year  and  a  half.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  removed  to 
Colorado,  establishing  his  home  in  Denver,  and  later  he  engaged  in  the  live  stock 
business  in  this  state.  In  1890  he  purchased  the  farm  near  Henderson  upon  which 
he  still  resides  and  his  wife  is  also  living.  They  are  numbered  among  the  worthy 
pioneer  settlers  of  the  state,  having  for  many  years  been  interested  witnesses  of  its 
growth  and  development  and  Mr.  Peterson  has  contributed  in  no  small  measure  to 
the  agricultural  progress  of  the  district  in  which  he  lives.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peterson 
were  born  three  children:  Rose,  who  is  the  wife  of  E.  C.  Mencimer;  Hjalmer  M,  of 
this  review;  and  Angve,  who  is  prominently  known  in  connection  with  the  fish  indus- 
try of  the  state.  He  is  growing  trout,  of  which  he  makes  a  specialty,  handling  about 
one  hundred  thousand  fish  a  year. 

H.  M.  Peterson  has  spent  his  entire  life  in  Colorado,  being  reared  under  the 
parental  roof  and  educated  in  the  public  schools.  During  vacation  periods  he  assisted 
his  father  in  the  farm  work  and  has  always  continued  on  the  old  homestead,  giving 
his  attention  to  general  agricultural  pursuits  and  stock  raising.  He  owns  forty-seven 
acres  of  land,  all  under  ditch,  and  the  irrigation  renders  his  place  very  productive. 
He  makes  a  specialty  of  stock  raising  and  of  dairying,  both  branches  of  his  business 
proving  profitable. 

In  1910  Mr.  Peterson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Effie  Phenell  Foster  and  to 
them  was  born  a  daughter,  Effie  B..  whose  birth  occurred  June  9,  1911.  The  wife  and 
mother  passed  away  September  17,  1913,  her  death  being  deeply  regretted  by  the  many 
friends  whom  she  had  made  during  the  years  of  her  residence  in  Adams  county. 

Mr.  Peterson  and  his  daughter  are  faithful  members  of  the  Congregational  church 
at  Henderson  and  he  belongs  also  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  His  political 
support  is  given  to  the  democratic  party,  which  finds  in  him  an  earnest  and  stalwart 
advocate  but  not  an  ofllce  seeker.  A  lifelong  resident  of  Colorado,  he  is  widely  and 
favorably  known  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state  and  he  is  an  enthusiastic  champion 
of  Colorado  and  her  opportunities. 


ELMER   A.   HANKINS. 


Elmer  A.  Hankins.  residing  near  Campion  in  Larimer  county,  was  born  in  Taylor 
county,  Iowa,  March  26,  1874.  a  son  of  William  A.  and  Sarah  (Alkire)  Hankins.  who 
are  natives  of  Indiana  and  Ohio  respectively.  They  became  residents  of  Colorado  in 
1879  and  settled  in  Boulder  county,  six  miles  west  of  Longmont,  where  the  father 
rented  land  upon  which  he  lived  until  1881.  He  then  removed  to  Larimer  county 
and  took  up  a  homestead  which  is  now  the  property  of  h's  son,  Elmer  A.  The  father 
at  once  set  about  improving  and  developing  the  place  and  continued  its  further  culti- 
vation until  the  spring  of  1918,  when  he  sold  the  property  and  removed  to  Campion, 
occupying  a  residence  formerly  owned  by  his  son  Elmer.  In  fact  they  made  an 
exchange  of  property,  the  son  taking  the  ranch  and  the  father  the  home  in  the  town. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  485 

During  the  Civil  war  William  A.  Hankins  was  a  member  of  the  Union  army,  enlist- 
ing in  the  Twenty-fifth  Missouri  Infantry,  with  which  he  served  for  three  years. 

Elmer  A.  Hankins  was  reared  and  educated  in  Boulder  and  in  Larimer  counties, 
attending  the  public  schools  in  both,  for  he  was  but  five  years  of  age  when  brought 
by  his  parents  to  Colorado.  Later  he  resumed  his  studies  in  the  Colorado  State  Agri- 
cultural College  at  Fort  Collins  and  soon  afterward  took  up  farming  on  his  own 
account  seven  miles  west  of  Greeley.  There  he  purchased  land  which  he  has  operated 
most  of  the  time  since.  He  and  his  brother,  A.  D.  Hankins,  are  now  operating  eight 
hundred  acres  of  dry  land  in  Weld  county,  to  which  they  have  given  their  attention 
for  the  past  four  years.  This  they  carry  on  in  addition  to  the  home  place  of  Elmer 
A.  Hankins,  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixteen  acres  near  Campion.  He  had  two 
hundred  acres  in  wheat  in  Weld  county  in  1918  that  gave  a  yield  of  thirty  bushels 
to  the  acre,  while  for  three  successive  years  it  yielded  forty-five  bushels  to  the 
acre,  and  one  year  fifty-three  bushels.  Mr.  Hankins  has  cultivated  his  farm  in 
Larimer  county  for  the  past  eleven  years  and  he  makes  a  specialty  of  raising  pure 
bred  Shropshire  sheep,  which  he  exhibits  at  the  stock  show  and  on  which  he  has  won 
several  blue  ribbons.  He  is  a  most  energetic  and  enterprising  business  man  ajid  his 
well  defined  activity,  intelligently  directed,  has  brought  to  him  a  gratifying  measure 
of  success. 

On  the  25th  of  April,  1900.  Mr.  Hankins  was  married  to  Miss  Pearl  Davis,  a 
daughter  of  Martin  and  May  (Richmond)  Davis,  who  were  natives  of  Bolton,  New 
York,  and  of  'Wlieeling,  West  Virginia,  respectively.  The  father  was  born  April  5, 
1S32.  He  became  a  farmer  of  the  Empire  state  and  there  resided  until  1S79,  when  he 
removed  to  Loveland.  Larimer  county,  Colorado,  where  Mrs.  Hankins  was  born  on 
the  28th  of  February,  1881.  Her  father  took  up  a  homestead  five  miles  northeast  of 
Loveland  and  improved  this  place,  known  as  the  X  D  ranch.  He  purchased  more  land 
at  a  subsequent  period  until  he  owned  a  half  section  in  the  X  D  ranch  and  a  quarter 
section  in  the  mountains.  He  was  very  successful  and  as  he  prospered  in  his  under- 
takings made  Investment  also  in  town  property  in  Loveland.  He  continued  the  culti- 
vation of  his  ranch  throughout  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He,  too.  was  a  soldier 
of  the  Civil  war,  serving  throughout  the  period  of  hostilities  with  a  New  York  regi- 
ment. He  passed  away  in  April,  1892,  while  his  wife,  long  surviving,  died  in  April, 
1916.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hankins  have  been  born  four  children:  Joseph  William,  whose 
birth  occurred  September  18,  1901;  Franklin  D.,  whose  natal  day  was  September  23. 
1906;  Dorothy  P.,  born  December  2,  1910;  and  Elmer  A.,  Jr.,  who  was  born  on  the 
18th   of   October.    1911. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  church  and 
in  his  political  belief  Mr.  Hankins  is  a  democrat.  He  has  never  been  an  aspirant 
for  public  office,  however,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  time  and  energies  upon  his 
business  affairs,  which  have  been  carefully  and  wisely  conducted,  bringing  to  him 
a  substantial  measure  of  prosperity. 


JACOB  H.  WELTY. 


Jacob  H.  Welty,  engaged  extensively  in  the  raising  of  high  grade  cattle, 
his.  home  on  section  8.  township  4,  range  68,  Weld  county,  about  three  miles  east 
and  a  mile  north  of  Berthoud.  Iowa  claims  him  as  a  native  son.  He  was  born  in 
Tipton,  Cedar  county,  Iowa.  September  2,  1857,  his  parents  being  Henry  and  Eliza- 
beth (Beech)  Welty,  who  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  of  Germany  respectively. 
The  father  was  a  painter  by  trade  and  at  an  early  day  went  to  Iowa,  settling  at 
Tipton,  where  he  resided  throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  born  in  York, 
Pennsylvania,  December  11,  1S19.  and  was  thirteen  years  of  age  when  his  father 
removed  with  the  family  to  Orange,  Ashland  county,  Ohio.  There  on  the  19th  of 
February,  1849,  Henry  Welty  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Beech  and 
to  them  were  born  the  following  named:  William  R.,  who  resides  at  Clarence,  Iowa; 
George  F.,  living  in  Highland  Lake,  Colorado;  Mrs.  Margaret  Knott,  of  California; 
Sarah,  the  wife  of  W.  E.  Bader,  a  farmer  of  Larimer  county,  Colorado;  Mary,  the 
wife  of  Joseph  Owen,  of  Tipton,  Iowa;  and  Jacob  H.,  of  this  review.  In  March,  1856, 
Henry  Welty  removed  with  his  family  from  Ohio  to  Tipton,  Cedar  county,  Iowa,  and 
took  up  his  abode  upon  a  farm  near  Rock  creek.  Later  he  removed  to  a  farm  at  Vir- 
ginia Grove,  there  residing  for  seven  years,  after  which  he  established  his  home  on 
a  farm  near  Clarence,  Iowa,  where  he  resided  until  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  which 
occurred    on   the   26th   of   December,    1878.     Subsequently   he   married   Mrs.    Cline   and 


486  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

after  her  demise  wedded  Mrs.  Margaret  Foreman.  Following  her  death  In  1896  he  made 
his  home  with  his  son,  William  R.,  and  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Joseph  Owen,  in  Clarence, 
Iowa,  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1906. 

Jacob  H.  Welty  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  county,  remaining  under 
his  father's  roof  until  he  had  attained  his  majority,  when  he  removed  to  Sumner 
county,  Kansas,  and  took  a  preemption  claim  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  which 
he  improved  and  cultivated  for  two  years.  In  the  fall  of  1880  he  drove  across  the 
country  to  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  and  entered  the  employ  of  George  Zweck,  for 
whom  he  worked  as  a  farm  hand  until  1884.  In  the  interim  he  carefully  saved  his 
earnings  and  then  purchased  his  present  place  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  which 
he  has  since  splendidly  improved.  He  has  set  out  a  large  number  of  trees  upon  his 
farm  and  has  a  big  orchard  in  excellent  bearing  condition.  He  has  carefully  and 
systematically  developed  his  land  and  has  added  to  his  original  purchase  until  he 
now  owns  a  half  section  to  the  west  adjoining  his  home  place  and  has  more  than 
twenty-four  hundred  acres  in  a  mountain  ranch.  He  also  has  fifty-seven  acres  adjoin- 
ing the  town  of  Fort  Morgan  and  another  tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  near 
Fort  Morgan,  together  with  a  half  interest  in  a  place  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres, 
his  brother  being  his  partner  in  the  ownership  of  the  last  mentioned  property.  He 
makes  a  business  of  feeding  cattle  and  has  for  years  specialized  in  the  raising  of  pure 
bred  Aberdeen  Angus.  He  is  also  feeding  a  large  number  of  cattle  on  his  Fort  Morgan 
farms  and  his  mountain  ranch  is  well  stocked.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Longmont 
Farmers'  Mill  at  Longmont. 

On  the  24th  of  September,  1891,  Mr.  Welty  was  married  to  Miss  Augusta  Zweck, 
a  daughter  of  his  former  employer,  George  Zweck,  and  his  wife,  Mrs.  Mary  (Greub) 
Zweck,  who  were  natives  of  Prussia  and  of  Switzerland  respectively.  The  father 
came  to  America  in  early  life  with  his  parents,  who  settled  in  Floyd  county,  Iowa, 
near  Charles  City.  In  1859  he  arrived  in  Colorado  and  built  the  Zweck  Hotel  at  Long- 
mont. now  known  as  the  Imperial.  He  was  a  partner  in  the  Prussian  mine  at  Gold 
Hill  and  he  also  bought  land  in  Boulder  county,  where  he  began  farming,  winning 
substantial  success  in  that  undertaking.  He  owned  over  two  thousand  acres  of  land 
and  resided  thereon  to  the  time  of  his  demise,  which  occurred  December  25,  1906. 
His  widow  survives  and  is  yet  occupying  the  old  homestead.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Welty 
have  but  one  child,  Roy  Virgil,  who  was  born  February  13,  1896,  and  is  now  farming 
his   father's   place. 

Mr.  Welty  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  is  a  loyal  exemplar  of  the 
craft.  The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  church  and  in  these  associations  are  found 
the  rules  which  govern  their  conduct.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  the  democratic 
party  but  he  has  never  been  an  aspirant  for  office.  He  has  worked  diligently  and 
persistently  as  the  years  have  gone  by  in  the  conduct  of  his  farming  and  stock  rais- 
ing interests  and  has  gradually  enlarged  his  holdings  and  his  business  affairs  until 
he  is  now  one  of  the  prosperous  ranchmen  of  Weld  county. 


JAMES  JENSEN. 


James  Jensen,  living  on  sections  12  and  13.  township  4,  range  69.  in  Larimer 
county,  his  place  being  a  mile  north  and  a  half  mile  east  of  Berthoud.  is  engaged 
extensively  in  the  raising  of  pure  bred  Percheron  horses,  registered  Poland  China 
hogs  and  registered  Holstein  cattle.  In  fact  he  is  giving  the  greater  part  of  his  time 
and  attention  to  stock  raising,  in  which  business  he  displays  sound  judgment,  while 
his  unfaltering  energy  enables  him  to  overcome  all  the  difficulties  and  obstacles  in  his 
path.  He  was  born  in  Denmark,  November  21,  1867,  a  son  of  Soren  and  Christina 
(Johnsen)  Jensen,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Denmark.  The  father  was  a 
farmer  in  the  old  country  throughout  his  entire  life  and  there  passed  away  in  October, 
1900,   while  the  mother's  death  occurred  in  November,   1872. 

James  Jensen  spent  his  youthful  days  in  Denmark  and  in  Kansas  and  the 
schools  of  his  native  country  and  of  the  new  world  afforded  him  his  educational 
opportunities.  From  the  time  that  he  was  twelve  years  of  age  he  worked  out  and  in 
1891  he  came  to  the  United  States,  making  his  way  to  Nebraska,  after  which  he 
was  employed  as  a  farm  hand  in  that  state  and  in  Kansas  for  four  years.  On  thel 
expiration  of  that  period  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  was  employed  for  two  or 
three  months  and  then  began  farming  on  his  own  account  by  renting  land  in  Weld 
county.  He  cultivated  that  place  for  a  year  and  then  took  up  his  abode  in  Larimer 
county  on  the  same. section  where  he  now  lives.     He  cultivated   rented   land   for   five 


RESIDENCE  OP  JAMES  JENSEN 


MRS.  JAMES  JENSEN 


JAMES  JENSEN 


488  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

years  and  then  purchased  his  present  place,  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land.  This  he  at  once  set  about  improving  and  today  he  has  one  of  the  best  places 
in  his  section  of  the  state.  As  his  financial  resources  have  increased  he  has  purchased 
more  land  from  time  to  time  and  now  owns  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  all  of 
which  he  cultivates.  He  produces  large  crops  and  at  the  same  time  he  is  extensively 
engaged  in  stock  raising,  making  a  specialty  of  handling  pure  bred  Percheron  horses, 
Holstein  cattle  and  Poland  China  hogs.  He  likewise  makes  a  business  of  feeding  cat- 
tle and  sheep  and  thus  adds  materially  to  his  income.  He  is  a  man  of  excellent 
business  ability,  keen  sagacity  and  sound  judgment  and  his  cooperation  has  been  an 
important  element  in  the  successful  conduct  of  various  interests.  He  is  now  the 
secretary  of  the  Berthoud  Lake  &  Reservoir  Company  of  Berthoud,  is  the  president 
of  the  Mclntyre  Lateral  &  Ditch  Company,  a  stockholder  in  the  Handy  Ditch  Company, 
the  president  of  the  Sunny  Slope  Reservoir  Company,  a  stockholder  in  the  Consoli- 
dated Home  Supply  Ditch  &  Reservoir  Company  and  a  stockholder  in  the  Longmont 
Farmers'  Mill  &  Elevator  Company  and  in  the  llilliken  flour  mill.  All  of  these 
enterprises   profit   by   his   assistance   and   his   keen   business   discernment. 

On  the  6th  of  January,  1898,  Mr.  Jensen  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Katie 
Deitricksen,  a  daughter  of  Peter  and  Matilda  (Johnson)  Deitricksen,  who  are  natives 
of  Denmark  and  came  to  America  in  the  '70s.  They  settled  in  eastern  Kansas,  taking 
up  their  abode  in  Doniphan  county,  where  Mr.  Deitricksen  purchased  and  improved 
land  which  he  has  since  owned  and  cultivated.  His  wife  is  also  living.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Jensen  have  been  born  ten  children:  Roy,  Francis,  Bessie,  John,  George,  Ethel, 
James,   Jr.,   Robert,   Ruth   and   William. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Jensen  is  well  known  as  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  religious  faith 
is  that  of  the  United  Brethren  church.  Politically  he  is  a  democrat  and  is  an  active 
worker  in  support  of  party  interests.  In  1916  he  was  made  the  democratic  candidate 
for  the  office  of  county  commissioner  but  was  defeated  by  ninety-nine  votes.  He 
was  also  at  one  time  candidate  tor  county  assessor,  on  which  occassion  he  was  de- 
feated by  about  two  hundred  votes.  In  1902  he  returned  to  Europe  on  a  business 
trip.  His  military  record  covers  six  months'  service  with  the  army.  His  grand- 
father in  the  paternal  line  fought  the  Germans  in  1848,  1849  and  1850  and  his  father 
was  in  the  war  in  1864,  when  the  Germans  took  Kiel  and  the  remainder  of  Holstein 
and  Slesvig.  He  has  a  brother  who  served  with  the  United  States  army  and  two 
sons  who  registered  for  service.  The  home  place  of  Mr.  Jensen  is  a  very  attractive 
one,  highly  improved  with  all  modern  conveniences,  and  forms  one  of  the  pleasing 
features  of  the  landscape. 


BENJAMIN  PRESTON. 


Benjamin  Preston  passed  away  in  1913,  after  long  and  honorable  connection  with 
the  ranching  interests  of  Larimer  county.  He  was  born  in  England.  May  9,  1848, 
and  traveled  life's  journey  for  sixty-five  years.  His  parents  were  Benjamin  and 
Ellen  A.  (Mallows)  Preston,  who  were  natives  of  the  same  country.  The  father  was 
a  farmer  in  England  until  the  last  few  years  of  his  life.  He  then  crossed  the  Atlantic 
to  the  new  world  and  made  his  home  with  his  children,  as  did  his  wife,  both  having 
now  passed  away. 

Benjamin  Preston  was  reared  and  educated  in  England  and  when  he  had  reached 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  bade  adieu  to  the  friends  and  scenes  of  his  childhood 
and  crossed  the  Atlantic.  He  first  made  his  home  with  an  uncle  in  Michigan,  where 
he  completed  his  education,  and  in  1868  he  arrived  in  Larimer  county,  Colorado,  cast- 
ing in  his  lot  with  its  pioneer  settlers.  He  first  cultivated  a  farm  on  the  Big  Thomp- 
son and  also  operated  a  threshing  machine  for  a  few  years.  Upon  his  land  he  ran 
cattle.  In  1877,  however,  he  purchased  what  is  now  known  as  the  Preston  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  It  was  then  a  tract  of  wild  land  but  with  characteristic 
energy  he  began  its  development  and  cultivation  and  his  labors  soon  wrought  a 
marked  change  in  the  appearance  of  the  place,  which  he  brought  to  a  high  state  of 
development.  He  set  out  many  trees,  added  substantial  buildings  and  continued 
the  further  improvement  of  the  place  throughout  his  remaining  days.  He  made  a 
specialty  of  raising  Defiance  wheat  and  took  several  prizes  upon  this  crop.  He  also 
made  a  business  of  feeding  cattle  and  sheep  and  thus  added  materially  to  his  income. 

It  was  on  the  18th  of  November,  1874,  that  Mr.  Preston  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Hessie  S.  Bell,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  P.  and  Lettia   (Ferguson)    Bell,  who  were 


490  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

natives  of  Ireland.  The  father  came  to  America  when  a  boy  in  company  with  his 
parents,  the  family  home  being  established  in  Chicago.  Later  he  returned  to  Ireland 
but  after  reaching  man's  estate  and  having  a  family  he  once  more  came  to  the  new* 
world,  crossing  the  briny  deep  in  1864.  He  located  at  Paterson.  New  Jersey,  and  after- 
ward lived  at  various  points  but  in  1871  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Evans,  Weld 
county,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead  which  he  cultivated  for  a  considerable  period. 
At  length  he  came  to  Larimer  county  and  bought  a  place  a  mile  northeast  of  Harmony. 
His  attention  was  given  to  the  development  of  its  fields  until  he  sold  out  and  went 
to  live  with  his  daughter  in  Denver,  there  passing  away  in  1906.  For  a  long  period 
he  had  survived  his  wife,  who  died  about  1892.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Preston  were  born 
four  children:  Clara  L.,  now  the  wife  of  J.  B.  Halderman,  a  farmer  residing  in 
Larimer  county,  and  their  children  are,  Thelma  Lucille  and  Byron  Preston;  Charles 
Benjamin,  who  is  operating  the  old  home  place  and  who  was  married  January  16, 
1910,  to  Agnes  C.  Gilford,  by  whom  he  has  three  children,  Gladys  I.,  Ruth  L.  and 
Benjamin  Gifford;   William  A.,  at  home;   and  Mabel  T.,  who  died  May  3,  1895. 

The  family  circle  was  again  broken  by  the  hand  of  death  when  on  the  26th  of 
October,  1913,  the  husband  and  father  passed  away  after  a  short  illness.  He  had  served 
as  county  commissioner  of  Larimer  county  the  year  before  his  death.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grange  and  of  the  Farmers  Union,  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the 
republican  party  and  was  a  devoted  follower  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  had 
many  sterling  traits  of  character,  was  faithful  in  friendship,  loyal  in  citizenship  and 
devoted  to  the  welfare  of  his  family. 


FREDERICK  L.  RISER,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Frederick  L.  Riser,  well  known  as  an  able  and  successful  physician  but 
now  engaged  in  commercial  fisU  raising,  was  born  in  Lansing,  Iowa,  on  the  9tli  of 
July,  1858,  although  for  many  years  he  has  made  his  home  in  Colorado.  He  is  a  son 
of  Fred  and  Barbara  (Marti)  Riser,  who  came  from  Switzerland  to  this  country  in  early 
life  and  were  married  in  Iowa.  The  father  homesteaded  there  in  1852  and  trans- 
formed a  tract  of  wild  land  into  rich  and  productive  fields.  He  has  always  given  his 
attention  to  the  occupation  of  farming  but  is  now  living  retired  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-four  years. 

Dr.  Riser  is  the  second  son  in  a  family  of  four  sons  and  one  daughter  who  were 
born  of  his  father's  first  marriage,  while  there  were  five  sons  and  eight  daughters  of 
the  second  marriage.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  Lansing,  Iowa,  and 
afterward  attended  the  German-English  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with 
the  class  of  1880.  He  then  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching,  which  he  followed  for 
four  terms  but  regarded  this  merely  as  an  initial  step  to  other  professional  labor, 
for  it  was  his  desire  to  become  a  member  of  the  medical  fraternity.  With  that  end  in 
view  he  attended  the  Homeopathic  Medical  College  of  Missouri  at  St.  Louis,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1884.  His  high  standing  is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  passed  the 
examination  ahead  of  the  fellow  members  of  his  class  and  received  a  scholarship 
prize. 

Dr.  Riser  located  for  the  practice  of  medicine  in  his  native  town  of  Lansing, 
Iowa,  where  he  remained  from  1884  until  1888.  He  then  removed  to  Lincoln,  Nebraska, 
where  he  opened  an  office  and  continued  in  active  practice  until  1897.  With  the 
outbreak  of  the  Spanish-American  war  in  the  following  year  he  went  to  Douglas, 
He  next  removed  to  De  Queen,  Arkansas,  where  he  practiced  for  six  years  and  while 
Wyoming,  and  afterward  to  Rawlins,  Wyoming,  where  he  remained  for  three  years. 
there  he  put  out  a  peach  orchard  of  forty-five  acres  and  to  its  cultivation  and  develop- 
ment gave  his  time  and  attention  as  well  as  to  his  medical  practice.  He  later  removed 
to  Denver  and  contemplated  the  practice  of  medicine  in  that  city  but  instead  purchased 
four  and  one-half  acres  of  land  near  Henderson  and  began  commercial  fish  raising, 
specializing  in  rainbow  trout.  At  the  start  he  had  one  hundred  thousand  eggs  biit  lost 
most  of  these,  as  they  were  brook  trout.  He  then  began  raising  rainbow  trout  and  has 
won  a  very  substantial  and  gratifying  measure  of  success.  To  his  first  purchase  of 
land  he  added  eleven  and  one-half  acres  and  later  made  an  additional  purchase  of  tea 
acres.  He  now  has  one  main  spring  ditch  with  numerous  laterals  and  he  has  also 
built  a  water  system  to  the  house  for  domestic  use.  During  all  this  time  or  until  July, 
1917.  he  practiced  medicine  in  connection  with  fish  raising  but  found  that  he  could 
not  do  justice  to  both  and  retired  from  the  profession.  He  is  now  one  of  the  success- 
ful and  prominent  fish   raisers   of  this  section   of  the  state  and   has   studied   hard  to 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  491 

make  the  business  what  it  is.  He  has  followed  progressive  and  scientific  lines  and  he 
now  supplies  the  leading  hotels  and  principal  clubs  of  Denver  throughout  the  year 
with  rainbow  trout. 

On  the  17th  of  October,  1904,  Dr.  Riser  was  married  in  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  to 
Miss  Cora  Hubbell  and  they  have  one  son,  Frederick  Oliver,  now  thirteen  years  of  age 
and  a  pupil  in  the  eighth  grade  of  the  public  school  of  Henderson.  In  his  fraternal 
relations  Dr.  Riser  is  a  prominent  Mason,  having  taken  the  degrees  of  the  York  Rite 
and  also  of  Korein  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  at  Rawlins,  Wyoming.  He  is  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republi- 
can party,  in  the  principles  of  which  he  firmly  believes.  He  is  loyal  to  every  interest 
having  to  do  with  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community  in  which  he  makes  his 
home.  Wherever  he  has  lived  he  has  won  high  regard  and  the  warm  friendship  ot 
those  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact  by  reason  of  his  personal  worth  as  well  as 
by  reason  of  his  professional  ability.  Turning  his  attention  to  fish  raising,  he  greatly 
enjoys  the  business  in  which  he  is  now  engaged  and  in  which  he  is  so  wisely  directing 
his  efforts  that  success  in  substantial  measure  is  today  his. 


REV.  JOHN  JOSEPH  BROWN,  S.  J. 

Rev.  John  Joseph  Brown,  president  of  the  College  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Denver, 
was  born  at  Eagle  Harbor,  Michigan,  on  the  7th  of  February,  1867,  a  son  of  Matthias 
and  Margaret  (Allard)  Brown.  The  mother  was  an  Alsatian  by  birth,  while  the 
father  was  a  native  of  Michigan.  They  removed  westward  to  Denver  when  their 
son,  John  J.,  was  nine  years  old,  in  October,  1876,  the  centennial  year,  and  Father  Brown 
has  therefore  been  identified  with  Denver  for  forty-three  years.  He  pursued  his  educa- 
tion, following  his  preliminary  course,  in  St.  Ignatius  University  of  San  Francisco, 
California,  and  later  became  a  student  in  Woodstock  College  at  Woodstock,  Baltimore. 
He  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  on  the  28th  of  June,  1896,  by  James  Cardinal  Gibbons 
and  in  the  same  year  became  identified  with  the  College  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Denver. 
After  teaching  for  three  years  he  was  made  manager  of  the  college  and  continued  in  that 
position  for  two  years.  For  the  past  seventeen  years  he  has  been  president  of  the 
institution.  During  the  period  after  becoming  manager  he  was  for  one  year  connected 
with  St.  Stanislaus  Seminary  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  for  two  years  he  was  pastor 
of  St.  Patrick's  church  in  Pueblo.  During  his  long  term  as  president  the  institution 
has  been  thoroughly  modernized.  The  laboratories  are  among  the  finest  in  the  west, 
having  the  most  complete  equipment,  facilitating  the  work  to  the  highest  possible  point. 
A  large  gymnasium  has  been  added  to  the  school  and  in  every  way  the  institution 
has  grown  to  be  one  of  the  great  Catholic  colleges  of  the  country.  Reverend  Brown  is 
untiring  in  his  zeal  in  behalf  of  the  school  and  his  labors  have  been  a  most  direct 
and  potent  element  in  securing  the  desirable  results  which  have  been  brought  about. 


WILLIAM  M.  WRIGHT. 


William  M.  Wright,  residing  a  mile  and  a  half  north  of  Loveland,  his  home  being 
on  section  2,  township  5,  range  69  west,  was  born  in  Adams  county,  Ohio,  October  17, 
1838,  and  has  therefore  passed  the  eightieth  milestone  on  life's  journey.  During 
this  long  period  he  has  witnessed  many  events  which  have  shaped  the  history  of  this 
country  and  of  the  world,  while  in  his  home  locality  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
upholding  those  interests  which  have  contributed  to  the  material,  social  and  moral 
progress  of  the  community.  His  parents,  Finley  S.  and  Nancy  M.  (Mclntyre) 
Wright,  were  also  natives  of  Ohio,  where  the  father  followed  the  occupation  of  farming 
until  1846,  when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Iowa,  settling  in  Lee  county  near 
Keokuk.  He  there  purchased  land  which  he  cultivated  for  ten  years  and  then  removed 
to  Hancock  county,  Illinois,  where  he  carried  on  general  agricultural  pursuits  until 
1868.  He  afterward  went  to  Page  county,  Iowa,  and  later  moved  across  the  line 
into  Missouri,  where  he  purchased  land  which  he  further  developed  and  improved 
throughout  his  remaining  days.  He  passed  away  May  29,  1886,  having  for  a  number 
of  years  survived   his  wife,  whose  death   occurred   in   November,   1867. 

William  M.  Wright  was  reared  and  educated  in  Iowa  and  Illinois  and  remained 
with  hi3  parents  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  when  he  began 
working   as   a    farm    hand    for   others.     He    was   thus    employed    until    1862,    when    he 


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to  the  country's  call  for  troops,  enlisting  with  the  boys  in  blue  of  Com- 
pany C,  Seventy-seventh  Illinois  Infantry,  with  which  he  served  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  or  for  a  period  of  three  years,  being  mustered  out  on  the  10th  of  July,  1865, 
at  Mobile,  Alabama.  Several  times  his  clothing  and  cap  were  pierced  by  bullets  but 
he  was  uninjured,   returning  to  his  home   with   a  most   creditable  military   record. 

Mr.  Wright  then  resumed  work  as  a  farm  hand  and  later  rented  land,  which  he 
cultivated  for  a  year.  He  afterward  spent  two  years  in  eastern  Iowa  and  two  years 
in  western  Iowa,  subsequent  to  which  time  he  removed  to  Kansas,  where  he  took  up 
a  homestead  claim  that  he  cultivated  from  1S72  until  1879.  In  the  latter  year  he  came 
to  Colorado  for  the  purpose  of  looking  over  the  state  with  a  view  to  locating  in  the 
west  and  in  1880  he  bought  a  relinquishment,  which  he  at  once  began  to  develop.  He 
has  since  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  this  place,  which  he  has  brought 
under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  until  it  is  today  a  valuable  ranch  property  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres — the  visible  testimony  of  his  life  of  well  directed  energy  and 
thrift. 

In  March,  1866,  Mr.  Wright  was  married  to  Miss  Arminta  D.  Puntenney  and  to 
them  were  born  six  children.  Samuel,  the  eldest,  born  February  22,  1868,  is  married 
and  is  now  farming  his  father's  place.  Myrtie  J.,  born  August  24,  1869,  became  the 
wife  of  C.  E.  Puntenney  and  passed  away  in  Pueblo,  Colorado,  November  14.  1906, 
at  the  age  of  thirty-seven  years,  leaving  two  children:  Hattie,  who  is  now  a  school 
teacher  in  Weld  county;  and  John  W.,  a  member  of  the  United  States  army.  Elizabeth, 
born  June  18.  1871,  died  September  28,  1893,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years.-  John, 
born  January  19,  1874.  is  residing  in  Loveland.  Colorado.  Arminta,  born  February  29, 
1876,  died  November  17,  1893,  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Martha  M.,  born  May  20, 
1878,  is  the  wife  of  Walter  Evett,  who  is  farming  in  Larimer  county.  The  wife  and 
mother  passed  away  December  29.  1912,  after  an  illness  extending  over  several  years. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Wright  is  a  prohibitionist,  which  indicates  his  attitude 
concerning  the  suppression  of  the  liquor  traffic,  and  he  has  done  everything  in  his 
power  to  promote  the  temperance  cause.  While  in  Kansas  he  served  as  postmaster  for 
five  years  but  otherwise  has  not  held  or  desired  office.  He  belongs  to  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  and  thus  maintains  pleasant  relations  with  his  old  military  comrades. 
His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  he  became  a 
member  in  1862  and  of  which  he  is  now  a  ruling  elder.  He  has  always  taken  a  helpful 
interest  in  the  work  of  the  church,  and  his  aid  and  influence  have  always  been  given 
in  support  of  those  plans  which  are  looking  to  the  uplift  of  the  individual  and  to  the 
benefit  of  the  community  at  large.  His  has  been  an  honorable  and  upright  life,  in  which 
he  has  little  to  regret,  having  held  to  high  ideals,  commanding  the  respect,  confidence 
and  goodwill  of  all  with  him  he  has  been  associated. 


GEORGE  M.  GRIFFIN. 


George  M.  Griffin,  of  Brighton,  who  is  filling  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  district  court, 
is  numbered  among  Colorado's  native  sons,  for  his  birth  occurred  three  miles  south 
of  the  city  in  which  he  still  resides.  His  natal  day  was  September  27,  1868,  and  his 
parents  were  George  C.  and  Lucelia  (Rust)  Griffin,  who  in  the  year  1859  had  crossed 
the  plains  to  Colorado,  casting  in  their  lot  with  the  pioneer  settlers  of  this  section  of 
the  state.  In  1860  the  father  took  up  a  homestead,  which  he  developed  and  improved, 
continuing  active  in  farm  work  until  two  years  prior  to  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
1910.  He  bore  a  helpful  part  in  promoting  the  agricultural  development  of  the  dis- 
trict and  he  also  left  the  impress  of  his  individuality  upon  the  political  history  of  the 
state,  having  been  a  member  of  the  first  state  legislature. 

George  II.  Griffin  was  educated  in  School  District  No.  10  and  afterward  spent 
two  years  as  a  student  in  the  Agricultural  College  at  Fort  Collins.  He  then  took  up 
farming  on  the  old  home  ranch,  having  previously  had  much  experience  in  farm  work 
during  the  periods  of  vacation.  He  continued  to  devote  his  time  to  the  cultivation 
of  the  land  until  1903,  when  he  was  called  to  public  office  by  appointment  of  Governor 
J.  B.  Orman  to  the  position  of  county  treasurer  of  Adams  county.  He  continued  to 
serve  in  that  position  for  six  years,  having  been  twice  elected.  He  next  became  con- 
nected with  the  Brighton  Ice,  Light  &  Power  Company  as  its  secretary  and  treasurer 
and  is  still  active  in  that  line  of  business,  which  constitutes  an  important  commercial 
element  in  Brighton.  Six  years  ago,  however,  he  was  again  called  to  public  office 
by  appointment  as  clerk  of  the  district  court  of  the  first  judicial  district,  his  appoint- 
ment coming  from  Judge  Harry  S.  Class.     He  is  still  serving  in  that  capacity  and  his 


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494  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

record  is  one  which  has  gained  for  him  high  commendation  from  the  court  and  from 
the  bar. 

Mr.  Griffin  was  married  on  the  14th  of  March,  1891,  in  Hazeltine,  Colorado,  to 
Miss  Minnie  Clay,  a  daughter  of  W.  K.  and  Sophie  Clay.  Mrs.  Griflin  was  born  in 
Missouri  and  by  her  marriage  has  become  the  mother  of  three  children:  Marvin  C, 
who  is  now  with  the  national  army  in  France;  George  C,  who  is  an  automobile 
mechanic;  and  Howard  H.,  who  is  in  school. 

Mr.  Griffin  is  identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  his  political  alle- 
giance is  given  to  the  democratic  party,  which  he  has  supported  since  age  conferred 
upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  His  worth  is  acknowledged  by  all  who  know  him 
and  as  the  years  have  passed  he  has  won  for  himself  a  most  creditable  name  and 
place  in  Brighton.  His  life  record,  for  he  has  always  lived  in  this  locality,  is  as  an 
open  book  which  all  may  read  and  that  his  entire  career  has  been  worthy  of  regard 
is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  his  stanchest  friends  are  those  who  have  known'  him 
from  his  boyhood  days  to  the  present. 


GEORGE  W.   LITLE. 


Farming  interests  for  many  years  were  greatly  promoted  through  the  activities 
of  George  W.  Litle,  who  now  lives  retired  at  No.  447  East  Eighth  street,  Loveland, 
in  Larimer  county,  Colorado.  He  brought  to  this  state  the  enterprise  and  thorough 
experience  of  the  middle  west,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Lee  county,  Iowa,  near 
Port  Madison,  in  May,  1841.  His  parents  were  Robert  and  Catherine  (Miller)  Litle, 
the  former  a  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland  and  the  latter  of  Virginia.  The  father 
was  brought  to  America  in  his  youth  and  when  a  young  man  located  in  New  Orleans, 
there  remaining  for  a  time,  operating  a  boat  on  the  Mississippi  river.  His  trip 
comprised  four  hundred  miles  up  the  river  and  he  successfully  continued  along  that 
line  of  work  some  time.  He  then,  however,  removed  to  Chester,  Illinois,  which  is 
near  St.  Louis,  and  there  conducted  a  general  store  for  several  years,  going  at  the 
end  of  that  period  to  Fort  Madison,  Iowa,  where  he  bought  land  from  the  govern- 
ment four  miles  west  of  Fort  Madison.  The  tract  was  an  unpromising  wilderness 
when  he  took  it  up  but  he  immediately  set  himself  to  the  arduous  task  of  clearing 
it  and  improved  it  year  by  year,  also  building  a  loghouse,  which  is  still  standing; 
operating  this  farm  in  all  for  about  twenty-six  years.  He  then  removed  to  Baxter 
Springs,  Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  business,  conducting 
an  establishment  of  that  kind  for  about  ten  years,  when  he  retired,  making  his  home 
with  our  subject  and  his  brother  for  about  three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  period 
he  returned  to  Baxter  Springs,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  His  wife  passed 
away  in   1853. 

George  W.  Litle  was  reared  amid  pioneer  conditions  in  Iowa,  where  he  pursued 
his  education  in  the  schools  adjacent  to  his  father's  farm  and  remained  with  his 
parents  until  he  reached  the  age  of  fourteen,  when  his  undaunted  enterprise  decided 
him  to  run  away  from  home  and  take  life's  duties  upon  his  own  shoulders.  He  at 
first  went  to  Illinois,  where  he  worked  for  a  time,  and  then  made  his  way  to  Wisconsin, 
where  he  also  was  employed  as  a  farm  hand.  He  returned  to  the  parental  roof  with 
one  hundred  dollars,  which  he  had  carefully  saved,  and  there  remained  until  the 
spring  of  1861,  when  his  undaunted  spirit  again  moved  him  to  seek  new  fields  to  dis- 
cover. He.  a  brother  and  two  other  boys  traveled  across  the  country  to  California 
with  ox  team,  being  five  months  on  the  road.  In  the  Golden  state  they  engaged  in 
mining  and  later  Mr.  Litle  of  this  review  bought  a  claim  near  the  town  of  Jennie 
Lind  which  he  operated  for  two  years.  He  then  went  to  Idaho  and  with  his  brother 
bought  an  interest  in  a  mining  claim  which  he  operated  for  about  four  years,  coming 
at  the  end  of  that  time,  in  1867,  to  Larimer  county,  Colorado,  where  another  brother 
was  operating  a  flour  mill.  Our  subject  entered  into  partnership  with  him  and  they 
leased  a  mill  and  farm  for  five  years,  the  brother  operating  the  mill  and  Mr.  Litle  of 
this  review  giving  his  attention  to  the  farm.  During  this  time  he  made  several  trips 
to  Laramie  City.  Wyoming,  driving  an  ox  team  and  walking  the  entire  distance,  and 
also  freighted  for  two  seasons.  In  the  winter  of  1869  Mr.  Litle  hauled  one  hundred 
and  eight  sacks  of  flour  to  Laporte  and  there  sold  it  for  eight  dollars  wholesale,  the 
merchant  retailing  it  for  fourteen  dollars;  in  fact  he  was  largely  connected  with  the 
pioneer  enterprises  of  his  section  and  can  recount  many  interesting  experiences  in 
connection  with  the  early  frontier  days.  He  attended  the  first  court  in  Fort  Collins, 
which  was  held   in   a  government  building.     He   served   as  a  juror   and   as   he   coulti 


MR.  AND  MRS.  GEORGE  W.  LITLE 


496  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

obtain  no  other  room  to  sleep  in,  had  to  pass  the  night  in  the  jail.  Subsequently^ 
Mr.  Litle  and  his  brother  bought  a  one  hundred  and  sixty  acre  homestead  near 
Loveland,  which  he  greatly  improved,  and  this  he  continued  to  operate  for  four  or  five 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  sold  out  and  bought  four  hundred  acres,  to  the 
cultivation  of  which  he  gave  his  undivided  attention.  He  was  the  first  man  in  his 
county  to  set  out  an  orchard  and  as  a  result  was  the  first  to  sell  apples  by  the  barrel. 
For  four  years  Mr.  Litle  operated  this  place  and  then  sold  part  of  it,  taking  his 
present  home  in  Loveland  as  part  payment.  In  1910  he  moved  into  town  and  since 
then  has  alargely  lived  retired  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  gratifying  income.  He  ever 
followed  progressive  ideas  and  methods  in  his  operations  and  displayed  rare  business 
ability,  thus  acquiring  a  substantial  competence. 

In  October,  1869,  Mr.  Litle  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Bird,  who  was  born  and 
reared  within  forty  rods  of  Mr.  Litle's  old  home  in  Lee  county,  Iowa.  They  have 
adopted  two  children:  May.  who  is  the  wife  of  Courtland  Secord,  a  resident  of  Fort 
Collins,  by  whom  she  has  two  children,  one  of  whom  is  in  the  army;  and  Jean,  the 
wife  of  Harvey  Elliot,  of  Loveland,  by  whom  she  has  three  children. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Litle  are  highly  respected  residents  of  Loveland,  where  they  have 
a  handsome  home  at  No.  447  East  Eighth  street  which  often  is  a  gathering  place 
for  their  many  friends.  In  his  political  affiliations  Mr.  Litle  is  a  democrat,  steadfastly 
supporting  the  party,  and  has  ever  taken  a  lively  interest  in  local  affairs  as  well  as 
state  and  national  issues.  For  seven  years  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace,  winning 
high  reputation  for  his  fairness  and  impartiality,  and  he  also  served  as  water  com- 
missioner for  the  equal  distribution  of  the  waters  of  the  Big  Thompson,  for  a  number 
of  years.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodge  of  Elks  and  for  several  years 
was  president  of  the  Fraternal  Aid.  Mrs.  Litle  is  a  devout  adherent  of  the  United 
Brethren  church.  Both  have  made  valuable  contributions  to  intellectual  as  well  as 
moral  progress  in  their  community  but  especially  along  agricultural  lines  Mr.  Litle 
has  been  successful,  thus  setting  an  example  that  may  well  be  followed  by  other 
local  agriculturists.  He  introduced  many  new  methods,  especially  in  regard  to  cattle 
feeding,  along  which  line  he  specialized,  and  in  every  way  has  proven  himself  a  leader 
in  his  line  of  occupation.  There  is  great  credit  due  him  for  what  he  has  achieved 
as  all  that  has  come  to  him  has  been  acquired  through  his  own  labor.  Starting  out 
to  earn  his  own  living  when  a  boy  of  fourteen  years,  he  has  made  good  use  of  the 
opportunities  presented  to  him  and  through  wise  utilization  of  his  chances  has  attained 
the  substantial  position  which  he  now  occupies,  having  at  the  same  time  won  the  esteem 
and  admiration  of  all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact  in  business  or  private  life. 


MRS.   MARY   D.   COLE. 

Mrs.  Mary  D.  Cole  resides  at  Berthoud,  enjoying  a  substantial  income  derived  from 
wise  investments.  For  a  number  of  years  she  was  actively  identified  with  agricul- 
tural interests,  giving  supervision  to  the  cultivation  of  an  excellent  ranch.  It  is  fitting 
that  in  the  evening  of  her  days  she  should  be  relieved  from  all  business  and  financial 
cares  by  reason  of  the  sound  business  judgment  that  she  has  displayed  in  former  years. 
Mrs.  Cole  is  a  native  of  Calais,  Maine.  She  was  born  December  14.  1837,  a  daughter  of 
James  and  Susan  (Smith)  Dyer,  who  were  natives  of  Maine  and  of  Massachusetts 
respectively.  The  father  followed  farming  in  the  Pine  Tree  state  throughout  his  entire 
life.  He  was  born  in  1799  and  had  reached  the  age  of  eighty  years  when  in  1879  he 
was  called  to  his  final  rest.  The  mother  survived  for  a  number  of  years  and  died  in 
1892. 

Their  daughter,  Mrs.  Cole,  was  reared  and  educated  in  Maine  and  was  graduated 
from  the  Calais  Academy  with  the  class  of  1S57.  She  then  began  teaching,  which  she 
followed  in  the  public  schools  of  her  native  state  for  twelve  years.  On  the  expiration 
of  that  period  she  made  her  way  to  Chicago,  where  she  resided  for  a  year  or  more  and 
then  came  to  Colorado.  About  1880  she  took  up  a  quarter  section  of  land  and  devoted 
her  attention  to  its  development  and  improvement  for  twenty-three  years.  Her  farm 
was  situated  a  mile  and  a  half  north  of  Berthoud  and  she  greatly  improved  the  place, 
adding  to  it  substantial  buildings,  while  the  fields  were  brought  under  a  high  state 
of  cultivation  through  her  enterprise  and  businesss  ability.  At  length  she  removed  to 
Berthoud,  where  she  has  since  resided,  enjoying  a  well  earned  rest  from  further  business 
cares  and  responsibilities.  She  bought  a  fine  modern  home,  which  she  now  occupies, 
enjoying  all  of  the  comforts  of  life. 

Mrs.   Cole  has  reared  three   children,   two  of   whom   she   legally  adopted,   namely: 


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James  L.  Sybrandt,  who  wished  to  take  his  father's  name  after  he  reached  adult  age 
and  who  is  farming  four  miles  west  of  Berthoud;  and  Mary,  who  died  in  November, 
1S92,  at  the  age  of  eleven  years.  Mrs.  Cole  also  reared  her  nephew,  Alvin  P.  Hall, 
who  is  now  a  member  of  the  United  States  army. 

Mrs.  Cole  was  for  fourteen  years  secretary  of  the  Loveland  Farmers'  Institute. 
She  served  on  the  school  board  of  Berthoud  for  a  time  and  has  been  much  interested 
in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community.  She  owns  a  business 
bloCk  in  Berthoud  but  sold  her  farm  in  1912.  She  has  membership  in  the  Eastern  Star, 
gives  her  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  her  religious  faith  is  that  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  she  has  long  been  a  loyal  and  helpful  member.  She 
has  now  passed  the  eighty-first  milestone  on  life's  journey,  a  woman  of  marked  capabil- 
ity and  many  good  deeds,  highly  esteemed  wherever  known  and  most  of  all  where 
she  is  best  known. 


DORUS  V.  MILLER. 


Dorus  V.  Miller,  now  living  retired,  making  his  home  in  Brighton,  was  in  his 
active  business  career  identified  with  commercial  and  agricultural  pursuits,  but  for 
two  decades  has  enjoyed  well  earned  rest.  He  ^as  born  in  Portage  county,  Ohio,  May 
13.  1858,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Rachel  (Caris)  Miller.  He  pursued  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Branch  county,  Michigan,  having  removed  to  that  state  with  his  parents 
when  he  was  but  two  years  of  age.  He  assisted  his  father  in  clearing  farm  land 
there  and  continued  to  engage  in  the  cultivation  of  the  fields  until  1884,  when  he 
left  the  middle  west  and  made  his  way  to  Colorado.  For  a  time  he  was  at  Fort 
Lupton,  but  after  two  months  removed  to  Brighton  and  purchased  a  meat  market, 
which  was  located  on  the  site  of  his  present  residence.  He  conducted  the  busi- 
ness for  two  years  in  connection  with  George  Twombly  and  Charles  Hurley  and 
during  the  next  spring  his  brother-in-law,  William  Hurley,  joined  the  firm.  About 
that  time  Mr.  Miller  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  turned  his 
attention  to  general  farming,  in  which  work  he  continued  actively  for  many  years. 
He  sold  his  ranch  in  1906.  He  had  previously  purchased  the  John  Twombly  ranch, 
which  he  still  owns  and  from  which  he  now  derives  a  good  annual  rental.  For  two  decades, 
however,  he  has  lived  retired  and  so  successfully  was  his  business  managed  in  previous 
years  that  he  now  has  a  competence  sufficient  to  meet  all  of  his  needs  and  also  supply 
him  with  many  of  the  comforts  and  luxuries  of  life.  His  career  illustrates  v?hat  can 
be  accomplished  when  there  is  the  will  to  dare  and  to  do.  He  started  out  in  the  busi- 
ness world  empty-handed  and  has  gradually  worked  his  way  upward,  his  indefatig- 
able industry  and  perseverance  being  the  means  of  obtaining  for  him  the  substantial 
measure    of   success    which    is    now    his. 

In  Denver,  on  the  27th  of  December.  1887,  Mr.  Miller  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Anna  McTiernan,  a  daughter  of  Martin  and  Anna  (Lunney)  McTieman  and 
a  native  of  Port  Henry,  New  York.  Their  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Catholic 
church,  and  fraternally  Mr.  Miller  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
having  served  as  banker  of  Brighton  Lodge,  No.  134.  His  political  endorsement  is 
given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  has  filled  the  office  of  alderman  of  Brighton  and 
has  also  served  as  mayor  of  the  city.  While  in  office  he  carefully  studied  municipal 
needs  and  sought  to  meet  these  in  every  particular.  He  introduced  progressive  ideas 
for  the  benefit  and  welfare  of  the  community  and  his  official  service  was  one  of  worth 
and  benefit  to  the  city  which  he  represented. 


ALFRED  H.  HANSCOME. 


Alfred  H.  Hanscome,  deceased,  was  well  known  as  a  representative  of  the  farming 
interests  of  Adams  county.  He  was  born  in  New  Hampshire  on  the  21st  of  June, 
1840,  and  his  parents,  Oliver  and  Mary  J.  Hanscome,  were  also  natives  of  that  state, 
where  they  spent  their  entire  lives.  The  son  passed  his  >outhful  days  under  the  paren- 
tal roof  and  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  among  the  Granite  hills  of 
New  Hampshire.  At  length  he  determined  to  try  the  opportunities  offered  in  the 
west  and  made  his  way  to  Kansas  in  1858.  There  he  remained  for  a  year  and  then, 
still  attracted  by  the  lure  of  "farther  west,"  he  made  his  way  to  Colorado,  arriving 
in  Denver  in  1S59.  From  that  time  until  his  demise  he  was  connected  with  the  state. 
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498  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

He  cast  in  his  lot  with  its  early  agriculturists,  taking  up  a  homestead  in  Adams  county 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  upon  which  his  widow  yet  resides.  Mr.  Hanscome 
bravely  faced  the  hardships  and  privations  incident  to  the  settlement  of  the  frontier. 
It  was  many  years  before  the  district  in  which  he  lived  had  a  railroad  and  the  long 
distances  to  market  had  to  be  covered  with  team  and  wagon,  while  crops  brought 
but  low  prices  and  it  was  difficult  to  obtain  a  start;  out  as  the  years  passed  on  the 
labors  of  the  pioneers  brought  about  decided  changes  in  the  conditions  at  first  prevail- 
ing. Mr.  Hanscome  bore  his  full  share  in  the  work  of  general  improvement  and  develop- 
ment, becoming  recognized   as   one   of  the   representative   farmers  of   the   community. 

On  December  12,  1878,  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Hanscome  and  Miss 
Alice  Ike,  a  native  of  Nebraska,  born  September  1.  1861,  and  a  daughter  of  Jacob  Ike, 
who  crossed  the  plains  in  1866  and  took  up  his  abode  in  what  is  now  Adams  county, 
Colorado.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hanscome  became  the  parents  of  four  children:  Mary  L.,  now 
the  wife  of  Otis  G.  Mathews;  Bertha  Alice,  the  wife  of  L.  E.  Gier,  living  in  Denver; 
Walter  0.,  occupying  the  old  homestead;  and  Roy  E.,  also  a  resident  farmer  of  Adams 
county. 

Mr.  Hanscome  passed  away  on  the  5th  of  May.  1893,  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  the 
Riverside  cemetery  in  Denver.  His  long  residence  in  this  section  of  the  state  had 
made  him  widely  known  and  his  demise  was  the  occasion  of  deep  and  widespread 
regret  to  his  many  friends.  Those  who  knew  him  esteemed  him  as  a  man  of  genuine 
worth  and  his  family  found  in  him  a  devoted  husband  and  father  whose  first  interest 
was  their  welfare  and  happiness.  As  a  pioneer  he  contributed  to  the  development 
and  upbuilding  of  his  section  of  the  state,  being  among  the  first  to  penetrate  into  the 
wilderness  of  Adams  county  and  aid  in  the  work  of  converting  the  plains  into  pro- 
ductive fields. 


WILLIAM  MYERS. 


William  Myers  is  one  of  the  venerable  citizens  of  Adams  county,  having  passed  the 
eighty-fifth  milestone  on  life's  journey.  Moreover,  he  is  numbered  among  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  Colorado  who  have  been  active  in  planting  the  seeds  of  civilization  and 
development  in  this  section  of  the  country.  He  was  born  in  Berks  county,  Pennsylvania, 
on  the  18th  of  March,  1834,  representing  one  of  the  old  families  of  that  state.  His 
parents.  Henry  and  Hannah  (Koller)  Myers,  were  also  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  where 
they  spent  their  entire  lives.  To  them  were  bom  fourteen  children,  two  of  whom  are 
yet  living. 

William  Myers  was  reared  in  the  state  of  his  nativity  and  at  the  usual  age  began 
his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  remained  at  home  with  his  parents  until  he 
reached  the  age  of  twenty,  when  he  started  out  to  try  his  fortune  independently.  Leaving 
Pennsylvania,  he  removed  to  Ohio,  where  he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade,  remaining 
in  that  state  for  a  year.  He  afterward  ugain  started  westward  and  this  time  made 
Shelbyville,  Illinois,  his  destination.  He  lived  there  for  four  years  and  on  the  expira- 
tion of  that  period  took  up  his  abode  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  where  he  remained  for  a  year. 

Colorado  was  a  most  sparsely  settled  territory  when  he  arrived  within  its  borders 
and  Denver  nothing  more  than  a  western  mining  camp  when  he  took  up  his  abode  in 
that  city  June  9,  1860.  He  continued  to  live  in  Denver  for  sixteen  years  and  through 
that  period  worked  at  the  blacksmith'^  trade.  In  1876  he  removed  to  the  farm  whereon 
he  now  resides  and  which  he  owns.  It  is  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  acres 
of  rich  and  productive  land  situated  on  section  10,  township  2,  of  Adams  county.  He 
then  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  its  cultivation  and  development  and 
as  the  years  passed  added  many  substantial  improvements  in  keeping  with  the  pro- 
gressive spirit  of  the  present  time.  He  turned  the  first  furrows  in  many  of  his  fields 
and  brought  the  land  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  so  that  substantial  crops  were 
annually  produced.  The  farm  is  still  one  of  the  attractive  and  valuable  places  of 
Adams  county,  but  Mr.  Myers  by  reason  of  his  advanced  age  has  put  aside  the  active 
work  of  the  fields,  leaving  the  cultivation  of  the  property  to  his  son  Robert  A.  On 
this  place  was  put  down  the  first  artesian  well  in  Adams  county. 

On  September  9,  1869,  in  Denver.  Mr.  Myers  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hannah 
E.  Kinsey,  who  was  born  in  Mercer  county.  Illinois,  August  10,  1844,  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  five  children:  Elsie,  at  home;  Herbert  W.,  who  has  passed  away; 
Robert  A.,  living  on  the  old  homestead;  and  Harry  and  Orville,  both  of  whom  are 
deceased.  The  wife  and  mother  was  called  to  her  final  rest  on  the  2d  of  February, 
1918,  and  her  grave  was  made  in  the  Riverside  cemetery  at  Denver.    Mrs.  Myers  came 


WILLIAM  MYERS 


500  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

to  Colorado  in  1S6S  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  state. 

Mr.  Myers  has  made  thirteen  trips  across  the  plains  with  team  and  wagon,  and  he 
recalls  many  interesting  incidents  in  connection  therewith.  The  first  trip,  from  Iowa 
City  to  Denver  in  1860,  was  made  in  thirty-five  days.  Of  the  four  men  who  made  up 
the  party,  Mr.  Myers  is  the  only  one  to  remain.  The  others,  becoming  discouraged  by 
the  privations  and  hardships  of  the  frontier,  returned  to  the  east  after  a  short  stay. 

Mr.  Myers  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  although  never 
an  office  seeker  he  has  served  as  school  director  of  Henderson  for  many  years  and 
he  is  a  charter  member'  of  the  Henderson  Grange.  His  long  residence  in  the  state 
has  made  him  widely  known  and  this,  combined  with. the  sterling  traits  of  his  char- 
acter, places  him  in  the  ranks  of  Colorado's  honored  pioneers. 


SIMON  P.   SUITER. 


Simon  P.  Suiter,  whose  home  farm  seven  miles  southeast  of  Fort  Collins  is  a  well 
developed  property  of  Larimer  county,  was  born  in  Minnesota,  June  16,  1867,  a  son  of 
Leonard  and  Catherine  Suiter,  who  were  also  natives  of  that  state.  The  father  was  a 
carpenter  by  trade  and  always  followed  that  pursuit  in  Minnesota,  where  he  passed 
away.     His  wife  died  in  the  same  state  in  1877. 

Simon  P.  Suiter  was  reared  and  educated  in  Minnesota  and  there  worked  as  a 
farm  hand  in  his  youth  and  early  manhood.  He  continued  his  residence  in  that  state 
until  1892,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  and  took  up  his  abode  in  Larimer  county,  where 
he  was  again  employed  at  farm  labor  for  a  few  years.  He  worked  diligently  and  with 
determination,  however,  and  after  a  brief  period  had  saved  enough  to  enable  him  to 
begin  farming  on  his  own  account.  In  1S97  he  located  on  the  place  owned  by  his 
wife,  comprising  eighty  acres,  and  has  further  developed  and  improved  this  to  a  con- 
siderable extent,  making  it  one  of  the  good  ranch  properties  of  the  district. 

On  the  17th  of  March,  1897,  Mr.  Suiter  was  married  to  Miss  Florence  M.  Frederick, 
a  daughter  of  Phillip  S.  and  Nancy  (Keagy)  Frederick,  who  are  mentioned  in  con- 
nection with  the  sketch  of  U.  S.  G.  Frederick  on  another  page  of  this  work.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Suiter  have  had  three  children:  Laura,  who  died  November  28,  1910,  at  the  age 
of  twelve  years;   and  Nancy  C.  and  Alice  E.,  who  are  attending  school. 

Mr.  Suiter  has  always  been  interested  in  the  cause  of  education  and  has  served 
on  the  school  board.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  religiously  is 
identified  with  the  Presbyterian  church.  His  political  views  harmonize  with  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  democratic  party  and  to  it  he  has  always  given  his  support.  He  possesses 
the  spirit  of  western  enterprise  and  is  leading  the  busy  life  of  a  farmer  whose  labors 
annually  result  in  the  harvesting  of  good  crops. 


JOSEPH  FULTON  HUMPHREY. 

There  is  no  question  as  to  the  importance  of  the  public  service  which  Joseph  F. 
Humphrey  rendered  to  Colorado  Springs,  and  with  his  death  on  the  6th  of  August, 
1918,  was  chronicled  the  passing  of  one  who  was  closely  associated  with  nearly  eve^y 
phase  of  the  upbuilding  of  the  city.  While  he  passed  the  seventy-ninth  milestone  on 
life's  journey,  he  did  not  come  to  an  inactive  and  useless  old  age.  He  retained  his 
deep  interest  in  affairs  of  life  to  the  end  and  on  the  day  on  which  he  was  stricken  had 
prepared  to  attend  the  national  reunion  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  in  Port- 
land, Oregon.  His  life  story  is  one  of  interest  from  the  opening  chapter  until  the 
word  finis  is  written.  He  was  born  near  Ripley,  Ohio.  March  4,  1839,  and  was  a 
youth  of  thirteen  years  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  and  the  family  to  Belle- 
fontaine,  Ohio,  where  he  attended  high  school.  His  initial  step  in  the  business  world 
was  made  in  learning  the  machinist's  trade  and  in  1860  he  went  south  to  become  fore- 
man of  the  machine  shops  at  Holly  Springs.  Mississippi.  When  the  trouble  between 
the  two  sections  of  the  country  took  on  alarming  proportions  he  returned  to  the  north 
and  for  three  years  was  in  the  service  of  his  country,  all  of  the  time  in  the  navy  in  the 
Mississippi  squadron.  A  contemporary  writer  has  said:  "One  of  the  interesting  events 
in  the  lite  of  the  deceased  was  his  escape  from  the  rebel  army  during  the  Civil  war. 
At  the  age  of  fifteen  years  he  began  to  learn  the  machinist's  trade  in  his  father's  shop. 
In  the  year  1860  he  secured  a  place  in  the  machine  shops  at  Holly  Springs, 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  501 

and  when  the  foreman  left  was  promoted  to  that  position.  At  the  opening  of  the 
Civil  war  the  owner  of  the  shops  prepared  machinery  for  the  manufacture  of  guns. 
When  the  federal  army  began  to  march  south  toward  Holly  Springs  the  machinery 
was  removed  to  Atlanta  and  he  was  given  transportation  there,  but  decided  he  would 
either  go  north  or  attempt  to  escape  through  the  lines.  After  a  trip  to  a  nearby  plan- 
tation he  met  a  conductor  on  the  Mississippi  Central  Railroad,  who,  surmising  that 
Mr.  Humphrey  wanted  to  go  north,  assisted  him  in  his  preparations  for  getting  through 
the  lines. 

"By  the  time  the  Union  forces  had  left  Memphis  and  started  toward  Holly  Springs 
he  was  enabled  to  walk  into  their  lines,  reaching  there  about  six  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing, after  walking  thirty  miles.  Among  the  members  of  an  Ohio  regiment  he  found 
a  number  of  his  boyhood  acquaintances.  After  recuperating  for  a  day  he  went  with 
the  army  to  Memphis.  The  entire  country  filled  with  Confederate  cavalry.  The 
federal  troops  stopped  at  Lafayette  to  await  supplies  from  Memphis,  being  on  quarter 
rations.  The  next  day  Humphrey  started  with  a  companion  and  rode  through  in  a 
sutler's  wagon,  stopping  nine  miles  from  Memphis  for  dinner.  General  Grant  with 
his  staff  halted  for  a  little  rest  at  this  spot  before  proceeding  to  Memphis.  The 
Confederates,  not  recognizing  him,  made  no  attempt  to  stop  his  progress,  as  they  were 
anxious  to  capture  a  large  wagon  train  of  supplies  that  had  been  sent  from  Memphis 
to  the  soldiers.  On  the  morning  of  the  next  day  they  captured  the  wagon  train 
and  escort  and  a  railroad  train  at  Germantown;   also  some  prisoners. 

"Mr.  Humphrey  then  proceeded  to  St.  Louis  by  steamer  where  he  remained  for 
three  weeks  and  then  went  on  to  Ohio  to  visit  his  parents.  In  the  fall  of  1862  he 
went  to  work  in  a  navy  yard  at  St.  Louis  and  built  gunboats  until  the  spring  of  1863, 
when  he  received  an  appointment  as  assistant  engineer  on  the  Osage  of  the  Mississippi 
squadron  under  Admiral  Porter.  Later  he  was  transferred  to  the  Neosha.  He  accom- 
panied Banks'  expedition  up  the  Red  River  and  afterward  sailed  up  and  down  the 
Mississippi  and  its  tributaries  and  participated  in  numerous  skirmishes.  In  August, 
1865,  he  was  detached  from  the  Neosha  and  went  to  New  Orleans  on  the  Ibex,  returning 
from  there  to  Mound  City,  where  he  was  detached  on  leave  of  absence.  It  was  his 
intention  to  remain  in  the  navy,  but  the  war  having  closed  he  decided  to  resign  and 
was  honorably  discharged  November  18,  1865,  after  a  service  of  nearly  three  years." 
After  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Humphrey  spent  some  time  in  railroad  and  engineer- 
ing work  in  the  south  but  transferred  his  activities  to  the  west  in  1870,  when  he 
became  paymaster  of  the  Denver  &  Pacific  Railroad,  with  headquarters  at  the  capital. 
When  the  Rio  Grande  was  completed  to  Colorado  Springs,  in  1872,  he  removed  to  the 
latter  city  and  accepted  the  position  of  chief  clerk  in  the  auditor's  department.  He 
turned  from  railroad  activity  to  banking  in  187S,  on  appointment  to  the  position  of 
assistant  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank,  and  the  following  year  was  made  its 
cashier.  In  that  capacity  he  was  long  connected  with  the  financial  interests  of  the 
city.  He  also  achieved  considerable  success  through  mining  operations  in  Leadville 
and  also  through  building  operations  in  the  new  and  rapidly  developing  town  of 
Colorado  Springs.  He  arrived  here  about  the  time  of  the  founding  of  the  town  and 
was  thus  able  to  reap  the  benefit  of  its  developing  business   conditions. 

Mr.  Humphrey  not  only  promoted  his  own  fortunes,  however,  but  labored  untiringly 
for  the  benefit  and  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  his  name  is  synonymous  with  the  estab- 
lishment and  promotion  of  many  interests  which  have  been  of  the  greatest  public 
benefit.  He  voted  with  the  republican  party  and  because  of  his  marked  devotion  to 
the  general  good  his  aid  was  sought  in  public  office.  For  two  years  he  served  as  alder- 
man of  Colorado  Springs  and  in  1883  was  elected  to  the  office  of  mayor,  in  which 
position  he  gave  to  the  city  an  administration  marked  by  businesslike  qualities  and 
notable  devotion  to  duty.  This  led  to  his  reelection  and  during  his  two  terms  in  office 
he  had  much  to  do  with  the  beginnings  of  the  water  system,  the  park  system,  the  fire 
department  and  various  other  public  enterprises.  He  frequently  served  as  a  delegate 
to  the  state  conventions  of  the  republican  party  and  in  1896  he  was  a  republican  presi- 
dential elector,  running  three  thousand  votes  ahead  of  his  ticket — a  fact  indicative 
of  his  personal  popularity  and  the  confidence  and  trust  reposed  in  him  by  his  fellow- 
men.  After  having  assisted  in  establishing  various  public  utilities  upon  a  safe  basis 
he  became  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Colorado  Springs  and  made  an  excellent 
record  in  that  office  through  nineteen  years.  He  likewise  served  for  several  years  as  a 
trustee  of  Colorado  College,  but  there  was  no  other  public  interest  that  received  as 
fully  his  interest,  attention  and  assistance  as  did  the  state  institution  for  the  deaf  and 
blind  children.  He  was  instrumental  in  having  this  institution  located  in  Colorado 
Springs  and  for  twenty  years  he  served  on  its  board  of  trustees,  continuing  in  the 
office  to  the  time  of  his  demise.     The  value  of  his  service  was  recognized  by  the  board 


502  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

in  naming  one  of  the  new  and  modern  buildings  of  the  institution  Humphrey  Hall. 
He  felt  the  deepest  concern  in  the  welfare  and  training  of  the  unfortunate  little  ones 
and  desired  that  every  possible  effort  should  be  put  forth  to  make  up  to  them  for  the 
things  which  fate  had  denied  them.  He  incorporated  and  was  the  first  treasurer 
of  the  original  volunteer  fire  department  of  Colorado  Springs  and  took  great  pride  in 
the  pioneer  fire-fighting  organization.  He  could  well  be  called  the  "father  of  the 
city  park  system,"  for  while  mayor  in  18S2  he  planted  the  first  trees  set  out  in  Acacia 
park  and  converted  that  tract  of  ground  into  a  real  park,  sowing  grass  seed  there, 
where  everyone  predicted  that  nothing  could  grow.  It  was  through  liis  instrumentality 
also  that  South  park  was  platted  and  transformed  into  one  of  the  beauty  spots  of 
Colorado  Springs. 

In  Ohio,  in  1874,  Mr.  Humphrey  was  married  to  Miss  Rebecca  Miller,  who  passed 
away  in  August.  1910,  after  which  he  made  his  home  with  his  two  sisters,  Misses 
Martha  and  Mary  Humphrey.  To  him  and  his  wife  was  born  a  son,  Robert  Guy,  a 
hydroelectric  engineer,  who  is  a  resident  of  Rock  Island,  Illinois. 

Mr.  Humphrey  was  a  Mason,  belonging  to  the  blue  lodge  at  Bellefontaine,  Ohio, 
for  fifty-eight  years.  He  also  had  membership  in  Pikes  Peak  Commandery,  No.  6, 
K.  T.,  in  El  Jebel  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  at  Denver,  and  in  the  Denver  consis- 
tory. The  motive  springs  of  his  conduct,  however,  were  found  in  his  membership  in 
Grace  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  was  ever  a  loyal  and  devoted  adherent  and  for 
over  forty  years  a  vestryman.  It  is  said  that  in  every  relation  of  life  and  to  every 
cause  that  he  espoused  he  was  loyal  and  steadfast,  and  while  his  friends  miss  him, 
the  memory  of  his  beautiful  life,  of  his  sincerity  and  simplicity  of  character,  will  not 
be  forgotten.  His  friends  will  not  mourn  for  him  as  they  would  for  a  young  man  cut 
off  in  the  flower  and  promise  of  youth,  but  will  rejoice  in  his  memory  as  that  of  a  man 
who  laid  down  his  task  in  the  twilight  of  the  day.  when  all  that  he  had  to  do  had  been 
beautifully  and  fully  completed. 


PETER    A.    LEYNER. 


Peter  A.  Leyner  was  one  of  the  worthy  and  substantial  citizens  of  this  state, 
a  Colorado  pioneer  and  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  what  is  now  Boulder  county,  where 
he  made  his  home  for  over  forty-seven  years.  On  May  2,  1860,  he  and  his  young 
bride  started  on  the  long  drive  from  their  Iowa  home  to  that  new  Eldorado  known 
in  those  days  as  Pike's  Peak,  where  they  arrived  June  29,  1860.  Soon  they  were 
located  in  Lefthand  canon,  in  Boulder  county,  where  Mr.  Leyner  at  first  engaged  in 
raising  garden  produce,  and  on  Boulder  creek  he  remained  throughout  his  life,  grad- 
ually developing  a  large  property  of  over  a  thousand  acres.  Barring  a  few  days 
Peter  A.  Leyner  reached  the  age  of  eighty-five  years,  covering  a  life  of  useful  activity, 
his  birth  having  occurred  on  the  16th  of  November,  1822,  in  the  little  town  of  Dach- 
enheim,  in  Rhenish  Bavaria,  the  province  also  being  known  as  the  Bavarian  Palat- 
inate, in  Germany.  His  parents  were  farming  people  and  from  them  he  inherited 
that  inherent  love  and  understanding  of  the  soil  and  the  out-of-doors  which  remained 
with  him  throughout  his  life.  Owing  to  the  narrow  conditions  existing  in  Germany 
and  with  the  desire  to  give  his  children  better  advantages,  Mr.  Leyner's  father, 
accompanied  by  the  family,  came  to  America  in  1833  and  settled  in  Butler  county, 
Ohio,  where  Peter  A.  Leyner  largely  received  his  education,  and  residing  upon  his 
father's  farm,  became  thoroughly  acquainted  with  efficient  methods  of  agriculture. 
He  remained  with  his  parents,  who  had  carefully  instilled  into  him  life's  most  im- 
portant lessons,  until  his  nineteenth  year  and  then  was  engaged  in  farming  on  his 
own  account  for  four  years  in  that  neighborhood,  until  in  1851  he  removed  to  Hagers- 
town,  Indiana,  where  he  embarked  in  the  mercantile  business,  there  quite  success- 
fully continuing  for  about  three  years.  In  1854  Mr.  Leyner  decided,  however,  to 
strike  out  farther  west  and  went  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  until  the  spring  of 
1860  he  was  engaged  in  the  .real  estate  business.  In  the  fall  preceding,  on  Septem- 
ber 13,  1859,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Maria  A.  Dock,  who  was  born  in  Fair- 
field township,  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  Dock,  natives 
of  Pennsylvania,  of  Holland  ancestry.  Mrs.  Leyner  shared  with  her  husband  the 
trials,  privations  and  hardships  of  life  as  well  as  its  triumphs  and  successes  and 
at  the  time   of  his   death   survived   him. 

As  aforementioned,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leyner  settled  in  Lefthand  canon,  Boulder 
county,  in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Valmont,  in  the  early  summer  of  1860,  giving 
their  attention   to  the  raising   of  vegetables.     The   trip   from   Iowa   across   the   plains 


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was  accomplished  by  driving  behind  ox  teams  in  the  true  and  primitive  pioneer  style. 
From  that  year  until  his  death  Peter  A.  Leyner  was  closely  associated  with  develop- 
ment and  progress  in  Boulder  county  and  he  ever  stood  for  those  plans  and  measures 
which  had  to  do  with  upbuilding  and  substantial  improvement.  In  Lefthand  canon 
the  family  resided  until  the  spring  of  1863.  when  he  rented  the  farm  of  W.  A.  David- 
son, on  Boulder  creek,  on  which  he  remained  for  two  years,  although  this  locality 
continued  to  be  his  home  until  his  demise — a  period  of  over  forty  years.  After  the 
two  years  on  the  Davidson  farm  he  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  ,of  land 
on  the  same  creek,  ten  miles  below  Boulder  City,  where  he  first  built  a  log  cabin  that 
was  covered  with  a  dirt  roof.  It  had  a  clapboard  door,  from  which  hung  the  latch- 
string  that  was  always  on  the  outside,  indicating  the  hospitable  spirit  that  reigned 
within.  The  family  shared  in  the  hardships  and  privations  incident  to  the  settle- 
ment of  the  frontier  and  the  development  of  a  wild  tract  Into  a  productive  farm,  but 
with  persistent  effort  and  determination  the  work  was  carried  on.  Undismayed  by 
drawbacks,  he  toiled  in  the  fields  day  after  day  in  order  to  develop  his  property  and 
bring  his  land  under  cultivation.  He  largely  devoted  his  efforts  to  general  agri- 
cultural pursuits  and  stockraising  and  that  gradually  success  came  to  him  is  evident 
from  the  fact  that  he  was  enabled  from  time  to  time  to  purchase  additional  land 
until  he  was  the  owner  of  over  a  thousand  acres,  highly  improved.  He  was  ever 
ready  to  embrace  the  latest  methods  and  make  improvements  which  he  considered  of 
durable  value  and  thus  in  the  course  of  time  his  became  one  of  the  best  developed 
properties   of   this   section   of   the   state. 

To  Mr.  ana  Mrs.  Leyner  were  born  seven  children,  the  eldest  being  J.  George 
Leyner,  who  was  the  first  white  boy  born  in  Boulder  county.  The  others  are:  Prank 
W.,  now  living  in  the  state  of  Oregon;  Mrs.  Nora  K.  Hartman  and  Mrs.  Mattie  M. 
Howell,  both  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work;  Mrs.  Blanche  Mackenzie,  who  Is 
living  in  Arizona;  Charles  P.,  who  makes  his  home  in  Denver;  and  Albert,  who  I3 
still  a  resident  of  Boulder  county,  where  he  is  devoting  his  attention  to  agricultural 
Interests.  He,  too.  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  The  parents  remained 
residents  of  Boulder  county  until  they  were  called  to  their  final  rest.  They  were 
people  of  genuine  worth,  energetic,  industrious  and  ambitious,  and  in  all  that  he 
undertook  Mr.  Leyner  won  success,  his  persistency  of  purpose  being  one  of  the 
salient  features  in  the  attainment  of  his  prosperity.  All  who  knew  him,  and  he 
gained  a  wide  acquaintance  as  the  years  passed,  entertained  for  him  high  regard 
and  no  history  of  the  pioneer  development  of  Boulder  county  would  be  complete 
without  mention  of  him,  as  he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  within  its  borders. 
Hardly  a  home  had  been  established  in  this  section  of  the  state  when  he  took  up 
his  abode  here  surveying  a  wild  and  undeveloped  region,  to  the  cultivation  of  which 
he  at  once  turned  his  energies,  doing  much  to  bring  it  to  a  high  state  of  improve^- 
ment,  thus  contributing  toward  the  prosperity  of  the  commonwealth  and  to  general 
advancement. 


JOHN  HENRY  FARMER. 


A  spirit  of  undaunted  enterprise  has  constituted  the  foundation  upon  which 
John  Henry  Farmer  has  built  his  success.  As  the  years  have  passed  he  has  forged 
steadily  forward  along  the  line  of  his  chosen  occupation  and  is  today  one  of  the 
prominent  and  successful  ranchmen  living  in  the  vicinity  of  East  Lake.  He  was 
born  in  Greene  county.  Missouri,  November  7,  1S79.  a  son  of  James  and  Helen  (Thorne) 
Farmer.  The  father  devoted  his  life  to  the  occupation  of  tilling  the  soil  and  reared 
his  family  in  Missouri.  There  John  H.  Farmer  pursued  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  and  in  his  youthful  days  did  a  man's  work.  He  has  been  an  active  factor  in 
the  world's  work  since  reaching  the  age  of  ten  years.  He  remained  with  his  father 
for  a  few  years  and  afterward  worked  by  the  month  as  a  farm  hand  until  twenty- 
two  years  of  age.  He  then  went  to  Oklahoma,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  after 
which  he  came  to  Colorado  In  1905,  settling  in  Adams  county.  He  remained  for  three 
years  on  the  Walley  ranch  as  foreman,  after  which  he  took  up  teaming  and  threshing, 
which  he  followed  for  two  years.  He  next  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  irrigated  land  and  he  also  has  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  dry  land.  He  is 
now  conducting  his  farming  interests  on  an  extensive  scale  and  is  meeting  with  excel- 
lent success  in  his  efforts.  He  allows  no  difficulty  or  obstacle  to  deter  him  if  it  can 
be  overcome  by  persistent  and  honorable  effort.  He  works  diligently,  studies  the  best 
methods  and  is  watchful  of  results  that  are  worth  while.     He  has  made   for  himself 


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a  creditable  place  among  the  representative  agriculturists  of  the  community  and  as 
such   deserves   representation   in   this   volume. 

Mr.  Farmer  was  married  in  April,  1903,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  M.  Martin,  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Susan  R.  Martin  and  a  native  of  Missouri.  They  have  become  parents  of 
four  children:    Faye  Ellen.   Farrell   Susan,  John  Russell,   and   Velma  Elizabeth. 

Mr.  Farmer  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  but  has  never  been  an  office 
seeker.  He  has,  however,  served  as  school  director  and  is  interested  in  the  cause  of 
progressive  education.  He  is  a  director  in  the  East  Lake  Water  Company  and  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Bast  Lake  State  Bank.  Fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America  and  to  the  Grange  and  is  interested  in  every  project  of  the  lattei^ 
organization  for  the  development  of  the  farming  interests  of  the  community.  He  is 
constantly  studying  how  to  improve  conditions  affecting  agriculture,  and  his  initiative 
and   enterprise  have  been   productive   of  excellent   results. 


ANDREW  C.  JOHNSON. 


Andrew  C.  Johnson,  who  is  engaged  in  raising  wheat  and  alfalfa  on  a  forty-acre 
farm  in  the  vicinity  of  Eastlake,  Adams  county,  was  bom  in  Sweden  on  the  8th  of 
November,  1857,  a  son  of  Gustaf  ^nd  Johanna  Johnson,  the  former  a  farmer  by 
occupation. 

In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  Andrew  C.  Johnson  attended  the  public  schools 
until  he  reached  the  age  of  fifteen,  after  which  he  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention 
upon  farm  work  in  his  native  country  until  1884.  He  then  bade  adieu  to  Sweden  and 
to  the  friends  of  his  youth  and  early  manhood,  and  sailed  for  the  United  States,  for  the 
reports  which  he  heard  concerning  the  opportunities  of  the  new  world  led  to  his  desire 
to  try  his  fortune  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  Reaching  American  shores,  he  at  once 
crossed  the  continent  to  Denver  and  thence  went  to  Georgetown,  where  he  engaged  in 
mining.  He  was  employed  in  that  way  at  various  points  in  the  Rocky  Mountains  until 
1900,  when  he  came  to  Adams  county.  Colorado,  and  purchased  forty  acres  of  land  near 
Eastlake.  He  has  since  devoted  his  time  and  energies  to  the  development  and  im- 
provement of  this  property,  which  is  largely  devoted  to  the  raising  of  wheat  and 
alfalfa,   and  he  annually  gathers   good   crops. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  married  in  Golden  on  the  16th  of  October.  1891,  to  Miss  Carrie 
Peterson  and  they  have  two  children,  Helen  and  Catherine.  Mr.  Johnson  votes  with 
the  democratic  party,  having  taken  out  his  naturalization  papers  at  Georgetown. 
He  has  served  as  secretary  of  School  District  No.  4.  His  religious  belief  is  that  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  he  contributes  generously  to  its  support  and  is  actively  inter- 
ested in  its  work.  He  has  many  substantial  qualities  worthy  of  all  praise  and  as  a 
representative  farmer  of  Adams  county  he  is  well  known,  tor  his  labors  have  been 
wisely  and  carefully  directed,  bringing  to  him  the  success  which  he  now  enjoys. 


ALBERT  M.  LEYNER. 


Albert  M  Leyner  still  resides  within  the  borders  of  Boulder  county,  where  he  was 
born,  his  birthplace  being  the  farm  on  which  he  still  makes  his  home.  His  natal  day 
was  November  12,  1877,  and  he  is  a  son  of  Peter  A.  and  Maria  A.  (Duck)  Leyner.  His 
father  was  born  in  Germany  but  came  to  America  in  early  life  and  in  Indiana  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maria  A.  Duck,  a  native  of  Ohio.  In  1860  they  left  the 
Mississippi  valley  and  made  their  way  westward  to  Colorado,  traveling  with  ox  team 
and  wagon.  They  took  up  their  abode  in  Boulder  county,  where  the  father  secured  a 
ranch,  on  which  he  built  a  log  cabin  with  a  dirt  roof  and  clapboard  door.  The  familj' 
shared  in  many  of  the  hardships  and  privations  of  pioneer  life  and  later,  in  the  pros- 
perity and  progress  of  the  county. 

Albert  M.  Leyner  obtained  his  education  in  the  common  schools  and  spent  his 
youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof.  He  remained  at  home  until  he  attained  his 
majority,  after  which  he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade,  which  he  continued  to  follow 
for  ten  years.  He  then  resumed  farming  upon  the  old  homestead  property  of  hi? 
father  and  later  he  purchased  this  farm,  comprising  one  hiindred  and  sixty  acres  of 
land,  all  of  which  is  now  under  the  ditch.  He  has  since  added  many  modem  improve- 
ments to  the  farm,  which  is  a  well  developed  property,  carefully  managed  and  divided 


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into  fields  of  convenient  size  by  well  kept  fences.  He  uses  the  latest  improved 
machinery  to  facilitate  the  work  of  the  farm  and  the  plowing,  planting  and  harvesting 
are  carried  on  according  to  modern  scientific  methods.  He  annually  gathers  good 
crops  and  his  labors  thus  find  a  substantial  reward. 

In  1897  Mr.  Leyner  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maymie  L.  Laughlin,  who  was 
born  in  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  William  J.  and  Mary  Laughlin,  who  are  still  residents 
of  Boulder  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leyner  have  two  children,  George  A.  and  Frank  J., 
both  8t  home. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Leyner  is  connected  with  the  Masons,  having  membership  with 
Garfield  Lodge,  No.  50,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  His  political  endorsement  is  given  to  the 
republican  party  and  he  keeps  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day. 
Always  a  resident  of  this  county,  he  is  widely  and  favorably  known  here  and  his 
unfaltering  labor  and  energy  have  gained  him  a  place  among  the  substantial  agricul- 
turists of  his  section. 


THOMAS  C.  MORRISON. 


Thomas  C.  Morrison,  living  at  Morrison.  Colorado,  has  practically  retired  from 
business,  although  it  was  not  an  unusual  thing  in  the  summer  of  1918  to  see  him 
engaged  in  some  part  of  farm  work,  for  indolence  and  idleness  are  utterly  foreign  to 
his  nature  and,  moreover,  he  has  ever  been  willing  to  do  his  full  part  in  aiding  the 
country  in  the  advancement  of  its  agricultural  interests  notwithstanding  the  fact  that 
he  has  passed  the  Psalmist's  allotted  span  of  three  score  years  and  ten,  while  his 
financial  resources  are  sufDcient  to  supply  him  with  all  of  the  necessities  and  many  of 
the  comforts  of  life  without  recourse  to  further  labor.  He  is  a  representative  of  one  of 
the  oldest  and  most  prominent  pioneer  families  of  his  section  of  the  state.  He  was 
born  in  Montreal,  Canada,  June  22,  1847,  a  son  of  George  Morrison,  Sr.,  whose  birth 
occurred  in  the  same  city  on  the  16th  of  April,  1822,  and  who  was  descended  from 
Scotch  ancestry.  After  attending  school  in  his  native  country  the  father  learned  the 
stonecutter's  trade  and  subsequently  crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teams,  leaving  Alton, 
Illinois,  on  the  1st  of  April.  1859,  and  making  the  long  and  arduous  journey  to  Denver, 
where  he  arrived  in  May  He  then  went  to  Idaho  Springs,  where  he  engaged  in  mining 
for  nine  weeks  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  established  a  small  store  and  butcher  shop 
Just  above  the  present  power  plant  in  the  town.  Later  he  removed  to  the  Green  Moun- 
tain ranch  in  Jefferson  county,  where  he  spent  the  winter  of  1859-60,  experiencing  all 
the  hardships  and  difficulties  of  frontier  life  yet  bravely  and  resolutely  meeting  these 
hardships  in  order  to  aid  in  the  work  of  icclaiming  the  region  tor  the  purposes  of 
civilization.  With  business  interests  of  the  locality  he  was  closely  identified  and  began 
the  building  of  the  Mount  Vernon  House,  which  was  one  of  the  early  hotels  of  the 
district.  There  he  resided  until  spring.  In  1864  he  bought  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  of  land  but  afterward  sold  part  of  it  to  the  Morrison  Town  Company.  The 
present  town  of  Morrison  was  named  in  his  honor  and  is  located  upon  a  part  of  the 
land  formerly  in  his  possession.  He  became  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Morrison  Town 
Company  and  served  for  many  years  as  its  president.  For  some  years  he  engaged  in 
the  operation  of  a  stone  mill  and  plaster  of  paris  factory  and  he  was  the  first  man  to 
deliver  cut  stone  in  Denver.  With  many  features  of  pioneer  development  he  was  closely 
associated  and  his  cooperation  could  at  all  times  be  counted  upon  to  further  measures 
and  movements  for  the  general  good.  His  political  allegiance  was  given  to  the  republi- 
can party  and  he  filled  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace,  discharging  his  duties  with 
marked  fairness  and  impartiality.  In  Montreal  he  was  married  to  Miss  Isabella  Murray, 
a  native  of  Edinburgh.  Scotland,  born  in  April,  1813.  For  many  years  they  traveled 
life's  journey  together,  being  separated  by  the  death  of  Mrs.  Morrison  in  Morrison,  Colo- 
rado, on  the  28th  of  February,  1887.  while  Mr.  Morrison  survived  until  June  11,  1895. 
when  he,  too,  was  called  to  his  final  rest.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  children,  of 
whom  two  passed  away  in  infancy,  the  others  being  George  and  Thomas  C. 

The  latter  was  a  pupil  in  the  common  schools  of  Illinois  through  the  period  of  his 
early  boyhood  and  afterward  continued  his  education  at  Mount  Vernon,  Colorado.  He 
was  a  youth  of  twelve  years  at  the  time  of  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Colorado  and 
has  therefore  been  a  witness  of  the  growth  and  progress  of  the  state  for  six 
decades  and  has  ever  borne  his  part  in  promoting  those  interests  wliich  have  led  to  the 
substantial  advancement  and  benefit  of  his  district  and  state.  At  one  time  he  owned  a 
controlling  interest  in  the  Bear  Creek  road,  but  the  floods  of  1878  and  1S79  caused  him 


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great  losses  and  in  1880  he  removed  to  Gunnison,  where  he  embarked  in  the  butchering 
business  and  also  opened  a  general  store,  which  he  conducted  from  1880  until  1882.  He 
then  turned  his  attention  to  the  sheep  industry,  in  which  he  engaged  for  three  years, 
supplying  Idaho  Springs  and  Central  City  with  sheep  and  also  with  cattle.  He  started 
a  meat  market  at  Morrison,  which  he  conducted  for  five  years,  but  is  now  living  retired. 
His  life  has  been  one  of  continuous  activity  carefully  directed  and  his  perseverance  and 
energy  have  been  the  salient  factors  in  winning  his  success. 

On  the  5th  of  October,  1873,  Mr.  Morrison  was  married  to  Miss  Esther  Schaffter,  of 
Morrison,  a  daughter  of  David  and  Isabella  Schaffter,  who  were  natives  of  the  French 
portion  of  Switzerland.  They  were  married  in  that  country  and  to  them  were  born 
eight  children.  In  1855  David  Schaffter  came  to  America  and  was  followed  eight  months 
later  by  his  wife  and  daughter  Esther,  who  made  the  voyage  on  a  sailing  vessel  and  were 
forty-eight  days  in  crossing  the  Atlantic.  The  family  settled  first  in  Indiana,  not  far 
from  Fort  Wayne,  and  afterward  removed  to  Ohio,  whence  in  1870  they  made  their  way 
to  Tipton,  Missouri,  where  they  spent  the  remainder  of  their  days,  the  wife  and  mother 
passing  away  in  1884.  at  the  age  of  seventy  years,  while  the  father  was  called  to  his 
final  rest  in  1911,  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven  years.  Their  daughter  Esther  came  to 
Colorado  in  1872,  settling  in  Jefferson  county,  where  she  met  and  married  Thomas  C. 
Morrison.  Their  children  are  seven  in  number:  Annabelle;  Robert;  Charles;  Carlton; 
Louise,  living  in  Detroit;  George,  a  resident  of  California;  and  Margarita.  There  are 
thirteen  grandchildren.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morrison  are  members  of  the  Christian 
Science  church,  in  the  work  of  which  they  are  most  active,  and  are  numbered  among 
its  most  prominent  representatives  in  Morrison.  Their  aid  and  influence  is  ever  given 
on  the  side  of  progress  and  of  cultural  advancement  and  their  reading  has  been  broad 
and  varied. 

Mr.  Morrison's  military  record  covers  three  months'  service  as  a  member  of  Com- 
pany K  of  the  Third  Colorado  Volunteers,  with  which  he  participated  in  the  battle  of 
Sand  Creek.  He  is  a  well  known  pioneer  settler  whose  memory  forms  a  connecting 
link  between  the  primitive  past  and  the  progressive  present.  He  lived  in  the  state  when 
it  was  no  unusual  thing  to  see  Indians,  when  there  were  many  wild  animals  on  the 
plains  and  on  the  hill  slopes  and  when  the  work  of  progress  and  improvement  seemed 
scarcely  begun.  He  has  lived  to  witness  the  development  of  many  of  the  important 
mining  camps,  the  establishment  of  many  now  progressive  towns  and  cities  and  at  all 
times  he  has  rejoiced  in  what  has  been  accomplished  as  this  richly  endowed  region  has 
been  taken  over  for  the  purposes  of  civilization. 


CARROLL  C.   HENDERSHOTT. 

Carroll  C.  Hendershott  is  an  alert,  energetic  and  wideawake  young  business  man, 
devoting  his  attention  to  agricultural  interests  on  section  16,  township  4,  range  68, 
m  Weld  county.  His  place  is  pleasantly  and  conveniently  located  about  four  and  a 
half  miles  east  of  Berthoud,  so  that  the  opportunities  of  the  city  are  easily  obtainable. 
Mr.  Hendershott  was  born  in  Larimer  county,  Colorado.  October  19,  1886,  a  son  of 
Louis  W.  and  Harriet  (Keirnes)  Hendershott,  the  former  a  native  of  New  York 
and  now  living  retired  in  Berthoud.  He  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Coming 
to  Colorado  in  an  early  day.  he  purchased  a  farm  about  1880  and  upon  the  old  home- 
stead Carroll  C.  Hendershott  was  reared.  The  father  continued  the  cultivation  of  the 
land  until  1900,  when  he  turned  it  over  to  care  of  his  sons  but  continued  to  reside 
upon  the  place  until  1914,  when  he  removed  to  Berthoud,  where  he  now  owns  and  occu- 
pies a  beautiful  home. 

Carroll  C.  Hendershott  is  indebted  to  the  public  school  system  of  Colorado  for 
the  educational  opportunities  which  he  enjoyed  and  which  qualified  him  for  life's 
practical  duties.  When  he  had  mastered  the  elementary  branches  of  learning  he 
became  a  pupil  in  the  high  school  at  Berthoud  and  afterward  enjoyed  the  advantage 
of  a  business  course  at  Boulder.  He  remained  with  his  parents  until  he  had  attained 
his  majority  and  for  four  years  he  occupied  positions  as  a  bookkeeper  at  Berthoud 
and  at  Greeley,  Colorado.  At  length,  however,  he  resumed  agricultural  life  by  renting 
the  old  home  place,  which  he  has  since  operated,  and  he  also  purchased  eighty  acres 
adjoining  on  the  west.  His  place  is  well  improved  and  his  time  and  attention  are  now 
given  to  the  development  and  cultivation  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land  which 
makes  ready  response  to  the  care  and  labor  which  he  bestows  upon  it,  returning  sub- 
stantial harvests  as  a  reward  for  his  industry.  He  makes  a  business  of  feeding  cattle 
and   sheep,  and  adds  materially  to  his  financial  resources  in  this  way. 


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In  January.  1915,  Mr.  Hendershott  was  married  to  Miss  Marion  Hall,  a  daughter  of 
Walter  and  Frances  (Dyer)  Hall,  who  were  natives  of  Portland,  Maine.  Her  father 
was  for  many  years  a  sailor  on  the  seas  but  eventually  took  up  painting  and  paper 
hanging.  He  came  to  Colorado  about  1900,  settling  in  Denver,  where  he  resided  for 
two  years  and  then  removed  to  Berthoud,  Larimer  county,  where  he  and  his  wife 
still  make  their  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hendershott  have  become  parents  of  two  children: 
Carroll  C,  Jr.,  born  August  8,  1917;  and  Horace  H.,  born  on  the  4th  of  December, 
1918. 

Mr.  Hendershott  maintains  an  independent  course  in  regard  to  politics,  voting 
according  to  the  dictates  of  his  judgment.  He  is  well  known  in  Masonic  circles,  having 
taken  the  degrees  of  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  and  also  of  the  Eastern  Star. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  contributing  generously  to  its  support, 
and  he  holds  to  high  standards  of  manhood  and  citizenship,  cooperating  heartily  in  all 
those  interests  which  have  to  do  with  the  uplift  of  the  individual  and  the  welfare  of 
the  community   at  large. 


AMBROSE  R.  MtCOOL. 


Ambrose  R.  McCool  is  a  retired  farmer  of  Adams  county  to  whom  success  in  sub- 
stantial measure  has  come  as  the  reward  of  his  persistent,  earnest  and  energetic  efforts. 
He  was  born  in  Galesburg,  Illinois.  June  13,  1855,  a  son  of  John  S.  and  Lucy  (Rucker) 
McCool.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  mother  of  Indiana.  They  removed 
to  Illinois  at  an  early  day  and  in  that  state  the  mother  passed  away  in  1S58.  The 
father  afterward  left  the  Mississippi  valley  for  Colorado,  where  he  arrived  in  1860, 
and  his  death  occurred  in  this  state  in  1892.  In  the  family  were  four  children,  two 
of  whom  are  yet  living. 

It  was  in  1869  that  Ambrose  R.  McCool  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  completed 
his  education  as  a  pupil  in  the  Denver  schools.  In  1872  he  removed  to  a  farm  that 
is  now  the  county  poor  farm  and  resided  thereon  for  twenty-seven  years,  at  the  end 
of  which  time  he  sold  it  to  the  county  tor  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  now  used.  For 
a  number  of  years  he  and  his  father  were  engaged  in  merchandising  in  Wyoming  and 
afterward  Ambrose  R.  McCool  again  took  up  the  occupation  of  farming  and  stock 
raising,  which  he  followed  in  Adams  county,  Colorado.  For  a  considerable  period 
he  directed  his  efforts  along  that  line  with  excellent  results  but  has  now  sold  his  farms 
and  is  living  retired,  for  his  energy  and  perseverance  in  former  years  brought  to  him 
a   very   substantial   competence   that   now   enables   him    to   rest   from   further   labor. 

In  1904  Mr.  McCool  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  Foster,  who  was  born  in  Ohio,  a 
daughter  of  William  B.  and  Emma  (Koch)  Foster,  who  were  also  natives  of  that 
state.  The  father  has  passed  away  but  the  mother  is  still  living,  making  her  home  at 
the  present  time  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCool  have  become  parents 
of  two  children:  John  A„  who  was  born  March  24.  1907;  and  Ardanelle  A.,  born 
January  25,  1911.  Mrs.  McCool  is  a  graduate  of  the  Cincinnati  schools  and  for  several 
years  successfully  engaged  in  teaching.  She  is  a  lady  of  liberal  education  and  culture 
and  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCool  occupy  an  enviable  position  in  social  circles.  Mr.  McCool 
belongs  to  Elks  Lodge  No.  17  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican 
party.  He  is  now  serving  as  president  of  the  school  board  and  the  cause  of  education 
has  ever  found  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  His  has  been  a  busy  and  useful  life  and 
he  is  truly  a  self-made  man.  As  the  architect  of  his  own  fortunes  he  has  builded 
wisely  and  well  and  his  life  record  should  serve  to  inspire  and  encourage  others, 
showing  what  can  be  accomplished  through  individual  effort  guided  by  sound  judgment. 


EDWARD  F.  MUNROE. 


Edward  F.  Munroe.  one  of  the  successful  ranchmen  of  Larimer  county,  who  has 
gained  substantial  profits  in  the  business  of  feeding  cattle  and  sheep,  makes  his  home 
on  section  20,  township  8.  range  69  west,  about  six  miles  northeast  of  Fort  Collins. 
He  was  born  in  the  province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  in  July,  1879,  a  son  of  John  and 
Ann  (Nixon)  Munroe,  who  were  natives  of  Scotland  and  of  Canada  respectively.  The 
father  was  a  farmer  in  Quebec  throughout  his  entire  life  and  there  passed  away  in 
July,  1912,  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  His  wife  died  in  1898,  when  forty-four  years 
of  age. 


512  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Edward  F.  Munroe  was  reared  and  educated  in  Canada  and  remained  with  his 
parents  to  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  when  in  1898  he  removed  to  Weld  county,  Colo- 
rado, where  he  secured  employment  as  a  farm  hand,  thus  working  for  three  years. 
On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  felt  that  his  experience  and  his  ability  fitted  him 
for  carrying  on  business  on  his  own  account  and  he  rented  land  near  Eaton,  Weld 
county,  for  a  year.  He  then  removed  to  Larimer  county,  wliere  he  cultivated  rented 
land  for  nine  years,  after  which  he  bought  and  sold  .several  places.  Finally  he  invested 
in  one  hundred  and  fifty-seven  acres  where  he  now  resides.  This  place  was  fairly  well 
improved  and  he  has  added  to  it  various  other  modern  improvements  and  has  con- 
tinuously cultivated  the  ranch.  He  has  always  made  a  business  of  feeding  sheep  and 
cattle  and  this  has  proven  a  very  profitable  source  of  income  to  him.  In  all  that  he 
has  undertaken  he  has  won  success  and  from  time  to  time  he  has  made  judicious 
investments  in  property  and  is  the  owner  of  other  farm  land  in  Larimer  county  besides 
the  place  upon  which  he  makes  his  home.  In  business  affairs  he  has  shown  sound 
judgment  and  discrimination  and  his  success  is  the  direct  outcome  of  these  qualities 
combined  with  unfaltering  diligence. 

On  the  24th  of  December,  1905,  Mr.  Munroe  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  E. 
Haney,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Almoria  (Redd)  Haney,  who  were  natives  of  Illinois 
and  of  Jackson  county,  Missouri,  respectively.  The  father  was  a  stone  mason  by  trade 
and  in  early  life  went  to  Kansas,  where  Mrs.  Munroe  was  born.  Her  father  resided 
in  the  Sunflower  state  throughout  his  remaining  days,  his  death  there  occurring  in 
October,   1SS9,  and  his  widow  nov/  makes  her  home  in   Arkansas   City,  Kan'Sas. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Munroe  is  a  republican,  having  always  supported  the  party 
since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  to  its  teachings  he  loyally  adheres.  In  all  business 
affairs  he  has  been  thoroughly  reliable  as  well  as  enterprising  and  those  who  know 
him  speak  of  him  in  terms  of  high  regard. 


AUGUST   HATTENDORF. 

August  Hattendorf.  numbered  among  the  ranchmen  of  Adams  county,  was  born 
in  Germany,  December  31,  1867,  a  son  of  George  and  Carlina  (Weiland)  Hattendorf. 
He  came  to  the  Ignited  States  with  his  parents  and  the  education  that  he  received 
was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  Chicago.  He  afterward  worked  at  Lincoln,  Nebraska, 
for  four  years  and  then  made  his  way  to  western  Nebraska,  settling  in  Cheyenne 
county,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  in  connection  with  his  father.  About  1885  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Brighton,  where  he  resided  for  a  time  and  also  at 
Fort  Lupton  until  1906,  when  he  purchased  forty  acres  of  land  near  Brighton  and  has 
since  devoted  his  time  and  attention  to  its  cultivation  and  improvement.  His  work  is 
systematically  done,  productive  of  good  results,  and  he  is  now  meeting  with  a  substan- 
tial measure  of  success. 

In  May,  1S98,  Mr.  Hattendorf  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Costello. 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Ellen  (Kenahan)  Costello,  natives  of  England.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hattendorf  have  been  born  five  children:  George  E.,  who  is  now  in  the  United 
States  navy;  Cecil;  Albert;  Rose;  and  John.  Mrs.  Hattendorf  came  to  America  with 
her  people,  arriving  in  Denver  in  1894.  Her  parents  are  both  now  deceased.  Mrs. 
Hattendorf  is  a  Catholic  in  religious  faith,  attending  St.  Augustine's  church  at  Brighton. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Hattendorf  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  his 
political  support  is  given  to  the  democratic  party,  with  which  he  has  affiliated  since 
attaining  his  majority.  He  is  well  known  in  the  community  in  which  he  makes  his 
home  as  an  enterprising  agriculturist  and  one  who  has  gained  his  success  by  deter- 
mined and  individual  effort. 


MARK  M.  MORRIS. 


Mark  M.  Morris,  postmaster  of  Henderson,  where  he  is  also  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising, was  born  on  the  30th  of  October,  1S71,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  town  in  which 
he  now  makes  his  home,  his  parents  being  Richard  and  Rebecca  (Truax)  Morris. 
The  father  was  born  in  Missouri,  while  the  mother  was  a  native  of  Ohio.  They  crossed 
the  plains  from  Missouri  to  California  in  1866  and  returned  eastward  as  far  as 
Colorado  in  1868,  at  which  time  Mr.  Morris  preempted  eighty  acres  of  land  and  also 


MARK    M.   MORRIS 


514  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

purchased  a  tract  of  forty  acres.  Upon  that  farm  he  resided  to  the  time  of  his  death 
and  gave  his  attention  and  energies  to  its  development  and  improvement,  converting 
It  into  a  rich  and  productive  tract  of  land.  He  passed  away  April  6,  1882,  arid  hl^ 
wife   died   in   November,    1SS8. 

Mark  M.  Morris  was  educated  in  District  School  No.  8  of  Adams  county  and 
also  attended  the  Central  Business  College  of  Denver  in  1893.  When  fifteen  years  of 
age  he  went  to  Dakota  and  lived  with  his  brother,  working  there  until  1891,  after 
which  he  pursued  his  business  college  course.  During  the  years  1894  and  1895  he 
farmed  upon  the  home  place  and  on  the  6th  of  March.  1896,  he  purchased  a  general 
merchandise  store  at  Henderson,  which  he  conducted  for  thirteen  years.  In  1909, 
however,  he  was  elected  county  commissioner  for  a  term  of  four  years  and  sold  his 
store,  concentrating  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  the  faithful  performance  of  his 
official  duties.  With  his  retirement  from  office  in  March,  1913,  he  purchased  the  store 
of  which  he  had  formerly  been  proprietor  and  has  since  successfully  conducted  it. 
On  the  24th  of  December,  1914,  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Henderson  and  has 
since  occupied  that  position:  He  also  has  fifteen  acres  of  land  which  he  farms. 
His  time  is  thus  busily  occupied  and  his  well  directed  energies  are  bringing  to  him 
a   substantial    competence. 

On  the  2d  of  June,  1898,  in  Denver,  Mr.  Morris  was  united  In  marriage  to  Miss 
Pruda  Gilpin,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Esther  Ann  (Yarrington)  Gilpin.  Mrs:. 
Morris  was  born  in  Kansas  and  is  a  relative  of  the  Gilpin  family  that  figured  promi- 
nently in  connection  with  the  early  history  of  Colorado.  Her  father  was  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  war.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  have  been  bom  five  children:  Mark  Loren, 
Beulah  Marguerite,  Eula  Esther,  Lester  Alfred  and  one  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Morris  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  and  has  served  as  school  director 
and  as  treasurer  of  his  school  district.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  He  turns  to  the  hunting  of  big  game  for  rest  and  .recreation  and 
greatly  enjoys  the  sport  but  never  neglects  business  or  official  duties  for  enjoyment. 


ROBERT  H.  WEIR. 


The  duties  of  postmaster  of  Otis  are  ably  discharged  by  Robert  H.  Weir,  who  came 
to  this  city  in  1909  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  connected  with  mercantile  interests, 
thus  contributing  by  his  activities  to  the  growth  of  his  community.  He  is  a  native  of 
Ontario,  Canada,  born  February  14.  1859.  a  son  of  David  and  Christina  (Richmond) 
Weir,  the  former  a  native  of  Ireland  and  the  latter  of  Scotland.  The  father  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1869  and  located  near  Estherville,  Iowa,  where  he  acquired  landed 
interests.  He  had  emigrated  from  Ireland  to  Canada  when  but  a  boy  and  in  the 
Dominion  he  farmed  until  he  crossed  the  border,  making  his  way  to  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa, 
which  was  the  nearest  railroad  terminal  to  his  land.  He  improved  his  farm  and  suc- 
cessfully cultivated  it  during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  attaining  a  gratifying  measure 
of  prosperity.  He  passed  away  in  December,  1899,  his  wife's  death  having  occurred 
in  April  of  the  same  year.     They  had  a  family  of  eight  sons  and  one  daughter. 

Robert  H.  Weir  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  removed  with  his  parents 
to  Iowa  when  ten  years  of  age,  receiving  the  greater  part  of  his  education  in  that  state. 
He  remained  upon  the  home  farm  assisting  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  fields 
until  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age,  at  which  time  he  decided  to  seek  out  newer 
fields  for  his  activities.  In  1882  he  filed  on  a  homestead,  near  Huron,  South  Dakota, 
on  which  he  proved  up,  and  this  farm  he  cultivated  until  1895,  when  he  removed  to 
Oberlin,  Kansas,  where  he  again  acquired  a  farm,  upon  which  he  placed  many  im- 
provements and  which  he  successfully  operated  for  thirteen  years.  In  1909  he  came  to 
Otis  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business,  perceiving  the  need  of  such  an  establish- 
ment in  the  community.  He  built  a  modern  store  and  carried  generally  approved  lines, 
trying  to  please  his  customers  to  the  best  of  his  ability.  It  was  therefore  but  natural 
that  success  attended  his  venture  and  prosperity  resulted  from  the  enterprise.  After 
having  conducted  his  business  for  five  years  he  was  appointed  postmaster  and  has 
since  served  as  such,  discharging  his  duties  punctiliously,  systematically  and  to  the 
great  satisfaction  of  the  patrons  of  the  office.  In  this  connection  it  may  be  mentioned 
that  his  daughter  was  also  at  one  time  postmistress  for  two  years. 

On  November  4,  1883,  Mr.  Weir  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret  J.  Brown 
and  to  them  were  born  six  children:  Anna,  the  wife  of  R.  H.  Hooker,'  an  agriculturist 
of  Washington  county,  Colorado;  James  D.,  who  farms  some  twenty  miles  north  of 
Otis;   Eva,  the  wife  of  L.  N.  McLung,  who  is  a  successful  carpenter  of  Otis,  Colorado; 


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Charles  D.,  who  follows  agricultural  pursuits  in  Washington  county;   Fred  G.,  who  is 
engaged  in  draying  in  Otis;   and  Maurice,  who  operates  a  cream  station  in  Otis. 

Mr.  Weir  is  a  democrat  and  stanchly  supports  the  candidates  of  his  party.  His 
religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  As  the  years  have  passed  he  has  become  prosperous 
and  today  he  owns  the  postoffice  building  and  also  the  store  building  in  which  he 
formerly  conducted  his  own  enterprise,  but  which  he  now  rents.  He  also  has  resi- 
dential property.  In  the  growth  of  his  community  and  the  prosperity  of  his  county 
he  has  always  been  interested  and  readily  supports  measures  and  movements  for  the 
benefit  of  the  general  public,  proving  himself  thereby  a  valued  citizen  of  the  district 
in  which  he  resides. 


HON.  CARLTON  C.  CALKINS. 

Hon.  Carlton  C.  Calkins,  of  Longmont,  dating  his  residence  in  Colorado  from 
1871,  has  been  prominently  identified  with  various  professional  and  business  interests 
leading  to  the  development  and  progress  of  the  state.  His  name  figures  in  conpec- 
tion  with  banking  and  milling  interests  and  also  with  much  constructive  engineering 
work.  He  was  bom  in  Saratoga  county,  New  York,  October  4,  1847,  a  son  of  Calvin 
P.  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Calkins,  who  were  also  natives  of  Saratoga  county.  The 
ancestor  of  the  Calkins  family  in  America  came  from  Wales  in  1636  and  his  descendants 
have  since  played  an  important  part  in  the  development  of  various  localities.  Calvin 
P.  Calkins  devoted  his  life  to  farming  in  Saratoga  county.  New  York,  where  his 
grandfather  settled  in  pioneer  times.  Four  generations  of  the  family  were  horn  and 
reared  on  the  old  homestead  farm,  which  Calvin  P.  Calkins  continued  to  cultivate 
throughout  his  entire  life.  He  passed  away  June  20,  1877,  while  his  wife  survived  until 
December,    1881. 

Carlton  C.  Calkins  was  reared  on  the  old  homestead  and  completed  his  educa- 
tion in  Union  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  as  a  civil  engineer  in  1868,  being 
a  classmate  of  George  Westinghouse.  In  the  same  year  Mr.  Calkins  removed  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  sought  a  position  as  a  civil  engineer,  but  not  successful  in  finding 
work  along  the  line  of  his  profession,  he  accepted  a  position  as  a  farm  hand  at  what 
is  now  Norwood  Park,  Chicago.  He  also  taught  in  a  country  school  in  that  locality 
and  during  the  next  year  he  rented  land  which  he  cultivated  and  also  continued 
teaching  for  a  time.  While  in  Chicago  with  a  load  of  produce  he  saw  a  card  on  a 
window  advertising  the  "Chicago-Colorado  Colony."  He  at  once  investigated,  became 
a  member  of  the  colony  and  on  the  11th  of  March,  1871,  arrived  in  Longmont,  Colo- 
rado, with  his  wife  and  little  child.  He  built  a  modest  home  which  is  still  standing 
and  which  was  the  birthplace  of  his  oldest  son,  who  was  the  first  male  child  born  in 
Longmont  and  the  second  nativeborn  citizen.  Mr.  Calkins  had  no  means  at  the  time  of 
his  arrival  in  the  west.  He  scorned  no  employment  that  would  yield  him  an  honest 
living  and  upon  the  foundation  of  unwearied  industry  and  perseverance  has  huilded 
his  success.  Three  years  after  coming  to  this  state  he  filed  upon  a  tract  of  land,  for 
which  he  obtained  a  patent  signed  by  President  U.  S.  Grant.  This  document  is  still 
in  his  possession.  He  made  splendid  improvements  upon  the  place  as  the  years  passed 
by  and  brought  his  fields  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He  also  extended  the 
boundaries  of  his  farm  from  time  to  time  by  additional  purchase  until  his  holdings 
aggregated  six  hundred  and  forty  acres,  which  he  continued  to  develop  and  cultivate 
from  1876  until  1895.  He  engaged  in  general  farming  and  in  dairying  and  became 
very  prosperous.  In  1895,  however,  he  retired  from  agricultural  life  and  took  up  his 
abode  in  Longmont,  where  he  resumed  work  along  professional  lines.  He  served  as  city 
engineer  for  a  term  of  years  and  established  the  sewer  system  of  the  city,  covering 
about  fifteen  miles.  He  also  put  in  the  sewer  system  in  the  town  of  Berthoud, 
Colorado. 

In  1892-3  Mr.  Calkins  served  as  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  and  so  excellent 
was  his  record  in  the  house  that  he  was  then  nominated  by  his  party  for  state  senator, 
but  he  would  not  accept.  He  preferred  to  concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention  upon 
business  affairs.  While  he  was  residing  on  the  farm  the  Farmers  National  Bank  of 
Longmont  was  organized  and  he  became  one  of  its  stockholders  and  directors  and  in 
both  connections  has  since  continued.  In  1911  the  directors  bought  out  another  bank 
which  was  known  as  the  E  &  B  Bank,  but  the  namei  has  since  been  changed  to  the 
American  National  Bank.  Of  this  Mr.  Calkins  is  also  a  stockholder  and  director.  In 
1885  he  became  associated  with  other  farmers  in   building  a  flour  mill   in   Longmont, 


516  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

which  is  yet  in  operation,  and  they  erected  a  still  larger  mill  in  Denver.  Mr.  Calkins 
has  continued  a  stockholder  and  director  of  the  enterprise  since  its  Inauguration  and 
has  been  secretary  of  the  board  most  of  the  time,  the  business  being  conducted  under 
the  name  of  the  Longmont  Farmers'  Milling  &  Elevator  Company.  Their  interests  have 
been  gradually  broadened  and  they  now  have  mills  in  Utah  besides  those  already  men- 
tioned and  fifteen  elevators  throughout  Colorado. 

In  December,  1870,  Mr.  Calkins  was  married  to  Miss  Catherine  Boyce  and  to 
them  were  born  five  children:  Benjamin  W.,  a  business  man  of  Longmont;  Herbert 
v.,  who  is  occupying  a  part  of  his  father's  farm ;  Ernest  C,  who  is  with  the  Standard 
Oil  Company  In  California;  Anna  E.,  the  wife  of  E.  J.  Estes,  operating  a  creamery  in 
Longmont;  and  Carlton,  who  died  in  infancy.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in 
February,  1906,  and  in  November,  1908,  Mr.  Calkins  was  married  to  Mrs.  Lilla  (Davis) 
Katz.  They  have  an  adopted  daughter,  Lillian  May,  now  attending  school.  Mrs. 
Calkins  is  a  daughter  of  George  M.  and  Sadie  (Baird)  Davis,  natives  of  Massachusetts 
and  of  Michigan  respectively.  The  father  was  a  mechanical  engineer  and  became  a 
pioneer  of  Colorado,  removing  to  this  state  with  his  parents  in  1861,  when  but  eight  or 
nine  years  of  age.  He  has  since  resided  in  Boulder  county  and  for  twenty-five  years 
he  has  been  the  engineer  of  the  Farmers'  mill  in  Longmont.  There  was  no  town  of 
Longmont  at  the  time  of  his  arrival  in  the  state. 

In  politics  Mr.  Calkins  maintains  an  independent  course,  voting  according  to  the 
dictates  of  his  judgment  without  regard  to  party  ties.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of 
the  Presbyterian  church  and  he  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Be- 
nevolent Protective  Order  of  Elks.  In  the  former  he  has  attained  the  Knight  Templar 
degree  of  the  York  Rite  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  has  ever  kept 
in  touch  with  the  trend  of  modern  thought  and  progress  and  has  become  a  forceful 
and  prominent  factor  in  the  community  in  which  he  makes  his  home.  For  a  long  period 
he  has  especially  studied  irrigation  projects  and  his  efforts  have  been  effective  in  pro- 
moting advancement  along  that  line,  while  as  a  business  man  he  has  contributed  in 
substantial   measure  to  the  material  development  and   upbuilding  of  the  state. 


RALSTON  B.   DEATHERAGE. 

Ralston  B.  Deatherage,  who  is  devoting  his  time  and  energies  to  the  development 
and  improvement  of  a  farm  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres  in  the  vicinity  of  Derby, 
was  born  in  Knox  county.  Illinois,  October  17,  1870,  a  son  of  James  W.  and  Catherine 
M.  (Kuntz)  Deatherage,  whose  family  numbered  six  children  and  for  their  support 
the  father  devoted  his  attention  to  the  occupation  of  farming.  He  spent  his  remaining 
days  in  Knox  county,  while  the  mother,  now  in  her  eighty-fifth  year,  is  a  resident  of 
Golden,  Colorado. 

Ralston  B.  Deatherage  pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Knox  county, 
Illinois,  to  the  age  of  twelve  years  and  then  removed  with  his  half  brothers,  Richard 
and  Oliver  Callaghan  to  Clay  county,  Nebraska,  where  he  resided  for  two  years.  On 
the  expiration  of  that  period  he  came  to  Colorado  in  the  spring  of  1885,  and  was  em- 
ployed in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state  for  four  years.  He  then  took  up  his  abode 
in  Denver,  where  he  devoted  a  year  to  teaming  and  afterward  went  into  the  moun- 
tains at  the  head  of  the  Platte.  He  was  at  South  Park  and  Leadville  and  drove  a  team 
into  the  Cripple  Creek  district  when  the  city  was  nothing  but  tents.  He  afterward 
worked  in  mining  towns  for  fourteen  years,  devoting  his  attention  to  mining  and 
lumbering,  and  was  also  employed  on  the  building  of  mountain  roads  for  a  year. 
He  subsequently  returned  to  Denver,  where  he  engaged  in  the  teaming  business  for 
eight  years,  hauling  material  for  the  Foster  building,  and  he  also  did  the  excavating 
for  the  Robert  W.  Steele  school.  He  next  turned  his  attention  to  farming  near  Broom- 
field,  where  he  remained  for  two  years  and  then  took  up  his  abode  on  the  Mabee 
ranch,  which  he  leased  for  a  year.  He  next  removed  to  his  present  farm,  leasing  four 
hundred  and  eighty,  acres  of  land,  of  which  he  has  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  under 
a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He  also  has  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  head  of  cattle 
upon  his  farm.  "When  he  first  took  up  his  abode  upon  this  place  he  engaged  exten- 
sively in  the  breeding  of  Percheron  horses  and  he  is  now  breeding  Hereford  cattle, 
having  high  grade  stock  upon  his  place.  He  also  raises  wheat,  alfalfa,  sugar  beets 
and  pinto  beans,  annually  harvesting  large  crops,  for  his  methods  are  thoroughly  prac- 
tical and  therefore  resultant.  He  is  familiar  with  the  most  improved  methods  of  pro- 
ducing these  crops  and  his  harvests  are  most  gratifying. 

Mr.  Deatherage  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Frey,  a  native  of  Summit  county, 


518  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Colorado,  and  a  daughter  of  George  and  Elizabeth  (Gall)  Frey,  who  had  come  from 
Michigan  to  Colorado  in  1871,  locating  first  in  Denver,  and  then  in  Golden  in  the 
early  seventies.  In  1876,  they  removed  to  Summit  county,  locating  near  Montezuma, 
where  the  father  spent  the  remainder  of  his  years.  The  mother  survives  and  continues 
to  make  her  home  on  the  old  home  place  in  Summit  county.  It  was  on  the  7th  of 
June,  1916,  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Deatherage  were  married.  They  have  many  warm 
friends  in  the  community  in  which  they  reside  and  their  sterling  worth  is  recognized 
by  all.  Mr.  Deatherage  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  but  is 
not  an  office  seeker,  for  he  prefers  to  concentrate  his  time  and  efforts  upon  his  busi- 
ness affairs,   which   have  brought  to  him   substantial   and   well   merited  success. 


JOHN  J.  COFFEY. 


John  J.  Coffey,  a  resident  farmer  of  Adams  county,  was  born  in  Mason  county, 
Illinois,  on  the  28th  of  August,  1864,  his  parents  being  Daniel  and  Anna  (Burkett) 
Coffey,  who  were  natives  of  Ireland  but  came  to  America  in  1857  and  1860  respectively. 
They  crossed  tlie  country  to  Mason  county,  Illinois,  and  there  were  married  August  15, 
1863,  and  established  their  home  upon  a  farm  The  father  devoted  the  succeeding 
thirty  years  to  agricultural  pursuits  and  was  then  called  to  his  final  rest  in  1887.  The 
mother  is  still  living  and  now  makes  her  home  in  Pocatello,  Idaho,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-seven  years.     They  had  a  family  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom  still  survive. 

John  J.  Coffey  was  reared  and  educated  in  Illinois,  passing  through  consecutive 
grades  in  the  common  schools  until  he  became  a  high  school  pupil.  He  arrived  in 
Colorado  in  1898  and  after  a  brief  stay  in  Jefferson  county,  settled  in  Adams  county, 
since  which  time  he  has  improved  the  farm  whereon  he  now  resides  and,  adding  to 
his  possessions  as  his  financial  resources  have  increased,  he  has  become  the  owner  of 
four  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land,  all  of  which  is  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation 
and  is  well  irrigated.  His  ditch  system  furnishes  an  adequate  water  supply  and  the 
land  is  kept  highly  productive  through  the  rotation  of  crops  and  through  the  cultivation 
of  such  cereals  as  are  best  adapted  to  soil  and  climate. 

Mr.  Coffey  has  been  married  twice.  In  1893  he  wedded  Miss  Georgia  Milleson,  a 
native  of  Illinois,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  two  children:  Leo,  who  follows  farm- 
ing on  part  of  his  father's  land;  and  one  who  died  in  infancy.  The  wife  and  mother 
passed  away  in  Illinois  in  February,  1897.  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  New  Lebanon 
cemetery  in  Mason  county.  In  1899  Mr.  Coffey  was  again  married,  his  second  union 
being  with  Mrs.  Louisa  (Spinner)  Foster,  the  widow  of  Sherman  T.  Foster,  by  whom 
she  had  four  children:  Charles  D. ;  Ora  M.;  Dora,  who  is  a  twin  of  Ora  and  is  the 
wife  of  "William  Fuller;  and  Effie,  the  deceased  wife  of  H.  M.  Peterson. 

Mrs.  Coffey  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  while  the  religious  faith  of 
Mr.  Coffey  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church.  In  politics  he  is  a  democrat  and  has  served 
as  county  commissioner,  while  for  thirty  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  school 
board.  His  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  community  is  manifest  in  many  tangible 
ways  and  his  efforts  have  brought  good  results.  At  the  same  time  he  has  carefully  and 
wisely  conducted  his  business  affairs  and  his  unfaltering  labor  has  been  the  broad 
foundation  upon  which  he  has  builded  his  present-day  success. 


WILBERT  B.  SPRINGER. 


Wilbert  B.  Springer,  an  enterprising  merchant  of  Timnath,  was  born  March  6, 
1888,  in  the  town  in  which  he  still  makes  his  home.  He  is  a  son  of  Richard  C.  and 
Martha  (Shea)  Springer,  who  were  natives  of  New  Jersey.  The  father  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  1883  and  settled  in  Larimer  county,  purchasing  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Timnath. 
ffhis  he  improved,  continuing  its  cultivation  until  1914,  when  he  retired  from  active 
business  life  and  removed  to  California,  where  he  now  makes  his  home,  enjoying  a  well 
earned  rest.  He  was  long  regarded  as  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Larimer 
county  and  for  nineteen  years  and  nine  months  he  held  the  position  of  postmaster. 
He  was  likewise  interested  in  a  mill  here  and  in  various  other  ways  contributed  in  sub- 
stantial measure  to  the  growth  and  development  of  the  district.  In  1904  he  erected 
a  fine  store  building  and  also  became  interested  in  the  business  that  was  carried  on  in 
the  block  which  he  had  erected.  In  1909  he  and  his  son  purchased  the  stock  and  the 
latter  has  since  conducted  the  business.     Richard  C.  Springer  was  ever  actuated  by  a 


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spirit  of  progressiveness  combined  with  indomitable  energy  and  recognized  and  utilized 
opportunities  which  others  passed  heedlessly  by.  His  wife  passed  away  September 
13,  1916. 

Wilbert  B.  Springer  was  reared  in  Timnath,  where  he  has  spent  his  entire  life. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  entered  the  railway  mall  ser\ace,  being  thus  employed 
for  two  years,  when  in  connection  with  his  father  he  purchased  the  store  which  he 
now  conducts.  He  carries  a  large  stock  of  goods  and  enjoys  an  extensive  patronage. 
His  business  methods  will  bear  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny,  and  his  energy 
and  determination  have  produced  good  results.  In  addition  to  a  line  of  general 
merchandise  he  also  handles  harness  and  farm  machinery. 

In  June,  1909,  Mr.  Springer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Caroline  Keyes  and 
they  are  highly  esteemed  residents  of  the  community,  enjoying  the  hospitality  of  its 
best  homes.  They  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  Mr.  Springer 
also  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America  and  the  Masons,  while  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party, 
which  finds  in  him  a  stalwart  advocate. 


JOHN   LAMB. 


John  Lamb,  living  on  section  7,  township  7,  range  67,  in  Weld  county,  seven  miles 
east  of  Fort  Collins,  was  born  in  Ohio.  January  2.  1859,  a  son  of  Owen  and  Alphronia 
(Lamonion)  Lamb,  who  were  natives  of  Ireland  and  of  Rochester,  New  York,  respect- 
ively. The  father  was  a  contractor  who  came  to  America  in  young  manhood  and  set- 
tled in  Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  contracting  and  building,  also  operating  a  stone 
quarry.  After  living  for  some  time  in  Ohio  he  removed  to  Illinois,  where  he  remained 
for  several  years  and  then  went  to  Iowa,  settling  at  Atlantic,  where  his  death  occurred 
in  March,  1881.     His  wife  passed  away  in  June,  1882. 

John  Lamb  was  reared  and  educated  in  Ohio  and  remained  with  his  parents  until 
he  attained  his  majority,  when  he  took  up  farming  in  Iowa  on  his  own  account.  There 
he  cultivated  a  tract  of  rented  land  for  three  years  and  in  1883  he  came  to  Colorado, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  mining  in  Boulder  county  for  three  years.  He  then  bought 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in  Weld  county — a  wild  tract  upon  which  not  a 
furrow  had  been  turned  nor  an  improvement  made.  He  at  once  began  its  development 
and  has  since  continued  its  cultivation,  transforming  it  into  productive  fields  and 
rich  pasturage  land.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  feeding  sheep,  to  which  he  has  given  his 
attention  for  twenty  years. 

On  the  4th  of  December,  1889,  Mr.  Lamb  was  married  to  Miss  Amy  Luella 
Garber,  a  daughter  of  David  H.  and  Elizabeth  E.  (Winder)  Garber.  the  former  born 
in  Pennsylvania,  while  the  latter  is  a  native  of  Iowa.  Her  father  followed  carpen- 
tering and  farming  in  Iowa  and  in  Kansas  and  in  1888  removed  to  Colorado,  settling  in 
Aspen,  where  he  spent  his  remaining  days,  his  death  occurring  May  22,  1889.  His 
widow  survives.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lamb  have  become  the  parents  of  seven  children: 
John  E.,  who  was  bom  December  19,  1890,  and  is  with  the  United  States  army  in 
France;  Marcellus  M.,  whose  birth  occurred  March  11,  1892.  and  who  also  served  his 
country,  being  stationed  at  Fort  Worth,  Texas,  and  now  is  in  Ault,  Colorado,  where  he 
is  engaged  with  his  brother  in  the  harness  business;  Francis  R..  who  was  bom  May 
27,  1893,  and  conducts  a  harness  and  vulcanizing  business  at  Ault.  Colorado;  Hugh 
W.,  who  was  born  January  10,  1894,  and  is  with  the  United  States  army  in  France; 
Alphronia  E.,  whose  natal  day  was  December  6,  1896;  Mary  A.,  born  July  15,  1898; 
and  Sarah  A.,  whose  birth  occurred  on  the  9th  of  July,  1900. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Lamb  is  a  democrat,  having  supported  the  party  since 
age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise,  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Catholic  church. 


RICHARD    I.    TALBOT. 


Richard  I.  Talbot,  who  is  cultivating  eighty  acres  of  irrigated  land  in  Adams 
county  and  is  very  successfully  carrying  on  his  farm  work,  was  born  in  Louisiana, 
December  18,  1852,  a  son  of  James  and  Ellen  Talbot,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
London,  England.  Bidding  adieu  to  friends  and  country,  they  sailed  for  America  In  the 
year  1840  and  first  established  their  home  upon  a  farm  in  Louisiana,  where  the  father 


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engaged  in  the  live  stock  business  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1856,  however,  he  re- 
moved to  Missouri  and  was  afterward  drowned  in  the  Missouri  river  while  out  duck 
hunting.  The  mother  with  her  family  subsequently  removed  to  Colorado,  where  she 
took  up  her  abode  in  1872,  having  driven  across  the  country  with  team  and  wagon. 
She  settled  in  Adams  county,  becoming  one  of  the  pioneer  women  of  that  district,  and 
for  many  years  she  was  an  interested  witness  of  the  growth  and  progress  of  that  region, 
in  which  she  made  her  home  until  called  to  her  final  rest  in  1911.  In  the  family  were 
six  children,  all  of  whom  are  yet  living. 

Richard  I.  Talbot  was  reared  and  educated  in  Missouri  and  was  twenty  years  of 
age  when  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  In  1879  he  pur- 
chased his  present  farm  and  through  the  intervening  period  has  given  his  time,  thought 
and  energy  to  its  development  and  cultivation,  adding  many  improvements  to  it  in 
the  way  of  good  buildings  which  furnish  ample  shelter  for  grain  and  stock.  His 
fields  are  well  fenced  and  everything  about  the  place  is  characterized  by  neatness  and 
order.     The  land  is  carefully  irrigated,  there  being  eighty  acres  under  the  ditch. 

In  1887  Mr.  Talbot  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  OIlie  Townsend,  a  native 
of  Kansas  and  a  daughter  of  C.  Perry  and  Maria  Reed  (Moore)  Townsend.  C.  Perry 
Townsend  was  a  native  of  New  York  and  with  his  parents  removed  to  Illinois  in  his 
boyhood.  His  wife,  Maria  Reed  Moore,  was  born  in  Marion  county,  Ohio,  in  1839, 
and  with  her  parents  removed  to  Illinois  when  she  was  eleven  years  of  age.  In  that 
state  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Townsend  were  married  and  there  the  former  took  up  farming, 
going  to  Kansas  about  1857  and  arriving  in  Colorado  in  June,  1859.  After  a  short 
stay  in  Denver  he  proceeded  to  Central  City,  where  he  engaged  in  mining,  but  later 
located  on  a  ranch  on  the  Platte  river,  in  Arapahoe  county,  now  Adams  county, 
where  Mr.  Townsend  passed  away  in  1864.  His  widow  subsequently  married  Hiram 
Van  Every.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbot  had  four  children:  Leland  S.,  at  home;  Mabel, 
the  wife  of  Clarence  Burnett;  Ada,  the  wife  of  Clifton  Duckworth;  and  Mattie,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  three  years.  The  mother  and  children  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Talbot  gives  his  political  support  to  the  republican  party  but 
has  never  been  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  time  and  efforts  upon 
his  business  affairs,  which  are  wisely  and  carefully  directed.  He  is  a  man  of  energy 
and  persistency  of  purpose  who  from  pioneer  times  has  been  identified  with  farming 
interests  in  the  county,  and  his  splendidly  improved  ranch  property  is  the  visible  indi- 
cation of  a  life  of  well  directed  energy  and  tlirift. 


WILLARD  L.   FALES. 

Willard  L.  Fales  is  prominently  identified  with  business  .and  public  interests  of 
Douglas  county.  He  is  honored  and  respected  by  all,  not  alone  by  reason  of  the  success 
which  he  has_  attained,  but  also  owing  to  the  straightforward  business  principles  which 
he  has  ever  followed,  nor  has  he  allowed  business  to  monopolize  his  time  and  attention. 
On  the  contrary  he  has  cooperated  in  nlany  plans  and  measures  for  the  public  good 
and  during  the  war  has  served  as  county  food  administrator  and  chairman  of  the 
Douglas  county  branch  of  the  National  Council  of  Defense.  He  is  also  active  in  Red 
Cross  work. 

Mr.  Fales  was  born  in  Walpole.  Massachusetts,  February  27,  1869,  a  son  of  Joel 
and  Olive  (Lewis)  Fales,  both  sides  of  the  family  being  among  the  earliest  settlers 
of  the  old  Bay  state.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Milford,  Massachusetts,  and 
at  Harvard  University.  He  has  at  diflerent  times  been  engaged  in  civil  and  mechanical 
engineering.  In  1887  he  became  a  resident  of  southern  California,  where  he  remained 
for  two  years.  In  1889  he  spent  several  months  in  travel  and  study  in  Europe.  In 
1890  he  came  to  Douglas  county,  Colorado,  and  in  1891  was  married  to  Miss  Linda  I. 
Lapham,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lapham,  who  came  to  Denver  from  Ireland  in  1874  and 
to  Douglas  county  in  1S75.  settling  upon  the  ranch  adjoining  that  now  owned  by  Mr. 
Fales.  Immediately  following  their  marriage  they  resided  for  several  years  in  Los 
Angeles  county,  California.  They  have  three  children:  Helen  D..  who  is  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  Denver  and  is  cow  doing  Red  Cross  .vork  in  the  home  service  sec- 
tion at  Denver;  Edith,  who  is  a  senior  in  the  University  of  Denver;  and  Frank  W., 
who  is  a  student  in  the  grades  of  the  public  schools. 

While  Mr.  Fales  at  this  writing  spends  most  of  his  time  in  business  at  Castle  Rock 
and  has  for  several  winters  spent  some  time  in  Denver,  his  home  is  and  has  been  for 
many  years  on  his  ranch  on  West  Plum  creek,  about  seven  miles  south  of  Sedalia. 
Since  February,   1917,  he  has  occupied  the  presidency  of  the   First  National   Bank   of 


WILLARD  L.  FALES 


522  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Douglas  county  at  Castle  Rock,  gradually  coming  to  give  less  time  to  the  labor  and  man- 
agement of  the  ranch. 

Mr.  Fales  and  his  family  are  communicants  of  the  Episcopal  church.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  Knight  Templar  Mason  and  a  Shriner.  He  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Harvard  Club  of  Denver,  ami  a  member  of  The 
Colorado  Society  of  The  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  His  political  support  is 
given  to  the  republican  party. 


JOHN   FRASER. 


John  Fraser,  residing  six  miles  east  of  Fort  Collins,  in  Larimer  county,  was  bom 
in  Scotland  in  June,  1S71,  a  son  of  David  and  Elizabeth  (Walker)  Fraser,  who  were 
also  natives  of  Scotland.  The  father  followed  farming  in  that  country  throughout  his 
entire  life,  there  passing  away  December  22,  1915.  His  wife  survived  for  about  a 
year,  her  death  occurring  in  September,  1916. 

John  Fraser  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  country,  but  his  opportunities 
in  the  latter  direction  were  somewhat  limited,  as  he  began  earning  his  own  living 
when  a  youth  of  nine  years.  He  worked  as  a  farm  hand  there  until  1892,  when  he 
determined  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  new  world  and  came  torthe  United  States,  settling 
at  Fort  Collins  in  Larimer  county,  Colorado.  He  soon  afterward  secured  employment 
as  a  farm  hand  and  spent  three  years  in  that  way  but  during  the  period  carefully 
saved  his  earnings  until  his  industry  and  economy  had  brought  him  sufficient  capital 
to  enable  him  to  purchase  land.  He  then  bought  twenty-five  acres  north  of  the  town 
and  also  conducted  the  Bennett  &  Hood  ranch  of  two  hundred  acres  for  seven  years. 
Later  he  made  investment  in  his  present  place  of  sixty-five  acres  and  at  once  set 
about  its  further  development  and  improvement.  He  has  since  continued  its  cultiva- 
tion with  good  results  and  now  has  a  finely  improved  place.  He  makes  a  business  of 
feeding  sheep  and  lambs  and  also  of  raising  Belgian  horses  and  his  labors  are  being 
attended  with  substantial  success. 

On  the  20th  of  September,  1904',  Mr.  Fraser  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jennie 
Taggart,  a  daughter  of  Peter  and  Catherine  (Smith)  Taggert.  who  were  natives  of 
Scotland,  where  Mrs.  Fraser  was  born  on  the  7th  of  August,  1873.  Her  father  was  a 
shoemaker  by  trade  and  always  followed  that  pursuit  in  his  native  country.  He  passed 
away  May  11,  1913,  but  the  mother  is  still  living  in  Scotland  at  the  age  of  seventy-one 
years. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Fraser  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  his  political  belief 
that  of  the  republican  party.  He  is  highly  esteemed  as  a  man  of  genuine  worth,  merit- 
ing the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellowmen,  and  he  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret 
his  determination  to  come  to  the  new  world,  for  in  conditions  in  this  country  he  found 
the  opportunities  which  he  sought  and  through  their  utilization  has  made  steady 
advancement  in  a  business  way. 


JOHN  S.  KNAPP. 


John  S.  Knapp  is  the  owner  of  a  beautiful  country  home  standing  in  the  midst  of 
seven  acres  of  ground  and  there  he  is  living  practically  retired  but  in  former  years 
was  closely  and  actively  associated  with  agricultural  interests  in  Colorado.  His  place 
is  situated  near  Brighton  and  with  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  that  section  of 
the  state  he  has  been  closely  associated  for  many  years.  A  native  of  Monroe  county, 
New  York,  Mr.  Knapp  was  born  August  14.  1853,  a  son  of  Jonas  and  Mary  (Slgler) 
Knapp.  He  acquired  a  district  school  education  and  then  entered  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Brockport.  New  York,  where  he  studied  for  three  terms.  He  afterward 
came  to  Colorado  in  1882  and  was  associated  with  his  uncle.  Mr.  Sigler.  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  latter's  ranch.  He  was  also  sent  to  this  state  in  the  interests  of  his  grand- 
father, James  D.  Sigler,  and  disposed  of  his  landed  possessions  for  him.  Upon  the 
death  of  the  uncle  Mr.  Knapp  purchased  the  ranch.  He  conducted  the  property  for  a 
considerable  period  and  transformed  it  into  one  of  the  valuable  ranches  of  the  state 
but  sold  it  in  1910  and  has  since  lived  retired,  enjoying  a  rest  which  he  has  truly 
earned  and  richly  deserves.  After  disposing  of  his  farm  he  purchased  a  most  attractive 
country  home  standing  in  the  midst  of  seven  acres  of  land  near  Brighton  and  there 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  523 

he  developed  a  fine  garden.  This  keeps  his  time  occupied  to  a  considerable  extent,  for 
Indolence  and  idleness  are  utterly  foreign  to  his  nature.  He  largely  tpends  the  winter 
months  in  California.  He  is  the  president  of  the  Colorado  Agricultural  Ditch  Com- 
pany, a  position  which  he  has  occupied  for  years,  and  he  has  thus  kept  in  close  touch 
with  the  irrigation  interests  of  his  community.  There  is  no  question  concerning  irri- 
gation with  which  he  is  not  thoroughly  familiar  and  along  that  line  as  well  as  in  gen- 
eral farming  he  has  always  stood  for  progress  and  advancement. 

On  the  23d  of  November,  1S86,  Mr.  Knapp  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Orrie 
Morris,  a  daughter  of  Richard  and  Rebecca  Morris,  whose  people  were  pioneer  settlers 
of  Colorado.  Mr.  Knapp  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views.  For  fifteen  years  he 
has  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  and  has  ever  been  deeply  and  intensely 
interested  in  the  cause  of  public  education.  He  has  ever  attempted  to  maintain  the 
highest  standards  in  relation  to  the  schools  of  his  district  and  his  work  in  this  con- 
nection has  been  beneficial.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  church  and  he 
has  ever  loyally  adhered  to  its  teachings.  He  is  a  man  of  genuine  personal  worth 
whom  to  know  is  to  respect  and  honor  and  he  is  everywhere  spoken  of  in  terms  of  warm 
regard. 


EDGAR  TARBELL  ENSIGN. 


The  law,  banking,  insurance  and  public  service  claimed  the  attention  and  energies 
of  Edgar  Tarbell  Ensign  through  a  long  and  useful  career  covering  almost  seventy- 
nine  years,  and  his  public  service  covered  both  military  activity  and  the  establish- 
ment and  development  of  national  forestry  interests  in  the  west.  Mr.  Ensign  was 
born  at  Moriah,  Essex  county.  New  York,  September  9,  1839,  a  son  of  Charles  W.  and 
Harriet  (Tarbell)  Ensign,  the  latter  a  sister  of  Jonathan  Tarbell,  who  was  a  lieuten- 
ant-colonel of  the  Ninety-first  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  became  a  brigadier 
general  of  United   States  Volunteers   in   the  Civil   war. 

Edgar  T.  Ensign,  after  attending  the  district  school  and  the  village  academy  of 
Moriah,  New  York,  became  a  student  in  a  private  school  for  boys  conducted  by  a  Mr. 
Durkee  and  his  son  at  Saratoga  Springs.  New  York.  In  the  year  1856  he  went  to 
Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  he  obtained  employment  in  the  banking  house  of  A.  J.  Stearns 
&  Company,  and  three  years  after  his  removal  to  the  middle  west  he  was  there  joined 
by  his  parents.  He  had  resided  in  Iowa  for  only  two  years  when  in  1858  he  was 
appointed  deputy  state  treasurer.  In  May,  1861,  however,  all  business  and  personal 
considerations  were  put  aside  that  he  might  respond  to  the  country's  call  for  troops  to 
aid  in  the  preservation  of  the  Union.  He  joined  the  Second  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry 
and  was  promoted  through  various  grades  to  the  rank  of  captain.  The  date  of  his 
enlistment  was  May  4,  1861.  He  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  on  the  1st  of 
June  following  and  first  lieutenant  on  the  1st  of  December  of  the  same  year,  while  on 
the  22d  of  June,  1862,  he  received  the  captain's  commission.  On  the  20th  of  October, 
1863,  he  was  commissioned  major  of  the  Ninth  Regiment  of  Iowa  Cavalry,  Volunteers, 
and  was  brevetted  lieutenant-colonel  and  colonel  of  United  States  Volunteers.  March 
13.  1865.  He  resigned  from  the  army  on  the  27th  of  October  of  the  same  year.  His 
long  term  of  active  service  was  distinguished  by  the  most  splendid  military  qualities. 
Although  wounded  at  Fort  Donelson,  Tennessee,  he  returned  to  his  command  and  both 
before  and  afterward  led  his  men  in  many  a  gallant  charge. 

In  1866  Colonel  Ensign  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  won  his  LL.  B.  and  A.  B. 
degrees  from  the  Iowa  Law  School,  while  subsequently  he  received  the  LL.  B.  degree 
from  the  law  department  of  Columbian  College,  which  was  later  merged  into  the 
George  Washington  University.  With  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  1868.  he  entered 
upon  active  practice  in  Des  Moines  and  the  same  year  was  made  district  attorney. 
He  resided  in  Des  Moines  until  1874.  when  attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the  west, 
he  came  to  Colorado  Springs  and  opened  a  law  office.  Soon  afterward  he  was  appointed 
commissioner  of  the  United  States  circuit  court  and  from  1S33  until  1893  he  was 
in  public  office,  serving  for  six  years  as  state  forest  commissioner  and  tor  two  years 
as  special  agent  of  the  United  States  general  land  office  in  the  laying  out  of  forest 
reserves,  afterward  known  as  national  forests.  His  work  in  forestry  was  especially 
noteworthy  and  his  public  service  in  this  connection  gained  for  him  warm  commenda- 
tion. In  1895  he  was  active  in  organizing  the  Assurance  Savings  &  Loan  Association, 
of  which  he  was  president  and  manager  until  September,  1917.  In  the  meantime  he 
had  entered  the  field  of  banking,  having  become  in  1902  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Colorado  City  and  also  of  the  National  Bank  Building  Company. 


524  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  First  National,  he  continued  to  serve  in  that  position 
for  three  years,  largely  shaping  its  policy  and  directing  its  activities  during  that  early 
period. 

It  was  while  still  a  resident  of  Des  Moines  that  Colonel  Ensign  was  married  on 
the  17th  of  October,  1872,  to  Miss  Lilla  Butin,  a  daughter  of  Dwight  L.  and  Charlotte 
C.  Butin,  of  Baldwinsville,  New  York.  She  survives  her  husband  and  remains  a  resident 
of  Colorado  Springs,  the  Ensign  home  having  been  at  No.  1415  North  Nevada  avenue 
for  more  than  thirty-five  years.  There  were  no  spectacular  phases  in  the  life  of 
Colonel  Ensign.  It  was  ever  a  hard  fought  battle  for  progress,  for  advancement  and 
for  right  and  he  came  off  victor  in  the  strife.  Whatever  he  undertook,  the  integrity 
of  his  purpose  was  never  questioned  and  the  Memoriam  of  the  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion,  to  which  he  belonged,  said:  "The  life  career  of  Colonel  Ensign  as  a 
gentleman,  a  soldier  and  a  friend  is  worthy  of  emulation  by  all."  His  demise  occurred 
on  the  15th  of  February,  1918. 


REV.  AGATHO  STRITTMATTER,  O.  S.  B. 

Rev.  Agatho  Strittmatter,  pastor  of  the  Sacred  Heart  church  at  Boulder,  was  born 
in  Carrolltown,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  12th  of  July,  1873.  His  father,  Andrew  Stritt- 
matter, was  also  a  native  of  Carrolltown,  born  in  1829,  and  still  resides  there.  He  mar- 
ried Catherine  Zorn,  who  was  likewise  a  native  of  Carrolltown  and  who  passed  away 
in  1911. 

In  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  Agatho  Strittmatter  began  his  education 
and  afterward  continued  his  studies  at  St.  Vincent's  archabbey  in  Latrobe,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1899.  For  a  year  he  was  at  St.  Bene- 
dict's College  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,  as  professor  and  assistant  pastor  and  subse- 
quently he  taught  for  two  years  in  St.  Vincent's  college  at  Latrob«.  In  September, 
1902,  he  was  transferred  to  Boulder,  Colorado,  in  charge  of  the  missions,  and  a  year 
later  was  transferred  to  Pueblo.  Colorado,  as  founder  and  pastor  of  St.  Leander's  parish 
and  there  continued  for  three  years.  In  August,  1906,  he  was  sent  to  Boulder  as  pastor 
of  Sacred  Heart  church.  He  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  at  St.  Vincent's  archabbey 
in  Latrobe,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  13th  nf  July,  1899,  and  has  since  devoted  his  time 
and  energies  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  Catholic  church.  He  holds  membership  with  the 
Knights  of  Columbus. 


J.  H.   SIMPSON. 


The  farming  interests  of  Adams  county  find  a  worthy  representative  in  J.  H. 
Simpson,  who  dates  his  residence  in  this  state  from  1879.  He  has  therefore  made  his 
home  in  Colorado  for  almost  forty  years  and  for  twelve  years  of  this  period  has  lived 
in  Adams  county,  where  he  now  owns  and  cultivates  eighty  acres  of  productive  land. 
He  was  born  in  Ohio  on  the  14th  of  December,  1860,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Loretta 
(Ganhy)  Simpson,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  Buckeye  state.  Removing  west- 
ward to  Illinois,  they  settled  in  McLean  county  in  1862  and  there  remained  for  about 
twenty-three  years.  In  1885  they  again  started  westward,  making  Lincoln,  Nebraska, 
their  destination.  The  father  died  in  that  city  but  the  mother  survives  and  is  now 
living  wih  her  son,  J.  H.  Simpson,  at  the  notable  old  age  of  ninety-seven  years.  Not- 
withstanding her  extreme  age  she  is  yet  enjoying  good  health  and  has  a  remarkable 
memory.  By  her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  nine  children,  four  of  whom 
are  living. 

J.  H.  Simpson  spent  his  youthful  days  in  Illinois,  being  but  two  years  of  age  when 
the  family  home  was  established  in  that  state.  There  he  pursued  a  public  school 
education  and  after  reaching  man's  estate  he  began  farming  on  his  own  account.  In 
1879  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  on  a  farm  in  Yuma  county,  where  he  continued  to 
reside  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  In  1906  he  removed  to  Adams  county, 
where  he  has  since  made  his  home,  and  his  property  holdings  now  comprise  eighty 
acres  of  land,  all  under  irrigation.  His  place  is  very  attractive  in  appearance  owing 
to  his  careful  cultivation  of  the  fields  and  also  owing  to  the  many  improvements  which 
he  has  put  upon  his  land.  He  has  erected  fine  buildings,  including  an  attractive 
residence,   with    good   barns   and   outbuildings,   furnishing  ample   shelter   to   grain   and 


REV.  AGATHO  STRITTMATTER,  0.  S.  B. 


526  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

stock.  He  conducts  a  dairy  business  in  connection  witli  general  farming  and  both 
branclies  are  proving  profitable. 

In  1887  Mr.  Simpson  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  McQueen,  a  native  of  Illinois, 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  three  children,  of  whom  Olin  died  in  1909  and  the 
youngest  in  infancy.  The  second  child  is  Blanche,  the  wife  of  C,  E.  Brachaire,  now  in 
the  navy  yard  in  the  state  of  Washington. 

Mr.  Simpson  votes  with  the  democratic  party  and  keeps  thoroughly  informed 
concerning  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  but  has  never  been  an  aspirant  for 
public  office,  preferring  to  leave  office  holding  to  others.  His  thought,  purpose  and 
energy  have  been  concentrated  upon  his  business  affairs  and  his  prosperity  is  the 
direct  result  of  his  own  labors.  In  1899  he  was  called  upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  his 
wife,  who  passed  away  leaving  many  friends.  Mr.  Simpson  is  widely  and  favorably 
known  in  Adams  county,  enjoying  the  warm  regard  of  those  with  whom  business  or 
social  relations  have  brought  him  in  contact. 


WILLIAM    J.    MURPHY. 


William  J.  Murphy,  who  is  engaged  in  general  farming  in  Adams  county,  is  one 
of  Colorado's  native  sons,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Denver  on  the  14th  of  April. 
1874.  His  parents  were  Cornelius  and  Margaret  Murphy,  both  of  whom  have  been 
called  to  their  final  rest,  and  two  of  their  seven  children  have  also  passed  away. 
It  was  in  the  year  1860  that  the  parents  came  to  Colorado,  casting  in  their  lot  with 
the  pioneer  settlers  of  Denver  when  that  city  was  little  more  than  a  western  mining 
village.  They  lived  to  witness  much  of  its  growth  and  development  and  to  note  the 
many  marvelous  changes  which  occurred  in  the  state  as  the  years  passed. 

William  J.  Murphy  spent  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof  and  the 
public  school  system  of  Denver  afforded  him  his  chance  for  obtaining  an  education. 
After  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  turned  his  attention  to  farming  and  stock  rais- 
ing and  has  since  carried  on  general  agricultural  pursuits.  He  is  now  the  owner  of 
the  old  homestead  of  his  father,  who  filed  on  the  place  in  1S65.  It  was  the  first  farm 
taken  up  on  First  creek.  Mr.  Murphy  owns  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  all  under 
ditch,  and  is  extensively  engaged  in  raising  beets  and  alfalfa.  He  has  studied  the  most 
modern  processes  of  developing  these  crops  and  annually  gathers  a  large  yield.  He 
has  added  substantial  improvements  to  his  farm  in  the  way  of  modern  machinery  and 
good  buildings  for  the  shelter  of  grain  and  stock,  and  everything  about  the  place 
indicates  his  progressive  spirit  and  determination. 

In  1899  Mr.  Murphy  was  married  to  Miss  Agnes  Kam,  a  native  of  Nebraska,  and 
they  have  become  the  parents  of  three  children,  Cornelius  L.,  William  J.  and  Catherine. 
Mr  Murphy  and  his  family  are  communicants  of  the  Catholic  church,  being  identified 
with  the  church  at  Brighton.  In  his  political  views  Mr.  Murphy  is  a  democrat.  While 
he  has  never  been  an  office  seeker,  he  has  served  on  the  school  board  and  is  interested 
in  all  that  has  to  do  with  the  development  of  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood.  He  bo- 
longs  to  the  Grange  and  eagerly  avails  himself  of  the  opportunities  offered  by  the  order 
to  advance  in  knowledge  concerning  the  best  methods  of  developing  farm  property. 
His  entire  life  has  been  passed  in  Colorado  and  his  career  is  typical  of  the  spirit  ot 
western  enterprise  and  progress.  He  has  never  had  any  false  ideas  of  life  but  has  ever 
recognized  the  fact  that  industry  is  the  basic  element  of  success  and  by  reason  of 
strenuous  effort  in  carrying  on  his  farm  work  he  has  met  with  a  substantial  measure  of 
prosperity  which  places  him  with  the  affluent  farmers  of  Adams  county. 


ORAN  A.  FOLEY. 

Oran  A.  Foley,  a  ranchman  living  in  the  vicinity  of  Brighton,  dates  his  residence 
in  Colorado  from  1894  and  after  spending  a  few  weeks  in  Denver  took  up  his  abode 
in  Brighton  and  has  since  lived  in  Adams  county.  He  was  born  in  Union  county,  Illi- 
nois, on  the  5th  of  October,  1868,  a  son  of  Virgil  M.  and  Emily  (Anderson)  Foley. 
The  father  was  a  Civil  war  veteran,  havmg  gone  to  the  front  with  the  Eighty-first  Illi- 
nois Volunteer  Infantry,  with  which  he  participated  in  a  number  of  hotly  contested 
engagements,  including  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  in  which  he  was  wounded.  He  par- 
ticipated altogether  in  eleven  open  field  fights.  His  father  had  to  leave  Kentucky  and 
removed  to  southern   Illinois  on  account  of  his  sympathy  with  the  Union   cause.     He 


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was  a  man  strong  in  support  of  his  honest  convictions  and  did  not  hesitate  to  face  death 
in  defense  of  the  Union. 

Oran  A.  Foley  pursued  his  early  education  in  district  schools  and  later  enjoyed  the 
benefit  of  a  term's  instruction  in  the  Southern  Illinois  State  Normal  University  at 
Carbondale.  He  afterward  returned  to  the  farm,  where  he  worlied  with  his  father 
for  two  years  and  then  secured  work  on  the  Cotton  Belt  Railroad,  spending  about  two 
years  in  that  connection.  It  was  in  1894  that  he  made  his  way  westward  to  Colorado 
and  after  remaining  in  the  capital  for  a  few  weeks  he  removed  to  Brighton,  where  he 
entered  the  employ  of  E.  A.  Bromley,  with  whom  he  continued  for  sixteen  years.  He 
next  leased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  near  the  town  and  engaged  in  the 
cultivation  of  that  place  until  May,  1918.  when  he  purchased  eighty  acres  of  land, 
which  he  has  since  owned  and  cultivated.  He  now  has  a  good  farm  and  his  possessions 
are  the  visible  evidence  of  his  life  of  well  directed  energy  and  thrift. 

Mr.  Foley  was  married  in  Carbondale,  Illinois,  on  the  6th  of  July,  1S91,  to  Miss 
Rosa  Ella  Smith,  a  daughter  of  W.  B.  Smith.  Mrs.  Foley  v/as  born  in  Kansas  and  by 
her  marriage  has  become  the  mother  of  the  following  named:  LeRoy  M.,  who  married 
Helen  Sheets  and  has  one  sou.  Raymond;  H.  Raymond  and  Emmett  A.,  who  are  serving 
with  the  colors  in  France;  Elmer;  Blanche;  Caroline;  and  Anna  May.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Foley  have  also  reared  a  nephew.  Harvey  E.  Schwartz,  whom  they  regard  as  a  son  and 
who  is  likewise  in  France  with  the  American  army,  fighting  to  oppose  the  military 
spirit  which  would  enslave  the  world  and  make  the  race  subject  to  German  despotism. 
Mr.  Foley  may  indeed  be  proud  of  the  record  of  these  three  sons,  who  are  rendering 
splendid  service  to  their  country  with  the  khaki  clad  boys  "over  there." 

Fraternally  Mr.  Foley  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic 
party  but  has  never  been  an  aspirant  for  office.  His  thought  and  attention  have  been 
concentrated  upon  his  farming  interests  for  the  purpose  of  providing  a  comfortable 
living  for  his  family  and  he  is  now  the  owner  of  a  good  property  in  Adams  county. 


JOHN  B.  EVERHARD. 


Farming  and  live  stock  activities  in  Larimer  county  were  greatly  stimulated 
through  the  activities  of  John  B.  Everhard.  who  for  many  years  devoted  his  attention 
to  agricultural  pursuits  in  the  vicinity  of  Berthoud,  Colorado,  thereby  not  only  acquir- 
ing an  individual  fortune  but  contributing  toward  the  prosperity  of  his  county  and 
community.  A  native  of  Holt  county,  Missouri,  he  was  born  December  24,  1861.  a  son 
of  John  W.  and  Mary  E.  (Ish)  Everhard,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio  and  the  latter 
of  Missouri,  in  which  state  they  were  married.  John  V,'.  Everhard  participated  in  the 
Civil  war  on  the  Confederate  side,  valiantly  serving  for  four  years,  being  during 
most  of  that  time  under  the  command  of  General  Price.  After  the  conflict  was  ended 
he  took  up  his  home  in  Marshall,  Missouri,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years,  but  in 
1875  removed  to  Colorado,  making  Larimer  county  his  place  of  abode,  and  here  he 
engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  being  quite  successful  along  that  line.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  W.  Everhard  were  born  two  children  but  our  subject  is  the  only  ona  now 
living.     Both  parents  have  now  passed  away. 

John  B.  Everhard  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof,  receiving  part  of  his 
education  in  Missouri  and  part  in  Colorado,  to  which  state  he  came  with  his  parents 
in  1875.  After  laying  aside  his  textbooks  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  and  sheep  business, 
following  in  his  father's  footsteps,  and  also  took  up  agricultural  work  of  a  general 
character,  very  successfully  following  this  line  until  1917,  when  he  sold  his  live  stock 
interests  but  retained  the  ownership  of  his  farms.  He  has  always  followed  progressive 
methods  and  made  many  improvements  upon  his  land,  also  instituting  up-to-date  equip- 
ment, so  that  his  property  is  now  very  valuable.  He  owns  eight  hundred  and  eighty 
acres  of  excellent  land,  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  which  are  under  ditch,  the 
balance  being  devoted  to  wheat.  Mr.  Everhard  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
First  National  Bank  at  Berthoud,  of  which  he  is  serving  as  vice  president,  giving  of 
his  experience  and  business  ability  to  the  benefit  of  the  management  of  the  bank  by 
his  attendance  at  the  directors'  meetings.  Moreover,  he  is  a  stockholder  and  secretary 
of  the  Boulder  and  Larimer  County  Ditch  &  Reservoir  Company,  having  always  been 
a  strong  advocate  of  irrigation. 

Mr.  Everhard  now  makes  his  home  in  Berthoud,  in'  which  city  he  has  many 
friends,  all  of  whom  hold  him  in  high  regard  because  they  esteem  in  him  those  qualities 
which  have  made  possible  his  success.     By  industry  and  perseverance  he  has  acquired 


528  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

a  sizable  fortune  and  to  him  is  due  the  greater  credit  because  he  started  out  in  life 
empty-handed.  In  his  political  affiliations  he  is  a  democrat  but  has  never  been  desir- 
ous of  holding  public  office  although  he  has  served  on  the  local  school  board,  the  cause 
of  education  finding  in  him  an  ardent  champion.  In  fact  he  is  much  interested  in 
all  measures  undertaken  for  the  general  welfare  and  is  ever  ready  to  give  of  his 
time  and  means  in  order  to  promote  enterprises  v^hich  he  believes  of  value  to  his 
community,   county  and  state. 


STANISLAW   NOWACKI. 


Stanislaw  Nowacki  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  tract  of  land  comprising  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  near  Brighton,  in  Adams  county,  and  was  successfully  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock  raising  for  a  number  of  years  but  is  now  largely  living  retired, 
leaving  the  active  work  of  the  fields  to  his  son  Michael.  His  birth  occurred  in  Poland 
on  the  26th  of  November,  1864,  his  parents  being  John  and  Mary  Nowacki,  who  are 
also  natives  of  that  country  and  still  reside  there.  They  have  six  children,  five  of  whom 
are  now  in  America,  while  one  remains  in  Poland. 

Stanislaw  Nowacki  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  country  and  there  spent 
the  first  twenty-six  years  of  his  life.  In  1890  he  crossed  the  briny  deep  to  the  new 
world  and  after  residing  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  for  five  years  returned  to  Poland, 
where  he  remained  for  about  nine  months.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  again 
made  the  voyage  to  the  United  States,  settling  in  Colorado  in  1896,  and  in  this  state 
he  has  resided  continuously  to  the  present  time.  He  worked  as  a  common  laborer  for 
a  number  of  years  and  by  dint  of  untiring  industry  and  careful  economy  acquired  the 
capital  which  in  1908  enabled  him  to  purchase  his  present  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  in  Adams  county.  The  land  is  all  under  the  ditch  and  is  now  very  valuable, 
having  been  brought  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  improvement.  Mr.  Nowacki 
successfully  carried  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  for  a  number  of  years  but 
has  now  practically  retired,  his  son  Michael  performing  the  active  labor  Incident  to  the 
operation  of  the  property. 

In  1889  Mr.  Nowacki  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Helen  Marion  Myers,  a  native 
of  Poland,  by  whom  he  has  five  children,  as  follows:  Michael,  who  operates  his  father's 
farm  and  who  is  married  and  has  a  son,  Michael,  Jr.;  Joseph,  who  is  in  the  United 
States  army;   Sadie,  the  wife  of  Victor  Karzia;   and  Frank  and  Stanley,  both  at  home. 

Politically  Mr.  Nowacki  is  a  stalwart  democrat,  believing  firmly  in  the  principles 
of  that  party.  He  has  appreciated  and  wisely  utilized  the  opportunities  offered  in  the 
United  States  and  is  a  self-made  man  whose  prosperity  is  attributable  entirely  to  his 
own  efforts.  His  genuine  personal  worth  is  recognized  by  all  with  whom  he  comes  in 
contact,  so  that  the  number  of  his  friends  has  constantly  grown  as  the  circle  of  his 
acquaintance  has  broadened. 


HENRY  CLEMENT  RIEDY. 


An  excellent  farm  property  of  one  hundred  and  forty-two  acres  pays  tribute  to  the 
care  and  labor  bestowed  upon  it  by  the  owner,  Henry  Clement  Riedy,  who  is  one  of  the 
substantial  citizens  that  Ohio  has  furnished  to  Adams  county,  for  his  home  is  near 
Eastlake.  He  was  born  in  Erie  county,  Ohio,  November  23,  1865,  and  is  a  son  of 
John  and  Catherine  (Goodman)  Riedy.  The  father  was  a  stone  mason  by  trade  and 
was  married  in  Sandusky,  Ohio,  where  he  reared  his  family  of  nine  children,  of  whom 
Henry  C.  was  the  fifth  in  ordar  of  birth. 

The  public  school  system  of  Sandusky  and  of  Erie  county  afforded  Henry  C.  Riedy 
his  educational  opportunities.  He  pursued  his  studies  to  the  age  of  fourteen  years, 
after  which  he  worked  on  farms  to  the  age  of  tweniy-four.  Thinking  that  he  might 
have  better  opportunities  in  the  west,  he  then  made  his  way  to  Colorado,  where  he  has 
resided  since  December  1,  1SS9.  For  a  brief  period  he  was  employed  by  the  Denver 
Union  Water  Company  and  then  purchased  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  6,  township 
2,  range  67,  Adams  county,  since  which  time  he  has  engaged  in  farming  thereon.  That 
he  is  actuated  by  a  progressive  spirit  is  indicated  in  the  attractive  appearance  of  his 
place,  which  is  improved  with  fine  buildings,  with  well  kept  fences  and  every  accessory 
of  the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century.     He  worked  persistently  and  energetically 


530  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

in  developing  his  place  and  his  success  is  well  merited.  He  is  also  vice  president  of  the 
New  Union  Ditch  Company. 

On  the  17th  of  November,  1896,  Mr.  Riedy  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Moller,  a 
daughter  of  Detlef  Moller.  Mrs.  Riedy  was  born  in  Arapahoe  county,  her  people  having 
crossed  the  plains  and  cast  in  their  lot  with  the  early  pioneer  settlers  of  Colorado.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Riedy  have  been  bom  three  sons:     Ralph  H.,  Howard  J.  and  Chauncey  R. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Riedy  is  a  democrat  and,  while  not  an  office  seeker,  he 
has  served  as  secretary  of  the  school  board.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Catholic 
church.  He  and  his  wife  are  widely  and  favorably  known  in  the  locality  in  which  they 
make  their  home,  their  circle  of  friends  being  almost  co-extensive  with  the  circle  of 
their  acquaintance. 


FREDERICK  BRAMMING. 


Frederick  Bramming,  who  has  been  actively  identified  with  general  agricultural 
pursuits  in  Adams  county  during  the  past  fourteen  years,  is  now  the  owner  of  an  excel- 
lent farm  of  eighty-six  acres  situated  two  miles  east  of  Eastlake.  His  birth  occurred 
in  Denmark  on  the  16th  of  October,  1884,  his  parents  being  Christian  and  Margaret 
(Vind)  Bramming,  who  spent  their  entire  lives  in  that  country.  They  reared  a  family 
of  five  children,  all  of  whom  survive  and  all  of  whom  are  yet  residents  of  Denmark  with 
the  exception  of  our  subject. 

Frederick  Bramming  obtained  his  education  in  the  land  of  his  nativity  and  there 
spent  the  first  twenty  years  of  his  life.  In  March,  1904,  desiring  to  take  advantage  of  the 
opportunities  offered  in  the  new  world,  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  Unied  States  and 
made  his  way  across  the  country  to  Adams  county,  Colorado,  where  he  has  remained 
continuously  since.  He  at  once  secured  employment  as  a  farm  hand  and  by  dint  of 
untiring  industry  and  close  economy  acquired  the  means  that  enabled  him  to  purchase 
the  property  whereon  he  now  resides.  It  lies  two  miles  east  of  Eastlake  and  is  a  rich 
and  productive  tract  of  eighty-six  acres,  all  of  the  land  being  under  the  ditch.  In  addi- 
tion to  cultivating  the  cereals  best  adapted  to  soil  and  climate  he  also  devotes  consider- 
able attention  to  stock  raising  and  in  both  branches  of  his  business  has  won  a  well 
merited  measure  of  success. 

In  1912  Mr.  Bramming  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maud  Sheridan,  a  native  of 
Colorado,  by  whom  he  has  two  sons,  John  F.  and  Henry.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance 
to  the  republican  party,  while  his  religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his  attendance  at  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bramming  are  a  popular  young  couple  and 
well  and  favorably  known  throughout  the  community  in  which  they  make  their  home. 
Mr.  Bramming  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret  his  determination  to  seek  his  fortune 
on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  for  here  he  has  found  the  opportunities  which  he  sought 
and  in  their  wise  utilization  has  won  a  gratifying  degree  of  prosperity. 


WILLIAM  H.  CLARK. 


A  splendidly  improved  farm  property  is  that  ovimed  by  William  H.  Clark,  whose 
possessions  comprise  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  well  irrigated  and  carefully 
cultivated  land  in  Adams  county.  He  is  devoting  his  time  and  energies  to  general 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  his  persistency  of  purpose  and  indefatigable  efforts  are 
bringing  excellent  results.  Mr.  Clark  is  a  native  of  Kansas.  He  was  born  on  the  2d 
of  April,  1879,  a  son  of  J.  M.  and  Anna  (Good)  Clark,  who  were  natives  of  Indiana 
but  were  married  in  Kansas,  to  which  state  they  removed  in  the  year  1867.  They  began 
their  domestic  life  upon  a  farm  in  Kansas  and  are  still  living  there.  They  became  the 
parents  of  five  children  and  the  family  circle  yet  remains  unbroken  by  the  hand  of 
death. 

William  H.  Clark  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  state,  mastering  the 
branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  district  schools  and  afterward  attending  high 
school,  so  that  he  thus  became  well  qualified  for  life's  practical  and  responsible  duties. 
The  year  1904  witnessed  his  arrival  in  Colorado  and  for  eight  years  he  was  a 
resident  of  Denver,  being  there  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  with  good  success. 
In  1912,  however,  he  disposed  of  his  store  and  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  removing  to  a  farm  in  Adams  county  whereon  he  has  since  resided.  He 
now   cultivates   one   hundred   and   sixty   acres    of   land,   all    under    ditch,    and   has    an 


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excellent  farm  property.  He  has  added  many  Improvements  to  the  place  and  uses  the 
most  modern  machinery  to  facilitate  the  work  of  the  fields  and  care  for  the  crops.  He 
raises  the  various  cereals  best  adapted  to  climatic  conditions  here  and  he  is  also 
successfully   engaged   in   stock   raising. 

In  1901  Mr.  Clark  was  married  to  Miss  Nettie  Wasson,  a  native  of  Kansas  and  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Maggie  (Ransom)  Wasson.  Two  children  have  been  born  to 
this  marriage:  Charles  C,  who  is  now  a  high  school  pupil:  and  Margaret  L.  Mr. 
Clark  and  his  wife  are  consistent  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  to  the 
support  of  which  they  contribute  liberally  and  in  the  work  of  which  they  take  an 
active  and  helpful  part.  Mr.  Clark  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views,  having 
ever  been  a  stalwart  champion  of  the  principles  of  that  party.  He  is  now  serving 
as  president  of  the  school  board  and  the  cause  of  education  finds  in  him  a  warm 
friend. 


HUGH  BLUNDELL. 


Hugh  Blundell.  who  throughout  his  entire  life  has  been  identified  with  farming  inter- 
ests in  Colorado  and  is  now  the  owner  of  an  excellent  ranch  near  Brighton,  was  born 
in  this  state  on  the  8th  of  October,  18S0,  a  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Donaldson) 
Brundell,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Wisconsin.  They  there  resided  until  1861,  when 
they  crossed  the  plains  and  were  identified  with  farming  interests  on  the  Platte  river 
until  1880,  when  the  father  homesteaded  eighty  acres  of  land  near  what  is  now  the 
town  of  Brighton.  He  took  up  his  abode  upon  that  place  and  there  carried  on  general 
farming  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1911.  He  brought  his  land  under  a  high  state 
of  cultivation,  energetically  and  persistently  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  fields  until 
his  labors  brought  results  which  were  most  gratifying,  his  farm  becoming  one  of  the 
attractive  features  of  the  neighborhood.  His  widow  survived  him  for  several  years, 
passing  away  in  1917. 

Hugh  Blundell  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  pursued  his  education  in 
District  School  No.  10  of  Adams  county.  Through  vacation  periods  he  worked  with 
his  father  in  the  fields  and  after  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  concentrated  his  efforts 
and  attention  upon  further  farm  work  and  continued  to  assist  his  father  until  the 
latter's  death.  Since  that  time  he  has  had  charge  of  the  work  of  the  old  homestead  and 
is  regarded  as  one  of  the  progressive  agriculturists  of  the  neighborhood.  He  is  wide- 
awake to  everything  that  will  prove  of  interest  and  benefit  in  the  operation  of  his  farm 
and  his  labors  are  productive  of  good  results. 

In  his  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Blundell  is  one  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
politically  he  is  a  republican  but  not  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate  his 
efforts  and  attention  upon  his  business  interests. 


ALBERT  WILLIAM  LANE. 


Albert  William  Lane,  attorney  at  law,  is  also  the  president  of  the  Colorado  Business 
College  at  Boulder,  an  institution  which  is  contributing  to  the  reputation  of  this  city 
as  a  great  center  of  learning.  He  holds  to  the  highest  standards  in  the  conduct  of  the 
school  and  the  methods  of  instruction  and  his  work  is  fruitful  of  splendid  results. 
Mr.  Lane  comes  to  Colorado  from  Ohio,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Sandusky,  that 
state  in  1878.  He  is  a  son  of  Charles  W.  Lane,  who  was  born  in  Tonawanda.  New  York, 
and  who  was  married  in  Columbus.  Ohio,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Donley,  a  native  of  that 
state.  The  father  died  in  the  year  1879,  while  the  mother  survived  until  1883.  At  the 
time  of  the  Civil  war  he  responded  to  the  president's  call  for  troops  to  aid  in  crushing 
out  rebellion  in  the  south,  enlisting  for  three  years  as  a  member  of  Company  D,  First 
Michigan  Infantry,  on  the  3d  of  September,  1861.  He  served  until  November  28,  1862, 
when  he  was  mustered  out  on  account  of  physical  disability. 

Between  the  ages  of  five  and  twelve  years  Albert  William  Lane,  because  of  his 
mother's  death,  lived  with  his  maternal  grandmother  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  attended 
school  there.  He  then  went  to  live  with  his  greatuncle  at  Cardington,  Ohio,  where  he 
remained  for  six  years,  and  later  he  became  a  resident  of  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio,  where 
he  worked  his  way  through  the  Mount  Vernon  Academy,  a  preparatory  school.  Ambitious 
to  secure  an  education,  he  made  every  effort  to  accomplish  that  end.  On  leaving  Mount 
Vernon  in  1896  he  took  up  his  abode  in  Battle  Creek,  Michigan,  enrolling  as  a  student 


532  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

in  the  Battle  Creek  College,  where  he  pursued  special  courses  preparing  him  for  the 
study  of  law,  which  he  began  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Jesse  Arthur,  who  directed  his 
reading  for  four  years.  On  account  of  pulmonary  trouble  developing  he  then  left  the 
middle  west  and  removed  to  Colorado,  with  Boulder  as  his  destination.  Here  he  has 
since  remained.  For  three  years,  beginning  in  1903,  he  conducted  The  Place  Sanitarium 
in  Boulder  in  connection  with  several  partners,  being  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
company.  He  then  became  interested  in  irrigation  projects  on  the  Grand  river  in  Colo- 
rado and  was  so  engaged  from  1909  until  1911,  when  he  established  the  Colorado  Busi- 
ness College,  and  in  1912  the  Boulder  Business  College  was  consolidated  with  the  new 
institution,  so  that  the  Colorado  Business  College  is  today  the  sole  occupant  of  the  field. 
The  college  is  accredited  by  the  National  Association  of  Accredited  Commercial  Schools. 
The  object  of  the  college  is  to  assist  worthy  and  ambitious  young  men  and  women  who 
are  not  afraid  of  earnest  study  and  hard  work  to  prepare  for  positions  of  trust  and 
responsibility  in  the  business  world,  and  the  school  has  adopted  the  motto — "Want  to 
Learn."  Its  location  is  most  favorable,  its  equipment  thoroughly  up-to-date  and  its 
methods  thoroughly  modern.  Every  effort  is  put  forth  to  create  in  the  pupil  a  desire 
to  do  the  best  possible  work.  The  college  is  located  in  the  heart  of  Boulder,  on  Pearl 
street,  opposite  the  court  house,  and  is  especially  equipped  for  training  along  the  line  of 
instruction  given.  It  is  steam  heated,  well  ventilated  and  has  indirect  electric  lighting, 
while  everything  is  arranged  for  the  pupil's  comfort  and  instruction.  Since  its  estab- 
lishment the  college  has  enjoyed  a  liberal  patronage  and  the  business  is  steadily  growing. 

On  the  12th  of  June,  1900,  in  Battle  Creek,  Michigan,  Mr.  Lane  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Edith  M.  Colcord,  a  daughter  of  I.  G.  Colcord,  and  to  them  have  been  born 
the  following  named:  Charlotte  Maurine,  Maxwell^,  Everett.  Albert  William,  Jr.,  and 
Loberta  Elizabeth. 

In  politics  Mr.  Lane  maintains  an  independent  course,  voting  according  to  the  dic- 
tates of  his  judgment  for  the  men  whom  he  thinks  best  qualified  for  public  office.  He 
belongs  to  the  Lions  Club,  a  national  organization,  and  he  is  a  very  prominent  and 
active  member  in  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  church.  His  life  is  ever  honorable  and 
upright  and  he  enjoys  the  well  merited  reputation  of  being,  as  someone  said  of  him,  "a 
good,  clean  and  highly  respected  citizen."  Mr.  Lane  was  graduated  from  the  law  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Colorado  in  1917  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
of  that  year,  since  which  time  he  has  been  actively  engaged  in  this  profession. 


J.  BRUCE  SMITH. 


A  valuable  farm  property  of  three  hundred  -md  twenty  acres  is  owned  by  J.  Bruce 
Smith,  his  place  being  in  the  vicinity  of  Eastlake  and  not  far  distant  from  Brighton. 
Its  excellent  appearance  is  the  result  of  his  intelligently  directed  efforts  and  its  improve- 
ments stand  as  a  monument  to  his  enterprise.  Mr.  Smith  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
his  birth  having  occurred  in  Wilkes-Barre  on  the  11th  of  August,  1869,  his  parents 
being  John  E.  and  Jane   (Johnson)    Smith,  the  former  a  farmer  by  occupation. 

The  son  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  the  Keystone  state  and  worked  with 
his  father  until  1890,  when,  at  the  age  of  twenty  years,  he  left  home,  bidding  adieu  to 
friends  in  the  east,  and  made  his  way  to  Colorado.  For  a  year  he  lived  on  a  ranch 
two  miles  west  of  Brighton  and  then  removed  to  the  Patron  district,  where  he  leased 
three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  from  hij  grandfather.  He  engaged  in  the  cultivation 
and  development  of  this  place  for  fifteen  years  before  purchasing  it  in  1907.  His  atten- 
tion is  still  given  to  its  further  improvement  and  it  is  a  splendid  indication  of  his  life 
of  well  directed  energy  and  thrift.  It  was  in  a  very  crude  state  when  he  located  thereon. 
He  improved  the  house  and  barns  and  has  since  built  now  barns,  while  recently  he  has 
completed  a  most  attractive  home,  containing  eight  rooms  with  bath  and  full  basement 
underneath.  He  has  dug  wells,  planted  trees  and  has  upon  his  place  all  modern  equip- 
ment, most  of  which  he  has  added  since  he  purcha^ied  the  property.  In  his  farm 
methods  he  is  most  progressive  and  he  now  has  ninety  acres  planted  to  alfalfa,  while 
the  remainder  of  his  three  hundred  and  twenty  acre  ranch  is  devoted  to  the  cultiva- 
tion of  wheat,  oats  and  cabbage.  He  has  been  a  very  successful  business  man,  owing 
to  his  close  application,  his  sound  judgment  and  keen  sagacity.  Aside  from  his  exten- 
sive farming  interests  he  is  now  the  president  of  the  Eastlake  State  Bank,  is  a  director 
of  the  Farmers  Highline  Reservoir  Ditch  &  Canal  Company  and  president  of  the  Union 
Ditch  Company.  He  has  closely  studied  the  question  of  irrigation  and  has  done  much 
for  the  development  of  this  section  of  the  state  through  the  promotion  of  irrigation 
projects. 


J.   BRUCE    SMITH 


534  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

On  the  31st  of  January,  1900,  Mr.  Smith  was  married  to  Miss  Katharine  Barnett,  a 
daughter  of  Lemuel  and  Jennie  Barnett,  of  Denver.  They  have  three  children,  Bruce 
Tilden,  Jane  and  John  W.  Such  in  brief  is  the  life  history  of  Mr.  Smith,  who  is  now 
classed  with  the  representative  ranchmen  and  agriculturists  in  the  vicinity  of  Brighton. 
His  plans  have  always  been  well  defined  and  carefully  executed  and  his  enterprise 
and  energy  have  brought  him  to  a  point  of  success  that  is  most  enviable. 


JOSEPH  M.  DALY. 


Joseph  M.  Daly,  of  Pueblo,  has  for  almost  two  decades  been  a  resident  of  Colorado 
and  is  now  filling  the  office  of  chief  of  police  of  Pueblo.  Missouri  numbers  him  among 
her  native  sons,  his  birth  having  occurred  at  Independence,  in  Jackson  county.  His 
parents  were  Timothy  and  Mary  (Mahoney)  Daly,  who  on  leaving  Missouri  went  with 
their  family  to  Kansas,  where  the  father  passed  away  and  the  mother  still  resides. 

Joseph  M.  Daly  was  the  eldest  in  their  family  of  eleven  children  and  in  the  acquire- 
ment of  his  education  attended  the  public  schools  of  Independence  and  of  Kansas  City, 
passing  through  consecutive  grades  to  the  high  school.  After  putting  aside  his  text- 
books in  that  connection  he  pursued  a  course  in  the  Southwestern  Optical  College  of 
Kansas  City,  from  which  in  due  course  of  time  he  was  graduated.  He  is  now  registered 
as  an  optician  in  Colorado  and  since  1899  has  made  his  home  in  Pueblo,  which  numbers 
him  among  its  valued  and  representative  men.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  staff  of 
Dr.  Thomas  when  the  latter  was  in  charge  of  the  Colorado  State  Hospital  and  he  prac- 
ticed his  profession  until  called  to  public  office  in  his  appointment  on  the  20th  of  Janu- 
ary, 1913,  to  the  position  of  chief  of  police  by  Mayor  T.  D.  Donnelly.  He  is  now  acceptably 
serving  in  that  capacity  and  is  doing  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  law  and  order 
In  Pueblo.    All  who  know  him  recognize  his  devotion  to  duty  in  this  connection. 

On  the  12th  of  September,  190.0,  Mr.  Daly  was  married  to  Miss  Ethel  Beem.  His 
religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church  and  he  is  identified  with  the  Knights  of 
Columbus.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
He  has  always  given  his  political  support  to  the  democratic  party  and  aside  from  holding 
the  office  of  chief  of  police  of  Pueblo  he  has  served  as  postmaster  in  Kansas,  filling  the 
office  for  four  years  under  Grover  Cleveland.  He  is  well  liked  in  Pueblo  and  is  making 
an  efficient  chief  of  police,  all  who  know  him  speaking  of  him  in  terms  of  warm  regard, 
save  those  who  do  not  hold  themselves  amenable  to  law,  and  to  them  his  name  brings 
terror. 


RICHARD  MOXLEY. 


Richard  Moxley.  engaged  in  farming  in  Broomfield.  homesteaded  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  in  pioneer  times  when  tor  miles  around  there  was  not  another  settler  in 
the  district.  His  place  is  located  on  the  main  road  between  Broomfield  and  Eastlake 
and  its  excellent  appearance  indicates  the  progressive  methods  and  enterprise  which 
dominate  him  in  all  that  he  undertakes.  He  dates  his  residence  in  Colorado  from  1873 
and  secured  his  homestead  in  1877. 

Mr.  Moxley  is  of  English  birth.  He  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Southampton 
in  February,  1854,  a  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (House)  Moxley.  The  father  was 
foreman  in  a  cooper  shop  of  his  native  country.  The  parents  died  during  the  early 
boyhood  of  their  son  Richard,  who  was  then  taken  by  friends  and  sent  to  Ireland. 
He  was  educated  in  the  national  schools  of  that  country,  which  he  attended  until  he 
reached  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  when  he  started  out  to  provide  for  his  own  sup- 
port, entering  upon  an  apprenticeship  to  the  trade  of  brass  molding.  He  was  thHS 
engaged  for  five  years  and  on  the  expiration  of  that  period,  in  which  he  had  gained 
a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  business,  he  decided  to  try  his  fortune  in  the 
United  States  and  sailed  for  America.  He  spent  a  brief  period  in  Boston  and  Phila- 
delphia and  in  August.  1873.  attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the  growing  west,  came 
to  the  territory  of  Colorado  three  years  before  the  admission  of  the  state  into  the 
Union.  He  engaged  in  teaming  in  Denver  for  four  years,  or  until  1877,  and  then 
decided  to  turn  his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits.  Accordingly  he  homesteaded 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  near  Broomfield  and  has  since  given  his  attention 
to  farming,  his  fields  being  largely  devoted  to  the  raising  of  wheat  and  alfalfa. 
Pioneer  conditions  met  him  at  every  turn  during  the  early  days  of  his  residence  here. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  535 

Tlie  nearest  neighbors  were  miles  away  and  one  could  ride  for  almost  an  unlimited 
distance  over  the  plains  without  coming  to  a  fence  or  a  house  to  impede  progress. 
Mr.  Moxley  bravely  faced  the  hardships  and  conditions  of  pioneer  life  and  in  the 
course  of  years  his  labors  have  brought  to  him  well  deserved  success. 

On  the  27th  of  October.  1905,  Mr.  Moxley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Edith 
Brown,  who  was  born  in  Colorado  and  was  left  an  orphan  in  her  infancy.  They  now 
have  one  son,  Percy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moxley  are  widely  and  favorably  known  in  Broom- 
field  and  the  surrounding  country.  Theirs  is  an  attractive  home,  the  farm  being 
highly  cultivated  and  splendidly  improved,  for  throughout  the  years  of  his  residence 
here  Mr.  Moxley  has  followed  progressive  methods  and  has  done  much  to  advance  the 
agricultural    interests    of   this   section    of   the   state. 


MRS.  ANNA  THOMAS. 


Mrs.  Anna  Thomas  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  farm  property  in  Boulder  county, 
where  she  is  widely  and  favorably  Ivnown.  She  is  the  widow  of  William  J.  Thomas  and 
a  daughter  of  Adolph  Waneka.  She  was  born  in  Connecticut  and  came  to  Colorado  with 
her  parents  when  but  seven  years  of  age.  In  this  state  therefore  her  girlhood  days 
were  largely  passed  and  after  reaching  young  womanhood  she  was  married  in  1875  to 
William  J.  Thomas,  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  who  came  to  Colorado  in  1872.  Following 
his  marriage  Mr.  Thomas  engaged  in  mining  for  several  years  but  afterward  turned 
his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits  and  purchased  the  farm  whereon  his  widow  now 
resides,  comprising  three  hundred  and  nineteen  acres  of  excellent  land,  which  is  all 
under  the  ditch  and  splendidly  improved.  As  the  years  passed  Mr.  Thomas  carefully 
developed  his  place,  making  it  one  of  the  excellent  farm  properties  of  the  district.  He 
brought  his  fields  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  divided  his  land  by  well  kept  fences 
and  used  the  latest  machinery  to  facilitate  the  work  of  the  fields. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  were  born  nine  children:  Florence,  who  has  passed  away; 
Estelle,  the  wife  of  J.  H.  Lipsey.  of  Boulder  county;  Emma;  the  wife  of  Elmer  Missick, 
of  Seattle,  Washington;  Carrie,  the  wife  of  Frank  Rose,  of  Denver;  Jennie,  the  wife  of 
A.  Peters,  of  Denver;  Pearl,  deceased;  William  J.;  Richard;  and  Dee  D.  The  two  last 
named  are  still  at  home  and  operate  the  farm.  They  carry  on  general  agricultural  pur- 
suits and  stock  raising  and  manifest  excellent  business  ability  in  the  control  of  the  place. 

The  death  of  the  husband  and  father  occurred  in  1897  and  was  a  matter  of  deep 
regret  not  only  to  his  immediate  family  but  to  many  friends  as  well,  for  he  was  highly 
esteemed  in  the  community  where  he  made  his  home.  Mrs.  Thomas  was  married  again 
to  Frank  Greenlee,  a  rancher  of  Boulder  county  and  to  them  were  born  two  children, 
Delia  and  Mildred,  residing  at  home.  Mrs.  Thomas  and  her  family  are  most  widely 
and  favorably  known  in  Boulder  county,  where  she  has  lived  from  early  pioneer 
times.  She  has  been  a  witness  of  almost  the  entire  growth  and  development  of  this 
section  of  the  state  and  her  memory  forms  a  connecting  link  between  the  primitive 
past  with  its  hardships  and  the  progressive  present  with  all  of  its  opportunities. 


JAMES  P.  McINROY. 


James  P.  Mclnroy,  who  is  serving  as  county  commissioner  of  Douglas  county  and 
is  numbered  among  its  wide-awake  and  progressive  ranchmen,  was  born  near  Castle 
Rock  on  the  ISth  of  December,  1875,  his  birthplace  being  the  old  homestead  of  his 
father,  Patrick  Mclnroy,  who  was  born  in  Scotland  and  became  one  of  the  pioneer 
settlers  of  Colorado.  Arriving  in  this  state  in  an  early  day,  he  homesteaded  and  as 
the  years  passed  on  acquired  large  landed  interests.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Amelia  Curtis,  was  born  in  Australia. 

James  P.  Mclnroy  acquired  a  common  school  education  and  when  a  lad  of  fifteen 
years  started  out  in  the  business  world  on  his  own  account,  becoming  a  cow  puncher 
and  ranch  hand.  He  was  thus  employed  for  a  number  of  years  and  ultimately  began 
ranching  Independently.  He  is  today  the  owner  of  an  excellent  stock  ranch  of  nine 
hundred  and  sixty  acres,  on  which  he  raises  good  crops  of  alfalfa,  corn,  grain  and 
hay.  He  also  has  first-class  buildings  upon  his  place,  all  of  which  were  erected  by 
him.  The  equipment  of  the  farm  is  thoroughly  modern  and  includes  water  works 
and  an  electric  light  plant,  together  with  the  latest  improved  machinery  to  facilitate 
the  work  of  planting  and  harvesting  his  crops.     House  and  barns  have  most  modem 


536  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

equipment  and  the  ranch  is  one  of  the  most  desirable  properties  of  this  character 
in  Colorado. 

On  the  28th  of  March,  1897,  Mr.  Mclnroy  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  EfEe 
McDowell,  who  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Kansas,  a  daughter  of  Vincent  and  Rhoda 
(Donegan)  McDowell.  Her  father  came  to  Colorado  in  1859  and  was  engaged  in 
freighting  for  a  number  of  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Iowa.  He  again  came 
to  Colorado  in  1879  and  homesteaded  in  Spring  Valley  of  Douglas  county,  where  he 
acquired  large  landed  holdings.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mclnroy  have  been  born  sev6n  chil- 
dren. Harold  V.,  a  graduate  of  the  Colorado  School  of  Agriculture  at  Fort  Collins, 
enlisted  in  the  Marines,  August  1,  1918,  and  is  now  in  the  inspection  office  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  Alice  A.,  also  a  high  school  graduate,  is  teaching  in  a  country  school 
near  her  home.  Frank  H.  is  a  senior  in  the  high  school,  while  his  brother,  James  P..  is 
a  junior   student.     The   others   of   the   family   are   Stewart   R.,   Violet   M.   and   EfEe  E. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Mclnroy  has  always  been  a  stalwart  democrat.  He 
served  for  three  terms  of  two  years  each  in  the  office  of  assessor  of  Douglas  county 
and  is  now  serving  for  the  first  term  as  a  county  commissioner,  making  a  creditable 
record  in  this  position.  He  has  ever  been  loyal  and  true  to  every  trust  reposed  in. 
him  and  his  public  service  has  been  highly  satisfactory  to  his  constituents.  He  is 
identified  with  many  clubs  and  societies  of  varied  character.  He  belongs  to  the  Sons 
of  Colorado,  is  a  member  of  Castle  Rock  Lodge.  No.  142,  I.  O.  0.  F.,  and  was  honored 
with  the  presidency  of  the  State  Dairy  Association  from  1912  until  1916 — a  fact  indica- 
tive of  the  prominent  position  which  he  occupies  among  the  dairymen  of  the  state. 
He  is  also  an  honorary  member  of  the  National  Tax  Association  of  New  York  city, 
having  been  recommended  for  membership  by  the  Colorado  Tax  Commission  in  1912 
in  recognition  of  the  distinguished  work  done  by  him  as  assessor  of  Douglas  county. 
He  and  his  family  are  all  members  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  are  people  of  the 
highest  respectability  and  worth,  enjoying  the  warm  regard  of  all  with  whom  they 
have  been  brought  in  contact.  The  life  record  of  Mr.  Mclnroy  illustrates  what  can  be 
accomplished  by  individual  effort.  He  has  never  allowed  obstacles  or  difficulties  to 
bar  his  path  but  has  overcome  these  by  persistency  of  purpose,  and  a  creditable  ambi- 
tion has  prompted  him  continuously  to  take  a  forward  step  until  now  he  occupies  a 
place  in  the  front  rank  of  the  ranchmen  of  Douglas  county. 


K.   G.  LAMBERTSON. 


K.  G.  Lambertson,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  near  Eastlake,  Adams  county,  was 
born  in  Denmark  on  the  2d  of  March.  1868,  and  remained  in  that  country  until  fifteen 
years  of  age.  It  was  in  1884  that  he  bade  adieu  to  friends  and  native  land  and 
sailed  for  the  new  world,  for  the  reports  which  he  had  heard  concerning  the  oppor- 
tunities in  America  led  him  to  the  determination  to  try  his  fortune  on  this  side  of  the 
Atlantic.  He  did  not  tarry  in  the  east  but  crossed  the  continent,  arriving  in  Golden, 
Colorado,  in  March,  1884.  There  he  secured  employment  as  a  farm  hand,  working 
in  that  way  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  ambitious,  however,  to  engage  in  business 
on  his  own  account  and  at  length  rented  a  farm,  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  for 
several  years.  During  that  period  he  carefully  saved  his  earnings  until  his  industry  and 
economy  had  brought  him  sufficient  capital  to  enable  him  to  purchase  land  and  he 
now  owns  two  hundred  and  forty-eight  acres  of  fine  farm  land  which  Is  highly  im- 
proved. He  has  also  been  a  successful  business  man  in  other  connections.  He  became 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Eastlake  State  Bank  and  for  some  time  was  its  presi- 
dent, contributing  in  substantial  measure  to  its  success. 

In  1894  Mr.  Lambertson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Frances  Crawford,  who 
was  born  in  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  King  and  Elizabeth  (Leeper)  Crawford,  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  Ireland,  whence  they  came  to  America  in  thp  '60s.  establishing 
their  home  in  Marion  county  of  the  Buckeye  state.  After  some  years  they  removed 
to  Missouri,  where  they  remained  until  1892  and  then  came  to  Colorado,  settling 
in  Adams  county,  where  they  continued  to  reside  until  called  to  their  final  rest.  They 
were  the  parents  of  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  yet  living.  Prior  to  her  marriage 
Mrs.  Lambertson,  having  been  liberally  educated,  was  for  one  year  a  successful 
school  teacher.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lambertson  have  been  born  three  children:  Harry 
Arthur,  Lester  and  K.  G.,  Jr.  In  the  year  1910  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lambertson  took  a  trip 
to  Denmark,  where  he  renewed  the  acquaintances  of  his  boyhood  and  also  visited  many 
interesting  points  in  that  land  and  in  other  European  countries.  Mr.  Lambertson  has 
made    three    European   trips.     He   has   two   brothers   and    one   sister   now    residing    in 


K.  G.  LAMBERTSON 


538  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

America:    Christian   Lambertson,    of   California;    Nels   M.,   of   Rawlins,   Wyoming;    and 
Mrs.   Robert  Nellson,   of  Denver. 

Mr.  Lambertson  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  he  gives 
his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but  has  never  sougbt  or  desired  office. 
He  has  concentrated  bis  time  and  attention  upon  his  business  affairs  with  good 
results  and  as  the  years  have  passed  he  has  made  for  himself  a  creditable  position  in 
the  ranks  of  representative  agriculturists  of  Adams  county. 


HARVEY    I.    TAYLOR. 


Harvey  I.  Taylor,  who  is  extensively  engaged  in  farming  not  far  from  Peyton, 
was  born  at  Table  Rock  in  El  Paso  county,  Colorado.  May  12,  1886,  a  son  of  Frank  E. 
and  Sarah  (Martin)  Taylor.  The  father  removed  to  this  state  from  Missouri  in 
1876  and  homesteaded  land.  In  1888  he  removed  to  Peyton,  where  he  preempted  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  secured  a  timber  claim  of  equal  amount.  He  continued 
to  add  to  his  holdings  by  purchase  from  time  to  time  until  he  was  the  owner  of  six 
hundred  and  forty  acres  of  very  fertile  land,  well  improved,  that  constitutes  the  old 
family   homestead. 

Harvey  I.  Taylor  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  his  educational  oppor- 
tunities were  those  afforded  by  the  public  schools.  He  early  became  familiar  with  the 
best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring  for  the  crops  in  his  locality  and  he  is  now 
the  owner  of  five  hundred  acrts  of  land  adjoining  the  old  home  place.  He  works 
both  ranches  and  is  one  of  the  most  progressive  agriculturists  of  the  district.  He  keeps 
thirty  milk  cows  and  fattens  more  than  one  hundred  head  of  cattle  each  year  and 
also  engages  extensively  in  raising  hogs.  He  is  a  progressive  agriculturist  and  stock 
raiser  and  he  has  wrought  a  marked  transformation  in  the  appearance  of  his  place 
by  reason  of  the  many  improvements  which  he  has  put  upon  it.  In  the  year  1918 
ne  erected  an  attractive  new  residence  and  everything  about  the  place  is  indicative 
of  the  care  and  supervision  of  a  progressive  owner. 

In  1914  Mr.  Taylor  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Audlea  M.  Duncan,  a  graduate 
of  the  Normal  School  at  Normal,  Illinois,  and  for  several  years  prior  to  her  marriage 
a  successful  teacher.  She  has  become  the"  mother  of  one  child,  Maida,  who  was  born 
October  7,  1917.  Mrs.  Taylor  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Latter-Day  Saints.  In 
politics  Mr.  Taylor  is  independent  and  fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  He  has  traveled  extensively  over  the  United  States  and  Canada, 
gaining  that  broad  experience  and  culture  which  only  travel  can  bring. 


WILLIAM  HENRY  SMITH. 


William  Henry  Smith  is  a  leading  cattle  man  of  Fremont  county  and  one  of  the 
most  prominent  operating  in  that  business  in  the  state.  He  makes  his  home  at  Canon 
City,  where  he  was  born  on  the  14th  of  January,  1870,  his  parents  being  George  P.  and 
Elizabeth  (Pillmore)  Smith.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  Fremont 
county,  where  he  was  reared,  being  the  youngest  child  in  his  father's  household.  His 
birth  occurred  a  few  months  after  the  parents  reached  Colorado.  In  1880  his  elder 
brother,  George  Smith,  passed  away  and  a  few  weeks  later  the  father  was  accidentally 
shot  through  the  foot.  William  H.  Smith,  then  a  boy  of  ten  years,  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  cattle  business  at  that  period.  The  family  fortunes  were  at  a  low  ebb  and 
the  boy  lost  his  first  milch  cows  from  cattle  fever.  He  then  engaged  in  peddling  vege- 
tables. The  course  which  he  pursued  was  a  notable  one  for  a  boy  of  his  years.  He 
seemed  to  possess  the  judgment,  industry  and  determination  of  one  of  twice  or  thrice 
his  age  and  with  unfaltering  purpose  he  wrested  fortune  from  the  hands  of  fate. 

When  ^nineteen  years  of  age  Mr.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sadie 
Howells.  who  had  come  to  Canon  City  from  Ohio.  As  a  young  man  Mr.  Smith  worked 
with  Rockafellow  &  Baker  at  Rockdale,  the  new  coal  camp  of  Fremont  county.  He 
afterward  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  and  now  in  connection  with  a  part- 
ner, S.  R.  Cox  of  the  Union  Stock  Yards  of  Denver,  owns  ranches  in  Fremont,  Chaffee, 
Custer  and  Park  counties,  having  altogether  fifteen  thousand  acres,  of  which  nine 
thousand  acres  is  in  ranches.  He  remembers  the  days  when  elk  and  deer  were  so 
plentiful  that  they  never  thought  of  using  the  front  quarters  of  the  deer.  Hunting 
for  game  in  this  region  was  his  delight.     Bears  and  mountain  lions  were  also  numer- 


MR.  AND  MRS.  FRANK  E.  TAYLOR 


540  HISTORY  6F  COLORADO 

ous  up  to  about  ten  years  ago  and  on  one  occasion  Mr.  Smith  ran  a  bear  up  a  tree  In 
the  Greenhorn  mountains  and  three  years  ago  killed  a  mountain  lion  in  the  Green- 
horn range.  His  memory  also  goes  back  to  a  time  when  forty  years  ago  his  father  sent 
his  mother  to  England  for  medical  treatment  and  the  trip  had  to  be  made  by  ox  team 
to  Cheyenne,   from   which   point  she   traveled   by  rail  to   the  Atlantic  coast. 

Great  indeed  have  been  the  changes  which  time  and  man  have  wrought.  Today 
Mr.  Smith  has  a  iine  home  in  South  Canon,  where  he  transacts  his  business,  keeping  a 
stenographer,  and  there  he  spends  the  winter  months.  In  other  seasons  of  the  year 
he  is  busy  on  his  ranches  and  a  part  of  the  winters  he  spends  in  California.  Most 
substantial  success  has  come  to  him  as  the  reward  of  his  judicious  investments,  his 
careful  management  and  his  indefatigable  effort.  Peddling  vegetables  when  a  boy  of 
ten  years  not  only  to  provide  for  his  own  support  but  also  that  of  his  parents,  he  has 
progressed  with  notable  rapidity  toward  the  goal  of  success,  following  methods  that 
any  might  profitably  emulate  and  winning  not  only  most  substantial  prosperity  but 
also  an  honored  name. 


FELIX  ALLEN  RICHARDSON. 

A  highly  honored  and  respected  pioneer  of  the  state,  Felix  Allen  Richardson,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-three  years,  is  still  active  In  the  discharge  of  his  important  duties 
as  librarian  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  state  of  Colorado,  which  office  he  has  held 
for  the  past  thirty-two  years — a  record  which  is  indeed  seldom  emulated.  Mr.  Richard- 
son is  a  Kentuckian  by  birth;  his  native  city  being  Glasgow,  in  the  Blue  Grass  state, 
where  he  was  born  on  December  11.  1835,  a  son  of  Felix  A.  and  Jane  McMurtry  (Steele) 
Richardson,  both  members  of  prominent  southern  families.  The  maternal  great-grand- 
father, Andrew  Steele,  was  a  native  of  Londonderry  county,  Ireland,  and  came  to 
this  country  before  the  Revolution.  His  grandfather,  Brice  Steele,  the  only  child  of 
Andrew  Steele  and  his  wife.  Lady  Ann  Carr  Steele,  was  born  in  Argyleshire,  Scot- 
land, in  1774,  and  came  to  America  with  his  mother  in  1792  and  settled  at  Lexington, 
Kentucky,  which  is  still  the  seat  of  the  Steele  family.  His  great-grandfather,  Andrew 
Steele,  came  to  America  several  years  in  advance  of  his  wife. 

The  Richardson  family  record  goes  back  to  the  fourth  earl  of  Lothian  and 
members  of  this  family  also  came  to  America  before  the  Revolution.  They  took  promi- 
nent part  in  the  early  wars  of  this  country.  Felix  A.  Richardson,  Sr.,  was  a  native 
of  Virginia  and  enlisted  in  the  service  of  his  country  at  the  outbreak'  of  the  revolu- 
tion in  Texas,  in  1835.  He  was  killed  in  action  at  San  Jacinto  and  the  pistol  which  he 
carried  while  in  service  is  still  in  the  possession  of  his  son,  our  subject,  a  cherished 
relic  of  his  venerated  father,  and  a  reminder  of  American  heroism  and  valor.  On 
February  28.  1856.  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  Texas  passed  a  bill  authorizing  the 
commonwealth  to  donate  thirty-six  hundred  acres  of  public  lands  to  the  four  heirs 
of  Captain  Felix  A.  Richardson,  who  had  died  that  the  cause  of  freedom  might  live. 
This  land  in  many  instances  had  been  taken  up,  without  title,  by  others  and  after  many 
years  of  litigation  to  establish  the  claim  of  the  heirs  was  at  last  all  disposed  of.  Mrs. 
Jane  McMurtry  (Steele)  Richardson  died  in  Glasgow,  Kentucky.  She  bore  her  hus- 
band four  children,  two  of  whom  are  still  living:  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Smith,  who  is  in 
her  eighty-fifth  year  and  a  resident  of  Hot  Springs,  South  Dakota;  and  Felix  Allen 
Richardson,   of  this   review. 

During  his  boyhood  and  youth  Felix  Allen  Richardson  attended  the  common 
schools  and  Urania  College  at  Glasgow,  graduating  from  the  latter  institution.  He  then 
entered  the  printing  establishment  of  his  stepfather,  his  mother  having  again  mar- 
ried. He  was  at  that  time  only  fourteen  years  of  age  but  he  quickly  learned  the  art 
of  typesetting,  and  having  become  a  full  fledged  compositor  and  thoroughly  acquainted 
with  all  the  details  of  the  print  shop,  he  was  given  entire  charge  of  the  establishment, 
which  he  directed  during  the  next  two  years.  His  executive  ability  and  knowledge 
of  detail  enabled  him  to  conduct  the  shop  along  remunerative  lines  and  his  efforts 
resulted  in  three  thousand  dollars  profit  annually,  greatly  to  his  satisfaction.  He 
continued  to  follow  the  printer's  trade  until  1861.  when  he  had  commenced  the  study 
of  law;  but  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  coming  on  he  closed  up  his  legal  studies  and 
went  into  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  and  was  appointed  deputy  provost 
marshal  of  the  Third  District  of  Kentucky,  and  remained  in  said  service  for  about 
two  and  one-half  years.  When  the  war  was  practically  over  he  resigned  his  position 
and  was  appointed  deputy  post  master  of  Glasgow,  which  position  he  held  for  nearly 
six  years.     During  his  military  service  he  conducted  two  drafts  for  the  United  States 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  541 

army.  On  May  12,  1873,  he  came  to  Denver  to  regain  his  health,  which  was  quite 
impaired;  and  so  well  did  the  high  altitude  and  climate  agree  with  Mr.  Richardson 
that  he  and  his  wife  never  returned  to  their  old  home  to  reside  there  permanently, 
although  he  has  heen  to  Kentucky  on  thirty-two  occasions,  always  receiving  a  royal 
welcome  from  the  townsfolk.  The  Glasgow  Times  always  received  him  with  an  article 
of  welcome  and  on  various  occasions  has  written  about  Mr.  Richardson  as  one  of  the 
most  respected  sons  of  the  city.  After  having  made  Denver  his  home  for  one  year 
in  order  to  regain  his  health,  he  decided  to  stay,  and  upon  recommendation  of  his 
friend.  Governor  Elbert,  was  appointed  to  a  position  in  the  Denver  post  office,  which 
he  faithfully  and  efficiently  filled  for  ten  years.  He  then  received  an  appointment  in 
the  United  States  mint  at  Denver  and  in  that  capacity  he  remained  until  1886,  when 
he  was  appointed  bailiff  and  librarian  of  the  state  supreme  court  of  Colorado.  The 
appointment  was  made  by  Supreme  Court  Justice  Elbert.  Mr.  Richardson  has  filled 
the  position  of  librarian  ever  since,  earning  the  high  encomiums  of  the  justices 
of  the  court.  He  is  careful  and  systematic  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  and  as 
librarian  has  instituted  valuable  measures,  improving  the  cataloguing  of  records,  books, 
etc.  He  is  well  fitted  for  the  position  and  his  faithfulness  is  rewarded  by  the  appre- 
ciation of  his  work.  He  is  today  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  positions  of  this 
character  in  the  country. 

In  1866,  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Richardson 
and  Miss  Mary  Ellen  Reader,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Parker  Reader  and  Katherine 
Wilkinson  Boggs  Reader.  The  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Richardson,  John  Reader,  was  one 
of  those  patriots  who  participated  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  was  a  member  of 
Captain  William  Tucker's  Company,  First  Regiment,  Hunterdon  County,  New  Jersey 
Militia,  also  a  member  of  Captain  John  Mott's  Company,  same  regiment,  during  the 
revolutionary  war.  Mr.  Richardson  is  faithfully  devoted  to  the  republican  party,  which 
he  has  ever  supported.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Christian  church  and  he  takes 
active'  part  in  its  work.  He  belongs  to  the  Pioneers  Society  and  is  a  member  of 
Typographical  Union.  No.  49,  having  been  admitted  in  February,  1874.  He  stands 
high  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  having  for  fifty-two  years  been  an 
honored  member  of  United  Lodge  No.  4.  Mr.  Richardson  is  interested  in  the  cause 
of  education  not  only  of  children  but  also  of  the  grown-ups,  and  thoroughly  believing 
in  the  great  value  of  libraries,  has  given  one  thousand  volumes  out  of  his  home  col- 
lection to  the  public  library  of  Glasgow,  his  native  town.  This  act  of  kindness  has 
been  highly  appreciated  there,  and  although  it  was  hard  for  Mr.  Richardson  to  part 
from  some  of  these  books,  which  were  like  his  old  friends  to  him,  he  has  done  so  gladly, 
for  he  knows  that  now  hundreds  of  his  home  folks  will  have  the  benefit  of  them.  He 
has  always  participated  in  progressive  movements  undertaken  in  the  interest  of  his 
adopted  city,  where  he  has  many  friends  among  the  high  oflJcials  of  the  state  as  well  as 
among  the  public,  all  of  whom  unite  in  speaking  of  him  with  the  greatest  respect  and 
esteem,  thoroughly  admiring  his  qualities  of  character  and  heart.  In  his  particular 
sphere  of  work  he  stands  as  one  of  the  foremost  and  efficient  men  of  the  nation,  and 
many  of  the  systems  which  he  has  introduced  in  regard  to  library  work  and  as  regards 
the  duties  of  court  librarian  have  been  adopted  by  officers  in  similar  positions  in  other 
parts  of  the  country. 


OWEN  KILKER. 


A  splendidly  irrigated  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  was  once  the  property 
of  Owen  Kilker,  who  was  actively  and  prominently  identified  with  agricultural  Interests 
in  Boulder  county.  He  was  born  in  Ireland  in  May,  1842,  and  was  brought  to  America 
when  a  little  lad  of  but  six  years  by  his  parents,  who  established  the  family  home  In 
Indiana.  Later  they  removed  to  Colorado  and  both  his  father  and  mother  passed  away 
in  Denver. 

Owen  Kilker  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  no  events  of  special  importance 
occurred  to  vary  the  routine  of  life  for  him  in  his  boyhood  days.  He  was  married 
in  Kansas  to  Miss  Bridget  Lavell,  a  native  of  Ireland  and  a  daughter  of  Anthony  and 
Rose  (Kennedy)  Lavell.  who  were  also  natives  of  the  Emerald  isle.  The  mother 
there  passed  away  and  the  father  and  daughter  afterward  came  to  America  in  the 
year  1846.  Mr.  Lavell  eventually  passed  away  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Kilker,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years. 

It  was   subsequent   to   his   marriage   that   Mr.   Kilker   came   to   Colorado   and    pur- 


542  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

chased  the  land  upon  which  his  widow  now  resides.     He  lived   thereon  for  about  six- 
teen years  and  passed  away  on  the  old  homestead   in   1894. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kilker  were  horn  nine  children:  Mary,  now  the  wife  of  George 
Ellsberry;  Mrs.  Agnes  (Kilker)  Gorman,  who  died  at  the  age  of  forty-five  years; 
John;  Michael,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twelve  years;  Anthony;  Eugene;  one  who 
died  in  infancy;  James;  and  Patrick  H.  The  sons  now  farm  the  land  which  is  still 
owned  by  Mrs.  Kilker — an  excellent  farm  property  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  all 
of  which  is  under  the  ditch  and  has  been  Improved  with  good  buildings.  In  fact  this 
is  one  of  the  attractive  farms  of  the  district  and  the  name  of  Kilker  has  become  a 
synonym  for  enterprise  and  progressiveness  in  relation  to  the  development  of  the 
farming    interests    of   Boulder   county. 


JOHN  DONALDSON  FLEMING. 

John  Donaldson  Fleming,  dean  of  the  School  of  Law  of  the  University  of  Colorado, 
was  born  in  the  village  of  Elizaville  in  Fleming  county,  Kentucky,  in  1852,  and  is  a 
representative  of  an  old  and  distinguished  southern  family.  The  branch  of  the  family 
to  which  he  belongs  and  all  of  the  Flemings  in  Fleming  county,  Kentucky,  who  spell 
their  name  with  one  "m,"  are  of  Scotch  origin,  probably  Scotch-Irish.  The  founder  of 
the  family  came  from  the  County  of  Wigton,  on  the  southwest  coast  of  Scotland,  about 
opposite  Belfast.  Ireland,  and  settled  near  Jamestown,  Virginia,  so  tradition  says,  in 
the  year  1616.  This  is  also  the  statement  of  a  very  old  record  still  preserved.  That 
was  only  nine  years  after  the  first  English  settlement  at  Jamestown  and  more  than 
three  hundred  years  ago.  This  Virginia  immigrant  was  known  as  Sir  Thomas  Fleming, 
second  son  of  the  Earl  of  Wigton.  The  earldom  was  created  by  King  James  VI  of  Scot- 
land, who  became  James  I  of  England.  The  family  was  never  wealthy  and  perhaps  by 
the  time  the  second  son  started  for  the  new  world  was  practically  impoverished,  his 
chief  possession  probably  being  his  title,  to  which  he  succeeded  perhaps  on  the  death 
of  his  elder  brother.     The  family  was  of  Protestant  faith. 

Sir  Thomas  Fleming  removed  from  Jamestown  to  New  Kent  county,  Virginia,  where 
his  remaining  days  were  passed.  In  England  he  married  a  Miss  Tarlton  and  left, 
besides  several  daughters,  in  Virginia,  three  sons — Tarlton,  John  and  Charles.  An 
article  in  the  Virginia  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography,  entitled  "Ancestors  and 
Descendants  of  John  Rolph,  with  Notices  of  Connected  Families,"  states  that  the  date 
ascribed  to  Sir  Thomas'  advent  in  Virginia  (1616)  is  certainly  too  early.  The  New 
Kent  records  are  totally  destroyed;  but  if  it  is  impossible  to  confirm  the  "old  record" 
as  to  the  date  of  his  first  settlement,  it  is  a  fact  that  his  two  sons,  John  and  Charles, 
were  living  in  New  Kent  in  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century,  and  this  Charles 
Fleming  was  the  progenitor  of  the  branch  of  the  family  to  which  John  Donaldson 
Fleming  belongs.  He  possessed  estates  in  New  Kent  and  in  King  and  Queen  counties 
and  in  Goochland  county.  He  married  and  had  several  daughters  and  a  son,  John,  who 
was  born  in  1697  and  died  in  1756.  This  John  Fleming  wedded  Mary  Boiling  and  they 
had  numerous  sons  and  daughters.  John  Fleming  lived  at  Mount  Pleasant,  on  the 
James,  in  what  was  part  of  Goochland  county  but  later  became  Cumberland  and  is  now 
Powhatan  county.  His  eldest  child,  John  Fleming,  known  as  Colonel  John  Fleming, 
was  a  lawyer  and  a  friend  of  Patrick  Henry  and  assisted  the  latter  in  the  Virginia 
legislature  in  securing  the  passage  of  the  famous  autitax-stamp  resolutions.  He 
became  the  father  of  the  first  Kentucky  immigrant  of  tiie  name,  who  founded  Fleming 
county — Colonel  John  Fleming,  who  was  the  great-grandfather  of  Professor  Fleming  of 
this  review.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  more  definite  record  concerning  him  is  not  obtain- 
able, but  British  and  Indian  depredations  in  Virginia,  the  destruction  of  public,  parish 
and  private  records  during  the  Civil  war,  the  ordinary  vicissitudes  of  time,  the  care- 
lessness or  indifference  of  the  pioneer  settlers,  and  the  American  disregard  of  pedigree 
generally,  have  all  contributed  to  the  inability  of  most  Americans  to  point  to  complete 
documentary  evidence.  An  early  historian  of  Collins,  Kentucky,  speaking  of  John 
Fleming,  the  founder  of  Fleming  county.  Kentucky,  says:  "The  witnesses  of  his  life, 
like  the  fabled  leaves  of  the  Sibyl's  prophecy,  have  been  so  scattered  by  the  hand  of 
death  that  it  is  impossible  to  give  any  save  the  following  incidents";  and  then  he  pro- 
ceeds to  give  an  account  of  the  encounter  with  the  Indians  at  Battle  Run,  where  Colonel 
Fleming  received  the  wound  which  ultimately  resulted  in  his  death;  and  a  few  other 
adventures.  Colonel  Fleming  was  married  in  1788  to  Mrs.  Lucy  Donaldson  nee  Pettitt, 
a  widow,  and  they  became  parents  of  three  sons,  William,  John  and  Thomas.  The  last 
named  was  the  grandfather  of  Professor  Fleming  of  this  review.     He  married  Kerrilla 


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544  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Paris  and  to  them  w-ere  born  a  son  and  a  daughter,  John  Faris  and  Mary,  who  after- 
ward became  the  wife  of  Thomas  R.  Botts,  of  Flemingsburg,  Kentucky.  For  his  second 
wife  Thomas  Fleming  wedded  Emily  Goddard  and  their  children  were:  William; 
Judith;    Margaret,   who  became  Mrs.  Hutchcraft;    Lucy;    and   Ella. 

John  Faris  Fleming,  born  in  Fleming  county,  Kentucky,  in  1814,  was  a  surgeon 
of  the  Tenth  Kentucky  Cavalry  in  tl-.e  Union  army  during  the  Civil  v/ar  in  1864  and 
1865.  He  was  graduated  in  medicine  from  the  old  Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine 
and  practiced  his  profession  in  Fleming  county,  Kentucky,  for  sixty  years.  He  was 
there  married  to  Sallie  Ann  Vaughan  and  to  them  were  born  three  children:  Lucy 
Ann,  who  became  the  wife  of  C.  W.  Darnall,  of  MaysviUe,  and  had  five  children — Sally 
Vaughan,  Anna,  Thomas,  Florence  and  John,  but  the  last  named  died  in  infancy; 
Thomas  W..  of  Fort  Scott,  Kansas,  who  married  Sallie  Kirk,  and  had  two  sons,  Charles 
tind  John;  and  Charles  Ernest,  of  Elizaville,  Kentucky,  who  married  Anna  Berry  and 
had  two  children,  Mary  Louise  and  Ernest.  Following  the  death  of  his  first  wife  John 
Faris  Fleming  was  married  to  Amelia  Perrin  Anderson  and  their  only  child  is  John 
Donaldson  Fleming  of  this  review.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  1852  and 
Mr.  Fleming  afterward  wedded  Mary  Jane  Stuart,  by  whom  he  had  four  children: 
James  Stuart,  who  died  in  California;  Sally  Ann,  of  Carlisle,  who  married  Frank 
Congleton,  of  Carlisle,  Kentucky;  George  Watson  Andrews,  of  Pleasant  Valley,  Kentucky, 
who  married  Miss  Robinson  of  Nicholas;  and  Mary,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twelve  years. 
The  death  of  the  father  occurred  in  1890. 

John  Donaldson  Fleming,  reared  upon  the  home  farm  in  Fleming  county,  Kentucky, 
to  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  attended  the  country  schools  and  also  a  classical  academy 
conducted  by  the  Rev.  James  P.  Hendrick,  a  Presbyterian  minister,  in  Flemingsburg, 
the  county  seat  of  Fleming  county,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1871.  He  after- 
ward became  a  student  in  Centre  College  of  Kentucky  at  Danville,  where  he  won  his 
Bachelor  of  Arts  degree  upon  graduation  with  the  class  of  1875,  on  which  occasion  he 
received  the  John  M.  Harlan  prize  for  proficiency  in  English  composition.  He  sub- 
sequently took  up  the  profession  of  teaching  and  after  serving  as  tutor  in  the  college 
for  a  year  became  connected  with  the  Boys'  High  School  at  Louisville,  his  salary  there 
enabling  him  to  pay  for  his  previous  educational  training  and  to  meet  his  expenses 
while  studying  law.  He  was  instructor  in  Latin  and  GreeK  in  the  Boys'  High  School 
until  1879  and  during  that  period  he  also  pursued  law  studies  in  the  law  school  of  the 
University  of  Louisville,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1878.  After  severing  his 
connection  with  the  Boys'  High  School  he  entered  the  Uiiiversity  of  Virginia  at  Char- 
lottesville, where  he  pursued  a  postgraduate  law  course  under  Professor  John  B.  Minor, 
which  he  completed  in  1879.  Immediately  afterward  he  removed  westward  to  Colorado 
and  took  up  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Leadville,  entering  the  law  office  of  James 
Y.  Marshall.  For  the  first  three  years  of  his  residence  in  Leadville  he  was  also  manager 
of  the  Robert  E.  Lee  Mining  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Marshall  was  the  president.  In 
1883  he  was  elected  mayor  of  the  city,  which  then  con'ained  a  population  of  thirty 
thousand,  and  in  1886  he  was  appointed  to  the  office  of  city  solicitor,  which  position  he 
filled  for  one  term.  In  1889  he  was  appointed  by  President  Harrison  to  the  position 
of  United  States  attorney  for  Colorado  and  served  for  one  term.  Having  removed  to 
Denver,  he  entered  upon  the  private  practice  of  law  on  the  expiration  of  his  official 
service  and  enjoyed  a  distinctively  representative  practice  until  1903,  when  he  was 
appointed  to  the  position  of  dean  of  the  School  of  Law  of  the  University  of  Colorado 
at  Boulder.  For  some  years  prior  to  this  time  he  had  been  a  lecturer  at  the  law  school 
on  a  special  topic  and  since  1903  has  chiefly  given  his  attention  to  the  administrative 
work  of  the  law  department  and  to  his  duties  as  professor  of  law,  although  he  has  not 
withdrawn  entirely  from  practice  as  an  attorney.  In  1912  he  was  appointed  to  the 
chair  of  the  Thomson  professorship  of  law  of  the  State  University  at  Boulder,  a  foun- 
dation due  to  the  bounty  of  the  widow  of  Judge  Charles  I.  Thomson,  and  from  the 
Central  University  of  Kentucky,  his  alma  mater,  he  has  received  the  honorary  LL.  D. 
degree.  While  Professor  Fleming  has  made  the  practice  of  law  and  his  work  as  an 
instructor  the  chief  features  of  his  life  of  intense  and  well  directed  activity,  he  has  also 
continued  in  the  mining  field  to  some  extent  as  a  director  of  uie  Allegheny  Mining 
Company  of  Leadville  and  the  Gold  King  Extension  Mining  Company  of  San  Juan 
county,  Colorado. 

On  the  27th  of  August,  1890,  in  Danville,  Kentucky,  Professor  Fleming  was  married 
to  Miss  Elizabeth  Keith  Stodghill,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  (Smith)  Stodghill. 
Their  children  are  as  follows.  William  Donaldson,  who  was  born  in  1892,  was  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Colorado  in  1913  and  from  the  medical  school  of  the  University 
of  Colorado  in  1917,  while  at  the  present  time  he  is  serving  with  the  rank  of  first  lieu- 
tenant in  the  medical  corps  of  the  United  States  regular  army,  upon  the  staff  of  the 


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Walter  Reed  General  Hospital  at  Washington.  Marjorie  Elizabeth  was  graduated  in 
1916  from  the  University  of  Colorado  and  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
society  the  same  year.  In  1918  she  went  to  Washington  to  engage  in  war  work  for  the 
government.  The  youngest  of  the  family,  Nancy  Amelia,  was  graduated  from  the 
Boulder  high  school  with  the  class  of  June,  1916,  and  is  now  a  junior  in  the  University 
of  Colorado  at  Boulder. 

Dr.  Fleming  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views.  He  belongs  to  the  Phi  Delta 
Theta  fraternity  and  he  was  one  of  the  founders  and  charter  members  of  the  Denver 
Club  and  also  of  the  University  Club  of  Denver.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Episcopal  church.  It  would  be  tautological  in  this  connection  to  enter  into  any  series 
of  statements  as  showing  him  to  be  a  man  of  broad  scholarly  attainments,  for  this  has 
been  shadowed  forth  between  the  lines  of  this  review.  His  advancement  has  been  the 
direct  result  of  an  earnestness  of  purpose  that  has  never  faltered  in  the  face  of  diffi- 
culties or  obstacles,  while  high  ideals  have  actuated  him  at  every  point  in  his  career 
and  are  constituting  a  most  important  element  in  the  development  of  the  School  of 
Law  of  the  University  of  Colorado,  which  through  the  efforts  of  Dr.  Fleming  and  his 
associates  has  been  placed  on  a  par  with  thi*oldest  law  schools  of  the  country.  In  1915 
Dr.  Fleming  was  elected  president  of  the  Colorado  Bar  Association  and  ably  served  in 
that  capacity  for  one  term. 


HENRY   R.    DEERING. 


Henry  R.  Deering,  the  period  of  whose  residence  in  Washington  county  covers  a 
quarter  of  a  century,  has  been  actively  identified  with  farming  and  stock  raising  inter- 
ests there  since  attaining  his  majority,  now  owning  three  quarter  sections  of  valuable 
land  and  also  an  additional  tract  of  eighty  acres.  His  home  is  on  section  25,  eight  miles 
northwest  of  Yuma.  His  birth  occurred  in  Grafton,  Nebraska,  on  the  23d  of  December, 
1885,  his  parents  being  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Glantz)  Deering.  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Russia.  On  crossing  the  Atlantic  to  the  new  world  they  first  located  at  Sutton, 
Nebraska,  and  later  removed  to  Grafton,  that  state,  where  Mr.  Deering  devoted  his  at- 
tention to  general  agricultural  pursuits  until  about  1S93.  He  then  made  his  way  west- 
ward to  Washington  county,  Colorado,  and  here  took  up  a  homestead  which  he  success- 
fully operated  throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life,  passing  away  in  September,  1911, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years.  His  wife,  surviving  him  for  a  number  of  years,  was 
called  to  her  final  rest  on  the  19th  of  August,  1917.  at  the  age  of  sixty-six.  Their  loss 
was  deeply  regretted,  for  they  had  gained  many  warm  friends  during  the  period  of  their 
residence  in  this  state.  Henry  Deering  had  followed  farming  in  Russia,  prior  to  his 
emigration  to  the  United  States,  and  was  widely  recognized  as  an  able  and  industrious 
agriculturist. 

Henry  R.  Deering  acquired  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Nebraska  and  of  Wash- 
ington county,  Colorado,  being  a  lad  of  but  eight  years  when  he  came  with  his  parents 
to  this  state.  He  remained  at  home  until  twenty-four  years  of  age  but  prior  to  this 
time,  on  attaining  his  majority,  he  took  up  a  homestead  claim  which  he  improved  and 
to  the  operation  of  which  he  has  since  given  his  attention.  To  the  original  tract  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  he  has  added  by  purchase  until  his  holdings  now  embrace  three 
quarter  sections  of  rich  and  productive  land  and  also  another  tract  comprising  eighty 
acres.  In  connection  with  the  cultivation  of  cereals  he  devotes  considerable  attention 
to  the  raising  of  pure  bred  stock,  including  Hereford  cattle  and  Percheron  horses,  in 
which  branch  of  his  business  he  has  been  very  successful,  making  his  start  on  the  open 
range  before  the  country  was  fenced.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers'  Equity  Union 
and  the  Farmers'  Cooperative  Elevator  Company,  both  of  Yuma,  and  enjoys  a  well 
merited  reputation  as  one  of  the  representative  and  prosperous  young  agriculturists  of 
his  community. 

On  the  26th  of  November.  1908,  Mr.  Deering  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Belle  S. 
Strong,  who  was  born  at  Burr,  Nebraska,  in  May,  1883,  a  daughter  of  George  and  Sophia 
(Edwards)  Strong,  who  were  natives  of  Ohio  and  Missouri  respectively.  The  father, 
a  farmer  by  occupation,  served  for  three  years  during  the  Civil  war  with  the  Guards 
of  Trumbull  county,  Ohio.  Soon  after  the  close  of  hostilities  between  the  north  and  the 
south  he  settled  in  Otoe  county,  Nebraska,  where  he  secured  a  tract  of  land  and  devoted 
his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits  for  many  years.  At  length,  however,  he  put 
aside  the  active  work  of  the  fields  and  removed  to  Peru,  Nebraska,  there  spending  the 
remainder  of  his  life  in  honorable  retirement.  He  passed  away  in  September.  1908, 
and  is  still  survived  by  his  widow,  who  yet  makes  her  home  in  Peru,  Nebraska.  Mr. 
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546  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  Mrs.  Deering  are  the  parents  of  two  children:   H.  Lloyd,  who  was  born  October  15, 
1909;  and  Raymond  P.,  \5h0se  birth  occurred  on  the  4th  of  June,  1912. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Deering  is  independent,  supporting  men  and  measures 
rather  than  party.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  to  the 
teachings  of  which  he  faithfully  adheres.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  widely  and  favorably 
known  in  Washington  county,  where  the  circle  of  their  friends  is  almost  coextensive 
with  the  circle  of  their  acquaintance. 


WILLIAM  JAMES  DOXLOX,  M.  D. 

Dr.  William  James  Donlon.  of  Denver,  who  limits  his  practice  to  the  treatment  of  dis- 
eases of  the  eye,  ear.  nose  and  throat,  in  which  branch  of  professional  service  he  has 
attained  marked  skill  and  efficiency,  was  born  in  Hudsonville,  Michigan,  July  18,  1879,  a 
son  of  John  E.  and  Elizabeth  (Barker)  Donlon.  The  father,  a  native  of  Rochester,  New 
York,  is  now  engaged  in  the  produce  business  at  Pueblo,  wliere  for  some  years  the  family 
have  made  their  home.  In  fact,  they  removed  to  Colorado  in  1880,  at  which  time  Dr.  Don- 
lon was  but  a  year  old.  He  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  scliools  of  Las  Animas.  Colo- 
rado, completing  a  high  school  course  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1898.  He  determined 
upon  the  practice  of  medicine  as  a  lite  work  and  to  that  end  entered  the  Rush  Jledical 
College  of  Chicago,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1902  with  the  JI.  D.  degree.  He 
afterward  did  hospital  work  in  Chicago  as  an  interne  in  Kedzie  Hospital  for  two  years, 
gaining  that  broad  knowledge  and  practical  experience  which  can  never  be  acquired  so 
quickly  in  any  other  way  as  in  hospital  work.  He  then  located  for  the  private  practice 
of  medicine  in  Chicago,  where  he  continued  for  two  years,  after  which  he  returned  to 
Colorado,  where  he  remained  for  a  time.  Later  he  opened  an  office  in  Mount  Pleasant, 
Iowa,  where  he  was  located  for  a  few  years,  and  for  several  years  he  resided  in  Chicago, 
where  in  his  practice  he  specialized  in  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear.  nose  and 
throat.  He  did  post-graduate  work  in  the  Chicago  Charitable  Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat 
Dispensary  and  Clinics  and  the  Chicago  Charitable  Hebrew  Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat 
Dispensary.  He  also  took  a  course  in  the  Chicago  Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat  College  and 
pursued  his  investigations  and  studies  in  the  Rush  Medical  Dispensary  and  Clinics  and 
the  Kansas  City  Charitable  Dispensary  and  Clinics.  In  1917  he  opened  an  office  in  Den- 
ver, where  he  is  now  practicing.  He  is  a  member  of  the  medical  staff  of  the  City  and 
County  Hospital  and  his  professional  colleagues  and  contemporaries  speak  of  him  as 
one  of  marked  ability  in  the  field  of  his  specialty. 

In  1903  Dr.  Donlon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lucia  Ross,  of  Easton,  Illinois, 
and  they  have  one  daughter,  Lucia  Joan,  three  years  of  age.  The  parents  are  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  Dr.  Donlon  has  held  membership  with  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  interested  in  all  those 
forces  which  work  for  community  betterment  and  for  patriotic  support  of  the  country, 
but  he  has  never  at  any  time  sought  or  desired  public  office,  preferring  instead  to  give  his 
time  and  energies  to  his  professional  duties',  which  have  constantly  grown  in  volume  and 
importance.  He  recognizes  fully  the  obligations  and  responsibilities  that  devolve  upon 
him  in  professional  connections  and  is  constantly  studying  to  advance  his  skill,  keeping 
at  all  times  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  thought  and  the  latest  scientific  research 
that  has  to  do  with  his  special  field  of  practice. 


HARLON   B.   PERSONS. 

Harlon  B.  Persons,  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Wellington,  was  born  in 
Bradford  county,  Pennsylvania.  October  7,  1890.  He  is  therefore  one  of  the  younger 
representatives  of  financial  interests  in  the  state  but  has  already  made  for  himself  a 
creditable  place  in  banking  circles.  He  is  a  son  of  Winfield  M.  and  Rose  Alice  (Woods) 
Persons,  who  are  natives  of  New  York.  The  father  was  a  commercial  man  of  New  York 
for  many  years,  going  there  in  early  life  and  residing  there  for  an  extended  period  or 
until  he  removed  to  Nebraska,  where  he  engaged  in  the  horse  business  for  about  seven 
years,  at  Norfolk.  In  October,  1916,  he  removed  to  Wellington,  Colorado,  where  he  is 
now  living  retired,  and  his  wife  is  also  living. 

Harlon  B.  Persons  was  reared  and  educated  in  Waverly,  New  York,  and  in  Aurora. 
Illinois.      Subsequently    he    continued    his    studies    in    the    Elgin    Academy    at    Elgin, 


DR.   WILLIAM  J.   DONLON 


548  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Illinois.  He  began  reading  law  at  Aurora.  Illinois,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  for 
about  two  years,  after  which  he  occupied  the  position  of  accountant  with  a  telephone 
company  for  some  time.  He  afterward  removed  to  Norfolk,  Nebraska,  and  spent  a  year 
as  bookkeeper  in  the  Norfolk  National  Bank.  He  later  became  assistant  eashier  of 
the  Monowi  State  Bank  at  Monowi.  Nebraska,  continuing  with  that  institution  for 
five  years.  In  December,  1915,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  established  the  First  State  Bank 
of  Nederland  in  Boulder  county  and  served  as  its  cashier  until  July  10,  1916,  when  he 
sold  his  interests  there  and  removed  to  Wellington,  purchasing  stock  in  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank,  of  which  he  has  since  been  the  cashier,  with  W.  L.  Tanner  as  president, 
W.  L.  Hauptli  and  Arthur  J.  Piatt  as  vice  presidents.  The  bank  is  capitalized  for 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  has  a  surplus  of  eight  thousand  dollars  and  undivided 
profits  of  thirty-five  hundred  dollars,  while  its  deposits  amount  to  one  hundred  and 
eighty-five  thousand  dollars.  This  bank  was  organized  in  1905  and  entered  upon  a 
prosperous  existence,  its  business  having  steadily  grown  as  the  years  have  passed  by. 
Mr.  Persons  also  has  farming  interests  in  his  section  of  the  state. 

On  the  14th  of  May,  1912,  Mr.  Persons  was  married  to  Miss  Vera  B.  McCoy,  a 
daughter  of  H.  L.  and  Flora  (Gaskill)  McCoy.  The  father  spent  his  boyhood  days  at 
Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa,  and  the  mother  was  reared  in  Nebraska.  Mr.  McCoy  was  a  lum- 
ber dealer  and  farmer  of  the  latter  state,  to  which  he  removed  in  early  manhood.  There 
he  took  up  a  homestead  and  is  still  the  owner  thereof,  although  at  the  present  time  he 
is  living  retired  from  active  business,  residing  at  Hastings.  His  wife  passed  away  in 
August,  1910.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Persons  have  been  born  two  children:  Landon  Monroe, 
born  July  6,  1915;  and  Kenneth  Claire,  born  July  12,  1917. 

Mr.  Persons  has  always  given  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He 
is  the  present  town  treasurer  of  Wellington  and  previously  served  as  town  clerk  at 
Monowi.  Nebraska.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  his  religious  faith  is 
that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church— associations  which  indicate  the  nature  of  his 
interests  and  the  rules  which  govern  his  conduct  in  all  of  his  relations  with  his  fellow- 


HARRY  E.  CHURCHILL. 


For  thirty-two  years  Harry  E.  Churchill  has  been  connected  with  the  legal  fraternity 
of  Greeley  and  has  made  for  himself  an  enviable  position  among  his  colleagues,  being 
accounted  one  of  the  most  successful  counselors  and  pleading  attorneys  in  his  part  of 
the  state.  He  was  born  in  Benton  county,  Iowa,  July  16,  1861.  a  son  of  Almon  C.  and 
Anna  (Lovejoy)  Churchill,  natives  of  Vermont.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  stook 
raiser  in  Vermont,  but  in  1849  gave  up  this  business  in  order  to  proceed  to  California 
to  join  the  gold  seekers.  He  subsequently  returned  to  Vermont  and  later  came  west, 
locating  in  Benton  county,  Iowa,  in  1855,  and  there  he  bought  land  which  he  operated 
for  some  time.  He  then  removed  to  Linn  county,  that  state,  and  there  followed  agri- 
cultural pursuits  for  the  balance  of  his  life.  He  died  in  1868,  being  long  survived  by 
his  widow,  who  passed  away  in  1892. 

Harry  E.  Churchill  was  reared  and  educated  In  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  where  he  at- 
tended Coe  College.  He  subsequently  entered  Western  College  at  Toledo.  Iowa,  and 
after  having  completed  his  education  became  deputy  auditor  and  subsequently  deputy 
county  treasurer  of  Tama  county.  This  occupation  brought  him  in  close  contact  with 
the  legal  profession  and  he  decided  to  study  law  and  make  this  line  of  work  his  life 
profession.  In  1886  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Red  Cloud,  Nebraska,  practicing  there 
for  a  short  time.  In  the  same  year,  however,  he  decided  to  remove  farther  westward 
and  came  to  Greeley,  Weld  county,  where  he  has  ever  since  been  located.  He  enjoys  a 
very  large  clientage,  having  successfully  handled  a  number  of  important  cases  which 
have  brought  him  prominently  before  the  public.  He  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of 
the  bar  and  the  courts  and  is  considered  one  of  the  best  informed  lawyers  in  his  part  of 
the  state  All  his  life  he  has  remained  a  student  and  is  thoroughly  read  on  legal  prece- 
dent. He  never  enters  the  court  room  without  being  well  prepared  and  on  account  of 
this  and  his  logical  reasoning  is  well  able  to  combat  any  arguments  which  may  come 
from  the  opposing  side.  His  services  have  been  retained  in  a  great  many  cases  of  more 
than  local  reputation  and  he  well  deserves  the  success  which  he  has  achieved,  not  only 
on  account  of  his  professional  ability,  but  because  of  the  honorable  principles  which 
underlie  his  professional  conduct. 

Mr.  Churchill  has  extensive  farming  interests.  He  has  also  in  lesser  degree  inter- 
ested himself  In  mining  and  the  oil  business  and  owns  a  large  amount  of  stock  in  enter- 


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prises  of  that  character.  In  copper  mines  he  has  made  heavy  Investments,  the  proper- 
ties in  which  he  is  interested  being  mostly  located  in  Arizona  and  Mexico.  He  was 
for  many  years  a  republican,  but  now  gives  his  support  to  the  democratic  party  and 
has  been  a  delegate  to  the  last  two  democratic  national  conventions.  His  religious 
faith  is  that  of  the  Congregational  church  and  he  is  interested  in  the  moral  progress 
of  his  community.  Although  his  oil  interests  are  extensive  and  his  work  demands  most 
of  his  time  he  has  been  ever  ready  to  lend  help  to  those  projects  which  have  for  their 
purpose  the  upbuilding  of  community,  county  and  commonwealth  and  by  his  activities 
and  financial  help  has  made  possible  the  realization  of  a  number  of  enterprises  which 
have  proven  of  great  general  benefit.  He  is  the  president  of  the  Iowa  Society,  which 
numbers  thirteen  hundred  members,  and  is  very  popular  in  its  ranks.  Many  are  the 
friends  whom  Harry  E.  Churchill  has  made  in  Greeley  and  all  who  intimately  know 
him  speak  of  him  in  the  highest  terms  of  commendation,  admiring  not  alone  his 
achievements  but  the  qualities  of  character  which  are  the  foundation  of  his  well  merited 
success. 


JUSTICE    B.    SMITH. 


Among  the  honored  pioneers  of  Boulder  county  and  among  its  venerable  citizens  is 
Justice  B.  Smith,  who  has  now  passed  his  eighty-first  birthday  but  is  still  active  in  the 
operation  of  important  farming  interests,  giving  particular  attention  to  the  live  stock 
business,  along  which  line  he  has  attained  remarkable  success.  All  of  his  neighbors, 
in  fact  all  of  the  residents  in  his  district,  honor  in  him  one  of  the  original  old  settlers, 
the  remainder  of  whom  have  now  practically  all  gone  to  that  better  land  whence  no 
traveler  returns.  His  long  years  of  arduous  labor  have  resulted  in  a  prosperity  that  is 
richly  deserved  and  a  valuable  farm  property  on  section  24,  in  Boulder  county,  located 
about  seven  miles  northwest  of  Longmont,  stands  today  as  incontrovertible  proof  of 
what  may  be  attained  along  agricultural  lines  when  industry,  foresight,  business  ability 
and  experience  are  combined. 

Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  Michigan,  June  18,  1837,  a  son  of  Azial  and  Elizabeth  (Lowe) 
Smith,  the  former  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  The  father  was  also 
an  agriculturist  and  went  to  Michigan  when  that  part  of  the  United  States  was  still  a 
territory.  There  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  government  for  some  time,  having  been 
eighteen  years  of  age  when  he  set  out  upon  the  adventurous  trip  to  the  then  undeveloped 
middle  west.  Subsequently  he  acquired  land,  which  he  farmed  for  a  period,  but  in 
1847  he  migrated  to  Illinois,  where  for  five  years  he  was  again  engaged  along  agricul- 
tural lines.  In  1853  he  became  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  Iowa  and  for  ten  years,  or 
until  1863,  farmed  in  Butler  county,  coming  in  the  latter  year  to  Colorado.  Our  sub- 
ject had  preceded  him  by  three  years,  having  arrived  in  this  state  in  1860,  and  he  sub- 
sequently returned  to  Iowa  to  bring  his  father  to  the  new  home.  During  the  remainder 
of  his  life  Azial  Smith  made  his  home  with  our  subject  and  his  sister,  passing  away  in 
April,  1880.  He  had  survived  his  wife  for  about  four  years,  her  death  having  occurred 
in  1876. 

Justice  B.  Smith  was  largely  reared  and  educated  in  Illinois  but  also  attended 
school  in  Iowa  for  two  terms.  Having  thus  prepared  for  life's  ardous  and  responsible 
duties,  he  took  up  farming,  which  he  followed  in  Iowa  for  one  year,  but  in  1860  he 
decided  to  take  advantage  of  the  more  inviting  conditions  prevailing  in  a  newer  country 
and  therefore  came  to  Colorado,  locating  in  Blackhawk,  where  for  two  years  he  worked 
out  by  the  month.  He  then  went  down  to  the  plains  and  freighted  from  Omaha  to 
Denver  with  ox  teams  until  1866,  receiving  gratifying  returns  from  his  arduous  and 
often  dangerous  undertakings.  Those  were  yet  the  days  of  the  Indians  and  many  were 
the  hardships  and  difficulties  which  beset  those  who  were  engaged  in  that  line  of 
occupation.  Mr.  Smith  had  many  interesting  experiences  in  those  early  days  which 
would  be  of  interest  if  set  forth,  but  space  forbids.  In  1867  he  had  acquired  the  means 
which  permitted  him  to  rent  a  place  near  Boulder  and  in  1869  he  filed  on  his  present 
farm,  which  therefore  has  now  been  in  his  possession  tor  practically  a  half  century. 
However,  he  did  not  remove  to  the  property  until  1879.  In  almost  every  conceivable 
way  he  has  improved  his  farm  and  the  first  years  were  fraught  with  hardships,  but  he 
gradually  brought  his  acres  under  cultivation,  transforming  the  wild  land  into  pro- 
ductive fields.  However,  as  the  years  passed  his  Income  increased  and  he  acquired  more 
land  until  today  he  owns  two  hundred  acres.  His  buildings  are  modern  and  up-to-date 
equipment  has  been  installed  and  thus  he  has  made  his  farm  one  of  the  most  valuable 
of  the  neighborhood.    Besides  following  general  agricultural  pursuits  he  has  given  con- 


550  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

siderable  attention  to  stock  raising  and  also  has  been  successful  in  live  stock  dealing. 
He  now  feeds  about  a  hundred  head  of  cattle  per  year  and  has  sixty  head  of  calves. 
William  J.  Smith,  a  sou  of  our  subject,  is  in  partnership  with  his  father,  the  former 
giving  his  particular  attention  to  pure  bred  shorthorn  cattle,  along  which  line  he 
specializes,  in  fact  William  J.  Smith  has  largely  taken  over  the  management  of  the  place, 
in  which  capacity  he  has  now  acted  for  about  twenty  years,  thus  relieving  his  father 
of  the  more  arduous  duties  connected  with  farm  life. 

In  March,  1859,  Justice  B,  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Jane  Harris, 
a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Courtright)  Harris,  natives  of  New  York.  The 
father  was  an  Illinois  pioneer  and  one  of  the  first  settlers  upon  the  site  where  now 
stands  the  great  city  of  Chicago,  in  fact  his  eldest  daughter  was  the  first  white  child 
born  in  that  city.  Arrangements  were  made  to  have  her  attend  the  Chicago  World's 
Fair  in  1893,  but  unfortunately  her  demise  occurred  two  weeks  before  that  period.  Mr. 
Harris  was  at  one  time  a  very  wealthy  man,  but  subsequently  entering  the  banking 
business,  lost  his  fortune.  Greatly  disheartened  yet  unbroken,  he  summoned  up  his 
energy  and  settling  down  to  life's  purposes  once  more,  engaged  in  farming  in  Dekalb 
county,  there  spending  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  passed  awa\  in  1S63  and  his 
wife's  death  occurred  in  1859. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  of  this  review  became  the  parents  of  five  children:  Lewis 
Benjamin,  who  is  a  successful  farmer  located  in  the  southwestern  part  of  this  state; 
James  M.,  who  follows  agricultural  pursuits  in  the  Arkansas  valley  near  Ordway, 
Colorado:  Addle  S.,  the  widow  of  Albert  Ransom,  who  died  in  July,  1903,  Mrs.  Ransom 
now  making  her  home  at  Manitou,  Colorado;  John  A.,  who  died  in  November,  1877,  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  years:  and  William  J.,  who  is  now  so  ably  assisting  his  father, 
taking  charge  of  the  many  duties  in  connection  with  the  management  of  the  home 
property.  Mrs.  Smith  died  after  an  illness  of  two  months.  July  25.  1902,  after  forty- 
three  years  of  happy  married  life.  Her  memory  is  still  revered  by  many  who  had  the 
honor  of  her  acquaintance  and  remains  as  a  benediction  to  her  immediate  family. 

Mr.  Smith  has  ever  been  interested  in  public  movements  or  enterprises  undertaken 
for  the  development  and  growth  of  his  district  and  was  formerly  interested  in  and  a 
director  of  the  Longmont  Farmers  Mill  &  Elevator  Company,  which  in  fact  he  assisted 
in  organizing  and  building.  Now,  however,  he  has  sold  his  Interest.  He  is  not  a 
politician  in  the  commonly  accepted  sense  of  the  word  but  has  ever  been  a  true  adherent 
of  the  republican  party  and  sincerely  believes  in  the  republican  form  of  government 
as  the  one  most  conducive  to  the  best  practical  results.  His  religious  affiliation  is  with 
the  United  Brethren  church,  in  the  work  of  which  organization  he  is  helpfully  in- 
terested. Many  are  the  friends  of  Mr.  Smith  in  Boulder  county  and  in  Hygiene  and 
vicinity  there  are  practically  none  who  do  not  only  know  him  but  thoroughly  esteem 
in  him  an  honored  pioneer  and  one  of  those  who  early  in  the  history  of  the  state  here 
planted  the  seeds  of  civilization  which  have  grown  in  a  comparatively  speaking  unbe- 
lievably short  time  to  rich  fruition.  As  the  last  old  settler  of  his  district  he  is  entitled 
to  the  venerable  regard  in  which  he  is  generally  held  and  the  present  generation  by  thus 
honoring  him  only  repays  a  small  tithe  of  thanks  in  return  for  the  pioneering  which 
was  performed  unstintingly  and  under  hardships,  difficulties  and  dangers  which  can 
hardly  be  realized  by  those  who  enjoy  present  day  security  and  conveniences  here. 


CORNELIUS  AICHER. 


Cornelius  Aicher,  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of  Adams  county,  was  born  in  Germany, 
October  3.  1845.  a  son  of  Gabriel  and  Balbine  fLehr)  Aicher,  who  were  also  natives  of 
that  country,  where  they  spent  their  entire  lives.  They  reared  a  family  of  six  children, 
all  of  whom  are  yet  living. 

Cornelius  Aicher,  spending  his  youthful  days  in  his  native  country,  there  acquired 
his  education  and  in  1868,  when  a  young  man  of  about  twenty-three  years,  came  to  the 
new  world,  first  settling  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  where  he  lived  for  a  year.  He  next  removed 
to  ilarshall  county,  Iowa,  where  he  resided  until  1885  and  was  there  engaged  in  the 
cooperage  business  in  the  city  of  MarshalltOvvn.  In  1885  he  arrived  in  Colorado,  where 
he  became  identified  with  the  cattle  industry,  and  in  1900  he  purchased  the  farm 
whereon  he  now  resides,  comprising  eighty  acres  all  under  ditch.  He  has  since  greatly 
improved  this  property  through  the  erection  of  an  attractive  residence  acd  fine  barns 
and  outbuildings,  providing  ample  shelter  for  grain  and  stock.  He  uses  the  latest  im- 
proved machinery  to  facilitate  the  work  of  the  fields  and  everything  about  the  place  is 
indicative  of  his  thoroughness,  system  and  progressiveness. 


552  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

In  1873  Mr.  Aicher  was  married  to  Miss  Lena  Estel,  a  native  of  Germany,  and  to 
them  have  been  bom  seven  children:  Fred,  who  was  accidentally  killed  at  the  age  of 
fifteen  years;  George  E.,  a  farmer;  Charles  P.,  a  mining  engineer;  Louis  C.  and  Edward 
H.,  twins,  who  are  with  the  government  in  the  agricultural  department;  Mildred  A., 
the  wife  of  C.  M.  Welch,  of  Denver;  and  Albert  W.,  who  is  farming  with  his  father, 

Mr.  Aicher  is  a  member  of  the  Grange  and  is  interested  in  all  of  the  work  of  that 
organization  to  promote  knowledge  of  benefit  to  the  agriculturist.  His  political  sup- 
port is  given  the  democratic  party,  and  while  he  has  never  sought  or  held  political 
office,  he  has  served  on  the  school  board.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.  Mr.  Aicher  is  a  self-made  man  and  has  made  a  handsome  fortune 
since  coming  to  America. 


GEORGE  E.  HOSMER. 


George  E.  Hosmer,  collector  of  United  States  Customs  at  Denver,  was  born  near 
Onarga,  Iroquois  county.  Illinois,  March  10,  1867,  his  parents  being  George  W.  and 
Harriet  (Stocking)  Hosmer,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  state  of  New  York. 
They  went  to  Illinois  at  an  early  date,  having,  however,  resided  previously  for  a 
time  in  Ohio,  where  they  were  married.  Subsequently  they  removed  to  Michigan 
and  in  the  '60s  arrived  in  Illinois.  Their  next  westward  removal  took  them  to  Cedar 
Vale,  Chautauqua  county.  Kansas,  in  1871,  and  there  they  remained  throughout  the 
residue  of  their  days.  The  father  died  in  the  year  1894,  while  the  mother  passed, 
away  in  1916.  During  the  period  of  the  Civil  war  George  W.  Hosmer  enlisted  for 
active  service  at  the  front,  joining  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  Illinois  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  with  which  he  remained  for  three  years,  coming  out  of  the  war  as 
a  corporal.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  bom  four  children:  Mrs.  Viola  A.  Pulliam, 
living  at  Cedar  Vale,  Kansas;  Mrs.  Electa  Hams,  also  of  Cedar  Vale,  Kansas;  John 
P.,   living   at   Bald    Knob,   Arkansas;    and   George   E.,   of   this    review. 

In  early  life  George  E.  Hosmer  attended  the  public  schools  near  his  home  and 
afterward  became  a  student  in  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  of  Manhattan, 
Kansas.  In  March,  1887,  he  arrived  in  Colorado  and  settled  at  Springfield,  where  he 
established  the  Springfield  Beacon.  Prior  to  coming  to  Colorado  he  had  served  an 
apprenticeship  as  a  printer  in  Kansas.  At  length  he  sold  out  the  Beacon  and  went 
to  New  Mexico,  establishing  his  home  at  Springer,  where  he  began  the  publication 
of  the  Springer  Banner,  which  he  edited  and  owned  for  three  years.  He  then  re- 
turned to  Colorado  and  was  employed  on  the  Denver  News.  He  was  also  advertising 
manager  of  the  Field  and  Farm.  He  later  went  to  Trinidad,  Colorado,  where  for 
a  time  he  edited  the  Daily  Advertiser  and  later  purchased  the  paper,  which  he  suc- 
cessfully conducted  until  1904.  He  then  sold  that  journal  and  became  a  resident  of 
Fort  Morgan,  where  he  purchased  and  published  the  Herald,  conducting  it  success- 
fully  until   1914,   when   he   once   more   sold   out. 

In  1909  he  was  appointed  printing  commissioner  of  the  state,  while  also  con- 
ducting the  Herald.  In  1914  he  was  called  upon  for  further  public  service  in  an 
appointment  to  the  position  of  collector  of  United  States  Customs  for  Colorado,  which 
position  he  has  since  most  acceptably  and  capably  filled.  He  is  also  custodian  of 
the  United  States  Federal  building  in  Denver.  In  1915  he  was  chosen  to  serve  on 
the    executive   committee   of   the   Pioneer   Printers'    Association    of   Colorado. 

On  the  1st  of  August,  1889,  Mr.  Hosmer  was  married  to  Miss  Katherine  Tipton, 
of  Springfield,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  F.  M.  Tipton,  the  former  a 
well  known  attorney  of  Trinidad.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hosmer  have  become  parents  of 
two  children.  Mrs.  Hosmer  has  done  a  great  deal  of  newspaper  work  and  has  the 
distinction  of  being  the  first  woman  who  ever  occupied  a  position  as  city  editor  of 
a  daily  newspaper  in  Colorado.  She  has  also  written  a  great  many  articles  and  short 
stories  for  national  magazines  and  publications,  and  has  been  a  true  helpmate  at  all 
times  to  her  husband  in  his  newspaper  and  public  work.  The  son,  Joe  B.,  who  was 
born  in  Springer,  New  Mexico,  in  1890,  attended  the  University  of  Denver,  after 
which  he  studied  journalism  in  the  University  of  Missouri.  Later  he  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  business  efficiency  at  Harvard.  He  joined  the  Three  Hundred 
and  Fourteenth  Engineers  in  1917  ;and  served  with  them  in  the  recent  war  with 
Germany,  taking  part  in  the  Saint  Mihiel  drive  and  the  Argonne  Forest  battle.  The 
daughter  is  Katherine,  who  was  born  at  Fort  Morgan,  January  5.  1907,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  eighth  grade  in  the  Clayton  school  of  Denver  at  eleven  years 
of    age. 


GEORGE   E.   HOSMER 


5-34  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

While  living  at  Fort  Morgan,  Mr.  Hosmer  served  as  president  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Press  Club.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Elks  lodge  of  Fort  Morgan  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  Modern  Woodmen.  His  religious  faith  is  evidenced  in 
his  connection  with  the  Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Long  residence  in 
the  west  has  made  him  largely  familiar  with  the  history  of  upbuilding  and  progress 
in  this  section  of  the  country  and  through  his  association  with  journalistic  interests, 
as  well  as  a  public  official,  he  has  contributed  in  large  measure  to  the  general  devel- 
opment of  Colorado.  At  a  meeting  of  the  National  Editorial  Association,  in  1914. 
at  Houston,  Texas,  Mr.  Hosmer  was  made  president  of  the  association  and  presided 
in  191'5  at  the  convention  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  He  is  now  acting  as  chair- 
man  of   the   legislative   committee. 

Mr.  Hosmer  has  a  wide  acquaintance,  and  those  who  know  him  esteem  him  as 
a  man  of  superior  ability,  intellectual  force  and  enterprise.  He  is  now  making  an 
excellent   public   officer   as   collector  of   United    States  Customs   for   Colorado. 


K.    D.    SWINNEY. 


K.  D.  Swinney,  who  is  engaged  In  ranching  and  cattle  raising  in  Douglas  county, 
was  born  at  Independence,  Kansas,  in  1857,  a  son  of  David  and  Elizabeth  (Cummings) 
Swinney,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Virginia.  The  mother  became  a  resident  of 
Colorado  in  1868,  traveling  by  stage  across  the  country  from  Omaha,  Nebraska.  The 
father  had  previously  passed  away  while  the  family  were  residing  in  Kansas.  Later 
Mrs.  Swinney  became  the  wife  of  Peter  Brannon,  of  Denver,  the  marriage  being  cele- 
brated soon  after  her  arrival  in  Colorado.  The  family  removed  to  Douglas  county, 
where  Mr.  Brannon  homesteaded  and  became  a  prominent  rancher. 

K.  D.  Swinney  continued  to  assist  his  stepfather  in  the  further  development  and 
improvement  of  the  homestead  farm  until  he  reached  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  when 
he  went  to  St.  Joseph.  Missouri,  where  he  married  Clara  Florin.  He  continued  to 
make  his  home  in  St.  Joseph  for  eight  years  and  was  employed  by  R.  T.  Davis,  who 
operated  the  City  Mills  at  that  place.  Subsequently  he  returned  to  Colorado  and  took 
up  his  abode  in  Douglas  county,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  ranching  and  cattle 
raising.  He  now  resides  at  Larkspur  and  is  employed  at  the  creamery  of  Carlson  & 
Frink. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swinney  were  born  four  children:  Samuel,  William,  Lucy  and 
Mamie.  In  1904  Mr.  Swinney  was  married  a  second  time.  Louisa  Metz  of  Wisconsin 
becoming  his  wife.  They  are  well  known  in  Larkspur  and  throughout  the  surrounding 
country. 

In  politics  Mr.  Swinney  is  a  republican  and  while  residing  at  Castle  Rock  served 
for  one  year  as  city  marshal.  He  has  worked  diligently  throughout  his  entire  life  and 
from  early  boyhood  he  has  spent  much  of  his  time  in  Colorado,  having  been  a  witness 
of  the  growth  and  development  of  this  state  for  more  than  a  half  century. 


JAMES  S.  BOWLBY. 


James  S.  Bowlby,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  a  Colorado  pioneer  and  for  twelve  years 
a  prominent  business  man  of  Caiion  City  and  also  for  a  long  period  an  active  official 
in  connection  with  the  mail  service  of  the  country,  was  born  October  20,  1836,  in  what 
was  then  Richland  but  is  now  Ashland  county,  Ohio,  a  son  of  Samuel  C.  and  Elizabeth 
(Baer)  Bowlby,  the  latter  of  Holland  descent,  while  the  former  traced  his  ancestry  back 
to  Thomas  Bowlby.  who  settled  in  New  Jersey  in   1690. 

James  S.  Bowlby  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Ohio  and  came  to  Colorado  in  1878, 
when  forty-two  years  of  age.  He  had  previously  engaged  in  teaching  in  his  native  state 
for  several  years  but  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  put  aside  all  professional  and  personal 
considerations  and  responded  to  the  country's  call  for  troops,  serving  in  the  regiment 
commanded  by  Colonel  James  A.  Garfield,  afterward  general,  later  congressman  and 
subsequently  the  president  of  the  United  States.  James  S.  Bowlby  participated  in  the 
siege  of  Vicksburg  and  in  other  hotly  contested  engagements  which  led  up  to  the  final 
victory  that  crowned  the  Union  arms. 

On  removing  to  Caiion  City  in  1878,  Mr.  Bowlby  secured  a  position  as  clerk  in  the 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  555 

postoffice  under  Captain  Rockafellow  and  later  was  connected  with  tlie  railway  mail 
service.  He  afterward  served  as  postmaster  of  Canon  City  for  four  years  and  at  a 
later  period  was  actively 'identined  with  commercial  interests,  for  through  a  period  of 
twelve  years  he  was  associated  with  his  son-in-law,  F.  P.  Smith,  in  building  up  one  of 
the  largest  mercantile  establishments  in  the  county. 

In  1865  Mr.  Bowlby  was  married  to  Miss  Phoebe  A.  Franks,  of  Wayne  county,  Ohio, 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  four  daughters  and  two  sons:  Fannie,  now  the  wife  of 
C.  A.  Biggs,  of  Caiion  City;  Bessie,  the  wife  of  F.  P.  Smith,  of  Canon  City;  Mattie,  the 
wife  of  L.  M.  Wingert,  of  Seattle;  Abbie,  the  wife  of  W.  E.  Galley;  of  Canon  City;  Harry 
M.,  who  is  in  the  ordnance  corps  of  the  United  States  Army  at  Baltimore,  Maryland; 
and  Samuel  H.,  living  at  Miami,  Arizona.  There  are  also  ten  grandchildren  and  three 
great-grandchildren. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bowlby  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  anniversary  in  1915  and  on 
the  22d  of  July,  1917,  Mrs.  Bowlby  passed  away.  Mr.  Bowlby  still  makes  his  home  in 
Canon  City  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years.  He  has  ever  been  deeply  interested  in  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  was  commander  of  the  post  of  Fremont  county,  while 
for  ten  years  he  has  been  its  adjutant.  He  was  also  senior  vice  commander  of  the 
Department  of  Colorado  and  Wyoming  and  through  these  associations  has  always  kept 
in  close  touch  with  his  old  army  comrades,  "the  boys  in  blue,"  who  served  from  1861 
until  1865  to  preserve  the  Union  that  has  come  so  prominently  to  the  front  as  one  of 
the  greatest  world  powers. 


ALFONSO    SCHOFIELD. 

A  splendidly  improved  farm  property  is  that  owned  and  operated  by  Alfonso 
Schofield,  whose  holdings  comprise  three  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  valuable  land  in 
Boulder  county  and  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Weld  county.  He  has  long  given 
his  attention  to  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Boulder  county  and  his  position  among 
the  substantial  and  leading  citizens  is  a  creditable  one.  Mr.  Schofield  is  a  native  of 
Nova  Scotia.  He  was  born  on  the  1st  of  April,  1862,  a  son  of  William  H.  and  Mary  E. 
(Downing)  Schofield.  who  were  natives  of  Nova  Scotia,  of  English  descent,  in  which 
country  they  were  reared  and  married.  Crossing  the  Atlantic,  their  parents  settled  in 
Nova  Scotia.  William  H.  and  Mary  E.  Schofield  removed  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in 
1867  and  in  1879  with  their  family  took  up  their  abode  in  Kansas,  where  they  remained 
until  1891,  when  they  came  to  Colorado,  remaining  residents  of  this  state  until 
called  to  their  final  rest. 

Alfonso  Schofield  is  one  of  a  family  of  twelve  children,  two  of  whom  died  when 
quite  young,  while  the  rest  grew  to  maturity  and  eight  still  survive.  His  mother  was 
one  of  a  family  of  sixteen  children  and  the  mother  of  these  sixteen  children  lived  to 
the  age  of  ninety-six  years,  to  see  all  of  her  children  grow  up  and  get  married. 

Alfonso  Schofield  was  but  five  years  old  when  his  parents  removed  to  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  there  he  attended  the  public  schools.  He  was  twenty  years  of  age  when 
in  1S82  he'  came  to  Colorado,  settling  first  in  Boulder  county,  where  he  secured  employ- 
ment at  farm  labor.  Ambitious  to  engage  in  agricultural  pursuits  on  his  own  account, 
he  began  cultivating  a  rented  farm  in  1889  and  lived  thereon  for  three  years.  He 
then  located  on  his  present  property  and  is  now  the  owner  of  three  hundred  and  forty 
acres  of  valuable  land  in  Boulder  county,  all  under  the  ditch,  and  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  in  Weld  county.  He  has  carefully,  systematically  and  profitably  developed  and 
cultivated  his  fields  and  in  addition  to  raising  the  crops  best  adapted  to  soil  and  climatic 
conditions  here  he  has  also  engaged  successfully  in  dairying  and  stock  raising.  He 
has  erected  all  the  farm  buildings  upon  his  place  and  everything  about  his  farm  is  in- 
dicative of  his  progressive  spirit  and  undaunted  enterprise.  As  the  years  have  passed 
he  has  prospered  and  in  addition  to  carrying  on  his  agricultural  interests  he  has 
entered  the  field  of  banking  and  for  three  years  has  been  the  president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Lafayette. 

On  the  21st  of  February,  1892,  Mr.  Schofield  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  M.  Prince, 
a  native  of  Denver  and  a  daughter  of  Hiram  and  Mary  Prince,  who  are  mentioned  on 
other  pages  of  this  work.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schofield  have  become  parents  of  four  children: 
Mary  E.,  now  the  wife  of  Theodore  W.  Bishop,  who  resides  near  Goodview,  Boulder 
county;  Archibald  J.,  who  is  with  the  United  States  army  in  France,  a  corporal  in  the 
Second  Veterinary  Hospital  Division,  Third  Army;  George  F.,  who  is  married  and 
follows  farming  on  the  home  place;  and  Walter  H.,  who  is  at  North  Island,  San  Diego, 
California,  in  the  naval  air  station,  and 'is  second  quartermaster. 


556  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Mr.  Schofield  and  his  family  attend  the  Congregational  church,  and  he  is  also 
affiliated  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
His  political  endorsement  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  While  he  has  never 
sought  political  office,  he  has  served  for  five  years  on  the  scliool  board  and  is  a  stanch 
advocate  of  any  plan  or  measure  for  the  improvement  of  the  schools,  in  fact  he  gives 
hearty  aid  and  cooperation  to  all  measures  for  the  general  good  and  may  well  be  classed 
among  the  public-spirited  citizens  of  Boulder  county.  Mr.  Schofield  is  a  self-made  man. 
as  he  had  no  money  when  he  began  his  career  in  Colorado,  and  his  commendable  suc- 
cess is  therefore  a  great  credit  to  him.  entirely  attributable  to  his  energy,  industry, 
foresight  and  fairness  in  all  of  his  dealings.  His  life  has  been  at  all  times  open  and 
above  board  and  his  record  is  that  of  successful  achievement  as  a  result  of  earnest 
endeavor. 


PETER    N.    SMITH. 


Peter  N.  Smith  is  concentrating  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  the  development  and 
cultivation  of  one  hundred  and  seventy  acres  of  land  near  Globeville.  He  was  born 
in  Denmark  on  the  24th  of  May,  1864,  and  is  a  son  of  Nels  and  Mary  Smith,  the  former 
a  mechanic.  Peter  N.  Smith  was  educated  in  his  native  country,  where  he  spent  the 
first  twenty-four  years  of  his  life  and  then  bade  adieu  to  friends  and  native  land  and 
sailed  for  the  new  world.  Reaching  American  shores,  he  made  his  way  to  Iowa  and 
for  three  or  four  years  was  there  engaged  in  farming  in  Audubon  county.  He  after- 
ward removed  to  Illinois,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  and  then  again  went  to 
Iowa,  where  he  continued  for  two  or  three  years.  In  1896  he  arrived  in  Colorado,  set- 
tling at  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  resided  for  six  or  seven  months.  Later  he  worked 
in  a  smelter  at  Denver  for  eight  years,  and  on  the  expiration  of  that  period  purchased 
ten  acres  of  land  in  Adams  county,  which  he  still  farms.  In  addition  he  cultivates  a 
tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  leased  land,  devoted  to  the  raising  of  wheat  and 
hay,  and  his  close  application  and  unwearied  industry  are  strong  elements  in  his  grow- 
ing success. 

On  the  8th  of  May,  1886,  Mr.  Smith  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  S.  Jensen  and  their 
children  are:  Nels,  who  is  upon  the  ranch:  Lawrence,  who  is  a  member  of  the  United 
States  army:  Michael,  who  is  connected  with  the  navy;  John:  Anna,  who  is  the  wife  of 
Ralph  Westerkamp;   Inga,  now  Mrs.  Frank  Peterson;  and  Emma. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  parents  is  that  of  the  Lutheran  church  and  fraternally 
Mr.  Smith  is  identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  having  been  a  member  of  the 
order  for  twenty  years.  Coming  to  America  when  a  young  man  of  twenty-four  years, 
he  here  found  his  opportunities  and  in  their  utilization  has  steadily  advanced  along  the 
road  to  success.  His  enterprise  and  energy  have  been  pronounced  and  whatever  he  has 
attempted  he  has  accomplished. 


EDWARD    L.    GORMLEY. 

Forty-four  years  ago  Edward  L.  Gormley  took  up  a  homestead  claim  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  on  section  14,  township  2,  range  68  west,  in  Adams  county,  and 
here  he  has  successfully  carried  on  general  agricultural  pursuits  continuously  since, 
still  owning  eighty  acres  of  the  original  tract.  His  birth  occurred  in  Windsor,  Nova 
Scotia,  on  the  21st  of  July.  1S57,  his  parents  being  John  and  Eunice  A.  (Pelton)  Gorm- 
ley, who  there  spent  their  entire  lives.  They  had  a  family  of  ten  children,  five  of 
whom    survive. 

Edward  L.  Gormley  acquired  his  education  in  the  , schools  of  Nova  Scotia  and 
there  remained  to  the  age  of  seventeen.  The  year  1874  witnessed  his  arrival  in  Colo- 
rado and,  making  his  way  to  Adams  county,  he  took  up  the  homestead  claim  preWously 
mentioned  and  it  is  a  most  valuable  and  productive  tract  of  land,  being  under  the 
ditch.  As  the  years  have  passed  he  has  energetically  carried  on  the  work  of  the 
fields  and  by  practical  and  progressive  methods  has  won  a  measure  of  success  that 
has  gained  him  recognition  among  the  prosperous  and  representative  agriculturists 
of  the  community. 

In  1884  Mr.  Gormley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret  Chamley,  a  native 
of  England  and  a  daughter  of  Christopher  Chamley,   who   is  deceased.     Mr.  and   Mrs. 


EDWARD  L.  GORMLEY 


558  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Gormley  became  the  parents  of  two  sons,  Edward  A.  and  Frank  W.,  but  the  latter  has 
passed  away.  The  wife  and  mother  was  called  to  her  final  rest  in  1913,  her  remains 
being  interred  in  the  Riverside  cemetery. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Gormley  is  a  stalwart  republican,  exercising  his  right 
of  franchise  in  support  of  the  men  and  measures  of  that  party.  He  belongs  to  the 
local  organization  of  the  Grange  and  is  a  public-spirited  citizen  whose  aid  and  Influence 
are  ever  given  on  the  side  of  progress,  reform  and  improvement.  The  period  of  his 
residence  in  Adams  county  covers  more  than  four  decades  and  he  has  therefore  been 
a  witness  of  its  growth  and  development  from  pioneer  times  to  the  present,  his  efforts 
contributing  to  advancement  along  agricultural  lines  in  the  section.  He  has  worked 
persistently  and  earnestly  as  the  years  have  passed  by  and  the  prosperity  which  he 
now  enjoys  is  attributable  entirely  to  his  own  labors. 


GEORGE  P.   SMITH. 


On  the  26th  of  March,  191S.  George  P.  Smith  celebrated  the  ninetieth  anniversary 
of  his  birth.  He  is  widely  known  as  an  honored  pioneer  settler  of  Colorado  and  an 
esteemed  resident  of  Caiion  City.  At  this  writing,  in  the  closing  days  of  1918,  he  is  still 
active,  his  memory  is  clear  as  a  bell  and  his  pleasures  in  life  as  keen  as  in  the  days 
of  his  younger  manhood. 

Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  England  in  1S28.  In  his  early  youth  the  spirit  of  adventure 
came  upon  him  and  on  a  sailing  vessel  he  came  to  the  new  world.  The  tide  of  emigra- 
tion in  those  early  '50s  flowed  toward  Ohio  and  thither  the  young  Englishman  made  his 
way.  settling  in  Medina,  that  state.  There  on  the  22d  of  March,  1854,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Elizabeth  Pillmore  and  they  remained  in  the  middle  west  until  the  fall  of 
1869,  when  they  decided  to  try  the  mild  winters  of  Colorado.  They  hart  removed  from 
Ohio  to  Michigan  and  on  selling  their  farm  in  that  state  they  at  once  started  for  Canon 
City.  Here  they  found  themselves  in  a  virgin  region  that  gave  plentifully  in  return 
for  toil  but  also  called  for  much  endurance  of  hardships  and  privations,  such  as  are 
always  to  be  met  with  amid  pioneer  conditions.  When  they  had  their  home  in  South 
Canon  the  Indians,  friendly  enough,  often  camped  in  the  grove  near-by.  Mr.  Smith  was 
at  that  time  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  an  industry  in  which  hisjson,  William  H., 
with  whom  he  makes  his  home,  has  become  prominent. 

On  the  23d  of  March.  1904,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  celebrated  their  golden  wedding,  an 
occasion  on  which  a  great  host  of  friends  paid  their  tribute  of  respect  and  honor  to 
this  worthy  couple.  Mrs.  Smith  passed  away  in  February,  1909.  Her  life  had  ever  been 
a  sweet  and  gentle  influence  and  is  reflected  in  the  respect  and  esteem  in  which  she  was 
held.  She  was  ever  devoted  to  her  home,  finding  her  greatest  happiness  in  ministering 
to  the  welfare  and  comfort  of  her  husband  and  children  and  in  enjoying  their  com- 
panionship. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  were  born  the  following  named:  Mrs.  A.  J.  Wilkin, 
of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Mrs.  George  A.  Baker,  living  at  Canon  City;  Mrs.  L.  S. 
Bailey,  also  of  Canon  City;  William  H.,  prominent  as  a  cattle  man  of  Fremont  county; 
and  George,  who  died  in  1880. 

Mr.  Smith  was  one  of  that  group  of  pioneers  who  planned  and  promoted  the  original 
South  Canon  ditch,  the  first  irrigation  ditch  ever  built  in  Fremont  county.  He  ever 
stood  for  progress  and  improvement  along  all  those  lines  which  made  for  general  de- 
velopment and  advancement  in  the  county  and  he  still  gives  out  of  his  rich  stores  of 
wisdom  and  experience  for  the  benefit  and  guidance  of  others.  To  him  the  words  of 
Victor  Hugo  might  well  apply: 

"Though  the  snows  of  winter  are  on  his  head, 
The  flowers  of  spring  are  in  his  heart." 


JOSEPH  E.  WHYTAL. 

Joseph  E.  Whytal,  engaged  in  general  farming  in  Adams  county,  was  born  in 
Kansas  on  the  1st  of  November,  1860,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Helen  (Miller)  Whytal. 
The  father  was  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  while  the  mother  was  born  in  Illinois.  In 
1858  they  became  residents  of  Kansas,  settling  on  a  farm  in  that  state,  where  for 
many  years  the  father  devoted  his  attention  to  the  cultivation  of  the  soil.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  died  in  that  state. 


560  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Joseph  E.  Whytal,  their  only  child,  was  reared  and  educated  in  Kansas,  pur- 
suing his  studies  in  the  common  schools.  Through  the  periods  of  vacation  he  assisted 
his  father  in  farm  work  and  remained  at  home  until  he  attained  his  majority,  when 
he  started  out  in  life  independently.  He  removed  to  western  Kansas,  where  he  took 
up  a  homestead  claim  and  at  once  began  its  development  and  cultivation.  He  lived 
thereon  until  1892.  when  he  removed  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Adams  county.  Still 
later,  he  spent  a  number  of  years  on  the  Pacific  coast  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
and  fruit  raising,  in  California  and  also  in  Washington.  In  1899,  he  returned  to 
Colorado  and  again  secured  farm  land  and  through  the  intervening  period,  covering 
about  twenty  years,  has  given  his  attention  to  general  agricultural  pursuits.  His 
farm  is  carefully  cultivated  and  produces  rich  crops  annually,  owing  to  his  prac- 
tical and  progressive  methods.  The  place  is  neat  and  thrifty  in  appearance  and 
upon  it  are  found  excellent  improvements.  In  addition  to  his  farming  interests  Mr. 
Whytal  is  connected  with  banking  as  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Eastlake  State  Bank. 
His   property   comprises  one   hundred  and   fifty-two  acres  of   land. 

On  January  1.  1901,  Mr.  Whytal  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie  McCrea  and  to  them 
have  been  born  three  children:  Edwin,  Elsie  and  Otis.  Mrs.  Whytal  belongs  to 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  takes  an  active  part  in  charitable,  and  church 
work.  She  is  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  a  daughter  of  William  O.  and  Rachel  (Starry) 
McCrea,  who  removed  to  Nebraska  in  1880,  and  were  numbered  among  the  pioneers 
of  that  state.  They  took  up  a  homestead  in  Furnas  county,  where  they  spent  the 
remainder  of  their  lives.  Mr.  Whytal  has  membership  with  the  Knights  of  The  Mac- 
cabees and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  He  has  never 
been  an  office  seeker  or  filled  political  positions  but  has  served  as  school  director 
and  is  interested  in  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community  to  the  extent  of  giving 
hearty  cooperation  to  all  plans  and  movements  for  the  general  good.  He  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  progressive,  successful  citizens  of  Adams   county. 


LEONARD   HOWARD   HARVEY. 

With  the  election  of  Leonard  Howard  Harvey,  now  in  his  twenty-third  year,  to  the 
position  of  county  assessor,  the  third  generation  of  Harveys  assumes  its  prominence  in 
the  affairs  and  in  the  development  of  Fremont  county.  The  first  of  the  Harveys  in 
Colorado  was  Gilbert  B.  Harvey,  grandfather  of  Leonard  Howard  Harvey.  A  veteran 
of  the  Mexican  war.  he  served  with  General  Winfield  Scott  in  the  brilliant  campaign 
which  ended  with  the  capture  of  the  city  of  Mexico.  Having  spent  his  early  life  in 
Virginia,  he  removed  from  that  state  to  Ripley,  Missouri,  and  in  1S63  came  to  Colorado 
largely  for  the  purpose  of  hunting  big  game  and  incidentally  to  prospect  for  gold.  In 
1864  he  returned  to  Missouri,  but  the  lure  of  the  far  west  was  strong  and  he  decided 
to  remove  his  family  to  Colorado.  At  that  time,  however,  there  were  two  great  perils. 
The  first  was  due  to  the  breaking  up  of  guerrilla  bands  in  western  Missouri  and  the 
second  was  the  Indian  menace.  Massacres  were  of  daily  occurrence.  But  in  1871  the 
Harvey  family  finally  located  in  Canon  City. 

James  Gilbert  Harvey,  father  of  Leonard  Howard  Harvey,  became  in  these  years  one 
of  the  noted  freighters  of  this  region.  He  was  among  the  first  to  go  to  Rosita,  one  of 
the  'noted  new  mining  camps  of  the  period,  but  in  1S79  his  work  was  largely  in  the 
region  between  Leadville  and  Canon  City.  He  tells  of  the  road  lined  with  wagons 
carrying  supplies  and  returning  with  ore.  For  a  time  he  drove  a  hearse  in  Leadville. 
for  there  was  hardly  a  day  or  night  in  which  the  wild  orgies  failed  to  end  in  a  murder. 
He  freighted  later  in  the  San  Juan  and  in  the  Gunnison  in  the  heyday  of  those  camps 
and  finally  turned  his  attention  to  ranching  and  dairying  on  Current  creek  and  became 
one  of  the  prominent  stockmen  of  the  country.  In  1895  he  established  his  home  in 
South  Canon,  where  his  widow  and  sons  now  live.  His  death  occurred  November  28, 
1915,  and  his  passing  was  mourned  by  the  entire  community.  He  had  been  a  most 
prominent  figure  in  the  development  and  progress  of  the  district,  contributing  in  marked 
measure  to  its  upbuilding,  and  there  was  no  phase  of  pioneer  life  with  which  he  was  not 
familiar. 

James  Gilbert  Harvey  was  united  in  marriage  to  Lucinda  Nye.  who  was  born  in  Can- 
ton, Ohio,  where  she  attended  school  with  Miss  Ida  Saxton.  who  later  became  the  first 
lady  of  the  land— Mrs.  William  McKinley.  Mrs.  Harvey  still  survives— a  sweet,  gentle 
soul  whose  fine  character  is  mirrored  in  her  children.  These  are:  Frank  Harvey,  who 
was  educated  in  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor  and  who  now  conducts  the 
large  ranch;  Mary  E.,  now  Mrs.  J.  F.  Murray,  who  lives  at  Parkdale,  Colorado;  Leonard 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  561 

Howard  Harvey,  whose  name  introduces  this  review;   and  James  Harvey,  the  youngest 
son. 

Leonard  Howard  Harvey,  who  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  and  in 
the  business  college  of  Canon  City,  although  but  twenty-three  years  of  age,  was  in  1918 
nominated  for  the  office  of  county  assessor.  The  county  is  strongly  republican,  and  Mr. 
Harvey  and  Blake  Rogers,  candidate  tor  county  treasurer,  were  the  only  democrats 
elected.  This  is  one  of  the  highest  tributes  that  could  have  been  paid  this  native  son 
of  Fremont  county,  who  took  his  office  on  the  14th  of  January,  1919.  There  is  no  fear 
felt  concerning  his  conduct  of  the  office,  for  it  is  well  known  that  he  is  loyal  to  every 
trust  reposed  in  him  and  that  he  holds  to  high  standards  of  citizenship. 


JAMES   E.   KIRK. 


James  B.  Kirk,  a  pioneer  settler  of  El  Paso  county  now  living  retired,  has  reached 
the  notable  old  age  of  eighty-seven  years,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Springfield, 
Vermont,  on  the  12th  of  April.  1831.  He  is  a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Whitcomb) 
Kirk,  whose  family  numbered  two  children,  the  brother,  George  Kirk,  having  been  killed 
in  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run  during  the  Civil  war. 

James  E.  Kirk  was  the  elder  child  and  in  his  boyhood  days  he  attended  the  village 
school  of  Springfield,  Vermont.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  years  he  left  the  parental  roof 
and  went  to  Cass  county,  Michigan,  where  he  had  charge  of  a  large  farm  until  the 
outbreak  of  the  war  between  the  north  and  the  south  in  1861.  Prompted  by  a  spirit 
of  patriotic  devotion  to  his  country,  he  enlisted  as  a  member  of  Company  D,  Thirteenth 
Kansas  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  continued  in  active  service  until  mustered  out  at  Fort 
Leavenworth,  Kansas,  while  in  the  hospital  there.  He  had  fought  valiantly  in  many 
minor  engagements  and  was  in  the  battle^  of  Prairie  Grove,  Arkansas,  which  developed 
into  a  major  engagement.  Prior  to  entering  the  service  he  had  learned  the  machinist's 
trade  and  was  occupied  in  the  erection  of  sawmills  in  various  timbered  sections  through- 
out Michigan  and  Missouri  along  the  Missouri  river.  After  being  honorably  discharged 
at  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  he  made  his  home  in  Atchison.  Kansas,  and  continued  in 
the  sawmilling  business  for  a  number  of  years. 

On  leaving  Kansas,  Mr.  Kirk  removed  to  Colorado,  settling  first  in  Denver,  but  after 
a  brief  period  passed  in  that  city  removed  to  El  Paso  county  and  exercised  his  soldier's 
right  of  taking  up  a  homestead  claim.  He  also  erected  a  sawmill  on  what  was  known 
as  the  Stebbins  land  and  on  his  own  land  built  his  home.  After  a  time  he  engaged  in 
ranching  and  eventually  sold  his  original  place,  purchasing  another  in  the  same  county 
which  he  later  developed  Into  a  fine  farm  property.  During  his  residence  in  El  Paso 
county  his  ability  for  leadership  in  public  affairs  led  to  his  selection  for  the  office  of 
assessor,  in  which  position  he  served  for  five  years.  He  was  also  elected  road  overseer 
and  likewise  served  on  the  school  committee  that  built  the  first  country  schoolhouse  in 
El  Paso  county,  at  Table  Rock. 

At  a  subsequent  date  Mr.  Kirk  formed  a  partnership  with  T.  B.  Buchanan  to  handle 
the  Stebbins  property  in  Denver  and  in  time  they  disposed  of  this  property,  which  is 
now  known  as  Stebbins  Heights  and  constitutes  one  of  the  fine  residential  districts  of 
the  city.  Messrs.  Buchanan  &  Kirk  also  furnished  the  tie  and  bridge  timber  tor  the 
Midland  Railroad  and  in  addition  to  these  activities  Mr.  Kirk  was  commissioned  to 
plant  and  look  after  a  large  orchard  for  C.  B.  Kountze,  which  has  become  one  of  the 
most  extensive  and  finest  orchards  of  the  state.  In  more  recent  years  Mr.  Kirk  has  put 
aside  the  interests  and  affairs  of  active  business  life  but  although  he  is  now  well 
along  in  years  he  is  still  hale  and  hearty,  possessing  the  vigor  and  capability  of  many 
a  man  of  much  younger  age.  Old  age  need  not  necessarily  suggest  idleness,  inactivity 
or  incapacity;  on  the  contrary  there  is  an  old  age  which  grows  stronger  and  better 
mentally  and  morally  as  the  years  pass  and  gives  out  of  its  rich  stores  of  wisdom  and 
experience  for  the  benefit  of  others.     Such  has  been  the  record  of  James  E.  Kirk. 

In  1861  Mr.  Kirk  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  M.  Hull,  a  native  of  St. 
Joseph,  Michigan.  They  became  the  parents  of  seven  children,  all  of  whom  are  still 
living,  but  the  mother  has  passed  away.  The  sons  and  daughters  are  as  follows: 
Jamesi  E.  Kirk.  Jr.,  who  married  Josephine  Hobbs,  has  two  children  and  resides  in 
Oregon;  Charles,  who  resides  in  Denver,  married  Miss  Jenny  M.  L.  Moore  and  is 
connected  with  the  Colorado  National  Bank;  Frank  Kirk,  who  married  Miss  Nellie 
Dyer,  is  a  twin  of  Charles.  The  two  brothers  have  a  large  ranch  in  El  Paso  county, 
comprising  five  thousand  acres  of  land,  which  they  own  jointly,  and  which  is  managed 
by   Frank   Kirk.     William   Kirk   resides   in   Colorado   Springs   and   he,   too,    is   married. 

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562  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Nellie  is  the  wife  of  John  Moore  and  resides  In  Colorado  Springs.  Martha  is  the  wife 
of  E.  C.  Harvey  and  is  living  in  Boise,  Idaho.  Bessie  is  the  wife  of  W.  J.  Luck,  and  is 
living    at   Westminster,    Colorado. 

The  career  of  James  E.  Kirk  has  heen  a  most  useful,  active  and  honorable  one  and 
his  sterling  worth  is  attested  by  all  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact  through 
social  or  business  relations.  He  has  contributed  in  marked  measure  to  the  upbuilding 
and  development  of  various  sections  of  Colorado  and  today  he  receives  the  veneration 
and  respect  which  should  ever  be  accorded  one  of  advanced  years  whose  life  has  been 
worthily  passed. 


JOHN    TOBIAS. 


A  native  of  Pennsylvania,  John  Tobias  is  numbered  among  the  pioneers  of  Colo- 
rado, for  he  came  to  this  state  in  1S71  and  for  many  years  followed  agricultural  pur- 
suits, specializing  for  some  time  in  horticulture,  but  has  new  retired  from  the  more 
arduous  duties  of  life,  giving  his  attention  to  the  cultivation  of  two  and  a  half  acres, 
having  sold  the  rest  of  his  property.  He  was  born  in  Berks  county.  In  the  Keystone 
state,  September  11,  1847,  and  is  a  son  of  Henry  W.  and  Hannah  (Meyers)  Tobias, 
the  latter  a  sister  of  William  Meyers,  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  Colorado,  who  makes 
his   home   near   Henderson. 

John  Tobias  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Reading,  Pennsylvania,  con- 
tinuing his  lessons  to  the  age  of  thirteen,  after  which  he  began  to  assist  in  the  work 
of  the  home  farm.  The  family  home  was  located  in  bock  Haven.  Only  a  year  later 
his  father  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Civil  war  and  much  of  the  work  of  the  farm 
fell  upon  the  shoulders  of  John  Tobias,  who  was  then  but  fourteen  years  of  age.  After 
the  war  was  ended  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Livingston  county,  Missouri,  where 
the  father  resumed  the  occupation  of  farming.  There  John  Tobias  remained  until 
1871,  when  he  decided  to  take  advantage  of  the  opportunities  offered  in  the  new  west 
and  removed  to  Denver,  where  for  two  years  he  was  engaged  in  carpentering.  This 
was  followed  by  gardening,  to  which  occupation  he  devoted  several  years,  but  in  1879 
he  purchased  twenty  acres  of  land  near  Wheat  Ridge,  Colorado,  to  the  cultivation  of 
which  he  gave  his  attention  for  many  years.  He  brought  his  place  under  a  high  state 
of  cultivation,  introduced  modern  and  progressive  methods  and  erected  suitable  build- 
ings, so  that  in  time  his  property  became  one  of  the  most  valuable  of  the  neighbor- 
hood. Gradually,  however,  he  sold  tracts  of  his  land  until  he  now  has  two  and  a 
half  acres,   which   he  still   continues  to  operate. 

On  October  16,  1884,  Mr.  Tobias  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  E.  Brothers, 
a  niece  of  David  Brothers,  who  is  mentioned  more  extensively  elsewhere  in  this  work. 
To  this  union  were  born  two  children:  Ruth,  the  wife  of  H.  P.  Bunger;  and  Esther 
E.     Mrs.  Tobias  died   in  January,   1915. 

In  his  political  affiliations  Mr.  Tobias  is  a  republican  and  has  ever  upheld  the 
standards  of  that  party,  while  fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Grange  at  Wheat  Ridge. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church  and  his  interest  in  its  affairs  is  evident  from 
the  fact  that  he  has  served  as  trustee  and  has  been  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  Horticulture  has  always  been  his  life  work  and  hobby  and  he  has  served  as 
secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Horticulture  for  two  years.  Mr.  Tobias  has  many 
friends  in  the  neighborhood  in  which  he  resides  and  all  speak  of  him  in  terms  of  the 
highest  appreciation.  By  his  labors  he  has  contributed  toward  the  development  of 
his  section  of  the  state  and  is  numbered  among  the  valued  citizens  of  the  common- 
wealth. 


JOHN    GLANTZ. 


John  Glantz,  living  on  section  24.  township  5,  range  49,  in  Washington  county, 
Colorado,  twenty  miles  northwest  of  Yuma,  was  born  in  Russia,  November  25,  1860,  a 
son  of  John  and  Catherine  (Yost)  Glantz,  who  were  also  natives  of  that  country.  The 
father  followed  farming  in  Russia  and  on  coming  to  America  in  1877  made  his  way  to 
Fillmore  county.  Nebraska,  where  he  worked  by  the  day  and  month,  thus  gaining  a 
start  in  the  new  world.  He  was  desirous,  however,  of  engaging  in  business  on  his  own 
account  that  his  labors  might  more  directly  benefit  himself  and  later  he  rented  land, 
which  he  continued  to  cultivate  until   1S91.     He  then   removed  to  Washington  county, 


JOHN    TOBIAS 


564  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Colorado,  where  he  took  up  a  preemption  and  a  homestead,  proving  up  on  two  quarter 
sections.  He  continued  to  farm  this,  or  else  had  it  cultivated  by  his  son,  and  resided 
upon  the  property  throughout  his  remaining  days,  his  death  occurring  in  1906.  His 
widow  survived  him  for  a  few  years,  passing  away  in  1912. 

John  Glantz  was  a  youth  of  seventeen  years  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  on 
the  voyage  across  the  Atlantic  to  the  United  States.  The  greater  part  of  his  education 
has  been  acquired  in  this  country  and,  possessing  an  observing  eye  and  retentive 
memory,  he  is  constantly  adding  to  his  knowledge.  In  1885  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
took  up  a  preemption  in  Washington  county.  He  also  secured  a  homestead  adjoining 
and  improved  the  place,  continuing  its  further  development  and  cultivation  for  about 
fifteen  years.  He  then  purchased  a  half  section  in  Yuma  county,  which  he  also  im- 
proved, and  continued  to  operate  that  ranch  for  tv.elve  years.  In  1914  he  came  to  his 
present  place,  comprising  a  half  section  of  land,  which  he  has  also  further  developed 
and  improved.  It  is  now  in  excellent  condition.  He  has  since  cultivated  it  and  it  is  the 
third  farm  which  he  has  improved,  so  that  he  has  added  in  large  measure  to  the 
material   progress   of   the   community. 

In  1881  Mr.  Glantz  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Emma  Yost,  by  whom  he  had 
eight  children,  as  follows:  John,  who  has  passed  away;  Henry,  a  resident  of  Sterling, 
Colorado;  William,  who  follows  farming  in  Yuma  county;  Thomas,  also  an  agriculturist 
of  Yuma  county,  Colorado;  Mrs.  Margaret  Cook,  of  Yuma;  Lizzie,  who  makes  her  home 
in  Harvard,  Nebraska;  and  Carl  and  August,  who  died  when  five  and  three  years  of 
age  respectively.  On  the  19th  of  October,  1914,  Mr.  Glantz  was  again  married,  his  sec- 
ond union  being  with  Charity  N.  (Carr)  Draper,  who  had  four  children  by  a  former 
marriage,  namely:  William  Leo,  who  was  born  in  August.  1884;  C.  Walter,  whose  birth 
occurred  in  June,  1886,  and  who  passed  away  in  1890.  when  but  four  years  of  age; 
Prank  N.,  whose  natal  day  was  October  25,  1889;  and  May,  who  was  born  October  10, 
1892,  and  is  now  the  wife  of  Ed  Itten,  a  farmer  of  Yuma  county. 

In  community  affairs  Mr.  Glantz  has  taken  an  active  and  helpful  interest.  He  served 
for  two  terms  on  the  school  board  and  he  cooperates  in  all  movements  for  the  public 
good.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  but  he  does  not  seek 
nor  desire  office,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  business 
affairs.  His  ranching  interests  have  been  wisely  and  carefully  conducted  and  he  has 
gained  a  very  substantial  measure  of  success.  He  now  makes  a  specialty  of  raising 
Belgian  horses  and  high-grade  cattle  and  he  is  also  a  stockholder  of  the  Farmers 
Equity  Elevator  Company  of  Yuma  and  of  the  Farmers  Union  Elevator  &  Lumber  Com- 
pany of  Yuma.  His  life  record  should  serve  to  inspire  and  encourage  others,  showing 
what  may  be  accomplished  through  individual  effort  and  honorable  dealing. 


JOHN   JACOB   WEAVER. 

John  Jacob  Weaver,  a  ranchman  living  near  Arvada,  was  born  in  Labette  county, 
on  the  20th  of  January,  1868,  a  son  of  Thomas  F.  and  Emma  J.  (Rooks) 
Weaver.  The  father  crossed  the  plains  to  Colorado  in  1859  and  in  1861  enlisted  in  the 
Second  Colorado  Regiment  of  United  States  Cavalry,  with  which  he  fought  for  three 
years  during  the  Civil  war,  being  on  active  duty  in  Missouri  and  Kansas.  He  was  a 
dispatch  rider  under  Colonel  Sigel.  In  1879  he  again  became  a  resident  of  Colorado  and 
purchased  a  relinquishment  in  Jefferson  county,  near  Arvada,  where  he  engaged  in 
farming  until  about  1896,  when  he  removed  to  San  Diego.  California,  and  still  makes 
his  home  in  that  city  at  No.  2936  Imperial  avenue. 

John  Jacob  Weaver  attended  school  in  Kansas  and  in  Arvada,  Colorado.  He  was 
married  in  1891,  at  which  time  he  took  charge  of  the  home  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  and  since  that  time  he  has  given  his  attention  and  energies  to  its  further 
cultivation  and  development,  although  he  has  sold  all  but  forty  acres.  He  now  has 
twenty  acres  most  highly  cultivated  and  from  this  property  derives  a  substantial  an- 
nual income.  When  he  came  to  the  west  with  his  father  in  1879  he  drove  thirty  head  of 
cattle  across  the  plains.  He  is  familiar  with  all  of  the  pioneer  experiences  and 
frontier  conditions  of  Colorado  and  re'joices  in  what  has  been  accomplished  as  the  years 
have  gone  by. 

On  the  23d  of  December,  1891,  in  Arvada,  Mr.  Weaver  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Anna  M.  Allen,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Martin)  Allen.  She  was  born 
in  Kansas  and  was  brought  to  Denver  by  her  parents  during  her  early  girlhood.  By  her 
marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  four  children:   Gertrude,  now  the  deceased  wife  of 


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Edward  Barlow;   John.  Jr.,  deceased;   Harriet,  the  wife  of  William  Bueb;   and  Thomas 
F.,  who  is  attending  school. 

Mr.  Weaver  belongs  to  the  Grange  and  is  also  a  member  of  several  fraternal  orders, 
including  Arvada  Lodge.  No.  145,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  with  which  he  has  been  identified  since 
1900,  and  the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees.  He  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  the  district 
in  which  he  has  so  long  resided  and  in  which  he  has  wisely  and  carefully  directed  his 
business  affairs  to  a  point  that  has  brought  him  substantial  success. 


JOHN  FREY,  Jb. 


John  Frey,  Jr.,  is  a  representative  ranchman  living  in  the  vicinity  of  Eastlake, 
where  he. owns  and  cultivates  seventy  acres  of  good  land.  He  was  born  in  Zurich, 
Switzerland,  August  31,  1865,  a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Meier)  Frey.  His  education 
was  acquired  in  his  native  country  and  when  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  or  in  1881, 
he  came  to  America  with  his  parents  who,  crossing  the  continent  established  their  home 
in  Denver.  The  father  was  employed  for  many  years  at  the  Colorado  Iron  Works  but 
is  now  living  retired,  making  his  home  with  a  daughter  in  Brighton. 

John  Frey.  Jr..  after  his  school  days  were  over,  spent  a  year  at  gardening  and  then 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Colorado  Iron  Works.  In  1SS3  his  father  purchased  a  relin- 
quishment in  Arapahoe  county  and  the  son  farmed  with  him  until  1890.  Subsequently 
he  secured  employment  in  Denver,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  after  which  he 
resumed  agricultural  pursuits  by  renting  a  farm  in  Adams  county,  upon  which  he  lived 
for  three  years.  He  next  purchased  seventy  acres  of  land  between  Eastlake  and 
Broomfield  and  has  since  devoted  his  time  and  attention  to  its  further  development 
and  cultivation.  He  has  added  many  improvements  to  the  property  and  made  it  one 
of  the  attractive  places  of  that  section  of  the  state.  It  is  equipped  with  all  modern 
accessories  of  the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century  and  in  the  further  operation  of 
his  land  Mr.  Frey  follows  the  most  progressive  methods. 

In  Denver,  on  the  1st  of  December.  1890,  Mr.  Frey  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Burk- 
hardt,  who  was  born  in  Switzerland,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  four  children, 
but  John,  Emma  and  Walter  have  all  passed  away,  the  surviving  son  being  Warner. 

Mr.  Frey  has  the  distinction  of  having  shot  the  first  bear  in  Adams  county,  it  having 
evidently  strayed  from  the  mountains.  For  thirty-seven  years  he  has  been  a  resident 
of  Colorado,  witnessing  much  of  its  development  and  improvement  and  taking  active 
part  in  work  that  has  led  to  the  further  upbuilding  of  the  section  in  which  he  makes 
his  home.  Whatever  success  he  has  achieved  is  the  direct  reward  of  his  earnest  and 
persistent  labor,  for  from  his  youthful  days  he  has  been  dependent  entirely  upon  his 
own  resources.     His  political  allegiance  Is  given  to  the  democratic  party. 


RUSSELL  D.  GEORGE. 

Russell  D.  George,  state  geologist  and  head  of  the  department  of  geology  in  the 
University  of  Colorado,  has  occupied  the  former  position  continuously  since  1907  and 
the  latter  since  1903.  Moreover,  he  is  continuously  seeking  to  promote  the  interests  of 
the  state  not  alone  along  the  lines  of  scientific  investigation  and  research  but  also  in  the 
upholding  of  its  civic  standards  and  the  advancement  of  its  material  interests.  Pro- 
fessor George  is  a  native  of  Claremont,  Ontario,  Canada.  He  was  born  in  the  year 
1866  of  the  marriage  of  Frederick  and  Mary  (Palmer)  George.  The  father  was  born  in 
London,  England,  in  1822  and  was  a  son  of  Samuel  George,  also  a  native  of  London, 
where  for  many  years  he  engaged  in  business  as  a  cloth  merchant.  His  father  was 
also  a  cloth  merchant  and  was  a  native  of  Scotland  but  for  many  years  engaged  in 
business  in  London,  where  he  passed  away.  His  son,  Samuel  George,  however,  severed 
his  business  connections  with  London  after  long  Identification  with  the  commercial 
interests,  of  the  city,  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  new  world  and  spent  his  last  days  in 
Toronto.  His  son.  Frederick  George,  largely  followed  in  the  line  of  business  to  which 
his  father  and  grandfather  had  directed  their  attention,  for  through  many  years  he  was 
a  cloth  importer.  On  account  of  failing  health  he  gave  up  mercantile  business  and  en- 
gaged in  farming.  He  died  in  the  year  1878,  while  his  widow  long  survived,  passing 
away  In  1913. 

Professor  George  was  reared  in  Ontario  and  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  province.     He  was  graduated  in  1S97  from  the  McMaster  University  of  Toronto, 


566  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Canada,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  and  in  1S98  his  alma  mater  conferred  upon 
him  the  Master  of  Arts  degree.  In  1899  he  was  made  a  fellow  in  geology  by  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  a  fact  which  indicates  the  line  of  his  special  duty  and  his  efficiency. 
He  afterward  spent  two  years  at  the  University  of  Chicago  as  a  graduate  student  and 
instructor,  completing  the  requirements  for  the  degree  Doctor  of  Philosophy.  He  then 
accepted  a  call  from  the  University  of  Iowa  at  Iowa  City,  where  he  served  as  instructor 
in  geology  and  later  as  professor  of  economic  geology  for  three  years.  In  1903  he  came 
to  the  University  of  Colorado  as  head  of  the  department  of  geology  and  has  since  occu- 
pied that  position  covering  a  period  of  fifteen  years.  Further  recognition  of  his  ability 
by  the  state  came  in  1907,  when  he  was  appointed  state  geologist  and  has  since  accept- 
ably served  in  that  capacity.  On  iiis  removal  to  the  state  in  1903.  Professor  George  at 
once  allied  his  interests  with  those  of  the  community  and  .soon  began  to  take  active  part 
in  movements  for  the  welfare  of  the  state  and  of  Boulder,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  His  colleagues  of  the  university  faculty  and  the  science  men  throughout  the 
state  recognized  his  ability  and  gladly  accorded  him  a  position  of  leadership.  Among 
the  first  things  to  claim  his  attention  were  the  mining  industry  and  the  problems  con- 
nected therewith.  Mine  operators  came  to  him  for  counsel  that  proved  to  be  so  practical 
that  his  services  as  consulting  geologist  were  soon  in  great  demand  in  Colorado  and 
other  states.  In  1907  the  Colorado  Geological  Survey  was  created  by  statutory  enact- 
ment that  made  the  head  of  the  department  of  the  State  University  the  state  geologist. 
In  this  position  Professor  George  has  worked  most  untiringly  for  the  mining  industry, 
whose  needs  he  has  come  to  know  so  well.  With  inadequate  legislative  appropriation, 
but  with  most  cordial  co-operation  of  mine  owners,  miners  and  prospectors,  he  has 
accomplished  much  for  the  state  that  a  man  with  less  vision  and  energy  could  not  hope 
to  accomplish.  When  Mr.  George  was  appointed  professor  in  the  State  University,  his 
department  was  a  year  and  a  half  old,  almost  without  equipment,  and  housed  in  an  attic. 
Under  his  administration  this  department  soon  outgrew  its  quarters  and  is  now  one  of 
the  strong  departments  of  the  university. 

In  1908,  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  Professor  George  was  married  to  Miss  Marcia 
Chipman,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Henry  W.  Chlpman.  In  politics  he  has  always  main- 
tained an  independent  course.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Master  Mason,  and  something  of  the 
nature  and  breadth  of  his  interests  is  shown  in  the  fact  that  he  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Association  tor  the  Advancement  of  Science;  of  the  Geological  Society  of 
America;  the  Colorado  Scientific  Society  and  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  En- 
gineers, beside  other  organizations  engaged  in  scientific  research.  He  has  long  taken 
an  active  part  in  civic  affairs.  His  influence  in  shaping  legislation  in  Colorado  for 
several  years  past  has  been  considerable.  An  example  of  this  is  found  in  his  work  in 
examining  coal  mines  in  the  winter  of  1910-11  as  a  member  of  the  commission  appointed 
by  Governor  Shafroth,  and  his  part  in  framing  a  law  to  improve  conditions  in  coal 
mines.  For  work  of  this  kind  he  has  a  masterly  grasp  of  affairs,  gained  from  study 
and  experience,  together  with  exceptional  ability  for  clear  exposition  of  what  he  sincerely 
believes  to  be  best  for  the  commonwealth. 


HERBERT  VAN  EVERY. 

Herbert  Van  Every  dates  his  residence  in  Adams  county  from  the  spring  of  1888, 
at  which  time  he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  which  he  has  since 
converted  into  a  valuable  and  productive  farm.  He  was  born  in  Ontario,  Norfolk 
county,  Canada,  on  the  9th  of  May,  1S66,  a  son  of  John  F.  and  Lucy  (Kew)  Van  Every, 
who  are  likewise  natives  of  Ontario,  where  the  father  followed  the  occupation  of 
farming  and  where  he  and  his  wife  still  make  their  home.  They  have  a  family  of 
eight  children,  of  whom  Herbert  is  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth.  An  uncle,  Hiram 
Van  Every,  now  deceased,  crossed  the  plains  in  the  early  '60s,  in  that  period  when 
everything  was  wild,  when  Indians  were  far  more  numerous  than  the  white  settlers 
and  when  travel  caused  the  people  to  face  not  only  many  hardships  and  privations 
but  also  many  dangers.  He  settled  in  Arapahoe  county  and  continued  to  follow 
farming  here  until  his  death.  His  widow  is  living  at  the  home  of  Richard  Talbot  and 
Herbert  Van   Every  is  his  only   living  nephew   in  Colorado. 

In  the  graded  schools  of  his  native  county  Herbert  Van  Every  pursued  his  edu- 
cation and  after  his  textbooks  ,  were  put  aside  remained  upon  the  home  farm  for  a 
few  years,  but  the  opportunities  of  the  west  attracted  him  and  in  the  spring  of  1888 
he  came  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Arapahoe  county,  now  Adams  county,  where 
lie   secured   a   homestead   claim   of   one   hundred   and   sixty   acres.     Not   a    furrow   had 


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568  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

been  turned  nor  an  improvement  made  upon  the  place  at  that  period,  but  with  char- 
acteristic energy  he  began  the  development  of  the  farm  and  has  since  converted  it 
into  a  valuable  property.  He  has  upon  the  place  a  fine  residence,  a  large  and  sub- 
stantial barn  and  all  necessary  improvements.  He  irrigated  the  land  and  has  devoted 
his  attention  to  the  raising  of  grain  and  alfalfa.  He  now  leases  eighty  acres  of  his 
place  but  owns  altogether  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres,  having  added  to  the 
original   tract. 

On  the  21st  of  June,  1898,  Mr.  Van  Every  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  Cline,  a 
daughter  of  Solomon  and  Sarah  (Woodley)  Cline.  Both  of  her  parents  were  natives 
of  Ontario,  Canada,  and  in  1867  they  crossed  the  plains,  settling  in  Arapahoe  county, 
Colorado,  where  they  passed  away.  Mrs.  Van  Every  attended  District  School  No.  3 
and  afterward  was  graduated  from  the  East  Denver  high  school.  For  four  years 
she  engaged  in  teaching  in  Districts  Nos.  3  and  53  and  is  a  lady  of  liberal  education 
and  culture  who  is  doing  great  good  in  the  world.  By  her  marriage  she  has  become 
the  mother  of  four  children:     Cline,   Ruth,  John   and  Kent. 

Mr.  Van  Every  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  He  served 
as  school  director  of  District  No.  11  for  a  number  of  years  and  was  at  one  time  county 
chairman  of  the  progressive  party.  Hunting  constitutes  his  favorite  sport  and  from 
this  he  gains  his  relaxation.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Neighbors,  also  of  the 
First  Baptist  church  of  Denver  and  of  the  Red  Cross  and  is  thus  actively  assisting 
In  war  work. 


JOHN  J.  CROWLEY. 

John  J.  Crowley,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of 
land  near  Derby  and  also  owns  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  First  creek,  where 
he  is  raising  cattle,  is  an  energetic  and  enterprising  agriculturist  whose  well  directed 
efforts  and  unfaltering  industry  have  been  the  basis  of  his  growing  success.  He  was 
born  in  County  Cork,  Ireland,  on  the  25th  of  October,  1862,  a  son  of  John  and  Ann 
(Hales)  Crowley,  the  former  a  farmer  by  occupation.  The  family  numbered  seven 
children  and,  like  the  others  of  the  household,  John  J.  Crowley  was  a  pupil  in  the 
national  schools  of  Ireland,  while  his  more  advanced  educational  training  was  received 
in  Queens  College  at  Cork,  now  known  as  the  Royal  University  of  Ireland,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1883.  He  then  determined  to  come  to  the  new 
world  and  made  his  way  to  Dubuque,  Iowa,  after  which  he  secured  a  clerkship  on  a 
steamboat  of  the  Diamond  Joe  Line  on  the  Mississippi  river  and  spent  three  years 
in  that  connection.  He  next  went  to  northwestern  Nebraska,  near  the  Wyoming  line, 
and  took  up  a  homestead,  proving  up  on  the  property  and  starting  in  the  cattle  raising 
business  there.  In  connection  therewith  he  did  railroad  contracting  on  the  Chicago 
&  Northwestern,  spending  three  or  four  years  in  that  connection.  He  afterward  went 
to  Tacoma,  Washington,  and  while  in  the  northwest  served  as  bailiff  in  the  superior 
court  for  eight  years.  Previously  he  was  an  employe  in  the  Tacoma  Hotel.  After 
retiring  from  the  position  of  bailiff  he  removed  to  Colorado  and  settled  first  on  Third 
creek,  where  he  spent  four  years  in  the  cattle  business.  He  then  purchased  a  place 
on  First  creek  and  made  his  home  thereon  for  five  or  six  years,  during  which  time  he 
.engaged  in  farming  and  also  in  cattle  raising.  He  next  removed  to  his  present  loca- 
tion near  Derby  and  is  now  cultivating  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land,  which 
he  devotes  to  the  raising  of  various  cereals  and  crops  best  adapted  to  the  soil  and 
climate.  In  addition  he  still  owns  his  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  First  creek. 
He  likewise  owns  another  place,  in  Douglas  county,  upon  which  he  is  raising  cattle, 
and  thus  his  business  interests  are  extensive  and  important. 

While  in  Tacoma,  Washington,  on  the  6th  of  May,  1891,  Mr.  Crowley  was  married 
to  Miss  Nellie  V.  Connors.  Their  children  are:  John  J.;  Anna  D.,  the  wife  of  Frank 
Sandell,  by  whom  she  has  one  child,  Stella  A.;  William,  deceased;  Francis  P.,  who  is 
a  member  of  the  United  States  army,  now  in  France;  Robert  Hales;  Kathleen  Mary; 
and  Helen   Irene. 

Mr.  Crowley  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  For  three 
terms  he  served  as  school  director  and  is  a  stalwart  champion  of  the  cause  of  public 
education.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  his  membership 
being  in  the  Sacred  Heart  church  at  Denver.  He  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to 
the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community  in  which  he  makes  his  home.  Liberally 
educated,  he  was  well  trained  for  life's  practical  and  responsible  duties  and  has  made 
wise  use  of  his  time,  talents  and  opportunities  as  the  years  have  passed.     Coming  to 


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570  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Colorado  when  it  was  still  a  frontier  district,  he  has  heen  identified  with  its  substantial 
and  permanent  development  and  has  contributed  in  no  small  measure  to  the  advance- 
ment of  its  farming  and  stock  raising  interests. 


GEORGE   J.   W.    LONGMORE. 


George  J.  W.  Longmore,  a  substantial  and  representative  citizen  of  Boulder  county, 
was  appointed  postmaster  of  the  town  of  Louisville  in  1915  and  has  since  ably  dis- 
charged the  duties  of  that  office.  His  birth  occurred  in  Scotland  on  the  3d  of  Sep- 
tember, 1882,  his  parents  being  Thomas  and  Rebecca  (Boustead)  Longmore,  who  spent 
their  entire  lives  in  that  country. 

George  J.  W.  Longmore,  the  youngest  in  a  family  of  fifteen  children,  was  reared 
and  educated  in  the  land  of  his  nativity  and  there  remained  until  he  had  reached  the 
age  of  twenty-three  years.  In  1905  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  United  States  and 
came  direct  to  Colorado,  taking  up  his  abode  in  Boulder  county  and  securing  the  posi- 
tion of  cashier  in  a  bank  at  Lafayette.  He  continued  in  that  responsible  capacity  for 
six  years,  on  the  expiration  of  which  period  he  embarked  in  the  insurance  business  at 
Louisville  and  was  thus  successfully  engaged  until  appointed  postmaster  of  the  town 
in  1915,  in  which  connection  lie  has  since  made  a  most  creditable  and  commendable 
record.  He  has  acquired  considerable  property  holdings  in  Louisville  and  has  long 
been  numbered  among  the  prominent  and  progressive  citizens  of  the  community. 

In  January,  1911,  Mr.  Longmore  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ellen  Wilson,  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Wilson,  of  Corning,  Ohio.  They  have  become  parents  of  two 
children,  T.  Wilson  and  Catherine  Janet. 

In  politics  Mr.  Longmore  is  a  stalwart  democrat,  believing  firmly  in  the  principles 
of  that  party,  while  his  religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his  membership  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret  his  determination  to  try  his 
fortune  in  the  new  world,  for  here  he  has  found  the  opportunities  which  he  sought 
and  in  their  wise  utilization  has  won  success,  at  the  same  time  gaining  the  high  regard 
and  esteem  of  those  with  whom  he  has  been  associated.  A  young  man  of  energy,  enter- 
prise and  progressive  spirit,  the  future  holds  tor   him  splendid  promise. 


JOHN   MOODY. 


John  Moody,  a  merchant  of  Hygiene,  was  born  in  Maryland,  September  9,  18G4, 
a  son  of  Richard  and  Mary  J.  (Gray)  Moody,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  England. 
They  came  to  America  in  the  year  1853  and  settled  in  Maryland,  where  they  were 
married  in  1855.  They  continued  residents  of  that  state  for  a  third  of  a  century  or 
until  1886,  when  they  removed  westward  to  Nebraska  and  settled  on  a  farm  which 
continued  to  be  their  place  of  residence  throughout  their  remaining  days,  both  father 
and  mother  dying  in  that  state.  They  had  a  family  of  twelve  children,  eight  of  whom 
are  yet  living. 

The  youthful  days  of  John  Moody  were  passed  in  Maryland  and  the  public  school 
system  of  the  state  afforded  him  his  educational  opportunities.  In  1887  he  became 
a  resident  of  Nebraska,  where  he  togk  up  a  timber  claim  of  which  he  is  still  the 
owner.  In  1888.  however,  he  went  to  Wyoming  and  there  followed  coal  mining  until 
the  fall  of  that  year,  when  he  removed  to  Colorado.  Throughout  the  intervening  period 
or  tor  more  than  thirty  years,  he  has  made  his  home  in  this  state.  He  was  engaged  in 
merchandising  at  Perigo,  Colorado,  tor  a  period  of  eight  years  and  in  1904  he  took  up 
his  abode  in  Hygiene,  where  he  established  a  store  and  has  since  dealt  in  general 
merchandise.  He  has  an  excellent  stock  of  goods  and  is  liberally  patronized  owing  to 
his  earnest  efforts  to  please  his  patrons  and  his  straightforward  dealings.  In  1907  he 
was  appointed  postmaster  of  the  town  by  President  Roosevelt  and  has  since  continued 
in  that  position. 

In  1890  Mr.  Moody  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  Young,  a  native  of  England,  who 
came  to  America  in  1872.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Anna  Young,  also  natives 
of  England  but  now  residents  of  Idaho.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moody  have  been  born  six 
children:  Pearl  M.,  the  wife  of  George  W.  Hildenbrandt;  Marietta,  the  wife  of  L.  W. 
Wells;  Bertha  M.;  Edith  Ploy;  Charles  R.;  and  one  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Moody  has  always  been  a  republican  in  his  political  views,  believing  firmly 
in  the  principles  of  the  party.     He  has  served  as  city  clerk  and  has  also  been  a  mem- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  571 

ber  of  the  school  board.  He  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  has 
filled  some  of  the  chairs  of  the  local  lodge.  He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  and  served  as  its  clerk  for  a  number  of  years.  He  and  his  wife 
are  consistent  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  taking  an  active  Interest 
in  all  that  pertains  to  its  growth  and  the  extension  of  its  influence.  In  a  business 
way,  too,  his  record  is  most  creditable,  for  it  illustrates  clearly  what  can  be  accom- 
plished through  persistent  and  earnest  effort  guided  by  sound  judgment.  His  business 
connections  have  brought  him  a  wide  acquaintance  in  the  sectiort  in  which  he  lives 
and  everywhere  he  is  spoken  of  in  terms  of  high  regard. 


SAMUEL  VAN  NESS  ROGERS. 

Samuel  Van  Ness  Rogers,  who  became  a  resident  of  Colorado  in  the  period  of  its 
early  development,  was  born  in  Rockbridge  county,  Virginia,  June  14,  1840.  His 
ancestry  on  the  paternal  side  is  traced  back  to  the  early  colonial  period  In  American 
history,  and  on  the  maternal  side  he  came  of  German  and  Irish  ancestry.  In  early 
life  he  was  for  a  number  of  years  engaged  in  business  in  Virginia.  Coming  to  Colorado 
in  1875,  he  located  in  Tallahassee  Basin  or  Gulch  and  afterward  went  to  the  present 
site  of  Salida,  where  he  expected  to  homestead.  A  snow  storm,  however,  prevented 
him  from  carrying  out  his  plans  and  later  he  found  the  district  which  he  had  intended 
to  homestead  had  been  taken  up  as  a  town  site.  From  Salida  he  proceeded  to  the  San 
Luis  valley,  settling  near  Villa  Grove  in  Saguache  county.  There  and  in  Wet  Mountain 
valley  he  became  one  of  the  most  successful  ranchers  and  cattlemen  of  the  entire  state, 
conducting  extensive  interests  along  that  line. 

On  the  19th  of  December.  1867.  Mr.  Rogers  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martha 
A.  Hill,  who  was  born  near  La  Fayette,  Indiana.  There  were  six  children  in  the  family 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rogers  and  there  are  also  seven  grandchildren  and  two  great-grand- 
children. The  children  still  living  are:  Mrs.  Pearl  G.  Reinhardt,  of  Wallace.  Idaho; 
Claude  S.  Rogers,  who  is  connected  with  the  zinc  plant  at  Caiion  City;  James  L.,  of 
Longmont;  and  Mrs.  Annette  Bibler,  of  Canon  City. 

The  husband  and  father  retired  from  active  business  in  1905  and  spent  his  remain- 
ing days,  covering  a  period  of  five  years,  in  the  enjoyment  of  well  earned  rest,  passing 
away  in  1910.    His  widow  survives  and  is  now  living  in  Canon  City. 


P.    D.   NELSON. 


P.  D.  Nelson,  a  member  of  the  Colorado  bar  practicing  at  Berthoud,  Larimer 
county,  was  born  in  Shelby  county.  Iowa,  January  15,  1877,  a  son  of  J.  C.  and  Bergette 
(Miller)  Nelson,  who  are  natives  of  Denmark.  The  parents  came  to  America  in  1874 
and  settled  in  Iowa,  where  they  were  identified  with  farming  interests  until  1910. 
The  father  then  retired  from  active  business  life  and  removed  to  Denver,  where  he 
and  his  wife  still  make  their  home,  enjoying  in  well  earned  rest  the  fruits  of  their 
former  toil.     They  became  the  parents  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom  are  living. 

P.  D.  Nelson  was  reared  and  educated  in  Iowa.  The  public  schools  afforded  him 
his  opportunities  of  mastering  the  common  branches  of  English  learning  and  some  of 
the  sciences  and  later  he  pursued  a  course  in  the  Denver  Law  School,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1906,  for  he  had  determined  to  make  law  practice 
his  life  work.  In  January.  1907,  he  opened  an  office  in  Berthoud,  Larimer,  county, 
■where  he  has  since  remained  and  through  the  intervening  years  he  has  built  up  a 
clientage  that  is  now  large  and  of  a  distinctively  representative  character. 

In  1904  Mr.  Nelson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mildred  Kissell,  a  native  of 
Iowa  City,  Iowa,  and  a  daughter  of  H.  B.  and  Elizabeth  Kissell,  who  were  natives  of 
Pennsylvania  but  became  residents  of  Iowa  during  the  pioneer  epoch  in  its  history, 
there  residing  during  the  greater  part  of  their  lives.  The  father  is  now  deceased,  but 
the  mother  is  still  living  and  makes  her  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nelson,  who  have 
one  child,  Verna  E.,  born  February  9,  1917.  Thus  three  generations  are  represented 
In  the  household. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Nelson  Is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  Berthoud  Lodge  No.  83,  in  which 
he  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Woodmen   of  the  World   and   the   Modern  Woodmen   of  America   as   well   as   with    the 


572  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Eastern  Star.  Poli*ically  he  is  a  republican  and  is  a  recognized  leader  in  the  local 
ranks  of  his  party,  his  opinions  carrying  weight  in  its  councils.  He  has  been  called 
upon  to  represent  his  district  in  the  general  assembly,  having  been  a  member  during 
the  twentieth  session.  He  stands  loyally  for  whatever  he  believes  to  be  for  the  best 
interests  of  the  community  and  his  worth  as  a  man  and  citizen  is  widely  acknowledged. 
His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 


MARY    E.    FORD,   M.    D. 

Among  the  women  who  have  done  splendid  professional  work  in  Denver  is  Dr. 
Mary  E.  Ford,  physician,  whose  large  practice  is  indicative  of  the  confidence  reposed  in 
her  and  of  the  ability  which  she  has  displayed  in  carrying  on  her  chosen  lite  work. 
Dr.  Ford  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  her  birth  having  occurred  in  Indiana  county, 
that  state,  on  Che  31st  of  January,  1865,  her  parents  being  Robert  and  Jane  (Beatty) 
Ford.  The  father  came  to  America  from  Ireland,  his  native  land,  while  the  mother 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania.  Robert  Ford  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  in  Allegheny 
City,  Pennsylvania,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  remained  residents  of  that  city  for  many 
years,  continuing  there  to  the  time  of  their  demise. 

Dr.  Ford  was  the  youngest  of  their  family  of  five  children.  She  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Allegheny  City  and  also  became  a  student  in  the  normal  school  in 
Indiana,  after  which  she  entered  the  Boston  University  School  of  Medicine  and  was 
graduated  therefrom  with  the  class  of  1896.  For  a  short  period  she  engaged  in  prac- 
tice in  Allegheny  City  and  then  came  to  Denver,  where  she  arrived  in  1896.  She  has 
since  been  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine  and  has  been  very  successful. 
Her  ability  is  acknowledged  by  the  general  public  and  by  the  profession  and  her  prac- 
tice has  steadily  grown  with  the  passing  years.  She  is  most  conscientious  in  the  per- 
formance of  all  of  her  professional  duties  and  is  deeply  interested  in  anything  that 
tends  to  bring  to  man  the  key  to  the  complex  mystery  which  we  call  life.  She  has 
continued  her  studies,  keeping  in  touch  with  the  latest  investigation  and  research 
work,  and  while  she  does  not  hastily  discard  old  and  time-tried  methods,  she  yet 
eagerly  takes  up  every  new  idea  which  her  judgment  sanctions  as  of  value  in  her  pro- 
fessional service. 


ZOPHER  DE  FOREST  HAVENS. 

If  truth  stands  in  the  old  adage  that  "opportunity  knocks  but  once,"  it  is  evi- 
dent that  Zopher  De  Forest  Havens  responded  at  once  to  the  call,  for  his  business 
career  has  been  one  of  steady  advancement  in  which  he  has  utilized  every  chance  for 
progress.  He  was  born  in  Atlantic,  Iowa,  January  24,  1874,  a  son  of  R.  W.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Hammond)  Havens,  who  are  natives  of  Michigan.  They  removed  to  Iowa  at 
an  early  day  and  the  father  there  engaged  in  bridge  construction  work  for  the  Rock 
Island  Railway  Company  throughout  the  state  of  Iowa.  He  remained  a  resident  of 
that  section  of  the  country  until  the  fall  of  1892,  when  he  removed  to  South  Omaha, 
where  he  resided  until  June.  1917,  when  he  removed  to  Denver,  where  he  is  now  living 
retired  from  active  business.  His  wife  also  survives.  Their  family  numbers  three 
children:  Verne  Le  Roy,  who  is  attache  of  the  American  department  of  commerce 
in  Santiago,  Chile:  Zopher  D.,  of  this  review:  and  Alice  E.,  who  was  principal  of  the 
high  school  at  South  Omaha,  Nebraska,  at  the  time  of  her  death  there  in  March,  1902. 

Zopher  D.  Havens  spent  his  youthful  days  as  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Atlantic, 
Iowa,  and  became  a  resident  of  South  Omaha  in  1893,  at  which  time  he  entered  into 
active  connection  with  the  live  stock  business  at  the  stock  yards.  There  he  remained 
for  twelve  years,  after  which  he  located  on  a  large  ranch  in  Antelope  county  and 
operated  in  the  South  Omaha  stock  yards  at  the  same  time.  He  continued  in  Ante- 
lope county  until  March,  1915,  when  he  entered  into  the  live  stock  business  on  his 
own  account,  starting  in  a  small  way  and  opening  an  office  in  Denver.  His  interests 
have  since  grown  to  extensive  proportions  and  for  actual  yard  trading  this  firm  handles 
about  as  many  cattle  as  any  concern  in  Denver.  He  handles  cattle  exclusively  and 
is  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  important  and  representative  firms  of  the  Denver  yards, 
being  president,  treasurer  and  general  manager  of  The  Havens  Live  Stock  Company, 
which  was   incorporated   in   the   fall   of   1917. 

On   the   28th   of   September,    1892,   in    South   Omaha,   Mr.   Havens   was   married   to 


Z.    D.    HAVENS 


574  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Miss  Annis  M.  Bennett,  a  daughter  of  Lindsey  and  Mary  (Logan)  Bennett,  of  At- 
lantic. Iowa.  Their  children  are  five  in  number:  Grace,  now  Mrs.  George  G.  Hays, 
was  born  in  Atlantic,  Iowa,  in  October,  1S94,  and  was  graduated  from  the  high  school 
in  South  Omaha  but  is  now  residing  near  Golden,  Colorado.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hays  have 
a  son,  Verne  Le  Roy,  who  was  born  November  17,  1918.  Mabel  E.  died  in  infancy. 
Rial  C,  who  was  born  April  6,  1897,  in  South  Omaha,  attended  the  South  Omaha 
schools,  also  the  Boyles  Commercial  College  of  Omaha,  Nebraska,  and  the  Barnes 
Commercial  School  of  Denver  and  is  now  with  the  United  States  Marines  at  Fort 
Lyons,  holding  the  rank  of  corporal.  Alice  E.,  who  was  born  in  Neligh,  Nebraska, 
June  22,  1903,  is  attending  school  in  Denver.  "Walter  D.,  who  was  born  in  Clearwater, 
Nebraska,  May  28,  1908,  is  also  a  pupil  in  the  grades  of  Denver. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Havens  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  having  been  a  representative  of  the 
former  for  twenty  years.  He  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  yet  holds  principle 
above  party  and  does  not  hesitate  to  cast  an  independent  ballot  if  his  judgment  so 
dictates.  In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Presbyterian.  His  has  been  an  active  and  well 
spent  life,  characterized  by  high  principles  and  honorable  purposes  and  resulting  in 
the  successful  achievement  of  his  plans.  His  course  proves  that  prosperity  and  an 
honored  name  may  be  won  simultaneously. 


JAMES  FIELD  WILLARD. 


James  Field  Willard.  professor  of  history  in  the  University  of  Colorado,  was  born 
in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  in  1876.  His  father,  Edward  Mahlon  Willard,  was  born 
in  Philadelphia  in  1S42  and  was  a  son  of  Lewis  Rue  Willard,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
born  in  the  year  1810.  He  in  turn  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Willard,  who  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  in  1780,  indicative  of  the  fact  that  the  family  became  connected  with 
that  state  in  colonial  days.  Edward  Mahlon  Willard  was  married  in  Davisville,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1874  to  Elizabeth  Prudence  Field,  a  daughter  of  James  Field.  He  devoted 
his  life  to  the  lumber  business  in  Philadelphia  and  there  passed  away  in  1897,  having 
for  more  than  a  decade  survived  his  wife,  who  died  in  1886. 

James  Field  Willard,  whose  name  introduces  this  review,  began  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Philadelphia  and  jn  1898  was  graduated  from  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  He  afterward  spent  two  years 
as  a  student  in  the  University  of  Wisconsin  at  Madison  in  post-graduate  work  and  later 
returned  to  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  which  in  1902  conferred  upon  him  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy.  From  1902  until  1904  he  was  teaching  history  at  the 
Northwestern  University  of  Evanston,  Illinois,  after  which  he  spent  two  years  as  Har- 
rison Fellow  for  Research  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1906  he  became  con- 
nected with  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder  as  assistant  professor  of  history 
and  in  1907  was  made  professor  of  history,  which  position  he  has  since  occupied. 

On  the  4th  of  January,  1912,  in  Boulder.  Professor  Willard  was  married  to  Miss 
Margaret  Love  Wheeler,  a  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Mary  Kathleen  Wheeler.  They 
have  one  child,  Mary  Kathleen  Willard.  Professor  Willard  belongs  to  the  Alpha  Chi 
Rho  fraternity.  In  politics  he  maintains  an  independent  course.  He  largely  concen- 
trates his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  work  in  the  educational  field,  where  he  has 
won  a  position  of  distinction,  having  specialized  in  mediaeval  history  in  England  and 
the  history  of  mediaeval  taxation  in  that  country.  A  book  entitled  The  Union  Colony 
at  Greeley,  Colorado,  1869-1871,  published  in  1918,  by  the  university,  was  edited  with 
introduction  and  notes  by  Mr.  Willard. 


SCHUYLER    C.    PECK. 


Schuyler  C.  Peck,  to  whom  opportunity  has  ever  been  a  call  to  action,  is  now 
the  secretary  and  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Denver  Coal  By-Products  Company,  but  the 
extent  and  importance  of  his  business  interests  do  not  monopolize  his  time  to  the 
exclusion  of  active  participation  in  public  affairs  at  the  present  crisis  In  history,  for 
he  is  now  serving  as  chief  clerk  on  the  United  States  exemption  board  No.  6,  of  Denver 
and  in  every  possible  way  is  doing  everything  in  his  power  to  aid  in  promoting  the 
interests  of  his  country. 

Mr.  Peck  is  a  native  of  Michigan  and  a  record  of  his  family  is  given  in  connection 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  575 

with  the  sketch  of  Dr.  G.  S.  Peck  on  another  page  of  this  work.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Buchanan.  Jlichigan,  to  the  age  of  seventeen  years  and  then 
started  out  to  earn  his  own  living,  being  first  employed  as  a  telegraph  operator  by  the 
Michigan  Central  Railroad  Company.  He  continued  in  that  work  for  four  years  and 
was  afterward  advanced  to  the  position  of  ticket  agent  at  Saginaw,  Michigan,  with 
the  same  road,  filling  the  latter  position  until  1900,  when  he  removed  to  Colorado, 
settling  in  Denver,  where  he  arrived  on  the  1st  day  of  December,  1900.  Here  he  estab- 
lished the  Peck  Delivery  Company  and  conducted  the  business  successfully  until  1912, 
when  he  sold  his  interests  in  that  line  and  became  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Denver 
Coal  By-Products  Company,  with  which  he  has  since  been  actively  identified,  filling 
the  offices  of  secretary  and  assistant  treasurer.  He  has  contributed  in  marked  measure 
to  the  success  of  the  undertaking,  which  has  rapidly  developed  and  has  become  one 
of  the  profitable  concerns  of  the  kind  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Peck  has  been  married  twice.  In  Hastings,  Nebraska,  on  the  22d  of  October, 
1890,  he  wedded  Miss  Theresa  Byerlein,  a  native  of  Saginaw,  Michigan,  and  to  them 
were  born  two  children:  Marguerite,  whose  birth  occurred  July  S,  1892,  in  Saginaw, 
Michigan,  and  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Emile  R.  Mayer,  of  Brighton.  Colorado;  and  Ruth, 
who  was  born  in  Denver,  March  14,  1902.  Mrs.  Peck  passed  away  on  the  day  of  the  birth 
of  her  daughter  Ruth  at  the  age  of  thirty-two  years.  Mr..  Pack  afterward  married  Miss 
Harriet  M.  C.  Vincent,  a  native  of  Canada,  the  wedding  being  celebrated  in  Denver, 
April  8,  1903.  Of  the  second  marriage  a  son  and  a  daughter  have  been  born:  Sidney  J., 
who  was  born  in  Denver  in  August,  1905;  and  Dorothy  J.  C,  born  In  Stonewall,  Mani- 
toba, June  15,  1909. 

Mr.  Peck  is  a  man  of  domestic  tastes  who  finds  his  greatest  happiness  at  his  own 
fireside  and  he  and  his  family  are  pleasantly  located  at  No.  2336  Race  street.  In  poli- 
tics Mr.  Peck  is  a  republican.  He  belongs  to  Palestine  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  and  was 
the  first  master  of  the  lodge,  which  was  organized  in  June,  1918.  He  also  has  mem- 
bership in  Colorado  Chapter.  No.  29,  R.  A.  M.;  in  Denver  Commandery,  No.  25,  K.  T., 
of  which  he  served  as  eminent  commander  in  1908;  and  in  El  Jebel  Temple  A.  A.  O. 
N.  M.  S.  He  likewise  has  membership  in  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association, 
in  the  Rotary  Club,  and  in  St.  Stephen's  Episcopal  church.  In  the  last  named  he  has 
served  for  a  number  of  years  as  vestryman  and  takes  active  and  helpful  part  in  pro- 
moting the  church  work.  In  fact,  his  aid  and  influence  are  always  on  the  side  of 
progress  and  improvement,  whether  relative  to  individual  or  community  advancement 
or  relating  to  the  material,  intellectual,  social  or  moral  progress  of  the  city. 


WILLIAM  L.  HAUPTLI. 

William  Hauptli,  vice  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Wellington,  Colo- 
rado, was  born  in  Norfolk,  Nebraska,  March  22,  1887,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Euricka 
(Krueger)  Hauptli,  the  former  a  native  of  Switzerland,  while  the  latter  was  born  in 
Germany.  Jacob  Hauptli  came  to  the  new  world  in  1874  and  took  up  his  abode  in 
California,  but  after  a  time  removed  to  Norfolk,  Nebraska,  where  he  has  resided  for 
the  past  twenty-two  years,  devoting  his  attention  in  large  measure  to  railroading.  His 
wife  is  also  living. 

William  L.  Hauptli  was  reared  and  educated  in  Norfolk.  Nebraska,  and  after  his 
textbooks  were  put  aside  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  banking  business,  securing  a 
position  as  bookkeeper  in  the  Citizens  National  Bank  of  Norfolk,  in  which  he  after- 
ward won  promotion  until  he  had  become  assistant  cashier  of  that  institution.  He 
subsequently  went  to  Monowi  and  accepted  the  position  of  cashier  in  the  Monowi  State 
Bank,  remaining  there  for  four  years.  He  afterward  came  to  Colorado  in  November, 
1916,  and  settling  in  Wellington,  purchased  the  First  National  Bank  in  connection  with 
H.  B.  Persons.  They  have  the  controlling  interest  in  this  institution  and  have  since 
successfully  conducted  it.  The  bank  is  capitalized  for  twenty-five  thousand  dollars 
and  has  surplus  and  undivided  profits  amounting  to  more  than  eleven  thousand  dollars, 
while  its  deposits  reach  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  thousand  dollars.  The  bank  is 
enjoying  a  prosperous  existence,  owing  to  the  enterprising  methods  and  progressive- 
ness  of  the  leading  stockholders.  Mr.  Hauptli  also  has  farming  interests  here  and 
likewise  conducts  an  insurance  business,  in  which  connection  he  has  gained  a  large 
clientage. 

In  October,  1914.  Mr.  Hauptli  was  married  to  Miss  Norene  W.  McCandless,  a  daugh- 
ter of  C.  S.  and  Jennie  McCandless,  who  were  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  became  pioneer 
settlers  of  North  Dakota.    The  father  was  a  cement  contractor  but  is  now  living  retired. 


576  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

making  his  home  at  Hemet,  California.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hauptli  have  one  child,  Winfred 
H.,  born  January  9,  1916. 

The  religious  faith  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hauptli  is  that  of  the  German  Lutheran  church 
and  fraternally  Mr.  Hauptli  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican,  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of 
the  day.  but  he  does  not  seek  nor  desire  office.  He  has  made  steady  progress  along' 
business  lines,  and  experience  and  study  are  constantly  broadening  his  knowledge  and 
promoting  his  efficiency. 


DANIEL  ALBERT  EITEL. 


Daniel  Albert  Eitel  is  the  owner  of  an  extensive  ranch  in  the  Riverbend  district 
of  Elbert  county  and  displays  marked  business  ability  and  enterprise  in  its  conduct. 
He  was  born  in  Adair  county,  Missouri,  April  21,  1882,  a  son  of  John  F.  and  Eva 
Eitel.  While  spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof  he  pursued  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Missouri  and  after  arriving  at  years  of  maturity  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Fannie  Leavengood,  of  Sullivan  county,  that  state,  the  wedding  being 
celebrated  in  the  year  1911. 

Mr.  Eitel  afterward  successfully  followed  farming  in  the  Mississippi  Valley  but 
in  1917  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Elbert  county,  where  he  purchased  one  of  the 
largest  farms  of  the  Riverbend  district.  He  knows  thoroughly  the  business  of  farming 
and  cattle  growing  and  his  production  in  the  present  year  of  1918  surpasses  any- 
thing previously  done  upon  this  extensive  place.  Closely  studying  the  situation  which 
confronted  him  when  he  came  to  the  county,  he  has  made  the  best  possible  use  of  his 
time  and  opportunities  in  the  further  development  and  improvement  of  his  land  and 
year  by  year  will  add  to  its  productiveness  because  of  the  practical  value  of  his  service 
in  crop  raising. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eitel  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Charles  Sherman  and  Clara 
June.  Already  the  family  have  made  many  acquaintances  in  Elbert  county  and  have 
gained  the  high  regard  of  those  with  whom  they  have  been  brought  in  contact. 


BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  ROCKAPELLOW. 

The  Rockefellers  do  not  all  spell  their  name  alike.  When,  however,  it  comes  to 
genealogy  there  is  but  one  spelling,  and  the  book  issued  once  every  five  years  is  called 
the  "Record  of  the  Rockefeller  Family  Association."  Of  this  organization  Benjamin 
Franklin  Rockafellow.  of  Canon  City,  has  for  over  eight  years  been  president.  The 
book  is  an  exceedingly  interesting  series  of  volumes,  for  it  traces  the  family  history 
back  to  Raimond  Perellas  Rocafull,  sixty-third  grand  master  of  the  Order  of  Malta, 
1697  to  1719.  From  this  point  it  is  easy  to  trace  the  ancestral  line  back  to  the  thir- 
teenth century.  There  are  French  ancestors  who  spell  the  name  Roquefeuille:  Ger- 
mans who  spell  it  Rockenfeller.  while  the  English  use  the  form  of  Rockefeller;  but 
all  have  the  motto  dating  from  1250.  "Nonquam  Propius  Erunt."  The  immediate 
ancestor  of  the  American  branch  of  the  family  was  a  German,  Johann  Peter  Rocke- 
feller, 1723.  The  great-grandfather  of  John  D.  Rockefeller,  the  oil  magnate,  and  the 
great-grandfather  of  Benjamin  Franklin  Rockafellow,  the  subject  of  this  review,  were 
brothers,  and  the  misspelling  in  America  began  with   these  two  ancestors. 

For  eight  years  this  great-grandfather  of  B.  F.  Rockafellow  fought  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  and  his  own  military  career  was  probably  inspired  by  this  notable  fact. 

B.  F.  Rockafellow  was  born  November  18.  1835.  in  Nunda.  Livingston  county.  New 
York.  Captain  Rockafellow  attended  first  the  district  schools  of  Conesus,  New  York. 
In  this'  town  his  father  was  engaged  in  the  general  milling  business,  shipping  his 
product  to  New  York  city.  This  was  before  the  days  of  railroads,  and  canal  transpor- 
tation was  utilized.  The  Geneseo  Valley  Canal  carried  the  flour  and  other  merchandise 
to  the  Erie  Canal,  on  which  the  cargo  was  carried  to  Albany  and  thence  down  the 
Hudson  river  to  New  York  city.  In  taking  up  his  more  advanced  schooling  Captain 
Rockafellow  entered  Temple  Hill  Academy  at  Geneseo.  New  York,  later  was  a  student 
at  the  Wesleyan  Seminary  of  Lima,  New  York,  and  concluded  his  collegiate  work  at 
Oberlin  College  of  Oberlin,  Ohio,  in  the  early  '50s.  His  college  expense  was  met  from 
his  own  earnings.  When  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age  the  family  removed  to  Lyons. 
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578  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Gothic  steam  mills.  The  funds  for  the  erection  of  this  property  were  secured  through 
a  successful  speculation  in  what  was  then  known  as  Oak  Openings,  wild  land,  a 
project  in  which  his  favorite  aunt,  Miss  Abigail  Warner,  gave  him  substantial  assistance. 
This  mill  was  removed  as  soon  as  the  first  water  power  plant  was  completed,  which 
he  and  a  partner  operated  under  the  firm  name  of  Rockafellow  &  Hathway,  becoming 
one  of  the  best  known  milling  firms  in  that  section  of  Michigan  as  long  as  it  was  in 
operation.  In  the  summer  of  1862  he  enlisted  in  the  Sixth  Michigan  Cavalry,  was 
commissioned  second  lieutenant  and  soon  rose  to  the  rank  of  captain.  He  had  been 
seriously  wounded  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness.  May  6,  1864,  and  his  commission 
was  dated  back  to  March  16th  of  that  year;  and  "Captain"  Rockafellow  he  has  been 
ever  since.  It  was  the  officers  of  the  Sixth  Michigan  who  told  President  Lincoln 
when  he  visited  them  that  they  proposed  to  present  General  Jeb  Stuart,  the  Confed- 
erate leader,  to  him.  "I  should  much  rather  see  General  Stuart  than  all  of  you," 
was  the  president's  reply.  General  Stuart  was  killed  in  an  action  in  which  the  Sixth 
Michigan  participated.  Captain  Rockafellow  was  one  of  the  brave  men  who  destroyed 
the  pontoons  back  of  Lee's  army  in  July,  1863,  thus  delaying  the  Confederate  gen- 
eral's movement  seven  days.  Captain  Rockafellow's  wounds  were  slow  in  healing  and 
after  he  had  seemingly  recovered  his  wounds  again  broke  out  and  later  after  he  con- 
valesced he  was  for  a  time  commanding  the  first  division  at  Remount  Camp  Stone- 
man,  near  Washington.  In  1865,  however,  he  was  with  his  regiment  in  Sheridan's 
famous  Charlottesville  and  James  River  raid. 

After  the  rebellion  was  ended  Captain  Rockafellow"  pai:ticipa,ted  in  General  P.  E. 
Connor's  Powder  River  Indian  expedition.  In  November,  1865,  he  was  sent  to  Port 
Bridger  and  assigned  to  command  Company  D  of  the  reorganized  First  Michigan 
Veteran  Cavalry  and  ordered  to  Camp  Douglas,  Salt  Lake,  where  trouble  with  the 
Mormons  was  brewing.  In  March.  1866.  he  was  mustered  out  and  came  by  team 
to  Denver.  His  father  had  arrived  in  the  state  in  1860  and  with  him  the  Captain 
began  mining  the  placer  fields  below  Hamilton.  That  fall  he  removed  to  Canon  City, 
in    the    development    of   which    he    has   been    the    greatest    individual    factor. 

After  selling  his  mining  properties  to  Philadelphia  parties  Captain  Rockafellow 
returned  east  and  was  married  on  the  30th  of  April,  186,7i  to  Miss  Kittle  M.  King,  of 
Greenfield,  Michigan.  They  made  their  permanent  home  in  Canon  City.  Their  honey- 
moon trip  was  replete  with  danger.  The  railroad  had  been  built  only  to  North  Platte 
and  for  two  nights  and  a  day  they  were  on  the, way  between  Kearney.  Julesburg  and 
Denver  by  relay  coaches.     This  was  just  before  the  worst  outbreak  of  the   Indians. 

In  1869  Captain  Rockafellow  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Cafion  City  and  held 
that  position  continuously  until  1879.  He  was  one  of  the  promoters  and  incorporators 
of  the  original  coal  companies  at  Rockvale  and  Brookside.  Some  of  the  properties  of 
these   companies   the   Santa   Fe   Railroad    finally   secured    through   his   effort. 

In  1882  Mr.  Rockafellow  was  elected  to  the  legislature  and  framed  and  secured 
the  passage  of  the  first  coal  mining  law.  He  has  ever  closely  studied  questions  and 
issues  bearing  upon  the  welfare  and  development  of  his  state  and  has  looked  beyond 
the  exigencies  of  the  moment  to  the  opportunities  and  possibilities  of  the  future. 
His  opinions  have  been  carefully  formed  after  wide  reading  and  investigation  and  have 
exerted  considerable  infiuence  in  molding  public  thought. 

Captain  Rockafellow  was  the  first  man  to  plant  a  great  orchard  in  Fremont  county, 
which  is  now  one  of  the  most  important  fruit  raising  sections  of  Colorado,  and  his 
orchard  is  among  the  largest  in  this  section.  Throughout  all  the  intervening  years 
Captain  Rockafellow  has  been  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Legion  an^l  of  Greenwood  Post, 
G.  A.  R.,  at  Canon  City,  and  of  the  latter  was  for  several  terms  commander.  He 
was  also  for  eleven  years  on  the  State  Agricultural  College  board  and  has  been  for 
years   and   is  today  one   of  the  authorities   on   horticulture   in   Colorado. 

On  the  30th  of  April,  1917,  in  the  old  home  in  Canon  City,  the  Captain  and  his 
wife  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  anniversary.  Their  children  are:  George  F., 
president  of  the  Fremont  County  National  Bank,  with  which  institution  he  has  been 
connected  for  twenty-nine  years;  Charles  Custer,  cashier  of  the  Costilla  County  State 
Bank  at  San  Acacio:  and  Mrs.  Wilbur  T.  Little,  whose  husband.  Dr.  Little,  was  sta- 
tioned as  Captain  of  the  Raritan  arsenal  of  New  Jersey  and  is  now  assistant  to  the 
surgeon  in  chief  at  the  big  government  recuperation  camp  at  Aurora,  Colorado.  All 
these  children  and  the  grandchildren  were  present  at  the  golden  wedding.  Mrs. 
Rockafellow  is  active  in  church  and  social  life,  as  she  has  been  throughout  her  entire 
connection  with  Cafion  City.  She  was  a  charter  member  and  was  long  president  of 
the  ladies'  library,  which  is  now  the  public  library.  Her  life,  however,  has  also  been 
one  of  constant  devotion  to  her  home  and  family. 

Both   Captain   and   Mrs.   Rockafellow   have   exercised   marked   influence   over   events 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  579 

which  have  had  to  do  with  the  social,  intellectual  and  moral  progress  of  the  com- 
munity and  with  its  upbuilding  along  many  lines,  and  no  history  ot  Canon  City 
would   be   complete   without    extended   reference    to   them. 


TITO   CAPOPERRO. 


Tito  Capoperro,  who  is  engaged  in  the  raising  of  vegetables  on  the  Globeville 
road,  near  Westminster,  was  born  in  southern  Italy  on  the  13th  ot  February,  1852.  a 
son  of  Richard  and  Angelina  Capoperro.  He  attended  school  in  his  native  country 
and  remained  under  the  sunny  skies  ot  that  land  until  about  twenty-six  years  of  age, 
when  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  new  world,  seeking  better  business  opportunities. 
For  a  time  he  engaged  in  farm  work  in  the  east  and  in  1881  made  his  way  westward 
to  Denver,  where  ho  was  employed  for  three  years,  working  in  a  hothouse  at  Thirty- 
first  and  California  streets.  He  then  rented  ten  acres  ot  land  in  Adams  county  and 
began  farming  on  his  own  account.  There  he  remained  for  eight  years,  during  which 
time  he  carefully  saved  his  earnings  until  his  economy  and  industry  had  brought 
him  sufficient  capital  to  enable  him  to  purchase  ten  acres.  He  thus  acquired  his  pres- 
ent place  and  has  since  followed  gardening.  He  raises  fine  vegetables  which  find  a 
ready  sale  on  the  market  and  by  reason  of  its  extent  his  business  makes  continuous 
demands  upon  his  time  and  energies  and  brings  to  him  a  gratifying  reward  for  his 
labors. 

In  1894  Mr.  Capoperro  was  married  to  Miss  Rose  Arciere,  the  wedding  being  cele- 
brated in  Denver  on  the  16th  ot  July  of  that  year.  They  have  two  children:  Jerry, 
at  home;  and  Angelina,  the  wife  of  Vito  Albanese,  by  whom  she  has  one  daughter, 
Dominca.  Their  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church.  Mr.  Capoperro  has 
prospered  since  coming  to  the  new  world  and  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret  his 
determination  to  seek  his  fortune  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  He  found  that  in 
America   labor   is    king   and   that   diligence   and    determination   will    win    success. 


ST.   CLAIR   ROSS,    Jr. 


St.  Clair  Ross,  Jr.,  a  representative  business  man  of  Henderson  whose  activities 
have  been  well  directed,  bringing  him  a  substantial  measure  of  success,  was  born  in 
Keithsburg,  Illinois,  March  21,  1855,  a  son  of  Rev.  St.  Clair  and  Lucy  (Davidson) 
Ross.  The  father  was  the  first  minister  of  the  United  Brethren  church  in  Colorado, 
to  which  state  he  removed  in  1869. 

Mr.  Ross  of  this  review  pursued  his  education  in  district  schools  of  Colorado  near 
what  is  now  the  town  of  Henderson.  He  made  the  trip  here  on  the  first  passenger 
train  out  of  Denver,  June  21,  1870.  The  father  purchased  two  hundred  and  forty  acres 
of  land  and  St.  Clair  Ross  remained  at  home,  assisting  in  the  development  and  improve- 
ment of  the  farm.  His  uncle,  G.  J.  Ross,  had  homesteaded  this  land.  Throughout 
much  of  the  time  in  his  early  manhood  Mr.  Ross  of  this  review  has  engaged  in  farming 
and  is  well  known  among  the  leading  agriculturists  of  the  community.  He  engaged 
in  mining  in  Leadville  in  the  early  days  and  he  is  now  the  owner  of  a  blacksmith  shop 
in  Henderson  which  is  being  conducted  by  his  son.  In  1882-83  he  was  engaged  in  the 
undertaking  business  in  Denver  under  the  firm  name  of  Ross  &  Behymer,  and  is  also 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  both  at  Henderson  and  Erie.  He  is  the  owner  of 
valuable  realty,  while  at  a  recent  date  he  sold  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land. 

Mr.  Ross  was  married  to  Miss  Sophronia  L.  Gilson,  a  daughter  ot  Robert  H.  and 
Euphrasia  Gilson.  Mrs.  Ross  was  born  in  Idaho  Springs,  her  people  having  removed 
to  Colorado  from  Kansas  in  1860,  taking  up  their  abode  at  Idaho  Springs.  The  trip 
across  the  plains  was  made  with  oxen  and  Mr.  Gilson  engaged  in  mining  in  Gilson 
Gulch.  He  was  born  in  1830  and  his  wife  in  1832,  their  birth  states  being  Indiana  and 
New  York  respectively.  Mr.  Gilson  died  on  September  11.  1905,  but  his  widow  is  yet 
living  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-seven  years.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  have  been 
born  the  following  named:  Leo  H.,  the  eldest  married  Lela  Holmes  and  they  have  two 
children,  Hubert  Holmes  and  Grace  Adele.  Rose  became  the  wife  of  Edward  Murphy, 
a  son  of  J.  William  Murphy,  and  their  children  are  Edward  and  Floyd.  Maude  is  the 
wife  of  Chris  Anderson  and  they  have  a  son,  Giles.  Arthur  married  Martha  Jorgensen 
and  they  have  two  children,  Deane  and  Viola.  Irene  is  the  wife  of  Clark  V.  Nicholls 
and  their  children  are  Lillian  and  Doris, 


580  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Ross  is  a  republican  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker, 
although  he  has  very  efficiently  served  on  the  school  board.  His  activities  have  been 
carefully  and  wisely  directed  and  his  energy  and  enterprise  have  been  dominant  factors 
in   winning  tor  him  the  competence  that  is  now  his. 


HENRY    F.    STOFFT. 


Henry  F,  Stofft  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  farm  property  situated  a  mile  and  a 
half  north  of  Henderson  and  comprising  forty  acres  of  land  which  he  has  splendidly 
improved  and  brought  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  Mr.  Stofft  is  a  native  son 
of  Indiana.  His  birth  occurred  in  that  state  September  8,  1874,  and  his  parents,  John 
G.  and  Christina  (Kuhlman)  Stofft,  were  also  natives  of  Indiana  and  of  German  descent. 
They  always  remained  residents  of  Indiana  and  there  passed  away.  They  had  a  fam- 
ily of  six  children,  of  whom  Henry  F.  Stofft  was  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth. 

Reared  and  educated  in  his  native  state,  Henry  F.  Stofft  mastered  the  branches  of 
learning  taught  In  the  common  schools  and  in  1904  he  left  that  section  of  the  country 
to  come  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Denver,  where  he  resided  for  a  number  of 
years.  In  1912  he  removed  to  Adams  county,  establishing  his  home  a  mile  and  a  half 
north  of  the  Henderson  depot,  where  he  now  owns  forty  acres  of  highly  cultivated 
land  which  he  has  splendidly  improved.  Upon  his  place  are  substantial  buildings  and 
all  modern  equipments  and  he  makes  a  specialty  of  raising  garden  products  as  well 
as  alfalfa  hay. 

In  May.  1908.  Mr.  Stofft  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Bertha  L.  Gray,  who 
passed  away  the  next  year.  In  1912  he  wedded  Miss  Gertrude  Harms.  He  and  his 
wife  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  church  and  in  social  circles  they  occupy  a  most 
enviable  position,  having  many  warm  friends  in  the  district  in  which  they  live.  Mr. 
Stofft  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  and  keeps  well  informed  upon  the  questions 
and  issues  of  the  day  but  is  not  an  office  seeker.  His  attention  is  concentrated  upon 
his  business  affairs  and  his  enterprise  and  energy  have  been  the  dominant  factors 
in  the  attainment  of  his  success. 


LARS  ELMER  JOHNSON. 


Lars  Elmer  Johnson  and  wife  are  owners  of  three  hundred  and  twenty-seven 
acres  of  land  in  Boulder  county,  one-half  of  which  is  irrigated.  He  was  born  in  Jefferson 
county,  Colorado,  November  20,  1871,  a  son  of  Andrew  W.  Johnson,  a  retired  farmer, 
who  still  lives  in  Boulder  county.  The  father  was  born  in  Sweden,  September  14, 
1843,  a  son  of  John  and  Katie  (Halverson)  Johnson,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
Sweden,  where  they  spent  their  entire  lives.  They  had  a  family  of  ten  children,  but 
Andrew  W.  is  the  only  one  now  living.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native 
country  and  in  1869  came  to  America,  first  settling  in  Carroll  county.  Illinois,  where 
he  lived  for  five  months  and  then  removed  to  Denver,  Colorado.  He  there  worked  as 
a  common  laborer  until  1872.  when  he  went  to  Golden,  where  he  was  employed  in  the 
smelter  for  two  years.  In  1874  he  took  up  a  homestead  of  eighty  acres,  whereon  he 
now  resides,  and  later  purchased  fifty  acres  more.  He  has  since  improved  the  prop- 
erty with  fine  buildings  and  has  planted  thereon  a  grove  of  trees.  He  now  has  one  of 
the  finest  farms  in  the  county,  mostly  all  under  irrigation.  His  has  been  an  active 
and  successful  life,  enabling  him  now  to  live  retired.  His  political  allegiance  is  given 
to  the  republican  party  and  for  twenty  years  he  has  served  as  school  director.  He 
was  married  January  2,  1870,  to  Miss  Christina  Larson,  also  a  native  of  Sweden,  and 
they  became  parents  of  nine  children:  Lars  Elmer,  a  farmer:  Anna,  the  wife  of 
Daniel  Howard,  of  Longmont;  Christina  W..  the  wife  of  Albert  Lund,  of  Boulder  county; 
Alfred  T.,  deceased :  Charles  F.,  who  is  agricultural  superintendent  of  the  sugar  factory 
at  Brighton;  Alveda.  the  wife  of  Harry  Yeager,  of  Boulder  county;  Mattie  E.,  who  is 
now  a  nurse  in  Denver;  Adolph  W.,  deceased  and  Nancy,  the  wife  of  Scot,t  Hershey, 
of  Longmont.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  June  24,  1912,  and  was  laid  to  rest 
in  Mountainview  cemetery.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church,  to  which 
Mr.  Johnson  also  belongs,  and  he  is  now  president  of  the  board  of  deacons. 

Lars  E.  Johnson  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Colorado  and  also  pursued 
a  business  course  in  Kansas.  After  attaining  his  majority  he  took  up  farming  and 
stock  raising  on  his  own  account  and  in  1902  came  to  his  present  home  property,  which 


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582  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

was  a  part  of  the  James  J.  Beasley  place.  Later  he  purchased  additional  land  until 
he  now  has  three  hundred  and  twenty  seven  acres  of  rich  and  arable  land,  of  which 
one  hundred  and  sixty-seven  acres  is  under  the  ditch,  while  the  remainder  is  dry  farm- 
ing land.  He  feeds  from  fifty  to  one  hundred  head  of  cattle  annually  and  he  is  meeting 
with  success  in  the  various  branches  of  his  business.  His  fields,  carefully  cultivated, 
produce  large  crops  and  his  farm  work  is  conducted  along  most  progressive  lines. 

In  1898  Mr.  Johnson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lydia  Mabel  Beasley,  a  native 
of  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  and  a  daughter  of  James  J.  and  Eliza  Beasley,  and  to 
them  have  been  born  three  children.  Clarence  E.,  Juanita  M.  and  Juanda  I.  Mr.  John- 
son is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican  and 
keeps  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  but  has  never  been  a  poli- 
tician in  the  sense  of  office  seeking.  He  has,  however,  served  either  as  secretary  or 
president  of  the  school  board  for  fifteen  years  and  is  occupying  the  position  of  secretary 
at  the  present  time,  the  cause  of  education  finding  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  Mrs. 
Johnson  is  an  active  member  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Industrial  Club,  a  nation-wide  organ- 
ization, subdivided  into  states,  counties  and  smaller  units. 


JAMES  H.  BELKNAP. 


James  H.  Belknap,  a  respected  and  substantial  resident  of  Caiion  City,  where  his 
birth  occurred  in  1870,  is  a  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Young)  Belknap,  the  father  a 
native  of  West  Virginia,  while  the  mother  was  born  in  Jackson  county,  Missouri,  not 
far  from  Kansas  ,City.  In  the  year  1865  Henry  Belknap  came  to  Colorado  and  pre- 
empted land  on  Beaver  creek  in  Fremont  county.  He  became  not  only  one  of  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  the  district  but  one  of  the  most  successful  and  well  known  cattle 
men.     Here  he  remained   and   reared   his   family. 

His  son.  James  H.  Belknap,  acquired  a  common  school  education  and,  continu- 
ing in  'the  occupation  to  which  he  was  reared,  he  is  now  the  owner  of  an  eight  hun- 
dred acre  ranch  in  the  Wet  Mountain  valley  near  Hillside,  Colorado,  and  has  import- 
ant live  stock  interests.  He  rents  all  of  his  cultivated  land  on  the  ranch  but  takes 
care  of  the  cattle  business,  in  which  he  has  continued  throughout  his  entire  life, 
becoming  one  of  the  well  known  cattle  men  of  his  part  of  the  state. 

On  the  30th  of  January,  1918,  Mr.  Belknap  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Caro- 
line C.  Wagner,  a  daughter  of  C.  M.  and  Helen  C.  (Jacobs)  Wagner,  of  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois. Mrs.  Belknap  was  educated  in  the  Chicago  Musical  College  and  for  several 
years  traveled  extensively  in  the  United  States  as  a  pianist  and  teacher  of  music. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Belknap  make  their  home  at  No.  2002  East  Main  street  in  Cafion  City, 
where  they  have  an  attractive  residence  that  is  the  abode  of  warm-hearted  hospitality 
that  is  greatly  enjoyed  by  their  many  friends. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Belknap  is  a  democrat  and  in  1916  was  elected  to  the 
office 'of  county  commissioner  for  a  four  years'  term,  so  that  he  is  now  serving  in 
that  position,  the  duties  of  which  he  discharges  with  marked  promptness  and  fidelity. 
He  is  always  loyal  to  any  interest  entrusted  to  his  care  and  is  actuated  by  a  most 
progressive  spirit  in  all  that  he  has  undertaken,  whether  for  the  public  good  or  for 
the  advancement  of  his  individual  interests. 


JUDGE  N.  WALTER  DIXON. 

In  the  field  of  education,  in  the  practice  of  law  and  as  a  member  of  the  judiciary 
of  his  state  Judge  N.  Walter  Dixon  has  won  distinction  and  success  by  reason  of  his 
capability,  achieved  through  his  careful  preparation  and  earnest  study.  In  his  chosen 
profession  he  is  guided  by  the  highest  ethical  standards  and  in  full  measure  maintains 
its  dignity.  Those  who  know  Ijim  more  intimately  esteem  him  for  his  personal  worth 
as  much  as  on  account  of  his  professional  acquirements.  He  came  to  Colorado  in 
early  manhood  and  since  his  arrival  has  been  identified  with  the  law.  having  made 
for  himself  a  position  which  ranks  him  high  both  as  a  lawyer  and  judge. 

N.  Walter  Dixon  was  born  in  the  town  of  Princess  Anne.  Somerset  county.  Mary- 
land, September  22.  1858.  His  ancestors,  coming  from  England,  established  their  home 
in  Maryland  in  early  colonial  days  and  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  Somerset  county. 
The  first  of  the  name  in  the  American  colonies  was  Ambrose  Dixon,  who  after  crossing 
the  Atlantic  located  in  Virginia,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  the 


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584  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

family  was  planted  on  the  soil  of  Maryland.  The  ancient  records  of  Somerset  county 
disclose  that  Ambrose  Dixon  was  an  attorney  at  law  and  practiced  about  a  century 
before  the  Revolution.  He  often  appeared  in  the  court  over  which  Colonel  William 
Stevens,  another  ancestor  of  our  subject  who  is  mentioned  more  extensively  below, 
presided  as  commissioner.  The  Judge's  father  was  George  C.  Dixon,  M.  D.,  and  the 
maiden  name  of  the  mother  was  Virginia  W.  White.  Mr.  Dixon  was  a  native  of  Mary- 
land and  after  acquiring  his  education  in  the  schools  of  that  state  turned  to  the  medical 
profession  as  a  life  work,  being  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and' 
surgery  in  Somerset  county  and  becoming  well  known  in  his  district,  although  he  died 
in  1S58  at  the  comparatively  early  age  of  thirty-three  years.  In  young  manhood  he 
had  married  Virginia  W.  White,  who  was  born  in  Somerset  county  and  was  descended 
from  one  of  the  old  families  of  Virginia  of  English  blood,  her  ancestors  being  among 
the  first  English  colonists  of  the  Old  Dominion.  Through  her  Judge  Dixon  of  this 
review  is  descended  from  Colonel  William  Stevens,  who  in  the  early  part  of  the  sev- 
enteenth century  took  up  his  abode  in  Maryland.  He  was  one  of  Lord  Baltimore's 
council  and  deputy  governor  of  the  province  of  Maryland,  and  his  tomb  is  yet  to  be 
seen  at  Rehoboth.  Somerset  county.  He  was  the  great-great-great-greatgrandfather  of 
the  Judge.  The  maternal  great-grandfather  of  Judge  Dixon  in  the  White  family  was  Cap- 
tain William  White,  who  during  the  Revolutionary  war,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  raised, 
equipped  and  maintained  a  company  of  the  Virginia  Line,  which  he  commanded  during 
the  war.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable  wealth  and  belonged  to  one  of  the  leading 
Virginia  families  of  his  day.  After  losing  her  first  husband  Mrs.  George  C.  Dixon 
became  the  wife  of  Edward  P.  Duer  and  by  the  two  marriages  had  eleven  children. 
She  passed  her  entire  life  in  Maryland  and  was  a  resident  of  Baltimore  at  the  time 
of  her  death. 

N.  Walter  Dixon  received  his  early  education  in  Washington  Academy,  in  the 
town  of  Princess  Anne,  an  old  school  that  was  established  prior  to  the  Revolutionary 
war.  In  1872  he  entered  St.  John's  College  of  Annapolis,  Maryland,  and  there  he  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1877.  taking  his  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  In  1889  he 
received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  For  several  years  after  his  graduation  he 
engaged  in  educational  work,  teaching  school  in  Maryland  and  Virginia  until  1886 
and  reading  law  at  the  same  time.  During  the  latter  part  of  that  period  he  wae 
principal  of  the  high  school  at  Crisfield,  Maryland,  occupying  that  position  at  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years  and  being  the  youngest  principal  in  the  state  at  that  time.  In 
18S1  Judge  Dixon  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  yet  he  remained  active  in  the  field  of 
education  until  18S6.  In  1887  he  was  elected  state's  attorney  of  his  native  county 
and  held  that  office  until  March,  1891.  In  1890  he  had  paid  a  visit  to  his  brother,  the  Hon. 
John  R.  Dixon,  who  was  located  in  Colorado.  He  was  so  favorably  impressed  with 
the  conditions  in  the  growing  western  state  that  in  March,  1891,  he  resigned  his  posi- 
tion and  moved  to  Pueblo,  Colorado,  and  on  the  17th  of  that  month  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  his  brother,  John  R.  Dixon,  under  the  firm  style  of  Dixon  &  Dixon.  That 
association  was  maintained  until  the  fall  of  1894,  when  N.  Walter  Dixon  was  elected 
judge  of  the  court  of  the  tenth  judicial  district,  comprising  the  counties  of  Pueblo.  Otero 
and  Kiowa.  In  the  fall  of  1900  he  was  reelected  and  upon  the  close  of  the  second  term, 
in  January,  1907.  he  removed  to  Denver,  where  he  has  since  resided  and  practiced. 
His  course  upon  the  bench  was  chacarterized  by  marked  devotion  to  duty  and  a 
masterful  grasp  of  every  problem  presented  for  solution.  His  decisions  were  noted 
for  fairness  and  impartiality  and  his  rulings  based  upon  correct  application  of  legal 
principles.  He  tempered  justice  with  an  understanding  of  the  frailties  of  human  nature 
and  his  chief  aim  was  to  educate  those  who  came  before  him  to  higher  standards  of 
manhood  and  citizenship.  In  1914  Thomas  J.  Dixon  son  of  the  Judge  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  and  he  has  since  been  associated  with  his  father,  their  practice  being  extensive 
and  of  an  important  character.  The  firm  has  been  connected  with  many  of  the  leading 
cases  which  have  been  tried  in  the  courts  of  the  state. 

On  the  22d  of  June  1881,  in  Crisfield,  Somerset  county,  Maryland,  Judge  Dixon 
married  Mary  Josephine  Simonson,  a  native  of  that  state  and  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  James  Simonson.  On  the  maternal  side  she  is  of  English  ancestry,  the  family 
having  long  been  represented  in  Maryland.  She  is  of  Dutch  descent  on  the  paternal 
side  and  her  ancestors  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Hoboken  Point.  To  Judge  and 
Mrs.  Dixon  have  been  born  three  children,  all  natives  of  Maryland:  Ella  May,  who  is  the 
wife  of  Herbert  B.  Copeland.  of  Adams  county,  Colorado,  by  whom  she  has  three  chil- 
dren— Walter  Dixon.  Herbert  B.  and  William  Homer  Copeland;  Virginia  Margaret, 
who  is  the  wife  of  Guy  L.  Rockwell,  of  Brawley,  California;  and  Thomas  J.  liixon,  who 
is  his  father's  law  partner  and  who  married  Ruth  Collins,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  D.  W.  Col- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  585 

lins,  of  Pueblo,   Colorado.     They  have   three   children:    Eleanor   and   David,   both   born 
in  Pueblo;    and  Deborah,  born  in  Denver. 

Judge  and  Mrs.  Dixon  hold  membership  in  the  Episcopal  church  and  they  occupy 
a  very  enviable  position  in  the  social  circles  of  the  city.  He  was  made  an  Elk  in 
Pueblo,  Colorado,  and  still  retains  connection  with  the  order. ,  His  political  endorse- 
ment is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  has  always  kept  well  informed  on  the 
questions  and  issues  of  the  day  but  has  never  been  an  aspirant  for  office  outside  the 
strict  path  of  his  profession.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver  Bar  Association,  also  to  the 
Colorado  State  Bar  Association,  and  he  enjoys  the  warm  friendship  and  high  regard 
of  many  of  his  professional  colleagues  and  contemporaries.  In  the  trial  of  his  cases 
he  throws  himself  easily  and  naturally  into  the  argument,  displaying  a  self-posses- 
sion and  a  deliberation  which  indicate  no  straining  after  effect;  but  there  is  a  preci- 
sion and  clearness  in  his  statements  which,  combined  with  acuteness  and  strength  in 
his  arguments,  bespeak  a  mind  trained  in  the  severest  school  of  Investigation  and  to 
which  the  closest  reasoning  has  become  habitual. 


BURT  O.  HART. 


Agricultural  and  live  stock  interests  of  Colorado  are  ably  represented  by  Burt 
O.  Hart,  who  has  a  valuable  ranch  four  miles  south  of  Longmont  which  stands  as 
evidence  of  his  indefatigable  energy,  progressive  methods  and  long  experience  alons 
agricultural  lines.  A  native  of  Madison  county.  Iowa,  he  was  born  October  7,  1872, 
a  son  of  George  and  Belle  (Richmond)  Hart,  natives  of  Indiana.  The  father,  who  was 
also  an  agriculturist,  in  his  boyhood  days  removed  with  his  parents  to  Iowa,  the  family 
being  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that  state.  The  grandfather  of  our  subject  became 
one  of  the  true  pioneers  of  the  west,  freighting  across  the  plains  from  Omaha  to  what 
is  now  Denver  but  at  that  time  there  was  hardly  the  nucleus  of  a  town.  His  life 
was  ended,  as  were  those  of  so  many  of  the  early  pioneers  of  Colorado,  he  falling  a 
victim  to  the  murderous  Indians.  George  Hart  followed  agricultural  pursuits  in  Iowa 
to  some  extent  and  also  assisted  his  father  in  freighting,  coming  in  1878  to  Colorado, 
where  he  located  in  Yuma  county,  but  remained  only  a  short  time.  Later  he  removed 
to  Denver  and  there  he  soon  afterward  died.  He  is  still  survived  by  his  widow,  who 
now  makes  her  home  in  Longmont. 

Born  in  Iowa,  Burt  0.  Hart  made  the  trip  to  Colorado  with  his  parents  when  about 
six  years  of  age  and  was  largely  reared  and  educated  in  this  state.  His  school  advan- 
tages were  meager,  for  he  began  to  work  at  farm  labor  when  he  was  about  seven  years 
old,  and  as  he  grew  to  maturity  he  devoted  more  and  more  of  his  time  to  that  pur-i 
suit,  working  for  years  on  various  ranches.  However,  perceiving  greater  opportuni- 
ties along  another  line  of  endeavor,  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  carpenter's  trade 
and  for  fifteen  years  successfully  followed  that  occupation.  At  the  end  of  that  period 
he  moved  upon  the  father-in-law's  place  and  has  operated  and  managed  the  same  since 
1910.  It  is  a  valuable  property,  upon  which  he  has  made  many  improvements,  institut- 
ing twentieth  century  equipment  and  facilities  and  thus  making  this  one  of  the  best 
ranches  of  the  neighborhood. 

In  February,  1900,  Mr.  Hart  was  married  to  E.  Margaret  Forsyth,  a  daughter  of 
James  R.  and  Mary  Jane  (Beasley)  Forsyth,  the  former  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia  and 
the  latter  of  Missouri.  When  eighteen  years  of  age  the  father  removed  to  Kansas  and 
later  came  to  Colorado.  This  was  about  the  time  of  his  majority  and  he  then  took  up 
a  homestead,  which  is  the  same  place  which  Mr.  Hart  now  manages.  It  was  wild 
land  when  it  came  into  Mr.  Forsyth's  possession  and  he  immediately  set  himself  to 
the  task  of  bringing  it  under  cultivation.  He  actively  operated  his  farm  until  1895, 
when  he  removed  to  Longmont,  where  he  has  since  continued  to  reside,  being  now 
manager  of  the  Longmont  Farmers  Mill  &  Elevator  Company,  which  operates  large 
mills  in  Longmont  and  Denver  and  also  owns  a  string  of  elevators.  Mrs.  Forsyth 
is  also  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hart  became  the  parents  of  eight  children,  of  whom  one 
died  at  the  age  of  one  month.  Those  living  are  Paul  M.,  Guy  B.,  B.  Orton,  Lloyd  L., 
Margaret  J.,   Dale  W.   and   Lawrence. 

Besides  his  general  agricultural  interests,  which  are  very  important,  Mr.  Hart 
gives  particular  attention  to  cattle  raising,  specializing  in  Durhams.  He  also  raises 
Duroc  Jersey  hogs  and  pure  bred  Percheron  horses.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Boulder 
County  Fair  Association  and  also  in  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  building,  for  which 
he  had  the  building  contract.  Fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of  the  World 
and  also  to  the  Fraternal  Union,  having  membership  in  the  Longmont  lodges.     Politi- 


586  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

cally  he  is  a  republican;  while  his  religious  faith  is  that  ot  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  His  interest  in  trade  expansion  and  general  development  is  evident  from  the 
fact  that  he  is  an  active  member  of  the  Longmont  Commercial  Association.  Moreover, 
he  also  holds  stock  in  the  Longmont  Farmers  Mill  &  Elevator  Company.  Both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hart  stand  high  in  their  community,  having  many  friends  in  Longmont  and  vicin- 
ity, in  the  upbuilding  of  which  both  have  contributed.  While  Mrs.  Hart  has  given 
much  of  her  time  to  charitable,  educational  and  social  institutions,  Mr.  Hart  as  a 
progressive  business  man,  agriculturist  and  live  stock  dealer  has  contributed  to  mate- 
rial welfare  in  large  measure  and  thus  helped  to  bring  about  the  degree  of  prosper- 
ity that  is  now  to  be  found  in  Boulder  county.  A  descendant  of  one  of  the  old  pioneer 
families,  his  name  stands  as  an  honored  one  in  the  records  of  the  state  of  Colorado, 
the  family  having  been  connected  with  the  development  and  growth  of  the  common- 
wealth from  the  time  of  the  Pike's  Peak  excitement  to  the  present. 


FRED   MUNSON. 


The  carefully  cultivated  fields  of  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres  pay  tribute  to  the 
care  and  labor  bestowed  upon  them  by  Fred  Munson,  who  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
progressive  farmers  in  Adams  county.  He  was  born  in  Sweden  on  October  16,  1872,  a 
son  of  Mons  and  Johanna  Munson.  His  education  was  acquired  in  his  native  country, 
after  which  he  took  up  the  occupation  of  farming  in  connection  with  his  father  and 
was  thus  employed  until  1892.  He  then  came  to  America  and  crossed  the  continent  to 
Denver,  where  he  worked  for  a  brother  for  four  months.  He  next  went  to  Fort  Lupton, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  for  a  number  of  years  and  subsequently  he  removed  to 
Byers,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead  and  began  farming  and  running  cattle  upon  that 
place,  but  he  did  not  prove  up  on  the  property.  Removing  to  Henderson,  he  there 
engaged  in  farming  for  six  or  seven  years  and  afterward  leased  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  near  Derby  and  now  farms  about  one  hundred  acres  of  this,  raising 
alfalfa.  His  work  is  systematically  carried  on  and  the  results  achieved  are  highly 
satisfactory. 

On  the  7th  of  November,  1900,  Mr.  Munson  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Meer- 
stien,  who  was  born  in  Philadelphia  on  November  3.  1882,  but  was  reared  in  Colo- 
rado. They  have  three  children:  Anna,  Minnie  and  William.  The  religious  faith  of 
the  family  is  that  of  the  Lutheran  church  and  in  politics  Mr.  Munson  maintains  an 
independent  course.  From  an  early  age  he  has  been  dependent  upon  his  own  resources 
and  his  unfaltering  industry  and  perseverance  have  been  the  dominant  elements  in 
winning   the   prosperity   which   he   now  enjoys. 


HARMON    BEARDSLEY   PEARCE. 

Harmon  Beardsley  Pearce,  identified  with  farming  interests  near  Brighton,  in 
Adams  county,  was  born  near  Galesburg,  Illinois,  on  the  11th  of  October,  1849.  a  son 
of  Urbane  and  Elizabeth  (Jackson)  Pearce.  The  father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation. 
The  grandfather  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812  and  he  had  one  brother-in-law  and 
seven  brothers  who  were  active  defenders  of  the  Union  in  the  second  war  with  Eng- 
land.    In  the  maternal  line  the  ancestry  dates  back  to  Revolutionary  war  times. 

Harmon  B.  Pearce  spent  his  youthful  days  upon  the  home  farm  and  attended  the 
district  schools,  while  later  he  spent  a  year  as  a  student  in  the  public  schools  of  Cam- 
bridge, Illinois,  and  also  occasionally  spent  a  three  months'  term  in  school  in  the 
winter  season,  but  his  opportunities  were  somewhat  limited  owning  to  the  fact  that 
his  labors  were  needed  upon  the  farm.  When  a  youth  of  seventeen  years  he  started 
out  on  his  own  account  and  learned  the  harness-making  trade  at  Cambridge,  Illinois, 
where  he  worked  for  four  years.  He  then  returned  to  the  farm  but  later  removed  to 
Maryville,  Missouri,  where  he  purchased  land  and  carried  on  general  agricultural 
pursuits  for  five  years.  In  1875  he  came  to  Colorado  and  spent  one  winter  in  Denver 
and  one  summer  in  the  mountains.  In  1876  he  removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Fort  Lupton, 
where  he  took  up  the  occupation  of  farming.  He  spent  eight  years  on  the  western 
slope,  as  a  fruit  grower  in  the  Grand  valley,  from  1892  until  1900,  when  he  returned 
to  Adams  county,  and  is  now  farming  near  Brighton,  where  his  ranch  has  been 
brought  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  resulting  in  the  annual  production  of  large 
crops.     He  is  also  interested  in  the  Fulton  irrigation  ditch. 


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588  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Mr.  Pearce  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martha  Hadley,  of  Maryville,  Missouri, 
the  wedding  being  celebrated  in  April,  1880.  They  became  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren, Fred  0.,  Vanchie,  Charles  C.  and  Clay.  The  eldest  son  is  now  serving  his  third 
term  as  county  clerk  of  Adams  county  and  has  been  a  very  prominent  factor  in  local 
political  circles.  Charles  C.  Pearce  served  in  the  Spanish-American  war  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Company  E,  First  Regiment,  Colorado  Volunteer  Infantry,  participating  as 
such,  in  the  battle  and  the  fall  of  Manila.  Following  his  honorable  discharge  from 
the  service,  he  returned  to  Colorado  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Adams  county.  Tlie 
wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  1885  and  on  the  18th  of  November,  1889,  Mr.  Pearce 
was  married  in  Denver  to  Mrs.  Mary  Irene  Lord,  who  was  born  in  Canton,  Illinois,  June 
16.  1853,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  C.  and  Charlotte  Williams.  She  wedded  Isaac  Lord  and 
by  this  marriage  became  the  mother  of  three  daughters,  Etta,  Minnie  and  Nellie.  To 
Mr.  and   Mrs.   Pearce  have  been  born  two   daughters.   Hazel   B.   and   Lola   E. 

Mr.  Pearce  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  being  connected  with  Brighton 
Lodge,  No.  78,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Lorine  Chapter,  No.  52,  of  the  Eastern  Star.  His  po- 
litical endorsement  has  always  been  given  to  the  republican  party,  of  which  he  is  a 
stalwart  champion,  and  he  has  cast  three  votes  of  which  he  says  he  is  proud:  that 
to  make  Colorado  a  state;  the  one  in  support  of  woman's  suffrage;  and  the  location 
of  the  county  seat  of  Weld  county.  He  is  a  man  of  firm  convictions,  standing  strongly 
in  support  of  anything  which  he  believes  to  be  right,  and  his  position  is  never  an 
equivocal  one.  He  is  earnest  and  purposeful  and  the  thoroughness  and  enterprise 
which  he  has  displayed  in  business  have  brought  him  to  the  front  in  that  connection. 


PRESIDENT  GEORGE  NORLIN,  PH.  D. 

Dr.  George  Norlin,  president  of  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder  and  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  most  prominent  educators  of  the  west,  was  born  in  Concordia,  Kan- 
sas, in  1871,  a  son  of  Gustav  W.  Norlin,  a  native  of  Sweden,  who  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1865.  Making  his  way  at  once  into  the  interior  of  the  country,  he  settled 
in  Kansas,  then  a  frontier  state,  and  there  participated  in  several  skirmishes  with  the 
Indians  while  aiding  to  plant  the  seeds  of  civilization  upon  the  western  frontier.  He 
was  married  in  Sweden  and  after  residing  in  Kansas  for  a  number  of  years  removed 
in  1876  with  his  family  to  Fish  Creek,  Wisconsin. 

President  Norlin  of  this  review  was  at  the  time  of  the  removal  a  lad  of  five 
summers  and  in  Wisconsin  he  remained  to  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  attending  the 
public  schools  and  thus  laying  the  foundation  for  later  educational  progress.  He  after- 
ward entered  Hastings  College,  in  which  he  was  an  instructor  for  three  years.  He 
was  then  awarded  the  senior  fellowship  in  the  University  of  Chicago  and  continued 
his  advanced  studies  in  that  institution  until  awarded  the  Ph.  D.  degree  as  a  member 
of  the  class  of  1900.  In  a  biographical  sketch  of  him  prepared  for  The  Colorado  Alum- 
nus it  was  said:  "It  is  well  known  that  the  estimates  of  his  ability  and  attainments 
made  by  such  men  as  Professor  Shorey  and  Professor  Capps  were  so  favorable  that 
any  repetition  of  them  here  would  annoy  him  beyond  endurance.  And  herewith  we 
have  encountered  one  of  the  Acting  President's  most  lovable  qualities,  a  modesty 
that  is  all  the  more  winsome  when  a  little  vanity  might  be  quite  forgivable.  The 
complete  success  of  Doctor  Norlin  in  every  essential  of  his  professorial  or  presidential 
career  would  easily  justify  a  natural  pride,  but  he  probably  suffered  more  from  the 
recent  well  deserved  tributes  of  his  colleagues  and  of  Doctor  Farrand  than  he  had 
suffered   from   the   most   trying   difficulties   of   a   trying   and    difficult    year." 

For  a  year  Doctor  Norlin  taught  in  the  University  of  Chicago  and  was  then  called 
to  the  chair  of  Greek  in  Colorado  State  University.  Recognition  of  his  ability  made 
him  immediately  a  valued  and  trusted  member  of  the  faculty  and  each  year  the  worth 
of  his  work  has  come  to  be  more  and  more  largely  recognized.  Speaking  of  this 
period  in  his  life,  another  writer  has  said:  "He  used  to  be  inordinately  busy  on  com- 
mittees, and  perhaps  one  of  his  greatest  services  to  the  state  of  Colorado  will  turn 
out  to  be  his  unflinching  attitude  against  the  evils  of  crooked  athletics;  but  even  his 
committee  work  and  teaching  did  not  prevent  him  from  publishing  sound  technical 
studies  as  well  as  delightful  papers  outside  of  his  own  field.  At  the  time  of  his 
selection  for  his  present  duties  he  was  engaged  on  an  important  piece  of  work  for 
the  Loeb  Classical  Library,  and  for  the  world  of  classical  interests  Doctor  Norlin's 
successful  administration  will  be  a  distinct  loss  if  his  promised  volumes  have  to  be 
unduly  delayed.  During  a  leave  of  absence  some  sixteen  months  ago.  Doctor  Norlin 
visited  the  storied  lands  of  Greece  and  Sicily,  as  well  as  other  parts  of  Europe.     He 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  589 

studied  at  the  Sorbonne,  where  he  conceived  a  high  admiration  for  French  scholar- 
ship, and  it  is  with  the  fine  French  and  English  spirit  of  classical  study,  rather  than 
with  the  ostentatious  and  pedantic  German  attitude,  that  he  has  always  been  in  sym- 
pathy." It  was  after  his  sojourn  abroad  that  Doctor  Norlin  returned  to  the  Colorado 
State  University  at  Boulder  in  1904  to  accept  the  chair  of  Greek,  which  he  continued 
to  fill  for  many  years.  In  September.  1917.  he  was  called  upon  to  serve  as  acting 
president  of  the  University  of  Colorado  and  on  February  24.  1919,  was  elected  per- 
manently to  the  presidency  of  the  university  to  succeed  Doctor  Livingston  Farrand, 
who  resigned  to  take  the  position   of  executive  head   of  the  American  Red  Cross. 

While  abroad  Doctor  Norlin  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Miss  Minnie  P.  Dutcher, 
whom  he  wedded  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  June,  1905,  and  they  haye  a  daughter,  Agnes 
Margaret. 

President  Norlin  belongs  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  Phi  Gamma  Delta,  two  college 
fraternities,  and  his  interests  in  community  affairs  is  shown  through  his  connection 
with  the  Commercial  Club  of  Boulder.  In  politics  he  maintains  an  independent  course 
yet  is  withal  a  close  student  of  political,  sociological  and  economic  conditions  and  in 
fact  of  all  those  questions  which  bear  upon  general  welfare  and  progress.  His  efforts 
and  attention,  however,  have  been  largely  concentrated  upon  his  duties  as  an  educa- 
tor and  his  standing  in  his  chosen  field  of  labor  is  perhaps  indicated  in  the  words 
of  the  biograplier  from  whom  we  have  already  quoted  and  who,  upon  his  appointment 
as  acting  president  of  Colorado  University  wrote:  "When  President  Farrand  was  sum- 
moned so  imperatively  to  the  all-important  task  of  grappling  with  .the  national  health 
problems  of  the  ally  we  have  come  to  love  so  dearly,  he  doubtlessly  weighed  most 
carefully  the  question  of  the  headship  of  the  university  during  his  absence.  He  must 
have  forseen  that  the  man  selected  for  the  work  and  the  honor  would  be  called  upon 
to  face  unusual  difficulties.  It  is  always  hard  to  be  temporarily  responsible  for  the 
policy  and  management  of  a  growing  university;  it  was  bound  to  be  doubly  hard  in 
a  time  of  national  crisis  when  every  day  and  every  hour  would  naturally  bring 
forth  new  problems  and  make  new  demands.  Accordingly  the  choice  of  an  interim 
president  must  have  called  for  the  most  painstaking  consideration.  When  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  choice  of  the  board  of  regents  was  made,  the  acting  president  was 
found  to  be  Professor  George  Norlin. 

"To  many  citizens  of  Colorado  the  name  had  no  significance,  but  to  those  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty  and  alumni  who  knew  Doctor  Norlin  best  the  choice  seemed  another 
fine  example  of  the  unfailing  acumen  and  accurate  judgment  of  President  Farrand. 
The  Professor  of  Greek  had  been  at  the  university  nearly  twenty  years,  he  had  served 
efficiently  on  the  most  important  committees  of  the  senate,  he  had  proved  himself  a 
reliable  man  at  every  turn.  Moreover,  he  was  known  to  have  an  unusually  happy 
power  of  presenting  things  to  other  people.  His  written  productions  were  models  of 
clear  thinking  and  lucid  expressions;  his  few  speeches  were  invariably  felicitously 
worded  and  delivered  with  a  quiet  strengtli.  And  with  those  two  last  words  we  have 
probably  stumbled  upon  the  final  impression  made  by  the  Acting  President  during  his 
year  of  office  as  well  as  in  his  previous  career.  There  is  a  point  at  which  effective 
energy  and  wise  judgment  meet  in  that  invaluable  equipoise  which,  for  the  lack  of  a 
better  term,  we  often  call  'quiet  strength.'  Many  men  have  energy,  and  some  men 
have  judgment,  but  for  this  perfect  combination  and  balance  of  the  two  qualities  one 
may  search  far  and  wide.  When  the  equipoise  is  found  in  the  permanent  or  acting 
head  of  a  university,  the  institution  is  fortunate  indeed,  and  we  have  no  hesitation  in 
declaring  that  in  this  respect  the  good  fortune  of  the  University  of  Colorado  has  been 
unique.  *  *  *  In  his  formative  years,  perhaps  the  most  interesting  and  significant 
feature  may  be  found  in  his  devotion  to  the  classics.  Some  way  or  other,  'the  glory 
that  was  Greece  and  the  grandeur  that  was  Rome'  appealed  irresistibly  to  this  Kansas- 
born  descendant  of  a  land  unknown  to  Pericles  or  Plato.  In  tact  the  appeal  was  so 
strong  that  these  things  became  a  part  of  the  fibre  of  his  being,  and  in  every  address 
that  Doctor  Norlin  delivers,  in  every  page  that  he  writes,  there  is  manifested  the 
sweet  reasonableness,  the  human  sympathy,  the  clarity  and  charm  of  expression  that 
ought  to  belong,  although  unfortunately  they  often  do  not  belong,  to  the  loving  student 
of  the  humanities  as  represented  by  the  literature  and  art  of  olden  days.  For  the 
true  lover  of  the  high  and  great  things  of  the  past  does  not  shut  himself  up  in  an 
ivory  tower,  yielding  to  'some  rich  lotus  spell'  from  the  wings  of  yesterday,  but  faces 
the  half-built  present  and  the  unbuilt  future  in  a  spirit  of  service  and  devotion. 
*  ■  *  *  As  to  the  coming  year,  there  is  no  need  for  words.  Under  Doctor  Norlin  the 
university  will  do  its  great  work  confidently  and  gladly.  His  difficult  task  as  head 
of  the  committee  on  Americanization  in  Colorado  will  demand  much  time  and  energy, 
but  he  has  already  done  the  most  difficult  part  of  the  work  in  laying  sound  foundations 


590  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  winning  the  confidence  botli  of  his  coworkers  and  the  foreigners  concerned.  And 
this  suggests  that  not  the  least  significant  feature  of  his  year  of  office,  and  not  the  least 
helpful  and  hopeful  feature  for  the  university.  Is  to  be  found  in  the  fact  that  the  gov- 
ernor and  all  other  men  in  public  and  private  life  who  have  come  in  contact  with. 
Doctor  Norlin  have  already  grown  to  trust  him  and  admire  him.  The  longer  and  bet- 
ter they  know  him  the  nearer  they  will  come  to  sharing  the  perfect  confidence  that 
is  felt  by  the  alumni,  the  faculty  and  the  student  body.  The  university  is  in  good 
hands." 


C.    TAYLOR. 


S.  C.  Taylor,  whose  home  is  pleasantly  and  conveniently  located  a  mile  north  of 
Fort  Collins,  in  Larimer  county,  was  born  in  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  southwest  of 
Longmont,  May  20.  1871,  a  son  of  James  and  Rachel  (Foster)  Taylor,  who  were  natives 
of  Scotland  and  of  Ohio  respectively.  The  father  came  to  America  when  about 
twenty  years  of  age  and  for  a  time  lived  in  Chicago.  In  1862,  however,  he  made  his 
way  westward  to  Colorado,  driving  a  mule  team  across  the  plains.  He  located  at 
Central  City,  where  he  followed  mining  for  about  five  years  and  then  took  up  his 
abode  in  Boulder  county,  where  he  secured  a  homestead  claim  five  miles  southwest  of 
Longmont.  This  he  improved  and  developed  but  after  cultivating  it  for  a  few  years 
returned  to  the  mines  in  Boulder  county  and  gave  his  attention  to  mining  from  1876 
until  1881.  He  then  secured  a  tree  claim  near  Berthoud,  in  Larimer  county,  and  con- 
tinued the  cultivation  of  that  place  until  1905,  when  he  removed  to  Ault,  Weld  county, 
where  he  carried  on  farming  for  two  years.  In  1907  he  arrived  in  Fort  Collins  and 
continued  to  make  his  home  in  the  town  until  1915,  when  he  became  a  resident  of 
Loveland,  Colorado,  where  he  lived  with  a  daughter  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  May.  1917,  when  he  had  reached  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-four  years.  His  wife  died 
in  July,  1917,  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine. 

S.  C.  Taylor  was  reared  and  educated  in  Boulder  and  Larimer  counties  and 
remained  with  his  parents  until  he  reached  the  age  of  thirty-one  years,  when  he  pur- 
chased a  place  and  began  farming  independently.  He  afterward  sold  that  tract,  how- 
ever, and  he  and  his  father  farmed  together  near  Ault.  In  1907  he  removed  to  Lari- 
mer county,  where  he  was  employed  at  farm  labor  until  1917,  when  he  accepted  the 
position  of  manager  of  the  Inverness  ranch,  belonging  to  Charles  Evans,  of  Fort  Col- 
lins. The  place  comprises  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  a  mile  from  Fort  Collins  and 
he  now  farms  the  entire  tract,  making  a  business  of  feeding  cattle  and   sheep. 

On  the  27th  of  September,  1902,  Mr.  Taylor  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  Smith,  and 
to  them  have  been  born  seven  children,  Willard,  Alice,  Frank,  Howard,  James,  Ken- 
neth and  Gertrude.  Mr.  Taylor  is  a  member  of  Homesteaders  Lodge  and  in  politics 
is  a  socialist. 


EDWARD   A.    GORMLEY. 


Edward  A.  Gormley  is  the  efficient  sheriff  of  Adams  county,  to  which  position 
he  was  elected  in  1918  as  the  candidate  of  the  republican  party,  of  which  he  has  long 
been  a  stalwart  and  aggressive  champion.  Mr.  Gormley  is  one  of  Colorado's  native 
sons  and  was  born  and  reared  in  the  county  in  which  he  is  now  capably  serving  as  an 
oiBcial.  His  birth  occurred  upon  the  home  farm  near  Eastlake,  Adams  county,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1883,  his  parents  being  Edward  L.  and  Margaret  (Chamley)  Gormley,  who 
were  early  residents  of  that  section. 

In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  Edward  A.  Gormley  attended  the  public  schools, 
after  which  he  entered  the  University  of  Denver.  He  started  out  in  the  business  world 
when  about  nineteen  years  of  age.  buying  and  selling  horses,  buying,  feeding  and  sell- 
ing cattle  and  qualified  as  an  expert  judge  of  live  stock.  He  conducted  an  extensive 
business  along  that  line  until  1903,  when  he  went  to  California  and  became  connected 
with  the  Baker  Iron  Works  of  Los  Angeles. 

The  following  year,  however,  Mr.  Gormley  returned  to  Denver  and  accepted  a  posi- 
tion with  the  Weicker  Transfer  Company,  with  which  he  remained  for  several  years. 
He  then  removed  to  Beloit,  Kansas,  and  through  the  succeeding  two  years  was  manager 
of  the  Alfalfa  Stock  Farm  in  that  locality.  Again  returning  to  Denver,  he  established 
a   transfer   business,   organizing  the   Independent   Transfer   Company,   of   Which   he   re- 


EDWARD  A.  GORMLEY 


592  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

mained  the  president  and  general  manager  until  he  sold  out  the  business  in  1910.  The 
following  year  he  spent  in  the  employ  ot  the  Pullman  Company  as  a  relief  conductor, 
serving  their  interests  in  various  parts  of  the  country.  He  then  resumed  agricultural 
pursuits,  locating  upon  and  conducting  the  old  Oliver  ranch  in  Adams  county,  doing 
an  extensive  business  in  buying,  feeding  and  selling  horses  and  cattle.  He  has  Justly 
been  accounted  one  of  the  foremost  stockmen  of  his  section  of  the  state  and  few  are 
better  qualified  to  pass  judgment  upon  the  value  of  farm  animals. 

In  1913  Mr.  Gormley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ruth  Oliver,  a  daughter  of 
George  W.  and  Lucelia  (Taggart)  Oliver,  who  were  early  settlers  of  Adams  county. 
Her  father  was  a  native  of  North  Carolina  and  came  to  Colorado  in  1871.  The  mother 
was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  removed  to  Colorado  in  1S69.  They  were  married  in 
this  state  on  the  14th  of  October,  1877,  and  soon  thereafter  located  upon  the  ranch  in 
Adams,  then  Arapahoe  county,  at  which  time  the  district  was  practically  a  wilderness. 
They  had  live  children,  of  whom  three  are  living:  Elsie,  now  the  wife  of  Eli  Sager,  of 
Cresco,  Iowa;  Ruth,  now  Mrs.  Gormley;  and  Bertha  Alice,  who  married  Harry  Coursey 
and  resides  near  Denver.  Mr.  Oliver  died  in  1903  at  the  age  of  fifty-three  years,  but 
Mrs.  Oliver  is  still  active,  with  vivid  memory  of  the  early  days  and  the  pioneer  times 
of  Colorado.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gormley  have  been  born  two  children,  Margaret  and 
Edward   Oliver. 

Mr.  Gormley  has  long  held  membership  with  the  Grange  and  is  also  identified  with 
the  Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters.  Since  age  conferred 
upon  him  the  right  of  franchise  he  has  given  stalwart  allegiance  to  the  republican  party 
and  has  been  active  in  political  affairs  though  never  an  oflSce  seeker.  In  the  campaign 
of  1918,  however,  he  was  made  the  choice  of  his  party  and  induced  to  accept  the  nomi- 
nation for  sheriff,  to  which  position  he  was  elected  with  a  substantial  majority,  and 
is  now  filling  the  office  with  credit  to  himself  and  satisfaction  to  his  constituents.  He 
has  qualities  which  make  for  popularity  and  for  friendship  among  those  who  know  him 
and  the  circle  of  his  friends  is  constantly  growing  as  the  circle  of  his  acquaintance 
broadens. 


THOMAS  J.   TYNAN. 


What  Colorado  owes  to  Thomas  J.  Tynan  can  scarcely  be  put  into  words.  He 
combines  business  principles  with  a  humanitarian  spirit.  Ideals  with  practical  methods 
and  keen  foresight  with  enterprise.  These  qualities  have  made  him  a  state  penitentiary 
warden  whose  work  is  known  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land.  He  has 
accomplished  results  not  only  in  the  business  management  of  the  institution  of  which 
he  is  at  the  head  but  in  the  making  of  honorable  men  from  convicts— results  that 
have  been  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  the  state.  His  own  life  story,  now  so  closely  inter- 
woven with  the  lives  of  many  others,  had  its  beginning  at  Niles,  Michigan.  He  was 
born  January  15,  1874,  a  son  of  Patrick  and  Margaret  (Crawford)  Tynan.  He  acquired 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  and  afterward  became  associated 
with  A.  F.  Sheldon,  of  the  Sheldon  School  of  Chicago,  in  the  book  publishing  business 
in  1902.  Later  he  was  house  manager  for  Armour  &  Company  at  Pueblo  and  subse- 
quently a  traveling  salesman.  In  each  position  he  made  good.  He  went  out  after 
results  and  achieved  them  by  methods  that  would  bear  the  closest  Investigation  and 
scrutiny,  and  it  was  from  his  position  as  a  traveling  salesman  on  the  road  that  he 
was  called  to  take  charge  of  the  state  penitentiary  at  Canon  City  as  its  warden. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Tynan  was  married  on  the  9th  of  July,  1908,  to  Miss  Florence 
E.  Scott,  of  Las  Animas,  Colorado.  On  the  7th  of  April  of  the  following  year  he 
was  appointed  warden  of  the  state  penitentiary,  which  position  he  still  occupies.  In 
1918  he  had  become  so  prominently  known  throughout  the  state  and  his  ability  was  so 
widely  recognized  that  the  democratic  party  nominated  him  at  the  primaries  for  the 
oflRce  of  governor,  defeating  Julius  C.  Gunter.  the  recent  governor  of  Colorado  by  a 
heavy  vote.  However,  he  met  defeat  at  the  following  election  in  the  republican  land- 
slide. His  work  in  the  penitentiary,  however,  has  made  Thomas  J.  Tynan  a  national 
figure  in  connection  with  prison  reform  measures.  He  had  no  experience  along  that 
line  and  probably  no  theories  when  he  was  called  to  his  present  position.  He  had 
proven  his  worth  as  a  business  man,  however,  and  he  saw  before  him  the  business  of 
wisely  managing  an  institution  for  the  public.  But  he  saw  more  than  that — the 
opportunity  to  make  men  of  criminals.  It  is  said  that  during  the  first  week  after 
his  arrival  at  Canon  City  he  spent  his  time  in  investigation  "into  every  crack  and 
corner,  going  over  vouchers,  conning  price  lists,  studying  deputies  and  keepers,  talking 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  593 

with  prisoners  in  dungeons,  cell  and  yard,  eating  food  out  of  the  prison  kitchen,  finger- 
ing garments  in  the  tailor  shop  and  generally  familiarizing  himself  with  the  institu- 
tion Just  as  a  merchant  would  look  into  a  business  that  he  was  taking  over."  This 
week  suflBced  to  make  him  familiar  with  conditions  in  the  institution  and  resulted  in 
the  discharge  of  many  drunken  guards  and  brutal  keepers.  In  so  doing  he  thought 
nothing  of  politics  or  pull  and  he  enunciated  his  doctrine  as  that  of  the  "square  deal" — 
a  policy  that  must  govern  every  individual  in  the  institution  from  the  lowest  criminal 
to  the  highest  official.  He  countenanced  no  graft  in  purchases  but  bought  where  he 
could  buy  most  advantageously.  He  was  paid  a  salary  of  two  hundred  and  eight  dollars 
a  month  and  on  coal  alone  he  soon  made  a  change  that  saved  to  the  state  five  hundred 
dollars  a  month.  This  was  his  initial  step.  He  had  been  in  office  little  more  than  a 
year  when  it  was  written  of  him:  "Notwithstanding  the  trebled  cost  of  living,  he  has 
practically  rebuilt  the  penitentiary,  provided  better  food  and  clothes,  made  a  hundred 
and  one  improvements,  and  at  the  end  of  his  term  will  have  sixty  thousand  dollars 
left  out  of  his  appropriation  to  turn  back  into  the  state's  treasury."  The  financial 
side,  however,  is  but  a  meager  thing  in  comparison  with  what  he  has  done  for  the 
men.  Again  we  quote  from  a  published  article:  "He  found  an  atmosphere  of  evil 
and  despair.  Of  the  seven  hundred  and  odd  inmates  of  the  penitentiary,  more  than 
half  are  now  working  out  in  the  open,  away  from  prison  walls  and  without  armed 
guards.  Many  of  these  men  he  found  in  dark  cells,  cursing,  raving,  willing  to  give 
up  the  wretched  remnant  of  their  lives  for  some  small  chance  of  revenge.  He  created 
an  atmosphere  of  hope  and  honor,  and  made  it  clear  to  every  convict,  no  matter  what 
his  crime,  that  they  still  had  a  chance  to  'make  good.'  *  *  «  After  doing  away 
with  brutality  and  dishonesty,  and  convincing  every  prisoner  that  he  would  be  treated 
fairly,  he  looked  about  for  a  chance  to  employ  the  men  to  the  best  possible  advantage 
for  the  institution  but  most  of  all  for  their  own  good.  The  men  know  that  he  is 
humane,  honest,  and  always  on  the  square,  and  they  also  know  that  he  can't  be  fooled, 
and  that  his  hand  can  fall  heavy  as  lead  when  the  occasion  demands.  And  all  around 
them  they  see  proofs  of  his  interest  in  them,  his  friendship  for  the  man  that  wants 
to  make  good.  *  *  *  It  is  his  custom  every  Sunday  to  hold  audiences  for  the  con- 
victs. Every  convict,  the  worst  along  with  the  best,  gets  his  weekly  chance  to  prefer 
request  or  grievance.  *  *  *  Stripes  are  only  worn  by  the  disobedient  and  unre- 
pentant; others  wear  blue.  And  Mr.  Tynan  is  now  preparing  to  clothe  his  road  and 
farm  men  in  olive-colored  khaki."  Fully  one-half  of  the  men  are  working  on  high- 
ways. Over  two  thousand  miles  of  Colorado's  splendid  highways,  which  are  unsur- 
passed in  the  country,  have  been  built  through  prison  labor.  These  men  are  sent  out 
in  camps  under  supervisors  and  not  under  guards.  They  work  in  the  open  under  the 
blue  sky  and  have  a  clean,  cool  place  in  which  to  sleep,  where  good  thoughts  are  made 
possible.  Some  of  the  road  camps  where  the  men  work  are  as  far  as  three  hundred 
miles  from  the  prison  proper,  each,  camp  under  the  direction  of  three  supervisors. 
The  men  work  eight  hours  a  day  and  have  their  Sundays  for  recreation.  Faithfulness 
wins  them  a  reduction  of  ten  days  a  month  in  their  prison  term.  It  is  the  hope  of 
the  men  to  get  into  some  of  these  camps,  which  are  modern,  sanitary  and  with  no 
sign  of  the  physical  restraint  usually  associated  with  prison  life.  When  a  man  obtains 
his  parole  Mr.  Tynan  endeavors  to  place  him  in  a  position  where  he  can  earn  his  liv- 
ing. Many  of  the  men  have  worked  upon  the  thousand-acre  farm  connected  with  the 
institution.  They  have  learned  modern  and  scientific  methods  of  agriculture,  of  dairy- 
ing and  poultry  raising  and  along  any  of  these  lines  they  are  able  to  provide  tor  their 
own  support.  Mr.  Tynan  has  found  opportunity  to  place  many  of  his  men  on  ranches 
and  he  is  continually  receiving  letters  of  good  report.  A  feature  of  the  institution  of 
which  Mr.  Tynan  is  justly  proud  is  a  magnificent  new  hospital,  modern  in  every 
respect.  There  is  a  perfect  operating  room,  water  closets  in  every  cell,  a  separate 
ward  for  consumptives  and  sun  porches.  This  building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  fifteen 
thousand  dollars  as  compared  with  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  usually  spent  for 
such  buildings  in  the  average  prison.  Mr.  Tynan  has  also  regarded  the  influence  of 
beauty  upon  the  men  in  his  charge.  "Just  as  he  turned  odd  bits  of  lumber  into  a 
sun  porch,  so  did  he  use  paint  scrapings  to  turn  plain  windows  into  stained  glass 
and  have  artistic  grills  made  out  of  stray  bits  of  wood.  Grass  grows  where  once  were 
barren  stretches  of  dirt  from  which  every  wind  blew  dust  clouds,  and  on  every  hand 
are  flower  beds  and  climbing  vines."  Something  of  the  efficiency  methods  of  Mr. 
Tynan  is  found  in  the  fact  that  he  removed  all  of  the  penitentiary  floors  and  pave- 
ments that  were  made  of  flagstones  and  put  in  concrete  because  it  is  "cleaner,  bet- 
ter and  more  sanitary."  Then  he  used  the  old  flagstones  to  make  feeding  platforms 
in   the  pig  pens,   and   when   he  saw  alfalfa   being  cut  and  hauled   in  as   food   for  the 

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594  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

pigs,  he  said:  "Let  the  pigs  do  their  o-wn  cutting."  In  other  words,  he  had  a  strong 
fence  put  around  an  alfalfa  field  and  turned  the  pigs  into  that,  thus  saving  the  labor 
of  men  and  teams.  From  a  business  point  the  penitentiary  has  certainly  been  a  suc- 
cess, but  there  is  nothing  of  which  Mr.  Tynan  and  the  state  are  so  justly  proud  as  the 
fact  that  many  of  the  inmates  have  returned  to  lives  of  usefulness,  contributing  to 
the  material  development  of  the  state  through  their  business  activity— no  longer  a 
liability  but  an  asset. 


CALVIN  EMMETT  BROMLEY. 

Calvin  Emmett  Bromley,  a  well  known  ranchman  who  since  1906  has  occupied  and 
managed  the  old  homestead  property  near  Brighton,  was  born  about  six  miles  north 
of  Denver  on  the  ISth  of  June,  1881.  His  parents  are  Martin  and  Grace  (Clodtfelter) 
Bromley,  who  were  early  residents  of  eastern  Colorado.  The  father  was  born  in  Peru, 
Clinton  county,  New  York,  and  came  to  this  state  in  1878,  turning  his  attention  to  the 
cattle  business  after  taking  up  a  claim  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  Sand  Creek. 
In  1S86  he  purchased  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  from  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad 
Company  and  has  since  owned  and  improved  the  property,  actively  carrying  on  farm- 
ing for  many  years.  He  was  the  first  sheriff  of  Adams  county  and  has  been  closely 
identified  with  pioneer  progress  and  development  as  well  as  with  the  advancement 
that  has  been  made  in  more  recent  years.  In  Denver,  on  the  2d  of  September,  1880, 
he  married  Grace  Clodtfelter,  who  was  brought  to  Colorado  in  1861,  during  her  infancy. 
Her  grandfather  was  the  Rev.  Keeler,  who  built  the  first  brick  house  in  Denver  and  was 
one  of  the  first  ministers  of  the  Episcopal  church  of  the  city.  He  had  a  brother. 
Jack  Keeler.  who  was  the  first  sheriff  of  Arapahoe  territory,  having  come  to  Colorado 
in.  1858.  Martin  and  Grace  (Clodtfelter)  Bromley  became  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
of  whom  Calvin  E.  is  the  eldest,  the  others  being:  Daniel,  now  living  in  California; 
Martin  V.,  who  is  at  Barr,  Colorado;  Thomas,  a  resident  of  Brighton;  Maude;  Har- 
rick  H.;  Donald,  living  in  Denver;  David;  and  Grace. 

Calvin  E.  Bromley  was  educated  in  district  schools  of  Adams  county  and  worked 
with  his  father  upon  the  home  farm  for  a  few  years  after  his  textbooks  were  put 
aside.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  in  which  pursuit  he  engaged  for  a  few 
years  but  in  1906  returned  to  the  old  home  place  and  has  sinc.e  given  his  attention 
to  agricultural  pursuits  there,  leasing  the  farm  at  the  present  time  from  his  father. 
He  has  added  to  its  development  and  to  its  improvement  and  is  accounted  one  of  the 
progressive  agriculturists  of  his  section  of  the  state. 

On  the  4th  of  August,  1909,  in  Denver,  Mr.  Bromley  was  married  to  Miss  Pearl 
L.  Duncan,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Amanda  Melvina  (Horton)  Duncan.  Mrs.  Bromley 
was  born  in  Kansas.  Mr.  Bromley  is  actuated  in  all  that  he  does  by  a  spirit  of  enter- 
prise and  his  labors  are  productive  of  splendid  results  in  the  attainment  of  agricul- 
tural success. 


JOHN   OTTO   MILLER. 


John  Otto  Miller,  acceptably  filling  the  office  of  postmaster  at  Boulder,  to  which 
position  he  was  called  by  presidential  appointment  in  June,  1916.  was  bom  ,upon  a 
farm  in  Johnson  county,  Missouri.  October  17,  1869.  His  father.  John  D.  Miller,  was 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Cumberland  county,  that  state,  on 
the  6th  of  August,  1826.  He  removed  to  Missouri  and  on  the  11th  of  November,  1854, 
was  there  married  to  Miss  Margaret  M.  Crutchfield,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Ran- 
dolph county,  that  state,  April  18,  1835.  They  came  to  Colorado  in  the  early  "60s, 
locating  in  Canon  City,  where  they  , resided  until  1868,  when  they  returned  to  Mis- 
souri. Both  spent  their  remaining  days  in  that  state,  the  father  passing  away  Decem- 
ber 15,  1907,  while  the  mother  was  called  to  her  final  rest  on  the  10th  of  March,  1897. 

John  0.  Miller  was  reared  upon  the  old  homestead  farm  in  his  native  county  to 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  when  the  family  removed  to  Holden,  Missouri,  where  he 
supplemented  his  early  education,  acquired  in  the  district  schools,  by  advanced  study 
in  the  graded  schools  of  the  town.  He  continued  to  make  his  home  in  Holden  until 
1892,  when  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years  he  removed  westward,  believing  that 
he  might  have  better  business  opportunities  in  this  new  and  rapidly  growing  section 
of  the   country..  Arriving  in   Boulder   in   1892,  he  became   identified   with   commercial 


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596  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

interests  as  clerk  In  a  hardware  and  grocery  store.  In  1901  he  removed  to  Salina, 
Colorado,  where  he  opened  a  general  merchandise  business  on  his  own  account,  re- 
maining a  factor  in  the  trade  of  that  place  until  1915,  when  he  sold  out  and  returned 
to  Boulder.  While  a  resident  of  Salina  he  was  the  democratic  candidate  for  the  office 
of  county  commissioner  at  a  time  when  that  party  was  greatly  in  the  minority  and 
yet  he  lost  the  election  by  only  a  few  votes.  In  Salina  precinct  he  carried  every 
vote  with  the  exception  of  four  or  five,  a  fact  indicative  of  his  personal  popularity 
and  the  confidence  and  trust  reposed  in  him.  In  June,  1916,  he  was  appointed  to 
the  position  of  postmaster  of  Boulder,  in  which  capacity  he  is  now  serving.  This  is 
not  his  initial  experience,  however,  in  a  position  of  this  character,  for  he  had  previ- 
ously served  as  postmaster  at  Salina,  Colorado.  He  has  thoroughly  systematized  the 
work  of  the  oflice  and  gives  satisfaction  to  its  patrons  by  reason  of  his  close  atten- 
tion to  his  business  and  his  uniform  courtesy. 

On  the  5th  of  August,  1891,  in  Holden,  Missouri,  Mr.  Miller  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Sallie  Maud  Whitsett,  who  was  born  April  22.  1871,  a  daughter  of  James 
A.  Whitsett,  who  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Confederate  army  during  the  Civil  war. 
On  July  4,  1S67.  he  wedded  Miss  Henrietta  Jane  Newton,  of  Lexington,  Missouri. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  have  become  the  parents  of  four  children:  Art  F.,  who  was  born 
July  8.  1893,  and  is  now  with  the  United  States  army  in  France;  Edgar  Gordon,  who 
was  born  August  25,  1898,  and  died  on  the  22d  of  January.  1901;  LeRoy  Herbert, 
whose  birth  occurred  March  5,  1902;  and  Vera  Jean,  whose  natal  day  was  August  24, 
1903. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  Mr.  Miller 
is  identified  also  through  membership  relations  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks.  His  political  allegiance  has  always  been  given  to  the  democratic  party  since 
age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise  and  he  is  a  firm  believer  in  its  prin- 
ciples. He  stands  for  progress  and  improvement  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  general 
welfare  and  he  is  thoroughly  in  sympathy  with  the  wholesome  and  purifying  reforms 
which  have  been  growing  up  in  both  parties  and  which  constitute  the  most  hopeful 
political  sign  of  the  period.  His  fellow  townsmen  speak  of  him  in  terms  of  warm 
regard  and  the  consensus  of  public  opinion  names  him  as  one  of  the  representative 
citizens    of    Boulder. 


JOHN  W.  CARSON. 


John  W.  Carson,  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of  Adams  county,  was  born  at  Beaver 
Creek,  Maryland,  on  the  19th  of  May,  1862,  a  son  of  George  T.  and  Lena  (Bishop)  Car- 
son. The  father  was  born  in  Franklin  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  mother  was  also 
a  native  of  the  Keystone  state.  They  afterward  removed  to  Maryland  and  both  have 
now  passed  away.    They  had  a  family  of  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  living. 

John  W.  Carson,  spending  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  his  native  state,  pursued  his 
education  in  its  public  schools  and  on  his  removal  westward  established  his  home  in 
Benton  county,  Iowa,  where  he  lived  for  seven  years.  In  1883  he  came  to  Colorado, 
where  he  took  up  mining,  and  followed  that  pursuit  for  a  number  of  years,  after  which 
he  turned  his  attention  to  farming  in  Adams  county.  He  now  operates  one  hundred 
and  forty-five  acres  of  excellent  land,  which  is  a  part  of  the  home  ranch.  He  makes 
a  specialty  of  farming  and  stock  raising  and  both  branches  of  his  business  are  proving 
profitable.  He  works  persistently  and  indefatigably  and  his  fields  produce  large  and 
abundant  crops.  He  also  exercises  great  care  in  his  stock  raising  interests  and  has 
upon  his  place  a  high  grade  of  cattle  and  hogs. 

In  1896  Mr.  Carson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Edith  Mitchell,  a  native  of 
Colorado  and  a  daughter  of  William  and  Fannie  (Rosencrans)  Mitchell,  who  were 
natives  of  the  Empire  state  and  came  to  Colorado  at  an  early  period  in  its  development. 
The  father  passed  away  here  but  the  mother  is  living  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years. 
William  Mitchell  was  a  native  of  St.  Johns  Parish,  Cornwall,  England,  and  came  to 
America  when  a  youth  of  twenty-one  years.  Shortly  afterwards  he  became  a  student 
in  Oberlin  College,  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  and  there  he  first  met  Fannie  Rosencrans.  whom 
he  later  married,  and  who  also  was  a  student  there.  She  is  directly  descended  from 
illustrious  families  closely  connected  with  our  nation's  military  history,  and  numbering 
among  their  representatives,  both  General  Herkimer  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  Gen- 
eral Rosecrans  of  the  Civil  war. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carson  have  become  the  parents  of  six  children.  George  Edgar,  who 
sustained  the  military  traditions  of  his  progenitors  by  enlisting  in  the  United  States 


598  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

navy,  in  October,  1917,  was  among  the  first  to  volunteer  from  Colorado.  He  was  sent 
to  the  Naval  Training  Station  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  in  July,  1918,  was  assigned 
to  active  duty,  with  the  grade  of  third  petty  officer.  He  was  later  promoted  to  second 
officer  and  is  now  on  the  staff  of  Admiral  Dunn,  on  active  service  in  the  Azores.  The 
other  children  are:  Florence  K.,  now  a  student  at  Fort  Collins;  J.  Earl;  Gladys  M.; 
Iris  N. ;  and  Theodore  Lederer. 

Mr.  Carson  votes  with  the  democratic  party,  which  he  has  supported  since  reach- 
ing adult  age,  but  he  has  never  been  an  office  seeker  as  he  finds  that  his  business  affairs 
make  constant  demand  upon  his  time  and  attention.  He  had  no  special  advantages 
at  the  outset  of  his  career  but  has  worked  steadily  and  persistently  as  the  years  have 
gone  by  and  whatever  prosperity  has  come  to  him  has  been  the  direct  outcome  of  his 
labors  and  enterprise. 


GEORGE  FERRIS  McRAY. 


George  Ferris  McKay  was  one  of  the  prominent  pioneer  people  of  Canon  City 
and  mine  operators  of  the  Cripple  Creek  district.  He  was  born  in  Stamford.  Connecti- 
cut, January  1,  1834,  and  pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  that  state  and  of 
Michigan,  the  family  having  removed  to  the  latter  state  during  his  boyhood  days. 
His  early  identification  with  the  west  came  through  freighting  operations  from  Ne- 
braska to  Denver  and  Salt  Lake  City,  in  which  work  he  continued  until  the  early 
'60s.  In  1865  he  returned  to  Michigan  and  was  there  married  in  Orangeville  in  1867, 
to  Miss  Sarah  A.  Clark,  a  native  of  Oswego  county.  New  York,  born  July  9,  1844. 
For  seven  years  thereafter  he  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  the  farm  which  he  had 
purchased  from  his  father  and  then  came  with  his  family  direct  to  Canon  City, 
Colorado. 

Reaching  his  destination,  Mr.  McRay  purchased  the  site  of  the  home  still  occu- 
pied by  the  family  in  South  Canon.  Mr.  McRay  and  two  brothers  were  among  the 
big  operators  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district.  They  discovered  valuable  mining  property 
which  was  consolidated  with  the  Ajax  Mining  and  Milling  Company,  and  in  which 
the  family  still  retains  a  substantial  interest.  They  also  discovered  other  valuable 
properties  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district  and  for  many  years  Mr.  McRay  was  a  promi- 
nent operator  in  the  mining  regions  of  the  state,  winning  notable  success  as  the  result 
of  his  sound  judgment  and  enterprise.  He  died  at  San  Diego,  California,  June  27, 
1902,  and  thus  Canon  City  lost  one  who  had  made  valuable  contribution  to  her  develop- 
ment and  welfare. 

Mrs.  McRay  has  throughout  her  entire  life  been  keenly  interested  in  temperance 
work,  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  twelfth  district  organization  of  the  Woman's 
Christian  Temperance  Union  as  well  as  president  of  the  local  organization  of  that 
body  for  some  time,  and  is  still  one  of  its  most  active  and  ardent  members.  More- 
over, she  has  lived  to  witness  the  fulfillment  of  her  hopes  in  the  recent  ratification 
of  the  prohibition  amendment.  She  has  likewise  been  deeply  interested  in  the  mis- 
sionary work  of  the  Baptist  church.  Nature  endowed  her  with  keen  intellectuality 
and  her  life  has  been  actuated  by  the  highest  purposes  in  an  effort  to  uplift  mankind. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  McRay  were  the  parents  of  three  children:  Blanche,  now  Mrs.  C. 
S.  Rogers,  of  Caiion  City;  Beulah,  the  widow  of  Dr.  H.  W.  Lane,  also  of  Canon  City; 
and  George  La  Verne  McRay,  of  Buxton,  Oregon.     There  are  three  grandchildren. 


WILLARD  P.  FORSYTH. 


A  native  of  Colorado,  Willard  P.  Forsyth  is  accounted  one  of  the  progressive  and 
successful  young  agriculturists  of  Boulder  county,  where  he  was  born  on  the  place 
adjoining  his  present  farm  on  the  30th  of  October,  1884,  a  son  of  James  R.  and  Mary 
J.  (Beasley)  Forsyth.  He  is  not  only  successfully  following  general  farming  but  Is 
also  prominent  as  a  live  stock  raiser,  his  property  being  situated  four  miles  south 
of  Longmont.  James  R.  Forsyth  was  for  many  years  very  successfully  connected 
with  farming  and  live  stock  interests  and  is  now  manager  of  the  Longmont  Farmers 
Mill  &  Elevator  Company  and  is  a  resident  of  that  place.  He  was  born  in  Nova 
Scotia,  while  his  wife  is  a  native  of  Missouri.  When  eighteen  years  of  age  he  crossed 
the  border  into  the  United  States,  locating  in  Kansas,  but  later  removed  to  Colorado, 
taking  up  a  homestead  at  the  age  of  twenty-one.     This  farm  he  put  under  a  high  state 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  599 

of  cultivation  and  personally  operated  the  same  until  1895,  when  he  took  up  active 
duties  as  manager  of  the  elevator  company,  as  before  mentioned.  This  is  one, of 
the  foremost  institutions  of  its  kind  within  the  state  and  they  operate  large  mills  and 
a  string  of  elevators  in  Denver  and  Longmont  and  at  other  places.  Not  only  has  Mr. 
Forsyth,  Sr.,  attained  a  gratifying  degree  of  prosperity  but  he  is  highly  honored  and 
esteemed  by  all  as  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  this  state  and  through  his  labors  he 
has  contributed  and   is  still   contributing  largely   toward  general  prosperity. 

Willard  P.  Forsyth  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  in  his  early  life 
valuable  lessons  were  impressed  upon  his  mind  by  his  good  parents,  who  in  the  acquire- 
ment of  his  education  sent  him  to  the  common  schools  of  the  neighborhood  and  also 
at  Longmont.  He  remained  with  his  father  until  he  reached  his  majority,  thus  acquir- 
ing valuable  knowledge  in  regard  to  local  farming  methods  and  conditions,  and  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  took  over  a  part  of  the  place  which  his  father  owned.  This  farm  he 
has  since  operated,  making  many  valuable  improvements  and  instituting  modern 
equipment,  thus  Increasing  the  yield  of  his  fields  from  year  to  year.  Moreover,  he 
has  given  considerable  attention  to  cattle  feeding  and  has  been  very  successful  along 
this  line. 

On  the  28th  of  November,  1906,  Mr.  Forsyth  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary 
Alice  Smith,  a  daughter  of  George  E.  and  Mary  C.  (Emerson)  Smith,  the  former  a 
native  of  Illinois  and  the  latter  of  Iowa.  They  came  to  this  state  during  the  frontier- 
day  period,  locating  in  Loveland.  At  first  the  fatlier  was  interested  in  tlie  banking 
business  there  but  later  removed  to  Longmont,  where  tor  many  years  he  continued 
along  the  same  line  of  occupation,  but  during  his  later  years  has  given  most  of  his 
attention  to  real  estate.  He  still  resides  at  Longmont,  as  does  his  wife.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Forsyth  have  become  the  parents  of  twins,  Juanita  J.  and  Willard  J.,  born  June 
30,  1915,  but  the  latter  died  August  18th  of  the  same  year.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Forsyth 
are  very  popular  among  the  younger  people  of  Longmont  and  vicinity  and  have  many 
friends  in  this  district,  all  of  whom  speak  of  them  in  terms  of  high  regard.  Through 
his  labors  he  has  not  only  contributed  toward  development  and  progress  in  his  dis- 
trict along  material  lines  but  he  has  also  ever  been  interested  in  educational  and  moral 
advancement.  He  is  a  republican  but  has  never  been  desirous  of  holding  office,  and 
in  religious  faith  is  a  Congregationallst.  Fraternally  he  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order 
and  the  honorable  principles  underlying  that  organization  have  ever  guided  him  in  his 
conduct  toward  his  fellowmen.  Besides  his  farming  interests  he  is  a  stockholder  in 
the  Longmont  Farmers  Mill  &  Elevator  Company,  thus  being  connected  with  one  of 
the  large  enterprises  of  the  state.  There  Is  great  credit  due  Mr.  Forsyth  for  what 
he  has  already  achieved  and  his  progress  thus  far  is  indicative  of  the  fact  that  he 
is   well   on   the   highroad   to   substantial    prosperity. 


JOHN  ALEXANDER  BOYD. 


John  Alexander  Boyd,  engaged  in  farming  near  Arvada,  was  born  in  Jefferson 
county,  Colorado,  December  11,  1877,  a  son  of  James  B.  C.  Boyd,  who  was  born  in 
New  Castle,  Pennsylvania,  April  19,  1840.  His  parents  were  Theodore  Perry  and  Mary 
S.  (Clo\V)  Boyd,  the  former  born  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  while  the  latter 
was  a  native  of  Beaver  county  in  the  same  state.  In  1859  James  B.  C.  Boyd  drove 
three  yoke  of  oxen  across  the  plains,  following  the  old  Santa  Fe  trail,  and  was  seventy 
days  en  route.  He  bought  his  outfit  and  cattle  at  Leavenworth  and  started  on  the 
long  journey  for  Colorado,  ultimately  arriving  in  Denver,  then  a  small  town  that  was 
little  more  than  a  mining  camp.  He  took  up  the  business  of  raising  vegetables  as  well 
as  general  farm  products  and  acquired  a  section  of  land  but  has  since  disposed  of 
much  of  this  to  good  advantage,  as  prices  have  steadily  increased.  In  1859  he  built 
the  first  house  at  Golden— a  little  log  cabin— and  as  the  years  have  passed  has  been 
closely  identified  with  the  development  and   progress  of  his  section  of  the  state. 

On  the  27th  of  January,  1875,  at  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  Mr.  Boyd  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Fleming  and  their  children  are:  Jennie,  the  wife  of 
J.  M.  Winslow,  of  Denver;  John  A.,  of  this  review;  Mrs.  Mary  Hayes,  living  near  Lit- 
tleton; Mrs.  Belle  White,  whose  home  is  at  Greeley;  and  Theodore,  an  aviator,  who 
trained  at  Key  West.  Florida.  In  his  political  views  the  father  is  a  republican.  His 
military  service  covers  experience  with  the  Colorado  militia  as  an  Indian  fighter,  hav- 
ing been  sworn  in  by  the  government  for  that  duty  in   1868. 

John  A.  Boyd  attended  the  Fruitdale  school  until  he  reached  the  age  of  fifteen 
years,  after  which  he  worked   on  his   father's  farm  and  continued  in   active  business 


600  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

with  his  father  until  1913,  when  he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
in  Middle  Park.  On  the  1st  of  October,  1917,  he  returned  to  the  old  home  county 
and  settled  on  ten  acres  of  land  which  he  owned.  In  addition  to  the  cultivation  of 
this  he  has  farmed  the  old  homestead  and  makes  a  specialty  of  the  production  of 
garden  vegetables  and  of  the  raising  of  hay  and  grain,  having  ten  acres  planted  to 
alfalfa.  His  methods  of  crop  cultivation  are  most  progressive  and  the  results  are 
gratifying. 

Mr.  Boyd  was  married  in  his  own  home  to  Miss  Viola  Johnson,  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Lucy  (Allison)  Johnson  and  a  native  of  Osceola.  Missouri.  She  came  to  Colorado 
in  her  girlhood  days  and  on  the  1st  of  January,  1905,  gave  her  hand  in  marriage  to 
Mr.  Boyd.     They  are  rearing  an  adopted  son,  James   Beach  Clow  Boyd. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Boyd  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  he  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Grange.  His  entire  life  has  been  passed  in  Colorado  and  in  the 
community  in  which  he  lives  he  has  many  friends  who  recognize  in  him  one  of  the 
substantial  citizens  whose  business  activity  and  sterling  worth  constitute  an 
in  the  steady  growth  and  upbuilding  of  this  section. 


JOSEPH   HAHRIS  MARION. 


Joseph  Harris' Marion,  whose  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  situated  in  the 
vicinity  of  Broomfield  Is  largely  devoted  to  the  raising  of  alfalfa  and  grain,  has  by 
unfaltering  enterprise  and  progressive  methods  won  a  substantial  measure  of  success 
during  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Colorado.  He  was  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, May  12,  1847,  and  is  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Margaret  (Dunlap)  Marion.  The 
father  was  a  chairmaker,  thus  providing  for  the  support  of  his  family. 

The  son,  Joseph  H.  Marion,  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  starting  out  in  the  business  world,  secured  a  situation  as 
mate  on  a  steamboat  making  the  run  between  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  New 
Orleans.  He  was  thus  engaged  for  seventeen  years,  serving  in  that  capacity  through- 
out the  Civil  war,  at  which  time  his  position  involved  considerable  danger.  After 
leaving  the  east  he  removed  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  1877,  spending  three  years  in  Cali- 
fornia, during  which  time  he  engaged  in  farming  in  the  Sacramento  valley.  In  May, 
1880,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  entered  the  mines  of  Leadville,  working  in  that  way 
for  three  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  turned  his  attention  to  agricul- 
tural pursuits  and  in  February,  1883,  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  near 
Broomfield.  Through  the  intervening  period  he  has  devoted  his  attention  to  improv- 
ing the  property  and  is  now  giving  his  attention  to  the  cultivation  and  raising  of  grain 
and  alfalfa,  having  eighty  acres  planted  to  the  latter  crop.  His  farm  work  is  conducted 
along  progressive  lines  and  his  fields  annually  return  to  him  excellent  harvests. 

On  the  1st  of  December,  1883,  in  Ringgold  county,  Iowa,  Mr.  Marion  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Philena  E.  Scott,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell) 
Scott.  Mrs.  Marion  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  by  her  marriage  has  become  the 
mother  of  three  children,  Ethel  Alice,  Clara  Agnes  and  Percy  William.  The  last  named 
married  Frances  Cram  and  has  a  daughter,  Dorothy  Marie. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Marion  is  a  republican,  which  party  he  has  supported 
since  reaching  adult  age.  His  activities  have  been  of  a  varied  character,  bringing  him 
many  interesting  experiences,  but  for  long  years  he  has  been  closely  connected  with  the 
agricultural  interests  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  has  labored  diligently  to  make 
a  good  living  for  his  family,  actuated  by  the  desire  of  winning  honorable  success, 
and  his  course  illustrates  what  can  be  accomplished  when  one  has  the  will  to  dare  and 
to  do. 


JAMES  Mcdowell  livesay. 

James  McDowell  Livesay,  better  known  as  J.  McD.  Livesay,  a  representative  of 
the  Denver  bar,  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Warren  county,  Missouri,  and  is  a  son  of  Joseph 
and  Sarah  (Yeater)  Livesay.  The  father  was  born  in  Virginia  and  in  early  life  re- 
sided in  Tennessee,  while  about  the  time  he  attained  his  majority  he  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Missouri,  near  St.  Louis.  He  enlisted  for  service  on  the  Union  side  in  the 
Civil  war,  becoming  captain  in  a  Missouri  regiment  and  serving  with  distinction  and 


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602  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

valor.  After  the  war  he  moved  to  Moberly,  Missouri,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  His  wife  was  born  in  Warren  county,  Missouri,  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  four  children:  James  McDowell,  of  this  review;  Ella  and  John 
C,  who  have  passed  away  and  Mrs.  Sue  Tuttle,  now  living  in  Moberly,  Missouri. 

No  event  of  special  importance  occurred  to  vary  the  routine  of  life  for  James 
McDowell  Livesay  in  his,  early  boyhood,  which  was  mostly  devoted  to  the  acquire- 
ment of  a  public  school  education,  teaching  and  then  attending  school.  He  taught 
school  in  Warren,  Lincoln  and  St.  Charles  counties  in  his  native  state  and  then  near 
Moberly.  He  attended  Central  Wesleyan  College,  now  the  Western  Educational  Insti- 
tute, at  Warrenton,  Missouri,  for  three  years,  reading  law  while  teaching  and  attending 
school  as  time  permitted.  He  completed  his  legal  studies  in  the  office  and  under  the 
direction  of  Colonel  D.  P.  Dyer,  familiarly  and  better  known  as  "Pat"  Dyer,  at  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  who  was  then  United  States  district  attorney,  and  who  is  now  United 
States  district  judge  at  St.  Louis.  Mr.  Livesay  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  begin- 
ning of  1876  by  the  St.  Louis  court  of  appeals  and  soon  after  migrated  to  Central  City, 
Colorado,  where  he  began  practice  about  May  1.  1876.  He  was  not  long  in  winning  a 
large  clientage  and  continued  as  a  successful  representative  of  the  profession  at  that 
place  for  fifteen  years,  with  the  exception  of  one  year  at  Leadville,  Colorado.  He  then 
moved  to  Denver  and  has  since  been  an  active  representative  of  the  Colorado  bar 
in  that  city  save  for  the  period  of  four  years  which  he  devoted  to  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Cripple  Creek.  Denver  and  other  places  have  witnessed  many  notable 
forensic  victories  which  he  has  won.  He  is  clear  in  his  interpretation  of  the  law,  sel- 
dom if  ever,  at  fault  in  the  application  of  a  legal  principle  and  his  deductions  are 
sound  and  logical,  carrying  conviction   to  the  minds  of  court  and  jury. 

Mr.  Livesay  was  married  on  the  28th  day  of  January,  1884,  at  Black  Hawk,  Colo- 
rado, to  Miss  Mattie  M.  Snyder,  who  passed  away  in  Denver,  leaving  a  son,  Dowell, 
who  was  born  in  Central  City,  Colorado,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  East  Denver  high 
school  and  of  the  University  of  Colorado,  and  is  well  known  in  the  newspaper  circles 
of  Denver.  He  was  married  October  16,  1915,  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Tarvin  and  resides 
in  Denver.  Mr.  James  McDowell  Livesay  was  married  to  Miss  Edna  N.  Lake,  of  Golden, 
Colorado,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carlos  W.  Lake,  early  residents  of  Golden,  May 
6,  1911.  There  is  one  child  of  this  marriage,  James  Clarendon,  who  was  born  Novem- 
ber 19,  1917. 

Politically,  Mr.  Livesay  originally  was  a  republican,  but  for  some  twenty  odd  years 
has  been  an  independent;  that  is,  has  worked  with  and  supported  the  political  party 
the  nearer  right  in  his  judgment,  and  locally  has  voted  for  men  regardless  of  party. 
The  only  offices  he  has  held  have  been  along  the  path  of  his  profession.  He  was  dis- 
trict attorney  of  the  first  judicial  district,  all  of  northwestern  Colorado,  from  1881 
until  1885  and  was  county  attorney  of  Gilpin  county  and  city  attorney  of  Central  City 
for  several  terms  and  was  city  attorney  of  the  city  of  Goldfield  while  in  Teller  county. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Colorado  legislature  in  1879-80.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver 
Bar  Association  and  other  legal  associations  and  in  his  practice  he  is  ever  careful 
to  conform  to  the  highest  professional  ethics  and  standards. 

Mr.  Livesay  is  versatile;  takes  an  interest  in  any  and  everything;  is  a  student 
of  history;  delves  into  literature;  writes  for  newspapers  and  periodicals,  and  is  re- 
garded as  a  forceful  writer;  is  unassuming  and  decries  sensationalism,  notoriety  and 
fanaticism. 


JOHN  LEWIS. 

John  Lewis,  devoting  his  time  and  attention  to  farming  and  stock  raising  in 
Boulder  county,  was  born  in  Ohio,  July  4,  1865,  a  son  of  David  and  Mary  Lewis,  both 
of  whom  were  natives  of  Wales,  but  they  left  that  little  rock-ribbed  country  when 
young  people  and  crossed  the  briny  deep  to  the  new  world.  They  made  their  way  to 
Ohio  and  were  residents  of  that  state  to  the  time  of  the  mother's  death.  In  1870  the 
father  brought  his  family  to  Colorado  and  followed  mining  in  this  state  until  his 
demise.     The  family  numbered  seven  children  but  only  two  are  now  living. 

John  Lewis  acquired  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Boulder  county.  He  was 
only  five  years  of  age  when  his  father  brought  the  family  to  Colorado,  so  that  practi- 
cally his  entire  life  has  been  passed  within  the  borders  of  this  state  and  he  has  ever 
been  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress  which  has  been  the  dominant 
factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  this  section  of  the  country.  After  reaching  adult  age  he, 
too,  followed  mining  and  freighting  for  a  number  of  years  and  later  turned  his  atten- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  603 

tion  to  farming  and  stock  raising,  in  which  occupations  lie  has  since  continued,  meeting 
with  substantial  success  as  the  result  of  his  indefatigable  effort.  He  is  now  the  owner 
of  seven  hundred  acres  which  is  largely  pasture  land  and  raises  good  sized  herds  of 
cattle.  He  resides  on  the  Hi  FuUen  place  near  Niwat,  which  he  rents,  there  annually 
gathering  rich  harvests  as  a  reward  for  the  care  and  labor  which  he  bestows  upon 
his  fields. 

In  1S87  Mr.  Lewis  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mattie  Hammontree,  who  was 
born  in  Warren  county,  Missouri,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  (Means)  Hammon- 
tree, who  were  of  English  descent.  The  father  was  born  in  Tennessee  and  the  mother 
in  Pennsylvania.  In  1871  they  became  residents  of  Colorado,  where  Mr.  Hammontree 
engaged  in  freighting  during  pioneer  times.  He  later  turned  his  attention  to  farming 
and  both  he  and  his  wife  spent  their  remaining  days  in  this  state,  the  latter  passing 
away  a  few  years  after  coming  to  Colorado.  Mr.  Hammontree  lived  to  be  over  ninety- 
two  years  of  age  and  died  February  24,  1916,  spending  the  last  twelve  years  of  his 
life  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  born  six  children,  four  of 
whom  are  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  have  two  sons:  Joe,  a  resident  of  Denver;  and 
James  David,  who  is  married  and  has  established  himself  as  an  attorney  In  Boulder, 
having  been  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1918. 

Mr.  Lewis  votes  with  the  democratic  party,  of  which  he  has  always  been  a  stanch 
advocate  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs  in  the  lodge  at  Niwat,  being  a 
faithful  follower  of  the  order  and  one  who  has  done  much  to  promote  its  interests. 
He  is  likewise  connected  with  the  Modem  Woodmen  of  America  and  with  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  he  and  his  wife  attend  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Mrs.  Lewis  is  a  prominent  member  in  the  Daughters  of  Rebekah  and  the  Royal 
Neighbors,  having  filled  the  chairs  in  both  orders.  They  are  people  of  genuine  worth, 
enjoying  the  warm  regard  and  confidence  of  those  with  whom  they  have  been  asso- 
ciated, and  the  hospitality  of  the  best  homes  of  the  locality  is  freely  accorded  them. 


MERRITT  MORTON  BROWN. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Barr  Lake  is  the  ranch  property  of  Merritt  Morton  Brown,  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the  progressive  farmers  of  his  section.  He  was  born  in  Greensburg, 
Decatur  county,  Indiana,  April  11,  1863,  a  son  of  James  Madison  and  Rhoda  Emily 
(Stout)  Brown.  James  Madison  Brown  was  born  January  17,  1827,  and  died,  in 
Indiana,  October  10,  1880.  His  widow,  who  was  born  March  29,  1831,  spent  the  latter 
years  of  her  life  in  Colorado,  making  her  home  with  her  sons,  and  passed  to  eternal  rest 
June  25,  1913.  In  the  maternal  line  the  ancestry  of  Mr.  Brown  can  be  traced  back 
to  Richard  Stout,  who  was  the  progenitor  of  the  family  in  America  and  landed  at 
New  York  with  a  party  of  emigrants  from  England  in  1618.  One  of  his  sons,  Jonathan 
Stout,  founded  Hopewell,  New  Jersey,  and  a  son  of  Jonathan  Stout,  Joab,  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  war,  being  present  at  the  surrender  of  Lord  Cornwallis  at  Yorktown. 
Richard  Stout  married  a  Miss  Van  Princess,  who  came  from  Holland  about  the  year 
1620. 

In  the  schools  of  his  native  county  Merritt  M.  Brown  pursued  his  education  till 
he  reached  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  after  which  he  gave  his  undivided  attention  to 
the  cultivation  of  the  old  homestead  farm  in  connection  with  his  brother  for  four 
years.  When  a  young  man  of  twenty-two  he  left  Indiana  for  Kansas  and  there  he 
again  engaged  in  farming  for  two  years.  In  1887  he  arrived  in  Denver,  Colorado,  and 
was  engaged  in  general  contracting  with  his  brother,  George  E.  Brown,  until  1905, 
when  he  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  dry  land  and  turned  his  attention 
to  general  farming.  Upon  this  place  he  pastures  from  thirty  to  forty  head  of  cattle. 
His  labor  has  been  untiring,  his  purpose  high  and  his  effort  unfaltering,  and  that 
he  is  now  one  of  the  substantial  ranchmen  of  his  county  is  due  to  these  qualities. 

On  the  17th  of  May,  1893,  Mr.  Brown  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Amy 
McBoyle,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Truman)  McBoyle.  Her  father  was 
born  in  Scotland  and  her  mother  in  England  and  each  came  to  the  United  States  when 
quite  small.  They  met  and  were  married  in  La  Salle,  Illinois,  and  in  1865  came  to 
Colorado,  crossing  the  plains  with  ox  teams.  The  father  was  a  skilled  machinist 
and  followed  his  trade  in  Blackhawk,  Colorado,  until  he  was  injured.  He  afterward 
purchased  a  relinquishment  in  Jefferson  county,  proved  up  on  the  property  and  secured 
title  thereto.  Later  he  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  was  operated  on  for  the  injury 
which  he  had  previously  sustained  and  in  the  operation  passed  away.     His  wife  had 


604  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

died  during  the  period  that  he  was  upon  the  farm.  To  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Brown  have  been  born  the  following  named:  Truman  Stout,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one;  Walter  E.,  who  is  now  in  France  with  the  One  Hundred  and  Ninth  Penn- 
sylvania Infantry;  Rayburn  A.,  who  also  joined  the  army  but  was  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  due  to  an  accident;  Donald  0  ;  Quintin;  Berenice;  and  Eunice. 
In  politics  Mr.  Brown  maintains  an  independent  course,  voting  for  men  and  meas- 
ures rather  than  for  party.  He  has  served  as  school  director  but  has  never  been  an 
office  seeker,  concentrating  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  business  affairs.  What- 
ever he  has  achieved  is  the  direct  result  of  earnest,  persistent  effort,  and  that  he  is 
now  one  of  the  successful  ranchmen  of  Adams  county  is  a  record  of  which  he  has 
every  reason  to  be  proud. 


JERRY   COULEHAN. 


Jerry  Coulehan  belonged  to  that  class  of  representative  pioneers  to  whom  hard- 
ships and  difficulties  served  as  an  impetus  for  renewed  effort,  and  notwithstanding 
the  privations  of  pioneer  life  he  so  directed  his  activities  and  interests  that  the  years 
brought  him  a  substantial  measure  of  success.  He  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1S39  but 
was  only  two  years  of  age  when  brought  by  his  parents  to  the  United  States.  He 
lived  for  a  number  of  years  in  Maryland,  Ohio  and  Illinois,  devoting  the  winter  months 
to  the  acquirement  of  a  public  school  education,  while  the  summer  seasons  were  given 
to  farm  labor  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  Later  he  had  the  bene- 
fit of  an  eight  months'  course  in  the  schools  of  Joliet,  Illinois.  In  1854-5  he  was 
employed  on  the  survey  of  the  Rock  Island  Railway  from  Blue  Island  to  Joliet,  Illinois, 
and  afterward  went  to  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  where  he  was  employed  by  the  Rock  Island 
Railroad  Company  and  at  the  same  time  carried  on   a  transfer  business. 

In  May,  1S60,  Mr.  Coulehan  arrived  in  Colorado  and  built  the  second  house  in 
Mill  City,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and  in  the  grocery  business,  but  after  two 
years  he  lost  his  savings  in  the  two  enterprises.  He  next  went  to  Omaha,  where  he 
spent  the  winter,  but  in  the  spring  of  1861  returned  with  a  load  of  provisions  to  Denver. 
For  the  first  time  he  drove  cattle  and  thus  made  the  trip  across  the  plains,  going 
barefoot  during  a  part  of  the  journey.  After  storing  his  goods  he  went  with  his  teams 
to  Nevada,  Colorado,  where  he  cut  pole  timber  and  cordwood  during  the  summer.  In 
the  fall  he  traded  his  cattle  for  mules  and  returned  to  the  east,  where  he  bought  a 
load  of  groceries  which  he  took  to  Colorado,  selling  them  in  the  mountains  at  a  profit 
of  twelve  hundred  dollars.  He  afterward  returned  for  another  load,  which  he  sold 
in  Denver  at  a  profit  of  four  hundred  dollars.  Subsequently  he  made  his  way  to 
Leavenworth,  Kansas,  and  loaded  eight  wagons,  each  drawn  by  six  yoke  of  oxen,  with 
freight  belonging  to  Jennings,  Godby  &  Walker,  his  destination  being  Salt  Lake  City. 
He  was  also  persuaded  to  take  charge  of  forty  wagons  of  freight  likewise  intended 
for  Jennings.  Godby  &  Walker,  and  at  that  time  in  the  charge  of  a  Mr.  Howard.  His 
teams  were  the  only  ones  that  safely  reached  Salt  Lake  that  year,  for  the  winter  was 
very  severe  and  it  was  almost  impossible  to  travel.  These  teams  were  scattered  along 
the  road  from  Larimer  Plains  to  Aco  Canon  and  for  about  forty  miles  from  the  canon 
were  in  snow  eighteen  inches  deep,  it  being  necessary  to  have  fifteen  yoke  of  oxen 
to  the  team  to  pull  through.  They  also  found  it  necessary  to  fight  the  Indians  from 
Blue  River  up  to  the  Larimer  Plains.  On  the  14th  of  December,  however,  Mr.  Coule- 
han arrived  in  Salt  Lake,  where  he  spent  the  remiander  of  the  winter  in  contract 
work  on  canals.  Subsequently  he  bought  a  train  and  loaded  it  with  flour  for  Virginia 
City.  Montana,  and  from  that  point  proceeded  to  Helena,  Montana,  after  which  he 
went  down  the  Missouri  river  to  meet  the  boats  at  the  head  of  navigation  at  Fort 
Benton.  There  he  bought  freight  which  he  hauled  to  Helena,  where  he  sold  it.  Again 
he  went  to  Salt  Lake  and  loaded  his  wagon  train  for  Virginia  City,  where  he  disposed 
of  his  goods  and  then  returned  to  Salt  Lake.  From  that  point  he  proceeded  to  Los 
Angeles,  California,  for  freight,  making  the  return  trip  with  goods  to  Salt  Lake  and 
to  Helena  and  continuing  to  do  business  in  that  way  until  1S69.  In  the  summer  of 
1868  he  also  put  up  hay  at  Fort  Shaw,  on  Sun  river,  for  the  government,  stacking 
as  much  as  eight  hundred  tons.  In  the  winter  of  1869  he  returned  to  Illinois  but 
in  the  spring  of  1870  made  his  way  to  Denver,  where  he  began  handling  cattle,  con- 
tinuing actively  in  that  business  until  1874,  when  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  agri- 
cultural implement  business  in  partnership  with  Henry  Lee.  Their  association  was 
maintained  for  four  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  Mr.  Coulehan  removed  to  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  four  and  a  half  miles  west  of  Denver,  on  West  Forty- 


JERRY  COULEHAN. 


606  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

fourth  avenue,  then  known  as  Jefferson  avenue,  and  a  mile  west  of  Berkeley.  Mr. 
Coulehan  purchased  the  claim,  which  he  converted  into  one  of  the  valuable  farm 
properties  of  the  state.  He  brought  his  land  under  a  very  high  state  of  cultivation 
and  supplied  it  with  adequate  water,  installing  a  complete  system  of  ditches,  with 
individual  and  perpetual  water  rights.  He  planted  sixteen  acres  to  fruit  and  one 
hundred  acres  to  alfalfa,  while  the  remainder  of  his  land  was  devoted  to  the  raising 
of  grain  and  vegetables.  He  also  made  a  specialty  of  raising  fine  hogs  and  cattle  and 
all  branches  of  his  business  proved  profitable.  He  was  likewise  interested  in  mining, 
owning  stock  in  the  Ade  Consolidated  Mining  Company,  besides  having  interests  in 
other   properties. 

On  the  16th  of  February,  1874,  Mr.  Coulehan  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Catherine  C.  Mahan,  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  and  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Helen  (Feley)  Mahan.  About  the  year  1855  her  father  made  his  way  westward 
to  Iowa  and  engaged  in  farming  near  Iowa  City,  where  the  family  soon  afterward 
joined  him.  The  parents  spent  their  remaining  days  in  that  state,  where  they  were 
numbered   among  the  pioneers  and  held   membership   in  the  Old   Settlers'   Society. 

Mrs.  Coulehan  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Iowa  City  and  in  the  State 
University  and  afterward  became  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools.  She  is  now  prominent 
in  those  activities  to  which  woman  directs  her  efforts.  She  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Catholic  church,  an  honorary  member  of  the  Colorado  Pioneers'  Society  and  the  second 
vice  president  of  the  Pioneers  Ladies  Aid  Society.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Coulehan  were 
born  six  children,  of  whom  the  only  daughter  died  in  infancy.  The  five  sons  are: 
John  T.,  a  railway  engineer;  M.  J.,  a  contractor:  Robert  E.,  a  ranchman  living  in 
Wyoming;  Leo  C,  an  expert  accountant,  now  in  the  military  service  of  his  country 
as  a  brigade  sergeant  in  the  Cactus  Division;  and  William  J.,  who  is  in  charge  of  the 
home  place. 

Mr.  Coulehan  departed  this  life  May  22,  1899.  Of  Catholic  faith,  he  was  a  devout 
churchman.  He  was  exceedingly  charitable  and  was  actively  interested  in  the  estab- 
lishment and  welfare  of  St.  Joseph's  Hospital  and  of  the  Orphans'  Home.  He  gave 
freely  of  his  means  to  assist  in  various  benevolent  projects  and  as  he  prospered  in 
his  undertakings  his  charities  were  proportionately  greater.  There  was  no  feature 
of  pioneer  life  in  Colorado  with  which  he  was  not  familiar  and  with  the  gradual 
development  and  growth  of  the  sections  in  which  he  lived  he  was  closely  and  help- 
fully associated. 


ROBERT  B.  MONTGOMERY. 

Stock  interests  in  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  are  ably  represented  by  Robert  B. 
Montgomery,  a  successful  agriculturist  having  a  valuable  farm  property  near  Lyons, 
on  section  21.  A  native  of  Iowa,  he  was  born  in  Marion  county  October  28,  1848,  a 
son  of  William  and  Mary  (Dawson)  Montgomery,  the  former  a  native  of  Maryland 
and  the  latter  of  Virginia.  In  his  younger  days  the  father  was  a  sailor  and  early 
in  the  development  of  that  state  he  removed  to  Iowa  and  there  engaged  in  farming 
in  Marion  county,  where  he  acquired  land  which  he  operated  for  many  years  and 
upon  which  he  placed  many  improvements.  In  the  'SOs  he  sold  and  came  to  Boulder 
county,  where  he  bought  a  small  place  of  forty  acres  near  Hygiene.  He  subsequently 
sold  this  property  and  made  his  home  with  his  son,  Alexander  M.,  in  Lyons  until  his 
death.     His  wife  has  also  passed  away. 

In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  Robert  B.  Montgomery  attended  school  in 
Marion  county  and  early  assisted  his  father  in  the  management  of  the  farm  there. 
In  1867,  however,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  started  across  the  plains  with  a  mule 
team,  headed  for  Colorado,  walking  most  of  the  way.  The  trip  consumed  forty-one 
days  before  Boulder  county  was  reached  and  was  fraught  with  dangers  and  hard- 
ships. For  a  while  he  worked  out  by  the  month  but  subsequently  bought  a  farm  on 
the  Little  Thompson  and  there  engaged  in  the  live  stock  business  for  a  number  of 
years  and  to  good  purpose  but  finally  sold  out  and  acquired  his  present  place  of 
eighty  acres.  He  has  brought  his  land  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  has  in  many 
ways  improved  the  property.  He  has  set  out  four  hundred  apple  trees,  now  deriving 
from  this  source  a  gratifying  addition  to  his  income,  and  moreover,  has  put  up  suit- 
able buildings  and  instituted  modern  equipment  until  now  his  is  considered  one  of 
the   valuable   properties  of  the   neighborhood. 

In  1883  Mr.  Montgomery  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Clara  Chapman  and  to 
them  were   born  eight  children,  of  whom  Pearl  has  passed  away.     She  was   the   wife 


608  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

of  Thomas  Wallace,  by  whom  she  had  three  children,  her  death  occurring  in  the 
spring  of  1912.  The  other  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Montgomery  are:  Frank  R.,  a 
resident  of  Fort  Collins,  Ck>lorado;  Florence,  who  married  Albert  Schwilke,  of  Estes 
Park,  Colorado;  Arthur  E.,  residing  at  Longmont;  Charles  E.,  who  has  joined  the 
colors  and  is  with  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces  in  France;  Iva  and  C.  Orvis, 
at  home;   and  Ruth,  who  married  L.  Comstock,  of  Longmont. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Montgomery  are  among  the  most  respected  pioneer  couples  of  Boul- 
der county  and  all  are  agreed  as  to  their  high  qualities  of  heart  and  mind.  Their 
religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in  the  work  of  which  they 
helpfully  assist.  Politically  Mr.  Montgomery  is  a  democrat  but  although  he  keeps 
thoroughly  informed  in  regard  to  the  public  questions  of  the  day  he  has  never  been 
an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  devote  his  whole  attention  to  his  private  interests. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  belonging  to 
the  Lyons  organization,  and  has  many  friends  among  its  members,  Mrs.  Montgomery 
belonging  to  the  Rebekah  lodge.  He  is  a  public-spirited,  progressive  agriculturist 
and  citizen  and  has  attained  an  honorable  position  in  life  entirely  through  his  own 
efforts,  thus  being  entitled  to  the  proud  American  title  of  a  self-made  man.  Move- 
ments for  public  improvement  have  ever  received  his  support  and  he  is  never  a  lag- 
gard when  the  public  weal  hangs  in  the  balance. 


THOMAS    KNEALE. 


Thomas  Kneale,  busily  engaged  in  the  work  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring  for  his 
stock  upon  an  excellent  farm  in  Boulder  county,  is  of  Manx  nativity,  his  birth  having 
occurred  on  the  Isle  of  Man,  May  17,  1852,  his  parents  being  John  and  Ann  (Christian) 
Kneale,  who  were  also  of  Manx  birth.  The  father  passed  away  on  his  native  isle, 
after  which  the  mother  came  to  the  new  world,  settling  in  Colorado  in  1876.  Her  re- 
maining days  were  here  passed,  her  death  occurring  in  1912  at  the  home  of  her  son 
Thomas.    In  their  family  were  eleven  children,  four  of  whom  are  living. 

Thomas  Kneale  was  reared  and  educated  on  the  Isle  of  Man  and  came  to  America 
in  1872.  when  a  young  man  of  twenty  years.  He  first  settled  in  Jefferson  county, 
Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  and  in  freighting.  He  followed 
this  business  for  twelve  years  and  then  went  to  Wyoming,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
live  stock  business  for  three  years.  In  1888  he  purchased  the  farm  in  Boulder  county 
whereon  he  now  resides,  acquiring  title  to  two  hundred  and  forty  acres.  Irrigation 
has  converted  the  land  into  a  rich  and  productive  tract,  for  he  has  the  entire  place 
under  the  ditch.  He  has  worked  carefully,  systematically  and  scientifically  in  the 
cultivation  of  his  crops  and  has  greatly  improved  the  property  by  the  erection  of  fine 
buildings,  making  this  one  of  the  attractive  farms  of  Boulder  county.  In  addition  he 
owns  a  stock  ranch  of  thirteen  hundred  acres  above  Eldorado  Springs  on  the  South 
Boulder,  on  which  he  is  extensively  engaged  in  running  stock.  In  all  business  affairs 
he  displays  sound  judgment  and  unfaltering  enterprise  and  his  determined  purpose, 
guided  by  keen  sagacity,  has  brought  to  him  substantial  success.  He  is  likewise  a 
stockholder  in  the  Colorado  Alfalfa  Milling  Company,  of  which  he  was  manager  for 
ten  years.  This  company  operates  mills  at  Ordway,  Broomfield,  Eastlake  and  Niwot, 
Colorado,  and   at   Riverton,   Wyoming. 

Mr.  Kneale  was  married  in  Jefferson  county,  Colorado,  to  Miss  Georgiana  Hat- 
field, who  was  born  in  Shelbyville,  Illinois,  a  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Ann  (Rob- 
inson) Hatfield,  the  former  a  native  of  Ohio,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  New  Jersey. 
Mr.  Hatfield  removed  to  Denver,  Colorado,  in  1859.  when  the  beautiful  capital  city  was 
a  tiny  mining  hamlet,  composed  of  tents  and  a  few  log  cabins.  Like  the  others  who  had 
come  to  the  state  in  that  early  period,  he  engaged  in  mining  during  the  first  year  of  his 
residence  here,  but  in  1860  he  returned  to  Illinois.  He  then  started  across  the  plains 
with  an  ox  team,  accompanied  by  his  family,  and  proceeding  by  slow  stages,  according 
to  that  method  of  travel,  three  months  had  elapsed  before  he  could  complete  the  trip. 
He  then  located  in  Denver,  where  he  engaged  in  the  butchering  business,  and  both  he 
and  his  wife  passed  away  in  that  city.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  all 
of  whom  are  yet  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kneale  had  a  family  of  ten  children,  but 
lost  three  in  infancy.  The  others  are:  Ethel,  the  wife  of  Clyde  Carson,  of  Bouldef 
county;  Edith,  the  wife  of  First  Lieutenant  James  I.  Davis,  who  is  now  in  France 
with  Company  B,  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  Field  Signal  Corps;  Charles 
Albert,  who  is  now  in  France  with  the  same  command;  Harriet  I.,  the  wife  of 
Clarence   E.   Jessee,    of   Boulder    county;    Walter,    who   was    drowned    in    the    Six-Mile 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  609 

reservoir  when  twenty-four  years  of  age;  Thomas  A.,  who  is  farming  the  home  place; 
and  Dora,  who  is  now  attending  college  in  Fort  Collins.  The  sons  are  members 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Kneale  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  is  a  loyal 
follower  of  the  lodge.  He  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and  his  fellow  citizens,  recogniz- 
ing his  worth  and  ability,  have  frequently  called  him  to  public  office.  He  now  is 
democratic  committeeman  and  has  for  several  years  served  in  this  position.  More- 
over, he  has  done  faithful  duty  as  justice  of  the  peace,  for  four  years  served  as  water 
commissioner  of  his  district  and  for  nine  years  was  a  member  of  the  school  board. 
Ever  deeply  loyal  and  patriotic,  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  Liberty  Loan  campaign, 
being  captain  of  his  district,  and  also  was  connected  with  the  United  War  Workers, 
while  Mrs.  Kneale  was  actively  and  officially  connected  with  Red  Cross  work.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  are  consistent  and  loyal  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  are  held  in  the  highest  esteem,  their  worth  being  widely  acknowledged  by  all 
with  whom  they  have  come  in  contact.  Mr.  Kneale.  outside  of  his  extensive  farming 
interests,  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Denver.  The 
business  opportunities  offered  in  the  new  world  have  enabled  him  to  work  his  way 
steadily  upward  since  he  started  out  in  life  empty-handed.  Obstacles  and  difficulties 
in  his  path  have  served  as  an  impetus  for  renewed  effort  on  his  part  and  his  determi- 
nation and  energy  have  brought  him  to  an  enviable  position  among  representatives 
of  agricultural  as  well  as  business  interests  in   Boulder  county  and   Denver. 


HENRY  ALLISON. 


Henry  Allison,  a  stone  mason  of  Canon  City  and  also  the  owner  of  fine  ranch 
property  nearby,  was  born  in  Yorkshire.  England,  in  March,  1850.  He  spent  the  first 
twenty  years  of  his  lite  in  his  native  country  and  came  to  America  in  1870,  at  which 
time  he  took  up  his  abode  in  Pennsylvania.  After  two  years'  residence  in  the  east 
he  arrived  in  Denver,  Colorado,  in  the  summer  of  1872,  and  later  removed  to  Central 
City,  while  at  a  subsequent  period  he  went  to  Georgetown.  Identified  with  mining 
interests  there,  he  met  with  considerable  success,  advancing  far  on  the  highroad  to 
prosperity. 

In  1873  Mr.  Allison  returned  to  England  and  was  there  married  to  Miss  Ann  Lee 
in  her  old  home  in  Yorkshire.  They  became  the  parents  of  six  daughters,  of  whom 
five  are  living,  and  two  sons.  Of  these,  three  of  the  daughters  are  married,  as  are  the 
sons,  and  there  are  seven  grandchildren.  One  daughter,  Blanche  V.  Allison,  has  for 
some  years  occupied  an  important  position  in  connection  with  the  county  court. 

Following  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allison  began  their  domestic  life  in  their 
native  land,  but  in  1881  returned  with  their  family  to  the  new  world  and  settled 
first  in  Pennsylvania,  while  in  1882  Mr.  Allison  again  became  a  resident  of  Colorado. 
Here  he  took  up  the  occupation  of  farming  and  also  followed  the  trade  of  a  stone 
mason.  For  eight  years  he  lived  at  Leadville  and  for  twenty-eight  years  has  made 
his  home  in  Caiion  City,  where  he  still  works  at  his  trade  and  also  gives  his  super- 
vision to  the  conduct  of  a  fine  ranch  near  the  town  which  he  owns.  Opportunity,  of 
which  he  has  eagerly  availed  himself,  has  opened  for  him  the  door  of  success  and 
he  is  now  one  of  the  substantial  residents  of  Canon  City. 


EMMET    A.    BROMLEY. 


Emmet  A.  Bromley,  a  Colorado  capitalist  living  at  Brighton,  although  his  business 
interests  keep  him  much  of  the  time  in  Denver,  has  at  different  periods  been  closely 
associated  with  ranching  and  stock-raising  interests,  with  dairying,  with  the  develop- 
ment of  oil  lands  and  with  banking.  As  the  years  have  passed  he  has  made  extensive 
and  judicious  investments  in  both  farm  property  and  city  real  estate,  from  which 
he  derives  a  gratifying  annual  income.  His  life  record  is  the  story  of  earnest  endeavor 
and  brings  to  mind  the  statement  of  Carlyle  that  those  things  which  are  difficulties 
in  the  path  of  the  weak  often  become  stepping-stones  to  the  strong. 

Mr.  Bromley  is  a  native  of  Peru,  Clinton  county.  New  York.  He  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1858,  a  son  of  John  B.  and  Roxey  Ann  (Ayers)  Bromley.  His  ancestors 
in  both  the  maternal  and  paternal  lines  arrived   at   Warwick,   Rhode   Island,    in   1647 

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610  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  the  families  have  been  well  represented  in  the  Revolutionary  and  Civil  wars. 
The  founder  of  the  Bromley  family  in  America  came  to  the  new  world  from  Bromley, 
England,  a   town   that   has   since   been  absorbed   by   the   growth   of   London. 

Emmet  A.  Bromley  attended  school  in  his  birthplace  and  in  Plattsburg.  He  was 
left  an  orphan  when  but  nine  years  of  age,  after  which  he  lived  with  relatives  until 
he  reached  the  age  of  fifteen,  when  he  started  out  in  life  on  his  own  account.  He 
went  to  work  on  a  steamboat  on  Lake  Champlain,  being  thus  employed  for  two  years, 
and  afterward  occupied  a  position  in  a  clothing  store  in  Burlington,  Vermont,  for  a 
similar  period.  On  the  24th  of  April,  1877,  however,  he  left  the  Green  Mountain  state 
and  crossed  the  continent  to  Denver,  Colorado,  where  he  was  employed  for  a  year. 
He  then  purchased  some  cattle  and  rented  a  farm,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the 
dairy  business.  Prospering  in  his  undertakings,  in  1883  he  bought  two  hundred  acres 
of  land  near  Brighton  and  has  since  managed  that  property,  together  with  six  hun- 
dred acres  of  dry  land  situated  east  of  his  ranch.  He  was  also  engaged  in  the  sheep 
business  and  at  one  time  he  owned  eight  thousand  acres  of  dry  land.  He  has  traded 
all  of  his  ranch  property,  however,  for  Denver  property  and  his  holdings  of  city  real 
estate  are  extensive  and  valuable,  returning  to  him  a  gratifying  annual  income.  He 
is  likewise  the  president  of  the  Gibraltar  Oil  Company,  to  which  he  devotes  much  of  his 
time,  and  he  is  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Brighton. 

On  the  24th  of  December,  1892.  Mr.  Bromley  was  married  in  Golden  to  Miss  Anna 
Dickson,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  Dickson.  Mrs.  Bromley  was  born  in 
Canada,  where  her  ancestors  settled  at  an  early  day.  In  her  girlhood  she  crossed 
the  plains  with  her  parents  and  the  family  home  was  established  at  Henderson, 
Colorado,  where  her  father  and  mother  resided  until  called  to  their  final  rest.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bromley  were  born  six  children  of  whom  the  following  are  living: 
Maria,  who  was  educated  in  the  St.  Gertrude  Seminary  and  is  now  at  home;  Emmet, 
Jr..  who  attended  Wolfe  Hall;  and  Clinton  Enos  and  John  D.,  who  were  educated  at 
Boulder. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  in  his  fra- 
ternal relations  Mr.  Bromley  is  a  Mason,  loyally  adhering  to  the  teachings  of  the 
craft.  He  is  a  past  master  of  his  lodge  and  is  much  interested  in  the  work  of  the  or- 
ganization. In  politics  he  is  an  earnest  republican  and  a  recognized  leader  in  the 
party  ranks.  He  served  as  state  representative  from  his  district  in  the  eighth  and 
ninth  general  assemblies  and  gave  careful  and  earnest  consideration  to  all  the  vital 
questions  that  came  up  for  consideration  during  that  period.  He  was  also  state 
senator  during  the  eleventh  and  twelfth  assemblies,  a  fact  indicative  of  the  faithful 
service  which  he  had  previously  rendered.  He  left  the  impress  of  his  individuality 
upon  the  laws  enacted  during  his  connection  with  both  the  upper  and  lower  houses. 
He  is  the  father  of  the  law  providing  for  the  loaning  of  state  school  funds  to  farmers 
and  thus  he  has  contributed  in  large  measure  to  the  material  development  of  the 
agricultural  interests  of  Colorado.  For  twelve  years  he  was  clerk  of  the  district 
court  in  Brighton  and  his  official  record,  like  that  of  his  private  life,  is  one  over  which 
there  falls  no  shadow  of  wrong  or  suspicion  of  evil.  He  is  a  man  of  broad  vision 
and  public  spirit,  of  high  ideals  and  of  successful  achievement. 


JAMES  AUGUSTUS  WIRE. 


James  Augustus  Wire,  one  of  Brighton's  enterprising  business  men,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  the  sale  of  farm  implements,  was  born  near  Winslow,  Illinois,  on  the  30th 
of  July,  1873,  a  son  of  Jasper  A.  and  Emily  (Thorpe)  Wire.  The  father  was  a  Civil 
war   veteran. 

The  son  pursued  his  education  in  the  district  schools  near  Winslow  and  after- 
ward was  graduated  from  the  Aurora  Business  College  at  Aurora,  Illinois.  He  then 
took  up  the  occupation  of  farming,  which  he  followed  in  his  native  county  for  four 
years.  About  that  time,  or  in  1898,  Mr.  Wire  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lula 
Denny,  who  passed  away  in   1909. 

Mr.  Wire  on  his  removal  to  Colorado  in  1898  settled  at  Littleton,  where  for  one 
year  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  then  took  up  his  abode  in  Brighton  establishing  him- 
self in  the  livery  business,  to  which  he  soon  added  feed  and  coal,  and  for  a  few  years 
teaming  and  contract  work.  In  1912  he  began  the  implement  business,  which  he  is  now 
conducting.  He  is  otherwise  connected  with  the  business  interests  of  the  town,  being 
the  owner   of  the   opera  house  block   and   considerable   other   property.     Deeply   inter- 


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612  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

ested  in  everything  tliat  pertains  to  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community  he 
gives  active  aid  and  cooperation  to  all  movements  for  the  general  good.  He  has  a 
beautiful  home  of  the  bungalow  type  on  West  Park  avenue  containing  eight  rooms. 
It  stands  amid  attractive  surroundings  and  one  of  Its  most  pleasing  features  is  its 
warm-hearted  hospitality. 

On  the  23d  of  February,  1911,  Mr.  Wire  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being 
with  Miss  Lillian  Rice  of  Hays,  Kansas.  She  is  a  daughter  of  James  R.  and  Lenora 
(Sutton)  Rice,  who  are  very  progressive  farming  people  of  Kansas,  in  which  state 
Mrs.  Wire  was  born  in  Ellis  county.  She  came  to  Colorado  in  1910.  She  has  a 
brother,  G.  W.  Rice,  who  is  now  in  France;  and  a  brother-in-law  who  is  a  physician, 
Captain  Arthur  B.  Gjellum,  who  is  also  on  active  duty  with  the  national  army,  while 
his   two   sisters   are   Red    Cross   nurses. 

Mrs.  Wire  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  takes  an  active  part  in 
promoting  its  work  and  extending  its  influence.  Mr.  Wire  belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Mountain  States  Hardware  and  Implement 
Dealers'  Association.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party.  Several 
times  he  has  been  called  upon  to  serve  on  the  town  board  and  has  put  forth  effective 
effort  for  the  welfare  and  upbuilding  of  his  city. 


MARVIN   W.    TURNER. 


The  importance  banking  establishments  have  in  regard  to  the  upbuilding  and  con- 
tinued growth  of  a  section  is  well  recognized  and  in  fact  it  is  acknowledged  that  the 
progress  of  a  community  or  district  can  well  be  gauged  by  its  financial  institutions. 
Enterprises  of  this  kind  are  therefore  of  the  utmost  importance  and  their  progres- 
siveness  and  reliability  have  much  to  do  with  the  general  weal  or  woe  of  a  community. 
Among  the  financiers  and  bankers  who  have  wrought  much  good  in  Boulder  county 
is  Marvin  W.  Turner,  a  reliable,  confidence-inspiring,  able  and  progressive  banker 
of  Lyons,  being  vice  president  and  cashier  of  the  State  Bank  of  Lyons.  A  native  of 
Michigan,  he  was  born  in  Berlin,  Ottawa  county,  April  24,  1877,  a  son  of  George  D. 
and  Lillian  C.  (Marvin)  Turner,  the  former  a  native  of  the  Empire  state  and  the 
letter  of  Michigan.  Mr.  Turner,  Sr.,  is  now  an  honored  resident  of  Grand  Haven. 
Michigan,  and  for  twelve  years  he  ably  and  efficiently  served  as  county  clerk  in  his  part 
of  the  state.  He  subsequently  engaged  in  the  abstract  business  and  has  since  been  at 
the  head  of  such  an  establishment.  For  fifteen  years  he  was  also  in  the  employ  of  the 
United  States  government,  acting  as  deputy  collector  of  customs.  Mrs.  Turner  is 
also  living. 

Marvin  W.  Turner  was  reared  amid  the  surroundings  of  a  refined  home  and  under 
the  careful  guidance  of  his  parents  received  his  first  lessons  in  life.  They  were  desir- 
ous that  he  should  have  an  excellent  education  and  he  therefore  attended  the  public 
schools  in  Grand  Haven,  Michigan,  until  his  preparation  permitted  him  to  enter  the 
Michigan  State  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1898.  Well  fitted  for  life's 
active  duties,  he  made  his  first  step  in  the  world  of  commerce  as  an  employe  in  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railroad  oflSces  in  Grand  Haven,  with  which  he  was  connected  for  a 
year.  Showing  a  decided  inclination  toward  the  banking  business,  he  decided  that 
this  was  his  real  life  work  and  therefore  joined  the  staff  of  the  National  Bank  of 
Grand  Haven  and  so  ably  did  he  perform  his  duties  in  that  connection  that  he  was 
advanced  from  time  to  time  until  he  became  assistant  cashier,  in  which  important  posi- 
tion he  continued  until  1906.  The  great  opportunities  offered  to  a  young  banker  in 
virgin  territory  appealed  to  him  and  he  therefore  decided  to  come  to  Colorado.  After 
carefully  surveying  the  ground  and  weighing  the  opportunities  presented  in  different 
sections  of  the  state  he  decided  upon  Lyons  as  a  likable  point  which  promised  to 
come  up  to  the  hopes  which  he  entertained  in  regard  to  establishing  a  bank.  That 
he  made  no  mistake  is  evident  from  the  subsequent  success  of  the  institution  with 
which  he  is  now  connected.  In  August,  1908,  he  assisted  in  organizing  the  Lyons 
State  Bank  and  ever  since  he  has  served  as  the  cashier  of  the  institution,  which 
under  his  able  guidance  has  remarkably  prospered.  For  the  past  two  years  he  has 
also  been  vice  president.  A  man  thoroughly  versed  in  financial  affairs,  with  long  and 
valuable  experience,  he  has  used  his  talents  wisely  and  well.  Ever  careful  in  regard 
to  the  usage  of  the  bank's  money  as  regards  investments,  he  yet  obtains  the  best  returns 
for  the  stockholders,  at  the  same  time  never  endangering  in  the  least  degree  the  secur- 
ity of  depositors.  In  fact,  he  is  a  safe,  sane  and  conservative  banker  who  is  progres- 
sive enough   to  extend  credit  to  worthy  clients   and   to   worthy  enterprises.     Thus   he 


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has  greatly  assisted  in  development  and  growth  by  giving  aid  for  industrial  as  well 
as  agricultural  purposes.  The  capital  of  the  bank  is  twelve  thousand  dollars,  while  its 
deposits  are  now  seventy  thousand  dollars  and  as  the  town  and  district  grow  a  pros- 
perous future  may  be  predicted  for  the  institution.  The  officers  of  the  bank  are  all 
reliable,  substantial  business  men,  Dr.  W.  R.  Kincaid  being  the  president,  thus  giving 
by  its  personnel  alone  a  sufficient  guarantee  to  all  those  who  entrust  their  funds  to 
the  care  of  the  Lyons   State  Bank. 

On  the  20th  of  December,  1900,  Mr.  Turner  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Marion  Stickney  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children;  Lynn,  who  was 
born  October  24,  1901;  and  Louise  E.,  born  July  7,  1905.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Turner 
occupy  an  enviable  position  in  the  social  circles  of  Lyons  and  vicinity  and  their  pres- 
ence adds  distinction  to  any  social  circle.  Often  they  entertain  their  friends  at  their 
own  hospitable  fireside  and  thus  they  have  become  valued  and  well  liked  residents 
of   their  community. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Turner  has  always  maintained  an  independent  attitude, 
caring  not  for  party  affiliations.  On  the  contrary  he  carefully  sifts  the  character  and 
qualities  of  a  candidate,  taking  into  consideration  his  fitness  for  the  office  to  which  he 
aspires.  However,  he  has  ever  taken  the  most  active  interest  in  his  community  and 
district,  which  fact  is  evident  from  his  connection  with  the  public  life  of  his  town. 
He  has  ably  served  as  town  trustee  and  with  that  public  organization  has  made  him- 
self felt  in  promoting  progressive  measures  along  many  lines.  Greater  honor  came 
to  him  in  his  election  as  mayor  of  the  town  and  he  also  has  efficiently  served  as  secre- 
tary of  the  school  board,  thoroughly  believing  in  careful  education  as  a  means  of  making 
better  American  citizens.  Along  fraternal  lines  he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic 
order  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Unitarian  church,  to  the  work  of  which  he 
helpfully  contributes.  From  every  point  of  view  the  career  of  Mr.  Turner  is  a  com- 
mendable one  and  he  has  made  for  himself  a  place  as  a  substantial  and  respected  citizen 
in  Lyons,  enjoying  in  full  measure  the  confidence  of  the  public — a  confidence  which 
he  has  richly  earned  and  fully  deserves. 


JUDGE  WILLARD  B.  FELTON. 

Judge  WHlard  B.  Felton,  designated  at  the  time  of  his  death  by  one  of  the  local 
papers  as  "soldier,  legislator,  jurist,  editor,  horticulturist  and  splendid  citizen,"  was 
indeed  one  of  the  substantial  residents  of  Caiion  City  who  well  merited  the  high 
regard  in  which  he  was  uniformly  held.  He  left  the  impress  of  his  individuality  in 
marked  measure  upon  the  industrial  and  political  development  of  the  state  and  in  his 
life  he  displayed  many  of  the  sterling  traits  of  an  honored  New  England  ancestry. 
He  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Nathaniel  Felton,  who,  coming  from  England,  founded 
the  family  in  the  new  world.  He  landed  at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  in  1633  and 
through  successive  generations  down  to  the  present  time  some  of  his  descendants  have 
been    residents   of  that   state. 

Willard  B.  Felton  was  born  in  Prescott,  Massachusetts,  November  26,  1837,  and 
continued  to  there  make  his  home  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  twenty-five  years, 
when  he  sought  the  opportunities  offered  in  the  growing  west.  In  1862  he  arrived  in 
Denver,  Colorado,  but  in  the  same  year  went  to  Cache  creek,  near  Leadville,  arriving 
there  on  the  day  that  the  last  battle  was  fought  between  the  Sioux  and  Arapahoe 
Indians  on  the  one  side  and  the  Utes  on  the  other.  He  continued  his  residence  in  Lake 
county  for  eight  years  and  during  that  time  engaged  in  mining,  while  his  personal 
worth  and  public  spirit  led  to  his  selection  for  various  important  official  positions. 
Throughout  his  entire  life  he  remained  prominent  in  public  affairs,  for  his  worth  as 
a  man  and  citizen  was  so  widely  recognized  that  he  was  again  and  again  called  upon 
for  public  service.  He  was  made  a  delegate  to  the  first  constitutional  convention  of 
Colorado,  held  at  Golden  in  1864  and  adjourned  to  Denver.  This  convention  framed 
a  constitution  which,  however,  was  not  ratified.  In  1865  Judge  Felton  became  enrolling 
clerk  of  the  territorial  legislature  and  the  same  year  he  joined  the  Mounted  Militia. 
In  1868  he  was  chosen  superintendent  of  schools  of  Lake  county  and  later  was  called  to 
the  bench  in  election  to  the  office  of  county  judge. 

In  1870  Judge  Felton  removed  to  Saguache  county  and  the  following  year  was 
chosen  county  superintendent  of  schools  there.  In  1S72  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of 
county  assessor  and  in  1873  was  made  county  judge,  serving  upon  the  bench  continu- 
ously until  1880.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  convention  that  in  1875  framed  the 
present  organic  law  of  the  state  and  during  his  residence  in  Saguache  county  he  was 


614  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

also  clerk  of  the  district  court  and  water  referee.  During  the  first  two  sessions  of 
the  state  legislature  he  was  chief  clerk  of  the  house  of  representatives  and  in  1S78 
he  became  his  party's  candidate  for  the  office  of  lieutenant  governor.  In  1880  he  was 
made  penitentiary  commissioner  and  the  same  year  was  appointed  warden  of  the 
penitentiary,  at  which  time  he  became  a  resident  of  Canon  City,  where  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  continued  to  act  as  warden  of  the  penitentiary  for  two 
terms,  after  which  he  served  as  clerk  of  the  district  court.  In  1892  he  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Canon  City  for  a  four  years'  term  and  while  serving  in  that  position 
was  elected  state  senator  from  Fremont  county  to  the  eleventh  and  twelfth  general 
assemblies.  In  1898  he  was  chosen  mayor  of  South  Canon  and  in  1899  and  1900  he  was 
treasurer  of  the  school  board.  In  1890  Judge  Felton  was  supervisor  of  census  for 
southern  Colorado.  He  enjoyed  the  warm  friendship  of  many  of  the  most  prominent 
political  leaders  of  the  state,  including  Senator  Henry  M.  Teller  and,  like  him,  was 
prominent  in  the  republican  party ,  until  the  silver  issue  came  up,  when  he  became 
a  supporter  of  the  democratic  party  and  marched  in  its  ranks  to  the  time  of  his 
demise. 

In  business  affairs  Judge  Felton  also  figured  prominently,  especially  in  connec- 
tion with  newspaper  publication.  He  was  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Saguache 
Chronicle  from  1876  until  1S80  and  in  1883  he  purchased  the  Canon  City  Record,  which 
he  edited  and  published  until  1891.  In  1901  he  became  the  editor  of  the  Canon  City 
Clipper  and  so  continued  until  1903.  He  figured  prominently  in  newspaper  circles  in 
the  state,  being  a  cogent  writer,  discussing  in  clear  and  unbiased  manner  many  of 
the  vital  questions  and  problems  of  the  day  and  exerting  not  a  little  influence  over 
public  thought  and  opinion. 

Judge  Felton  was  also  deeply  interested  in  the  subject  of  Colorado's  possibili- 
ties for  fruit  raising  and  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  Colorado  Horticultural 
Society,  while  for  ten  years  he  was  the  chief  executive  oflicer  of  the  Fremont  County 
Horticultural  Society.  He  studied  closely  the  question  of  fruit  raising  and  was  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  foremost  authorities  on  that  subject  in  the  state.  With  Captain 
B.  F.  Rockafellow  and  Jesse  Frazier  he  was  one  of  the  pioneer  apple  growers  of  the 
Arkansas  valley.  He  was  the  author  of  a  number  of  laws  now  on  the  statute  books  of 
Colorado,  one  of  these  establishing  the  state  board  of  horticulture,  and  his  writings 
on  horticultural  subjects,  many  of  whicli  are  published  in  the  reports  of  the  state 
board  of  horticulture,  are  ranked  as  high  authority  and  have  done  much  to  inform  the 
world  of  the  adaptability  of  Colorado's  soil  and  climate  to  the  production  of  the 
finest  fruit. 

Judge  Felton  was  married  in  1885  to  Miss  Tillie  Hemmerle  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  two  children:  Willard  B. ;  who  is  now  in  the  service  of  his  country;  and 
Alice,  who  is  assistant  city  librarian  of  CafSon  City.  Mrs.  Felton  has  been  most  active 
in  all  of  the  war-service  societies  and  is  one  of  the  prominent  women  of  the  county  in 
social  and  charitable  work,  her  leadership  being  followed  by  many.  The  family  circle 
was  broken  by  the  hand  of  death  on  the  27th  of  April.  1911,  when  Judge  Felton,  in  the 
seventy-fourth  year  of  his  age,  was  called  to  his  final  rest.  He  had  indeed  taken  active 
part  in  the  development  and  progress  of  the  state  and  his  ability  had  placed  him  in  a 
position  of  leadership.  The  career  of  few  men  in  public  office  has  extended  over  so 
long  a  period  and  none  has  been  more  faultless  in  lionor,  fearless  in  conduct  or  stain- 
less in  reputation. 


THOMAS  JEFFERSON  RUTHERFORD. 

Thomas  Jefferson  Rutherford,  who  is  well  known  as  a  progressive  ranchman  in 
Adams  county,  his  home  being  near  Brighton,  was  born  in  Dubuque  county,  Iowa,  July 
22,  1862,  his  parents  being  Samuel  and  Mary  (Boyle)  Rutherford,  the  former  a  native 
of  Iowa,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Illinois.  The  father  devoted  his  life  to  the 
occupation  of  farming  and  died  during  the  period  of  the  Civil  war  while  serving  as  a 
member  of   the   Twenty-first   Iowa  Volunteer   Infantry. 

Thomas  J.  Rutherford  attended  school  in  Iowa  and  Nebraska  and  after  his  text- 
books were  put  aside  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural  life.  In  1898  he  came  to 
Colorado,  arriving  in  this  state  on  the  10th  of  March.  He  made  his  way  to  Adams 
county,  where  he  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  afterward  he 
added  to  his  holdings  a  tract  of  eighty  acres.  Later  he  gave  this  to  his  son  and  to 
his  daughter  he  gave  one-half  of  the  original  farm,  so  that  he  has  eighty  acres 
remaining.    This  is  an  improved  farm  property,  constituting  one  of  the  most  attractive 


616  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

places  of  the  district.  Upon  his  land  he  has  a  beautiful  twelve-room  residence,  supplied 
with  all  modern  conveniences,  and  in  the  rear  stands  a  splendid  bam  with  all  neces- 
sary sheds  and  outbuildings  for  the  shelter  of  grain,  stock  and  farm  machinery.  He 
utilizes  the  most  improved  agricultural  implements  in  the  care  of  his  place.  He  has 
also  operated  a  steam  threshing  machine  for  fourteen  years  and  has  one  of  the  best 
outfits  of  Adams  county.     His  place  is  supplied  with  water  from  the  Burlington  ditch. 

In  Osceola,  Nebraska,  on  Christmas  Eve,  December  24,  1883,  Mr.  Rutherford  was 
married  to  Miss  Eula  Brewer,  a  daughter  of  Eugene  and  Maria  Brewer.  Mrs.  Ruther- 
ford was  born  in  Triangle,  Broome  county.  New  York,  but  was  educated  in  Nebraska 
•and  by  her  marriage  has  become  the  mother  of  three  children:  L.  Vere,  who  married 
Ada  Snyder  and  has  three  children,  Bernice.  Vera  and  Arline;  Hazel,  the  wife  of 
Clarence  Lytle,  by  whom  she  has  two  children,  Eula  and  Jeanne;  and  Duverne,  who 
married  Elsie  Story,  and  is  now  in  the  automobile  garage  business  in  Brighton. 

Mr.  Rutherford  belongs  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  his  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party,  but  he  has  never  sought  or  desired  office, 
his  time  and  attention  being  fully  claimed  by  his  business  affairs  and  home  interests. 
He  is  devoted  to  the  welfare  of  his  family  and  has  found  his  greatest  pleasure  In  pro- 
viding for  them  an  attractive  residence  and  those  things  which  add  to  the  comfort 
and  happiness  of  life. 


JOSEPH  D.  MEILLAN. 


Joseph  D.  Meillan  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  farm  of  one  hundred  and'  sixty 
acres  near  Derby  and  the  persistent  effort  which  he  displays  in  its  development  has 
been  the  basic  element  of  his  success.  He  was  born  in  France,  February  26,  1859,  a 
a  son  of  Casimir  and  Mary  Meillan.  He  pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  country  and  served  for  four  years  in  the  French  army  with  the  rank  of  corporal. 

Mr.  Meillan  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-six  years  when  he  came  to  America. 
Making  his  way  to  Illinois,  he  spent  two  years  as  a  farmer  in  that  state  in  connection 
with  his  brother  and  in  1887  he  came  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Leadville,  where 
he  was  employed  for  fifteen  years,  devoting  that  period  to  teaming  and  hauling.  Care- 
fully saving  his  earnings  because  he  was  ambitious  to  invest  in  property,  he  then 
purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  near  Derby  and  remained  thereon  for 
two  years.  He  afterward  rented  his  property  and  went  to  Greeley,  where  he  cultivated 
a  tract  of  leased  land  for  nine  years  but  on  the  expiration  of  that  period  returned  to 
his  own  place,  on  which  he  is  now  living.  He  has  since  given  his  attention  to  farming 
here  and  has  added  many  modern  improvements  to  his  land  and  has  brought  his  fields 
under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  His  work  is  systematically  done  and  the  results 
achieved  are  therefore  certain. 

Mr.  Meillan  was  married  in  Denver,  on  the  20th  of  June,  1897.  to  Miss  Mary  Fitz- 
gerald, a  native  of  Ireland.  They  are  communicants  of  the  Catholic  church  and  Mr. 
Meillan  gives  his  political  endorsement  to  the  democratic  party,  which  he  has  sup- 
ported since  becoming  a  naturalized  American  citizen.  There  is  no  regret  connected 
with  the  thought  that  thirty-three  years  ago  he  determined  to  leave  his  native  country 
and  seek  a  home  in  the  new  world.  Here  he  found  the  business  opportunities  which 
he  sought  and  in  their  utilization  has  won  a  place  among  the  substantial  agriculturists 
of  Adams  county. 


JESSE   BARTON   LOVELL. 


To  the  public  Jesse  Barton  Lovell  Is  known  as  a  successful  rsining  and  real 
estate  man,  conducting  business  in  the  Arapahoe  building  in  Denver.  To  his  friends 
he  is  known  as  a  most  genial  and  cultured  gentleman,  widely  read,  popular  in  club 
circles,  and  with  a  record  for  amateur  hunting  and  fishing.  He  has  ever  attributed 
much  of  his  success  to  the  early  advice  and  Christian  training  of  his  mother,  for 
he  was  fortunate  in  his  early  home  surroundings.  A  native  of  Huntingdon  county, 
Pennsylvania,  he  is  a  son  of  Amon  Lovell,  who  was  born  in  Washington  county,. 
Maryland,  December  19,  1802,  and  a  member  of  an  old  Maryland  family,  believed  to 
have  been  founded  in  America  by  three  brothers.  His  ancestral  line  is  traced  back 
directly  to  Zebulon  Lovell,  who  came  to  the  new  world  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war 
and  it  is  believed  that  he  took  part  in  the  struggle  for  American  independence.     An- 


J.  BARTON  LOVBLL 


618  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

other  of  the  three  brothers  was  the  first  mayor  of  Boston,  and  sjonpathizing  with 
the  Crown  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  he  escaped  to  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  and  died  there.  His  son,  .Tames  Lovell,  born  in  1737,  was  a  graduate  of  Har- 
vard University  and  was  a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress  from  1776  to  1782, 
and  held  other  prominent  offices  under  the  government,  and  his  son  was  a  prominent 
soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  died  in  the  South. 

The  Lovell  family  has  figured  prominently  in  New  England  and  in  the  South 
from  Colonial  days.  It  was  one  of  the  members  of  this  family  that  established  the 
first  Latin  School  in  Boston.  There  have  been  two  distinct  characteristics  in  the 
Lovell  family,  a  leaning  toward  education  and  a  leaning  toward  military  life.  Rep- 
resentatives of  the  name  have  participated  in  all  the  principal  wars  in  which  the 
country  has  been  involved.  Mansfield  Lovell,  born  in  1822,  was  a  General  in  the 
Civil  war;  graduating  at  West  Point  ha  served  in  Texas  and  Mexico,  and  in  1861 
entered  the  Confederate  service,  and  was  commissioned  Major  General.  John  Q. 
Lovell  served  in  the  Navy  and  was  retired  as  an  Admiral.  Mr.  Lovell  of  this  review  is 
descended  from  the  military  branch  of  the  family,  and  while  too  young  to  have  entered 
the  service  during  the  Civil  war,  his  older  brothers,  Albert  Galletin  and  K.  Allen, 
left  college  in  1862,  and  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  Pennsylvania 
Regiment.  Two  of  his  uncles,  his  mother's  brothers,  were  also  in  the  Civil  war,  one 
in  the  Confederate  service  and  the  other  Captain  of  the  First  Maryland  Cavalry,  and 
was  killed  in  1863  while  leading  his  men  in  a  charge  near  Charlestown,  West  Vir- 
ginia. Zachariah  Lovell,  his  grandfather,  was  born  near  Baltimore,  Maryland,  August 
20,  1765,  and  married  Ruth  Plownian.  Their  only  child  was  Anion  Lovell.  The  fam- 
ily, shortly  after  his  birth,  removed  from  Maryland  to  Pennsylvania  and  there  re- 
sided, giving  attention  to  the  cultivation  of  three  hundred  acres  of  a  five  hundred 
acre  farm,  while  their  son  was  being  educated  and  grew  into  manhood.  He  was  a 
man  of  fine  physique,  about  six  feet  in  height,  and  weighed  nearly  two  hundred 
pounds.  He  was  not  a  very  large  man  but  a  very  well  proportioned  man,  broad- 
shouldered  and  erect,  "straight  as  an  Indian,"  and  had  great  physical  strength  as 
well  as  being  quick  of  action.  Like  all  pioneer  settlers  of  Huntingdon  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, he  was  a  trained  rifle-shot.  Here  he  married  and  resided  to  the  time  of 
his  death  which  occurred  when  he  was  but  forty-eight  years  of  age.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Wealthy  Houck,  was  born  in  Huntingdon  county,  Pennsylvania, 
belonging  to  one  of  the  old  and  prominent  families  of  that  State,  and  was  of  English 
lineage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lovell  became  the  parents  of  eight  children,  five  sons  and 
three  daughters. 

Jesse  Barton  Lovell,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Huntingdon  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  completed  his  business  education 
in  Eastman's  National  Business  College  of  Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  while  his  lit- 
erary course  was  completed  in  an  academy  in  Huntingdon  county.  His  early  child- 
hood was  spent  upon  Oakdale  Farm  where  all  the  children  were  born.  After  the  home 
farm  had  been  sold,  he  started  out  to  earn  his  own  living,  working  during  the  summer 
and  attending  school  during  the  winter.  His  first  employment  was  on  a  farm,  where 
he  received  his  board  and  clothing  in  compensation  for  his  labor.  A  neighboring 
farmer,  seeing  that  he  was  a  good,  hardworking  and  honest  boy,  took  him  away  from 
his  first  employer  and  paid  him  the  sum  of  four  dollars  per  month  in  addition  to 
his  board  and  clothing.  In  this  humble  way  Mr.  Lovell  started  out,  but  being  of 
an  ambitious  nature  he  constantly  sought  opportunities  for  advancement,  while  each 
forward  step  in  his  career  gave  him  a'  broader  view  of  life.  While  at  college  in 
Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  he  was  offered  a  position  in  a  publishing  house  in  Phila- 
delphia. This  offer  he  accepted  after  his  graduation.  During  a  continuous  service 
of  fourteen  years  he  advanced  from  the  position  of  assistant  bookkeeper  until  he 
became  the  business  manager,  but  the  service  had  been  too  exacting,  resulting  in 
nervous  prostration,  obliging  him  to  seek  a  dry  climate.  Broken  in  health,  though 
still  optimistic,  on  the  15th  of  August,  1881.  he  arrived  in  Denver,  with  many  letters 
of  introduction  to  prominent  people,  including  Senator  Hill.  He  was  an  utter  stranger 
here,  without  friends  or  relatives,  but  he  possessed  qualities  which  would  win  success 
anywhere.  A  modern  philosopher  has  said,  "Success  does  not  depend  upon  a  map, 
but  upon  a  time-table";  in  other  words,  locality  does  not  figure  in  the  attainment 
of  advancement,  but  the  wise  use  which  one  makes  of  every  hour,  and  this  fact  Mr. 
Lovell  early  came  to  realize.  He  spent  his  time  from  August  1881  until  January, 
1882,  the  first  months  after  his  arrival  in  Colorado,  in  riding  over  the  plains  in  quest 
of  health,  which  he  found,  owing  to  the  beneficial  influences  of  the  climate  of  this 
State.  He  was  later  requested  by  the  White  Quail  Mining  &  Smelting  Company  in 
Summit  county,   Colorado,   to   investigate   difficulties   in   their   management,   and   after 


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a  short  period  of  investigation  and  correction  of  conditions  lie  was  appointed  general 
manager  for  the  company,  in  which  position  he  continued  for  six  years  when  the 
property  was  sold.  He  then  took  up  mining  on  his  own  account  and  has  since  ac- 
quired and  jointly  operated  some  valuable  mining  property.  He  was  at  one  time 
president  of  the  Broadway  Investment  Company,  a  Denver  corporation,  holding  a 
large  suburban  addition  to  Denver,  but  which  has  since  been  mostly  sold.  It  was  this 
company  that  built  the  Cherrylynn  car  line,  which  became  so  popular  and  widely 
known  because  of  the  horse  riding  back  on  the  car  he  had  drawn  to  the  end  of  the 
line,  up-grade  from  Englewood,  where  connection  was  made  with  the  Denver  Tram- 
way  cars. 

In  his  real  estate  activities  he  has  had  large  experience  and  the  wise  direction 
of  his  efforts  has  brought  substantial  results.  His  personal  investments  in  Denver 
realty  have  at  all  times  had  careful  attention  and  been  wisely  directed. 

Mr.  Lovell  holds  membership  in  the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  with  which  he  has 
been  identified  for  twenty-seven  years,  or  since  February,  1S91.  He  was  president 
of  the  Interlachen  Golf  Club,  of  which  he  is  a  life  member,  and  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Pennsylvania  Club,  of  which  he  was  formerly  President. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist   church. 

In  review  of  his  career  one  sees  Jesse  B.  Lovell  starting  out  to  provide  for  his 
own  support,  a  poor  boy  working  as  a  farm  hand.  He  has  made  his  way  through 
his  own  efforts,  guided  always  by  the  teachings  and  principles  which  his  mother  in- 
stilled into  him  in  his  youth.  Towards  her  he  ever  manifested  the  most  filial  affec- 
tion and  love,  realizing'  how  much  he  owed  to  her  training.  Opportunity  has  ever 
been  to  him  a  call  to  action,  a  call  to  which  he  has  energetically  responded.  He  has 
found  his  chief  diversion  from  the  cares  of  business,  in  hunting  and  fishing.  He  also 
turns  to  golf  for  recreation.  He  has  enjoyed  various  hunting  trips,  and  has  many 
beautiful  specimens  of  his  skill  with  rod  and  gun  mounted  and  hanging  in  his  office. 


MATHEW    McCASLIN. 


In  the  last  decades  agricultural  and  particularly  live  stock  interests  in  Colorado 
have  taken  on  such  importance  that  they  now  rank  equally  with  the  great  interest  that 
has  made  the  state  famous — mining.  In  the  development  and  growth  of  live  stock 
interests  Mathew  McCaslin  has  had  prominent  part,  being  one  of  the  foremost  agricul- 
turists of  Boulder  county,  owning  a  valuable  property  on  section  36.  township  3, 
range  7,  about  five  miles  west  of  Longmont  and  one  mile  south  of  Hygiene.  A  native 
of  Boulder  county  and  coming  of  an  old  and  honored  pioneer  family,  he  was  born 
October  31,  1862,  a  son  of  Mathew  L.  and  Miranda  (Haggerty)  McCaslin,  natives  of 
Pennsylvania.  For  some  time  the  father  was  employed  on  the  Mississippi  river 
between  Burlington.  Iowa,  and  New  Orleans  but  in  1849,  when  the  news  of  the  great 
gold  discoveries  in  California  reverberated  throughout  the  world,  he  was  seized  by  the 
gold  fever,  and  following  the  trend  of  many  adventurous  spirits,  migrated  to  California, 
where  he  remained  for  six  years.  He  then  set  his  face  eastward  again,  retracing  his 
steps  to  Nebraska,  which  state  he  made  his  home  for  two  years,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1858  he  made  his  way  to  Denver,  or  rather  to  the  site  upon  which  Denver  now  stands. 
He  subsequently  engaged  in  mining  in  Boulder  county  near  the  city  of  Boulder,  thus 
continuing  for  four  years,  but  at  the  end  of  that  period  took  up  land,  which  he  im- 
proved and  successfully  operated  throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life.  A  few  years 
before  his  death,  however,  he  removed  to  Longmont,  thus  enjoying  in  his  last  years 
the  advantages  of  city  life.  He  was  also  quite  successful  in  the  cattle  business,  add- 
ing greatly  to  his  income  from  this  source.  His  demise  occurred  February  10,  1913, 
while  his  wife  died  August  1,   1909, 

Mathew  McCaslin  was  reared  under  the  careful  guidance  of  his  parents  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  rural  schools  of  Boulder  county,  rounding  out  his  schooling 
in  Boulder.  He  remained  with  his  parents,  ably  assisting  in  the  work  of  the  farm 
until  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  then  set  out  upon  his  independent  career.  For  ten 
years  he  rented  land,  carefully  saving  whatever  he  could  from  his  income,  and  at  the 
end  of  that  time  was  enabled  to  acquire  title  to  his  present  place,  which  he  has  brought 
under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  As  his  means  increased  he  added  to  his  holdings 
and  he  now  owns  eight  hundred  acres  of  valuable  land.  He  has  erected  up-to-date 
buildings,  has  a  modern  residence  and  the  machinery  and  equipment  of  the  property 
indicate  him  to  be  a  substantial  and  progressive  agriculturist.  His  livestock  Interests 
are   important   and   he   gives   particular   attention   to   pure   bred   white-faced    Hereford 


620  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

cattle,  raising  and  feeding  cattle  and  also  dealing  along  this  line.  Moreover,  he  is  a 
stockholder  in  the  Farmers  National  Bank  of  Longmont  and  is  Interested  in  the  Long- 
mont  Farmers  Mill   &  Elevator  Company. 

On  the  20th  of  October,  18S7,  Mr.  McCaslin  married  Miss  Mollie  Montgomery,  a 
daughter  of  William  A.  and  Jennie  (Munger)  Montgomery,  the  latter  a  native  of  Iowa 
and  the  former  of  West  Virginia.  In  1861,  as  a  young  man,  the  father  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  tor  a  time  was  located  at  Blackhawk  but  subsequently  came  to  Boulder 
county  and  took  up  land  which  he  improved  and  operated  for  many  years  to  good 
advantage.  Having  acquired  a  comfortable  fortune,  he  then  retired  and  removed  to 
Boulder,  where  for  eighteen  years  he  lived  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  fruits  of  his  for- 
mer labors.  His  death  occurred  in  June.  1911.  and  he  is  survived  by  his  widow,  who 
makes  her  home  in  Boulder.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCaslin  were  born  nine  children,  of 
whom  James  passed  away  August  13,  1890.  at  the  age  of  but  five  days.  The  others  are: 
Katherine.  who  married  William  R.  McKelvie.  of  Niwot.  Colorado;  Jane  C,  the  wife  of 
Harold  E.  Schauer,  of  Gillette,  Wyoming;  George  M.,  at  home;  Wilder  D.,  who  joined 
the  United  States  army  in  the  country's  fight  for  world  democracy;  and  Vera,  Edith, 
Miranda  and  Andrew  Lowry,  all  at  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCaslin  and  their  family 
enjoy  the  highest  respect  and  regard  of  their  neighbors  and  have  many  friends  in 
Boulder  county,  their  social  position  being  an  enviable  one. 

There  is  much  credit  due  Mr.  McCaslin  for  what  he  has  achieved,  as  he  is  a 
man  of  sterling  worth,  who  by  making  use  of  opportunities  has  attained  an  honorable 
position  in  life  through  his  own  labors.  His  connection  with  Colorado,  going  back  to 
the  primitive  days  on  the  frontier,  has  been  of  benefit  not  only  to  himself  but  also 
to  the  state,  for  he  has  ably  assisted  in  development  and  growth,  particularly  along 
the  line  of  agricultural  endeavor  and  stock  raising.  He  is  therefore  a  citizen  of  sub- 
stantial worth.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masons  and  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  principles  underlying  those  organizations  guide  him 
in  his  life's  work.  In  his  political  relationship  he  is  independent,  preferring  to  follow 
his  own  judgment  and  giving  his  support  where  he  believes  it  will  be  of  the  most  good 
to  the  greatest  number.  The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  in  the  work  of  which  they  take  an  active  and  helpful  interest. 


RICHARD    M.    BEASLEY. 


Farming  interests  of  Boulder  county  are  prominently  represented  by  Richard  M. 
Beasley,  who  has  been  successful  not  only  along  general  agricultural  lines  but  is  also 
one  of  the  foremost  stock  raisers  and  dealers  of  his  neighborhood.  A  native  of  Colorado, 
he  has  inherited  the  spirit  of  western  enterprise  peculiar  to  this  part  of  the  country 
and  has  made  good  use  of  that  enterprise,  combining  it  with  industry  and  perseverance 
in  order  to  attain  the  position  which  he  now  occupies  as  one  of  the  substantial  citizens 
of  his  state.  He  was  born  October  2.  1866,  a  son  of  James  Jackson  and  Eliza  (Jones) 
Beasley.  the  former  born  in  Illinois  and  the  latter  in  Indiana.  They  are  numbered 
among  Colorado's  pioneers,  for  they  removed  here  in  1S60,  the  father  taking  up  a  home- 
stead on  Ralston  creek,  nine  miles  northwest  of  Denver.  In  1872,  however,  he  acquired 
land  in  Boulder  county,  his  first  settlement  being  on  the  place  of  his  father-in-law, 
John  J.  Jones.  As  he  prospered  he  purchased  from  time  to  time  additional  land  and 
at  one  period  had  over  sixteen  hundred  acres,  all  of  which  was  highly  suitable  for 
cultivation.  In  1880  he  sold  the  home  place.  He  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  the  city 
of  Longmont.  James  J.  Beasley  was  always  interested  in  irrigation,  early  recogniz- 
ing its  value,  and  was  the  man  to  set  on  foot  the  project  of  the  Boulder  &  White  Rock 
ditch,  also  known  as  the  Beasley  ditch.  As  organizer  of  this  waterworks  he  not  only 
promoted  his  own  prosperity  but  did  valuable  service  to  his  neighbors  and  his  county 
in  general.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beasley  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  of  whom  eight 
are   living. 

Richard  M.  Beasley  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  neighborhood  of  his  father's 
ranch,  receiving  his  education  in  the  common  schools.  He  continued  upon  the  home 
place  until  he  reached  his  majority,  when  he  engaged  in  the  stock  business  and  in  farm- 
ing independently.  In  1886  he  began  on  his  present  farm  and  to  its  cultivation  has  since 
devoted  his  undivided  attention.  It  comprises  two  hundred  and  eighty  acres,  all  of 
which  are  under  the  ditch  and  are  now  bearing  rich  returns  for  the  years  of  labor 
which  he  has  bestowed  upon  them.  He  has  erected  a  number  of  fine  buildings  to 
shelter  his  grain  and  stock  and  everything  about  his  property  indicates  the  progres- 
sive  agriculturist  of   the  twentieth  century.     Moreover,   Mr.   Beasley   is   a   stockholder 


622  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

in  the  ditch  company  as  well  as  the  Longmont  Farmers  Mill.  This  ditch  is  still 
known  as  the  Beasley  ditch  and  is  the  same  which  his  father  assisted  in  organizing. 

In  1893  Mr.  Beasley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Clara  Forsyth,  who  was  born 
to  the  north  of  the  United  States  border,  in  Nova  Scotia,  a  daughter  of  Grandison  and 
Eunice  (Porter)  Forsyth,  natives  of  Nova  Scotia,  in  which  country  the  father  died. 
The  mother  later  removed  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  there  she  is  still  living.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beasley  were  born  thirteen  children,  as  follows:  William  L.,  who  makes 
his  home  in  Iowa;  Ray  J.  and  Roy  G.,  twins,  the  former  of  whom  has  joined  the  United 
States  army  and  the  latter  deceased;  Vera  G.,  of  Longmont,  who  is  a  nurse;  Cecil  M., 
who  remains  on  the  home  place;  Eva  E.,  who  resides  in  Longmont  and  also  follows 
nursing;  Iva  L.,  deceased;  Augusta  M.,  who  also  has  passed  away;  Hazel,  deceased; 
Bertha  J.,  who  is  at  home;  Velma,  deceased;  Richard  Lynn;  and  Francis  E.  The 
family  attend  the  Presbyterian  church,  in  the  work  of  which  they  take  an  active  and 
helpful   interest. 

Mr.  Beasley  is  loyal  to  the  democratic  party,  whose  candidates  he  upholds  at  the 
polls.  For  twenty-two  years  he  has  served  on  the  school  board,  contributing  in  no 
small  degree  to  educational  advancement  in  his  section.  He  is  a  progressive  and 
aggressive  man  who  attacks  anything  to  which  he  gives  his  attention  with  contagious 
enthusiasm  and  he  has  therefore  gained  a  success  that  places  him  among  the  substan- 
tial citizens  of  Boulder  county. 


CHARLES  SANSTAD. 

Charles  Sanstad  dates  his  residence  in  Adams  county  from  1902  but  has  made  his 
home  in  Colorado  since  18SS.  Throughout  the  intervening  years  he  has  been  connected 
with  farming  interests  and  has  met  with  well  merited  success  because  of  his  persistency 
of  purpose  and  close  application.  Sweden  numbers  him  among  her  native  sons,  his 
birth  having  occurred  in  that  country  November  1,  1866,  his  parents  being  Axel  and 
Christine  Sanstad,  who  upon  coming  to  America,  settled  in  Illinois. 

Charles  Sanstad.  then  a  lad  of  but  ten  years,  was  reared  in  Illinois  and  pursued  his 
education  in  the  district  schools  near  his  boyhood  home.  When  his  textbooks  were 
put  aside  he  began  earning  his  living  and  was  employed  by  others  until  he  had  attained 
his  majority.  He  then  began  renting  land  which  he  cultivated  for  three  years,  at  the 
end  of  which  time  he  removed  to  Nebraska  in  1884  and  was  a  resident  of  that  state 
until  1888.  In  the  latter  year  he  came  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Limon.  where 
he  built  the  first  house  in  the  town.  He  was  then  identified  with  farming  interests 
in  Lincoln  county  and  also  conducted  a  hotel.  Taking  up  a  ranch,  he  engaged  in  run- 
ning cattle  there  until  1902,  when  he  removed  to  Adams  county  and  purchased  two 
hundred  and  twenty-seven  acres,  which  now  constitute  one  of  the  valuable  ranches 
of  the  district.  He  is  engaged  quite  extensively  in  raising  alfalfa,  also  in  raising 
hogs  and  feeding  cattle,  purchasing  his  stock  in  the  tall  and  fattening  it  for  sale 
in  the  spring. 

In  Galesburg,  Illinois,  Mr.  Sanstad  was  married  to  Miss  Matilda  Carlson,  a  native 
of  Sweden,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  three  children,  Bert,  Oscar  and  Delia. 
In  his  political  views  Mr.  Sanstad  is  a  democrat,  while  his  religious  faith  is  that  of 
the  Lutheran  church.  He  is  a  man  of  man'y  sterling  qualities  and  his  genuine  worth 
and  high  character  rank  him  with  the  representative  and  highly  esteemed  ranchmen 
of  Adams  county. 


JOHN    FUNK. 


John  Funk,  a  successful  ranchman  living  in  the  vicinity  of  Eastlake,  raised  the 
first  crop  in  his  district  and  throughout  the  intervening  period  has  been  closely  iden- 
tified with  the  development  of  ranching  interests  in  that  section.  Thirty-seven  years 
have  been  added  to  the  cycle  of  the  centuries  since  he  took  up  his  abode  in  Colorado 
and  during  this  period  he  has  lived  in  several  localities  but  at  all  times  has  been  a 
contributing  factor  to  the  progress  of  the  community  in  which  he  has  resided.  He 
was  born  in  Funkstown,  Franklin  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  26,  1845,  and  is  a  son 
of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Shank)  Funk,  the  former  a  miller  by  trade.  The  grand- 
father was  the  first  settler  in  that  part  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  town  was  named  Funks- 
town  in  his  honor. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  623 

John  Funk  of  this  review  was  reared  and  educated  in  Franklin  county,  where  he 
remained  to  the  age  of  twenty  years,  and  during  that  period  was  engaged  in  flour 
milling.  In  1871,  however,  he  determined  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  west  and  made  his 
way  to  Colorado.  He  resumed  the  milling  business  in  Jefferson  county,  where  he 
remained  for  two  years.  He  next  preempted  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  on  the 
St.  Vrain  river  and  afterward  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Arapahoe 
county  but  did  not  prove  up  on  that  property.  After  leaving  that  place  he  settled  upon 
his  present  farm,  purchasing  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  near  Eastlake.  He  has 
hereon  engaged  in  farming  and  raised  the  first  crops  in  this  section.  His  labors  have 
demonstrated  the  possibilities  for  successful  farming  in  the  district  and  his  work  has 
brought  to  him  very  gratifying  and  substantial  success. 

On  a  farm  on  the  Clear  Creek  road,  in  Jefferson  county,  Mr.  Funk  was  married  to 
Miss  Sarah  Ellen  Fielden  and  to  them  were  born  the  following  named:  Mrs.  Norah 
Ellen  Starr,  William  T.,  Beatrice  Bertha,  John  B.  and  James.  The  two  sons,  John  B. 
and  James,  each  cultivate  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  their  father's  land,  while 
he  is  practically  living  retired,  although  giving  to  each  son  some  assistance  in  the 
farm  work  during  the  busy  season.     Mrs.  Funk  passed  away  on  October   10.  1887. 

Mr.  Funk  is  a  warm  friend  of  the  cause  of  education  and  for  twenty-two  years 
served  as  school  director  in  District  No.  71,  Adams  county,  and  when  he  retired  from 
the  office  was  succeeded  by  his  son.  His  political  endorsement  is  given  to  the  republi- 
can party  and  he  has  served  as  road  overseer.  He  stands  for  those  things  which 
are  most  worth  while  in  the  life  of  the  individual  and  the  community  and  in  his  busi- 
ness career  he  has  demonstrated  the  possibility  for  successful  accomplishment  through 
individual   effort. 


FRED   E.    ROBINSON. 


Fred  E.  Robinson,  who  is  engaged  ia  general  farming  and  in  raising  and  feeding 
stock,  developing  important  business  interests  of  this  character,  is  one  of  the  native 
sons  of  Colorado,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Boulder  county,  where  he  still  makes 
his  home.  He  was  born  March  12,  1872,  a  son  of  Silas  and  Eliza  (Buster)  Robinson. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Silas  Robinson  arrived  in  Denver  thirty-two  years  ago  and  there  he  was 
engaged  in  the  livery  business  for  a  number  of  years,  conducting  an  establishment  of 
that  kind  with  considerable  success.  Later  he  moved  back  onto  his  ranch  in  Boulder 
county,  where  he  died  in  1905  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years,  his  birth  having  occurred 
in  1844  at  Belvidere,  Boone  county.  Illinois.  His  father.  Elijah  Robinson,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Maine,  as  was  the  latter's  father.  Captain  James  Robinson.  The  family  is  of 
English  descent,  having  settled  in  New  England  in  the  early  days  of  its  history.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  Silas  Robinson  started  for  California  but  stopped  a  year  in 
Nevada,  whence  he  made  his  way  to  the  Golden  state,  arriving  there  at  the  age  of 
eighteen.  The  trip  from  his  home  state,  Illinois,  to  Nevada  he  made  with  a  lot  of 
horses,  riding  horseback  for  the  entire  distance.  He  was  accompanied  by  his  brother 
Oilman,  who  became  a  rancher  and  later  removed  with  his  family  to  Longmont.  Colo- 
rado, where  he  died.  Silas  Robinson  subsequently  returned  to  Illinois  and  thence  he 
after  a  while  drove  a  team  to  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  to  a  little  town  named  Bur- 
lington. In  the  meantime  his  parents  had  sold  out  their  property  interests  in  Illinois 
and  had  removed  to  Missouri  and  to  that  state  Silas  Robinson  returned  in  order  to 
visit  his  parents  and  there  he  met  Eliza  Buster,  whom  he  there  married.  The  latter 
is  a  daughter  of  David  and  Nancy  (Brown)  Buster,  old  settlers  of  Missouri,  in  which 
state  Mrs.  Robinson  was  born  at  Kingston.  Her  grandfather,  Michael  Buster,  who 
had  come  from  Ireland  to  America,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  After 
that  conflict  he  married  and  then  settled  in  Virginia,  where  his  son  David  was  born. 
It  was  in  the  year  1870  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  married  and  they  then  at  once 
came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Boulder  county,  where  the  former  devoted  his  attention 
for  many  years  to  agricultural  pursuits,  with  the  exception  of  the  time  during  which 
he  was  engaged  in  business  in  Denver.  To  them  were  born  six  children:  Fred  E. 
of  this  review:  Herbert  Leon,  who  resides  in  Kansas;  Lela,  the  wife  of  L.  C.  Davis, 
of  Brighton,  Colorado:  Stilla,  who  was  married  to  Harry  Alexander,  by  whom  she 
had  a  son,  Donald,  who  was  later  adopted  by  his  grandmother  as  Harry  Robinson, 
Mrs.  Alexander  having  passed  away:  Ada  C,  the  wife  of  J.  D.  Devine,  of  Denver, 
Colorado;  and  Lena,  who  died  in  infancy.  The  death  of  Silas  Robinson  in  1905  occa- 
sioned deep  regret  to  his  many  friends  in  Boulder  county  and  Denver,  as  he  was  a 
straigthforward  business   man   and   a   loyal    friend.     In   his   politics   he   was   a    repub- 


E.  ROBINSON 


MRS.  FRED  E.  ROBINSON 


MRS.   ELIZA   ROBINSON 


628  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

lican  and  fraternally  he  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Mrs. 
Robinson,  who  survives,  now  makes  her  home  at  Allenspark,  in  Boulder  county,  where 
she  is  proving  up  on  a  homestead  which  adjoins  the  holdings  of  her  son,  Fred  E. 

The  last  named  was  reared  and  educated  in  Boulder  county,  attending  the  com- 
mon schools,  and  after  attaining  his  majority  he  determined  to  continue  in  tlie  occu- 
pation to  which  he  had  been  reared.  He  early  became  familiar  with  the  best  meth- 
ods of  tilling  the  soil  and-  caring  for  the  crops  and  in  1S98  he  removed  to  the  farm 
upon  which  he  now  malies  his  home,  a  splendid  tract  of  one  thousand  acres,  all  of 
which  is  under  irrigation  and  well  improved.  He  also  has  another  ranch  of  twenty- 
seven  hundred  and  forty  acres  in  Boulder  county.  There  are  excellent  buildings  upon 
his  home  place  and  in  addition  to  the  pleasant  home  there  are  large  barns  and  f.lieds 
for  the  ample  shelter  of  grain  and  stock.  The  latest  improved  farm  machinery  is 
used  in  facilitating  the  work  of  the  fields  and  in  fact  the  equipment  of  the  place  is 
all  that  is  found  upon  the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century.  In  addition  to  cul- 
tivating various  crops  best  adapted  to  soil  and  climate  Mr.  Robinson  is  engaged  ex- 
tensively in  raising  and  feeding  stock,  having  about  three  hundred  head  of  Here- 
ford cattle  upon  his  place  annually.  He  also  ships  several  carloads  of  hogs  each  year. 
He  has  ever  been  deeply  interested  in  the  question  of  irrigation  and  was  a  director 
of  the  Lower  Boulder  Consolidated  Reservoir  &  Ditch  Company  for  nineteen  years 
and  served  for  fifteen  years  as  president,  in  which  connection  he  did  much  to  advance 
Irrigation  interests  in  the  district.  He  has  made  a  close  study  of  everything  relative 
to  the  question  of  water  supply  and  water  rights  and  his  work  in  that  direction  has 
been  most  beneficial. 

In  1898  Mr.  Robinson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hattie  L.  Howell,  who  was 
born  on  Boulder  creek,  August  12,  1876,  a  daughter  of  William  R.  and  Cora  (Sheldon) 
Howell.  The  father  was  born  in  Canada  and  the  mother  in  the  state  of  New  York 
and  they  were  married  in  Colorado.  William  R.  Howell  was  one  of  the  famous  band 
of  'fifty-niners  and  one  of  the  first  settlers  on  the  creek.  He  early  became  interested 
in  farming,  homesteading  the  farm  upon  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  now  reside. 
His  home  was  made  of  sandstone  and  is  still  standing.  Mr.  Howell  early  realized  the 
importance  of  irrigation  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  first  ditch,  known  as 
the  Lower  Boulder  ditch,  which  was  the  first  ditch  and  water  right  in  Colorado.  He 
proved  upon  the  right  for  the  ditch.  During  the  balance  of  his  life  he  was  one  of  its 
directors  and  for  many  years  president.  Taking  a  prominent  part  and  an  active 
interest  in  politics  as  a  democrat,  he  served  as  sheriff  of  Boulder  county  for  eight 
years,  his  long  contimiance  in  office  giving  evidence  of  the  great  confidence  and  trust 
his  fellow  citizens  had  in  him.  His  agricultural  interests  ran  particularly  to  stock 
and  he  was  one  of  the  first  to  raise  Hereford  cattle  here.  His  ranch  comprised  nine 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  in  Boulder  valley,  in  Boulder  county.  Mr.  Howell  died  In 
Needles,  California,  December  15,  1S99.  when  he  was  on  a  trip  in  order  to  regain 
his  health.  He  was  then  sixty-five  years  of  age.  Since  his  demise  his  widow  has 
been  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  is  now  seventy-nine  years  of  age. 
As  a  young  woman  she  came  from  Michigan  to  this  state  with  a  family  named  Leonard, 
taking  up  her  residence  in  Boulder  county,  where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howell  met  and  mar- 
ried. In  their  family  were  two  daughters,  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Robinson  being  Mrs. 
Carrie  Wood,  a  resident  of  California.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  have  been  born 
three  children:  William  H.,  now  eighteen  years  of  age;  Verna  Irene,  twelve  years; 
and  Harold  E.,  a  lad  of  nine. 

Mr.  Robinson  holds  membership  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
and  the  Farmers  Union,  having  assisted  in  organizing  the  first  Farmers  Union  in 
Boulder  county.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  he 
keeps  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues,  of  the  day  but  has  never  sought 
political  office.  He  has  been  officially  connected  with  the  schools,  however,  and  is 
now  acting  as  president  of  the  school  board.  His  entire  life  has  been  passed  in 
Boulder  county  and  has  been  an  exemplification  of  the  spirit  of  enterprise  which 
has  been  the  dominant  factor  in  the  steady  and  substantial  upbuilding  of  the  west. 


T.    WEBSTER    HOYT. 


T.  Webster  Hoyt,  a  practitioner  at  the  Denver  bar,  with  offices  in  the  Ernest  & 
Cranmer  building,  was  born  in  Niagara  county.  New  York,  May  10,  1853.  His  father, 
Ziba  Hoyt,  was  born  in  Batavia,  New  York,  and  followed  the  occupation  of  farming 
as  a  life  work,  his  death  occurring  in  1S56,  when  his  son,  T.  Webster,   was  but  three 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  629 

years  of  age.  The  mother,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Jane  Edwards,  was  also 
a  native  of  the  Empire  state  and  has  now  passed  away. 

T.  Webster  Hoyt  attended  the  district  union  school  in  his  home  locality  and  the 
high  school  at  Lockport,  New  York.  He  afterward  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching 
and  became  principal  of  the  schools  in  Charlotte,  New  York,  but  in  1888,  in  order 
to  prepare  for  other  professional  activity,  matriculated  in  the  University  of  Michigan  at 
Ann  Arbor  as  a  law  student  and  won  his  LL.  B.  degree  upon  graduation  on  the  26th 
of  June,  1890.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Lansing,  Michigan,  in  the  same  year 
and  on  the  20th  of  September  of  that  year  arrived  in  Denver.  Here  he  at  once  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  law,  in  which  he  has  since  been  engaged,  and  for  twenty-six 
years  he  occupied  the  same  offices.  Throughout  the  entire  period  he  has  practiced 
alone,  so  that  his  success  is  the  direct  result  of  his  ability  and  power  in  handling  im- 
portant litigated  interests.  His  practice  has  often  had  to  do  with  involved  and  intricate 
legal  problems,  for  which  he  has  found  ready  solution.  He  engages  in  general  practice 
in  all  of  the  state  and  federal  courts,  including  the  United  States  supreme  court,  and 
he  is  an  honored  and  valued  representative  of  the  Denver  Bar  Association  and  the 
Colorado  State  Bar  Association. 

In  1898  Mr.  Hoyt  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hilda  LeFevre,  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  and  they  have  a  son,  Webster  LeFevre,  seventeen  years  of  age,  who  is  now  a 
pupil  in  the  East  Denver  high  school.  Mr.  Hoyt  is  a  member  of  the  Central  Pres- 
byterian church  and  is  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Bible  Institute  of  Colorada 
He  is  also  prominent  in  musical  circles  and  has  been  a  director  of  several  musical 
organizations.  He  is  a  man  of  splendid  character  and  of  quiet  dignity.  In  him  there 
is  nothing  of  that  familiarity  which  causes  the  individual  to  greet  everyone  as  a 
close  friend,  but  he  is  ever  courteous  and  affable,  with  a  smile  for  those  whom  he 
meets,  and  true  worth  can  always  win  his  friendship.  His  qualities  are  such  as  make 
for  personal  popularity  and  he  has  a  host  of  friends  throughout  Denver  and  the  state. 
He  is  a  motor  enthusiast  and  with  his  wife  and  son  has  made  many  automobile  trips 
across  the  continent.  A  representative  of  the  well  known  New  York  family  of  Hoyt, 
his  career  has  been  cast  in  harmony  with  that  of  an  honorable  ancestry  and  his  work 
as  a  supporter  of  the  best  interests  of  Denver,  as  a  champion  of  its  material,  intel- 
lectual, social  and  moral  progress,  has  made  him  one  of  its  most  valued  and  honored 
citizens. 


CLEMENS    E.   KNAUS. 


Valuable  farming  interests  of  Boulder  county  are  represented  by  Clemens  E. 
Knaus,  a  successful  young  rancher,  whose  property  is  located  near  Niwot.  Besides 
general  farming  he  has  given  close  attention  to  stock  raising  and  along  both  lines  is 
meeting  with  gratifying  success.  His  farm  is  situated  on  section  25,  about  three- 
fourths  of  a  mile  north  of  Niwot,  not  far  from  his  birthplace.  A  son  of  Clemens  and 
Eliza  (Greub)  Knaus,  who  are  mentioned  on  other  pages  of  this  work,  Clemens  E. 
Knaus  was  born  in  Boulder  county  January  9,  1884.  He  was  reared  under  the  parental 
roof  and  from  his  parents  he  received  the  first  lessons  in  regard  to  life's  conduct.  The 
rural  schools  afforded  him  his  educational  opportunities  and  after  completing  his 
education  he  remained  with  his  father  until  he  reached  his  majority.  In  that  period 
of  his  life  his  father  gave  to  each  of  his  sons  a  farm  and  Clemens  E.  Knaus  received 
one  hundred  acres  as  his  share.  This  property  he  has  since  developed  to  good  purpose. 
He  has  rfiade  many  improvements  thereon,  instituting  modern  facilities  and  equip- 
ment, and  now  receives  a  gratifying  income  on  account  of  his  careful  management. 
Moreover,  he  is  a  stockholder  in   the  Farmers   Insurance  Company  of  Denver. 

On  the  11th  of  August.  1903,  Mr.  Knaus  was  married  to  Miss  Katie  Green  and  they 
have  five  children:  Earl  C,  born  February  21,  1905;  Maxine  P.,  November  1,  1906; 
Mildred  L.,  December  11,  1908;  Helen  V.,  December  10,  1910;  and  Glenn  E.,  January 
6,  1912. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knaus  are  very  popular  in  the  social  circles  of  their  neighborhood 
and  have  many  friends  here.  A  progressive  agriculturist,  a  forceful  and  resourceful 
business  man,  Mr.  Knaus  has  undoubtedly  a  prosperous  future  before  him.  He  has 
ever  been  interested  in  public  issues  but  is  not  a  politician  in  the  commonly  accepted 
sense  of  the  word,  preferring  to  give  his  whole  attention  to  his  private  affairs.  His 
political  persuasion  is  that  of  the  democratic  party.  The  name  of  the  family  has  long 
been  an  honored  one  in  the  vicinity  and  Mr.  Knaus  of  this  review  keeps  up  the  tradi- 
tion of  the  reputation  the  family  enjoys.     Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Modern 


630  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Woodmen  of  America  and  belongs  to  the  Grange,  taking  particular  interest  in  the  lat- 
ter institution.  As  a  native  Coloradoan  he  is  proud  of  the  achievements  of  his  state 
and  is  particularly  interested  in  his  closer  home  neighborhood — Boulder  county  and 
the  vicinity  of  Niwot.  By  developing  a  valuable  agricultural  enterprise  of  his  own  he 
is  contributing  toward  the  growth  of  his  region  and  is  not  only  acquiring  an  individual 
fortune  but  building  up  farm  interests  generally. 


JAMES   C.   BURGER. 


James  C.  Burger,  president  of  The  Hamilton  National  Bank  of  Denver,  was  born  in 
New  York  city,  November  21,  1S66,  a  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Nicol)  Burger,  who 
were  likewise  natives  of  the  eastern  metropolis.  In  the  paternal  line  James  C.  Burger 
is  directly  descended  from  settlers  of  Holland  origin  who  established  their  home  in 
New  Amsterdam.  His  father  was  connected  with  the  house  of  Maitland,  Phillips  & 
Company,  bankers  and  coffee  importing  merchants  of  New  York  city,  where  he  passed 
away  in  1S76.  at  the  age  of  forty-two  years.  The  mother  removed  to  Pasadena,  Cali- 
fornia, a  number  of  years  ago  and  there  her  death  occurred  in  1914,  when  she  was 
seventy -five  years  of  age.  There  were  five  children  in  the  family:  Charles  R.  Burger, 
who  is  now  civil  service  commissioner  in  the  state  of  California  and  has  his  home  in 
Pasadena;  William  B.,  who  lives  in  Los  Angeles;  Lester  E.,  who  has  for  years  been 
with  the  Engineers'  Corps  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  in  connection  with  the 
Panama  Canal;  Robert  R.,  who  has  passed  away;  and  James  C,  who  was  the  second 
in  order  of  birth. 

The  last  named  was  educated  at  Trinity  in  New  York  city  and  was  a  member 
of  the  old  Trinity  Church  boys'  choir  during  his  youthful  days,  his  family  having  been 
attendants  at  that  church  for  many  years.  He  entered  business  in  the  financial  dis- 
trict of  New  York  city  and  in  1894  removed  to  Denver,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
He  became  president  of  the  Union  Deposit  &  Trust  Company  of  Denver  in  1907  and  in 
1910  became  cashier  of  The  Hamilton  National  Bank,  of  which  institution  he  is  now 
president.  He  is  also  identified  with  other  financial  institutions  of  the  state,  being 
now  president  of  the  First  State  Bank  of  Calhan,  Colorado,  and  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Center,  Colorado.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Monte 
Vista,  Colorado,  of  the  Union  Deposit  &  Trust  Company  of  Denver  and  of  other 
financial  and  business   institutions. 

On  the  13th  of  September,  1888,  Mr.  Burger  was  married  to  Edith  M.  Brown, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Brown,  of  Staten  Island,  New  York. 

Mr.  Burger  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  state  senate  of  Colorado  from  1907  until  1911.  He  is  a  well  known  figure 
in  Masonic  circles,  being  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  past  commander  of  the 
Knights  Templar  commandery,  a  past  potentate  of  the  Colorado  Temple  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine  and  imperial  marshal  of  the  order  at  the  present  time.  He  is  a  member  of 
all  the  prominent  clubs  In  the  city  of  Denver  and  also  of  the  Civic  and  Commercial 
Association. 


NIMROD   M.   HENRY. 


Nimrod  M.  Henry,  president  of  the  Niwot  State  Bank,  vice  president  of  the  Niwot 
Alfalfa  Milling  Company  and  president  of  the  Niwot  Creamery  Company,  Is  thus  prom- 
inently and  extensively  identified  with  important  business  interests  of  Boulder  county, 
where  for  many  years  he  was  actively  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  His 
well  directed  activity  in  the  field  of  business  has  made  him  one  of  the  substantial 
citizens  of  his  part  of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Indiana.  August  29,  1S47,  a  son  of 
Thomas  S.  and  Phoebe  (Brown)  Henry,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Virginia, 
whence  they  removed  to  Indiana  in  1846,  settling  on  a  farm,  where  they  lived  for 
four  years.  In  1850  they  removed  to  Mahaska  county,  Iowa,  where  they  took  up  their 
abode  upon  a  farm,  spending  their  remaining  days  upon  that  place.  They  had  a 
family  of  nine  children,  six  of  whom  are  living. 

Nimrod  M.  Henry  was  reared  in  Iowa,  pursuing  his  education  in  public  schools 
of  that  state,  and  in  1865,  when  a  youth  of  less  than  eighteen  years,  he  made  his 
way  to  Denver.  Soon  afterward  he  secured  employment  as  a  farm  hand  and  in  1870 
began  farming  on  his  own  account  in  Boulder  county.     For  many  years  he  has  been 


NIMROD   M.   HENRY 


632  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

closely  and  prominently  identified  with  agricultural  interests  in  his  section  of  the 
state  and  while  he  is  now  leaving  the  active  work  of  the  farm  to  others,  he  is  still 
the  owner  of  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  splendidly  improved  land,  of  which  four 
hundred  acres  is  under  the  ditch.  He  was  also  engaged  in  stock  raising  until  he 
retired.  Into  other  fields  he  has  extended  his  efforts  with  good  results.  He  became 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Niwot  State  Bank,  which  was  established  in  1909,  and 
from  the  beginning  he  has  served  as  its  president.  He  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the 
Farmers  National  Bank  of  Longmont  and  was  elected  to  the  vice  presidency  of  the 
Niwot  Alfalfa  Milling  Company  and  to  the  presidency  of  the  Niwot  Creamery  Com- 
pany. The  different  enterprises  with  which  he  is  connected  have  profited  by  his 
sound  judgment  and  keen   discrimination. 

In  1S73  Mr.  Henry  was  married  to  Miss  Melissa  Linson,  a  native  of  Ohio  and  a 
daughter  of  Jesse  Linson.  who  has  passed  away.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  have  become 
the  parents  of  six  children:  Estella,  the  wife  of  Charles  Woodcock,  a  resident  farmer 
of  Boulder  county;  Luella  V.,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Normal  School  at  Greeley  and 
of  the  University  at  Boulder  and  is  now  teaching;  Cordie  D.,  the  wife  of  Frank  Clif- 
ford; Horace  H.,  living  upon  his  father's  farm;  Jessie,  the  wife  of  Edward  Chatfield, 
of  Sulphur  Springs,  Colorado;  and  Grover  ,C.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  drug  business 
at   Sulphur   Springs. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Henry  has  always  been  a  democrat  but  not  an  office 
seeker.  He  has  served,  however,  on  the  school  board  and  the  cause  of  public  educa- 
tfon  finds  in  him  a  most  stalwart  champion.  He  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs,  and  he  likewise  has  mem- 
bership in  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  wife  belongs  to  the  Rebekahs, 
the  woman's  auxiliary  of  the  Odd  Fellows'  society,  and  she  has  filled  all  of  the  offices 
in  that  organization.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  are  self-made  people  who  are  now  reaping 
the  benefits  of  their  earnest  toil.  He  started  out  in  business  life  empty-handed,  but 
he  early  realized  that  industry  constitutes  the  key  that  enables  one  to  throw  wide 
open  the  portals  of  success.  His  life  therefore  has  been  a  most  busy  one  and  in  the 
capable  management  of  his  affairs  he  has  gained  a  place  among  the  prosperous  resi- 
dents of  Boulder  county.  Moveover,  the  course  which  he  has  followed  has  always 
commended  him  to  the  confidence,  respect  and  goodwill  of  all  and  he  has  a  circle 
of  friends  almost  coextensive  with  the  circle  of  his  acquaintance  in  this  part  of  the 
state. 


HENRY  ARTHUR  HOPKINS. 

Among  the  active,  well  known  residents  of  Colorado,  who  have  had  part  in  the 
development  of  the  state,  is  Henry  Arthur  Hopkins,  who  though  born  in  the  state 
of  Kansas,  April  1.3,  1867,  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Colorado,  having  been 
brought  to  this  state  when  a  lad  of  but  seven  years  by  his  parents,  Ira  K.  and  Martha 
E.    (Suggs)   Hopkins. 

Ira  K.  Hopkins  resided  for  many  years  in  Mattoon,  Illinois,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits,  the  while  he  was  also  known  as  an  expert  horse-shoer  and 
wagon  smith.  He  served  with  distinction  as  a  member  of  the  Eleventh  Illinois 
Cavalry  during  the  Civil  war,  participating  in  all  of  the  various  campaigns  and 
engagements  of  that  organization.  Following  the  close  of  the  war,  he  located  in  Kansas 
and  there  had  part  in  the  development  of  the  then  new  state.  In  1874,  he  came  with 
his  family  to  Colorado  and  here  became  numbered  among  those  sturdy  men  who 
braved  the  dangers  of  a  frontier  community  in  the  reclamation  of  the  wilderness. 
The  long  trip  across  the  plains  had  been  made  by  wagon  and  by  the  time  Denver  was 
reached,  the  scanty  cash  capital  had  been  exhausted  almost  to  the  last  penny,  and  the 
father  cast  about  for  some  means  of  earning  a  livelihood  for  himself  and  family. 
The  country  was  new  at  that  time,  and  about  the  only  means  of  employment  were 
such  as  were  afforded  by  nature  in  a  sparsely  settled  community.  However  these 
determined  settlers  of  the  early  '70s,  and  before,  were  not  to  be  dismayed  by  ordinary 
difiiculties.  They  had  come  prepared  to  meet  and  overcome  privations  and  the  greater 
the  sacrifice,  the  greater  was  to  be  their  reward  in   the  winning  of  a  state. 

The  first  location  of  the  Hopkins  family  in  Colorado  was  at  Arvada,  on  Ralston 
creek.  Having  established  a  domicile,  the  father  busied  himself  cutting  wood  which  he 
hauled  to  Denver,  where  it  found  ready  sale,  though  it  must  be  said  that  the  price 
was  low,  barely  affording  a  decent  wage  for  the  time  and  labor  invested.  However, 
it   helped   to   tide   over   the   winter   until    a   more    profitable   opening   could    be   found. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  633 

Mr.  Hopkins  later  found  employment  in  Golden,  where  he  worked  for  seventy-iive  cents 
a  day.  However,  the  requirements  of  those  early  pioneers  were  limited  to  the  meager 
necessities  of  a  humble  existence  and  they  were  able  to  prosper,  even  under  such) 
adverse  conditions.  In  later  years,  Mr.  Hopkins  engaged  in  market  gardening,  also  in 
farming,  and  became  widely  and  favorably  known  among  the  early  settlers.  He  is 
now  living  retired  in  California,  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty-two  years.  The  wife  and 
mother  passed  to  her  final  rest  in   1916,  aged  eighty  years. 

Heni;y  A.  Hopkins  came  with  his  parents  to  Colorado  in  1874,  and  recalls  with 
much  pleasure  the  impressions  made  upon  his  youthful  mind  and  imagination  by  the 
long  journey  overland  when  the  buffalo  were  plentiful  and  Indians  were  looked  for  on 
every  hand.  He  shared  in  the  privations  of  the  new  country,  and  his  opportunities  of 
every  kind  were  limited  to  those  common  to  the  boys  of  the  period.  His  educational 
advantages  were  those  of  the  district  school,  which  he  attended  during  the  winter, 
and  at  such  other  times  as  the  hard  work  would  permit.  He  remained  with  his  parents, 
assisting  in  the  support  of  the  family,  until  he  had  attained  the  age  of  twenty-four. 
He  then  started  out  for  himself,  leasing  a  farm  in  Adams  county,  then  Arapahoe  county, 
and  Ijegan  the  career  which  has  made  him  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  extensive 
farmers  and  ranchers  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  a  section  of 
valuable  land,  near  Eastlake  and,  in  addition  thereto,  he  is  conducting  active  farm- 
ing operations  on  large  tracts  of  leased  land,  making  a  specialty  of  dry  farming,  in 
which  he  has  won  not  only  marked  financial  success,  but  also  recognition  as  one  of 
the  foremost  exponents  of  dry  farming  in  Colorado.  His  entire  life  has  been  an  active 
one,  and  the  success  which  he  has  achieved,  has  come  as  the  result  of  untiring  energy, 
coupled  with  a  keen  discrimination  and  business  sagacity  which  has  won  deserving 
recognition  among  those  who  know  him  well. 

In  political  matters,  Mr.  Hopkins  is  a  republican,  though  he  has  never  sought 
office,  and  reserves  to  himself  the  right  to  disregard  the  party  label,  when  the  interests 
of  the  community  demand.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  Brighton  Lodge,  No.  78,  A. 
F.  &  A.  M.,  while  he  has  also  attained  the  thirty-second  grade  in  Colorado  Consistory, 
Scottish  Rite  Masons.  He  also  holds  membership  in  El  Jebel  Temple,  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine. 

On  January  5,  1892.  Mr.  Hopkins  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Alice  E.  Johns, 
a  native  of  Denver  and  a  daughter  of  John  and  Catherine  Johns,  who  were  also  num- 
bered among  the  pioneers  of  Colorado.  John  Johns  came  first  to  Denver  in  1S59, 
when  he  brought  freight  from  Omaha,  driving  an  ox  team  across  the  plains.  He 
continued  as  a  freighter,  making  numerous  trips  between  Denver  and  Omaha,  until 
he  enlisted  in  the  Union  service,  and  was  assigned  to  service  on  the  gunboat  squad- 
ron which  did  such  effective  service  on  the  Mississippi  during  the  Civil  war.  He 
married  Catherine  E.  Cahill,  and  they  came  to  Denver  in  1868,  establishing  there,  a 
permanent  home.  Mr.  Johns  became  one  of  the  early  contractors  and  builders  of  the 
city,  and  his  death  occurred  in  Denver,  in  1909,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  Mrs. 
Johns  died  in  1904.  aged  fifty-five  years. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hopkins  have  been  born  three  children.  Earl  H.,  Faye  Marie 
and  Gladys  E. 


JOHN  W.   MADDEN. 


John  W.  Madden,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  near  Niwot,  in 
Boulder  county,  was  born  in  Scott  county,  Iowa,  November  11,  1868,  a  son  of  Henry 
and  Lucy  (Van  Cleaf)  Madden.  The  father  was  born  in  England,  while  the  mother's 
birth  occurred  in  New  Jersey.  At  an  early  period  in  the  development  of  Iowa  they 
became  residents  of  that  state  and  afterward  removed  to  Nebraska,  where  their 
remaining  days  were  spent.  They  had  a  family  of  thirteen  children,  eleven  of  whom 
reached  adult  age. 

John  W.  Madden  was  reared  and  educated  in  Iowa  and  in  1890  came  to  Colorado, 
settling  in  Boulder  county.  He  was  married  in  the  year  1S94  to  Miss  Katie  Budd.  who 
was  born  upon  the  farm  where  she  and  her  husband  now  reside.  She  Is  a  daughter  of 
Sylvanus  and  Rebecca  (Severns)  Budd.  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ohio.  The  for- 
mer came  to  Colorado  in  1860  and  took  up  the  present  Madden  farm  as  a  homestead 
claim  from  the  government.  He  built  thereon  a  log  cabin  covered  with  a  dirt  roof 
and  continued  to  occupy  that  primitive  home  until  1870,  when  he  was  married  and 
built  a  frame  house  upon  his  place.  In  1861  he  had  responded  to  the  country's  call  for 
troops,  enlisting  for  service  in  the   Civil  war.     He  remained  with  his   regiment  until 


634  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

1863  and  was  then  mustered  out.  after  which  he  returned  to  his  farm.  He  and  his 
devoted  wife  experienced  all  the  hardships  and  privations  of  the  early  pioneers  and 
stoutly  set  themselves  to  the  task  of  transforming  their  wild  tract  into  productive 
fields.  As  old  settlers  of  their  district  they  were  greatly  honored  by  all  who  knew  them. 
Moreover,  Mr.  Budd  ever  took  a  most  laudable  interest  in  the  progress  and  development 
of  his  district,  which  was  recognized  by  his  fellow  citizens  in  his  election  to  the  house 
of  representatives,  in  which  he  served  in  the  year  1889,  taking  good  care  of  the  inter- 
ests of  his  constituents  and  thus  rewarding  the  trust  and  confidence  which  they  had 
reposed  in  him.  His  remaining  days  were  given  to  agricultural  and  stockraising  pur- 
suits and  he  and  his  wife  continued  for  many  years  upon  what  is  now  the  Madden 
farm,  in  Boulder  county.     They  had  a  family  of  three  daughters. 

Following  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Madden  lived  upon  an  eighty-acre  tract  of 
land  in  Boulder  county,  to  which  lie  added  many  modern  improvements.  They  occu- 
pied that  place  for  twelve  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  sold  the  property  and 
acquired  the  old  Budd  homestead  of  three  hundred  and  eighty-five  acres.  Partly  the 
property  came  to  Mrs.  Madden  from  her  parents.  This  is  all  improved  with  fine  build- 
ings and  is  all  well  irrigated.  Mr.  Madden  gives  his  attention  to  general  agriculture 
and  is  successfully  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  the  cereals  best  adapted  to  soil  and 
climate.  The  farm  presents  a  neat  and  thrifty  appearance,  indicating  the  careful  super- 
vision of  a  practical  and  progressive  owner. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Madden  have  been  born  six  children:  Mary  R.,  the  wife  of  Rus- 
sell Johnson,  now  a  resident  of  Nebraska;  Sylvanus  B.,  a  student  in  high  school;  Lucy 
V.  and  Elizabeth,  also  attending  high  school;  Henry  W.,  who  has  passed  away;  and 
Eva  G. 

Mr.  Madden  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  also  to  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World  and  to  the  Grange  and  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the.  Seventh  Day 
Adventist  church.  His  political  endorsement  is  given  to  the  democratic  party.  He 
has  never  filled  political  office  but  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  and 
at  all  times  his  aid  and  influence  can  be  counted  upon  to  further  progressive  plans 
and  measures  for  the  general  good. 


WILLIAM   H.    TURNER. 


William  H.  Turner,  living  on  section  11,  township  4.  range  69,  west,  in  Larimer 
county,  was  born  at  Red  Oak,  Iowa,  July  4,  1867,  a  son  of  Peter  and  Elizabeth  (Searcy) 
Turner,  who  were  natives  of  Virginia  and  Kentucky  respectively.  After  residing  for 
a  short  time  in  Iowa  they  capie  to  Colorado,  casting  in  their  lot  among  the  pioneer 
settlers.     They  are  mentioned  at  length  on  another  page  of  this  work. 

William  H.  Turner  was  reared  and  educated  in  Larimer  county  save  that  he  spent 
a  short  time  at  Sunshine,  Boulder  county.  He  remained  upon  the  home  farm  with 
his  parents  until  he  had  attained  his  majority  and  he  rode  the  range  as  a  cowboy  for 
years.  He  also  tried  mining  but  finally  drifted  into  farming  and  rented  his  present 
home  place  for  two  years.  During  that  time  he  carefully  saved  his  earnings  until 
his  industry  and  economic  expenditure  had  brought  him  a  sufficient  sum  to  enable  him 
to  purchase  the  property.  This  he  did  in  1902,  and  he  is  today  the  owner  of  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  pleasantly  and  conveniently  situated  a  mile  and  a  half  north 
of  Berthoud.  He  has  greatly  improved  the  place,  which  is  now  in  fine  shape  and  is 
one  of  the  excellent  farm  properties  between  Denver  and  Cheyenne.  He  has  continu- 
ously cultivated  the  land  and  has  made  a  business  of  feeding  cattle,  generally  feeding 
one  hundred  head  per  year  and  one  thousand  head  of  sheep.  He  has  also  always 
raised  a  good  many  horses  and  is  still  engaged  in  raising  Norman  horses.  In  fact  all 
branches  of  his  business  have  been  carefully  and  successfully  conducted  and  he  is  now 
one  of  the  prosperous  ranchmen  of  this  part  of  the  state.  He  likewise  owns  a  third 
interest  in  a  half  section  of  land  in  Weld  county  which  his  brother  cultivates  and  he 
has  seventeen  acres  of  land  in  the  town  of  Berthoud. 

On  the  30th  of  September.  1S96,  Mr.  Turner  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Otie 
Klrby  and  to  them  were  born  five  children:  G€rald,  Rebecca,  William  P..  Louise,  and 
Lloyd.  Gerald  is  now  with  the  United  States  army  at  Mare  Island,  California.  The  wife 
and  mother  passed  away  November  S.  1907,  and  on  the  22d  of  July,  1908,  Mr.  Turner 
wedded  Mary  Bramhall.  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  Joseph  B.,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Turner  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  also  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Rebekahs,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.     He  likewise  has  membership  in  the  Farmers' 


MR.  AND  MRS.  WILLIAM  H.   TURNER 


636  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Union  or  Educational  Association  and  politically  he  maintains  an  independent  course. 
His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  United  Brethren  church,  while  his  wife  is  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church.  They  are  highly  esteemed  in  the  community  and  Mr. 
Turner  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  prominent  and  representative  farmers  who  in  all  busi- 
ness relations  has  been  enterprising  and  progressive,  so  that  he  has  won  a  substantial 
measure  of  success,  while  the  sterling  traits  of  his  character  have  gained  for  him 
the  warm  personal   regard  of  those  with  whom  he  has  been  associated. 


DEWERT   E.   YOUNG. 


The  growth  and  development  of  any  commonwealth  is  but  a  reflection  of  the 
character  of  those  men  and  women  who  had  part  in  its  building,  and  indicate  the  stern 
determination  of  purpose,  the  courage  and  industry,  necessary  on  the  part  of  those 
who  faced  the  dangers  and  privations  of  a  frontier  country.  Among  those  who  have 
had  part  in  the  winning  of  the  Centennial  state,  and  who  have  been  witness  to  its 
transformation  from  a  wilderness,  is  Dewert  E.  Young,  now  a  resident  of  Adams 
county. 

Mr.  Young  is  a  native  of  the  Empire  state,  having  been  born  in  Bath,  Steuben 
county.  New  York,  on  the  15th  of  October,  1846.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  his  native 
state,  sharing  in  the  excellent  educational  advantages  afforded  the  youth  of  that 
section,  and  being  reared  upon  the  farm  he  acquired  an  early  knowledge  of  agriculture 
as  practiced  in  that  older  settled  community.  It  was  in  1S76.  that  he  bade  adieu  to 
friends,  family  and  native  state,  and  started  for  the  west  to  seek  health  and  fortune 
in  the  Rocky  Mountain  country.  Arriving  in  Denver,  he  sought  that  opening  which 
best  combined  opportunity  with  the  out-door  life  necessary  to  the  restoration  of  his 
failing  health,  and  accepted  a  position  as  a  sheep  herder,  in  Elbert  county,  at  a  salary 
of  twenty  dollars  per  month.  However,  in  looking  back  over  the  past,  Mr.  Young 
clearly  recognizes  the  fact  that  it  is  not  so  much  by  a  monetary  standard,  that  his 
greatest  reward  can  be  measured,  for  not  only  was  his  health  fully  restored,  but  he 
also  acquired  first-hand  information  and  knowledge  of  the  sheep  industry,  which  he 
soon  put  to  practical  and  valuable  use,  for  not  many  years  had  passed  until  the  humble 
herder  had  become  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  extensive  sheep  growers  in  the 
western  country.  Within  a  year  of  his  arrival  in  Colorado,  he  began  acquiring  a  herd 
of  his  own.  Beginning  in  a  small  way,  with  a  few  head,  he  added  thereto  until,  even- 
tually, he  had  in  his  herds  as  many  as  eighteen  thousand  animals,  and  was  supplying 
to  the  market  as  high  as  one  hundred  thousand  pounds  of  wool  a  year.  To  care 
for  and  attend  his  sheep  required  the  services  of  from  twenty-five  to  thirty  employes, 
though  at  no  time  did  he  relinquish  the  direct  management  of  his  affairs,  the  rapid 
and  substantial  growth  of  which,  bespoke  shrewd  business  Judgment  coupled  with  that 
degree  of  executive  ability  which  revels  in  the  achievement  of  high  ideals. 

About  the  year  1886  in  addition  to  his  extensive  sheep  raising.  Mr.  Y'oung  embarked 
in  the  meat  supply  industry  by  organizing  the  house  of  Y'oung  Brothers,  his  brother, 
John  v.,  being  associated  with  him  in  the  enterprise.  A  wholesale  business  exclu- 
sively was  conducted  by  them,  limited  entirely  to  the  handling  and  marketing  of  mut- 
ton and  lambs,  and  was  continued  until  1911,  having  become,  in  the  meanwhile,  one 
of  the  largest  in  the  west. 

Mr.  Young  now  makes  his  home  upon  his  splendid  ranch  of  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres,  near  Henderson,  and  which  under  his  supervision,  has  been  transformed 
into  one  of  the  finest  farms  in  the  state,  splendidly  improved  with  every  modern 
equipment  and  device  for  scientific  cultivation,  as  well  as  with  handsome  and  com- 
modious buildings. 

In  1S95,  Mr.  Y'oung  wedded  Miss  Carrie  E.  Swan,  who  was  born  in  Sturgis,  St. 
Joseph  county,  Michigan,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  Colorado  since  1882,  at  which 
time  she  accompanied  her  parents,  when  they  took  up  their  abode  in  Denver.  Like 
her  husband,  Mrs.  Y'oung  has  also  had  active  part  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  state,  and 
will  leave  upon  its  records  the  imprint  of  her  genius  and  character.  After  having 
laid  the  foundation  for  her  education  in  the  public  schools  of  her  native  place,  she 
became  a  student  in  Kalamazoo  College,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  and  there  she 
pursued  a  thorough  course  of  general  study.  Having  a  marked  talent  for  art.  she 
decided  to  make  this  her  life  work  and  pursued  her  studies  at  Cooper  Institute,  New 
York,  and  also  at  the  Philadelphia  Art  School  in  Philadelphia.  Soon  afterwards  came 
the  migration  to  the  west  and  within  a  week  of  her  arrival  in  Denver  she  had  opened 
an  art  studio  and  entered  actively  into  her  art  work.     Her  skill  soon  brought  her  fame 


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and  many  pupils  and  for  years  she  was  numbered  among  the  leaders  in  art  circles  in 
the  capital  city,  while  in  her  home  today,  may  be  seen  splendid  and  charming  speci- 
mens of  her  personal  work — studies  from  nature,  comprising  both  still  and  animal 
life,  appealing  alike  to  the  taste  of  the  layman  and  the  judgment  of  the  connoisseur. 
Her  activities  in  Colorado  also  present  the  unusual  combination  of  the  artistic  tem- 
perament with  keen  business  judgment,  for  in  conjunction  with  her  art  work  and 
while  conducting  her  studio  in  Denver,  Mrs.  Voung  homesteaded  on  four  hundred  and 
eighty  acres  of  land  fourteen  miles  north  of  the  city,  upon  which  she  erected  a  seven 
room  dwelling,  built  fences,  stocked  and  generally  improved  the  farm,  thus  adding 
in  a  substantial  way  to  the  material  as  well  as  to  the  educational  advancement  of 
the  state.  She  has  also  taken  active  part  in  woman's  work,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Woman's  Club  and  the  Baptist  church  of  Denver. 

In  his  political  affiliations,  Mr.  Young  is  a  republican  though  he  has  never  sought 
office.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  having  been  initiated  into  the 
mysteries  of  the  order  while  still  a  resident  of  New  York  state.  For  forty-two  years 
he  has  lived  in  Colorado,  witnessing  its  growth  and  development  and  as  one  of  the 
pioneer  settlers  a  record  of  his  achievements  finds  a  fitting  place  in  this  work.  He 
passed  through  the  period  of  frontier  hardships  and  privations  and  aided  in  laying 
deep  and  firm  the  foundation  upon  which  has  been  built  the  present  progress  and 
prosperity  of  the  state.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  can  look  back  and  trace  their 
progress  in  tokens  which  bring  naught  but  satisfaction  and  which  bespeak  years  well 
spent.  Such  records  stand  out  upon  life's  pathway  as  beacon  lights  to  those  who  follow 
after  and  show  what  can  be  accomplished  when  there  is  the  will  to  dare  and  to  do. 


ELMER  E.    SCHOFIELD. 


Elmer  E.  Schofield,  who  is  actively  connected  with  farming  and  stock  raising  in 
Boulder  county,  also  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  new  Lafayette  Farmers  Union 
Elevator  Company.  Moreover,  he  is  a  successful  real  estate  dealer  and  also  has  been 
prominently  connected  with  war  work.  He  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia.  November  6, 
1868,  a  son  of  Lewis  and  Mary  (Pickles)  Schofield,  who  were  natives  of  that  province. 
In  1879  they  removed  westward  with  their  family  to  Kansas  and  settled  upon  a  farm, 
which  they  occupied  for  six  years.  They  afterward  became  residents  of  Colorado 
and  took  up  their  abode  upon  a  farm  in  Boulder  county.  The  father,  who  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  then  devoted  his  time  and  attention  to  the  development  and 
improvement  of  that  place  until  his  demise  and  he  is  still  survived  by  his  widow,  who 
is  living  in  Colorado  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years.  Their  family  numbered  nine 
children  and  eight  of  the  number  survive. 

Elmer  E.  Schofield  was  reared  in  the  Sunflower  state  and  acquired  his  education 
in  its  public  schools.  He  afterward  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  under  his  father 
and  continued  to  follow  that  pursuit  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-four  years, 
when  he  took  up  farming  on  his  own  account  in  Boulder  county.  He  afterward  pur- 
chased the  farm  on  which  he  now  resides,  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
excellent  land,  all  of  which  is  well  irrigated,  and  by  reason  of  its  careful  cultivation 
he  now  gathers  good  crops  and  is  winning  substantial  success  as  the  years  pass. 
He  not  only  cultivates  the  fields  but  is  also  raising  stock  and  this  branch  of  his 
business  is  likewise  proving  profitable.  Moreover,  he  has  become  known  in  financial 
circles  as  one  of  the  directors  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Lafayette.  He  also  is 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  new  Lafayette  Farmers  Union  Elevator  Company,  an 
organization  which  is  proving  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  its  stockholders.  Mr.  Schofield 
also  has  two  places  in  the  mountains  as  "forest  lease."  about  twenty  miles  from  his 
home  place,  where  he  raises  cattle.  On  his  home  place  he  has  been  particularly  suc- 
cessful in  the  raising  of  sugar  beets,  having  become  well  known  as  an  expert  grower 
of  this  crop,  and  in  1919  will  have  thirty  acres  planted  to  beets.  Furthermore,  he  has 
a  considerable  area  of  his  place  devoted  to  hay  as  well  as  grain  and  com.  His  home 
ranch  lies  in  one  of  the  best  farming  districts  in  the  state.  Besides  his  farming  and 
other  activities  Mr.  Schofield  is  also  successfully  engaged  in  real  estate  dealing  and  has 
built  up  a  considerable  business  in  his  home  neighborhood  but  also  has  concluded  many 
deals  in  Loveland,  Berthoud  and  the  Lone  Tree  district.  Formerly  he  owned  a  tract  of 
valuable  land  northeast  of  Greeley,  Colorado. 

In  1892  Mr.  Schofield  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  L.  Prince,  who  for  several  years 
was  vice  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Lafayette.  They  have  become  parents 
of  two  children.     Ruth  V.,  the  daughter,  attended  high  school  and  the  musical  depart- 


638  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

ment  of  the  University  of  Denver  and  is  now  the  wife  of  William  R.  Thomas,  a  pros- 
perous farmer  and  a  horseman  of  note,  living  in  Boulder  county.  The  son,  Hiram  E., 
is  a  graduate  of  the  high  school  and  is  associated  with  his  father  in  the  operation  and 
further  development  of  the  farms.  He  also  is  married.  Both  of  the  children  are 
talented  musicians  who  have  not  only  acquired  a  thorough  technique  and  shown  more 
than  ordinary  ability  but  have  that  true  understanding  and  conception  of  compositions 
that  their  authors  intended  to  convey.  It  is  therefore  but  natural  that  their  interpreta- 
tions inspired  by  an  inborn  musicianship  are  acclaimed  by  all  those  who  have  had  the 
pleasure  of  listening  to  them. 

Mr.  Schofield  votes  with  the  republican  party  and  is  conversant  with  the  leading 
questions  and  issues  of  the  day  but  has  never  sought  public  office,  preferring  to  give 
his  sole  attention  to  private  activities.  At  one  time,  however,  he  was  persuaded,  several 
years  ago,  to  become  a  candidate  for  county  commissioner  on  the  progressive  ticket. 
Throughout  the  war  he  efficiently  served  at  a  personal  sacrifice  as  chairman  of  his 
district.  No.  5.  known  as  the  Davidson  district,  and  did  valuable  work  for  his  country 
in  this  connection.  Mrs.  Schofield  is  chairman  and  president  of  the  Red  Cross  organi- 
zation of  the  same  district  and  both  she  and  her  husband  have  done  earnest  work  along 
Red  Cross  lines  and  in  fact  have  liberally  contributed  to  all  war  organizations,  thus 
assisting  in  winning  the  conflict.  Giving  the  first  place  in  their  hearts  to  their  coun- 
try, they  have  displayed  an  unquestioned  and  ardent  patriotism  and  in  every  sense 
have  "done  their  bit." 


FRED    KNAUS. 


Fred  Knaus,  a  farmer  and  stockraiser  of  Boulder  county,  is  numbered  among  the 
native  sons  of  Colorado.  He  was  born  February  19,  1886,  his  parents  being  Clemens 
and  Eliza  Knaus.  His  youthful  days  were  passed  in  Boulder  county,  where  he  pursued 
his  education,  and  after  completing  a  course  in  the  public  schools  he  pursued  the  study 
of  pharmacy  and  devoted  eight  years  to  the  drug  business.  He  then  became  actively 
connected  with  agricultural  interests,  purchasing  the  farm  whereon  he  now  resides. 
He  is  the  owner  of  two  hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  excellent  land  and  derives  a 
substantial  income  as  the  result  of  the  care  and  labor  which  he  bestows. upon  the 
fields.  He  is  systematic  and  thorough  in  the  cultivation  of  the  land  and  follows  progres- 
sive methods  in  the  production  of  his  crops. 

In  1914  Mr.  Knaus  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mildred  Dodd.  a  daughter  of 
Harvey  and  Mary  (Dawson)  Dodd,  who  are  natives  of  Colorado  and  are  still  living  in 
Boulder  county.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knaus  has  been  born  a  daughter,  Dorothy  Dawn. 
The  parents  attend  the  United  Brethren  church  and  in  politics  Mr.  Knaus  is  a  demo- 
crat, but  the  honors  and  emoluments  of  office  have  never  had  attraction  for  him.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  lodge  at  Longmont  and  in  his  life  exemplifies  the  benefi- 
cent spirit  of  the  craft.  In  fact  his  career  is  guided  by  high  and  honorable  principles 
at  all  times  and  his  sterling  worth  of  character  is  recognized  by  all  with  whom  he 
comes  in  contact. 


MRS.    MATTIE    M.    HOWELL. 

Mrs.  Mattie  M.  Howell  is  a  representative  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Colo- 
rado. She  was  born  in  Boulder  county,  her  parents  being  Peter  A.  and  Maria  A. 
(Duck)   Leyner,  mentioned  at  greater  length  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

It  was  amid  pioneer  surroundings  that  the  family  were  reared,  sharing  in  the 
hardships  and  privations  of  pioneer  life  and  in  the  subsequent  progress  and  pros- 
perity which  came  to  many  of  the  settlers  of  the  county.  In  December.  1881,  Mattie 
M.  Leyner  became  the  wife  of  M.  L.  Howell.  She  has  three  children:  Nora  S..  the* 
wife  of  J.  A.  Huber,  now  living  in  Denver;  Leyner,  also  of  Denver;  and  Harry  E., 
who  is  upon  the  farm  with   his  mother. 

Mrs.  Howell  is  the  owner  of  two  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  rich  and  productive 
land,  all  of  which  is  irrigated.  She  personally  directs  the  management  and  operation 
of  the  farm  and  in  addition  to  cultivating  the  fields  is  engaged  in  stock  raising.  In 
1918  she  had  one  hundred  and  five  acres  of  land  planted  to  sugar  beets,  which  yielded 
about  twenty  tons  to  the  acre.  She  also  had  twelve  acres  planted  to  cabbage  in  1918 
which   netted   her  forty-eight  hundred   dollars.     She  has   broad   alfalfa   fields   upon   the 


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640  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

ranch  and  cuts  a  large  amount  of  hay  annually,  and  has  raised  both  cattle  and  reg- 
istered Percheron  horses.  Mrs.  Howell  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Leyner  Cotton- 
wood Consolidated  Ditch  Company.  She  possesses  splendid  business  judgment  and 
executive  ability  and  has  made  her  property  one  of  the  valuable  farms  of  Boulder 
county.  Everything  about  the  place  is  indicative  of  careful  supervision  and  progres- 
siveness,  and  neatness  and  thrift  characterize  the  farm  in  every  particular.  Mrs. 
Howell  has  lived  to  see  remarkable  changes  in  the  county  during  the  long  years  of 
her  residence  here.  During  her  girlhood  days  there  was  still  much  land  that  was 
unclaimed  and  undeveloped,  but  all  this  has  been  taken  up  and  the  greater  part 
of  the  acreage  has  been  transformed  into  productive  fields,  while  along  all  lines  the 
work  of  progress  and  improvement  has  been  carried  steadily  forward,  making  this 
one  of  the  prosperous   and   populous  counties  of  the   state. 

Mrs.  Howell  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Eastern  Star,  the  Royal  Neighbors  and  the 
Farmers  Union,  and  has  served  as  committee  woman  of  Precinct  No.  6  for  several 
years,  thus  giving  evidence  of  the  helpful  interest  which  she  takes  in  the  growth  and 
upbuilding  of  her  community  along  various  lines. 


OTTO    MEARS. 


While  the  state  of  Colorado  has  existence  the  name  of  Otto  Mears  will  be  an 
honored  one  within  its  borders  because  of  the  important  part  which  he  has  played 
in  its  development.  He  has  penetrated  into  its  mountain  fastnesses  and  broken  paths 
across  its  plains.  As  a  builder  of  toll  roads  and  railroads  he  has  contributed  in 
marked  measure  to  the  task  of  opening  up  the  state  for  settlement  and  he  is  most 
appropriately  called  the  pathfinder  of  the  San  Juan.  Now,  in  the  evening  of  his  days, 
he  is  making  his  home  in  Denver,  having  passed  the  seventy-eighth  milestone  on 
life's  journey.  The  worth  of  his  work  can  scarcely  be  overestimated  and  as  time  gives 
the  perspective  which  places  each  individual  in  his  true  position,  the  passing  years  will 
serve  to  heighten  his  fame  and  intrench  him  more  firmly  as  one  of  the  empire  builders 
of  Colorado  and  the  west.  It  will  be  a  surprise  to  many,  knowing  what  he  has 
accomplished  for  Colorado,  to  learn  that  he  is  or  foreign  birth.  A  native  of  Russia, 
his  natal  day  was  May  3,  1840,  but  he  was  a  lad  of  only  twelve  years  when  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  the  new  world,  spending  his  youthful  days  in  San  Francisco. 
In  1S61,  when  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  responded  to  the  country's  call  for  three 
years'  troops  to  serve  in  the  Civil  war  and  became  a  member  of  Company  H  of  the 
First  California  Volunteers.  During  a  part  of  his  service  he  was  with  Kit  Carson 
in  the  Navajo  war  and  was  honorably  discharged  in.  the  Messilla  valley  at  the  close 
of  his  term  of  enlistment  in  1864. 

It  was  then  that  Mr.  Mears  accepted  a  clerkship  with  the  firm  of  Elsbert  &  Amberg 
at  Santa  Pe  and  later  he  obtained  a  position  in  the  retail  store  of  Staab  Brothers. 
He  was  constantly  alert  to  the  opportunities  of  the  west  and  after  making  extended 
explorations  through  New  Mexico  and  Arizona  he  came  to  Colorado  in  1865  and  estab- 
lished a  general  merchandise  business  in  the  old  town  of  Conejos,  at  which  time  the 
county  embraced  what  are  now  the  counties  of  Conejos.  Rio  Grande,  Mineral,  Saguache, 
Hinsdale,  Ouray,  San  Miguel,  Dolores,  Montezuma  and  Archuleta.  Aside  from  conduct- 
ing his  store  Mr.  Mears  formed  a  partnership  with  Major  Head  in  the  establishment 
and  conduct  of  a  sawmill  and  a  grist  mill.  No  nails  were  to  be  obtained  in  that 
locality  at  the  time,  so  that  the  timbers  were  mortised  and  held  together  by  wooden 
pins.  He  had  to  pay  eighty  dollars  a  thousand  for  his  lumber  and  his  grist  brought 
twenty  dollars  a  hundred  for  flour.  Mr.  Mears  proved  the  pioneer  in  introducing  many 
improvements  into  his  section  of  the  state.  Tt  was  he  who  in  1867  took  the  first  mower, 
reaper  and  threshing  machine  into  the  San  Luis  valley,  and  in  order  that  he  faciliate 
the  work  of  reaching  the  market  with  his  wheat  and  other  products  he  built  a  road 
from  Poncha  Pass  to  the  Arkansas  valley,  this  constituting  the  initial  step  in  the 
Mears  system  of  toll  roads  in  the  San  Juan. 

As  a  road  builder  Mr.  Mears  became  a  most  active  factor  in  the  development 
and  upbuilding  of  the  state.  He  opened  up  many  highways  which  have  been  of  the 
greatest  benefit.  In  1871,  associated  with  Enos  Hotchkiss,  he  organized  a  company 
to  build  a  wagon  road  from  Saguache  to  Howardsville,  in  San  Juan  county,  across 
Cochetopa  pass  to  CeboUa  valley  and  thence  to  the  Lake  Fork  of  the  Gunnison.  Realiz- 
ing the  fertility  of  the  district  and  the  possibilities  for  profitable  development  here, 
he  established  the  Saguache  Chronicle  to  advertise  the  resources  of  the  valley  and  in 
the   following  year  he   incorporated   the   town  of  Lake   City  and   founded   the   Weekly 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  641 

Silver  World.  The  first  Issue  of  that  paper  gave  an  account  of  the  mineral  resources 
of  the  San  Juan  region  and  miners  and  prospectors  rushed  to  that  section  of  Colorado. 

It  seems  that  no  phase  of  Mr.  Mears'  intensely  active  business  life  was  without 
its  attendant  public  benefit.  In  1873  he  was  visited  by  Mr.  Bruner,  of  Pittsburgh,  who 
had  been  appointed  commissioner  to  treat  with  the  Ute  Indians  tor  a  part  of  the  land 
of  San  Juan.  Ouray,  San  Miguel  and  Dolores  counties.  Mr.  Bruner  failed  in  his 
efforts  to  secure  a  removal  of  the  Utes,  whereupon  Mr.  Mears  acted  as  interpreter  at  a 
meeting  that  was  held  with  the  Indians  and  brought  about  the  signing  of  the  treaty 
by  which  the  Utes  were  to  receive  the  interest  on  five  hundred  thousand  dollars.  When 
this  was  accomplished  Mr.  Mears  began  the  building  of  roads  through  the  mountains, 
his  labors  resulting  in  the  building  of  about  three  hundred  miles  of  what  became 
known  as  the  Mears  system  of  toll  roads.  It  was  natural  that  a  man  of  his  prominence 
and  activity  should  be  called  upon  for  public  service  and  in  1S76  he  was  made  presi- 
dential elector  from  Colorado.  While  in  Washington  he  induced  the  postofflce  depart- 
ment to  establish  a  mail  route  through  Uncompahgre  agency  and  Ouray  county  and  the 
contract  therefor  was  awarded  him.  There  were  times  when,  braving  the  fierce  weather 
of  the  San  Juan  region,  he  broke  the  trails  for  the  mail  service  himself.  He  was  also 
one  of  those  who  assisted  in  the  rescue  of  Mrs.  Meeker,  Mrs.  Price  and  Josephine 
Meeker,  following  the  Meeker  massacre,  and  he  took  eleven  Indians  to  Washington, 
acting  as  their  interpreter,  and  while  en  route  he  conveyed  Chief  Douglas  to  Fort 
Leavenworth.  Following  his  arrival  in  the  national  capital  he  was  appointed  one  of 
five  commissioners  to  make  a  new  treaty  with  the  Utes  for  eleven  million  acres  of 
land,  covering  Montrose,  Delta  and  Mesa  counties.  The  red  men  claimed  that  the 
government  did  not  keep  its  promises  and  demanded  cash.  Mr.  Mears,  knowing  the 
mental  attitude  of  the  Indians,  paid  them  two  dollars  each  and  they  signed  the  treaty, 
after  which  Commissioners  Mannypenny  of  Ohio  and  Meachem  of  Washington  filed 
charges  against  him,  alleging  that  he  had  bribed  the  red  men.  Secretary  Schurz  of 
the  interior  department  took  up  the  matter,  which  was  afterward  dismissed  by  his 
successor.  Secretary  Kirkwood,  to  whom  Mr.  Mears  explained  that  the  Utes  would 
rather  have  two  dollars  in  cash  than  the  promised  interest  on  one  million,  eight  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars,  and  under  Mr.  Kirkwood's  orders  Mr.  Mears  was  refunded  the 
twenty-eight  hundred  dollars  which  he  had  paid  to  the  Indians. 

Never  throughout  the  period  of  pioneer  development  in  Colorado  did  he  cease  his 
efforts  to  aid  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  state.  He  built  toll  roads  in  San  Juan  county 
and  over  Marshall  pass  and  was  the  builder  of  the  railroad  through  the  beautiful 
mountain  district  from  Silverton  to  Red  Mountain  and  Ironton.  He  was  likewise 
the  builder  of  the  Silverton  Northern  Road  from  Silverton  to  Eureka  and  Animas 
Forks,  with  a  branch  up  Cunningham  gulch.  He  was  the  builder  of  the  Rio  Grande 
Southern  from  Ridgway  to  Durango,  connecting  at  both  ends  with  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande.  No  other  man  has  done  so  much  for  the  development  of  the  San  Juan/ 
region  and   the  influence  and  effect  of  his  labors  cannot   be  overestimated. 

For  many  years,  covering  more  than  two  decades,  Mr.  Mears  has  served  on  the 
board  of  capitol  managers,  and  he  was  one  of  those  who  selected  the  granite  quarries 
in  Gunnison  county  to  furnish  building  stone  for  the  capitol,  which  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  public  buildings  in  the  world.  A  recognition  of  the  value 
of  his  public  service  is  found  in  the  senate  chamber  of  the  state  house,  where  his 
portrait  appears  in  one  of  the  stained  glass  windows.  He  has  never  sought  to  fill 
political  positions,  content  to  do  his  public  service  as  a  private  citizen.  His  keen 
sagacity  enabled  him  to  readily  recognize  opportunities  and  pass  upon  the  value 
of  the  natural  resources  of  the  state.  The  chance  for  development  touched  a  respon- 
sive chord  in  him,  as  progress  has  ever  been  his  watchword.  He  has  builded  not 
alone  for  the  present  but  for  the  future  and  as  long  as  Colorado  stands  she  must  ac- 
knowledge  her   indebtedness   to   him  as   one   of  her   promoters. 


WILLIAM    A.    WOOD. 

More  than  a  third  of  a  century  has  passed  since  William  A.  Wood  came  to  Col- 
orado, for  the  year  1S84  witnessed  his  arrival  in  this  state.  He  has  made  his  home 
since  1892  in  Boulder  county,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock 
raising.  He  was  born  in  Virginia.  January  6,  1866.  a  son  of  Stephen  and  Mary  (Burke) 
Wood,  who  were  natives  of  Ireland  and  came  to  America  in  early  life,  continuing 
resident  of  this  country  until  called  to  the  home  beyond.  They  had  a  family  of  eight 
children,  six  of  whom  are  living. 
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642  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

William  A.  Wood  was  reared  and  educated  in  Virginia,  where  he  resided  until 
1884,  when  he  came  to  Colorado,  after  which  he  worked  for  a  number  of  years  as 
a  common  laborer.  He  carefully  saved  his  earnings,  however,  and  made  every  effort 
to  advance  in  a  business  way.  With  his  removal  to  Boulder  county  in  1892  he  en- 
gaged in  the  feed  business,  continuing  as  a  factor  in  commercial  circles  at  Ward 
for  a  number  of  years. 

In  1900  Mr.  Wood  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Ellen  (Dailey)  McCorry,  a 
native  of  Massachusetts  and  a  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Honora  (Sullivan)  Dailey. 
Her  father  was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  came  to  America  in  1848,  first  settling  in 
Massachusetts,  while  subsequently  he  removed  to  Nebraska,  there  living  until  1863, 
when  he  came  to  Colorado,  making  the  trip  with  ox  teams.  Arriving  in  Denver, 
he  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  pioneer  settlers  of  this  state  and  for  some  time  followed; 
mining  but  afterward  returned  to  Jackson,  Dakota  county,  Nebraska,  where  both 
he  and  his  wife  passed  away.  In  1866  at  Central  City,  Colorado,  their  daughter, 
Ellen  Dailey.  became  the  wife  of  Vandaver  W.  McCorry.  who  secured  a  homestead 
claim  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  constituting  a  part  of  the  farm  upon  which 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wood  now  reside.  They  have  added  to  their  holdings  until  their  pos- 
sessions aggregate  four  hundred  and  forty  acres,  of  which  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  is  irrigated,  and  the  entire  place  is  splendidly  improved.  Mr.  Wood  is  actively 
and  successfully  engaged  in  tilling  the  soil  and  raising  stock  and  his  labors  are 
attended  with  excellent  results.  He  works  untiringly  for  the  further  development 
and  improvement  of  his  farm  and  carries  forward  to  successful  completion  what- 
ever  he   undertakes. 

By  her  first  marriage  Mrs.  Wood  had  a  family  of  seven  children:  Mary  Mea,  the 
wife  of  M.  L.  Mcintosh,  residing  near  Nunn.  Colorado;  Daisy  D.,  the  wife  of  A.  A. 
Turner,  of  Boulder  county;  Ernest  E.;  Robert  E.;  and  three  who  have  passed  away. 
Upon  the  death  of  her  first  husband  Mrs.  Wood  was  not  only  left  with  the  care  of 
her  seven  children  but  also  had  the  development  and  cultivation  of  her  farm  on  her 
hands  and  operated  the  same  for  twelve  years  or  until  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Wood. 
Many  and  diverse  were  the  duties  which  fell  to  her  during  this  period,  but  she  rose 
to  the  occasion  in  every  respect.  Mrs.  Wood  has  lived  upon  the  farm  where  she 
still  resides  since  1870  and  she  and  Mr.  McCorry  were  the  first  settlers  on  the  bluffs 
where  the  home  now  is.  When  they  came  here  the  entire  country  was  yet  undeveloped 
and  even  such  undesirables  as  coyotes  and  rattlesnakes  were  abundant.  Mrs.  Wood 
was  born  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  was  but  a  child  when  she  was  brought 
to  Colorado. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Wood  is  largely  independent,  although  he  inclines  more 
or  less  toward  the  republican  party,  with  wliich  he  has  mostly  voted.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Masons,  exemplifying  in  his  conduct  toward  his  fellow 
beings  the  beneficent  spirit  of  the  craft.  He  is  a  loyal  supporter  of  any  cause  in 
which  he  believes,  and  his  aid  and  cooperation  are  always  given  to  those  plans  and 
projects  which   he  deems   of  essential   value  and  worth   to  community  welfare. 


WALTER  C.  LONGWORTH. 


The  farming  and  stock  raising  interests  of  Adams  county  find  a  substantial  repre- 
sentative in  Walter  C.  Longworth,  an  enterprising  young  man,  who  was  born  in  Kansas 
on  the  20th  of  June,  1886,  a  son  of  Henderson  F.  and  C.  Alice  (Todhunter.)  Longworth, 
both  of  whom  are  natives  of  the  Sunflower  state.  They  removed  to  Denver,  Colorado, 
in  1905  and  are  still  living  in  that  city,  the  father  being  there  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business.  The  family  circle,  which  numl)ered  seven  children,  still  remains  un- 
broken by  the  hand  of  death. 

Walter  C.  Longworth  was  largely  reared  in  Kansas,  being  a  youth  of  nineteen  years 
when  he  accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal  to  Colorado  in  1905.  Not  long  after- 
ward he  took  up  a  homestead  claim  in  Weld  county  and  resided  thereon  for  five  years. 
He  afterward  removed  to  Adams  county,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  farming,  and 
he  is  today  one  of  the  progressive  agriculturists  and  stockraisers  of  the  district.  His 
land  is  carefully  and  systematically  cultivated  and  everything  about  the  place  indicates 
his  determination  to  make  his  farm  count  for  the  utmost.  He  has  secured  the  most 
improved  machinery  to  facilitate  the  work  of  the  fields  and  he  utilizes  systematic 
methods  in  all  that  he  undertakes,  being  guided  by  high  agricultural  standards. 

In  1910  Mr.  Longworth  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rebecca  Tressler  McKee, 
who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  is  a  daughter  of  Abner  C.  and  Mary  S.   (Stambaugh) 


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644  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

McKee,  who  were  likewise  born  in  Pennsylvania.  The  mother  passed  away  in  that 
state  but  the  father  is  living  and  now  makes  his  home  in  Harrisburg.  Mrs.  Longworth 
is  a  graduate  of  the  schools  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  and  a  lady  of  liberal  edu- 
cation and  broad  culture.  She  was  a  teacher  of  domestic  science  for  some  years  prior 
to  her  marriage,  winning  high  encomiums  for  her  excellent  work  in  that  connection. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Longworth  have  been  born  three  children:  Henderson  McKee,  who 
was  born  June  19,  1911:  Helen,  born  on  the  1st  of  April,  1915;  and  Jameson,  born  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1917. 

Mr.  Longworth  votes  with  the  republican  party,  to  which  he  has  given  his  earnest 
endorsement  since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  He  has  never  sought 
or  desired  ofiBce,  however,  but  has  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his 
business  affairs  and  is  meeting  with  creditable  and  well  deserved  success,  owing  to 
his  close  application,  his  laudable  ambition  and  his  unwearied  industry. 


H.   JOHANSEN. 


H.  Johansen,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  feeding  in  Boulder  county,  is 
a  native  of  Denmark,  although  he  has  lived  in  the  United  States  since  his  teens.  He 
was  born  in  the  former  country  August  3,  1867,  a  son  of  Peter  and  Marie  (Schmidt) 
Johansen,  who  were  also  natives  of  Denmark.  The  lather  was  born  in  Hucksted, 
Schleswig,  on  the  12th  of  April,  1832,  and  died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Nels  Jensen,  in  Oilman,  Illinois,  on  the  20th  of  October,  1918,  when  he  had  reached 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-six  years,  six  months  and  eight  days.  In  1853  and  1854 
he  served  his  country  as  a  cavalryman  in  the  Danish  army,  carrying  messages  to  the 
king  with  notable  rapidity.  He  was  married  in  1862  to  Miss  Marie  Schmidt  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  five  children,  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  of  whom  two  sons 
and  a  daughter  are  yet  living.  One  son  died  in  infancy  in  Schleswig  and  the  eldest 
daughter  became  the  wife  of  Peter  Anderson,  of  Oilman,  Illinois,  and  passed  away  in 
1903.  In  1882,  when  the  eldest  son  had  reached  military  age,  Mr.  Johansen  brought 
his  family  to  the  United  States  in  order  that  his  sons  need  not  serve  as  soldiers  in 
the  German  army,  for  Germany  had  annexed  Schleswig  and  Holstein  in  1864.  On 
landing  on  the  shores  of  the  new  world  Peter  Johansen  made  his  way  westward 
and  took  up  his  abode  at  Ashkum,  Illinois,  living  in  that  vicinity  and  at  Danforth, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  until  he  retired  from  business  in  1909  and  took  up  his 
abode  in  Oilman.  He  was  long  identified  with  farming  Interests  in  Iroquois  county, 
Illinois,  and  was  liighly  esteemed  as  a  representative  agriculturist.  His  widow  is 
still  living  and  yet  makes  her  home  in  Illinois.  The  three  surviving  children  of  the 
family  are:  Mrs.  Nels  Jensen;  Paul,  who  is  a  business  man  of  Crescent  City,  Illinois; 
and  our  subject. 

H.  Johansen  came  to  America  with  his  parents  when  a  youth  of  fifteen  years. 
He  completed  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Illinois  and  remained  at  home  until  he 
had  attained  his  majority,  when  he  took  up  farming  on  his  own  account  in  Illinois, 
purchasing  land  part  of  which  he  still  owns.  In  1902  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he 
carried  on  general  agricultural  pursuits  in  Rio  Grande  county  for  three  years.  On  the 
expiration  of  that  period  he  purchased  the  farm  which  he  now  owns  and  occupies, 
coniprising  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  rich  and  productive  land,  all  under  the 
ditch  and  now  well  improved.  He  carries  on  general  farming  and  also  makes  a 
specialty  of  feeding  stock.  He  is  likewise  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers'  Union  Co- 
operative Elevator  &  Supply  Company  at  Longmont,  Colorado,  and  his  business  affairs 
are  wisely  and  carefully  managed,  bringing  to  him  the  measure  of  success  which  is 
now   his. 

In  1891  Mr.  Johansen  was  married  to  Miss  Delvina  Servais,  who  was  born  at 
Clifton,  Illinois,  a  daughter  of  August  and  Louise  Servais,  who  came  to  the  new 
world  as  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johansen  have  had  a  family  of  five  children,  but 
the  first  born  died  in  infancy.  The  others  are:  Louise,  the  wife  of  August  E.  Nelson, 
of   Boulder   county  and   Bertha,   Evelyn  and   Ruth   Anna,   at   home. 

The  parents  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  church  and  Mr.  Johansen  gives  his 
political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party,  which  he  has  supported  since  age  conferred 
upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  For  nine  years  he  served  on  the  school  board  and  he 
is  interested  in  all  that  has  to  do  with  the  material,  intellectual,  social  and  moral 
progress  of  the  community.  His  has  been  an  active  life  and  his  success  is  the  merited 
reward  of  earnest,  persistent  labor.  In  addition  to  his  Colorado  property  he  is  the 
owner  of  a  farm  of  forty  acres  in  Iroquois  county,  Illinois,  and  his  wife  owns  a  third 


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interest   in    ninety-two  acres    in   tlie   same   county.     Tliey   are   highly   esteemed  people 

of   the   community   in   which    they   reside,   enjoying   the    warm    friendship    and  kindly 
regard  of  many  with  whom  they  have  heen  brought  in  contact. 


S.    GUY    MORROW. 


S.  Guy  Morrow,  who  is  extensively  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in 
Elbert  county,  was  born  in  Licking  county,  Ohio,  March  24,  1857.  his  parents  being 
Noah  and  Mary  (Guy)  Morrow,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  whence  they  removed  to  Ohio,  where  their  remaining  days  were  passed, 
their  residence  in  that  state  covering  an  extended  period.  They  had  a  family  of  six 
children,  four  of  whom  are  living. 

S.  Guy  Morrow  was  reared  in  the  Buckeye  state  to  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  when 
he  left  home  and  started  out  to  provide  for  his  own  support.  Going  to  Pennsylvania, 
he  was  for  eighteen  months  in  that  state,  after  which  he  returned  to  Ohio  and  again 
spent  two  years  within  its  borders.  In  1876  he  arrived  in  Colorado,  first  settling  in 
Weld  county,  where  he  lived  for  two  years.  He  afterward  took  a  band  of  sheep  from 
Wyoming  to  the  Pan  Handle  of  Texas  and  remained  in  the  south  for  some  time.  Later 
he  went  to  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  where  he  resided  for  a  year  and  a  half,  and  in  1880 
he  came  to  Arapahoe  county,  Colorado,  and  purchased  the  ranch  whereon  he  now 
resides.  He  has  since  greatly  improved  the  property,  adding  to  it  fine  buildings 
and  all  of  the  accessories  and  conveniences  of  a  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century. 
He  owns  altogether  four  thousand  acres  of  valuable  land,  upon  which  he  has  about 
twelve  hundred  head  of  sheep  and  also  some  cattle  and  horses.  His  business  interests 
are  extensive  and  wisely  directed.  He  closely  studies  the  problems  connected  with 
sheep  and  stock  raising  in  this  section  of  the  state  and  has  provided  every  facility 
for  the  conduct  of  the  business.  He  is  also  the  president  of  the  Deertrail  State  Bank, 
which  was  organized  in  1910  by  Mr.  Morrow  and  other  representative  business  men  of 
the  community,  and  his  keen  business  discernment  and  progressive  policy  have  been 
strong  elements  in  its  success. 

On  the  18th  of  January.  1885,  Mr.  Morrow  was  married  to  Miss  Dicie  Thompson, 
who  was  born  in  Page  county.  Iowa,  a  daughter  of  James  A.  Thompson,  who  in  1875 
removed  with  his  family  to  Colorado,  where  both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Morrow  became  the  parents  of  five  children:  Olive  A.,  now  the  wife  of  Hick 
Hill;  Edith  May,  the  wife  of  C.  L.  Martin,  of  Limon,  Colorado;  Enos  Guy,  who  is  a 
sergeant  in  the  United  States  army,  on  active  duty  in  France;  Laura  Mary,  at  home; 
and  Ruth,  who  died   at  the   age   of  a  year  and  a  half. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Morrow  is  an  earnest  republican  but  not  an  office  seeker. 
He  has  served  for  twenty-five  years  on  the  school  board  and  is  much  interested  in  the 
cause  of  public  education  in  his  community.  A  self-made  man.  as  he  started  out 
to  earn  his  own  living  when  a  youth  of  but  fourteen  years  and  had  no  financial  assist- 
ance, he  has  achieved  a  handsome  fortune  and  is  one  of  the  prominent  and  repre- 
sentative business  men  of  his  part  of  the  state. 


JEROME   F.   GOULD. 


Jerome  F.  Gould  is  a  retired  farmer  of  Boulder  county  and  no  other  resident  of 
this  section  of  the  state  has  resided  for  so  long  a  period  in  the  district.  Moreover, 
he  has  traveled  far  on  life's  journey,  having  passed  the  eighty-fourth  milestone.-  He 
was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York,  April  21,  1S34,  a  son  of  Jotham  and  Miranda 
((Patterson)  Gould,  who  were  also  natives  of  the  Empire  state,  whence  they  removed 
to  Pennsylvania,  where  they  lived  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1854  they  became  resi- 
dents of  Iowa,  where  they  settled  upon  a  farm,  and  there  resided  until  1863.  In  that 
year  they  crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teams  and  established  their  home  in  Boulder 
county,  Colorado,  which  was  then  a  wild  frontier  district  in  which  the  work  of  progress 
had  scarcely  been  begun.  They  purchased  a  farm  on  Boulder  creek  and  their  remaining 
days  were  passed  thereon.  They  contributed  to  the  early  agricultural  development  of 
the  region  and  were  well  known  and  liighly  r.espected  among  the  pioneer  settlers. 
Their  family  numbered  ten   children,  of  whom   three  are  yet  living. 

J.  F.  Gould  of  this  review,  one  of  the  three  survivors,  was  reared  and  educated  in 
Pennsylvania,  the  public  schools  affording  him  his  educational  opportunities.     He  was 


646  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

a  young  man  of  twenty  years  when  he  became  a  resident  of  Iowa  and  in  1861  he 
arrived  in  Colorado,  malting  his  way  to  Boulder  county,  where  he  preempted  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  acres  of  land.  He  has  spent  many  years  of  his  life  upon  that  farm. 
After  a  time  he  purchased  other  land,  which  he  has  since  sold  to  his  children.  His 
life  has  been  devoted  to  general  agricultural  pursuits  and  stock  raising  and  the  care- 
ful management  of  his  business  affairs,  combined  with  his  industry,  has  been  a 
salient  feature  in  the  attainment  of  well  deserved  success.  He  is  now  living  retired, 
enjoying  a  rest  which  he  has  truly  earned  and  richly  deserves.  He  started  out  in  life 
empty-handed  but  by  persistent  effort  and  energy  has  won  a  creditable  measure  of 
prosperity. 

In  1861  Mr.  Gould  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Amy  Foster,  a  native  of  Ohio, 
their  marriage  being  celebrated,  however,  in  Iowa.  They  became  the  parents  of  eight 
children:  Olive,  now  deceased;  Delia,  the  wife  of  A.  M.  Dodd;  May,  the  wife  of  William 
EUinger,  living  in  Texas;  Ernest,  who  has  passed  away;  Flora,  the  wife  of  Charles 
Sherman;  Margaret,  the  widow  of  Albert  Remley;  James,  who  is  upon  the  home  farm; 
and  Lola,  the  wife  of  John  A.  Hill.  Mr.  Gould  now  has  thirty-one  grandchildren  and 
five   great-grandchildren. 

Mr.  Gould  is  a  self-made  man  whose  enterprise  and  untiring  labors  have  gained 
for  him  the  measure  of  prosperity  which  he  now  enjoys.  In  1883  he  was  called  upon 
to  mourn  the  loss  of  his  wife,  who  passed  away  in  that  year  and  was  laid  to  rest 
in  the  Niwot  cemetery.  For  about  fifty-eight  years  Mr.  Gould  has  resided  in  Boulder 
county  and  there  is  no  one  now  living  in  his  neighborhood,  who  was  here  at  the  time 
of  his  arrival.  He  has  lived  to  witness  remarkable  changes  as  the  years  have  passed 
and  the  wild  lands  has  been  reclaimed  for  the  purposes  of  civilization.  He  has  seen 
barren  tracts  converted  into  productive  farms,  while  towns  and  villages  have  sprung 
up  and  the  work  of  progress  and  improvement  has  been  carried  forward  along  all  lines. 
He  has  ever  stood  for  those  things  which  are  most  worth  while  to  the  community 
and  he  has  rejoiced  to  see  what  has  been  accomplished. 


CLEMENS  KNAUS. 


Among  those  who  for  many  years  successfully  followed  farming  in  Boulder  county 
was  Clemens  Knaus,  who  was  born  in  Germany,  November  21,  1843.  He  was  reared 
and  educated  in  that  country  and  when  a  youth  of  eighteen  came  to  America.  Cross- 
ing the  Atlantic,  he  remained  a  resident  of  New  York  for  several  years  or  until  1866, 
when  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  several  years  thereafter  was  engaged  in  the  butch- 
ering  business   at   Black   Hawk. 

In  this  state  Mr.  Knaus  was  married  to  Mrs.  Eliza  (Greub)  Bader,  a  native  of 
Switzerland  and  a  daughter  of  Rudolph  and  Elizabeth  Greub,  who  were  also  natives 
of  the  land  of  the  Alps,  where  they  resided  until  1852  and  then  made  the  voyage  to 
the  new  world.  They  first  took  up  their  abode  in  Illinois,  where  they  lived  for  a 
short  time  and  then  removed  to  Missouri,  where  they  continued  to  make  their  home 
until  1864.  In  that  year  they  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Boulder  county.  They 
drove  across  the  country  with  ox  teams  and  three  months  were  required  in  making 
the  trip,  during  which  they  experienced  various  hardships  and  privations,  but  with 
resolute  spirit  they  met  these  in  order  to  establish  a  home  upon  the  frontier.  The 
father  took  up  a  homestead  claim  and  one  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  the  land  which 
he  thus  secured  was  owned  by  Clemens  Knaus.  Upon  his  place  he  built  a  log  cabin 
and  occupied  that  pioneer  dwelling  for  several  years.  Both  he  and  his  wife  passed 
away  in  Colorado. 

Following  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knaus  in  1874,  he  began  farming  upon 
the  land  now  owned  by  his  widow.  Mrs.  Knaus  had  been  previously  married,  her  first 
husband  being  Nicholas  E.  Bader.  Mr.  Bader  came  to  Colorado  in  1859  and  took  up 
land,  devoting  his  energies  mostly  to  stock  raising,  although  he  took  some  interest 
in  mining.  He  was  married  to  Eliza  Greub,  December  25,  1867,  aud  to  this  union 
were  born  three  sons:  William  E.,  Frank  A.  and  George  N.,  all  of  whom  are  living. 
On  December  5,  1873,  Mr.  Bader  passed  away  upon  the  same  place  where  Mrs.  Knaus 
now  resides.  By  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knaus  there  were  ten  children:  John 
A.;  Matilda,  the  wife  of  Roy  Hawley,  of  Rifle,  Colorado;  MoUie,  who  on  January  15, 
1901,  married  Ansel  Duffield,  by  whom  she  has  five  children,  the  family  residing  in 
Roggen,  Weld  county;  Albert;  Clemens;  Fred;  Emma,  the  wife  of  Mat  Oliphant,  of 
Fountain,  Colorado;  Daniel;  Jessie,  the  wife  of  James  Whaley;  and  Carl.  The  chil- 
dren are  all  yet  living,  but  the  family  circle  was  broken  by  the  hand  of  death  when 


648  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

on  the  8th  of  January,  1914,  the  husband  and  father  was  called  to  the  home  beyond, 
his  remains  being  interred  in  the  Burlington  cemetery.  Mrs.  Knaus  still  owns  and 
occupies  the  old  homestead,  comprising  one  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  rich  land  a 
half  mile  north  of  Niwot,  in  Boulder  county.  This  is  splendidly  improved,  all  under 
the  ditch,  and  the  fields  are  now  very  productive,  bringing  forth  substantial  crops 
annually. 


THOMAS   RICHART. 


Thomas  Richart,  deceased,  was  numbered  among  the  prosperous  agriculturists 
of  Boulder  county  and  his  residence  in  that  district  dated  from  pioneer  times,  for 
he  took  up  his  abode  in  Boulder  county  in  1S69.  He  was  born  in  Ohio,  December  1, 
1848,  a  son  of  William  and  Nancy  Richart,  who  were  natives  of  Ohio.  On  leaving 
that  state  they  removed  to  Iowa  in  1S56  and  there  both  passed  away.  Their  family 
numbered  five  children,  three  of  whom  are  now  living. 

Thomas  Richart  was  reared  and  educated  in  Benton  county.  Iowa,  and  when 
a  youth  of  about  twenty  years  came  to  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  the  year  1869  wit- 
nessing his  arrival.  Great  indeed  have  been  the  changes  which  have  occurred  since 
that  time.  As  there  were  no  railroads  in  the  district,  he  followed  freighting  for 
a  number  of  years,  making  trips  across  the  plains  when  such  a  journey  involved 
many  hardships  and  ofttimes  dangers.  He  afterward  turned  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing near  Niwot,  purchasing  land  in  1876.  Throughout  his  remaining  days  his  atten- 
tion was  given  to  its  further  development  and  improvement  and  he  made  it  a  val- 
uable   farm    property. 

In  Colorado,  in  1876,  Mr.  Richart  was  married  to  Mrs.  Mary  (Shepard)  Gates, 
who  was  born  in  Appanoose  county,  Iowa,  in  1857.  a  daughter  of  David  L.  and  Mary 
S.  (Osborn)  Shepard.  Her  father  was  born  in  Ohio,  while  her  mother  was  a  native 
of  Pike  county,  Illinois.  They  were  married  in  Iowa  and  came  to  Colorado  in  June, 
1861,  both  spending  their  remaining  days  in  this  state.  They  had  a  family  of  six 
children,  of  whom  three  are  now  living.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richart  were  born  six  chil- 
dren: Thomas  M.,  William  L.  and  John,  all  now  deceased;  Mary  A.,  the  wife  of 
Jesse  Anson;  David  !^rl  Roy.  who  is  now  in  France  with  the  United  States  army, 
being  a  musician  in  Headquarters  Company  No.  341;  and  Henry  George,  who  is  with 
his  mother  upon  the  farm.  By  her  former  marriage  Mrs.  Richart  liad  a  daughter, 
Martha  S.,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Orange  P.  Wirick,  of  Los  Angeles,  California. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Richart  occurred  January  24,  1918,  and  he  was  laid  to  rest 
in  Niwot  cemetery,  leaving  a  widow  and  three  children  to  mourn  his  loss.  Mrs. 
Richart  still  owns  the  home  farm  comprising  eighty  acres,  all  of  which  is  improved 
and  is  well  irrigated.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Grange  and  also  of  the  Seventh  Day 
Adventist  church.  Mr.  Richart  was  held  in  high  esteem  as  a  pioneer  resident,  as 
a  progressive  citizen,  representative  farmer  and  honorable  man.  With  her  husband, 
Mrs.  Richart  shared  in  the  high  regard  of  all  who  knew  them  and  she  has  an  ex- 
tensive circle  of  warm  friends  in  her  part  of  the  state. 


JOHN  W.   CLINE. 


John  W.  Cllne,  deceased,  was  born  in  Canada  on  the  23d  of  September,  1825,  and 
passed  away  in  the  year  1S93.  For  some  time  prior  to  his  demise  he  had  been  a 
resident  of  Colorado,  connected  with  the  agricultural  interests  of  Adams  county. 
He  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  country  and  in  1859  he  came  to  Colorado, 
settling  in  Adams  county,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead  and  remained  to  the  time 
of  his  demise.  Throughout  his  life  he  carried  on  farm  work  and  his  energy  and 
persistency  of  purpose  were  strong  elements  in  the  development  of  his  land,  which 
he  converted  into  a  rich  and  productive  farm,  while  the  sale  of  his  crops  brought 
to  him  a   substantial  annual  income. 

Mr.  Cline  was  married  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Smith,  a  native  of  Clinton  county.  New 
York,  and  a  daughter  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  McGovern,  both  of  whom  were  natives 
of  Ireland.  They  came  to  America  when  young  people  and  after  living  tor  some 
time  in  the  Empire  state  removed  to  Wisconsin,  where  their  remaining  days  were 
passed.  Their  family  numbered  fourteen  children,  three  of  whom  survive.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Cline  became  the  parents  of  five  children,  but  John  E.  and  Bessie  J.,  the  first 
two,  have  passed  away.     C.   Henry  is  living  on   the  old  homestead   farm,   Lucy   M.   IS 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  649 

also  at  home  and  Alice  E.  is  the  wife  of  A.  P.  Ertz.  The  family  circle  was  again 
broken  by  the  hand  of  death  when  in  1893  Mr.  Cline  was  called  to  his  final  rest,  his 
remains  being  interred  in  the  Riverside  cemetery  at  Denver.  He  had  led  an  active 
and  useful  life  which  was  quietly  passed,  but  the  sterling  worth  of  his  character 
was  recognized  by  his  associates  and  gained  for  him  the  respect  and  goodwill  of 
all.  His  widow  still  occupies  the  old  homestead,  of  which  she  has  sold  a  part,  but 
she  still  owns  sixty-seven  acres  from  which  she  derives  a  good  income.  Excellent  im- 
provements and  fine  buildings  have  been  placed  upon  the  farm  and  it  is  one  of  the 
attractive   properties   of   Adams   county. 

Mrs.  Cline  is  one  of  the  few  remaining  pioneer  women  of  Colorado.  She  was 
born  in  New  York,  May  3,  1845,  and  was  but  three  years  of  age  when  her  parents 
removed  to  Iowa  county,  Wisconsin,  where  they  were  pioneers.  Her  father  par- 
ticipated in  the  early  Indian  fighting,  and  was  also  one  of  the  first  to  engage  in 
lead  mining  in  that  region. 

On  February  9,  1865,  Elizabeth  McGovern,  now  Mrs.  Cline,  married  Patrick  Smith, 
a  native  of  Ireland,  who  had  come  to  America  when  a  boy  of  sixteen  years.  The 
young  couple  went  to  New  York,  and  thence,  by  boat,  to  Panama.  They  sailed  on 
the  ship.  Ocean  Queen,  which  afterwards  became  a  training  ship  for  the  United 
States  navy.  The  trip  being  made  during  war  times,  the  vessel  was  convoyed  by 
gunboats  and  guarded  by  a  detachment  of  marines,  since  much  mail  and  important 
government  papers  were  aboard  the  boat.  Having  crossed  the  isthmus  they  em- 
barked on  the  famous  old  ship.  Constitution,  and  after  a  voyage  of  four  weeks  and 
tour  days  landed  at  San  Francisco,  whence  they  proceeded,  by  boat  up  the  river 
to  Sacramento.  There  purchasing  a  team  and  supplies,  they  went  to  Virginia  City, 
and  still  later,  on  into  Montana.  During  the  trip,  the  driver  mutinied  and  Mrs. 
Smith  taking  the  reins  herself  drove  the  four  mule  team  through  the  mountain 
passes  of  the  Sierras.  In  Montana  a  party  was  organized  to  make  the  journey  to* 
Colorado,  Mrs.  Smith  being  one  of  three  women  in  the  party.  They  arrived  in  Denver 
on  the  2d  of  October,  1865.  and  within  a  few  weeks  located  on  a  tract  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  in  what  is  now  Adams  county,  where  the  home  is  still  maintained. 
Mr.  Smith  died  in  1870.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  were  bom  two  children:  James, 
who  resides  upon  a  part  of  the  original  homestead;  and  Mary  Isabel,  now  Mrs.  George 
F.  Decatur,  and  they  also  occupy  a  part  of  the  old  homestead. 


J.  A.   WILLIAMSON. 

J.  A.  Williamson,  the  postmaster  and  one  of  the  merchants  of  Barr  Lake,  was  born 
in  Portage  county,  Ohio.  December  6,  1845,  his  parents  being  Allen  and  Margaret 
(Wilson)  Williamson.  The  father  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  while  the  mother  was  a 
native  of  Ohio,  in  which  state  they  were  married.  There  they  resided  for  some  time 
and  the  mother  passed  away  in  that  state,  after  which  the  father  came  to  Colorado 
in  1870  and  spent  his  last  days  in  the  west.  Their  family  numbered  three  children, 
two  of  whom  survive. 

J.  A.  Williamson  spent  his  boyhood  days  under  the  parental  roof  and  in  the  acquire- 
ment of  his  education  attended  the  public  schools.  With  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
war.  however,  his  patriotic  spirit  was  aroused,  and  although  he  was  yet  a  youth  in 
his  teens,  he  responded  to  the  country's  call  for  aid,  joining  the  Union  army  as  one  of 
the  boys  in  blue  of  Company  M,  Ninth  Ohio  Cavalry.  He  served  with  that  command 
for  two  years  and  although  he  was  frequently  on  active  duty  in  the  thickest  of  the 
fight,  he  was  never  wounded.  He  was  with  Sherman  on  the  celebrated  march  to  the 
sea  and  took  part  in  all  of  the  engagements  of  that  campaign.  He  never  faltered  in  the 
performance  of  duty,  and  his  bravery  and  valor  were  recognized  by  all  of  his  comrades. 

When  the  war  was  over  Mr.  Williamson  returned  to  his  Ohio  home  and  was 
mustered  out  at  Columbus,  that  state.  He  continued  to  live  in  Ohio  until  1870,  when 
attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the  west,  he  made  his  way  to  Colorado,  settling  in 
Denver,  where  he  resided  for  about  fourteen  years.  In  1884  he  returned  to  the  Mis- 
sissippi valley,  taking  up  his  abode  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  he  lived  for  three 
years,  during  which  time  he  was  employed  at  the  Union  stock  yards.  In  August,  1887, 
he  went  to  California,  settling  at  Oakland,  where  he  worked  for  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad  Company  as  a  conductor.  He  continued  upon  the  western  coast  until  1896, 
when  he  came  to  Adams  county,  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  merchandising,  opening 
a  store  at  Barr  Lake.  Here  he  has  since  remained  and  has  steadily  conducted  his 
business  with  good   success.     He   carries  an   attractive   line   of  goods   and   is   enjoying 


650  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

a  gratifying  patronage.  During  the  period  of  his  early  residence  in  Colorado  he  was 
a  conductor  and  also  an  engineer,  being  one  of  tlie  first  conductors  running  on  a 
train   into  Denver. 

In  1S76  Mr.  Williamson  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  Lahr,  who  was  born  in  New 
York,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Dorothy  Lahr.  They  own  the  residence  which  they 
occupy  and  Mr.  Williamson  has  forty-three  lots  in  the  town  and  the  store  building 
in  which  he  conducts  business.  In  1897  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Barr  Lake 
and  has  since  served  under  different  administrations,  being  reappointed  under  civil 
service  rule  in  1914.  His  political  allegiance  has  been  unfalteringly  given  to  the 
republican  party  since  he  cast  his  first  presidential  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln.  He 
has  served  as  secretary  of  the  school  board  for  eleven  years  and  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion finds  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  In  fact  his  aid  and  influence  are  always  given 
on  the  side  of  progress  and  advancement  and  his  work  has  been  a  potent  force  in  the 
upbuilding  of  the  community  in   which  he  makes  his  home. 


JAMES  A.  M.  CROUCH. 

James  A.  M.  Crouch  is  the  proprietor  of  Crouch  Brothers'  department  store  at  Port 
Morgan,  and  a  most  alert  and  energetic  business  man  whos'e  high  standing  in  commercial 
circles  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  he  has  been  chosen  for  the  presidency  of  the  Colorado 
Retail  Clothiers  Association.  Carefully  looking  after  every  phase  of  the  trade,  he  has'  so 
directed  his  efforts  and  energies  that  splendid  results  have  accrued  and  the  wisdom  of 
his  opinions  in  relation  to  trade  interests  is  acknowledged  by  many  of  the  merchants  of 
the  state. 

Mr.  Crouch  is  a  native  of  eastern  Tennessee.  He  was  born  November  23,  1865,  a  son 
of  the  Rev.  George  A.  and  Emeline  (Cox)  Crouch,  who  were  natives  of  Kentucky  and 
of  Tennessee,  respectively.  The  father  was  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  church,  devoting 
his  entire  life  to  the  work  of  preaching  the  gospel,  both  as  an  evangelist  and  as  pastor. 
He  was  instrumental  in  building  a  number  of  churches  in  his  time  and  labored  most 
earnestly  and  untiringly  for  the  cause,  largely  in  Missouri.  He  baptized  more  than  three 
thousand  people,  and  thus  his  work  was  of  the  greatest  influence  with  those  among  whom 
he  lived  and  labored.  He  served  as  chaplain  of  a  Home  Guard  regiment  during  the  Civil 
war  and  at  all  times  his  labors  and  influence  were  a  potent  element  for  good.  He  died 
March  18.  1911.  and  his  memory  still  remains  as  a  blessed  benediction  to  many  who  knew 
him.     His  wife,  a  most  estimable  lady,  passed  away  June  24,  1908. 

James  A.  M.  Crouch  was  reared  in  Missouri  and  attended  the  public  schools  of  Breck- 
enridge,  Gallatin  and  Chillicothe.  after  which  he  was  graduated  from  La  Grange  College 
at  La  Grange.  Missouri.  Later,  in  Kentucky,  he  pursued  a  course  in  the  Louisville 
Seminary,  covering  a  year  and  a  half,  and  afterward  he  spent  three  years  as  a 
student  in  the  Rochester  Baptist  Theological  Seminary  at  Rochester,  New  York,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1895.  He,  too.  took  up  the  work  of  the  ministry 
and  accepted  a  pastorate  at  St.  Louis.  Missouri,  serving  the  Euclid  Avenue  Baptist  church 
for  five  years.  He  also  acted  as  supply  pastor  during  his  seminary  course  at  Rochester, 
New  York,  and  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  at  different  periods  he  worked  in  stores  at  various 
places  from  time  to  time.  He  thus  spent  thirteen  years  of  his  life,  when  his  health  failed, 
and  he  then  accepted  a  position  on  the  road  as  salesman  out  of  St.  Louis,  with  head- 
quarters in  Denver.  He  traveled  in  Colorado,  Wyoming,  New  Mexico  and  a  large  part 
of  Kansas  and  Nebraska  for  a  year  and  a  half.  On  the  11th  of  April,  1901,  he  came  to 
Fort  Morgan,  where  he  purchased  a  little  store,  and  from  time  to  time  he  has  added  to 
liis  stock  and  made  removals  in  order  to  secure  larger  facilities,  until. he  now  occupies 
three  floors  of  the  Morgan  County  National  Bank  building.  He  started  with  two  clerks, 
and  today  employs  thirty  to  thirty-five  salespeople,  in  addition  to  which  he  does  a  large 
mail  order  business,  so  that  his  postage  in  the  past  year  cost  him  more  than  his  rent 
did  during  the  first  three  years  that  he  was  in  business,  and  his  average  gross  income 
per  month  during  the  past  year  was  more  than  the  entire  first  year's  business.  His  trade 
is  increasing  every  year  and  is  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  Crouch  Brothers, 
although  the  brother  now  has  no  interest  in  the  business.  It  was  he,  however,  who 
started  Mr.  Crouch  of  this  review  in  business,  and  the  firm  style  has  since  been  main- 
tained as  a  compliment  to  the  brother.  Mr.  Crouch  carries  an  enormous  stock  of  goods 
and  draws  business  from  five  different  counties  in  this  part  of  the  state.  The  business 
In  all  of  its  departments  is  most  carefully  systematized  and  wisely  directed.  He  studies 
every  principle  and  detail  bearing  upon  the  conduct  of  the  trade  and  his  sound  judgment 


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652  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  progressive  methods  are  manifest  in  the  excellent  results  which  have  been  secured. 
Mr.  Crouch  is  also  engaged  quite  largely  in  buying  and  developing  farms  in  Colorado.  He 
has  improved  several  farms  in  his  section  of  the  state,  which  he  has  sold,  and  he  owns 
still  others  in  Morgan  county.  He  sells  on  the  installment  plan  to  people  who  are  not 
able  to  purchase  outright,  and  he  now  has  five  farms  sold  on  contract. 

On  the  11th  of  December,  1895,  Mr.  Crouch  was  married  to  Miss  Lora  Schoppe,  and 
to  them  were  born  three  children:  Marjorie  S.,  who  was  born  July  11,  1897,  and  is  now 
attending  the  Colorado  State  University  at  Boulder;  and  J.  Donald  and  J.  Douglas,  twins, 
born  September  11,  1902. 

Politically  Mr.  Crouch  maintains  an  independent  course.  His  religious  faith  is  that 
of  the  Baptist  church,  to  which  he  has  always  loyally  adhered,  and  he  is  now  serving  as 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school,  while  his  wife  enjoys  a  wide  and  well  merited 
reputation  as  a  most  successful  primary  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school.  He  has  been 
elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  Men's  University  Club  of  Fort  Morgan  and  Mrs. 
Crouch  is  the  first  president  of  the  Women's  University  Club.  Mr.  Crouch  was  for- 
merly president  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  has  ever  cooperated  heartily  in  plans 
and  measures  for  the  good  of  the  city.  He  is  president  of  the  Colorado  Retail  Clothiers 
Association  and  the  value  of  his  ideas  is  recognized  by  all  with  whom  he  has  been  brought 
in  contact  through  this  organization  or  through  direct  business  connections.  There  are  not 
many  towns  of  this  size  in  the  state  which  have  a  store  like  that  owned  by  Mr.  Crouch, 
who  keeps  in  touch  with  progressive  business  ideas  through  reading  of  the  trade  journals, 
while  from  his  personal  experience  he  is  always  gaining  valuable  lessons.  Important  and 
extensive  as  are  his  business  affairs,  however,  he  always  finds  time  for  cooperating  in 
movements  for  the  general  good,  and  is  now  chairman  of  the  war  activities  board  of 
Morgan  county,  devoting  much  of  his  time  to  this  work.  The  county  was  the  first  in  the 
United  States  to  report  an  over-subscription  to  the  first  Red  Cross  drive,  going  over  the 
top  with  more  than  one  hundred  per  cent.  He  brings  systematic  effort  to  his  work  in 
this  connection,  and  under  the  guidance  of  Mr.  Crouch.  Morgan  county  has  indeed  made 
a  most  splendid  record  in  connection  with  war  interests. 


GEORGE  B.   CULLINGS. 


George  B.  Cullings.  devoting  his  attention  to  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Adams 
county,  was  born  in  Green  Lake  county,  Wisconsin,  on  the  9th  of  December.  186.3,  a 
son  of  George  and  Juliet  (Appleton)  Cullings.  The  father  was  a  native  of  the  state 
of  New  York,  while  the  mother's  birth  occurred  in  the  state  of  New  Jersey.  They 
became  early  residents  of  Wisconsin  and  were  married  in  that  state,  after  which  the 
father  devoted  his  attention  to  the  occupation  of  farming.  He  later  removed  with  his 
family  to  Dade  county,  Missouri,  where  they  lived  for  three  years,  and  in  ISSl  became 
residents  of  Taylor  county.  Iowa,  where  they  resided  until  1892.  In  that  year  they 
started  westward  for  Colorado  and  established  their  home  upon  a  farm  in  Pueblo 
county.  In  189S,  however,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cullings  returned  to  Iowa  and  their  remaining 
days  were  passed  in  that  state.  They  had  a  family  of  ten  children,  two  of  whom  have 
departed  this  life,  while  eight  are  yet  living. 

George  B.  Cullings  is  indebted  to  the  public  school  systems  of  Missouri  and  Iowa 
for  the  education  opportunities  which  he  enjoyed  and  which  qualified  him  for  life's 
practical  and  responsible  duties.  In  1884  he  went  to  Nebraska  and  took  up  a  home- 
stead in  Frontier  county,  residing  upon  that  property  for  eleven  years.  In  1895  he 
removed  to  Taylor  county,  Iowa,  where  he  again  settled  upon  a  farm,  continuing  its 
cultivation  for  about  fourteen  years,  or  until  1909,  when  he  established  his  home  in 
Morgan  county,  Colorado,  where  he  purchased  land.  He  was  for  two  years  proprietor 
of  a  feed  store  at  Fort  Morgan,  after  which  he  sold  his  interests  in  that  locality  and 
made  investment  in  the  farm  upon  which  he  now  resides  in  Adams  county.  He  has 
here  on  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  good  land,  most  of  which  is  under  ditch,  and 
nearly  the  entire  farm  is  planted  to  alfalfa.  He  is  also  engaged  quite  extensively  in 
raising  hogs  and  horses,  making  a  specialty  of  Duroc  Jersey  hogs.  This  branch  of  his 
business  is  proving  very  profitable  and  he  has  made  for  himself  a  most  creditable 
position  among  the  energetic  and  prosperous  farmers  and  stock  raisers  of  his  section 
of  the  state. 

Mr.  Cullings  was  married  in  1886  to  Miss  Maggie  Bennett,  a  native  of  Illinois,  and 
they  became  the  parents  of  five  daughters:  Gertrude,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Walter 
Lowrie,   of   Taylor   county,   Iowa;    Grace,  the   wife   of  Thomas   P.   McCormick,   of   Den- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  653 

ver.  Colorado;  Eleanor,  the  wife  of  William  Waters,  of  Denver;  Margaret,  now  a 
student  in  high  school;  and  Eloise,  also  attending  high  school.  The  wife  and  mother 
passed  away  in  1907  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  a  cemetery  in  Iowa,  leaving  husband  and 
five  children  to  mourn  her  loss. 

Mr.  Cullings  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  camp  at  Rose  Hill  and  is  also 
identified  with  the  Grange.  His  political  endorsement  is  given  to  the  republican 
party  and  he  is  now  serving  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  in  his  district  but  has 
never  been  a  politician  in  the  sense  of  ofBce  seeking.  With  him  persistent  energy 
has  brought  its  due  reward.  He  started  out  in  life  empty-handed  and  has  worked 
strenuously,  his  earnest  efforts  bringing  to  him  substantial  success.  He  made  work 
the  rule  of  his  life  and  his  indefatigable  energy  has  placed  him  among  the  well-to-do 
citizens  and  representative  farmers  of  Adams  county. 


HANS    R.    HOLLING. 


Hans  R.  HoUing,  who  is  engaged  in  ranching  and  stock  raising  near  Mount 
Morrison,  was  born  in  Germany  on  the  24th  of  May,  1871,  a  son  of  Glaus  and  Anna 
HoUing.  The  father  died  when  the  son  was  but  seven  years  of  age.  The  latter  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country  and  then  came  to  the  United  States, 
settling  in  Nebraska.  He  followed  farming  in  that  state  until  1903,  after  which  he 
removed  westward  to  Colorado  for  the  benefit  of  his  health.  A  year  later  he  pur- 
chased four  hundred  and  seventy  acres  of  land  in  Jefferson  county,  near  Mount  Mor- 
rison, and  has  since  engaged  in  the  raising  of  hay  and  grain,  hogs  and  cattle.  He 
has  not  only  won  a  substantial  measure  of  success  in  the  conduct  of  his  business 
interests  but  has  also  won  what  is  still  better — good  health  in  the  climate  of  Colo- 
rado. Aside  from  his  farming  interests,  which  are  wisely,  carefully  and  profitably 
conducted,  he  is  a  director  of  the  Bergen  Ditch  &  Reservoir  Company  and  is  much 
interested   in  the  subject  of  well  developed  and  adequate  irrigation. 

Near  Omaha,  Nebraska,  on  the  7th  of  July,  1903,  Mr.  Holling  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Mrs.  Helen  E.  Soenke.  who  was  born  and  reared  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  a 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Catherine  Puck.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holling  are  members  of  the 
Grange  and  his  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  While  he  has 
never  been  an  aspirant  for  political  office,  he  has  served  as  school  director.  He  co- 
operates in  all  well  defined  plans,  and  movements  for  the  general  good  and  in  his 
business  affairs  has  so  carefully  and  wisely  directed  his  activities  that  he  has  gained 
a  substantial  measure  of  success. 


ROCKWOOD   G.  WEBSTER. 


Rockwood  G.  Webster  followed  farming  in  Adams  county  for  many  years  but 
is  now  living  retired,  enjoying  a  rest  which  he  has  truly  earned  and  richly  deserves. 
He  was  born  in  Aurora,  Illinois,  December  10,  1839,  a  son  of  Moore  R.  and  Mary 
(McCrelliss)  Webster,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  New  Hampshire.  They  removed 
to  Illinois  in  1831  and  settled  in  Kane  county,  taking  up  their  abode  upon  a  farm 
which  continued  to  be  their  place  of  residence  throughout  their  remaining  days. 
The  father  was  a  second  cousin  of  the  distinguished  American  statesman.  Daniel 
Webster,  and  also  a  cousin  of  Noah  Webster,  the  lexicographer.  In  the  family  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  R.  Webster  were  five  children,  but  Rockwood  G.  is  the  only 
one   now   living. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof,  Rockwood  G.  Webster  pur- 
sued his  education  in  the  schools  of  Aurora.  Illinois,  after  which  he  remained  with 
his  parents  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty  and  then  went  to  Chicago,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  for  eight  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period 
he  removed  to  Sterling.  Illinois,  where  he  carried  on  mercantile  interests  until  1S69. 
He  then  sold  out  and  came  to  Colorado,  settling  near  Denver,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  cattle  business  for  eighteen  years.  In  1871  he  purchased  the  farm  whereon  he 
now  resides  in  Adams  county,  comprising  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  all  of 
which  is  under  ditch  and  is  highly  improved.  He  has  introduced  irrigation  and 
made  all  of  the  improvements  upon  the  farm  himself  and  has  made  his  property 
very  valuable.  Here  he  is  extensively  and  successfully  engaged  in  raising  horses 
and  is  considered  an  authority  upon  anything  connected  with  the  business. 


654  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

In  1860  Mr.  Webster  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  D.  Cook  and  to  tliem 
were  born  three  children:  Charles  H.,  now  a  resident  of  California;  Edward  E., 
deceased;  and  Mary  D.,  the  widow  of  Ray  Watson  and  a  resident  of  Greeley,  Colo- 
rado. The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  1S93  and  in  1897  Mr.  Webster  was  again 
married,  his  second  union  being  with  Mrs.  Mary  F.  Randall,  the  widow  of  W.  F. 
Randall.     By   her  former   marriage   she  had   one  son,   R.   J.   Randall. 

Mr.  Webster  served  on  the  school  board  in  his  home  neighborhood  for  several 
years.  He  is  a  stanch  democrat  in  politics,  having  given  stalwart  support  to  the 
party  since  attaining  his  majority.  For  eight  years  he  has  filled  the  office  of  county 
commissioner,  making  a  most  creditable  record  in  that  position,  as  is  indicated  in 
his  reelection.  He  has  closely  studied  the  welfare  of  the  community  and  has  exercised 
his  official  prerogatives  in  support  of  all  plans  and  measures  whicli  he  believes  will 
benefit  the  county  in  any  way.  He  is  widely  recognized  as  a  man  of  genuine  per- 
sonal worth.  He  has  a  beautiful  farm  on  which  he  has  planted  trees  along  both, 
sides  of  the  road  and  some  of  these  are  now  two  feet  in  thickness.  For  an  extended 
period  he  was  one  of  the  leading  agriculturists  of  Adams  county  and  is  still  iden- 
tified with  farming  and  stock  raising  interests,  although  at  the  present  time  he 
largely  leaves  the  work  of  his  place  to  others,  while  he  is  enjoying  well  earned  rest. 


GEORGE   W.  WILSON. 


George  W.  Wilson  is  now  enjoying  well  earned  rest,  having  retired  from  active 
business  after  many  years'  connection  with  ranchmg  in  Colorado.  At  the  present 
time  he  makes  his  home  in  Berthoud  and  the  industry  of  former  years  provides  him 
with  all  of  the  comforts  and  some  of  the  luxuries  of  life.  He  has  passed  the  seventy- 
sixth  milestone  on  life's  journey,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Tazewell  county,  Illinois, 
December  31,  1842.  He  is  a  son  of  Christopher  H.  and  Asenath  (Phinney)  Wilson, 
who  were  pioneer  settlers  of  Illinois,  where  they  located  in  the  early  '30s.  The  father 
became  a  farmer  of  that  state,  there  carrying  on  general  agricultural  pursuits  until 
1S45,  when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Monroe  county,  Iowa,  where  he  purchased 
and  improved  land.  The  journey  westward  was  made  in  a  prairie  schooner  with  five 
yoke  of  cattle  and  a  saddle  horse.  After  taking  up  his  abode  in  Monroe  county  he  con- 
tinued to  develop  his  farm  there  until  1851,  when  he  sold  the  property  and  settled  on 
the  Cedar  river  in  Blackhawk  county,  where  he  also  developed  and  improved  a  farm, 
continuing  its  cultivation  until  1856.  His  health  then  failed  and  he  removed  to  Wapello 
county  in  southern  Iowa,  where  he  purchased  another  farm  which  he  converted  into 
rich  and  productive  fields,  devoting  his  remaining  days  to  its  improvement.  He 
passed  away  in  April,  1862,  after  which  his  widow  continued  the  cultivation  of  the  old 
homestead  until  1898,  when  she  gave  up  the  farm  and  went  to  live  with  her  children, 
passing  away  on   Decoration   day  of  1910. 

George  W.  Wilson  was  reared  and  educated  in  Iowa  and  remained  with  his 
parents  until  he  had  attained  his  majority.  In  1864  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling 
first  at  Central  City.  At  the  time  of  the  big  Indian  scare  in  Denver  he  and  his 
brother-in-law  were  called  in  to  help  fight  the  red  men,  but  the  battle  did  not  materi- 
alize. However,  he  was  sent  out  on  scout  duty.  Later  he  worked  at  Central  City, 
chopping  wood  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He  subsequently  devoted  two  years  to  teaming 
and  then  took  up  his  abode  in  the  valley  near  Golden,  where  he  cultivated  rented 
land  for  two  years.  He  afterward  engaged  in  freighting  between  Cheyenne  and 
Denver,  carrying  on  that  work  for  about  two  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he 
became  attive  in  the  building  of  the  railroad  between  Denver  and  Cheyenne,  giving 
his  attention  to  that  work  through  one  summer.  He  next  returned  to  Central  City, 
where  he  took  up  dairying  and  also  acquired  land.  He  carried  on  farming  there  for 
six  and  a  half  years,  and  as  there  were  fine  springs  upon  the  ranch  which  he  owned  and 
the  city  needed  water,  he  began  selling  water  and  also  sold  milk.  Later  he  piped  the 
water  into  the  town,  a  distance  of  two  and  a  half  miles,  but  as  he  had  a  very  limited 
capital  it  was  a  pretty  slow  process  to  develop  a  water  system.  However,  the  springs 
upon  his  place  continued  as  a  source  of  the  city  water  supply  for  fifteen  years  and  he 
also  hauled  water  to  the  mines  and  as  far  as  Idaho  Springs  but  finally  sold  out  to  the 
city.  He  left  Central  City,  however,  ten  years  before  he  sold  the  property  and  took 
up  his  abode  in  Larimer  county,  Colorado.  He  moved  onto  land  upon  which  he  had 
previously  filed  and  set  about  improving  the  tract,  which  was  three  miles  west  of 
Berthoud.  He  continued  to  carry  on  farming  there  for  a  decade,  after  which  he  sold 
and  bought  another  farm  in  Larimer  county  a  mile  south  of  Berthoud,  which  he  cul- 


GEORGE  W.  WILSON 


MRS.  PERMELIA  WILSON  MRS.  SARAH  A.  WILSON 


656  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

tlvated  until  January,  1907.  He  then  took  up  his  abode  in  the  town,  in  which  he  has 
since  made  his  home,  but  he  and  his  son  purchased  a  half  section  of  land  in  Weld  county 
and  operated  this  together  for  four  years,  when  Mr.  Wilson  retired  permanently  from 
business  life,  although  he  is  still  the  owner  of  the  land,  from  which  he  derives  a  sub- 
stantial annual  income,  which,  together  with  his  other  savings  and  investments,  sup- 
plies him   with  all  of  the  comforts  and  many  of  the  luxuries  of  life. 

In  September,  1864,  Mr.  Wilson  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  A.  Cross,  a  daughter 
of  Lewis  and  Susan  (Median)  Cross,  who  were  natives  of  Indiana.  The  father  was 
a  farmer  in  Iowa  until  1860,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Central  City, 
where  he  followed  mining  and  teaming  for  about  six  years.  He  then  removed  to  a 
farm  near  Golden  and  Improved  it,  continuing  its  cultivation  for  some  time.  He  later 
came  to  Larimer  county  and  took  up  a  homestead  which  he  cultivated  throughout 
his  remainirig  days.  Both  he  and  his  wife  died  in  the  '70s.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson 
were  born  ten  children,  of  whom  three  passed  away  in  infancy.  Those  still  living  are: 
Charles  L.,  who  follows  farming  near  Campion,  Larimer  county,  and  is  represented  else- 
where in  this  work;  Maude,  the  wife  of  W.  E.  Hankins,  residing  in  Nebraska;  Blanche, 
the  wife  of  Frank  Fen  ton,  of  Wellington,  Colorado;  George  A.,  who  follows  farming  in 
Weld  county;  Susan,  the  wife  of  Robert  Longan,  living  seven  miles  west  of  Grover, 
Colorado;  Asenath,  the  wife  of  Luther  Kerns,  a  farmer  of  Weld  county;  and  Frank 
G..  residing  at  Coquille,  Oregon.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  September, 
18S7.  and  on  the  8th  of  June,  1893,  Mr.  Wilson  was  married  to  Permelia  Harris,  a 
daughter  of  Beverly  and  Rhoda  (Lane)  Searcy,  who  were  natives  of  Kentucky.  Her 
father  became  a  pioneer  settler  of  Iowa,  building  the  iirst  house  at  Chariton,  and  he 
was  sheriff  at  Burlington,  Iowa,  in  an  early  day.  He  served  as  a  detective  during 
the  Civil  war  and  was  also  on  active  duty  in  the  Mexican  and  Civil  wars.  He  later 
went  to  Kansas,  where  his  last  days  were  passed,  but  his  wife's  death  occurred  during 
the   period   of  the  Civil  war. 

In  politics  Mr.  Wilson  has  maintained  an  independent  course.  He  has  served  as 
justice  of  the  peace,  filling  the  office  for  two  years,  but  otherwise  has  not  sought  nor 
desired  political  preferment  save  that  he  was  a  member  of  the  city  council  when  at 
Central  City.  He  belongs  to  the  Farmers'  Union  and  for  years  has  been  a  faithful 
and  devoted  member  of  the  United  Brethren  church.  For  about  twenty  years  he  was 
a  member  of  the  school  board  and  did  all  in  his  power  to  advance  educational  interests 
in  the  district  in  which  he  makes  his  home.  His  aid  and  influence  have  ever  been 
given  on  the  side  of  advancement  and  improvement  and  he  has  supported  all  plans 
for  the  material,  intellectual,  social  and  moral  progress  of  his  community. 


CHAUNCEY  JEROME  PARRETT. 

For  thirty-six  years  Chauncey  Jerome  Farrett  was  a  valued  and  respected  citizen 
of  Colorado.  He  won  a  notable  measure  of  success  as  a  sheep  raiser  and  his  life 
record  was  of  inspirational  value  to  others  in  that  it  indicated  what  could  be  accom- 
plished through  personal  effort  and  ambition.  Mr.  Farrett  was  born  in  Goshen.  In- 
diana, a  son  of  David  Parrett.  who  was  a  native  of  Ohio  but  in  early  manhood  removed 
to  Goshen,  where  he  lived  until  he  established  his  home  in  Marshalltown.  Iowa,  as 
one  of  its  earliest  settlers.  There  he  turned  his  attention  to  merchandising  and 
continued  active  in  commercial  circles  until  his  retirement  from  business.  He  lived 
to  an  advanced  age  and  both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  Marshalltown.  They 
were  the  parents  of  a  family  of  five  sons  and  one  daughter.  Two  of  the  sons,  W.  B., 
who  afterward  went  to  the  Pacific  coast,  and  Milton  L.,  a  resident  of  Marshalltown, 
were  soldiers  of  the  Union  army  in  the  Civil  war,  the  former  enlisting  in  the  Fifth 
Iowa  Infantry,  while  the  latter  became  a  member  of  the  Twenty-third  regiment  from 
that  state.  Another  son,  Arthur,  became  the  editor  of  the  Iowa  Times-Republican, 
while  D.  O.   Parrett   made  his  home   in   Denver. 

In  1865.  when  a  small  boy,  Chauncey  Jerome  Parrett  made  two  trips  from  Omaha 
to  Denver  in  company  with  his  brother,  Milton  L.,  who  was  engaged  in  freighting 
on  the  western  plains.  The  year  1871  witnessed  his  arrival  in  California.  He  spent 
a  short  time  near  Sacramento  but  returned  to  Denver  after  an  absence  of  eighteen 
months.  He  took  up  his  abode  in  Colorado  in  1874,  at  which  time  he  began  sheep 
raising  on  a  ranch  near  Byers,  on  the  Bijou,  in  Arapahoe  county.  From  that  time 
forward  his  success  w^s  continuous.  In  1893  he  established  feed  yards  in  St.  Marys, 
Kansas,  which  he  owned  for  many  years,  there  feeding  about  fifteen  thousand  sheep. 
As  time  passed  he  acquired  the  ownership  of  various   tracts  of  land   in  different  sec-  ■ 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  657 

tions  of  Arapahoe  county  and  upon  these  tracts  largely  pastured  his  sheep.  He 
made  extensive  shipments  to  the  eastern  markets,  finding  his  best  shipping  point 
to  be  Deertrail  in  Arapahoe  county.  In  all  of  his  business  enterprises  he  met  with 
substantial  success.  He  was  a  man  of  keen  judgment  and  business  sagacity  and 
his  sheep  raising  interests  were  most  carefully  and  successfully  managed.  As  he 
prospered  he  acquired  considerable  city  real  estate  and  was  the  owner  of  valuable 
realty  at  the  corner  of  Seventeenth  and  Glenarra  streets  in  Denver  and  a  lot  on  Welton 
street,  between  Sixteenth  and  Seventeenth  streets.  He  also  figured  in  commercial 
circles  in  Byers,  being  interested  with  two  partners  in  one  of  the  leading  stores  of 
that   place. 

In  1890  Mr.  Parrett  removed  to  Denver,  establishing  his  home  on  Downing  ave- 
nue. From  that  point  he  supervised  his  business  affairs  and  as  the  years  passed 
his  financial  resources  continually  increased  by  reason  of  his  wise  and  careful  man- 
agement of  his  business  interests.  He  won  a  very  substantial  measure  of  success 
and  at  all  times  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  goodwill  of  those  with  whom  business 
or  social  relations  brought   him   in  contact. 

Mr.  Parrett  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Maud  Gildersleeve,  a  native  of  Mis- 
souri, who  had  been. brought  to  Denver  by  her  parents  when  this  city  was  in  its'  in- 
fancy.    To  them   were  born  three  children:      Grace,   Blanche   and   Chauncey. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Parrett  was  a  republican,  always  giving  stalwart  sup- 
port to  the  party  and  its  principles  yet  never  seeking  or  desiring  office  for  himself. 
In  1910  he  went  abroad  with  his  family  and  while  traveling  over  the  European  con- 
tinent passed  away  in  Munich,  Germany,  on  the  20th  of  July  of  that  year.  In  his 
passing  the  business  circles  of  Colorado  met  with  a  distinct  loss  and  his  death  was 
deeply  deplored  by  many  friends  as  well  as  by  his  immediate  family.  He  possessed 
sterling  traits  of  character  which  gained  him  the  respect,  confidence  and  goodwill 
of  all  who  knew  him,  and  he  had  made  for  himself  a  creditable  position  as  one  of 
the   representative    stockmen    of   Colorado. 


WILLIAM   R.  KINCAID,   M.   D. 

A  large  and  gratifying  practice  in  Lyons  and  vicinity  along  medical  lines  bespeaks 
the  popularity  as  well  as  knowledge,  experience  and  skill  which  Dr.  William  R.  Kin- 
caid  has  displayed  in  his  professional  labors  since  he  has  been  a  resident  of  the 
city.  However,  this  is  but  one  phase  of  his  activities,  as  he  is  also  proprietor  of 
a  successful  drug  store,  and  along  a  different  line  of  business  is  connected  with  a 
financial  institution,  being  president  of  the  State  Bank  of  Lyons,  a  stibstantial  in- 
stitution which  enjoys  the  full  confidence  of  the  public.  Moreover,  he  serves  at 
present  as  mayor  of  Lyons,  giving  the  city  a  business-like  and  resultant  adminis- 
tration. Born  in  Farmer  City,  Illinois,  September  5,  1872.  Dr.  Kincaid  is  a  son  of 
Andrew  F.  and  Frances  (Ritter)  Kincaid,  natives  of  Kentucky.  The  father  followed 
agricultural  pursuits  throughout  his,  life  and  when  a  child  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Illinois.  At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
Sixth  Illinois  Infantry  and  served  for  three  years  during  that  long  and  sanguinary 
conflict.  He  participated  in  Sherman's  famous  march  to  the  sea.  After  the  strife 
had  subsided  he  returned  to  Illinois  and  in  Dewitt  county  acquired  land,  which  he 
operated  and  improved  tor  many  years,  but  he  lives  now  retired,  he  and  his  wife 
making  their  home  at  Farmer  City. 

William  R.  Kincaid  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  in  the  acquirement 
of  an  education  attended  school  in  Farmer  City.  He  then  took  a  six  months'  busi- 
ness course  at  Quincy,  Illinois,  subsequently  entering  the  medical  department  of 
Northwestern  University  at  Chicago  and  graduating  with  the  class  of  1894.  Having 
received  his  degree,  he  then  established  himself  in  the  metropolis  on  Lake  Michigan 
and  there  practiced  for  a  few  months,  quickly  realizing,  however,  the  difficulties 
confronting  a  young  physician  in  a  large  city.  He  therefore  made  his  way  to  Elk- 
hart. Illinois,  and  there  found  a  fruitful  field  for  his  labors,  remaining  ten  years. 
At  the  end  of  that  period  he  came  to  Colorado,  locating  in  Denver  in  February,  1902, 
and  there  maintained  an  office  for  one  year.  In  1903,  he  came  to  Lyons  and  here 
he  has  since  practiced  with  the  exception  of  the  first  summer,  which  he  spent  upon 
his  ranch.  Dr.  Kincaid  now  has  a  very  large  and  valuable  practice  and  in  the  course 
of  the  fifteen  years  which  he  has  been  established  here  and  had  a  number  of  re- 
markable cures  to  his  credit.  As  his  reputation  as  a  conscientious  and  trustworthy 
physician  has   spread   his   clientage  has  increased  from  year  to  year  and  he  now  de- 

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rives  a  very  gratifying  income  from  this,  source.  He  is  a  deep  student  and  has  ever 
kept  in  close  touch  with  the  latest  methods  in  regard  to  medical  advancement  and, 
moreover,  has  profited  by  his  own  experience.  He  is  careful  in  diagnosis  and  en- 
joys a  high  reputation  as  a  diagnostician,  his  opinion  being  often  solicited  by  other 
physicians  in  difficult  cases.  Dr.  Kincaid  has  not  only  been  medicaf  adviser  to  his 
many  patients  but  has  become  a  fatherly  and  helpful  friend  to  many  of  them. 

In  the  policy  of  the  bank  he  exerts  considerable  influence  and,  moreover,  his  high 
reputation  professionally  and  as  a  citizen  is  a  valuable  asset  of  the  enterprise.  Dr. 
Kincaid  owns  a  ranch  east  of  Lyons  which  he  has  rented  and  he  also  is  part  owner 
in  a  lease  on  another  large  ranch  of  about  two  thousand  acres,  of  which  eight  hun- 
dred  are   under  cultivation. 

In  December,  1893,  Dr.  Kincaid  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jessie  Burford 
and  to  them  were  born  five  children:  Lucille  B.,  whose  birth  occurred  on  the  28th 
of  August,  1S95;  Frances  P.,  born  June  12,  1899;  Nellie  I.,  July  3,  1901;  Helen  M., 
who  was  born  February  22,  1908,  and  died  July  25,  1916;  and  William  R.,  Jr.,  born 
October    19,    1910. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Kincaid  are  a  valuable  addition  to  the  social  set  of  Lyons,  in  which 
they  are  very  popular,  and  their  hospitable  home  is  often  the  meeting  place  of  their 
many  friends.  Five  years  ago  the  Doctor  served  as  mayor  of  Lyons  and  so  well 
did  he  discharge  his  duties  that  recently  he  was  again  elected  to  that  important 
office  and  is  now  giving  the  city  an  administration  foreshadowing  improvements 
which  will  be  of  the  greatest  value  in  the  further  development  of  the  community. 
He  also  is  health  officer  and  as  such  exerts  his  professional  knowledge  in  order  to 
guard  the  lives  of  his  fellow  citizens.  A  number  of  improvements  along  this  line 
have  been  suggested  by  him  and  some  of  them  have  been  put  in  operation  to  good 
advantage.  Along  professional  lines  he  is  a  member  of  the  Boulder  County  Medical 
Society  and  fraternally  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Modem 
Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  political  affiliation  is 
with  the  republican  party,  the  principles  of  which  he  whole-heartedly  upholds.  In 
his  many  endeavors  toward  improvements  along  various  lines  Dr.  Kincaid  stands 
unique  among  the  citizens  of  his  city  and  his  enterprising  spirit  is  greatly  admired 
by  all  those  who  come  in  contact  with  him.  Lyons  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  having 
him  among  its  citizenship,  as  it  is  upon  the  efforts  of  just  such  men  that  the  advance- 
ment of  a  community  largely  depends. 


JEROME  A.  WEIR. 

Jerome  A.  Weir,  of  Colorado  Springs,  seventy-eight  years  of  age  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  was  one  of  those  Colorado  pioneers  who  faced  all  the  hardships  and  priva- 
tions of  pioneer  life,  while  in  arduous  toil  his  efforts  to  reclaim  and  develop  a  wild 
region  were  producing  results  the  benefits  of  which  are  still  enjoyed.  Mr.  Weir  was 
born  in  New  Jersey,  about  fifty  miles  from  New  York  city,  on  the  4th  of  March,  1840, 
and  his  life  record  covered  the  intervening  period  to  the  2d  of  August,  1918,  when  he 
passed  away  in  Colorado  Springs.  His  father.  George  Weir,  was  a  merchant  and  a 
manufacturer  of  agricultural  implements.  He  wedded  Elizabeth  Beaver  and  he  spent 
his  last  days  in  Nauvoo,  Illinois.  The  family  numbered  but  two  sons  and  Austin  H., 
brother  of  Jerome  A.,   is  also  deceased. 

When  eight  years  of  age  Jerome  A.  Weir  became  a  pupil  in  a  private  school  in 
Philadelphia,  but  the  family  soon  afterward  removed  to  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  attended  the  common  schools  for  one  winter.  The  next  removal  took  the 
family  to  Peoria.  Illinois,  and  six  months  afterward  to  Nauvoo.  There  the  father 
passed  away  and  the  mother  subsequently  removed  with  her  sons  to  Moline,  Illinois, 
in  1848.  Later  she  became  a  resident  of  Keithsburg,  Illinois,  but  afterward  returned 
to  Moline.  There  Jerome  A.  Weir  worked  in  the  mills  and  learned  the  lumber  busi- 
ness while  attending  school.  In  the  year  1861,  having  heard  most  interesting  reports 
of  Pike's  Peak  and  the  discovery  of  gold,  he  started  overland  for  the  west  and  finally 
reached  California  Gulch  after  a  six  weeks'  journey  across  the  country.  He  secured 
work  on  a  mining  claim  with  a  promise  of  two  dollars  and  a  half  per  day.  but  when 
three  weeks  had  passed  and  he  received  no  pay  he  went  to  Breckenridge.  Colorado, 
where  he  remained  until  the  following  fall.  He  then  returned  to  his  old  home  in 
Moline,  Illinois,  to  bring  his  brother  and  two  cousins  to  Colorado  with  him.  The 
return  trip  was  one  of  much  excitement,  for  the  members  were  attacked  by  Indians, 
although  they  finally  reached  Denver  in  safety.     From  that  place  Mr.  Weir  made  his 


JEROME  A.  WEIR 


660  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

way  to  Breckenridge  and  in  January,  1863,  camped  on  the  site  of  Canon  City,  while 
subsequently  he  removed  to  Little  Buttes.  There  he  worked  for  a  short  time  at  the 
carpenter's  trade  but  soon  afterward  secured  employment  at  a  sawmill  on  Fountain 
creek,  where  he  labored  until  the  mill  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  August  of  that  year. 
After  the  destruction  of  the  mill,  which  resulted  in  the  loss  of  his  summer's  wages, 
the  company  rented  a  mill  on  the  Divide,  fifteen  miles  from  Colorado  Springs,  and 
Mr.  Weir  finally  secured  an  interest  in  the  business  and  eventually  became  sole  owner. 
This  was  one  of  the  first  lumber  mills  of  the  district  and  was  known  as  Weir's  mill. 
He  spent  three  years  there  and  then  located  on  Rule  creek,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
lumber  trade.  In  1868  he  built  a  mill  on  the  Divide,  on  Squirrel  creek,  but  in  1869 
removed  the  mill  to  Easton.  The  previous  year  he  discovered  the  body  of  Charley 
Everhart  near  the  present  site  of  Colorado  College  and  saw  the  band  of  Indians  that 
had  scalped  him.  While  going  to  work  one  day  at  Easton,  Mr.  Weir  was  surrounded 
by  a  band  of  seventy-five  Indians  who  demanded  food.  He  refused  to  give  it  to  them, 
and  by  convincing  them  that  a  hostile  tribe  was  threatening  them,  he  dispersed  the 
entire  band. 

In  1882  Mr.  Weir  left  the  Divide  and  located  near  Montrose,  where  he  engaged  in 
sawing  lumber  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  Also  in  those  early  days  he 
sawed  the  first  lumber  used  in  Colorado  Springs.  His  mill  was  destroyed  by  fire  in 
1883  and  this  terminated  his  connection  with  the  lumber  business.  At  that  time  he 
purchased  the  Beaver  ranch  and  the  Curr  ranch  and  entered  upon  a  new  mode  of 
life,  devoting  his  attention  to  the  raising  of  cattle  and  hay.  These  ranches  are  still 
owned  by  the  family  and  to  their  further  development  and  cultivation  Mr.  Weir  de- 
voted his  remaining  days.  He  was  a  self-educated  man  but  had  an  insatiable  desire 
for  knowledge  and  was  continually  reading  or  studying.  During  his  latter  years  he 
specialized  in  drafting  and  had  a  complete  equipment  with  which  he  drew  the  plans 
for  many  of  the  buildings  upon  his  own  ranches. 

In  1865  Mr.  Weir  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Cina  A.  Judd,  who  passed  away 
August  24,  1886,  leaving  one  daughter,  who  is  Mrs.  Mary  Alice  Wyman,  who  has  a 
son,  William  Weir  Wyman,  bom  November  21,  1912,  in  Glenwood  Springs,  Colorado. 
On  the  17th  of  October,  1S89,  in  Moline,  Illinois,  Mr.  Weir  was  married  to  Mary  L. 
Huntoon,  whose  parents  were  from  New  Hampshire.  Mrs.  Weir  was  born  in  Moline. 
Illinois,  and  comes  from  a  fine  old  family  of  New  Hampshire.  Her  father,  Joseph 
Huntoon,  was  for  forty  years  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Moline,  Illinois, 
while  her  mother,  whose  maiden  name  was  Sylvia  Tenney,  was  one  of  the  charter  mem- 
bers of  the  Congregational  church  in  Moline,  and  all  during  her  life  was  active  and 
prominent  in  the  work  of  the  church.  Joseph  Huntoon  and  his  wife  were  among  the 
most  highly  respected  people  of  Moline,  Illinois.  Mrs.  Weir  survives  her  husband  after 
many  years  of  companionship  and  largely  supervises  her  business  affairs  personally. 
Mrs.  Wyman  and  her  son  live  with  Mrs.  Weir  in  the  old  home  which  was  built  by  the 
husband  and  father  so  many  years  ago. 

In  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Weir  was  a  Mason  and  he  belonged  to  the  Colorado 
Pioneer  Society.  There  were  few  phases  of  frontier  life  with  which  he  was  not  familiar 
and  his  reminiscences  of  the  early  days  were  most  interesting  and  instructive,  indicat- 
ing conditions  of  that  period  and  suggesting  the  great  changes  which  have  occurred 
to  bring  the  state  to  its  present-day  condition  of  progress  and  prosperity. 


NORMAN  S.  BALLANTINE. 


Large  business  enterprises  are  controlled  by  Norman  S.  Ballantine  who  is  the 
president  of  The  Ballantine  Land  &  Cattle  Company  and  executive  officer  in  many 
other  corporations  which  contribute  to  the  material  upbuilding  and  business  devel- 
opment of  the  state.  Born  in  Nebraska  City.  Nebraska,  on  the  4th  day  of  August, 
1877,  he  is  the  son  of  George  W.  Ballantine.  promoter  of  the  Denver  Union  Stock- 
yards, born  in  Brunswick.  Missouri,  on  October  27,  1847,  who  is  the  son  of  John  Bal- 
lantine, a  native  of  Scotland,  whose  birth  occurred  February  13,  1811,  and  when 
only  four  years  old  was  brought  to  America,  the  family  home  being  established  at 
Zanesville,  Ohio.  He  afterwards  became  a  resident  of  Brunswick,  Missouri,  where 
for  many  years  he  engaged  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business.  His  death  occurred 
at  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  on  the  21st  of  January,  1875.  His  wife  was  Lucy  A.  CoUum, 
who  was  born  in  Zanesville,  Ohio,  on  January  12,  1818,  and  passed  away  on  the  12th 
day  of  December.  1896.  George  W.  Ballantine  acquired  his  early  education  in  the 
schools   of    his   native    city,   Brunswick,    Missouri,   and    completed    his    studies    at    Ne- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  661 

City,  Nebraska,  to  -which  place  he  moved  when  a  youth  of  eighteen.  He  estab- 
lished the  first  lumber  yard  in  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  in  1868,  the  year  the  state  capitol 
was  located  there,  under  the  firm  name  of  George  W.  Ballantine  &  Company,  which 
business  he  conducted  until  1877  when  he  became  identified  with  the  Chicago,  Bur- 
lington &  Quincy  Railroad  as  its  general  livestock  agent  for  all  lines  west  of  the 
Missouri  river.  He  served  in  that  capacity  for  ten  years  and  in  January,  1887,  took 
up  his  residence  in  Denver,  Colorado,  to  assume  the  duties  of  general  manager  of 
the  stockyards.  At  that  time  the  corporation  was  no  more  than  a  feeding  station 
for  livestock  in  transit,  with  a  few  stockmen  operating  at  this  point.  Through 
his  efforts  the  yards  were  developed  and  from  time  to  time  were  enlarged,  resulting 
at  length  in  his  promotion  of  the  movement  to  build  the  present  magnificent  Exchange 
building  and  the  splendid  Stockyards  Auditorium  where  so  many  prominent  athletic 
events  are  held,  as  well  as  the  Colorado  stock  show  and  horse  show  in  recent  years. 

He  remained  the  head  of  the  Denver  Stockyards  for  twenty-eight  years  as  gen- 
eral manager  and  vice  president,  and  during  the  last  four  years  as  president.  He 
then  decided  to  retire  and  allow  younger  men  to  carry  on  the  work  which  he  had 
instituted.  He  was  the  one  man  who  was  responsible  for  the  great  growth  of  the 
stockyards  and  the  development  of  Denver  as  the  livestock  industry  center  of  the 
west.  The  value  of  his  efforts  in  this  connection  cannot  be  overestimated.  He  was 
also  director  of  the  stockyards  bank  but  he  has  retired  from  all  active  business  and 
is  enjoying  a  well  earned  rest  in  Denver.  He  is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  asi 
member  of  the  Lincoln  Lodge,  No.  19,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska;  Lincoln 
Chapter,  No.  4.  R.  A.  M.,  and  Mt.  Moriah  Commandery,  No.  4,  K.  T.,  in  all  of  which 
he  has  a  life  membership.  He  belongs  to  Denver  Consistory,  No.  1,  S.  P.  R.  S.,  and 
El  Jebel  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Chamber  oi 
Commerce,  and  well  known  in  club  circles  as  a  member  of  the  Denver  Club,  Denver 
Country  Club  and   the  Traffic  Club. 

His  first  wife  was  Miss  May  Sherwin,  whom  he  married  in  1873.  She  passed 
away  on  January  15,  188S.  They  were  parents  of  but  two  children.  The  youngest, 
John  Howard  Ballantine,  died  in  Denver  in  1909.  Norman  S.  Ballantine  was  the 
surviving   son. 

On  January  20,  1890,  George  W.  Ballantine  was  married  to  Ida  Winnie,  youngest 
daughter  of  Hon.  Peter  Winnie,  a  pioneer  of  Colorado,  having  moved  to  Colorado 
from  Wisconsin  in  1S63.  Of  this  union  they  had  one  son,  George  W.  Ballantine.  Jr., 
born  on  August  17,  1892,  who  graduated  from  the  University  of  Michigan  as  a  civil 
engineer  in  1914.  Shortly  afterward  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  International  Trust 
Company  in  the  bond  department.  Some  years  later  he,  with  others,  organized,  as 
one  of  the  incorporators,  the  firm  of  Bosworth,  Chanute  &  Company,  a  bond  house. 
Wlien  the  United  States  called  for  men  he  enlisted  in  the  service  as  a  private  and 
was  made  second  lieutenant  on  August  17,  1917,  and  in  June,  1918,  was  promoted 
to  first  lieutenant,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  mustered  out  in  January,  1919. 
On  March  1,  1919,  he  severed  his  connection  with  Bosworth,  Chanute  &  Company 
and  organized  the  present  bond  and  investment  company  of  Ballantine  &  Company. 
He  was  married   to  Miss  Marie  Wilson  on  March  14,  1917. 

Norman  S.  Ballantine  attended  the  public  school  and  continued  his  education 
in  the  East  Denver  high  school,  from  which  he  was  graduated.  He  immediately 
afterwards  became  actively  connected  with  the  livestock  industry  of  the  Denver 
Union  Stockyards  and  with  the  knowledge  thus  acquired  he  entered  into  ranching 
and  stock  raising  on  his  own  account  in  Mesa  county,  near  Collbran.  His  activities 
in  that  connection  later  led  to  the  organization  of  the  Ballantine  Land  &  Cattle 
Company,  which  conducts  its  business  on  a  mammoth  scale.  He  has  immense  herds 
of  cattle,  as  well  as  large  ranch  buildings,  and  in  all  operations  is  meeting  with 
notable   success 

This  company  was  incorporated  in  1915  with  Norman  S.  Ballantine  as  president 
and  George  W.  Ballantine  as  vice  president,  being  a  close  corporation.  In  addition 
to  connection  with  this  company,  Norman  S.  Ballantine  is  president  of  The  Moun- 
tain States  Rubber  Company,  manufacturers  of  leather  belting  and  steam  packing 
and  large  distributors  of  mechanical  rubber  goods  and  automobile  tires  and  tubes, 
with  plants  located  at  Denver  and  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  He  is  also  vice  president 
of  The  Ballantine  Investment  Company  and  connected  with  many  other  similar  com- 
panies and  corporate  interests,  and  his  pronounced  business  ability  makes  his  co- 
operation  a  valuable   factor   In   the   conduct   of  any   enterprise. 

On  the  29th  day  of  October,  1913,  Norman  S.  Ballantine  was  married  to  Miss 
Margaret  Garver  of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Garver,  of  this  city. 
They  have  one  child,  Margaret  White  Ballantine.  who  was  born   in  Denver  on   March 


662  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

5,  1915.  Norman  S.  Ballantlne  belongs  to  the  Country  Club,  Denver  Motor  Club, 
Denver  Athletic  Club  and  the  Lakewood  Country  Club.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Scottish  Rite  Mason,  and  a  member  of  El  Jebel  Temple  of  Mystic  Shrine. 

With  the  stimulating  example  of  his  honored  father  before  him  he  has  so  directed 
his  efforts  and  energies  that  he  has  added  new  laurels  to  the  name  of  Ballantine  as 
a  factor  iu  business  circles,  while  his  personal  characteristics  have  brought  him  prom- 
inently to  the  fore  in  the  social  life  of  the  city,  making  him  very  popular  among  many 
friends. 


ERIC   C.   ERECKSON. 


Eric  C.  Ereckson,  who  follows  farming  and  stock  raising,  was  born  August  18, 
1870,  in  Boulder  county,  where  he  still  makes  his  home.  He  is  a  son  of  E.  G.  and 
Mary  (Heart)  Ereckson,  the  former  a  native  of  Sweden,  whence  he  came  to  America 
when  a  lad  of  ten  years.  He  first  became  a  resident  of  Iowa  and  in  1859  made  his 
way  to  Colorado,  then  under  territorial  rule  and  in  the  pioneer  epoch  of  its  develop- 
ment. He  followed  mining  for  several  years  but  in  1875  took  up  farming  in  Boulder 
county,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in  the  year  1906.  His  widow  survives  at 
the  age  of  sixty-seven  years.  In  their  family  were  seven  children,  five  of  whom  are 
living. 

E.  C.  Ereckson  was  reared  and  educated  in  Boulder  county  and  after  reaching  his 
majority  he  began  farming  on  the  old  homestead  which  he  now  owns,  comprising 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  excellent  land  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He 
has  carefully  developed  and  improved  this  place,  which  is  all  under  the  ditch,  and 
he  is  successfully  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  his  industry  and 
enterprise  bringing  to  him  substantial  results,  for  his  crops  find  a  ready  sale  upon 
the    market. 

In  1897  Mr.  Ereckson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lettie  Williamson,  a 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Luvesta  A.  (Way)  Williamson.  The  father  was  born  in 
Indiana,  September  19,  1832,  and  the  mother's  birth  occurred  in  Iowa,  where  their 
marriage  was  celebrated.  They  crossed  the  plains  in  1864,  making  the  long  and 
tedious  trip  with  wagon  and  ox  team.  Three  months  had  elapsed  ere  they  reached 
their  destination.  They  took  up  their  abode  in  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  where  the 
father  secured  a  homestead  and  thereon  built  a  log  cabin  with  a  sod  roof  and  a  clap- 
board door,  from  which  hung  the  latchstring.  indicating  the  hospitality  of  the  pioneer 
home.  He  occupied  that  primitive  dwelling  until  1878,  when  he  replaced  it  by  a 
modern  frame  residence.  His  wife  passed  away  in  1891,  out  the  father  is  still  living. 
In  the  family  were  ten  children,  seven  of  whom  survive.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ereckson 
have  been  born  five  children:  Howard;  Homer,  who  is  now  a  pupil  in  high  school; 
Luvesta  F.;   Wilbur  E.;    and   Stanley  Wilson. 

The  parents  are  members  of  the  United  Brethren  church  and  Mr.  Ereckson  is 
serving  as  one  of  the  board  of  trustees.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Odd 
Fellows  Lodge.  No.  29,  of  Longmont.  and  also  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America, 
while  his  wife  belongs  to  the  Royal  Neighbors,  in  which  she  has  filled  the  chair  of 
matron.  Mr.  Ereckson  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  and  has  served  as  deputy 
assessor  for  twelve  years.  He  has  also  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  and  he 
is  interested  in  all  that  has  to  do  with  progress  and  advancement  in  his  community, 
cooperating  in  all  those  measures  which  tend  to  promote  the  material,  intellectual, 
social  and  moral  upbuilding  of  the  district. 


CLAUS  FREDSTROM. 


Claus  Fredstrom,  of  Boulder  county,  now  deceased,  was  numbered  among  those 
•citizens  of  foreign  birth  who,  wisely  utilizing  the  opportunities  offered  them  in  the 
new  world,  win  success  and  gain  a  place  among  the  men  of  affluence  in  the  commu- 
nities in  which  they  reside.  Mr.  Fredstrom  was  a  native  of  Sweden,  born  September 
25,  1859.  His  parents  were  Carl  and  Ulrika  Fredstrom,  natives  of  the  same  country, 
where  they  remained  through  the  period  of  their  son's  boyhood  and  youth.  They 
afterward  came  to  the  new  world  and  spent  their  remaining  days  on  this  side  of  the 
Atlantic.     They  had  a  family  of  four  children,  of  whom  three  are  living. 

Claus   Fredstrom   was   reared   and   educated   in   Sweden   and   came   to   America   in 


MR.  AND  MRS.  CLAUS  PREDSTROM 


664  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

1882,  when  a  young  man  of  about  twenty-three  years.  He  first  settled  in  Nebraska 
and  during  the  period  of  his  residence  in  that  state  was  married.  He  afterward  re- 
moved to  Colorado  in  1905  and  located  upon  the  farm  which  is  now  the  property  of 
his  widow,  becoming  the  owner  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  rich  and  fertile 
land,  all  of  which  is  carefully  irrigated  and  splendidly  improved  according  to  modern 
ideas  of  farming.  Year  after  year  he  carefully  tilled  the  soil  and  his  labors  were 
manifest  in  the  excellent  crops  which  he  gathered.  He  divided  his  place  into  fields 
of  convenient  size  by  well  kept  fences  and  secured  the  latest  improved  machinery 
to  facilitate  his  farm  work. 

On  the  3d  of  June,  1889,  Mr.  Fredstrom  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Shalander,  a 
native  of  Sweden,  who  came  to  America  in  18S5.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Andrew  and 
Martha  (Christopher)  Shalander.  who  were  natives  of  Sweden,  where  they  spent  their 
entire  lives.  To  Mr.  and  Jlrs.  Fredstrom  were  born  seven  children:  Warner,  who 
died  September  24,  1908,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years;  Esther,  at  home;  Gertie,  the 
wife  of  Roy  Garner,  of  Longmont;  and  Ruth.  Reuben,  Sidney  and  Elin,  all  yet  withi 
their  mother.  The  family  circle  was  again  broken  by  the  hand  of  death  when  on  the 
21st  of  January.  1910,  the  husband  and  father  was  called  to  the  home  beyond,  his 
remains  being  interred  in  Mountain  View  cemetery  at  Longmont,  where  also  lies  buried 
the  son  Warner. 

Claus  Fredstrom  left  a  widow  and  six  children  to  mourn  his  loss  and  there 
were  also  many  friends  who  deeply  regretted  his  death.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Luth- 
eran church,  to  which  his  widow  also  belongs.  Mrs.  Fredstrom  yet  remains  upon  the 
old  homestead  and  manages  the  farm,  both  as  to  general  farming  and  live  stock.  The 
property  is  pleasantly  and  conveniently  located  four  miles  west  of  Longmont,  so  that 
the   opportunities  and   advantages   of  city  life  are   easily  obtainable. 


JULHTS   E.   ADAMSON. 


Julius  E.  Adamson,  actively  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business 
in  Boulder  and  actuated  in  all  that  he  does  by  the  spirit  of  western  enterprise  which 
has  been  the  dominant  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  this  section  of  the  country,  was 
born  upon  a  farm  in  Appanoose  county.  Iowa.  October  21.  1867.  His  father,  John  B. 
Adamson,  was  also  a  native  of  the  Hawkeye  state,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Lee 
county.  Iowa,  in  1843.  There  he  was  reared  to  manhood  and  in  Appanoose  county 
he  wedded  Miss  Amanda  Kelly.  They  continued  their  residence  in  Iowa  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  and  there  the  mother  passed  away  in  1872.  Six  years  later  the  father, 
having  married  Caroline  Norwood,  left  his  native  state  for  Nebraska,  where  he  spent 
his  remaining  days,  his  death  there  occurring.  He  was  a  son  of  Henry  Adamson,  a 
native  of  Ohio,  while  the  family  is  of  English  extraction.  The  grandfather  became 
one  of  the  pioneer  homesteaders  of  Iowa.  At  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  John  B.  Adam- 
son responded  to  the  country's  call  for  aid,  joining  the  Union  army  in  1862  and  serv- 
ing until  the  close  of  hostilities.  He  was  captured  while  at  the  front  and  for  about 
a  year  was  held  a  prisoner  of  war  at  Tyler,  Texas.  After  victory  had  crowned  the 
Union  arms  he  returned  to  the  north  and  his  attention  was  thereafter  given  to  gen- 
eral agricultural  pursuits. 

Julius  E.  Adamson  began  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Appanoose  county,  Iowa, 
and  was  about  eleven  years  of  age  when  his  father  removed  with  the  family  to  a  farm 
in  Nuckolls  county,  Nebraska,  where  he  continued  his  studies.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  he  went  to  Douglass,  Kansas,  to  attend  high  school,  making  his  home  with  an 
uncle,  Professor  J.  W.  Shiveley.  Later  he  became  a  student  in  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Emporia,  Kansas,  and  subsequently  he  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching, 
which  he  followed  in  Butler  county,  Kansas,  for  ten  years.  He  proved  an  able  edu- 
cator, imparting  readily  and  clearly  to  others  the  knowledge  he  had  acquired,  but 
feeling  that  there  was  better  opportunity  for  the  attainment  of  success  in  other  lines, 
he  turned  his  attention  to  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business  in  El  Dorado.  Kansas, 
in  1903.  In  1908  he  took  up  a  homestead  in  Lincoln  county,  Colorado,  and  after 
proving  up  on  it  he  purchased  adjoining  land,  which  he  still  owns,  although  it  is 
now  farmed  by  a  tenant.  In  the  fall  of  1915.  he  came  to  Boulder,  Colorado,  where 
he  opened  a  real  estate  and  insurance  agency  and  has  since  conducted  business  along 
that  line.  Through  the  intervening  period  of  three  years  he  has  become  well  estab- 
lished in  business  and  is  now  accorded  a  liberal  patronage.  He  is  thoroughly  con- 
versant concerning  property  values  and  is  a  representative  of  many  of  the  old  and 
reliable   insurance   companies,   doing  a  good  business   in   that   connection. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  665 

On  the  24th  of  December,  1893,  at  Lathrop,  Missouri,  Mr.  'Adamson  was  married 
to  Miss  Julia  M.  Creed  and  to  them  were  born  a  daughter.  Ruby  K.,  and  a  son,  Elza 
H.  Th&  wife  and  mother  passed  away  February  18,  191S,  and  her  death  was  the 
occasion  of  deep  and  widespread  regret,  tor  she  was  a  lady  of  many  estimable  traits 
of  character,  her  life  being  actuated  by  a  kindly  spirit  and  helpfulness  toward  all. 
She  held  membership  in  the  Christian  church  of  Boulder  and  was  deeply  interested 
in  church  work.  Mr.  Adamson  is  also  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  and  he  has 
membership  relations  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Knights  and 
Ladies  of  Security.  In  the  recent  war  with  Germany  he  served  on  the  committees 
which  had  in  charge  the  Liberty  Bond.  Red  Cross  and  War  Stamps  drives.  His  son, 
Elza  H.,  while  too  young  to  have  been  taken  into  the  draft,  joined  the  Reserve  Offi- 
cers' Training  Camp  at  the  University  of  Colorado  in  his  home  city.  Mr.  Adamson 
gives  his  political  endorsement  to  the  republican  party  and  he  keeps  well  informed 
on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  day  but  has  never  sought  office  as  a  reward  for 
party  fealty,  preferring  to  give  his  undivided  attention  to  his  business  affairs,  which 
are  bringing  to  him   creditable  and   well  merited   prosperity. 


WILLIAM  LUKE. 


William  Luke,  who  owns  and  cultivates  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
in  Adams  county,  devoted  to  the  production  of  crops  and  also  to  the  raising  o8  stock," 
was  born  in  England  on  the  2d  of  December.  1864.  a  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Wil- 
liam) Luke,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  England,  where  they  spent  their  entire 
lives.     There   they   reared    their   family   of   nine   children,   of   whom   six   are   living. 

William  Luke  spent  the  days  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  England  and  acquired 
such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the  country  afforded.  He  came  to 
America  in  188S  and  first  took  up  his  abode  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  worked  in  a 
coal  mine  for  a  year.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  sought  the  opportunities 
of  the  west,  making  his  way  to  Colorado,  where  he  again  followed  coal  mining.  In 
1906  he  purchased  the  farm  whereon  he  now  resides,  an  excellent  property  in  Adams 
county,  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  which  he  carefully  tilled  and  de- 
veloped. He  has  added  many  modern  improvements  to  his  place  and  has  rendered 
it  attractive  in  every  way.  The  buildings  are  substantial,  the  fields  are  divided  by 
well  kept  fences  and  he  has  modern  machinery  to  facilitate  the  plowing,  planting  and 
harvesting.  He  also  makes  a  specialty  of  raising  and  feeding  stock  and  is  winning 
a  substantial   financial  return  in  that  way. 

In  1906  Mr.  Luke  was  married  to  Mrs.  Retta  Rehtus,  a  native  of  Germany,  who 
came  to  America  when  fourteen  years  of  age.  By  her  first  marriage  she  had  four 
children,  namely:  Prank,  who  is  now  serving  in  the  United  States  army  in  France; 
Clara,  at  home;   Catherine,  the  wife  of  Jesse  Walker;   and  William,  who  is  in  Denver. 

Mr.  Luke  votes  with  the  democratic  party,  which  he  has  supported  since  becoming 
a  naturalized  American  citizen,  but  he  has  never  sought  or  desired  office.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  the  Eagles.  Crossing  the  Atlantic  when  a  young  man  of 
twenty-three  years,  he  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret  his  determination  to  sever 
home  ties  and  seek  his  fortune  on  this  side  of  the  water.  Here  he  has  found  oppor- 
tunities, which  he  has  improved,  and  as  the  years  have  passed  he  has  advanced  step 
by  step,   achieving  his  purposes  and   ever  reaching  forward   to  a   higher  goal. 


JAMES  W.  BLATZER. 


James  W.  Blatzer,  carrying  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Adams  county, 
is  of  Austrian  birth.  He  was  born  February  19,  1872,  a  son  of  Wenzel  and  Carolina 
(Yoksh)  Blatzer.  who  were  also  natives  of  Austria.  They  came  to  America  in  1880, 
when  their  son,  James  W.,  was  a  lad  of  but  eight  years,  and  settled  first  in  Kansas, 
where  they  remained  for  ten  months.  They  then  resumed  their  westward  journey, 
making  their  way  to  Denver,  Colorado,  where  they  arrived  September  6,  1881,  and 
there  resided  until  1883.  They  afterward  took  up  their  abode  upon  the  farm  which 
is  now  the  home  of  James  W.  Blatzer.  The  father  secured  this  as  a  homestead  claim 
of  eighty  acres  and  at  once  began  the  development  and  improvement  of  the  land, 
which  he  continued  to  farm  and  further  cultivate  until  his  death.  His  wife  has  also 
passed  away  and  but  four  of  their  twelve  children  are  yet  living. 


JAIVIES  W.  BLATZER 


MRS.  JAMES  W.  BLATZER 


668  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

With  the  establishment  of  the  family  home  in  Colorado,  James  W.  Blatzer  became 
a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state  and  during  vacation  periods  and  after  his 
textbooks  were  put  aside  he  assisted  in  the  work  of  the  home  farm,  continuing  to 
assist  his  father  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-two,  when  he  took  charge  of  the 
home  place  and  afterward  purchased  the  property,  which  he  has  since  improved  with 
fine  buildings.  He  has  an  attractive  residence  and  large  and  substantial  barns  and 
outbuildings  which  furnish  ample  shelter  to  grain  and  stock.  Everything  about  the 
place  is  kept  in  good  repair  and  the  land  is  all  under  the  ditch,  thus  greatly  enhancing 
its   productiveness. 

In  1907  Mr.  Blatzer  was  married  to  Mrs.  Dora  (Baasch)  Deunermann,  a  native 
of  Grand  Island.  Nebraska,  and  the  widow  of  Henry  Deunermann.  By  her  former 
marriage  she  had  one  son,  who  has  passed  away,  and  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blatzer  have  been 
born   two  daughters,   Daisy   dnd   Arthalia. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Blatzer  has  been  a  democrat  since  attaining  man's  estate 
but  has  never  been  active  as  a  political  worker  or  oflSce  seeker.  He  and  his  family 
attend  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  is  a  self-made  man  whose  success  is  the 
direct  outcome  of  his  persistent  and  earnest  labor.  He  has  worked  diligently  and 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  progressive  farmers  of  Adams  county,  while  his  unfalter- 
ing labors  have  brought  to  him  a  fair  measure  of  prosperity. 


JUDGE  CHARLES  D.  BRADLEY. 

It  is  not  the  specific  and  distinctive  office  of  biography  to  give  voice  to  a  man's 
modest  estimate  of  himself  but  to  leave  the  perpetual  record  establishing  his  position 
by  the  consensus  of  opinion  on  the  part  of  his  fellowmen.  Viewed  in  this  light.  Judge 
Charles  D.  Bradley  occupies  a  position  of  distinction  among  those  who  are  regarded 
as  the  founders  of  Colorado  and  the  builders  of  her  high  legal  status.  He  is  the  only 
survivor  among  the  commissioners  who  formed  the  rules  and  regulations  under 
which  a  constitutional  convention  was  held  and  arranged  the  apportionment  for  the 
election  of  delegates  to  that  body.  He  also  sat  upon  the  district  bench  for  a  number 
of  years  and  in  the  private  practice  of  law  occupied  a  position  among  the  ablest  rep- 
resentatives of  the  profession  in  Colorado.  Now  at  the  age  of  eighty  he  receives  the 
veneration,  respect  and  honor  which  should  ever  be  accorded  one  of  his  years  whose 
life  activities  have  constituted  a  valuable  contribution  to   the   world's  work. 

Charles  D.  Bradley  was  born  in  Albany  county,  New  York,  on  the  11th  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1839.  His  ancestors  at  an  early  day  emigrated  from  England  and  settled  in 
Connecticut.  Later,  in  1791,  his  great-grandfather  with  his  family  moved  to  the 
state  of  New  York.  Here  in  the  county  mentioned  his  parents  reared  a  family  of 
twelve  children,  of  whom  Charles  D.  was  the  youngest.  Ten  of  the  number  reached 
years  of  maturity.  The  youthful  days  of  the  future  jurist  were  spent  upon  a  farm, 
where  he  became  familiar  with  all  kinds  of  labor  incident  to  the  development  and 
cultivation  of  the  fields.  One  of  the  features  of  his  boyhood's  home  was  an  excellent 
library  and  liberal  educational  advantages  had  been  given  to  his  elder  brothers  and 
sisters.  The  same  opportunities  were  extended  him  and.  like  the  others  of  the  house- 
hold, he  was  also  greatly  indebted  to  the  aid  and  influence  of  his  mother,  a  woman 
of  rare  intellectual  and  moral  qualities,  whose  training  did  much  to  shape  the  char- 
acter of  her  sons  and  daughters.  Judge  Bradley  was  a  youth  of  fifteen  when  he  suc- 
cessfully passed  an  examination  and  was  licensed  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  and 
would  have  then  become  a  school  teacher  had  not  his  age  prohibited.  The  following 
year,  however,  he  went  to  Will  county,  Illinois,  where  one  of  his  sisters  resided,  and 
there  he  secured  a  school,  thus  earning  enough  money  to  meet  the  expenses  of  his 
trip.  He  was  pleased  with  the  west,  but  filial  duty  caused  him  to  return  to  the  east 
and  he  remained  with  his  parents  until  they  were  called  to  their  final  rest,  during 
which  period  he  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  the  home  farm'  also  taught  school 
and  as  opportunity  offered  continued  his  studies.  He  had  determined  upon  a  professional 
career  and  when  at  liberty  to  begin  preparation  therefor  entered  the  law  office  of  the 
well  known  firm  of  Jenkins  &  Cooper,  of  Albany.  New  York,  who  directed  his  reading 
until  he  successfully  passed  the  examination  before  the  supreme  court  that  admitted 
him  to  the  bar  in  the  spring  of  1867.  He  was  then  offered  a  partnership  by  his 
brother.  Joseph  P.  Bradley,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,  who  enjoyed  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  lucrative  practices  of  any  lawyer  in  the  country  and  who  afterward  became 
an  associate  justice  of  the  United  States  supreme  court.  Mr.  Bradley  declined  the 
generous  offer,  however,  preferring  to  rely  upon  his  own  resources  and  test  his  powers 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  669 

in  the  west.  In  July,  1867,  he  arrived  in  Denver,  where  he  was  employed  as  attorney 
by  a  New  York  mining  company  until  the  following  September,  when  he  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  law  in  Cheyenne,  Wyoming.  At  that  date  the  territory  of 
Dakota  embraced  Wyoming's  area  as  well  and  in  the  fall  of  1S68  Judge  Bradley  was 
chosen  to  represent  his  district  in  the  Dakota  territorial  legislature,  in  which  he 
served  during  the  session  of  1868-9.  resigning  a  position  as  assessor  of  internal  revenue 
to  take  his  seat  in  the  state  legislative  hall. 

With  the  close  of  the  session  Judge  Bradley  made  a  trip  to  southeastern  Iowa 
to  visit  friends,  who  prevailed  upon  him  to  enter  into  a  land  and  cattle  speculation 
there  that  proved  financially  unsuccessful.  Two  years  of  his  time  were  spent  in 
settling  up  his  affairs  in  Iowa,  after  which  he  determined  to  resume  law  practice  and 
opened  an  ofl5ce  in  St.  Louis.  Wlille  active  as  a  member  of  the  bar  of  that  city  ha 
was  appointed  United  States  attorney  for  the  territory  of  Colorado  and  continued  in 
that  position   until  the  admission  of  the  state  into  the  Union. 

In  the  year  1875  the  question  of  admission  was  being  strongly  agitated  in  the 
territory  and  Judge  Bradley  took  a  conspicuous  part  in  bringing  about  the  desired 
result.  By  section  3  of  the  enabling  act  passed  by  congress  it  was  provided  "that 
all  persons  qualified  by  law  to  vote  for  representatives  to  the  general  assembly  of 
said  territory  *  *  *  are  hereby  authorized  to  vote  for  and  choose  representa- 
tives to  form  a  convention  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  governor  of  said 
territory,  the  chief  justice  and  the  United  States  attorney  thereof  may  prescribe,  and 
the  aforesaid  representatives  to  form  the  aforesaid  convention  shall  be  apportioned 
among  the  several  counties  in  said  territory  in  proportion  to  the  vote  polled  in  each 
of  said  counties  at  the  last  general  election  as  near  as  may  be;  and  said  apportion- 
ment shall  be  made  for  said  territory  by  the  governor.  United  States  district  attorney 
and  chief  justice  thereof,  or  any  two  of  them."  Accordingly  in  this  work  Judge  Brad- 
ley became  the  active  associate  of  John  L.  Routt,  then  the  governor,  and  Moses  Hallett, 
chief  Justice.  This  commission  in  due  time  divided  the  state  into  districts  for  the 
election  of  representatives  to  a  convention  to  form  a  state  constitution  and  also  pre- 
pared rules  and  regulations  for  such  election,  as  required  by  the  act.  The  election 
returns  were  sent  to  this  board,  who  canvassed  the  same  and  issued  to  the  successful 
candidates  certificates  of  their  election.  The  convention  to  form  a  state  constitution 
met  in  Denver  in  the  winter  of  1875-6  and  Judge  Bradley  was  almost  a  daily  attendant 
thereon  and  during  the  whole  sitting  mingled  freely  with  the  members.  After  the 
election  of  the  people  adopting  the  constitution  Judge  Bradley  went  to  Washington, 
where  in  accordance  with  the  duties  of  his  office,  he  called  upon  the  attorney  general 
of  the  United  States,  who  at  that  time  was  Alphonso  Taft,  the  father  of  ex-President 
Taft.  who  remarked,  "You  people  out  in  Colorado  have  formed  a  good  constitution," 
and  later  referred  again  to  the  subject,  remarking  with  emphasis:  "You  have  adopted 
a  very  excellent  constitution."  Judge  Bradley's  influence  was  strongly  and  beneficially 
felt  in  connection  with  framing  the  organic  law  of  the  state  and  in  shaping  the  history 
of  Colorado  during  its  formative  period.  His  knowledge  of  law  proved  of  the  greatest 
value  at  this  time,  combined  with  a  public-spirited  devotion  to  high  civic  ideals. 

In  1881  Charles  D.  Bradley,  who  had  previously  removed  to  Custer  county,  was 
appointed  by  the  governor  a  district  judge  of  the  sixth  judicial  district,  which  at 
that  time  embraced  the  counties  of  Fremont,  Custer,  Rio  Grande,  Saguache.  Conejos 
and  Costilla,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  was  elected  to  serve  the  balance  of  the  term. 
His  decisions  on  the  bench  were  characterized  by  the  utmost  fidelity  to  duty,  by 
marked  comprehension  of  all  salient  features  in  his  cases  and  by  a  masterful  grasp 
of  every  important  problem  presented  for  solution.  With  his  retirement  from  the 
bench  he  decided  to  remove  to  Fremont  county,  which  offered  a  broader  field  owing 
to  the  fact  that  mining  activity  in  Custer  county  was  rapidly  declining.  In  the  former 
county  he  purchased  a  fruit  ranch  and  at  once  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
residing  in  Canon  City  from  October,  1883.  until  December,  1900.  when  he  disposed 
of  his  holdings  and  established  his  home  in  Florence,   where  he  has  since  resided. 

It  was  in  the  year  1872  that  Judge  Bradley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary 
Hastings  Rush  and  they  became  the  parents  of  a  son,  Joseph  Markley,  who  graduated 
at  the  Colorado  State  School  of  Mines,  with  the  class  of  1901,  as  a  mining  engineer. 
Florence  welcomed  Judge  Bradley  into  its  social  and  professional  circles  and  again 
the  impress  of  his  individuality  was  felt  upon  the  public  life  of  the  community.  In 
1885  he  had  been  elected  to  the  state  legislature,  where  he  served  for  one  term  and 
did  most  effective  work  in  defeating  a  bill  providing  that  state  convicts  should  be 
leased  out  to  private  and  industrial  enterprises.  He  was  also  a  champion  of  a  bill 
providing  for  a  railroad  commission  and  although  the  bill  was  not  passed  at  that  time, 
he  has  lived  to  see   many  of  its  principal   features   embodied   in   the   present   railroad 


670  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

laws  of  the  state.  When  not  occupied  with  public  service  his  entire  attention  has 
been  concentrated  upon  the  duties  of  an  extensive  and  important  private  practice. 
Well  versed  in  his  profession,  his  knowledge  of  the  law  being  accurate  and  compre- 
hensive, he  has  never  resorted  to  any  but  the  most  commendable  methods,  careful 
at  all  times  to  conform  his  practice  to  the  highest  professional  ethics  and  standards. 
Public  opinion  rates  him  as  a  man  among  men  in  Colorado,  inscribes  his  name  high 
on  the  list  of  its  ablest  jurists  and  lawyers,  and  names  him  as  one  of  the  founders 
and  builders  of  the  great  commonwealth. 


L.   HERMAN    DAHLINGER. 

L.  Herman  Dahlinger,  devoting  his  attention  to  farming  and  dairying  in  Adams 
county,  comes  to  Colorado  from  the  state  of  Michigan,  his  birth  having  occurred 
in  Detroit  on  the  11th  of  October.  1867.  His  parents.  Frederick  and  Johanna  (Goetz) 
Dahlinger,  are  natives  of  Germany  but  were  brought  to  America  during  their  child- 
hood days.  They  lived  for  a  considerable  period  in  Michigan  and  in  February,  1880, 
removed  to  Colorado,  where  they  took  up  their  abode  and  they  still  make  their  home 
in   Denver.     They   had  a   family  of  nine   children,   five  of  whom   survive. 

L.  H.  Dahlinger  was  a  lad  of  thirteen  years  at  the  time  of  the  removal  of  the 
family  from  Michigan  to  Colorado  and  in  those  states  he  pursued  his  public  school 
education,  remaining  with  his  father  until  he  attained  his  majority.  In  1907,  he 
began  farming  on  his  own  account,  purchasing  the  land  upon  which  he  now  resides 
in  Adams  county,  situated  a  mile  south  of  Barr  Lake.  His  possessions  aggregate 
four  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  all  of  which  is  improved,  and  he  has  one  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  planted  to  alfalfa,  corn  and  wheat.  He  has  closely  studied  the  best  methods 
of  crop  production  in  this  region  and  his  labors  are  at  once  practical  and  progressive. 
His  business  affairs  are  carefully  and  wisely  conducted  and  success  is  attending  him, 
so  that  he  is  now  numbered  among  the  representative  agriculturists  of  his'  com- 
munity. He  is  a  member  of  the  Grange  and  is  deeply  interested  in  the  work  of  that 
order  to  disseminate  knowledge  of  the  greatest   value  to   farmers. 

In  1907  Mr.  Dahlinger  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Adalaide  Jorgenson,  who 
was  born  in  the  state  of  Missouri,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Ellen  A.,  now  ten  years  of  age.  Mr.  Dahlinger  maintains  an  independent  course  in 
politics,  voting  for  men  and  measures  rather  than  party.  He  has  served  as  school 
director  and  he  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  public  school  system  but  he  has  never  been 
an  office  seeker.  He  may  truly  be  called  a  self-made  man,  for  it  has  been  through 
persistent  labor  that  he  has  won  the  success  which  is  his.  Year  after  year  he  has 
worked  on,  undismayed  by  difficulties  and  obstacles,  and  he  is  today  numbered  among 
the   prosperous   farmers   and   dairymen  of  Adams  county. 


WILSON  M.  HARMON. 


Wilson  M.  Harmon,  identified  with  farming  and  stock  raising  interests  in  Boulder 
county,  has  through  well  directed  effort  won  a  substantial  measure  of  success.  He 
started  out  in  life  with  no  capital  and  by  reason  of  close  application  and  energy  has 
become  one  of  the  prosperous  agriculturists  of  his  community.  He  was  born  in 
Golden,  Colorado,  August  26.  1861,  a  son  of  Manning  and  Julia  A.  (Rexroad)  Harmon, 
the  former  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Randolph  county, 
Virginia.  They  were  married  in  Illinois,  to  which  state  the  mother  went  in  early  life. 
She  was  born  in  1835,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Naomi  (Hoffman)  Rexroad.  Her 
father  was  born  in  1803  and  became  a  lumber  dealer  of  New  Albany,  Indiana,  where 
he  passed  away  December  18.  1840,  during  the  early  childhood  of  his  daughter  Julia. 
Her  mother  was  born  January  15,  1807,  and  a  few  years  after  the  death  of  her  first 
husband  became  the  wife  of  Hiram  Harmon.  She  passed  away  February  8,  1857, 
leaving  behind  her  the  memory  of  a  beautiful  Christian  life.  She  had  early  become 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  was  ever  most  loyal  to  its  teachings. 
She  was  an  obedient  daughter,  an  affectionate  wife  and  kind  mother  and  an  obliging 
neighbor  and.  more  than  all,  her  life  was  permeated  by  her  Christian  faith  manifest 
in  kindliness  and  helpfulness  toward  all.  She  survived  her  second  marriage  only  a 
few  years.  Her  daughter,  Julia  A.,  was  reared  in  Illinois,  where  she  became  the  wife 
of    Manning   Harmon.     They    remained    residents   of   that    state    until    after   the   birth 


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672  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

of  two  daughters,  Katie  and  Nellie.  On  the  11th  of  April,  1861,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harmon 
left  Illinois  with  their  two  little  daughters  and  in  a  covered  wagon  started  across 
the  plains,  reaching  Golden,  Colorado,  on  the  8th  of  June.  They  saw  many  Indians 
during  the  trip  but  were  not  disturbed  by  them,  although  at  a  later  period  many  white 
people  were  killed  by  the  red  men  and  much  property  destroyed.  While  Mr.  Harmon 
attempted  to  win  success  in  the  mines,  he  did  not  accomplish  his  purpose  and  took  up 
his  abode  on  a  farm  on  Boulder  creek,  devoting  his  attention  to  the  cultivation  of 
his  land,  while  his  wife,  in  addition  to  her  household  affairs,  assumed  the  care  of  a 
large  dairy.  Three  other  children  were  added  to  the  household  in  Colorado.  Wilson 
M.  being  the  first  of  these,  while  Frank  H.  was  born  January  30.  1863,  and  Guy  D. 
on  the  5th  of  March,  1867.  When  the  children  were  old  enough  to  attend  school 
the  family  home  was  established  in  Boulder  that  they  might  have  the  educational 
opportunities  of  the  town,  and  after  a  few  years  they  returned  to  the  farm,  where  the 
sons  made  a  good  home  for  the  mother,  who  is  still  living  at  the  very  advanced  age 
of  eighty-three  years,  the  father  having  passed  away  a  number  of  years  ago. 

After  acquiring  a  common  school  education  Wilson  M.  Harmon  took  up  farming 
on  his  own  account.  He  had  been  reared  to  that  occupation  and  early  became  familiar 
with  the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring  for  the  crops.  In  1906  he  pur- 
chased his  present  farm,  which  is  the  mother's  old  homestead,  becoming  owner  of 
eighty  acres  of  land  which  is  now  splendidly  improved.  He  has  made  many  changes 
in  the  place,  adding  substantial  modern  buildings  and  otherwise  developing  the  prop- 
erty. 

In  1892  Mr.  Harmon  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Harris,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  to  them  have  been  born  five  children:  Earl  L.,  who  is  now  a  student  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Colorado  at  Boulder;  Julia  L.,  also  attending  that  institution;  Ella,  deceased; 
John  S.,  now  a  high  school  pupil;  and  Wilson  R.  The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is 
that  of  the  Congregational  church  and  Mr.  Harmon  is  identified  with  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Grange.  His  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic  party  but  he  has  never  sought  or  desired 
political  office.  He  is,  however,  serving  as  treasurer  of  the  school  board  and  is  inter- 
ested in  all  that  pertains  to  local  progress  and  Improvement,  cooperating  heartily  in 
plans   and   measures   for  the  general   good. 


BYRON    D.    MOPFITT. 


Byron  D.  Mofl^tt  has  owned  and  occupied  the  farm  in  Boulder  county  upon  which 
he  now  resides  since  1884.  His  residence  in  this  state,  however,  dates  from  1879 
and  throughout  the  entire  period  he  has  been  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  western  en- 
terprise which  has  been  the  dominant  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  this  section  of  the 
country.  He  was  born  in  Ohio,  January  26,  1848,  a  son  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth 
(Davis)  MoflJtt,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  Buckeye  state,  where  they  spent 
their  entire  lives,  there  rearing  their  family  of  six  children,  of  whom  two  are  now 
living. 

Byron  D.  Moffitt  was  reared  and  educated  in  Ohio  and  in  1871  came  to  Nebraska, 
where  he  lived  for  eight  years.  In  1879  he  arrived  in  Colorado,  establishing  his  home 
in  Boulder  county,  where  for  four  years  he  devoted  his  energies  to  mining.  He  then 
turned  his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits,  settling  in  1884  upon  the  farm  upon 
which  he  now  resides,  comprising  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  good  land  that 
responds  readily  to  the  care  and  labor  that  he  bestows  upon  it,  so  that  he  annually 
harvests  good  crops.  The  land  is  all  well  irrigated  and  he  employs  the  most  pro- 
gressive methods  in  the  cultivation  of  his  fields  and  the  care  of  the  grain.  He  also 
makes  stock  raising  a  feature  of  his  business,  finding  profit  therein,  and  he  is  like- 
wise interested   in  mining. 

In  1870  Mr.  Moffitt  was  married  to  Miss  Katherine  R.  Buck,  who  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Lydia  (Bolton)  Buck,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Pennsylvania,  where  they  always  resided.  Mrs.  Moffitt  was  one  of  a  family 
of  six  children  and  by  her  marriage  has  become  the  mother  of  two  children.  The^ 
elder,  Atra  Andrew,  a  farmer  at  Silt,  Colorado,  is  married  and  has  a  son,  Robert, 
who  is  also  married  and  has  a  son,  Robert  Earl,  who  is  a  great-grandson  of  B.  D. 
Moffitt  of  this  review;  and  a  daughter,  Cora  E.,  the  wife  of  John  L.  Stockton  of 
Silt,  Colorado,  by  whom  she  has  a  daughter.  Vera  Rose.  Milton  D.  Moffitt,  the  younger 
son,  is  now  at  Long  Beach,  California,  where  he  is  engaged  in  business.  He  is  mar- 
ried and  has  a  daughter,  Mary  K.,  now  two  years  of  age. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  673 

Mr.  Moffitt  Is  entitled  to  wear  the  little  bronze  button  that  proclaims  him  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  war,  for  at  the  time  of  hostilities  between  the  nortli  and  the  south  he 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  Union  and  enlisted  with  the  boys  in  blue  of  Company  B, 
Twenty-ninth  Ohio  Infantry.  He  went  with  Sherman  on  the  celebrated  march  from 
Atlanta  to  the  sea  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  was  honorably  discharged  and  mustered 
out  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  In  his  political  views  he  has  always  been  a  stalwart  repub- 
lican since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise  and  while  he  has  never 
sought  or  held  political  office  he  has  served  for  several  years  on  the  school  board  and 
has  done  much  to  advance  the  interests  of  public  education  in  his  locality.  He  is  also 
a  stockholder  in  the  Left  Hand  Ditch  Company.  He  may  truly  be  called  a  self-made 
man,  for  he  started  out  in  the  business  world  empty-handed  and  through  persistency 
of  purpose  and  intelligently  directed  effort  has  accumulated  a  substantial  fortune. 
He  has  always  had  the  able  assistance  and  encouragement  of  his  wife  and  they  have 
reared  two  sons  of  whom  they  have  reason  to  be  proud.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moffit  are  reap- 
ing the  benefits  of  their  labor,  being  most  pleasantly  situated  in  an  attractive  home, 
while  their  efforts  have  secured  to  them  a  competence  that  enables  them  to  enjoy  all 
of  the  comforts  and  some  of  the  luxuries  of  life. 


FRANK   D.   GOODALE. 


Frank  D.  Goodale,  manager  of  the  Honest  Endeavor  Mining  Company  of  Denver, 
was  born  in  Circleville,  Ohio,  January  2,  1S53.  His  father,  William  Goodale,  was  a 
native  of  Watertown,  New  York,  and  became  a  railway  contractor  on  the  line  between 
Chicago  and  St.  Louis.  He  afterward  removed  to  southern  Illinois  and  assisted  in 
founding  the  city  of  Centralia.  He  then  engaged  in  contract  work  in  connection 
with  the  Mississippi  Central  Railway,  doing  excavation  work,  and  was  the  inventor 
of  the  steam  shovel  and  methods  of  applying  steam  power  to  excavation.  He  married 
Mary  E.  Sherwood,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  both  have  passed  away.  Their 
family  numbered  seven  children,  of  whom  three  sons  are  living. 

Frank  D.  Goodale  spent  his  youthful  days  in  the  middle  west  and  after  arriving 
at  years  of  maturity  was  married  in  1878  to  Miss  Elise  J.  Raible,  of  Indianapolis. 
Indiana.  They  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children:  A.  L.,  who  is  now  connected 
with  the  Denver  Post;    and  F.  A.,  who  is  a  mining  engineer  of  California. 

It  was  in  the  year  1884  that  Mr.  Goodale  removed  with  his  family  to  Denver  and 
for  a  considerable  period  was  prominently  identified  with  newspaper  interests.  He 
was  connected  with  the  Denver  Times  and  afterward  became  editor  of  the  Advertiser, 
a  morning  paper.  His  prominence  in  journalistic  circles  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that 
he  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  State  Editorial  Association.  In  recent  years  he 
has  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  mining  interests  and  he  is  now  man- 
ager of  the  Honest  Endeavor  Mining  Company  and  is  interested  in  the  Union  Copper 
Mines  at  Garrington,   Nevada. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Goodale  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  Trinidad  Lodge,  No.  28,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  also  to  Trinidad  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  in  the  lodge  he  has  served  as  master. 
His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Divine  Science  organization  and  his  political  belief 
is  that  of  the  democratic  party.  His  progress  in  the  business  world  has  come  as  the 
direct  result  of  his  well  directed  efforts  and  perseverance.  He  has  ever  been  ready 
to  take  a  forward  step  and  his  ambition,  his  energy  and  ability  have  carried  him 
into   important   relations. 


WILLIAM    ARBUTHNOT. 


William  Arbuthnot  was  for  many  years  a  respected  farmer  of  Boulder  county,  who 
was  born  near  Jamestown  in  Pine  township,  Allegheny  county.  Pennsylvania,  on  the 
30th  of  August,  1835,  a  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carson  William  Arbuthnot.  The  mother 
died  in  Iowa  but  the  father  passed  his  last  days  in  Colorado. 

At  the  usual  age  William  Arbuthnot  became  a  public  school  pupil  and  after  spend- 
ing his  boyhood  and  youth  in  Pennsylvania  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  lived  until 
1859,  when  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  followed  mining  for  some  time.  He  after- 
ward secured  a  farm,  whereon  his  widow  now  resides,  and  made  the  place  the  object 
of  his  care  and  thought  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  April  21,  1882. 

William  Arbuthnot  was  married  in  March,  1869,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Bader,  a  native 
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674  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

of  Germany  and  a  daughter  of  John  G.  and  Mary  E.  (Mersinger)  Bader,  who  were  also 
natives  of  that  country,  whence  they  came  to  America  in  1853,  first  settling  in  Allen 
county,  Ohio.  There  the  mother  passed  away  and  in  1S61  the  father  removed  with 
the  family  to  Iowa,  establishing  his  home  near  Des  Moines.  Following  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  war,  he  enlisted  as  a  member  of  Company  A,  Tenth  Iowa  Inafntry,  with 
which  he  served  throughout  the  period  of  hostilities,  participating  in  a  number  of 
hotly  contested  engagements.  He  also  went  with  Sherman  on  the  celebrated  march 
from  Atlanta  to  the  sea,  which  proved  the  weakness  of  the  Confederate  cause,  showing 
that  the  troops  had  been  drawn  from  the  interior  to  protect  the  border.  After  being 
mustered  out  in  1865  he  returned  to  Iowa  and  on  the  10th  of  May.  1866,  started  with 
his  family  across  the  plains  for  Colorado.  After  completing  the  long  and  tedious 
trip  he  settled  in  Boulder  county,  purchasing  a  ranch,  whereon  he  resided  until  his 
life's  labors  were  ended  in  death.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  born  four  children,  of 
whom  two  are  now  living,  Mrs.  Arbuthnot  and  F.  W.  Bader,  a  resident  of  California. 

Following  his  marriage  Mr.  Arbuthnot  purchased  the  present  home  farm  and 
the  young  couple  began  their  domestic  life  there.  Mrs.  Arbuthnot  still  owns  the 
property,  which  is  known  as  the  old  Haystack  Mountain  farm  and  comprises  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres  of  rich  and  productive  land  which,  carefully  cultivated,  an- 
nually returns  to  her  a  gratifying  income. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arbuthnot  were  born  six  children:  F.  W.,  who  follows  farming 
in  Boulder  county;  W.  C,  also  a  farmer;  George  J.,  living  in  California;  Malissa  L., 
who  is  the  wife  of  John  A.  Walker,  of  Torrance,  California;  Estella  M.,  who  is  a 
dressmaker  and  lives  at  home;  and  Sidney  A.,  who  operates  the  old  homestead  place 
of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres,  devoting  his  time  and  energies  to  general  farming, 
and  stock  raising.  His  work  is  of  the  greatest  value  and  assistance  to  his  mother, 
whom  he  relieves  of  much  care  and  anxiety  by  the  capable  and  wise  manner  in  which 
he  cares  for  the  property  and  directs  the  business  affairs  of  the  place.  More  than 
a  half  century  has  come  and  gone  since  the  Arbuthnot  home  was  established  in  Col- 
orado and  throughout  the  intervening  years  representatives  of  the  name  have  taken 
an  active  and  helpful  part  not  only  in  advancing  agricultural  interests  but  in  pro- 
moting public  progress  as  well,   proving  ever  most  loyal   and   faithful  citizens. 


GEORGE  W.  RABB. 


George  W.  Rabb,  actively  identified  with  farming  and  stock  raising  interests  In 
Boulder  county,  comes  to  Colorado  from  Ohio.  His  birth  occurred  in  Lacking  county 
of  the  latter  state  March  7,  1845,  his  parents  being  John  and  Susan  (Van  Fossen) 
Rabb,  who  were  likewise  natives  of  the  Buckeye  state.  Removing  westward,  they 
settled  in  Brown  county.  Illinois,  where  they  continued  to  reside  until  called  to  the 
home  beyond.     They  had  a  family  of  seven  children,  three  of  whom  are  living. 

George  W.  Rabb  was  reared  in  Licking  county,  Ohio,  and  pursued  a  common 
school  education  there.  In  1865  he  went  across  the  country  to  Virginia  City,  Montana, 
with  freighting  wagons  and  ox  teams,  the  trip  requiring  about  six  months.  He  after- 
ward took  a  freighting  team  from  Montana  to  Salt  Lake  City  and  continued  actively  in 
the  freighting  business  in  this  way  for  two  years.  In  1867  he  became  a  resident  of 
Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  and  was  there  employed  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  for  one 
summer.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  returned  to  Illinois,  where  he  again 
lived  for  about  a  year,  but  in  July,  1870,  again  made  his  way  to  the  west,  settling 
in  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  where  he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
land  that  he  still  owns.  As  the  years  have  passed  he  has  carried  on  the  work  of  im- 
provement and  now  has  an  excellent  farm  property  on  which  are  found  good  build- 
ings, a  fine  orchard  that  he  has  planted  and  a  magnificent  grove  of  trees.  His  fields 
produce  rich  crops  of  golden  grain  and  he  also  makes  stock  raising  a  feature  of  his 
business.  He  has  worked  earnestly  and  persistently  to  attain  success  and  each  year 
has  made  progress  that  has  brought  him  at  length  to  the  gratifying  position  which 
he   now   occupies  as   one  of   the  substantial   agriculturists   of   Boulder   county. 

Mr.  Rabb  has  been  married  twice.  In  1876  he  wedded  Miss  Harriett  Goodhue  and 
to  them  was  born  a  daughter,  Blanche,  now  the  wife  of  Fred  Autrey,  manager  of  the 
Rocky  Mountain  Stores  Company  store  at  Lafayette,  Colorado.  Mrs.  Rabb  passed  away 
in  1893  and  in  1895  Mr.  Rabb  wedded  Miss  Emma  Jennings,  who  was  born  in  the 
state  of  New  York,  a  daughter  of  Asa  and  Charlotte  (Foot)  Jennings,  both  of  whom 
have  passed  away.  By  the  second  marriage  there  have  been  born  two  children:  Edith 
L.,  who  is  a  high  school  graduate;   and  Wesley  G.    Both  are  yet  at  home.     Mrs.  RaDb 


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676  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  the  Eastern  Star  and  the  Ladies'  Aid 
of  Lafayette.  Mr.  Rabb  belongs  to  the  Grange  and  he  gives  his  political  allegiance  to 
the  republican  party.  He  has  served  on  the  school  board  for  a  number  of  years  and  is 
interested  in  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community,  cooperating  heartily  in  all 
well  defined  plans  and  measures  for  the  general  good.  He  has  had  many  and  varied 
experiences  throughout  the  west,  making  him  familiar  with  all  phases  of  frontier 
life,  and  he  has  lived  to  see  this  once  wild  and  undeveloped  region  converted  into  a 
populous  and  prosperous  section,  enjoying  all  the  'advantages  and  opportunities  of  the 
older  east. 


PHILIP   KUHN. 


Philip  Kuhn,  superintendent  of  the  Denver  county  farm,  which  is  located  in 
Adams  county,  was  born  in  Germany,  April  5,  1861,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Katherine 
(Cramer)  Kuhn,  who  were  also  natives  of  that  county,  where  they  spent  their  entire 
lives.  They  had  a  family  of  nine  children,  six  of  whom  are  now  living,  three  being 
in  America  and  three  in  Germany. 

Philip  Kuhn  acquired  his  education  in  a  high  school  of  Germany  and  at  the  age 
of  thirteen  years  crossed  the  Atalntic  to  the  new  world,  settling  in  Colorado  in  1874. 
He  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  in  early  life  and  in  1876  entered  the  employ  of 
Senator  Bowen  at  Summitville,  Colorado,  continuing  with  him  for  three  years,  lu 
1879  he  went  to  Leadville,  where  he  was  employed  until  1881,  after  which  he  engaged 
in  mining  until  1885.  At  the  end  of  that  four  year  period  he  returned  to  Denver, 
where  he  remained  until  1890.  when  he  went  to  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado,  where  he 
followed  mining  until  1896.  Again  he  returned  to  Denver  and  later  went  to  the 
gold  fields  of  Nevada,  where  he  remained  for  a  year.  Subsequently  he  returned  to 
Depver  and  engaged  in  the  sheep  and  cattle  dip  business  in  connection  with  J.  L.  L. 
Russell  but  sold  his  interest  in  the  business  in  1909,  when  he  opened  the  State  Cap- 
itol cigar  store.  This  he  conducted  for  three  years  and  in  1912  he  sold  that  business 
and  engaged  in  mining  at  Atlantic,  Wyoming,  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He  next  returned 
to  Colorado,  after  which  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Denver  county  farm, 
with  which  he  was  connected  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  Mr.  Arnold.  He  was 
afterward  out  of  the  position  for  about  a  year  but  in  1916  was  reappointed  aud  is 
still   active   in   that  capacity. 

In  1898  Mr.  Kuhn  was  married  to  Miss  Anna'  Percen,  a  native  of  Sweden,  who 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1SS5.  They  have  a  daughter,  Alma,  who  is  a  student 
in  the  high   school  at  Brighton. 


WILLIAM  WANEKA. 


William  Waneka  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  farm  property  of  two  hundred  and 
forty-eight  and  one-half  acres  splendidly  irrigated  and  improved,  constituting  one  of  the 
valuable  properties  of  Boulder  county.  Mr.  Waneka  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, October  11,  1860,  a  son  of  Adolph  and  Anna  Waneka.  who  were  natives  of  Germany 
and  came  to  America  in  1860,  settling  first  in  Connecticut,  where  they  resided  until  1861 
and  then  removed  to  Colorado.  They  took  up  their  abode  in  Boulder  county,  the  father 
securing  a  homestead,  on  which  he  built  a  log  cabin  with  a  dirt  roof  and  clapboard 
door  with  the  proverbial  latchstring.  In  true  pioneer  style  the  family  began  life  in 
this  section  of  the  country  and  shared  in  many  of  the  hardships  and  privations  inci- 
dent to  the  settlement  of  the  frontier.  They  lived  upon  this  place  for  several  years 
and  both  parents  passed  away  in  Colorado.  In  their  family  were  three  children,  all 
of   whom    survive. 

William  Waneka  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Colorado  and  was  reared 
to  farm  life,  early  becoming  familiar  with  the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and 
caring  for  the  crops.  When  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  concentrated  his  efforts 
upon  farming  and  coal  mining  and  was  thus  engaged  for  seventeen  years.  Since  then 
he  has  given  his  undivided  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits.  He  purchased  the 
farm  upon  which  he  now  resides,  having  two  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  rich  and 
productive  land,  all  of  which  is  under  ditch.  He  raises  various  cereals  best  adapted 
to  soil  and  climatic  conditions  here  and  he  also  makes  stock  raising  an  important 
branch  of  his  business,  handling  hogs,  cattle  and  horses. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  677 

In  1891  Mr.  Waneka  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  Murphy  and  to  them  were  born 
five  children:  May.  the  wife  of  Charles  Newbiff;  Clarence  Augustus,  of  Boulder  county; 
William,  residing  in  Weld  county;  Barbara,  the  wife  of  Joe  Limbers,  of  Lafayette, 
Missouri;  and  Cora,  who  has  passed  away.  Following  the  death  of  his  first  wife, 
Mr.  Waneka  was  married  in  1900  to  Miss  Ida  McAfee.  They  have  become  parents 
of  two   children:    Ada.  now   deceased;    and   Charles  Raymond    ("Tony"). 

Mr.  Waneka  is  a  self-educated  man  and  deserves  much  credit  for  what  he  has 
accomplished  in  a  business  way.  He  started  out  in  life  empty-handed  and  his  pros- 
perity has  come  to  him  as  the  direct  and  legitimate  reward  of  earnest,  persistent 
effort.  Moreover,  he  deserves  mention  in  this  volume  as  one  of  the  honored  pioneers 
of  the  locality,  having  for  fifty-seven  years  resided  continuously  in  Boulder  county, 
so  that  he  has  been  a  witness  of  practically  its  entire  development  and  improvement. 
His  memory  covers  the  period  of  Indian  occupancy  in  this  section  of  the  state  and 
harks  back  to  the  time  when  the  greater  part  of  the  land  was  still  unclaimed  and 
uncultivated.  He  has  seen  the  arid  stretches  of  sand,  dotted  here  and  there  by  sage- 
brush, transformed  into  rich  and  productive  fields,  annually  yielding  golden  harvests. 
He  has  seen  the  wild  animals  driven  out  before  the  advancing  civilization  and  their 
place  taken  in  turn  by  high  grade  domestic  animals,  for  stock  raising  has  become  one 
of  the  important  sources  of  wealth  to  the  state.  The  memory  of  Mr.  Waneka  indeed 
forms  a  connecting  link  between  the  primitive  past  and  the  progressive  present  and 
he  rejoices  in  all  that  has  occurred,  making  Colorado  one  of  the  important  states  of 
the   Union.    . 


A.  D.  HOLT. 


A.  D.  Holt  is  a  resident  farmer  of  Boulder  county.  His  position  is  that  of  one 
of  the  representative  agriculturists  of  the  community  and  his  success  is  the  direct 
reward  of  persistent  and  earnest  labor.  Mr.  Holt  is  a  native  of  the  state  of  New  York. 
He  was  born  October  20,  1847.  a  son  of  Erastus  and  Carolina  (Button)  Holt,  both 
of  whom  were  natives  of  Connecticut,  where  they  were  reared  and  married.  Sub- 
sequently they  removed  to  the  Empire  state  and  both  spent  their  remaining  days 
in  New  York,  where  they  passed  away.  They  had  a  family  of  six  children,  of  whom 
two  are  living. 

A.  D.  Holt  was  reared  in  the  Empire  state  and  pursued  a  public  school  education 
there.  He  came  to  Colorado -in  1871,  making  his  way  to  Boulder  county  and  settling 
at  Longmont.  There  he  cast  In  his 'lot  with  the  pioneer  residents  of  the  town  and 
served  as  one  of  its  first  aldermen.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  the  upbuilding  and 
progress  of  the  community  and  of  the  county  and  later  turned  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing, taking  up  a  homestead  in  Weld  county  which  he  still  owns.  His  landed  possessions 
comprise  seven  hundred  and  seventy  acres,  all  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and 
upon  which  many  modern  improvements  have  been  made.  The  buildings  are  attrac- 
tive, the  fields  are  carefully  cultivated  and  everything  about  the  place  is  indicative 
of  the  progressive  spirit  and  the  practical  methods  of  the  owner.  Mr.  Holt  is  truly 
a  self-made  man,  for  he  started  out  in  the  business  world  empty-handed  and  by  per- 
sistent energy  and  enterprise  has  reached  the  point  of  affluence.  Aside  from  his  farm- 
ing interests  he  is  the  president  of  the  Farmers'  Milling  Company  of  Longmont  and 
also  the  president  of  the  Highland  Ditch  Company— the  great  work  of  his  life.  He  was 
one  of  the  originators  oX  this  successful  enterprise,  which  had  been  proposed  by 
several  men  before,  but  failed  of  materialization.  Mr.  Holt  took  it  up  and  in  his  able 
hands  it  became  a  success.  The  ditch  company  irrigates  forty  thousand  acres  and 
has  six  reservoirs.  The  stock  of  the  company,  which  once  sold  at  fort  dollars  per 
share,  now  stands  at  three  thousand  dollars.  The  reservoirs  cost  t)  '  hundred 
thousand  dollars  and  it  is  a  farmers'  cooperative  company.     He  has  made  -se  study 

of    irrigation    problems    and    is    doing   everything    in    his    power    to    recla.  °    land 

through  a  practical  system  of  irrigation  that  will  greatly  enhance  its  pr  'eness. 

In  1874  Mr.  Holt  was   united  in  marriage  to  Fannie  Merrill,  of  the  t  !  New 

York,   and    to   them   were   born    three   children.     Arthur   E.,   who   was   a    P  terian 

minister    in    Fort   Worth,    Texas,    is   now    at   the   point    of   taking   over    the  es    of 

social  secretary  of  the  Congregationalists  of  the  United  States  and  will  enter  n  his 
new  position  in  March,  1919.  Benjamin  Merrill  Holt,  the  second  son,  organii  1  the 
search  and  home  department  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  in  the  T  'itish 
zone  in  France.  In  August,  1918,  he  was  assigned  to  the  tank  corps  and  was  then  made 
a  Red  Cross  director  to  the  Second  Army  Corps.     When  these  forces  were  withdrawn 


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680  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

he  was  appointed  to  look  after  the  evacuation  of  the  civilians  in  the  battle  zone 
and  worked  between  the  lines  up  to  the  time  of  the  armistice.  After  having  spent 
sometime  in  Belgium  he  returned  home.  Florence,  the  only  daughter,  is  the  wife  ot 
Loyal  L.  Breckenridge,  of  Twin  Falls,  Idaho,  who  for  six  months  served  at  the  head 
of  a  very  important  mission  in  connection  with  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation in  France.  Mrs.  Holt  passed  away  about  twenty-four  years  ago.  In  1896  Mr. 
Holt  married  Mrs.  Ella  J.  (Gray)  Decker,  who  by  her  former  marriage  had  a  daughter, 
Laura,  now  the  wife  of  Frank  Smith. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Holt  has  always  been  a  republican  since  age  conferred 
upon  him  the  right  of  franchise,  but  the  honors  and  emoluments  of  office  have  had  no 
attraction  for  him.  He  has  served  on  the  school  board  of  Weld  county  and  he  is 
regarded  as  a  substantial  citizen  whose  aid  and  cooperation  can  always  be  counted 
upon  to  further  any  plan  or  measure  for  the  general  good.  During  the  war  Mr.  Holt 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Council  of  Defense  and  also  was  very  active  in  the  100% 
Club,  of  which  he  was  president.  The  purpose  of  this  organization  was  to  give  all 
possible  lielp  to  the  campaigns  and  drives  of  the  government,  so  that  they  were  prop- 
erly organized  and  successfully  carried  through.  Moreover,  the  club  made  it  its  duty 
to  look  after  slackers.  His  activities  in  connection  with  war  service,  however,  were 
not  exhausted  by  these  two  positions,  but  he  also  did  valuable  work  as  deputy 
county  food  administrator  and.  moreover,  was  very  successful  as  one  of  the  four- 
minute  men,  delivering  many  patriotic  addresses  in  and  about  Longmont.  In  all 
affairs  with  which  Mr.  Holt  has  been  connected  he  has  been  actuated  by  a  spirit  of 
enterprise  and  progress — that  same  spirit  which  is  manifest  in  the  splendid  improve- 
ments upon  his  place  and  in  his  support  of  any  measure  instituted  to  promote  agri- 
cultural interests  in  the  state. 


JOE    DEXTER. 


Joe  Dexter,  devoting  his  attention  to  general  farming  in  Boulder  county,  was 
born  in  Zellam,  Ziller,  Tyrol.  Austria,  February  2,  1853,  a  son  of  Joe  and  Anna  (Read- 
er) Dexter,  who  were  natives  of  that  country,  where  they  continued  to  make  their 
home  until  called  to  their  final  rest.  They  had  a  family  of  five  children,  but  Joe 
Dexter  is  the  only  one  now  living. 

Spending  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  his  native  country,  Mr.  Dexter  of  this  review 
there  acquired  his  education  and  in  1875  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  new  world. 
He  first  located  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  for  four  years,  and  in  1879  he 
came  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Boulder  county,  where  he  took  up  coal  mining. 
He  was  thus  engaged  for  a  number  of  years,  after  which  he  turned  his  attention 
to  agricultural  pursuits,  purchasing  the  farm  whereon  he  now  resides.  He  has  forty 
acres  of  land,  ail  under  ditch,  and  he  has  greatly  improved  this  with  good  buildings. 

In  1SS2  Mr.  Dexter  was  married  to  Miss  Carolina  Lackner.  a  native  of  Austria, 
and  to  tliem  were  born  seven  cliildren  all  of  whom  married:  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of 
D.  Grant;  Anna,  who  has  passed  away;  Joe,  who  follows  farming;  Robert,  who  fol- 
lows the  same  occupation;  Carolina,  the  wife  of  Lloyd  Hodgson;  Grace,  the  widow 
of  L.   C.   Blackledge,   and   Herman,  also   a  farmer. 

Mr.  Dexter  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  of  the  Grange.  He 
has  worked  earnestly  to  gain  a  start  and  he  found  his  opportunity  in  America,  where 
effort  is  not  hampered  by  caste  or  class.  Here  he  has  steadily  advanced,  and  industiy 
and  close  application  have  in  time  made  him  the  owner  of  a  good  farm. 


EDWARD   P.   DAHLINGER. 

Edward  P.  Dahlinger,  who  is  engaged  in  general  farming  and  dairying  having 
six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  valuable  land  in  Adams  county,  has  won  for  himself 
high  regard  and  many  friends.  He  was  born  in  Detroit,  Michigan.  March  12,  1876, 
a  son  of  Frederick  and  Johanna  (Goetz)  Dahlinger,  who  are  referred  to  at  greater 
length  elsewhere  in  this  work  in  connection  with  the  sketch  of  another  son. 

Edward  P.  Dahlinger  being  about  four  years  of  age  when  the  family  came  to 
Colorado,  was  reared  and  educated  in  Adams  county  and  is  indebted  to  its  public 
school  system  for  his  opportunities.  Through  vacation  periods  he  worked  in  the 
fields  and  continued  to  assist  in  the  cultivation  of  the  home  farm  until  he  was  thirty 


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years  of  age.  In  the  meantime  he  had  saved  his  earnings  and  was  then  able  to  pur- 
chase two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land  situated  on  section  33,  township  1,  range 
66  west.  Later  he  invested  in  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  in  Adams  county  and  is 
today  one  of  the  progressive  farmers  of  the  district,  mailing  a  specialty  of  dairying. 
This  he  successfully  carries  on  in  connection  with  the  cultivation  of  the  cereals  best 
adapted  to  soil  and  climate.  The  place  is  well  improved,  being  neat  and  thrifty  in 
appearance,  and  the  farm  is  divided  into  fields  of  convenient  size  by  well  kept  fences, 
while  modern   farm   machinery  greatly  facilitates  the  work. 

In  1906  Mr.  Dahlinger  was  married  to  Miss  Stella  M.  Tyler,  who  was  born  in 
Colorado,  a.  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eva  (Stenger)  Tyler,  the  former  a  native  of 
England,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Pennsylvania.  They  came  to  Colorado  at  an 
early  period  in  the  development  of  the  state  and  the  father's  death  here  occurred, 
while  the  mother  is  still  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dahlinger  have  become  parents  of 
two  children.   Everett   J.   and    Esther   M. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Dahlinger  is  a  democrat  and  has  served  on  the  school 
board  but  does  not  seek  nor  desire  political  office.  He  stands  for  all  that  is  pro- 
gressive and  benlficial  in  community  affairs,  and  is  classed  with  the  substantial 
and   representative  citizens  of  Adams   county. 


FREDERICK   MILHEIM. 


The  name  of  Frederick  Milheim,  who  passed  away  on  the  1st  of  January,  1916,  was 
synonymous  with  enterprise,  determination  and  progressiveness  in  business  and  with 
loyalty  in  citizenship.  He  never  felt  that  he  was  too  busy  to  give  aid  to  his  com- 
munity or  his  country  when  such  was  needed  and  during  the  Civil  war  he  did  active 
service  for  his  adopted  land.  A  native  of  Switzerland,  he  was  born  on  his  father's 
farm  near  the  city  of  Berne.  November  17,  1846,  his  parents  being  John  and  Mary 
Milheim.  who  passed  away  during  the  early  boyhood  of  their  son.  He  was  a  youth 
of  sixteen  years  when,  accompanied  by  his  younger  brother,  Alexander  Milheim,  he 
crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  United  States.  They  made  their  way  to  New  Jersey,  where 
for  a  few  months  they  were  employed  on  farms.  Frederick  Milheim  then  proceeded  to 
Niagara  Falls  and  afterward  to  Allegan  county,  Michigan,  where  he  was  living  at  the 
time  of  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war.  Not  long  afterward  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  United  States  government  as  a  teamster,  being  regularly  enlisted,  and  was  on  duty 
in  Tennessee.  Georgia  and  Alabama.  When  he  and  his  detachment  of  comrades  were 
on  the  Tennessee  river  about  sixty-five  miles  above  Chattanooga  they  were  captured 
by  the  Confederate  forces  and  sent  to  a  southern  prison,  but  not  long  afterward  Mr. 
Milheim  was  released  and  was  mustered  out  on  the  2Sth  of  February.  1865,  at  Chat- 
tanooga. Tennessee. 

With  his  return  to  Michigan,  Mr.  Milheim  became  interested  in  a  western  project, 
joining  a  company  of  men  who  were  preparing  to  cross  the  plains  and  who  in  April 
left  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  After  two  weeks'  travel  they  reached  Omaha,  Nebraska,  where 
Mr.  Milheim  hired  out  to  drive  an  ox  team  across  the  plains,  for  which  service'  h^ 
was  to  receive  thirty-five  dollars  per  month.  The  Indians  were  on  the  warpath  and 
there  were  many  hardships,  trials  and  privations  to  be  endured  which  were  incident 
to  travel  over  the  western  plains  in  those  days.  At  length  the  long  and  arduous  trip 
was  completed  and  on  the  6th  of  August  they  reached  Denver. 

The  wagon  train  drew  into  the  city  and  Mr.  Milheim,  his  contract  with  his 
employer  completed,  then  sought  and  obtained  a  position  in  a  bakery,  while  later  he 
engaged  in  farming  upon  a  ranch  near  the  city.  Other  work  at  times  claimed  his 
attention,  for  he  assisted  in  the  construction  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  hewing 
ties,  working  on  tunnels  and  doing  other  labor  in  connection  with  the  construction 
of  the  road.  He  was  thus  engaged  for  two  or  three  years  and  subsequently  he  was 
employed  at  Omaha.  Nebraska,  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.  From  that  point  he  went 
back  to  Allegan  county,  Michigan,  where  he  worked  in  a  shingle  mill  for  a  few  months, 
and  there  he,  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  his  arm,  which  was  caught  in  a  machinery 
belt  and  torn  off.  For  four  months  he  suffered  almost  untold  agony  but  because  of 
his  splendid  constitution  he  gradually  recovered  from  the  shock  and  his  health  came 
back.  Although  thus  handicapped,  his  spirit  was  undaunted  and  although  he  was 
offered  numerous  opportunities  in  a  business  way  in  Michigan  he  longed  to  return  to 
Colorado,  believing  that  the  future  held  much   in  store  for  the  state. 

Accordingly  in  1872  Mr.  Milheim  again  arrived  in  Colorado  and  for  four  years 
was  employed   by  Emile  Riethman   in  herding   dairy  cows.     He   afterward   worked   at 


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various  occupations  and  carefully  saved  his  earnings.  Thrift  is  the  basis  of  all  suc- 
cess and  "thrift  is  the  power  to  save."  Mr.  Milheim  learned  to  save,  spending  nothing 
more  in  those  early  days  than  for  the  necessities  of  life.  In  1879  his  capital  was 
sufficient  to  enable  him  to  purchase  eighty  acres  of  wild  land,  constituting  his  present 
homestead  farm.  For  two  or  more  years  he  was  able  to  make  but  few  improvements 
upon  the  place  and  in  order  to  secure  the  necessary  money  he  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  in  Wyoming  for  a  part  of  the  time.  Subsequent  to  his  marriage,  however,  he 
took  up  his  abode  upon  his  land  and  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  the 
cultivation  of  the  fields  and  upon  stock  raising.  He  thoroughly  studied  his  work,  made 
the  best  use  of  his  time  and  opportunities  and  bravely  faced  life's  battles  and  came 
out  conqueror  in  the  strife.  He  had  but  one  hundred  dollars  when  he  landed  in  Colo- 
rado and  although  handicapped  by  the  loss  of  his  arm  he  had  not  lost  his  courageous 
spirit.  In  the  course  of  time  he  became  the  owner  of  an  excellent  farm  on  section  18, 
township  1  south,  range  66  west,  in  Adams  county,  near  Brighton.  He  transformed 
this  place  from  a  barren  tract  into  one  of  the  highly  cultivated  farms  of  the  district. 
His  land  was  well  watered  by  a  splendid  system  of  irrigation  ditches  and  he  annually 
gathered  good  harvests.  He  was  one  of  the  interested  advocates  In  the  plan  for  the 
Pulton  ditch  and  became  one  of  the  stockholders  in  the  company. 

On  the  14th  of  November,  1883,  Mr.  Milheim  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Emma 
Hagus,  a  daugliter  of  Andrew  Hagus,  and  to  them  were  born  four  children,  Fred  A., 
Josephine,  Clara  and  Benita.  Mr.  Milheim  had  membership  with  the  Sons  of  Her- 
mann and  filled  various  offices  in  Koerner  Lodge,  No.  4,  of  Brighton.  He  also  belonged 
to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  as  a  member  of  Fidelity  Lodge  at  Brighton. 
Politically  he  maintained  an  independent  course.  He  always  attributed  much  of  his 
success  to  the  encouragement  and  assistance  of  his  wife,  who  since  the  death  of  her 
husband  on  the  1st  of  January,  1916,  has  made  her  home  in  Brighton.  Mr.  Milheim 
left  behind  him  many  warm  friends,  who  esteemed  him  for  his  personal  worth,  his 
ability  and  his  courageous  spirit. 


ABNER  C.  GOODHUE. 


Abner  C.  Goodhue,  whose  remains  now  rest  in  the  Green  Mountain  cemetery 
at  Boulder,  was  prominently  identified  with  the  agricultural  development  of  his 
section  of  the  state  and  with  the  promotion  of  its  irrigation  interests.  His  activities 
were  ever  of  a  character  that  contributed  to  public  progress  and  prosperity  as  well  as 
to  individual  success,  and  Boulder  county  numbered  him  among  its  most  valued 
residents.  Mr.  Goodhue  was  born  in  Toronto,  Canada.  October  1,  1832,  a  son  of  George 
and  Harriet  (Cushing)  Goodhue,  who  were  also  natives  of  Canada.  On  leaving  that 
country  they  removed  to  Minnesota,  where  the  mother  passed  away.  The  father 
afterward  came  to  Colorado  and  spent  his  last  days  in   Boulder  county. 

Abner  C.  Goodhue  was  reared  and  educated  in  Minnesota.  In  1870  he  was  engaged 
In  shipping  horses  from  Illinois,  but  earlier,  from  1865  to  1867  he  was  in  the  freighting 
business  and  during  1868-69  he  contracted  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.  George  Rabb 
was  in  partnership  with  him  in  the  horse  and  cattle  business  from  1870  to  1S95,  when 
he  sold  out.  Mr.  Goodhue  during  this  period  was  also  engaged  in  teaming  and  freighting. 
On  removing  to  Colorado  he  purchased  what  was  known  as  the  Miller  Tavern  ranch  in 
1871.  He  lived  thereon  until  his  death,  which  occurred  forty-one  years  later  on  the  29th 
of  November,  1912.  Year  after  year  he  carefully  and  successfully  tilled  the  soil,  con- 
stantly enhancing  the  productiveness  of  his  farm,  and  as  time  passed  on  he  also  ex- 
tended its  boundaries  by  further  purchases.  Today  the  Goodhue  interests  comprise 
eight  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  and  the  business  has  been  incorporated  undei* 
the  name  of  the  Goodhue  Farms  Company.  The  active  work  of  the  fields  is  being 
directed  and  carried  on  by  the  sons,  who  are  engaged  successfully  in  general  farming 
and  stock  raising.  In  1873  Abner  C.  Goodhue,  associated  with  others,  built  the  South 
Boulder  and  Rock  Creek  ditch,  which  has  since  been  operated  and  is  now  known  as 
the  Goodhue  ditch,  Mrs.  Goodhue  being  president  of  the  company  that  owns  this  irri- 
gation  plant. 

It  was  in  1887  that  Abner  C.  Goodhue  was  united  in  marriage  in  Boulder  county, 
to  Miss  Clara  Waynick,  who  was  born  in  Iowa,  a  daughter  of  W.  D.  and  Martha  (Clark) 
Waynick,  the  former  a  native  of  South  Carolina,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky. In  early  life  they  became  residents  of  Iowa  and  the  father  died  in  that  state. 
The  mother  afterward  became  a  resident  of  the  state  of  Washington,  where  she 
passed   away.     To   Mr.   and    Mrs.   Goodhue   were   born   three   children:     Hugh,    who   is 


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684  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

married  and  resides  upon  the  ranch;  Paul,  who  is  also  married  and  lives  on  the  ranch; 
and  Burt,  who  makes  his  home  with  his  mother.  The  three  sons  carry  on  the  farm- 
ing interests  of  the  estate  and  are  meeting  with  substantial  success  in  their  under- 
takings. Mrs.  Goodhue  resides  upon  the  ranch  and  the  present  large  and  modern 
house,  standing  where  for  seventy  years  the  old  home  has  stood  was  built  in  1915. 
Mr.  Goodhue  was  not  an  office  seeker,  but  an  earnest  worker  in  the  democratic  party, 
of  which  he  was  a  member.  His  success  was  worthily  attained.  He  began  life's  career 
as  a  poor  boy, — his  first  earnings  being  represented  by  fifty  cents  which  he  received 
for  an  ox  yoke  which  he  had  whittled  by  hand — and  prosperity  came  to  him  as  a 
reward  of  incessant  industry  and  honorable  dealings.  The  name  of  Goodhue  has  been 
closely  and  prominently  associated  with  the  development  of  Boulder  county  from 
pioneer  times  to  the  present  and  has  ever  stood  as  a  synonym  for  progressiveness 
in  matters  of  citizenship  as  well  as  along  agricultural  lines. 


OTIS   C.    BOLTON. 

Otis  C.  Bolton,  actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock 
raising  in  Boulder  county,  where  his  birth  occurred  on  the  7th  of  August.  1879,  is  a 
son  of  Francis  L.  and  Almira  (Strock)  Bolton,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Ohio. 
They  became  residents  of  Colorado  in  18S7  and  are  now  living  in  Niwot,  this  state. 
Their  family  numbered  three  children,  but  Otis  C.  is  the  only  one  who  survives. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof,  Otis  C.  Bolton,  after  mastering 
the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  public  schools,  gave  his  undivided  attention 
to  farm  work,  to  Avhich  he  was  reared,  having  early  become  familiar  with  all  the 
duties  and  labors  that  occupy  the  time  of  the  agriculturist.  Throughout  his  life  he 
has  followed  farming  and  is  now  living  on  a  farm  of  fifty  acres,  all  of  which  is  under 
the  ditch.  The  careful  irrigation  and  cultivation  of  his  land  have  made  it  very  pro- 
ductive and   he   annually   gathers   substantial   harvests. 

In  1897  Mr.  Bolton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eunice  Allen,  a  native  of 
Boulder  county  and  a  daughter  of  Alonzo  and  Prudy  (Parker)  Allen,  both  of  whom 
were  born  in  Ohio.  They  had  a  family  of  two  children,  one  of  whom  became  Mrs. 
Bolton,  who  by  her  marriage  has  become  the  mother  of  three  children:  Allen  D.,  who 
was  born  August  23,  1898;  Vera  A.,  who  was  born  November  9,  1900,  and  is  a  high 
school  graduate;   and  Francis  A.,  who  was  born  March  16,  1908. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Bolton  is  a  republican.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  his  membership  being  in  the  lodge  at  Niwot, 
and  he  is  also  identified  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  His  life  has  been 
quietly  passed  and  his  intelligently  directed  energy  has  brought  results  which  are 
gratifying.  He  works  on  diligently  year  after  year,  allowing  no  obstacles  or  diffi- 
culties to  discourage  him  or  to  bar  his  path,  and  steadily  he  has  advanced  toward  the 
goal  of  success. 


JOSEPH  R.   CRUSE. 


Joseph  R.  Cruse,  successfully  devoting  his  time  and  energies  to  farming  and 
stock  raising  in  Jefferson  county,  was  born  in  Missouri  on  the  16th  of  October,  1866, 
a  son  of  Wesley  and  Betty  (Raine)  Cruse.  The  father  was  born  in  Indiana  and  in 
early  life  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he  met  and  married  Miss  Betty  Raine,  a  native 
of  Kentucky.  In  1885  they  became  residents  of  Colorado  and  are  now  living  at  Mor- 
rison, this  state.  They  became  the  parents  of  six  children  and  the  family  circle  still 
remains  unbroken  by  the  hand  of  death. 

Joseph  R.  Cruse  was  reared  and  educated  in  Missouri,  enjoying  the  benefits  of 
the  public  schools  until  he  had  passed  through  consecutive  grades  and  become  a  high 
school  pupil.  He  accompanied  his  parents  to  Colorado  in  1SS5,  when  a  youth  of  nine- 
teen years,  and  at  that  time  started  out  in  life  on  his  own  account.  He  was  for  ai 
number  of  years  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  at  Leadville  and  subsequently  turned 
his  attention  to  farming,  in  which  he  has  since  continued.  He  devotes  his  time  to  the 
development  of  the  fields  and  the  production  of  the  crops  best  adapted  to  soil  and 
climate  and  he  is  also  successfully  conducting  a  dairy  and  is  a  member  of  the  Milk 
Producers    Association.      His   life    has    been    characterized    by    unfaltering   energy    and 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  685 

determination,  wliicli  qualities  liave  enabled  liim  to  overcome  obstacles  and  difficul- 
ties in  liis  path  and  work  bis  way  steadily  upward   to  success. 

In  1890  Mr.  Cruse  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  Kemp,  a  native  of  Nebraslia  and  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Kemp,  who  have  passed  away.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cruse 
became  the  parents  of  six  children:  Charles,  now  deceased;  Jesse,  who  is  married 
and  follows  farming;  Bryan,  who  is  also  married  and  devotes  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing; Albert,  a  bank  teller  in  The  Merchants  Bank  o£  Denver;  and  Richard  and  Lucy, 
who  have  passed  away. 

Mr.  Cruse  is  a  well  known  representative  of  Odd  Fellows  Lodge,  No.  13,  at 
Golden,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs.  He  loyally  adheres  to  the  teachinga 
of  the  order  and  enjoys  the  highest  respect  of  his  brethren  in  the  fraternity.  In  politics 
he  is  a  democrat  and  for  two  years  has  been  filling  the  office  of  county  commissioner. 
He  was  also  water  commissioner  under  Governor  Ammons  for  two  years  and  for  a 
considerable  period  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board,  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion finding  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  He  has  proven  a  progressive  business  man, 
a  loyal  citizen,  a  capable  official  and  a  faithful  friend — qualities  which  in  every  land 
and   clime   awaken   confidence,   regard   and    respect. 


JONAS  WASHBURN. 


Jonas  Washburn  is  now  living  retired  in  Aurora,  Adams  county,  but  his  has  been 
a  most  active,  busy  and  useful  life.  He  has  at  different  periods  been  prominently 
identified  with  merchandizing,  railroading,  mining,  contracting,  farming,  stock  raising 
and  dairying,  and  the  methods  he  has  employed  in  the  attainment  of  his  success  well 
entitle  him  to  the  respect  which  is  uniformly  accorded  him.  He  was  born  in  Scranton, 
Pennsylvania,  May  17,  1845,  a  son  of  Nicholas  and  Mariah  (Smith)  Washburn,  who 
were  natives  of  the  state  of  New  York.  The  father  removed  to  Pennsylvania  in  1815 
and  there  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  and  also  in  merchandising.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  were  for  many  years  residents  of  Pennsylvania,  continuing  in  that  state  until 
called  to  their  final  rest.    Four  sons  were  born  to  them,  of  whom  three  are  living. 

Jonas  Washburn  spent  his  youthful  days  in  the  state  of  his  nativity  and  is 
indebted  to  its  public  school  system  for  the  educational  advantages  he  received.  At 
length  he  determined  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  west  and  in  February,  1879,  arrived  in 
Colorado.  He  first  located  in  Golden  where  he  sought  and  obtained  employment,  with 
the  old  wholesale  grocery  house  of  Chatman  &  Company,  as  salesman,  both  in  the 
store  and  on  the  outside  as  traveling  representative,  "in  which  latter  capacity,  he 
traveled  on  horseback  to  the  surrounding  mining  camps,  including  Blackhawk,  Idaho 
Springs  and  Central  City.  In  December  of  1879.  he  came  to  Denver  and  there  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  Company,  in  the  freight  department.  Later, 
he  joined  the  operating  forces  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railway  Company,  and  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  supply  department.  The  road  being  then  under  construction, 
his  work  was  of  a  most  important  and  exacting  character,  and  a  part  of  the  duties 
performed  by  him  was  the  forwarding  to  the  front,  of  six  thousand  five  hundred  men, 
whose  labors  went  towards  the  building  of  this  important  artery  of  commerce. 

In  December,  1880,  he  became  associated  with  Brick  Pomeroy  in  the  mining  busi- 
ness, and  pursued  this  line  of  activity  in  Central  City,  Idaho  Springs,  and  other  points 
throughout  the  state. 

In  March,  1887,  he  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits.  He  purchased  a 
ranch  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  eleven  miles  from  Denver,  and  under  his 
careful  management,  it  ultimately  became  one  of  the  best  improved  places  in  the  state. 
He  was  largely  instrumental  in  obtaining  the  establishment  of  a  railroad  station,  and 
shipping  point  there,  by  contributing  liberally  towards  the  expense  of  installing  the 
tracks  for  switching,  and  other  facilities.  The  station  was  first  named  "Washburn," 
but  is  now  known  as  Hazeltine.  During  his  residence  upon  this  ranch,  he  engaged 
in  the  dairy  business,  specializing  in  high  grade  Jersey  stock,  and  he  has  been  instru- 
mental, in  no  small  degree,  in  improving  the  standard  of  stock  in  general,  and  Jerseys 
in  particular,  throughout  Colorado  and  the  west.  Disposing  of  this  property,  which 
had  in  the  meantime  been  brought  to  a  high  state  of  improvement,  he  purchased 
another,  and  established  a  dairy,  at  Montclair,  and  conducted  the  same  successfully 
during  the  following  years. 

In  1900,  he  removed  to  Aurora,  locating  upon  the  property  where  he  now  resides. 
He  organized  the  Washburn  Jersey  Dairy  Company,  which  soon  acquired  distinction 
as  one  of  the  leading  dairy  companies  of  Denver  and  its  environs.     The  company  con- 


JONAS  WASHBURN 


MRS.  JONAS  WASHBURN 


688  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

tinued  in  business  until  1916,  during  wliich  time,  Mr.  Washburn  was  its  president 
and  general  manager.  In  addition  to  the  dairying  feature,  the  company  engaged  ex- 
tensively in  the  stock  business,  raising  highly  bred  Jersey  cattle  as  well  as  large 
numbers  of  beef  stock.  The  company  also  became  noted  for  the  finely  bred  horses, 
raised  on  its  ranch,  as  well  as  for  general  agricultural  and  irrigation  work,  which  it 
conducted  extensively.  The  various  lines  of  enterprise,  largely  reflected  the  initiative 
and  far-sightedness  of  Mr.  Washburn,  who  was  responsible  for  their  introduction  and 
development.  His  intelligently  directed  efforts  and  unfaltering  enterprise  brought 
to  him  a  measure  of  success  that  now  enables  him  to  live  retired,  enjoying  rest  and 
comfort  as  the  fruit  of  his  former  toil. 

In  1868  Mr.  Washburn  was  married  to  Miss  Harriett  Frink,  a  native  of  New  York 
city  and  daughter  of  Orin  and  Edith  (Smith)  Frink.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Washburn  occupy 
an  attractive  home  in  the  town  and  still  own  eighty  acres  of  fine  farm  land.  They 
are  consistent  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  their  religious  faith  has  guided 
them  in  all  of  the  relations  of  life.  While  they  have  had  no  children  born  to  them, 
they  have  reared  and  educated  four  boys,  each  of  whom  is  now  married,  and  all  have 
homes  of  their  own.  Fraternally  Mr.  Washburn  is  connected  with  the  Masons,  having 
become  a  member  of  the  craft,  in  his  home  town  of  Scranton.  His  political  allegiance 
is  given  to  the  democratic  party,  and  his  fellow  townsmen,  appreciative  of  his  worth 
and  ability,  have  called  him  to  public  office.  He  has  served  on  the  city  board  and  for 
three  terms  was  mayor  of  Aurora,  giving  to  the  city  a  businesslike  and  progressive 
administration  in  which  he  brought  about  needed  reforms  and  improvements.  He 
has  always  stood  for  public  progress  in  civic  affairs  and  has  supported  many  measures 
for  the  welfare   and  benefit  of  community  and   country. 


WINTHROP    EUGENE   BLANCHARD.    M.    D. 

Dr.  Winthrop  Eugene  Blanchard  may  without  invidious  distinction  be  termed  one 
of  the  foremost  surgeons  of  Colorado,  his  ability  bringing  him  what  is  probably,  the 
largest  practice  in  surgery  in  the  city  of  Denver,  where  he  makes  his  home.  The 
laudable  ambition  to  make  his  life's  work  of  worth  to  the  world  has  prompted  his  steady 
progress,  bringing  him  to  the  liigh  position  which  he  now  occupies  in  professional 
circles.  Colorado  is  proud  to  number  him  among  her  native  sons.  He  was  born  in 
Pitkin.  October  27,  1S87,  a  son  of  Winthrop  Blanchard.  a  native  of  France  by  right  of 
the  fact  that  he  was  born  on  a  French  sailing  vessel,  the  Winthrop,  of  which  his  father 
was  master.  Winthrop  Blanchard  was  reared  and  educated  in  France  and  came  to 
America  in  1878,  taking  up  his  abode  in  Colorado.  He  was  a  railroad  engineer  and  was 
employed  on  the  Pacific  &  Gulf  Railroad  and  also  on  the  Union  Pacific  to  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  was  occasioned  by  a  railroad  wreck  in  1890,  when  he  was  thirty- 
nine  years  of  age.  He  was  well  liked  among  railroad  employes  and  officials  and  he 
took  a  very  active  and  helpful  part  in  the  formation  of  better  labor  condition-s  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  president  of  the  Colorado  State  Engineers'  Union.  He 
was  buried  in  Como,  Colorado,  where  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  erected  to 
his  memory  a  handsome  monument  in  the  form  of  an  engine,  indicative  of  the  fact 
that  he  died  heroically  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  Some  years  before  he  had 
wedded  Mary  Meyers,  a  native  of  Oldenburg,  Germany,  who  came  to  America  when  a 
young  girl  of  seventeen  years.  In  company  with  friends  whom  she  met  aboard  the 
vessel,  slie  made  her  way  direct  to  Colorado  and  after  a  short  residence  in  this  state 
met  and  married  Mr.  Blanchard.  becoming  his  wife  in  18S6.  She  is  still  living,  making 
her  home  with  her  son  in  Denver,  and  to  her  Dr.  Blanchard  attributes  much  of  his 
success  in  life.  Slie  became  the  mother  of  two  children,  the  younger  son  being 
Alfred  Blanchard,  a  medical  officer  in  the  regular  army,  who  spent  over  thirteen 
months  in  the  foreign  service  during  the  war.  He  is  a  graduate  pharmacist,  having 
completed  a  course  of  study  and  successfully  passed  the  examination  before  the  state 
board  of  pharmacy. 

Dr.  Blanchard  of  this  review  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  South  Park,  Denver,  and  in  the  East  Denver  high  school,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  class  of  1907.  He  then  obtained  employment  at  mechanical  drafting 
with  a  view  to  taking  up  the  work  as  a  life  profession.  At  the  age  of  seventeen, 
however,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Colorado  Southern  Railway  Company  and  was 
connected  with  various  branches  of  mechanical  work.  Later  he  pursued  a  two  and  a 
half  years'  course  of  study  in  the  old  Gross  Medical  College  and  was  graduated  from 
the  University  of  Colorado   in   1907   on   the   completion   of  a   medical   course.     Follow- 


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ing  his  graduation  lie  was  made  house  surgeon  at  the  Denver  City  &  County  Hospital 
and  continued  to  act  in  that  capacity  tor  two  years.  He  then  entered  upon  the  private 
practice  of  his  profession,  in  which  he  has  since  been  continuously  engaged,  giving  his 
time  largely  to  surgical  work.  He  is  a  member  of  the  surgical  staff  of  St.  Anthony's 
Hospital  of  Denver.  He  has  pursued  post  graduate  work  in  the  Cook  County  Hospital  of 
Chicago  and  in  the  Surgical  Congress  of  Chicago  and  every  year  since  his  gradua- 
tion has  given  some  time  to  post  graduate  study  along  surgical  lines.  He  is  a  member 
and  the  secretary  of  the  Twentieth  Century  Medical  Society,  is  a  member  of  the 
Denver  City  and  County  Medical  Society,  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society  and  the 
American    Medical   Association. 

On  the  29th  of  November,  1916.  Dr.  Blanchard  was  married  in  St.  Mark's  Episcopal 
church  in  Denver  by  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  John  H.  Houghton  to  Miss  Ramona  Blair,  a 
daughter  of  Dr.  Robert  and  Susan  (Atkinson)  Blair.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  Albert  Pike  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Denver  Chapter,  No.  2,  Colorado  Commandery 
No.  25,  and  El  Jebel  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine;  also  with  the  Benevolent  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks,  with  the  Alpha  Kappa  medical  fraternity  and  with  Sigma  Gamma 
Delta,  a  Greek  letter  fraternity.  In  politics  he  maintains  an  independent  course, 
nor  has  he  ever  sought  or  desired  office.  Although  not  a  member,  he  gives  his  sup- 
port to  the  churches,  and  his  aid  and  influence  are  always  on  the  side  of  progress, 
reform  and  advancement.  He  started  out  upon  his  business  career  when  a  youth  of 
sixteen  and  through  his  own  efforts  and  the  assistance  of  his  good  mother  he  has 
reached  his  present  enviable  position  as  one  of  the  eminent  surgeons  of  the  west.  He 
is  yet  a  young  man  and  what  he  has  already  accomplished  indicates  that  his  future 
career  will  be  well  worth  the  watching.  He  is  actuated  by  the  highest  ideals  and, 
judged  by  the  standard  of  not  the  good  that  comes  to  us  but  the  good  that  comes  to 
the  world  through  us  is  the  measure  of  our  success.  Dr.  Blanchard  is  a  most  suc- 
cessful man. 


ANNA  E.  JUCHEM. 


Anna  E.  Juchem  is  the  owner  of  valuable  farm  property  in  the  vicinity  of  Arvada 
and  has  spent  her  entire  life  in  that  locality.  In  fact  she  was  bom  pn  the  old  Juchem 
ranch  at  Arvada,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Anna  Elizabeth  Juchem.  In  her  girlhood 
days  she  attended  the  public  schools  of  Arvada  and  she  is  now  concentrating  her  efforts 
and  attention  upon  the  development  of  her  farming  interests.  She  has  a  considerable 
tract  of  land,  which  is  carefully  cultivated  and  is  improved  with  all  of  the  accessories 
and  conveniences  of  a  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century. 

That  Miss  Juchem  is  making  a  comprehensive,  accurate  and  scientific  study  of 
farming  is  indicative  through  her  connection  with  the  local  Grange,  known  as  Clear 
Creek  Valley  Grange,  No.  4,  also  with  the  State  Grange  and  the  National  Grange.  Her 
political  endorsement  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  She  is  well  known  as  a  rep- 
resentative of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Arvada  who  have  been  closely  associated 
from  the  early  days  with  the  agricultural  development  of  this  section  of  the  stale. 
She  claims  that  she  is  the  only  person  of  her  age  in  Colorado  who  has  spent  her  entire 
life  on  the  place  on  which  she  was  born,  not  having  been  away  from  the  ranch  more 
than  one  month  at  a  time,  and  not  more  than  six  months  altogether. 


ROBERT   HAWKEY. 


Among  the  substantial  and  valuable  American  citizens  whom  Canada  has  furnished 
to  this  country  was  Robert  Hawkey,  deceased,  who  for  many  years  successfully  fol- 
lowed agricultural  pursuits  in  Colorado,  to  which  state  he  came  in  1864,  homesteading 
upon  land  south  of  Parker  in  Arapahoe  county.  There  he  established  himself  and  as 
the  years  passed  and  his  means  increased  he  added  to  his  holdings  until  he  became 
one  of  the  most  substantial  ranchers  of  his  county,  for  at  the  time  of  his  demise 
he  owned  one  thousand  acres. 

Robert  Hawkey  was  born  October  18,  1844,  and  was  reared  under  the  parental 
roof,  receiving  his  early  education  in  the  Dominion.  There  he  became  connected 
with  farm  work  and  early  became  familiar  with  those  labors  which  make  up  the  farm 
curriculum,  at  the  same  time  gaining  a  knowledge  of  methods  which  he  applied  later 
and  which  proved  of  value  to  him  in  the  cultivation  of  his  land   in  Colorado.     When 


690  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

a  youth  of  nineteen  years  he  came  to  this  state,  which  remained  his  home  until  death 
claimed  him. 

On  October  18,  1866,  Mr.  Hawkey  was  united  in  marriage  to  Rosella  Jaworski, 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  V.  and  Cecelia  (Shaw)  Jaworski,  who  were  among  the  pioneers 
of  Chicago.  Illinois,  to  which  place  they  removed  in  1832,  five  years  before  the  city 
was  incorporated.  Of  the  children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hawkey  four  are  now  living. 
Richard  T.,  who  was  reared  upon  the  home  ranch,  resides  there  with  his  mother,  now- 
managing  the  property  for  her,  and  is  married  to  Maud  Monroe.  Daisy  B.  married 
William  F.  Rowley,  who  passed  away  in  1912.  They  had  become  the  parents  of  three 
children.  Retta  B.  Rowley  married  Harvey  Kime,  a  native  of  Oregon,  by  whom  she 
has  one  child,  Franklin,  and  they  are  now  living  on  her  mother's  ranch  just  east  of 
Parker.  Vera  H.  Rowley  married  George  Seibert.  who  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
navy  and  is  now  stationed  at  Newport.  Rhode  Island.  Robert  Rowley,  a  mechanic, 
is  serving  with  the  United  States  army  in  Prance.  Correna  J.  Hawkey  married  George 
McKinney  and  they  now  reside  on  a  ranch  in  Elbert  county,  this  state,  with  their 
two  daughters,  Rosella  and  Adela.  Cecelia  S.  Hawkey  married  Elmer  Jewell  and  they 
have  a  son,  Velt.  " 

While  Mr.  Hawkey  was  not  active  in  political  life  he  was  ever  ready  to  give  of 
his  time  and  means  in  order  to  promote  public  measures  of  value  to  his  community 
and  through  his  agricultural  labors  contributed  toward  development  and  upbuilding. 
He  was  considered  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  trustworthy  citizens  of  Douglas  county 
and  enjoyed  the  respect  of  all  who  knew  him.  Mr.  Hawkey  was  an  honored  member 
of  the  Grange,  in  which  organization  he  had  many  friends.  His  death  was  the  occa- 
sion of  deep  sorrow  not  only  to  his  Immediate  family  but  to  tliose  who  lost  in  him  a 
personal  friend  whom  they  highly  esteemed.  His  widow  now  resides  upon  the  home 
ranch  seven  miles  north  of  Parker,  in  Arapahoe  county,  and  many  are  those  who 
honor  in  her  one  of  the  pioneer  women  of  the  state.  For  fifty-five  years  she  has  been 
a  resident  of  Colorado  and  here  her  children,  grandchildren  and  great-grandchildren  are 
growing  up,  surrounding  her  with  that  loving  care  which  is  her  due,  and  repaying 
her  in  that  way  for  the  loving  kindness  which  she  has  bestowed  upon  them. 


BASIL  B.  CREIGHTON,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Basil  B.  Creighton  is  well  known  professionally  and  as  a  druggist  to  health- 
seekers,  visitors  and  business  circles  in  the  Pike's  Peak  region.  He  was  born  in  Cin- 
cinnati. Ohio,  in  1864,  a  son  of  Peter  Creighton,  whose  birth  occurred  in  the  north  of 
Ireland  in  1813.  The  latter  came  to  the  United  States  in  early  manhood  and  located 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  wedded  Miss  Mary  Woods,  a  native  of  Armagh  Ireland. 
They  lived  industrious  lives,  rearing  a  large  family.  Peter  Creighton  passed  away  in 
1879.  while  his  wife  was  called  to  her  final  rest  in  1895. 

Basil  B.  Creighton  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native  city.  Following  his 
graduation  from  Hughes  high  school  and  a  few  years  of  business  experience  principally 
with  the  Cincinnati  Southern  Railway  he  prepared  for  his  life  calling  as  a  student  in 
the  Medical  College  of  Ohio,  from  which  Institution  he  was  graduated  with  honors  in 
1892.  After  competitive  examination  he  became  interne  in  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospi- 
tal at  Cincinnati  and  in  1S93  came  to  Manitou.  Colorado.  After  practicing  through- 
out the  season  at  the  famous  summer  resort  he  removed  to  Cripple  Creek,  at  that 
time  an  exciting  pioneer  gold  camp.  He  soon  received  appointment  as  city  physician 
and  as  surgeon  to  the  railroads  then  being  built  into  camp.  His  public  spirit  was 
evinced  in  the  aid  extended  to  the  Sisters  of  Mercy  in  the  establishment  of  their 
hospital.  After  two  years  spent  in  practice,  he  returned  to  Manitou,  where  he  assisted 
in  the  establishment  of  Montcalm  Sanitarium.  His  appointment  as  city  physician 
followed  and  his  services  have  been  accorded  such  general  satisfaction  that  he  has 
retained  this  Important  position  many  years. 

On  the  17th  of  April,  1899,  in  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  Dr.  Creighton  was  united  In 
marriage  to  Miss  Maud  E.  Rees,  by  whom  he  has  four  children:  Basil  Rees,  Alice 
Bernice,  Mary  Forest  and  Edwina.  Naturally  an  optimist,  his  aid  and  Influence  have 
ever  been  given  on  the  side  of  progress  and  improvement.  He  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers and  has  been  for  many  years  a  director  of  the  Hot  Iron  Club,  a  commercial 
organization  of  Manitou,  and  has  always  been  active  in  promoting  her  commercial  in- 
terests. In  addition,  for  many  years  by  voice  and  pen,  he  has  championed  the  cause 
of  Manitou  as  the  leading  health  resort  in  the  west.  His  brochure,  entitled  "Manitou 
Springs  and  the  Springs  of  Manitou,"  written  to  advance  the  health  interests  of  this 


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692  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

pictur.esque  watering  resort  at  the  toot  of  Pike's  Peak  is  a  literary  gem.  It  may  be 
said  of  him  that  his  thoughts  were  ever  of  Manitou  and  that  he  worked  continuously  to 
the  end  that  the  many  might  know  and  benefit  by  the  charms  of  Manitou  and  the 
health  renewing  qualities  of  her  uniquely  tonic  climate  and  mineral  springs. 


RALPH  C.  TILTON. 


Ralph  C.  Tilton  is  the  efficient  cashier  of  the  Deertrail  State  Bank  of  the  town  of 
Deertrail  and  is  also  extensively  identified  with  stock  raising  in  Arapahoe  county. 
He  is  numbered  among  the  substantial  citizens  that  Iowa  has  furnished  to  Colorado, 
for  his  birth  occurred  in  Decatur  county  of  the  former  state  on  the  27th  of  May,  1888. 
a  son  of  Maynard  and  Letha  (Barr)  Tilton,  the  former  a  native  of  Maine,  while  the 
latter  was  born  in  Indiana.  For  about  thirty  years  they  were  residents  of  Iowa  and 
in  1915  came  to  Colorado,  now  making  their  home  upon  the  ranch  of  their  son.  They 
have  but  two  children  and  the  elder,  Arthur,  is  now  serving  in  the  United  States  army. 

Ralph  C.  Tilton  was  reared  and  educated  in  Iowa,  supplementing  his  early  studies 
by  a  high  school  course.  He  started  out  in  the  business  world  on  his  own  account 
when  a  young  man  of  twenty  years,  going  to  Nebraska,  where  he  secured  the  position 
of  assistant  cashier  in  a  bank,  thus  serving  for  three  years.  In  this  manner  he  gained 
his  initial  experience  in  the  banking  business  and  in  1912  he  came  to  Deertrail,  Colo- 
rado, to  enter  upon  the  duties  of  cashier  of  the  Deertrail  State  Bank,  in  which  capacity 
he  has  since  acceptably  and  capably  served.  He  is  a  courteous  and  obliging  official 
and  his  business  ability,  combined  with  his  genial  manner,  have  done  not  a  little  to 
further  the  business  of  the  bank  and  make  it  one  of  the  substantial  financial  institutions 
of  this  section  of  the  state.  On  removing  to  Colorado  he  also  purchased  a  fine  ranch  of 
nine  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  has  since  added  eight  hundred  and  sixty  acres  to  the 
original  tract.  His  place  is  splendidly  improved  and  upon  it  he  runs  a  large  herd  of 
cattle  and  also  many  sheep.  His  live  stock  interests  are  extensive  and  important  and 
in  addition  to  this  he  makes  a  specialty  of  raising  alfalfa,  harvesting  large  crops  an- 
nually. 

On  Uie  29th  of  December,  1910,  Mr.  Tilton  was  married  to  Miss  Edna  N.  Brownell, 
a  native  of  Iowa,  and  they  have  become  parents  of  two  children,  Ardis  A.  and  Helen  A. 
Mrs.  Tilton  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tilton  are  highly 
esteemed  in  the  section  of  the  state  in  which  they  make  their  home,  occupying  an  en- 
viable position  in  social  circles  by  reason  of  their  sterling  worth  of  character  and  their 
unfeigned  cordiality.  In  all  of  his  business  career  Mr.  Tilton  has  displayed  adapta- 
bility and  keen  discernment  as  well  as  unfaltering  enterprise,  and  since  starting  out 
independently  has  advanced  step  by  step,  constantly  gaining  a  broader  outlook  and 
wider  opportunities. 


JESSE   CROOKS. 


In  the  sudden  death  of  Jesse  Crooks,  on  December  9,  1918,  Adams  county  lost 
one  of  its  best  known  and  highly  respected  citizens,  his  demise  causing  sincere  sorrow 
among  his  many  friends.  He  owned  and  occupied  the  farm  upon  which  he  resided 
from  1907  to  the  end  but  dated  his  residence  in  Colorado  from  1874  and  was  therefore 
numbered  among  its  pioneer  settlers.  He  lived  for  a  long  period  in  Jefferson  county 
before  removing  to  Adams  county,  where  he  was  successfully  engaged  in  carrying  on 
general  agricultural  pursuits.  He  was  l)orn  in  Buchanan  county,  Iowa,  June  4,  1855, 
a  son  of  James  and  Rebecca  Crooks,  who  were  natives  of  Ireland.  Coming  to  America 
in  early  life,  the  father  settled  in  Ohio  and  afterward  removed  to  Iowa,  where  his 
remaining  days  were  passed.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  born  ten  children,  of  whom 
three   daughters   and   one   son   are   living. 

Jesse  Crooks  was  reared  in  Iowa  upon  the  old  home  farm  and  early  became 
familiar  with  all  the  duties  and  labors  that  fall  to  the  lot  of  the  farm-bred  boy.  He 
remained  at  home  until  he  reached  the  age  of  nineteen  years  and  then  sought  the 
opportunities  of  the  west,  coming  to  Colorado.  He  took  upi  his  abode  upon  a  farm  in 
Jefferson  county,  there  residing  until  1907.  when  he  purchased  his  late  place  in  Adams 
county,  comprising  one  hundred  and  fifteen  acres,  the  greater  part  of  which  is  well 
irrigated,  thus   greatly  enhancing   its   productiveness.     He  annually   raised  good   crops 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  693 

and  his  enterprise  and  unwearied  industry  were  the  salient  features  in  his  growing 
success. 

In  1SS2  Mr.  Crooks  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  Evans,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  to  them  were  horn  six  children:  James;  Henry;  Marian,  who  is  the 
wife  of  ;P.  E.  Graves;   Viola,  at  home;   Jessie,  deceased;  and  William  O. 

In  politics  Mr.  Crooks  was  a  republican,  having  always  supported  the  party  since 
age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise,  but  he  never  sought  or  held  office. 
He  always  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  business  affairs  and  it  was 
by  reason  of  his  close  application  that  he  won  a  place  among  the  substantial  farmers 
of  Adams  county.  His  untimely  end  on  December  9,  1918,  caused  by  neuralgia  of  the 
heart,  was  a  great  shock  to  his  family  to  whom  he  ever  was  a  loving  and  sacrificing 
husband  and  father.  A  man  of  sterling  character  and  endearing  qualities  he  also 
left  many  friends  to  mourn  his  loss,  and  with  his  wife  and  children,  as  well  as  his 
friends  the  memory  of  him  will  ever  remain  a  blessed  benediction. 


CARL   D.   JOHNSON. 


Carl  D.  Johnson,  who  follows  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Boulder  county,  was 
born  in  Sweden  on  the  3d  of  March,  1856,  a  son  of  John  and  Katherine  Johnson,  who 
were  also  natives  of  Sweden,  where  the  father  spent  his  entire  life.  The  mother 
afterward  came  with  her  family  to  the  United  States  in  the  year  1870  and  took  up  a 
homestead  claim  in  Colorado,  whereon  her  son,  Carl  D.,  now  resides.  She  continued 
to  make  it  her  place  of  residence  until  she,  too,  was  called  to  the  home  beyond. 
In  the  family  were  but  two  children,  the  younger  being  Frank  Johnson,  who  is  now 
living  in   Routt   county,   Colorado. 

Carl  D.  Johnson  was  a  lad  of  fourteen  years  when  he  accompanied  his  mother  on 
the  long  voyage  across  the  Atlantic  and  the  trip  across  the  country  to  Colorado.  Since 
that  time  he  has  resided  in  this  state  and  has  always  followed  agricultural  pursuits. 
He  now  owns  the  old  homestead  place,  which  comprises  one  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  of  rich  and  productive  land  which  is  all  under  the  ditch.  He  makes  a  specialty 
of  dairying  and  at  the  same  time  carries  on  general  farming  and  annually  harvests 
good  crops.  For  dairy  purposes  he  keeps  a  large  number  of  high-grade  cows  and  the 
products  of  his  dairy  find  ready  sale  on  the  market.  He  leads  a  busy  life  and  Blsi 
unfaltering  energy  has  been   the  basis  of  his  growing   success. 

In  1887  Mr.  Johnson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Hilda  C.  Lett,  a  native  'of 
Sweden,  who  came  to  America  in  that  year.  To  them  have  been  born  three  children: 
OUie,  the  wife  of  Robert  Etzler;  Winifred,  deceased;  and  Ardner  F.,  who  is  married 
and  farms  the  old  homestead. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  are  consistent  members  of  the  Lutheran  church,  contribute 
generously  to  its  support  and  take  an  active  Interest  in  its  work.  Mr.  Johnson  has 
served  for  twenty-seven  years  as  a  school  director  and  has  done  much  to  further  the 
cause  of  education  in  his  locality.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  democratic 
party.  He  is  a  self-made  man  who,  starting  out  in  life  empty-handed,  is  now  the  pos- 
sessor of  a  substantial  competence  that  is  the  direct  reward  of  his  industry  and  per- 
severance. 


ANDREW  HAGUS. 


Andrew  Hagus.  who  for  many  years  was  a  leading  and  representative  farmer  of 
Adams  county,  passed  away  on  the  5th  of  May,  1917.  He  had  been  identified  with  the 
pioneer  development  of  Colorado,  where  for  nearly  si.xty  years  he  had  made  his  home, 
and  as  the  years  were  added  to  the  cycle  of  the  century  he  bore  his  full  share  in  the 
work  of  general  improvement  and  progress.  He  was  born  in  Prussia,  Germany,  near 
Cologne,  on  the  21st  of  June,  1837,  his  parents  being  Joseph  P.  and  Elizabeth  (Leasch) 
Hagus.  He  was  a  public  school  pupil  until  1849  and  then  accompanied  his  parents  to 
the  new  world,  the  family  home  being  established  at  Galena,  Illinois,  where  the  father 
followed  the  tailoring  trade,  which  he  had  learned  in  his  native  country.  The  son 
acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  English  language  in  the  public  schools  of  Galena  and  when 
a  youth  of  fourteen  years  started  out  in  the  business  world  by  securing  employment 
in  a  nursery.  His  first  wage  was  four  dollars  per  month.  Later  this  was  advanced 
to  six  dollars  and  during  the  last  two  years  he  spent  at  the  nursery  he  received  eight 


694  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

dollars  per  month.  In  1857  he  became  a  clerk  in  a  merchandise  establishment,  in 
which   he  remained  for  two  years. 

In  1859,  attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the  growing  and  developing  west,  Mr. 
Hagus  started  for  Colorado  with  three  companions,  each  man  driving  his  own  team. 
They  left  in  March  and  after  two  months  arrived  in  Denver.  They  then  proceeded  to 
Deadwood  and  soon  afterward  were  busily  engaged  in  mining.  In  June  of  the  same 
year  they  made  their  way  to  the  Gregory  mines,  where  they  successfully  worked  for 
a  brief  period  and  then  sold  their  interests,  returning  to  Denver  with  the  intention 
of  spending  the  winter  there.  However,  they  soon  left  the  city  to  remove  to  Brighton 
and  Mr.  Hagus  began  raising  vegetables  and  supplies  for  the  miners.  He  and  his 
companion  were  the  first  to  engage  in  this  line  of  business  at  Brighton  and  they 
found  ready  sale  for  their  products.  They  brought  the  first  mowing  machine,  rake 
and  other  farming  implements  that  were  ever  brought  into  the  locality.  In  the  fall  of 
1S60,  however,  Mr.  Hagus  again  made  his  way  to  the  mines,  where  he  made  a  profit- 
able discovery,  and  later  he  began  hauling  supplies  to  the  miners  in  different  parts 
of  the  mountains.  Under  the  homestead  act  he  preempted  his  farm  in  1863  and  secured 
a  quarter  section  of  land,  to  which  he  afterward  added  by  purchase  until  he  became 
the  owner  of  two  hundred  acres,  which  he  brought  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation. 
He  was  interested  in  all  that  pertained  to  progressive  agriculture  and  was  largely 
instrumental  in  furthering  the  Fulton  ditch,  being  one  of  the  stockholders  and  the 
vice  president  of  the  company.  He  also  extended  his  business  activities  in  other 
directions,  becoming  financially  interested  in  the  Brighton  Mills,  and  from  time  to  time 
he  invested  in  Denver  property  until  his  real  estate  holdings  were  quite  extensive. 

In  1864  Mr.  Hagus  was  married  in  Galena,  Illinois,  to  Miss  Kate  Ziegler,  a  native 
of  Germany,  who  passed  away  in  1S83.  Their  children  were  five  in  number:  Emma, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Frederick  Milheim;  Henry  J.,  who  has  devoted  his  life  to 
farming;  Louise,  the  wife  of  Albert  R.  Ritter,  of  Denver;  Katie,  the  wife  of  John 
Barnard,  of  Steamboat  Springs;  and  Fred,  also  a  farmer.  The  elder  son,  Henry  J., 
married  Miss  Martha  Bruhart  and  has  two  children,  William  Louis  and  Lydia  Eliza- 
beth. After  losing  his  first  wife  Mr.  Hagus  was  married  on  the  10th  of  July,  1885,  to 
Magdalena  Baden  and  they  had  two  sons,  Andrew,  Jr.,  and  John  L.,  and  a  daughter, 
Lucelle. 

Mr.  Hagus  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  from  the  time 
when  he  cast  his  first  presidential  ballot  for  Rutherford  B.  Hayes  in  1876.  He  was 
never  ambitious  to  hold  office,  preferring  to  give  his  time  and  attention  to  his 
business  affairs  and  family  interests.  His  religious  faith  was  that  of  the  Catholic 
church,  he  being  a  communicant  of  the  Brighton  parish.  Those  who  knew  him,  and 
he  had  a  wide  acquaintance,  esteemed  him  as  a  man  of  sterling  personal  worth  and  in 
his  life  record  he  illustrated  what  it  is  possible  to  accomplish  through  personal  effort 
when  industry  is  guided  by  diligence  and  determination.  The  many  years  spent  by 
Mr.  Hagus  in  Colorado  made  him  a  most  valued  citizen  of  the  state,  for  he  was  loyal 
to  its  interests  and  active  in  promoting  its  growth  and  development  in  the  community 
in  wliich  he  made  his  home. 


ALFRED  W.  DULWEBER. 


Alfred  W.  Duhveber  is  an  attorney  at  law  practicing  at  the  bar  of  Fort  Morgan 
and'  although  one  of  its  younger  representatives  has  already  displayed  qualities  which 
indicate  that  liis  future  career  will  be  well  worth  the  watching.  He  was  born  in 
Covington,  Kentucky,  on  the  10th  of  April,  1892,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Linde- 
mann)  Dulweber,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ohio.  The  father  engaged  in  business 
as  a  lumber  dealer  and  subsequently  removed  to  Kentucky,  where  he  spent  the  residue 
of  his  life  in  Covington,  remaining  an  active  and  progressive  business  man  of  that 
place  to  the  time  of  his  demise,  which  occurred  in  December,  1898.  His  widow  is  now 
living  in  Fort  Morgan,  Colorado. 

Alfred  W.  Dulweber  was  reared  and  educated  in  Ohio.  He  also  attended  private 
schools  in  Kentucky  and  became  a  student  in  the  State  University  of  Ohio,  in  which 
he  completed  the  classical  course,  winning  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree.  He  afterward 
studied  in  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder  and  won  his  LL.  B.  degree  upon 
graduation  with  the  class  of  1917.  He  had  determined  to  make  the  practice  of  law  his 
life  work  and  after  a  thorough  preliminary  course  in  the  State  University  he  located 
at  Brush,  Colorado,  where  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  law,  in  which  he  continued 
until  the  15th  of  September,  1917,  when  he  came  to  Fort  Morgan,  where  he  has  since 


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696  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

r«~acticed.  Here  he  entered  into  partnership  with  F.  E.  Pendell  under  the  firm  style  of 
Pendell  &  Dulweber,  and  they  are  making  for  themselves  a  creditable  position  at  the 
bar. 

Mr.  Dulweber  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  his 
religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his  membership  in  the  Catholic  church.  His  political 
views  are  in  accord  with  the  principles  of  the  democratic  party.  He  is  a  young  man, 
wide-awake,  alert  an^  enterprising,  interested  in  public  welfare  as  well  as  in  personal 
advancement,  and  gives  active  aid  and  cooperation  to  many  movements  for  the  general 


RALPH    EGGLESTON. 


Ralph'  Eggleston  is  one  of  the  prominent  stock  raisers  of  Jefferson  county,  spe- 
cializing in  pure  blooded  Holstein  cattle  and  fine  Shropshire  sheep.  He  has  come  to 
be  a  recognized  authority  upon  questions  relating  to  this  business,  and  his  practical 
and  progressive  ideas  are  manifest  in  the  excellent  results  which  have  attended  his 
labors. 

Mr.  Eggleston  is  a  native  of  the  Empire  state.  He  was  born  in  Dutchess  county, 
New  York,  April  7.  1868,  a. son  of  James  R.  and  Samantha  (Selleck)  Eggleston.  He 
pursued  his  education  in  his  native  county  and  afterward  took  up  railroad  grading, 
which  he  jfollowed  for  twenty-five  years,  doing  construction  work  throughout  the  United 
States,  Mexico  and  Canada.  In  1896  he  came  to  Colorado  and  made  this  state  his 
headquarters  while  still  engaged  in  contract  work.  About  twelve  years  ago.  or  in 
1906,  he  i)urchased  a  4arge  ranch  in  Jefferson  county  near  Morrison  and  after  four 
years  moved  to  the  place,  since  which  time  he  has  continued  its  cultivation  and  im- 
provement. He  is  now  one  of  the  well  known,  prominent  and  successful  sheep  raisers 
and  also  Specializes  in  handling  pure  blooded  Holstein  cattle.  His  stock  has  won  vari- 
ous prized  at  shows  and  his  close  study  of  everything  connected  with  the  raising  of 
fine  stock|  has  made  his  opinions  of  value  concerning  the  live  stock  industry  in  the 
state.         I 

On  the  9th  of  August,  1902,  Mr.  Eggleston  was  married  to  Miss  Tempa  May  Rain- 
water and  they  have  a  daughter,  Katherine  T.,  and  a  son,  James  R.  Mr.  Eggleston  is  a 
Mason,  iqentified  with  the  lodge  at  La  Grange,  Illinois.  His  political  allegiance  is 
given  to  the  republican  party  and  he  keeps  well  informed  on  the  questions  and  issues 
of  the  day  but  has  never  sought  or  desired  office  as  a  reward  for  party  fealty.  He  is 
concentrating  his  thought,  purpose  and  energy  upon  his  business  affairs,  which  have 
been  wisely  directed  and  have  brought  to  him  a  substantial  measure  of  success,  so 
that  he  is;  numbered  among  the  men  of  affluence  in  the  vicinity  of  Morrison. 


SQUIRE  RALPH  GIDDINGS. 

Squire  Ralph  Giddings,  proprietor  of  a  garage,  dealer  in  automobiles  and  manu- 
facturer of  the  Giddings  beet  puller  at  Timnath,  Larimer  county,  was  born  in  Cameron, 
Illinois,  December  29,  1873,  a  son  of  Loren  and  Elizabeth  (Stafford)  Giddings,  the 
former  a  native  of  Illinois,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Pennsylvania.  The  father 
devoted  his  entire  life  to  farming  save  for  a  period  during  the  Civil  war.  when  he 
was  employed  by  the  government  at  baling  hay.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  Illi- 
nois and  when  he  reached  man's  estate  turned  his  attention  to  farming  as  a  life  work. 
He  bought  and  improved  land,  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  until  1881  and  then 
removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  carried  on  farming  until  1883.  In  the  latter  year  he  re- 
moved to  Larimer  county.  Colorado,  at  which  time  Fort  Collins  contained  a  popula- 
tion of  but  fifteen  hundred.  He  rented  land  ten  miles  northeast  of  the  place  and 
there  resided  for  fourteen  years.  He  afterward  engaged  in  farming  in  Morgan  county 
for  two  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Larimer  county  and  devoted  his  attention 
to  farming  "near  Timnath  for  a  time.  Later  he  retired  and  bought  a  nice  home  ini 
Timnath,  where  he  spent  his  remaining  days,  his  death  occurring  in  the  spring  of 
1915,  when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  seventy-two  years. 

Squire  R.  Giddings  spent  the  days  of  his  boyhood  in  Illinois  and  Iowa  prior  to 
coming  to  Colorado  and  attended  the  public  schools  of  both  states,  while  in  Fort  Col- 
lins he  continued  his  education  until  his  parents  removed  with  the  family  to  a  farm 
about  ten  miles  northeast  of  the  city.     As  there  was  no  school  nearby,  his  father  and 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  697 

others  organized  a  district  school  and  his  sister  was  the  first  teacher,  S.  R.  Giddiugs 
being  one  of  her  pupils.  Later  he  became  a  student  in  the  high  school  at  Fort  Collins, 
riding  horseback  to  and  from  the  town  night  and  morning.  He  also  aided  his  sisters 
through  high  school.  He  remained  with  his  parents  until  he  reached  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years  and  afterward  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade.  He  never  served  an 
apprenticeship  but  worked  under  his  brother,  who  is  at  the  head  of  the  Giddings 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Fort  Collins.  At  a  later  period  S.  R.  Giddings  removed 
to  Timnath.  eight  miles  southeast  of  Fort  Collins,  and  there  engaged  in  blacksmith- 
ing.  conducting  his  shop  until  1915,  when  he  retired  from  that  business.  On  the  23d 
of  April.  1912,  he  invented  and  patented  a  beet  puller,  and  he  had  also  invented  one 
which  was  patented  on  the  23d  of  May,  1911.  He  commenced  the  manufacture  of  the 
puller  and  since  retiring  from  the  blacksmithing  business  has  devoted  much  of  his 
time  to  manufacturing  his  invention  and  also  to  the  automobile  business,  operating 
a  garage  and  doing  a  general  motor  repair  business.  He  likewise  handles  the  Cole 
car.  He  is  now  having  a  large  sale  for  his  beet  puller  and  he  has  very  strong  recom- 
mendations from  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company,  which  now  uses  his  puller  ex- 
clusively. He  has  equally  commendatory  letters  from  prominent  farmers  throughout 
this  section  of  the  state.  Mr.  Giddings  expects  in  a  very  short  time  to  incorporate 
his  business  and  enlarge  the  plant  in  order  to  manufacture  the  beet  puller  on  an 
extensive  scale.  Another  branch  of  his  business  is  putting  in  centrifugal  pumps, 
which  are  found  throughout  this  section  of  the  country  as  the  result  of  his  labors. 
He  likewise  engages  in  the  conduct  of  a  gas  and  oil  business  in  partnership  with 
E.  W.  Thayer,  a  banker,  and  he  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Timnath  Water  Company.  In 
all  business  interests  he  is  actuated  by  a  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progressiveness  that 
has   accomplished   most   gratifying   results. 

On  the  22d  of  February,  1900,  Mr.  Giddings  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  N.  Willis, 
a  daughter  of  John  L.  and  Luella  (Cobb)  Willis.  They  became  parents  of  five  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  are  living:  Dora  W.,  born  November  26,  1908;  and  John  H., 
born  November  26,  1910.  One  child  died  at  birth,  while  Elizabeth  L,.,  who  was  born 
in   November,  1900,   and  Dorothy  are   also  deceased. 

Mr.  Giddings  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  belonging  to  Fort  Collins 
Lodge,  No.  19,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Port  Collins  Chapter,  No.  11,  R.  A.  M.;  and  Fort 
Collins  Commandery,  No  13,  K.  T.  He  is  likewise  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  in  political 
belief  he  is  a  republican.  In  all  of  his  business  affairs  he  is  actuated  by  a  progressive 
spirit  that  accomplishes  results  which  are  far-reaching  and  satisfactory.  He  has  made 
valuable  contribution  to  the  world's  work  in  inventing  and  manufacturing  the  beet 
puller,  which  is  of  distinct  value  to  this  section  of  the  country,  in  which  the  growing 
of  beets  has  become  a  most  important  industry. 


HENRY  L.   WOOLFENDEN. 


Henry  L.  Woolfenden  of  Denver  is  the  district  manager  for  Allis-Chalmers  Man- 
ufacturing Company  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and  has  his  offices  in  the  First  National 
Bank  building  of  Denver.  He  came  to  Colorado  from  the  middle  east,  having  been 
born   in   Detroit,   Michigan,  on   the   15th   of  July,   1874. 

His  father.  Joseph  B.  Woolfenden,  was  a  native  of  England  and  crossed  the  Atlan- 
tic to  the  new  world  in  1862,  at  which  time  he  located  in  Detroit,  where  he  still  resides, 
although  he  has  now  retired  from  active  business.  He  was  for  many  years  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Taylor,  Woolfenden  &  Company,  prominent  dry  goods  merchants,  and 
occupied  a  leading  position  in  the  commercial  circles  of  the  city.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Lumsden,  who  was  born  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  and  was  a  representative  of  an 
old  Michigan  family  of  English  and  Scotch  descent.  She  died  in  the  year  1879  at  the 
age  of  thirty-three.  In  the  family  were  five  children,  two  sons  and  three  daughters, 
all  of  whom  are  now  living. 

Henry  L.  Woolfenden,  who  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth,  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Detroit  and,  after  completing  his  high  school  course  there,  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor.  He  graduated  in  1896  with  the  Bachelor  of  Science 
degree,  received  the  Master  of  Science  degree  in  1S97  and  in  1904  the  degree  of  Elec- 
trical Engineer  was  conferred  upon  him.  Following  his  graduation  he  entered  business 
circles  as  a  consulting  engineer  and  for  a  time  was  associated  with  Gilbert  Wilkes, 
who  afterward   conducted   business   under   the  name   of  Gilbert   Wilkes   &   Company   of 


698  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Detroit,  Mr.  Woolfenden  becoming  a  member  of  the  firm.  In  1901  he  came  to  Denver, 
and  for  several  years  was  engaged  in  the  engineering  and  contracting  business. 

In  1904  Mr.  Woolfenden  became  associated  with  the  Allis-Chalmers  Company. 
This  company  manufactures  all  classes  of  heavy  machinery  for  power,  electrical,  min- 
ing and  milling  purposes,  and  its  business  is  one  of  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the 
United  States,  its  plants  being  located  at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
As  manager  of  the  Denver  ofBce,  in  charge  of  the  principal  portions  of  the  Rocky  moun- 
tain region,  Mr  Woolfenden  has  been  in  close  touch  with  much  of  the  important  indus- 
trial and  mining  development  in  this  section.  He  is  a  director  in  several  Colorado 
corporations  and  is  regarded  as  a  most  forceful  business  man  of  sound  judgment  and 
keen  discrimination. 

On  the  18th  of  April,  1900,  at  Detroit,  Michigan,  Mr.  Woolfenden  was  married  to 
Miss  Carrie  M.  Thomas,  a  native  of  Nebraska  and  a  daughter  of  C.  W.  and  Elizabeth 
(Hanaford)  Thomas,  who  were  early  residents  of  Detroit.  Four  sons  were  born  of 
this  marriage,  two  of  whom  are  living:  Joseph  T.,  who  was  born  in  Detroit,  July  2, 
1901,  and  Henry  L.,  born  in  Denver,  November  23,  1906. 

In  his  political  views  Mr  Woolfenden  is  normally  a  republican,  though  seldom 
voting  a  straight  ticket.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  that 
he  is  appreciative  of  the  social  amenities  of  life  is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  has 
membership  in  the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  the  Lakewood  Country  Club,  and  the  Denver 
Motor  Club.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association,  tha 
American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers, and  other  national  and  local  engineering  organizations. 


JAMES  L.  GOODHEART. 


James  L.  Goodheart,  promoter  of  the  Sunshine  Mission,  devoting  his  life  to  the 
welfare  of  others,  is  perhaps  one  of  Denver's  best  known  citizens.  At  least,  he  is 
best  known  among  those  who  need  physical  and  moral  uplift  and  among  those  who 
are  interested  in  the  welfare  of  their  fellowmen.  Mr.  Goodheart  is  a  native  of 
Bloomington,  Illinois.  He  was  born  August  7,  1871,  of  the  marriage  of  James  and 
Katherine  (Fordyce)  Goodheart.  The  father  was  also  a  native  of  Bloomington  and 
became  a  contractor  and  builder,  devoting  much  of  his  life  to  that  work.  He  held 
membership  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  in  that  faith  passed  away  in  1914 
at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four  years.  It  was  in  Bloomington,  in  1850,  that  he 
wedded  Katherine  Fordyce,  also  a  native  of  that  city,  and  they  became  the  parents 
of  twelve  children,  six  of  whom  are  yet  living.  The  mother  has  also  departed  this 
life. 

Mr.  Goodheart  of  this  review  after  attending  the  public  schools  of  Bloomington 
continued  his  education  in  the  Wesleyan  University.  He  came  to  Colorado  in  1890, 
when  a  youth  of  nineteen  years,  and  took  up  bricklaying  here,  working  on  the  Con- 
tinental Bank,  the  Tritch  Hardware  building  and  other  well  known  structures  of  the 
city.  He  afterward  went  upon  the  road  as  a  traveling  salesman  for  Reid,  Murdoch  & 
Company  of  Chicago,  representing  that  house  for  twelve  years,  and  in  1906  he  returned 
to  Denver.  In  the  meantime  serious  thoughts  of  life  and  its  responsibilities  led  him 
to  strive  not  only  for  his  own  moral  and  spiritual  benefit  but  for  the  welfare  of  his 
fellowmen  as  well.  In  1907  he  became  actively  interested  in  the  work  of  founding  the 
Sunshine  Mission,  which  has  reached  out  a  helping  hand  in  every  direction,  especially 
to  those  whom  the  world  regards  as  doviii  and  out.  The  more  hopeless  seems  the  case 
the  harder  Mr.  Goodheart  has  worked,  exemplifying  Browning's  admonition:  "Awake 
the  little  seeds  of  good  asleep  throughout  the  world."  He  believes  that  there  is  in 
every  Individual  the  possibility  for  reform  and  progress  and  that  every  man  should 
have  his  opportunity.  He  possesses  great  patience,  kindliness  and  tact,  and  in  his 
work  has  followed  not  the  plan  of  criticism  but  the  constructive  plan  which  seeks  to 
awaken  the  ambition  and  establish  ideals  for  the  individual,  that  he  may  reach  toward 
higher  things.  Mr.  Goodheart  has  been  ordained  to  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  and  has  membership  in  Trinity.  He  belongs  to  all  the  Masonic 
bodies,  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Athletic  Club  and  also  a  member  of  the  Rotary 
Club  and  the  Civic  and  Commercial  Association.  Of  the  last  two  he  has  been  made 
chaplain.  Something  of  the  regard  in  which  he  is  held  by  his  fellow  citizens  is  indi- 
cated in  an  editorial  of  the  Denver  Times,  which  appeared  on  the  8th  of  March,  1918, 
as  follows. 


JIM  GOODHEART 


700  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

"Denver  is  to  get  a  civic  chaplain,  who'll  foster  the  community  spirit  and  guard 
the  municipal  soul.  Written  by  the  mayor,  an  ordinance  creating  this  ofRce  is  now  be- 
fore the  city  council  and,  it  is  understood,  will  soon  become  a  law. 

]  "The  man  the  mayor  has  in  view  for  the  job  is  Denver's  own  Jim  Goodheart, 
founder  of  the  Sunshine  Mission,  who  has  devoted  his  life  to  doing  good  for  others. 
,The  chaplain's  duties,  as  outlined  by  the  mayor,  will  not  end  with  leading  in  public 
services  of  sorrow  or  thanksgiving  and  preaching  at  community  meetings  at  the  audi- 
torium. He  will  be  expected  to  persuade  the  erring  to  go  straight,  to  console  the 
suffering,  to  hearten  the  discouraged,  to  give  physical  and  spiritual  aid  to  the  needy — • 
in  short,  to  be  a  sort  of  civic  father  confessor  and  moral  reformer  in  one.  It's  a  real 
two-handed  job,  and  that's  the  only  kind  that  suits  Jim  Goodheart. 
;  "When  Jim  takes  the  place — and  he  says  he  will — Denver  may  expect  him  to  do 
even  more  than  even  the  mayor's  strenuous  program  calls  for.  As  far  as  administer- 
ing to  the  needs  of  the  body  and  soul  of  the  down-and-outer  is  concerned,  that's  just 
part  of  the  day  to  Jim  Goodheart;  he's  been  doing  that  for  years  on  his  own  responsi- 
bility, just  because  he  felt  he  had  to.  And  not  in  any  'holier  than  thou'  spirit,  either. 
When  a  hobo  is  sent  to  jail,  and  his  family  needs  the  help  of  the  city  chaplain, 
Jim  Goodheart  will  be  on  hand  before  he's  sent  for,  for  the  hobo  and  his  wife  and 
children  probably  will  be  friends  of  his  anyway.  He'll  get  them  straightened  out  and 
go  on  his  way,  just  as  he's  done  in  hundreds  of  cases.  But  this  time  Denver  will  be 
able  to  feel  that  it  has  had  a  hand  in  aiding  Jim  in  caring  for  its  unfortunates,  and 
its  citizens  will  have  a  right  to  believe  they  are  taking  part  in  his  work  of  helping 
their  brothers. 

"That  famous  'Denver  spirit'  will  be  blessed  with  a  greater  amount  of  human  kind- 
ness with  Jim  Goodheart:  as  city  chaplain." 

'  On  the  29th  of  July.  1S96,  Mr.  Goodheart  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ada 
■Loar,  of  Bloomington,  Illinois,  who  assists  her  husband  in  his  mission  work.  They 
have  one  son.  Donald  E.,  eighteen  years  of  age,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Denver  high 
school  and  entered  the  University  of  Colorado  in  the  fall  of  1918.  The  family  reside 
at  No.  3661  Newton  street.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goodheart,  however,  spend  much  of 
their  time  at  the  Sunshine  Rescue  Mission,  which  has  been  incorporated  and  of  which 
Mr.  Goodheart  is  the  superintendent.  This  is  located  at  No.  1822  Larimer  street  and 
its  name  is  indicative  of  the  spirit  that  underlies  the  work  that  is  carried  on  there — 
a  work  that  does  away  with  the  blighting  influences  of  discouragement,  sin  and  evil 
Associations  and  which  brings  one  into  the  clear  sunlight  of  truth  and  liberty.  The 
friends  of  Mr.  Goodheart  in  Denver  are  numbered  by  the  thousands.  In  the  humblest 
homes  are  those  who  have  for  him  the  deepest  gratitude  because  of  timely  assistance. 
The  best  people  of  Denver,  appreciating  his  worth,  are  also  proud  to  number  him  as  a 
friend  and  there  is  perhaps  no  name  spoken  with  deeper  affection  in  all  the  city  than 
his. 


JOHN  W.  BLEASDALE. 


John  W.  Bleasdale,  of  Brush,  Colorado,  is  prominently  connected  with  the  live 
stock  business  of  the  state,  having  interests  of  more  than  local  importance.  He 
was  born  in  Orange  township,  Cuyahoga  county,  Ohio,  September  29,  1863,  his  parents 
being  Tliomas  C.  and  Mary  A.  (Thorp)  Bleasdale,  the  former  a  native  of  Liverpool, 
England,  and  the  latter  of  Cuyahoga  county,  Ohio.  The  father  was  brought  to  Amer- 
ica when  only  four  years  of  age,  the  family  locating  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  The  grand- 
father was  a  shipbuilder  there  and  made  that  city  his  home  during  the  balance  of  his 
life.  The  grandfather  on  the  mother's  side.  Basil  Thorp,  served  in  the  War  of  1812. 
Thomas  C.  Bleasdale  bought  land  in  Geauga  county,  Ohio,  which  he  improved  and 
cultivated  for  many  years.  He  was  successful  in  its  operation  and  in  later  life 
removed  to  Cleveland,  which  city  remained  his  home  until  he  passed  away  in  Novem- 
ber, 1904.  His  wife  is  still  living,  having  reached  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-eight 
years. 

John  W.  Bleasdale  was  reared  and  educated  in  Cleveland  and  Bedford,  complet- 
ing his  course  at  Baldwin  University  at  Berea,  Ohio.  He  remained  with  his  parents 
until  twenty  years  of  age,  but  at  that  time  he  left  home  and  came  to  Colorado. 
Upon  his  arrival  here  he  was  practically  penniless  and  at  once  had  to  start  out 
to  seek  work,  finding  such  on  a  dairy  farm  in  Greeley,  where  he  continued  for 
two  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period,  however,  he  returned  to  Cleveland,  which  he 
made  his  home  for  some  time.     In  February,  1888,  Mr.  Bleasdale  came  to  Brush   and 


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took  up  agricultural  pursuits,  following  this  line  for  six  years,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  returned  to  Cleveland,  which  again  became  his  home,  and  there  remained 
for  a  year.  At  the  conclusion  of  this  period  he  retraced  his  steps  to  Brush  and 
moved  upon  the  farm  which  he  had  cultivated  before,  operating  the  same  for  five 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  traded  it  tor  property  in  Englewood.  He  moved 
into  the  town  of  Brush  in  1908  and  has  since  resided  here,  engaging  in  the  buying  of 
stock.  He  has  continued  along  this  line  and  his  business  has  grown  so  that  he 
now  receives  a  gratifying  income  from  his  activities.  His  former  accumulations 
have  permitted  him  to  invest  in  real  estate  and  Mr.  Bleasdale  is  the  owner  of  the 
Southern  Hotel  in  Brush.  He  always  maintains  the  highest  business  standards  and 
the  methods   which   he   has   employed   in   his   transactions   are   above   reproach. 

In  June,  1899,  Mr.  Bleasdale  was  united  in  marriage  to  Agnes  Craine,  a  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Jane  (Cowley)  Craine,  natives  of  the  Isle  of  Man.  She  came  to  America 
In  1871  and  located  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  The  father  was  a  carpenter  and  cabinet- 
maker by  trade  and  worked  at  this  occupation  throughout  his  life.  He  died  in 
August,  1903,  his  wife  having  preceded  him  in  death  many  years,  passing  away  in 
September,  1875.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bleasdale  four  children  were  born.  Dr.  J.  Walter 
Bleasdale,  who  is  a  dentist  by  profession,  is  at  present  serving  his  country  as  first 
lieutenant  in  the  Dental  Corps.  He  married  Eunice  Moore  and  they  have  one 
child,  John  W.  Agnes  is  a  teacher  in  the  Brush  schools.  Eleanor  Irene  is  attend- 
ing the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder;    and  one  child  died  in  infancy. 

Politically  Mr.  Bleasdale  is  a  republican  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  He  is  a  public-spirited  citizen  and  always  has  at  heart  the 
welfare  of  his  community.  He  is  ever  ready  to  support  worthy  projects  and  can  be 
depended  upon  to  coo'perate  in  any  movements  which  are  undertaken  for  the 
benefit  of  his  community.  In  Colorado  he  has  found  the  opportunities  which  he 
sought  and  he  is  enthusiastic  in  regard  to  the  natural  resources  of  this  wonder- 
fully rich  state.  Although  he  received  a  good  education,  he  came  to  Colorado  penniless 
and  here  he  has  acquired  a  gratifying  measure  of  success. 


MILES  JAIN. 


In  the  years  of  an  active  business  career  Miles  Jain  was  identified  with  agricul- 
tural interests  in  Boulder  county.  His  worth  was  widely  acknowledged  and  his  many 
sterling  traits  of  character  made  his  example  one  well  worthy  of  emulation.  Mr.  Jain 
was  born  in  Switzerland,  December  21,  1839,  a  son  of  Benjamin  and  Anna  (Mennett) 
Jain,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  that  country,  whence  they  •  came  to  America  in 
1846.  They  first  took  up  their  abode  in  the  state  of  New  York  and  afterward  removed 
to  Wisconsin  in  1853.  There  they  resided  for  a  few  years,  after  which  they  became 
residents  of  Indiana,  where  their  remaining  days  were  passed.  They  had  a  family  of 
eight  children,  seven  of  whom  are  yet  living. 

Miles  Jain  was  a  lad  of  but  seven  years  when  brought  to  the  new  world  by  his 
parents.  He  was  reared  and  educated  largely  in  the  state  of  New  York  and  in  1860 
he  came  west  to  Colorado.  Not  long  afterward  he  enlisted  for  active  service  in  the 
Union  army  and  was  engaged  in  duty  at  the  front  during  the  Civil  war  until  wounded 
in  1862.  He  then  returned  to  his  parents'  home  in  Wisconsin  and  in  that  state  resided 
for  two  years.  In  1865  he  again  came  to  Colorado,  settling  upon  a  farm  in  Boulder 
county.  Four  years  later,  or  in  1869,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Case, 
who  was  born  in  Cass  county,  Iowa,  January  29,  1852,  a  daughter  of  Milton  B.  and 
Katherine  (Wolf)  Case,  who  were  natives  of  Ohio  and  removed  from  that  state  to 
Iowa,  casting  in  their  lot  with  its  early  settlers.  They  afterward  became  residents  of 
Nebraska,  where  the  mother  passed  away,  and  in  1860  the  father  came  to  Colorado. 
In  1862  he  removed  his  family  to  Denver  and  his  death  occurred  in  this  state.  In 
their  family  were  six  children,  all  of  whom  have  passed  away  with  the  exception  of 
Mrs.   Jain. 

Following  his  marriage  Mr.  Jain  purchased  a  farm  in  Boulder  county  and  with 
characteristic  energy  began  its  development  and  improvement,  continuing  to  devote 
his  energies  and  attention  to  its  further  cultivation  until  his  life's  labors  were  ended 
in  death  on  the  21st  of  November,  1910.  He  led  a  busy  and  useful  life,  concentrating 
his  efforts  and  attention  upon  the  work  of  the  fields,  and  as  the  result  of  his  close 
application  and  persistency  of  purpose  he  won  a  substantial  measure  of  success. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jain  were  born  nine  children:  Benjamin  F.,  who  now  follows 
farming  in  Idaho;  Lewis  M.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  meat  business  at  Twin  Palls,  Idaho; 


702  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Clyde  C,  who  makes  his  home  in  Casper,  Wyoming;  Bertha,  the  wife  of  J.  C.  Boylan, 
of  Idaho;  Clara,  the  wife  of  William  Arbuthnot;  Roy  L.,  living  in  California;  Ethan 
E.,  a  resident  of  Idaho;  Florence  V..  the  wife  of  J.  C.  Cunningham,  of  San  Diego, 
California;  and  Lottie  E.,  the  wife  of  Frank  Bruning,  who  is  operating  her  mother's 
farm  and  by  whom  she  has  one  son,  Francis  L.  Bruning. 

Mrs.  Jain  still  owns  and  occupies  the  old  homestead  place  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres,  which  is  situated  near  Niwot.  It  is  all  well  irrigated  and  highly  improved, 
having  all  the  accessories  and  conveniences  of  the  model  farm.  Mrs.  Jain  is  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  also  has  membership  in  the 
Grange  and  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps,  associations  that  indicate  much  of  the  nature 
of  her  interests  and  the  rules  which  have  governed  her  in  all  the  relations  of  life. 
Her  many  sterling  qualities  have   indeed   gained   for  her   high   respect. 


WILLIAM    R.    BEATTY. 


Deeds  of  valor  have  been  the  theme  of  song  and  story  throughout  the  ages  and  in 
this  period  of  world  crisis  when  thousands  of  America's  best  young  men  are  going 
to  the  scene  of  battle,  one's  thoughts  naturally  revert  to  others  who  have  displayed 
heroism  on  the  firing  line.  Among  this  number  is  William  R.  Beatty,  of  Denver,  who 
is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  and  now  proudly  wears  the  little  bronze  button  that  is  an 
indication  of  his  military  service  in  defense  of  the  Union. 

Mr.  Beatty  was  born  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  October  26,  1S38,  a  son  of  Henry  Rush  and 
Katherine  O.  Beatty.  The  father  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  of  Scotch-Irish  stock,  while 
the  mother  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  came  of  English  ancestry.  Henry  R.  Beatty  was 
a  saddler  by  trade  and  in  following  that  pursuit  provided  for  the  support  of  his  family. 

It  was  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  town  that  William  R.  Beatty  acquired 
his  early  education,  which  was  supplemented  by  a  course  in  a  commercial  college  in 
Cincinnati.  His  mother  was  a  staunch  Methodist  and  planned  to  send  him  to  college 
at  Delaware,  Ohio,  to  make  of  him  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  faith,  but  the 
lure  of  the  west  was  upon  him  and  so  after  finishing  his  commercial  course,  he  removed 
westward  to  the  Missouri  river  in  1857  and  some  months  later  started  for  Colorado  in 
charge  of  an  ox  train,  making  the  trip  for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  wliich  was  fully 
restored  in  the  excellent  climate  of  Colorado.  His  trip  began  at  Lawrence,  Kansas,  and 
in  November,  1S59,  he  rode  into  Auraria-Denver  on  horseback.  The  first  work  under- 
taken by  Mr.  Beatty  was  at  Black  Hawk,  where  he  was  employed  in  a  store  connected 
with  the  Fisk  mine.  There  he  continued  until  1861,  when  the  Civil  war  was  in- 
augurated, and  aroused  at  the  very  first  by  the  attempt  of  the  south  to  overthrow  the 
Union,  he  at  once  enlisted  in  1S61,  and  joined  Company  F  of  the  First  Colorado  Cavalry,, 
with  which  he  served  until  the  close  of  hostilities  in  1865.  participating  in  various 
hotly  contested  engagements  and  thoroughly  proving  his  loyalty  to  the  Union  cause. 
Now  a  man  of  over  SO  years,  remarkably  well  preserved,  he  prides  himself  in  being  one 
of  the  few  living  privates  of  the  Civil  war.  During  his  years  of  service  he  had  several 
opportunities  to   accept   advanced   positions  but   firmly   declined   to   the   end. 

When  the  war  was  over  Mr.  Beatty  settled  in  Denver,  where  he  obtained  a  clerk- 
ship in  the  grocery  store  of  D.  C.  Dodge.  He  was  later  with  the  firm  of  Daniels  .& 
Brown,  the  predecessor  of  J.  S.  Brown  while  later  the  establishment  became  the 
property  of  the  firm  of  J.  S.  Brown  &  Brother.  For  sixteen  or  seventeen  years  Mr. 
Beatty  was  connected  with  the  grocery  business  and  at  one  time  was  a  meml>er  of  the 
firm  of  Bates  &  Beatty,  who  were  owners  of  a  grocery  store.  In  1889  he  went  to 
Buena  Vista,  Colorado,  then  a  typical  frontier  mining  town,  run  by  "tin-horn"  gamblers 
and  gunmen  and  filled  with  a  lawless  class  of  people.  Mr.  Beatty,  as  one  of  the  better 
class  of  citizens,  at  a  secret  meeting  one  night  was  chosen  captain  of  the  first  vigilance 
committee  whose  purpose  was  to  clean  up  the  town  and  make  it  a  place  of  decent 
habitation.  Although  Mr.  Beatty  modestly  disclaims  any  credit  for  what  was  accom- 
plished, it  is  well  known  that  this  vigilance  committee  succeeded  in  restoring  law  and 
order  in  a  great  degree.  After  five  months  passed  in  Buena  Vista  he  returned  to  Den- 
ver, where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  McPhee-McGinnity  Company  in  the  lumber 
business,  remaining  there  for  a  year.  He  became  well  known  as  "the  best  accountant 
in  Colorado,"  having  the  reputation  of  never  making  a  mistake  in  figures.  Finding 
this  work  too  confining,  he  severed  his  connection  with  the  McPhee-McGinnity  Company 
and  went  upon  the  road  as  a  traveling  salesman,  in  which  work  he  continued  for  a 
number  of  years.     He  then  again  took  up  his   abode   in   Denver  and  entered   the  fish 


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704  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  oyster  business,  first  with  tlie  Cornfortli  house  and  later  with  the  Flint  Mercantile 
Company.  He  was  afterward  with  the  Electric  Light  Company  of  Denver  tor  several 
years,  including  two  years  after  its  consolidation  with  the  gas  company.  On  the  ex- 
piration of  that  period  he  retired  from  active  business  and  has  so  remained  to  the 
present  time. 

On  the  20th  of  April,  1871,  Mr.  Beatty  was  married  in  Denver  by  Rev.  B.  T.  Vincent 
to  Miss  Mary  M.  Bak^,  a  native  of  Devonshire,  England,  who  came  to  America  in 
1868  and  after  landing  on  American  shores  made  her  way  direct  to  Colorado.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  William  Baker  and  a  niece  of  John  H.  Martin,  a  pioneer  of  Colorado. 
They  became  parents  of  three  children:  Jessie  B.,  who  was  born  in  1872  and  is  now 
deceased;  Henry  M.,  born  in  1875  and  Clarice  M.,  who  was  born  in  1879.  The  former 
has  been  with  the  First  National  Bank  since  1893  and  was  at  one  time  receiver  for 
the  old  Western  Bank.  He  married  Miss  Hagerman  and  has  two  children,  Helen  H. 
and  Mabel  Harriett.  Clarice  M.  Beatty  was  graduated  from  the  East  Denver  high 
school  and  is  now  the  wife  of  Charles  Marquis,  of  Denver,  by  whom  she  has  one  son, 
William  Beatty  Marquis.  Mrs.  Beatty  is  active  in  Red  Cross  work  and  also  in  church 
work. 

In  politics  William  R.  Beatty  has  always  been  a  republican  and  enjoys  the  honor 
of  having  been  the  first  city  auditor  of  Denver,  holding  the  office  from  1883  until  1885. 
He  has  been  offered  numerous  other  positions,  including  that  of  postmaster,  tendered 
to  him  by  President  Grant,  but  has  refused  all.  At  various  times  he  has  given  his 
services  to  different  building  and  loan  associations  in  order  to  tide  them  over  a  rough 
place  in  their  road.  He  is  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Sorrento  apairtment  building, 
which  he  had  erected,  one  of  the  handsomest  in  Denver,  adjoining  the  state  capitol. 
and  from  this  he  derives  a  most  substantial  annual  income.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Junior  Order  of  American  Mechanics,  the  Colorado  Veteran  Firemen's  Association, 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  the  Colorado  Pioneers  Society.  He  is  known  as  a 
liberal,  public-spirited  citizen  who  has  grown  up  with  the  city  and  has  aided  materially 
in  conquering  the  lawless  element  which  once  existed  in  Denver.  In  fact,  he  has  con- 
tributed to  the  growth  and  substantial  development  of  the  city  throughout  the  years  of 
his  residence  in  the  west,  holding  at  all  times  to  high  ideals  of  municipal  progress  and 
civic  honor. 


WALTER  SCOTT  COEN. 


A  rich  mental  heritage,  nurtured  and  cultivated,  and  a  personal  vital  energy  have 
combined  to  lift  above  mediocrity  Walter  Scott  Coen,  lawyer,  of  Fort  Morgan,  Colo- 
rado. His  father  was  a  soldier-lawyer  who  won  credit  in  the  service  of  country  and 
in  the  practice  of  law,  and  who  set  to  the  son  an  exemplary  precedent  of  instinctive 
loyalty  to  state  and  of  devotion  to  interests  of  client.  His  mother  bequeathed  a  rapier 
Irish  intellect,  balanced  by  common  sense.  Further  distinction  has  come  to  the  family 
name  by  Mr.  Coen's  merited  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  ablest  trial  lawyers  in 
Colorado.  Thorough  preparation  of  cases,  knowledge  of  law  and  its  application  to 
facts,  alertness  of  mind  in  action,  industry  and  oratorical  ability  have  made  him  a 
prominent  figure  in  Colorado  courts  and  an  outstanding  man  in  the  legal,  political  and 
social   affairs   of   the  state. 

Walter  Scott  Coen  was  born  September  11,  1880,  at  Albia,  Monroe  county,  Iowa, 
a  son  of  Winfield  Scott  and  Martha  (Harbison)  Coen.  The  father,  a  native  of  Ohio, 
had  early  settled  in  Iowa  and  in  1862,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  enlisted  in  Company  A,  Fifth 
Iowa  Cavalry.  He  served  his  country  on  the  field  until  wounded  in  1S63 — a  wound 
that  ended  his  usefulness  as  a  soldier  and  limited  the  possibilities  of  his  career  in 
later  years.  He  returned  from  the  Union  army  to  Albia  and  took  up  the  study  and. 
subsequently,  the  practice  of  law.  In  1880  he  moved  to  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  where  he 
followed   the  profession   until   his   death   in   1900. 

The  son,  Walter  Scott  Coen,  received  a  public  school  education,  and  then  entered 
the  office  of  his  father  to  read  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Iowa  in  1903  and 
in  several  years'  practice  there  won  numerous  successes  in  criminal  cases. 

Mr.  Coen  came  to  Fort  Morgan,  Colorado,  in  1909  and  has  since  practiced  law 
in  that  city.  By  strictest  application  to  work,  knowledge  of  jurisprudence  and  alert- 
ness of  mind,  he  has  won  successively  a  leading  position  in  the  bar  of  the  city,  of  the 
district  and  of  the  state.  He  now  occupies  a  commodious  suite  in  the  Morgan  County 
National  Bank  building  and  is  the  owner  of  a  valuable  law  library.  He  is  attorney 
for  the  Fi»st  National  Bank  of  Fort  Morgan,   the  Weldon  Valley  State  Bank  of  Wei- 


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dona,  the  Goodrich  State  Bank  of  Goodrich,  the  Orchard  State  Bank  of  Orchard,  The 
Great  Western  Sugar  Company,  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad  Company, 
the   Nile   Irrigation   District  and   the  Weldon   Valley   Drainage   District. 

One  of  his  notable  achievements  in  Colorado  courts  was  his  success  on  behalf  of 
the  landowners  of  the  Nile  Irrigation  District,  for  whom,  in  association  with  I.  B. 
Melville  of  Denver,  he  obtained  judgment  of  seven  hundred  thousand  dollars  against 
Henry  L.  Doherty  &  Company  of  New  York,  which  now  amounts  to  one  million,  four 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  also  judgment  against  the  National  Security  Company 
tor  one  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

The  fame  virility  and  thoroughness  which  have  brought  him  success  as  a  lawyer 
have  marked  his  course  in  civic  and  social  affairs,  in  which  he  is  naturally  a  leader. 
Politically  he  is  a  republican.  He  has  served  as  chairman  of  the  Morgan  County 
Central  Committee  and  is  a  recognized  republican  leader  in  the  state.  He  is  a  past 
exalted  ruler  of  the  Fort  Morgan  Lodge  of  Elks,  with  which  he  has  been  closely  identified 
since  coming  to  Colorado.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Legal  Advisory  Board  of  Morgan 
county  and  also  of  the  Four  Minute  Men,  and  his  voice  is  ever  at  the  command  of 
patriotic   movements. 

Mr.  Ccen  married  Miss  Mary  Edith  McGowan,  July  24,  1906.  A  daughter,  Alice 
ELrabeth,  came  to  them  September  27.  1915.  They  own  and  occupy  a  cottage  on 
Platte   avenue.    Fort    Morgan. 


FRANCIS  MARION  MILLER. 


Francis  Marion  Miller,  a  well  known  rancher  living  in  the  vicinity  of  Broomfield. 
was  born  in  Cooper  county,  Missouri,  on  the  27th  of  March,  1860,  but  from  the  age  of 
five  years  has  been  a  resident  of  Colorado.  Thus  for  more  than  a  half  century  he 
has  lived  within  the  borders  of  the  state,  witnessing  its  growth  and  progress  as  the 
years  have  passed  by.  He  is  a  son  of  George  and  Martha  (Conners)  Miller,  who  came 
to  Colorado  in  1865.  His  education  was  accorded  by  the  public  schools  of  Arvada  and 
Ralston  Corners  and  after  attaining  man's  estate  he  engaged  in  cultivating  a  rented 
farm  for  a  few  years  in  partnership  with  Benjamin  F.  London.  In  December,  1880, 
he  was  married  and  in  1885  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in  the 
vicinity  of  Broomfield  since  which  time  he  has  given  his  attention  and  energies  to 
its  further  cultivation  and  improvement.  He  now  has  an  excellent  farm  property, 
equipped  with  all  modern  accessories  and  conveniences,  and  everything  about  the  place 
is  indicative  of  his  progressive  spirit  and  his  practical  methods. 

On  the  26th  of  December,  1880,  Mr.  Miller  was  married  near  Arvada  to  Miss  Eliz- 
abeth Kennison,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Martha  (Clark')  Kennison.  Mrs.  Miller 
was  born  in  England  but  during  her  girlhood  days  was  brought  to  the  United  States. 
To  this  marriage  have  been  born  the  following  named:  Clark  Marion,  who  wedded 
Clementine  Collins  and  has  four  children — Ralph,  Frank,  Arthur  and  Gladys;  Mabel; 
Martha,  who  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  Russell  and  has  two  children,  Mabel  and  Rose; 
Mary,  the  wife  of  E.  J.  Brathoud;  Bessie,  the  wife  of  N.  J.  Bell,  by  whom  she  has  three 
children,  Esther,  John  N.  and  Dorothy  E.;  Sarah,  who  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years; 
George,  deceased;  and  Francis,  who  is  attending  school,  at  home. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Methodist  church  and  Mr.  Miller 
is  identified  with  the  Grange.  He  is  actuated  in  all  that  he  does  by  a  progressive 
spirit  that  does  not  falter  in  the  face  of  obstacles  nor  difficulties  but  regards  such 
more  as  an  impetus  for  renewed  effort  on  his  part.  What  he  undertakes  he  accom- 
plishes and  as  the  years  have  gone  on  he  has  made  for  himself  a  most  creditable  place 
among  the  farmers  of  his  community. 


R.   R.  DANIELS,  M.   D.,  D.   0. 

Dr.  R.  R.  Daniels,  a  well  known  practitioner  of  Denver,  is  almost  a  native  son  of 
Colorado,  having  lived  in  this  state  most  of  his  life  since  one  year  of  age.  He  was 
born  in  Coffeyville,  Kansas,  August  5,  1880,  his  parents  being  Webster  and  Mary  L. 
(Kent)  Daniels.  The  father  was  born  in  the  state  of  Illinois,  while  the  mother  was 
a  native  of  Ohio.  In  the  year  1879  they  removed  westward  to  Kansas,  then  upon  the 
frontier,  settling  near  Coffeyville,  where  Webster  Daniels  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock  raising.     He  remained  in  the  Sunflower  state,  however,  for  only  two  years  and 


706  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

then  decided  upon  a  further  change.  Accordingly  in  1881  he  continued  his  westward 
journey  as  far  as  Denver,  where  he  toolc  up  liis  abode  and  gave  liis  attention  to  con- 
tracting, remaining  active  in  building  operations  in  this  city  until  summoned  from 
this  life  in  1893,  when  he  was  fifty-seven  years  of  age.  His  widow  has  since  made 
her  home  in  Denver,  where  she  has  a  wide  acquaintance.  In  the  family  were  two 
children,  the  brother  of  Dr.  Daniels  being  W.  E.  Daniels,  now  a  resident  of  California. 

Dr.  Daniels  belongs  to  the  class  of  the  self-made  men.  In  his  early  life  he  was  a 
pupil  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Denver  and  also  pursued  a  scientific  course  in 
tlie  Denver  University,  in  which  he  continued  his  studies  for  two  years.  His  pro- 
fessional education  has  been  of  the  most  liberal  kind,  his  medical  training  being  re- 
ceived at  the  Denver  and  Gross  College  of  Medicine  and  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  while,  to  round  out  his  education  he  took  a  course  in  osteopathy  at  the 
American  School  of  Osteopathy,  at  the  completion  of  which  he  established  himself 
in  the  practice  of  this  profession  in  Denver,  where  he  has  continued  to  the  present 
time.  He  is  now  accorded  a  very  high  professional  rank,  his  pronounced  ability  hav- 
ing won  for  him  a  liberal  practice  throughout  the  state  and  even  adjoining  states. 
He  is  also  a  well  known  writer  on  health  subjects,  for  eight  years  being  the  editor 
of  an  interesting  and  successful  little  magazine  known  as  the  Hygenist,  which  has 
a  national  circulation  among  those  interested  in  health  subjects,  including  physicians 
of  both  schools. 

On  the  29th  of  June,  1909,  Dr.  Daniels  was  united  In  marriage  to  Miss  Olive  I. 
Shell,  of  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Byron  G.  Shell,  tlie 
family  being  among  the  "old  timers"  of  Denver  and  Cripple  Creek. 

Dr.  Daniels  maintains  an  independent  attitude  in  relation  to  politics,  preferring 
to  concentrate  his  time,  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  professional  duties,  whigh  have 
constantly  grown  in  volume  and  importance.  He  has  wide  knowledge  of  the  princi- 
ples of  medical  science  as  well  as  of  osteopathy  and  his  sound  judgment,  readily 
determining  the  best  method  of  procedure,  has  brought  him  to  the  front  in  the  ranks 
of  those  who  practice  the  healing  art.  He  is  studying  the  science  of  health,  not  alone 
from  the  standpoyit  of  curative  agencies  but  of  prevention  as  well,  and  is  one  of  those 
apostles  of  learning  who  believe  in  disseminating  knowledge  that  physical  standards 
may  be  advanced.  His  ideals  are  high  and  his  ability  is  enabling  him  to  put  these 
in   considerable  measure  into  practice. 


ROBERT    A.    BROWN. 


Robert  A.  Brown,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  City  Bank  and  Trust  Company 
of  Denver,  one  of  the  strong  financial  concerns  of  the  city,  also  has  many  other  im- 
portant business  connections  and  his  sound  judgment  is  manifest  in  his  control  of  the 
different  interests  with  which  he  is  associated.  He  has  voice  in  the  management  of 
various  financial  concerns  and  his  opinions  ever  carry  weight  in  business  councils, 
for  his  judgment  is  sound,  his  discrimination  keen  and  his  enterprise  unfaltering. 
Colorado  is  proud  to  number  him  among  her  native  sons.  His  birth  occurred  in 
Durango  on  the  9th  of  July,  1882.  His  father,  H.  G.  Brown,  was  a  native  of  Canada 
who  devoted  his  life  largely  to  merchandising.  Removing  to  the  west,  he  became  a 
resident  of  Durango  and  there  passed  away  when  his  son  Robert  was  but  three  years 
of  age.  His  wife  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Belle  Bivens  and  is  now  living  at  Rico, 
Colorado. 

Robert  A.  Brown,  their  only  son,  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Rico  and  Durango.  supplemented  by  a  course  of  study  in  the  State  Agricultural  College 
at  Fort  Collins,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  Bachelor  of  Science  degree  as 
a  member  of  the  class  of  1901.  Throughout  his  entire  business  career  he  has  been 
identified  with  banking.  When  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  entered  the  Denver 
Savings  Bank,  in  which  he  was  employed  for  three  years,  and  thus  .received  his  pre- 
liminary training  in  that  field.  He  was  afterward  connected  with  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Denver  and  later  was  made  cashier  of  the  Columbia  Savings  &  Loan  Associa- 
tion, with  which  he  remained  until  the  organization  of  the  City  Bank  and  Trust  Com- 
pany in  1909.  He  acted  as  assistant  secretary  for  a  number  of  years  and  in  1913  was 
called  to  his  present  position  as  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  other  officers  are: 
W.  J.  Galligan.  president;  George  McLean,  vice  president;  and  C.  W.  Tunnell.  assist- 
ant secretary.  The  bank  is  capitalized  for  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  and  occupies 
a  splendid  building  situated  at  the  corner  of  Seventeenth  and  Arapahoe  streets.  It  has 
a  surplus  and  undivided  profits  amounting  to  more  than  fifteen  thousand  dollars  and 


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708  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

its  deposits  reach  eight  hundred  and  eleven  thousand  dollars.  The  business  of  the 
bank  has  been  conducted  along  safe  and  secure  lines.  The  officers  have  ever  recognized 
the  fact  that  the  bank  is  most  worthy  of  patronage  that  most  carefully  safeguards  the 
interests  of  its  depositors,  and  its  business  methods  at  all  times  have  been  such  as 
would  bear  the  closest  Investigation  and  scrutiny.  From  the  outset  of  his  career  Mr. 
Brown  has  been  a  close  student  of  banking  and  is  now  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
principles  that  underlie  the  control  of  moneyed  interests.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Colo- 
rado Bankers  Association  and  also  of  the  American  Institute  of  Bankers.  However, 
he  has  not  confined  his  efl'orts  and  attention  to  the  City  Bank  and  Trust  Company  alone, 
but  he  has  become  officially  and  financially  interested  in  various  other  business  con- 
cerns. He  is  now  a  director  of  the  El  Dorado  Springs  Company,  is  a  director  of  the 
Western  National  Life  Insurance  Company,  a  director  of  the  Crawford  Finance  Com- 
pany and  also  of  the  National  Alfalfa  Products  Company. 

In  1903  Mr.  Brown  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mabel  Woods,  of  Fort  Collins, 
a  daughter  of  C.  T.  Woods,  a  prominent  cattleman  of  that  place.  They  have  become  the 
parents  of  two  children:  Robert  Douglas,  thirteen  years  of  age;  now  in  school;  and 
Reba  Belle,  a  little  maiden  of  six  summers. 

The  parents  are  members  of  the  Christian  Science  church  and  Mr.  Brown  turns 
for  recreation  to  football  and  baseball,  greatly  enjoying  both  games.  He  never  allows 
outside  interests  to  interfere  with  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  and  the  methods 
which  he  has  employed  in  the  attainment  of  his  success  awaken  approval  and  admira- 
tion, for  the  world  pays  its  tribute  to  him  who  through  enterprise,  unrelaxing  effort 
and  clear-sighted  judgment  makes  advancement  in  the  business  world  without  infring- 
ing on  the  rights  of  others. 


DUNCAN    EDWARD    HARRISON. 

Duncan  Edward  Harrison  is  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Golden,  Colorado, 
but  his  connection  with  the  state  dates  back  to  an  early  mining  period  and  for  fifteen 
years  he  engaged  in  prospecting.  He  comes  to  Colorado  from  Cornwall,  Canada.  His 
parents  were  John  and  Annie  (Mcintosh)  Harrison.  The  father  was  born  in  London 
and  was  a  paymaster  of  the  British  army  in  Canada.  The  mother  was  born  in  Scot- 
land and  was  of  the  Catholic  faith,  while  Mr.  Harrison  adhered  to  the  Episcopal 
church. 

Duncan  E.  Harrison  of  this  review  attended  school  in  Cornwall,  Canada,  his  boy- 
hood home  being  on  the  St.  Lawrence  river.  His  textbooks  were  put  aside,  however, 
when  he  was  about  thirteen  years  of  age.  after  which  he  worked  at  the  tailor's  trade 
with  his  brother  for  about  three  months  and  later  was  with  another  brother  in  the 
tanning  business,  continuing  in  that  position  for  two  years.  He  next  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade  in  Potsdam,  New  York,  and  after  thoroughly  acquainting  himself 
with  the  business  started  for  Canada  and  for  six  months  remained  a  resident  of 
Toronto.  He  then  once  more  crossed  the  border  into  the  United  States  and  for  a 
time  was  at  Michigan  City,  Indiana,  while  subsequently  he  spent  a  brief  period  at 
Dubuque,  Iowa.  He  later  located  in  McGregor,  Iowa,  then  known  as  McGregor's  Land- 
ing, where  he  followed  the  carpenter's  trade  until  starting  for  the  west  With  the 
coming  of  the  Pike's  Peak  excitement,  in  1S59,  he  began  the  long  trip  westward, 
making  the  journey  over  the  famous  trail  by  wagon.  He  met  many  discouraged 
prospectors  returning  to  their  homes  and  advising  others  to  turn  back.  He  was  not 
disheartened,  however,  finally  meeting  and  talking  personally  with  Horace  Greeley, 
who  was  then  returning  from  a  trip  of  inspection  of  ihe  wonderful  country  and  who 
advised  the  travelers  to  continue  on  their  journey.  Mr.  Harrison  did  so,  passing 
through  Golden  in  July,  1859.  This  was  but  an  incident  of  the  journey,  however, 
since  his  objective  was  the  gold  field  further  on  in  the  mountains.  He  continued  on 
to  Central  City,  the  early  camp  of  those  days,  and  there  began  prospecting,  opening 
up  one  of  the  very  first  claims  on  Lake  Gulch.  With  the  advent  of  the  winter  he 
returned  to  Golden,  making  his  way  on  foot  down  the  trail,  carrying  his  pack  and  pros- 
pecting tools,  as  did  all  others  at  that  time.  Arriving  in  Golden,  he  purchased  from  a 
Mr.  Whitamore  the  property  upon  which  his  store  now  stands,  and  there  he  built  a 
log  cabin  in  which  he  made  his  home,  working  at  the  carpenter's  trade  during  the 
winter  and  resuming  his  prospecting  with  the  coming  of  the  spring.  In  the  meantime 
his  wife,  who  had  remained  behind  at  McGregor,  had  arrived,  having  made  the  trip 
overland,  as  did  her  husband,  and  eventually  taking  up  her  abode  in  the  little  log 
cabin,  one  of  the  earliest  habitations  in  Golden.    As  the  years  went  by  and  Mr.  Harrison 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  709 

prospered,  he  built  upon  the  lots  originally  purchased  by  him  the  business  block  of 
three  stores  which  still  stands,  one  of  which  is  now  occupied  by  his  drug  store.  He 
also  built  a  handsome  and  commodious  residence  which  is  now  his  home,  the  carpenter 
work  on  all  of  these  buildings  being  performed  by  himself.  He  has  therefore  been 
one  of  the  real  builders  of  Golden  in  a  constructive  as  well  as  in  a  figurative  sense. 
He  was  identified  with  building  operations  in  this  locality  until  about  1890,  when 
he  purchased  a  stock  of  drugs  and  opened  the  store  which  he  has  since  conducted. 
He  now  has  one  of  the  leading  commercial  establishments  of  Golden,  carrying  a  large 
stock   of   drugs   and   druggists"   sundries,   and   he   is   accorded  a   liberal    patronage. 

In  the  Cataract  House  at  Niagara  Falls,  New  York,  on  the  30th  of  August,  1S54, 
Mr  Harrison  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  B.  Miles  and  they  became  parents 
of  five  sons,  namely:  George  Rawlin,  Edward  Eugene.  Harry  M.  and  John  R.,  all  of 
whom  are  deceased;  and  Louis  B.,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Colorado  School  of  Mines 
at  Golden  and  is  now  following  the  engineering  profession.  The  wife  and  mother 
was  called   to   her   final   rest   some  years   ago. 

In  politics  Mr.  Harrison  has  always  been  a  stalwart  democrat  since  becoming  a 
naturalized  American  citizen  and  he  served  as  one  of  the  first  county  commissioners 
of  Jefferson  county,  proving  a  capable  ofl^cial  in  that  position.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Masons,  having  membership  in  Golden  Lodge,  No.  1,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  a  past  master.  He  has  always  been  a  worthy  follower 
of  the  craft,  loyally  adhering  to  its  teachings  and  exemplifying  its  tenets  in  his 
relations  with  his  fellowmen.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Association  of  Colorado  Pioneers, 
the  Jefferson  County  Pioneer  Society  and  Masonic  Veterans,  Pacific  Coast.  He  is 
highly  esteemed  in  the  community  in  which  he  has  so  long  resided  and  is  one 
of  the  real  pioneers  who  have  lived  to  witness  the  transformation  of  the  visions  of  the 
yesterday  into  the  realities  of  today. 


VERNER   ZEVOLA   REED. 


Verner  Zevola  Reed,  prominently  known  among  Colorado's  men  of  letters  and  as 
a  Denver  capitalist,  was  born  in  Richland  county.  Ohio,  on  the  13th  of  October,  1863, 
a  son  of  Hugh  Fulton  and  Elizabeth  Amanda  (Wolfe)  Reed.  He  began  his  education 
in  country  and  village  schools  and  for  two  terms  was  a  student  in  the  Eastern  Iowa 
Normal  School.  As  the  years  passed  he  more  and  more  largely  extended  his  business 
connections  until  he  became  a  prominent  figure  in  mining  circles,  in  the  banking 
business,  in  connection  with  petroleum  manufacturing,  ranching,  land  reclamation 
and  irrigation  projects  in  Colorado,  Wyoming  and  other  western  states.  Readily  dis- 
criminating between  the  essential  and  the  non-essential  in  all  business  affairs,  his 
investments  were  so  placed  and  his  efforts  so  directed  that  most  substantial  results 
accrued  and  at  the  same  time  his  labors  contributed  to  the  development  and  upbuild- 
ing of  the  various  sections  in  which  he  operated  as  well  as  to  the  promotion  of  his 
own   fortune. 

Mr.  Reed  was  married  on  the  ISth  of  July,  1893,  to  Miss  Mary  Dean  Johnson,  of 
Bucyrus,  Ohio.  For  fifteen  years  he  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  time  abroad  and 
he  has  also  made  extensive  study  of  the  American  Indian  myths  and  folk  lore,  espe- 
cially among  the  Utes  and  some  of  the  Pueblo  tribes.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  make 
an  automobile  tour  to  the  Sahara  desert.  His  time  in  recent  years  has  largely  been 
devoted  to  writing.  He  is  the  author  of  Lo-To-Kah.  published  iiv  1897;  Tales  of  the 
Sunland,  also  published  in  1897;  Adobeland  Stories,  in  1899;  and  The  Soul  of  Paris, 
in  1913.  He  has  been  a  frequent  contributor  of  essays,  editorials,  stories  and  ethno- 
logical studies  to  various  magazines  and  newspapers  and  is  frequently  heard  as  a 
lecturer  before  clubs,  colleges  and  societies  on  international  politics  and  kindred  sub- 
jects. He  has  been  a  close  student  of  men  and  events  from  prehistoric  days  down  to 
the  present  time  of  world  crisis,  his  careful  analysis  bringing  to  light  the  close  rela- 
tion of  cause  and  effect.  He  lives  in  Denver,  Colorado,  with  a  summer  residence  called 
The  Home  Ranch  at  Sheridan,  Wyoming.  He  belongs  to  the  Athletic,  Country  and 
Denver  Clubs  of  Denver;  the  Golf  and  El  Paso  Clubs  of  Colorado  Springs;  and  the 
Explorers  and  Rocky  Mountain  Clubs  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Reed  was  appointed  by  President  Wilson  as  a  member  of  the  president's  medi- 
ation commission  on  September  29,  1917,  the  Hon.  W.  B.  WMlson,  secretary  of  labor, 
being  the  chairman  of  this  commission.  The  above  commission  was  appointed  for  the 
purpose  of  inquiring  into  the  industrial  conditions  in  the  mountain  region  and  on 
the  Pacific  coast  and  to  mediate  or  conciliate  various  labor  difficulties  existing  at  that 


710  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

time.  Mr.  Reed  took  a  very  prominent  part  in  tlie  settlement  of  the  copper  strike  then 
existing  in  Arizona,  where  many  thousands  of  men  were  affected,  in  the  then  threat- 
ened strike  of  telephone  and  telegraphic  workers  on  the  Pacific  coast,  in  the  averting 
of  a  strike  among  the  workers  in  the  oil  fields  of  southern  California  and  in  the  set- 
tlement of  a  strike  of  the  oil  workers  then  existing  in  the  Gulf  Coast  and  Louisiana 
territory.     In   every  controversy  in  which  Mr.  Reed  took  part  a  settlement  was  made. 


MARY  WARNER  MacMANUS.  M.  D. 

Dr.  Mary  Warner  MacManus,  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Denver  since 
1909,  specializing  in  the  treatment  of  women's  and  children's  diseases,  was  born  at 
Cohoes,  New  York,  on  the  24th  of  October,  1862.  Her  father,  William  Warner,  was  a 
native  of  England  and  came  to  the  United  States  when  twenty  years  of  age.  He  settled 
in  Connecticut,  where  lie  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  underwear  for  some  time. 
He  afterward  removed  to  New  York,  however,  and  his  last  days  were  passed  in  Amster- 
dam, that  state,  where  he  departed  this  life  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years.  He  married 
Margaret  Moran.  who  was  born  in  Ireland  and  died  in  1913,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years. 
In  their  family  were  six  children,  of  whom  two  died  in  infancy,  while  one  son  passed 
away  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years. 

Dr.  MacManus  acquired  her  early  education  in  a  private  academy  at  Cohoes,  New 
York,  from  which  she  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1877.  In  1880  she 
became  a  resident  of  Amsterdam,  New  York,  and  in  1900  took  up  her  abode  in  Denver. 
She  studied  medicine  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  a  homeopathic  institu- 
tion, and  was  graduated  with  the  M.  D.  degree  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1909.  She 
then  entered  at  once  upon  active  practice  and  has  specialized  in  the  treatment  of  the 
diseases  of  women  and  children,  in  which  she  has  displayed  marked  skill.  Anything 
that  tends  to  bring  to  man  the  key  to  the  complex  mystery  which  we  call  life  is  of 
interest  to  her  and  her  reading  has  been  broad,  keeping  her  in  touch  with  the  latest  scien- 
tific research  work  and  the  most  advanced  discoveries  of  the  profession.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Colorado  Medical  Society  and  also  of  the  American  Institute  of  Homeopathy. 

In  1887  Mary  Warner  became  the  wife  of  James  J.  MacManus  and  to  them  were 
born  three  children,  but  all  have  passed  away.  Dr.  MacManus  is  identified  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Foresters  and  she  is  of  the  Roman  Catholic  faith.  Her  political 
allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  Her  time  and  attention  are  mostly  concen- 
trated upon  her  professional  duties,  which  she  discharges  in  a  most  conscientious  manner. 


JOHN   W.    MONTGOMERY. 


John  W.  Montgomery,  busily  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in 
county,  was  born  in  Kentucky  on  the  27th  of  January,  1849,  his  parents  being  Alfred 
and  Nancy  (Thompson)  Montgomery,  who  were  also  natives  of  the  Blue  Grass  state. 
In  1S51  they  removed  to  Illinois,  settling  in  Warren  county,  where  they  continued  to 
make  their  home  until  death  called  them.  They  reared  a  family  of  nine  children, 
seven  of  whom  are  yet  living. 

John  W.  Montgomery  spent  his  youthful  days  in  Warren  county,  Illinois,  dividing 
his  time  between  farm  work  and  attendance  at  the  public  schools.  In  1872  he  went 
to  Kansas,  then  a  young  man  of  twenty-three  years,  and  in  1874  he  removed  to  Jasper 
county.  Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  for  four  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that 
period  he  returned  to  southeastern  Kansas,  where  he  again  engaged  in  farming  for 
six  years,  and  in  1883  he  arrived  in  Colorado.  The  following  year  he  purchased  the 
farm  upon  which  he  new  resides.  He  at  once  took  up  his  abode  upon  the  place  and 
is  the  owner  of  an  eighty  acre  tract  of  rich  and  productive  land,  all  under  ditch.  His 
farm  is  well  improved  and  the  neat  and  thrifty  appearance  of  his  place  is  indicative 
of  his  progressive  spirit   and  practical  methods. 

In  1880  Mr.  Montgomery  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Augusta  J.  Faulkner,  a 
native  of  Kansas,  and  to  them  have  been  born  eleven  children:  Harry  G. ;  George  W., 
who  died  in  infancy;  Arthur  L. ;  Charles  W.,  now  living  in  California;  James  A.; 
Warren  C,  who  is  with  the  United  States  army;  Louis  E.;  Estella  G.;  Bertha  A.,  who 
is  married;  John  W..  who  is  in  the  United  States  navy;  and  Maud  A.,  who  completes 
the    family. 

Mr.    Montgomery   has   also   had    military   experience    and    is    entitled    to   wear    the 


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little  bronze  button  which  proclaims  him  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  for  he  served 
for  one  year  with  the  Union  army,  enlisting  as  a  member  of  Company  E,  One  Hun- 
dred and  Thirty-eighth  Illinois  Infantry,  while  subsequently  he  became  a  member  of 
Company  H,  Eleventh  Illinois  Cavalry.  He  thus  proved  his  loyalty  to  his  country,  to 
which  he  rendered  valuable  service  by  the  faithful  performance  of  every  duty  allotted 
to  him. 

Mr.  Montgomery  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  but  has 
never  sought  or  desired  political  office.  He  has  served,  however,  as  an  official  in  con- 
nection with  the  schools,  acting  as  director  for  a  considerable  period  and  now  as 
president  of  the  school  board.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  both 
are  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  community  in  which  they  make  their  home.  Mr.  Mont- 
gomery is  truly  a  self-made  man  in  the  best  sense  of  the  term.  He  has  depended  en- 
tirely upon  his  own  resources  since  starting  out  in  the  business  world,  working  his 
way  steadily  upward  through  indefatigable  energy  and  perseverance.  His  persistency 
of  purpose  has  at  length  won  him  a  substantial  measure  of  success  and  he  is  accounted 
one  of  the  representative  farmers  of  Jefferson  county. 


JAMES   GOULD. 


Boulder  county  is  fortunate  in  having  among  its  agriculturists  men  who  have 
ever  been  characterized  by  progressiveness  and  thoroughness.  Therefore  great  pros- 
perity has  come  to  this  section  of  the  state  for  this  very  reason  and  among  those  who 
have  contributed  to  that  prosperity  while  attaining  individual  success  is  James  Gould, 
who  has  a  valuable  farm  one  mile  northwest  of  Niwot.  Mr.  Gould  is  a  native  of  this 
state,  having  been  born  in  the  county  in  which  he  still  resides  May  9,  1876,  a  son  of 
honored  Colorado  pioneers,  J.  F.  and  Amy  (Foster)  Gould,  of  whom  extended  mention 
is  made  on  other  pages  of  this  work. 

James  Gould  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  in  the  acquirement  of  his 
education  he  attended  the  country  schools  of  Boulder  county,  remaining  upon  the 
home  place  with  his  parents  until  he  became  of  age.  At  that  time  he  decided  to  start 
out  independently  and  rented  his  present  place  from  his  father  for  several  years.  Tak- 
ing advantage  of  all  modern  ideas  and  methods,  his  labors  resulted  In  good  crops  and 
he  was  soon  enabled  to  acquire  title  to  the  property.  He  now  has  one  hundred  and 
fifty  acres,  all  of  which  is  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  This  he  has  owned  since 
his  marriage,   which  took  place  in   1903. 

On  the  8th  of  September,  1903,  Mr.  Gould  married  Miss  Bertha  Paulus.  a  daughter 
of  Albert  A.  and  Alice  (Rawles)  Paulus,  natives  of  Indiana.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gould 
were  born  three  children,  of  whom  two  died  in  infancy,  the  remaining  son  being  Evan 
P.,   born   March  12,   1910. 

Mr.  Gould  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers  Union  Mill  of  Longmont  and  fraternally 
a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  In  his  business  methods  Mr.  Gould 
has  ever  followed  the  highest  standards  and  his  reliability  and  trustworthiness  have 
made  him  an  exemplary  citizen,  who  through  his  labors  has  contributed  largely  to 
growth  and  development  in  Boulder  county. 


ADAM   GINTHER. 


Adam  Ginther,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Adams  county, 
was  born  near  Odessa,  Russia,  February  20,  1862,  a  son  of  Adam  and  Katie  (Coppen- 
stine)  Ginther.  In  1888  the  parents  came  to  America,  settling  in  Weld  county,  Colorado, 
where  they  took  up  their  abode  upon  a  farm.  The  father  died  January  5.  1892.  and 
the  mother  is  still  living  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty  years.  In  their  family  were  eleven 
children,   nine   of   whom   survive. 

Adam  Ginther  was  reared  and  educated  in  Russia  and  in  1889  crossed  the  Atlantic 
to  the  new  world,  at  which  time  he,  too,  became  a  resident  of  this  state.  For  four 
years  he  worked  in  Denver,  but  ambitious  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account, 
he  then  rented  a  farm,  upon  which  he  lived  for  eight  years.  During  that  period  he 
carefully  saved  his  earnings  until  his  industry  and  economy  had  brought  him  a  suffi- 
cient sum  to  enable  him  to  purchase  the  farm  upon  which  he  now  resides,  comprising 
the  east  half  of  section  30,  town  1,  range  67  west,  in  Adams  county.  He  now  has  one 
of  the  finest  improved  farms  of  this  section  of  the  state.     It  is  equipped  with  splendid 


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buildings  and  the  best  farm  macliinery  and  everything  about  the  place  is  indicative  of 
the  careful  supervision  and  progressive  methods  of  the  owner.  To  his  original  pur- 
chase he  has  added  from  time  to  time  until  he  now  owns  six  hundred  and  forty  acres 
of  valuable  land,  of  which  one-half  is  under  ditch.  He  carries  on  general  farming, 
raising  good  crops  of  various  kinds,  and  his  labors  are  indicative  of  what  can  be 
accomplished   through    individual   effort   and   perseverance. 

On  the  7th  of  August.  1S93.  Mr.  Ginther  was  married  to  Hiss  Fannie  Bell,  who  was 
born  in  England,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Gibson)  Bell,  who  were  also  natives 
of  that  country.  They  came  to  America  in  18S0,  first  settling  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
where  they  lived  for  six  years.  They  then  removed  to  Colorado  and  the  mother  is 
still  living  in  this  state,  but  the  father  has  passed  away.  Their  family  numbered 
ten  children,  five  of  whom  survive.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ginther  became  the  parents  of 
seven  children;  Eva,  who  is  the  wife  of  Edwin  Satt;  Louise,  who  is  pursuing  a 
course  in  nursing  at  the  State  University  in  Boulder;  Sarah,  who  is  pursuing  a  medical 
course  in  the  State  University  at  Boulder;  Benjamin,  attending  the  high  school; 
also  a  student  in  the  Denver  high  school;  Ruth,  at  home;  and  Adam,  who  has 
away. 

Before  coming  to  America,  Mr.  Ginther  served  for  five  years  in  the  Russian  army 
as  a  member  of  the  Forty-sixth  Regiment  of  Marines.  By  diligent  application  to  his 
duties,  and  fidelity  to  the  service,  he  won  successive  promotions  until  he  had  attained 
the  rank  of  lieutenant,  winning  these  promotions  by  creditably  passing  three  severe 
government  examinations.  During  his  service  he  sailed  the  Black  Sea,  and  also 
visited  most  of  the  important  ports  in  European  waters. 

The  religious  faith  of  Mr.  Ginther  is  that  of  the  Lutheran  church,  while  his  wife 
is  a  member  of  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  church.  His  political  endorsement  is 
given  to  the  republican  party.  He  has  never  been  an  office  seeker  but  has  been  a 
member  of  the  school  board  for  five  years.  For  fifteen  years  he  has  served  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Lelatta  Ditch  &  Reservoir  Company,  and  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  all 
phases  of  irrigation,  having  taken  an  active  and  prominent  part  in  its  development 
in  Colorado.  His  has  been  an  active  life  and  his  determination  to  win  success  has 
resulted  in  the  close  application  and  energy  which  have  made  him  the  owner  of  an 
excellent  farm  property  in  Adams  county. 


JOHN   G.   HUDSON. 


The  office  of  clerk  of  the  district  court  of  Washington  county,  Colorado,  is  in  good 
hands,  for  it  is  administered  by  John  G.  Hudson,  who  is  well  qualified  for  the  posi- 
tion and  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  has  earned  the  appreciation  of  the  court  as 
well  as  the  public.  He  keeps  his  records  and  files  in  excellent  condition  and  has  intro- 
duced into  the  office  a  system  and  order  which  greatly  facilitate  and  expedite  the  cases 
which  come  before  the  court.  He  was  born  in  Rochester,  Oakland  county.  Michigan, 
May  3,  1S59,  his  parents  being  Dr.  John  K.  and  Amanda  (Green)  Hudson,  natives 
of  the  Empire  state.  The  father  was  a  physician  and  went  to  Michigan  at  an  early 
day.  In  that  state  he  practiced  medicine  during  the  balance  of  his  life,  passing  away 
in  1865.  His  widow  survived  him  for  more  than  thirty  years,  her  death  occurring  in 
1898. 

Mr.  Hudson  of  this  review  was  reared  in  Michigan,  where  he  acquired  his  educa- 
tion. In  1876,  when  sixteen  years  of  age,  he  came  to  Colorado,  being  identified  with 
civil  engineering  in  connection  with  railroad  work.  For  five  years  he  was  with  the  old 
South  Park  Railroad,  now  the  Colorado  Southern,  and  during  this  time  was  actively 
engaged  in  work  on  the  great  Alpine  tunnel.  He  then  assisted  in  building  the  Oregon 
Short  Line,  being  so  employed  for  three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  period  he  went  to 
Kansas  and  from  there  returned  to  Michigan.  The  year  1885  marked  his  arrival  in 
Akron,  Washington  county,  Colorado,  and  here  he  engaged  in  the  painting  and  decorat- 
ing business  and  also  in  contracting,  being  so  occupied  for  ten  years.  In  1895  he 
bought  out  an  abstract  business  and  the  same  year  was  elected  to  the  office  of  county 
clerk,  serving  for  six  years  in  that  capacity  and  earning  the  high  encomiums  of  the 
public  by  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties.  He  conducted  the  abstract  business  at 
the  same  time  and  has  continued  the  business  ever  since.  For  several  years  Mr.  Hudson 
also  served  as  town  clerk  and  at  this  writing  he  is  completing  his  sixteenth  year  as 
clerk  of  the  district  court,  his  continuance  in  the  office  proving  his  reliability,  faith- 
fulness and  ability.  For  twelve  years  he  served  under  Judge  Burke.  Recently  Mr. 
Hudson  proved  up  on  three  hundred  and  twenty   acres  of  land  fourteen  miles  north- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  717 

west  of  Akron.  In  connection  with  his  office  it  may  be  mentioned  that  homesteaders 
may  make  proof  before  the  clerk  of  the  district  court  and  Mr.  Hudson  has  made  over 
nine  hundred  proofs  on  half  sections  in  the  past  six  years.  It  is  therefore  but  natural 
that  he  is  known  by  practically  every  agriculturist  of  the  county  and  by  almost  all 
other  residents  and  all  speak  of  him  in  the  highest  terms  of  approval. 

In  September,  1892.  Mr.  Hudson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Burtie  B.  Ball  and 
to  this  union  four  children  have  been  born:  John  G.,  Jr.,  a  machinist  by  trade,  who 
is  twenty-four  years  of  age  and  resides  in  Denver;  Gilbert  R.,  aged  twenty-one,  who 
is  taking  the  radio  course  in  the  United  States  army  and  is  training  at  Lincoln,  Ne- 
braska; Leo  F.,  at  Fort  Collins,  Colorado,  who  is  eighteen  years  of  age;  and  Myrtle, 
aged  fourteen,  yet  at  home. 

Politically  Mr.  Hudson  is  a  republican  and  has  always  been  faithful  to  his  party. 
His  religious  belief  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  stands  high  in  Masonic 
circles,  being  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge  and  chapter  of  Akron,  the  Knights  Templar 
at  Fort  Morgan  and  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  in  Denver.  Many  have  been  the 
compliments  paid  Mr.  Hudson  on  his  efficiency  as  an  official  and  because  of  his  loyalty 
as  a  public-spirited  American  citizen,  hut  he  must  tind  the  greatest  satisfaction  in 
the  knowledge — a  fact  really  conceded  by  everyone  else — that  he  has  discharged  the 
duties  of  every  official  position  he  has  held  to  the  best  of  his  ability.  He  cooperates 
in  public  movements  readily  and  is  ever  desirous  of  promoting  the  welfare  of  his 
fellow  citizens,  for  he  takes  great  pride  in  the  growth  of  Washington  county  and  Akron. 


JOHN   D.    STEELE. 


A  representative  of  the  successful  agriculturists  of  the  west  is  John  D.  Steele,  of 
Niwot.  Boulder  county,  this  state,  a  successful  farmer  and  live  stock  man.  A  native 
of  Wisconsin,  he  was  born  April  2,  1865,  his  parents  being  Edward  P.  and  Phoebe  A. 
(Evans)  Steele.  The  mother  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  the  father  in  New  York 
and  both  removed  in  early  life  to  Wisconsin,  in  which  state  they  were  married.  In 
the  year  of  the  great  rush  to  Pike's  Peak — 1S59 — Edward  P.  Steele  came  to  Colorado 
and  took  up  a  homestead  in  Boulder  county,  whereon  he  built  a  log  cabin,  there  resid- 
ing until  1S64.  After  improving  his  place  to  a  certain  extent  he  returned  to  Wiscon- 
sin in  order  to  bring  his  family  to  the  western  frontier.  The  return  trip  to  this  state 
across  the  plains  was  made  by  ox  teams  and  four  months  were  consumed  in  making 
the  journey.  Three  weeks  after  he  and  his  family  arrived  here  Mr.  Steele  suddenly 
died.  His  wife  is  still  living,  making  her  home  with  our  subject,  and  is  now  eighty- 
four  years  of  age.     She  became  the  mother  of  three  children,  all  of  whom  survive. 

John  D.  Steele  of  this  review,  who  was  born  shortly  before  the  western  trip  was 
undertaken,  was  reared  and  educated  in  Colorado  and  after  laying  aside  his  school- 
books  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising,  being  quite  successful  along  those  lines. 
During  the  last  ten  years  he  has  also  operated  a  threshing  outfit.  He  now  owns  five 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  valuable  land  in  Boulder  county,  upon  which  he  has  made 
many  improvements,  his  ranch  representing  a  lite  of  industry,  perseverance  and  care- 
ful application  to  local  farming  conditions.  Mr.  Steele  has  ever  followed  progressive 
methods  and  through  the  development  of  his  farm  has  largely  contribut'?d  toward 
the  improvement  of  his  section  of  the  state. 

In  1887,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  Mr.  Steele  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Blanche  E.  Bliven,  a  native  daughter  of  Colorado.  Her  parents  were  Andrew  J. 
and  Sarah  (Hempstead)  Bliven,  who  were  born  in  Connecticut  and  came  to  this  state 
in  1S68.  Both  are  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Steele  were  born  eight  children, 
of  whom  Merle,  the  first  born,  is  deceased.  The  others  are,  in  order  of  birth:  Phoebe, 
the  wife  of  Roy  Green;  and  Andrew,  Douglas,  Evart,  Alice,  Ray  and  Jessie,  all  at 
home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Steele  have  many  friends  in  the  neighborhood  in  which  they 
reside,  all  of  whom   recognize  in  them  a  worthy  couple  of  sterling  character. 

Mr.  Steele  is  quite  prominent  in  fraternal  circles,  being  a  member  of  Lodge  No. 
154  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  also  belonging  to  the  lodge  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  is  likewise  a  valued  member  of  the  Grange.  In  his 
political  affiliations  he  is  a  republican,  steadfastly  upholding  the  candidates  of  that 
party  in  national  and  state  issues.  Although  thoroughly  versed  in  the  questions  and 
issues  of  the  day  Mr.  Steele  has  never  actively  participated  in  politics,  preferring 
to  give  his  undivided  attention  to  his  farming  pursuits.  The  cause  of  education, 
however,  has  found  in  him  a  vigorous  supporter  and  for  a  number  of  years  he  has 
served  on  the  school  board  of  his  district,  doing  everything  in  his  power  in  order  to 


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imp'-ove  educational  facilities  in  Boulder  county.  There  is  great  credit  due  him  for 
what  he  has  achieved  as  he  started  out  in  life  empty-handed  and  is  now  numbered 
amcng  the  prosperous  and  well-to-do  agriculturists  of  Boulder  county. 


ROBERT    M.    WORK. 


Robert  M.  Work,  district  attorney  of  Fort  Morgan,  was  born  at  Rochester  Mills, 
Pennsylvania.  June  17.  1S78,  his  parents  being  Josiah  and  Sarah  (Hindman)  Work, 
who  were  also  natives  of  the  Keystone  state.  The  father  there  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  and  later  was  active  in  irrigation  work.  He  followed  the  lumber  trade,  how- 
ever, in  Pennsylvania  until  1898,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  and  established  his  home 
in  Greeley,  where  he  lived  for  a  time  and  then  removed  to  Fort  Morgan.  He  became 
interested  in  irrigation  projects  and  was  president  of  several  of  the  big  irrigation 
companies  of  northern  and  eastern  Colorado.  He  bought  two  thousand  acres  of  land 
in  Morgan  county  and  was  numbered  among  the  wealthy  and  prominent  residents  of 
his  section  of  the  state,  putting  all  of  his  funds  into  irrigation  projects  and  thereby 
contributing  in  substantial  manner  to  the  development,  upbuilding  and  consequent 
prosperity  of  the  region.  He  continued  to  reside  in  Fort  Morgan  throughout  his 
remaining  days  and  passed  away  in  December,  1909.  During  the  Civil  war  he  was  one 
of  the  reserves  and  drilled  at  camp  but  was  not  called  upon  for  active  duty.  His 
wife  passed  away  in  March,  1885. 

Robert  M.  Work  was  reared  and  educated  in  Pennsylvania,  attending  the  com- 
mon and  preparatory  schools,  after  which  he  entered  Westminster  College.  Subse- 
quently he  taught  school  for  three  years  and  then  sought  the  opportunities  of  the 
west.  In  1901  he  arrived  in  Colorado  and  in  1903  he  won  the  Bachelor's  degree 
upon  graduation  from  Colorado  College  at  Colorado  Springs,  while  the  following  year 
the  Master's  degree  was  conferred  upon  him.  After  completing  his  more  specifically 
literary  course  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  Denver,  where  he  pursued  his  reading 
for  a  year  and  then  completed  his  preparation  for  the  bar  as  a  law  student  in  the 
office  of  Stuart  &  Murray.  In  1907  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  by  reason  of  the 
fact  that  Mr.  Murray  was  ill  and  away  from  business  Mr.  Work  remained  for  a  year 
in  the  office  as  Mr.  Stuart's  assistant  under  the  firm  name  of  Stuart,  Murray  &  Work. 
On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  came  to  Fort  Morgan  and  formed  a  partnership 
with  L.  C.  Stephenson  under  the  firm  style  of  Stephenson  &  Work.  This  association 
was  maintained  until  1911,  when  Mr.  Work  began  practicing  alone  and  so  continued 
until  April,  1916.  when  he  was  joined  in  a  partnership  by  George  C.  Twombly,  now 
serving  as  deputy  district  attorney.  The  firm  name  is  Work  &  Twombly.  They  have 
made  for  themselves  a  most  creditable  position  in  legal  circles  in  Morgan  county  and 
they  have  been  entrusted  with  much  important  litigation.  Mr.  Work  served  as  deputy 
district  attorney  from  1909  until  1911  under  Mr.  Stephenson  and  did  much  of  the 
criminal  work  in  the  six  counties  for  two  years.  He  was  named  at  the  primaries  in 
1912  as  the  republican  candidate  for  district  attorney  but  met  defeat  at  that  election. 
He  was  again  the  republican  candidate  in  1916  and  popular  suffrage  placed  him  in  the 
position  which  he  is  now  acceptably  and  capably  filling.  He  was  also  called  to  public 
office  in  1909,  when  he  became  a  member  of  the  city  council.  For  the  past  seven  years 
he  has  served  as  attorney  for  the  Bijou  Irrigation  District  and  has  otherwise  been  the 
legal  representative  of  other  irrigation  projects  and  corporations,  including  the  Morgan 
County  National  Bank.  He  is  the  owner  of  two  thousand  acres  of  excellent  land  in 
Morgan  county,  eight  hundred  of  which  is  improved  irrigated  land.  He  is  largely 
interested  in  the  raising  of  Hereford  cattle  and  Duroc-Jersey  hogs  and  has  two  hundred 
and  fifty  head  of  each.  He  feeds  cattle  in  the  winter  months  and  everything  that  he 
has  undertaken  in  the  way  of  agricultural  or  stock  raising  activity  has  proven  success- 
ful. At  the  same  time  he  has  made  for  himself  a  most  enviable  position  as  a  representa- 
tive of  the  bar  and  he  is  now  attorney  and  agent  for  large  eastern  land  owners. 

The  underfaking  which  has  distinguished  Mr.  Work  in  this  vicinity  was  the  success- 
ful refinancing  of  the  Bijou  irrigation  system,  which  involved  the  refunding  of  some 
eight  hundred  and  thirty  thousand  dollars  in  bonds  and  the  passage  of  legislation  pro- 
viding a  workable  refunding  act,  which  takes  away  from  the  irrigation  district  the 
burden  and  the  stigma  which  has  brought  so  many  irrigation  districts  in  western 
states  to  financial  ruin.  Their  bondholders  were  induced  to  accept  refunding  bonds, 
which  are  clearly  special  assessment  bonds,  so  that  any  land  owner  at  any  time  may 
pay  off  his  share  of  bonded  indebtedness  and  be  released  from  all  other  bonds.  This 
was  the  first  district  in  the  west  to  take  advantage  of  such  a  course  and  many  other 


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districts  are  now  following  the  same  procedure.  The  deal  involved  two  years  of  negotia- 
tions with  a  committee  of  bankers  and  attorneys  from  five  different  eastern  states, 
representing  bondholders,  with  headquarters  at  Chicago,  and  the  plan  was  finally  con- 
summated in  November,  1917.  Mr.  Work  has  closely  studied  irrigation  problems  and 
opportunities  and  is  convinced  of  the  value  of  building  irrigation  ditches  in  order  that 
the  arid  lands  of  Colorado  may  be  transformed  into  productive  fields,  a  fact  which  is 
easily  accomplished  when  water  can  be  secured.  His  work  in  this  connection  has  been 
of  the  greatest  possible  public  value,  a  fact  now  widely  acknowledged. 

On  the  9th  of  June,  1909,  Mr.  Work  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Roberta  Gib- 
son and  to  them  have  been  born  four  children:  Robert  Marshall,  .Jr.,  who  was  born  April 
23,  1910;  Raymond  Phidelah,  born  July  27,  1911;  Emma  Gibson,  born  January  2,  1913; 
and  James  Richard,  born  September  20.  1918. 

Mr.  Work  is  well  known  in  Masonic  circles,  belonging  to  Oasis  Lodge,  No.  67,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.;  to  Fort  Morgan  Chapter,  R.  A  M.;  and  Colorado  Consistory,  No.  1,  S.  P.  R.  S.. 
in  which  he  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  United  Presbyterian  church  and  in  these  associations  are  found  the  rules  which 
have  governed  his  conduct  and  shaped  his  relations  with  his  fellowmen.  His  life  work 
has  been  far-reaching  in  its  influences  and  results,  and  his  record  is  one  of  much 
benefit  to  the  community  in  which  he  lives  by  reason  of  what  he  has  accomplished  in 
connection  with  the  irrigation  project  and  also  by  reason  of  the  excellent  things  that 
he  has  done  as  a  member  of  the  bar.  He  is  now  carefully  safeguarding  the  interests 
of  his  district  as  its  attorney  and  his  work  shows  that  he  is  well  qualified  to  cope  with 
intricate  and  involved  legal  problems. 


HARPIN   DAVIS. 


Harpin  Davis,  who  passed  away  on  the  10th  of  July,  1915,  was  one  of  Colorado's 
pioneer  settlers.  He  arrived  in  the  state  in  1863  and  about  a  year  later  took  up  his 
abode  upon  the  farm  on  which  he  continued  to  reside  until  called  to  his  final  rest. 
He  made  purchase  of  a  tract  of  wild  land  about  eight  miles  east  of  Golden  and  with 
characteristic  energy  began  its  development  and  improvement,  converting  it  into  one 
of  the  excellent  ranch  properties  of  the  district.  At  all  times  and  in  every  relation 
of  life  he  measured  up  to  high  standards  of  manhood  and  citizenship. 

Mr.  Davis  was  a  native  son  of  New  England.  His  birth  occurred  in  New  Haven 
county,  Connecticut,  February  24,  1825,  his  father  being  Anson  Davis,  who  was  born 
in  Oxford,  Connecticut,  in  1784.  The  father  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  upon 
a  farm  and  was  a  well  educated  man  who  successfully  taught  school  for  several  years 
in  early  manhood.  He  was  called  upon  to  fill  various  positions  of  honor  and  trust  in 
the  community  in  which  he  lived  and  he  passed  away  respected  by  all  who  knew  him 
in  the  year  1S68.  In  early  manhood  he  wedded  Sally  Pruden  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  ten  children. 

Harpin  Davis  spent  his  youthful  days  upon  the  old  homestead  to  the  age  of  fifteen 
years,  when  desirous  of  learning  something  of  the  world  and  wishing  to  start  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account,  he  started  to  Philadelphia.  However,  he  left  the  boat  at 
Burlington,  twenty  miles  from  that  city,  and  secured  employment  in  driving  horses 
along  the  canal.  He  did  not  enjoy  that  occupation,  however,  and  for  a  year  there- 
after was  employed  at  farm  labor.  He  then  shipped  aboard  a  coasting  schooner  and 
afterward  became  a  member  of  the  crew  of  a  full-rigged  vessel  which  was  engaged  in 
the  West  India  trade.  He  spent  a  number  of  years  at  sea  and  was  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  mate  on  his  ship.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two,  however,  he  returned  to  his  old 
home  and  there  took  up  the  business  of  contracting  in  brick  and  stone  work.  He 
also  taught  a  few  terms  of  school  and  proved  a  capable  educator,  imparting  readily 
and  clearly  to  others  the  knowledge  that  he  had  acquired. 

Mr.  Davis  became  identified  with  the  west  in  1854,  at  which  time  he  went  to 
California,  thinking  to  make  that  state  his  permanent  abode.  The  family,  however, 
did  not  desire  to  live  so  far  west  and  the  same  year  he  returned  eastward  as  far 
as  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  masonry  work  and  also  established  and 
conducted  a  lumberyard.  In  the  fall  of  1856  he  removed  to  Florence,  Nebraska,  now 
a  part  of  Omaha,  and  for  one  term  taught  school  there,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the 
sawmill  and  lumber  business.  The  year  1863  witnessed  his  arrival  in  Colorado  and 
after  passing  a  year  in  Central  City  he  removed  to  the  vicinity  of  the  farm  upon  which 
he  so  long  resided.  It  was  about  1865  that  he  purchased  this  place,  which  is  situated 
about  eight  miles   east  "of  Golden,  and  for  many  years  thereafter  he  concentrated  his 


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efforts  and  attention  upon  its  cultivation  and  development.  He  added  many  substantial 
improvements,  making  it  one  of  the  attractive  features  of  the  landscape,  with  its  growing 
crops,  its  well  kept  buildings  and  its  many  indications  of  the  progressive  spirit  of 
the   owner. 

On  the  31st  of  March,  1850,  Mr.  Davis  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  A. 
Chatfieia,  a  daughter  of  Enos  Chatfleld.  of  Oxford,  Connecticut,  and  a  descendant  of 
George  Chatfield,  a  native  of  England,  who  came  to  the  new  world  in  1639,  thus  found- 
ing the  family  in  America  during  early  colonial  days.  He  made  the  trip  in  company 
with  his  brothers.  Thomas  and  Francis,  who  were  members  of  the  party  conducted 
by  the  Rev.  Henry  Whitfield  and  made  a  settlement  at  Guilford,  Connecticut.  George 
Chatfield  afterward  lived  in  Killingsworth,  Connecticut,  until  -called  to  his  final  rest. 
Representatives  of  the  family  served  as  soldiers  of  the  American  army  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  became  the  parents  of  four  children.  Charles  H. 
is  managing  a  part  of  the  home  farm.  Ella  M.  is  the  wife  of  Mason  Seavey,  a  cap- 
italist of  Denver.  Hattie  C.  is  now  Mrs.  Mathison,  of  Arvada,  and  is  a  noted  horse- 
woman. She  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  Craig  Colony,  a  large  free  tubercular 
sanitarium.  She  has  one  son.  Earl  F.  Walker  is  a  member  of  Company  G  of  the 
Three  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Infantry  of  the  Eighty-ninth  Division.  A.  E.  F. 
Arthur  L..  the  youngest  of  the  family,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Gross  Medical  College  of 
Denver  and  for  two  and  one-halt  years  was  head  physician  in  St.  Anthony's  Hospital. 
He  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Central  City,  where  he  has  won 
prominence. 

Mr.  Davis  belonged  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  to  Morning  Star 
Lodge.  No.  47.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  was  always  loyal  to  the  teachings  and  purposes 
of  these  organizations  and  his  life  was  ever  upright  and  honorable,  commending  him 
to  the  confidence  and  goodwill  of  all.  There  were  no  spectacular  phases  in  his  career. 
He  did  not  seek  to  figure  prominently  in  any  public  light  but  concentrated  his  efforts 
and  attention  upon  his  business  affairs  and  by  reason  of  his  close  application,  sound 
judgment  and  unfaltering  enterprise  he  won  a  substantial   measure  of  success. 


PROFESSOR  JOHN   BERNARD  EKELEY. 

Professor  John  Bernard  Ekeley,  state  chemist  and  head  of  the  department  of  chem- 
istry in  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder,  was  born  in  Orebro,  Sweden,  on  the 
1st  of  January,  1869.  His  father,  John  Ekeley,  also  a  native  of  that  country,  was  born 
in  1843  and  came  to  America  in  1870,  at  which  lime  he  settled  in  Omaha,  Nebraska. 
In  1878  he  removed  to  Wahoo.  Nebraska,  and  was  there  engaged  in  merchandising 
until  1890.  In  the  latter  year  he  became  a  resident  of  Stromsburg.  Nebraska,  where 
he  retired  from  active  business  and  still  makes  his  home.  His  wife  passed  away  in 
Omaha  in   1874. 

Professor  Ekeley  of  this  review  was  but  three  years  old  when  brought  by  his 
mother  to  the  new  world  and  the  days  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  were  passed  in  Ne- 
braska. After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Wahoo  until  1885.  in  which  year  he  was 
graduated  from  the  high  school  of  that  city,  he  entered  Colgate  Academy  at  Hamilton, 
New  York,  and  completed  his  course  in  that  institution  in  1887.  He  next  entered  Col- 
gate University  at  Hamilton  and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  1891  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  Two  years  later  Colgate  University  conferred  upon  him  the  Master 
of  Arts  degree  In  1900  he  went  to  Germany,  where  he  studied  at  the  University  of 
Freiburg  in  Baden  and  in  1902  he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  while 
in  1911  Colgate  University  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Sci- 
ence. In  1909  and  1910  he  was  a  student  in  the  University  of  Berlin  and  at  the  Sor- 
bonne  of  Paris.  In  the  meantime,  however,  he  entered  upon  the  line  of  activity  that 
has  largely  constituted  his  life  work.  From  1891  until  1893  he  was  instructor  in  chem- 
istry in  Colgate  University  at  Hamilton.  New  York,  and  then  accepted  the  position  of 
science  master  at  St.  Paul's  School  in  Garden  City,  Long  Island,  where  he  remained 
until  1900.  It  was  subsequent  to  this  lime  that  he  went  abroad  for  further  study. 
Since  1902  he  has  been  head  of  the  department  of  chemistry  of  the  State  University 
of  Boulder.  Colorado,  and  since  1911  has  occupied  the  position  of  state  chemist.  He 
also  has  other  interests,  being  a  member  of  the  Black  Metal  Reduction  Company  of 
Boulder,  and  is  a  co-inventor  of  the  process  used  by  that  company  in  extracting  tung- 
sten   from    low   grade   tungsten    ores. 

On  the  18th  of  July,  1894,  in  Hamilton.  New  York,  Professor  Ekeley  was  married 
to  Miss  Adelaide  Evelyn   Hobbs,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Thomas  Hobbs.     He   is  identi- 


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fled  with  various  college  fraternities,  including  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon,  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
Sigma  Xi,  Theta  Nu  Epsilon,  and  Alpha  Chi  Sigma.  He  is  a  fellow  of  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  a  member  of  the  American  Chemical 
Society.  American  Electrochemical  Society.  Colorado  Scientific  Society,  and  is  the 
author  of  A  Laboratory  Manual  of  Inorganic  Chemistry,  John  Wiley  and  Sons,  1912, 
and  also  the  author  of  various  research  articles  on  chemical  subjects  in  American 
and    European   chemical   journals. 


FRANCIS  J.  HILDEBRAND. 


Francis  J.  Hildebrand  is  the  owner  of  an  extensive  ranch  property  in  Jefferson 
county  which  he  is  successfully  cultivating  in  addition  to  raising  stock.  Actuated  by 
a  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress,  he  carries  forward  to  successful  completion  what- 
ever he  undertakes  and  his  life  record  is  an  interesting  one,  for  it  is  the  story  of 
earnest  endeavor  crowned  with  success. 

Mr.  Hildebrand  was  born  August  22,  1S71,  on  the  ranch  which  is  still  his  home, 
his  parents  being  Frank  and  Elizabeth  Hildebrand,  who  were  natives  of  Germany  and 
came  to  America  in  their  youth.  During  the  gold  excitement  at  Pike's  Peak  the  father 
started  west  across  the  plains  with  an  ox  team  in  1859.  He  first  settled  on  land  in  the 
Platte  river  bottom,  just  north  of  Denver,  near  the  mouth  of  Clear  creek,  but  the 
floods  of  1864  ruined  his  crops  and  he  sold  out.  He  then  engaged  in  freighting  between 
Denver  and  Cheyenne  and  also  worked  in  the  placer  mines  in  the  Georgetown  district. 
During  those  early  days  he  had  many  encounters  with  the  Indians  but  bravely  faced 
all  the  hardships,  privations  and  dangers  of  pioneer  life  and  lived  to  see  remarkable 
changes  as  the  work  of  progress  and  civilization  was  carried  forward.  In  1866  he 
settled  on  land  in  the  beautiful  valley  of  Deer  creek,  seven  miles  southwest  of  Little- 
ton, in  Jefferson  county,  and  his  wife  joined  him  soon  afterward.  They  contributed 
their  full  part  to  the  work  of  general  improvement  and  development  and  continued 
residents  of  the  county  until  called  to  the  home  beyond.  In  their  family  were  two 
children,  Francis  J.  and  Albert. 

Both  sons  spent  their  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof,  attending  the  com- 
mon schools  near  their  home,  and  after  reaching  manhood  took  charge  of  the  farm, 
which  they  further  developed  and  improved.  They  engaged  extensively  in  the  stock 
business  and  owned  twenty-five  hundred  acres  of  land,  of  which  two  hundred  acres 
is  under  ditch.  On  the  irrigated  tract  they  raised  large  crops,  utilized  in  considerable 
measure  for  feeding  purposes.  They  had  high  grades  of  cattle  and  their  business, 
wisely  and  carefully  directed,  brought  to  tliem  a  very  gratifying  measure  of  success. 
In  1902,  however  Albert  Hildebrand  withdrew  from  the  firm  and  removed  to  the  Ohio 
Creek  valley  in  Gunnison  county,  where  he  is  today  one  of  the  prominent  cattlemen. 
Francis  J.  Hildebrand  of  this  review  still  continues  to  carry  on  the  home  farm. 

In  1909  Francis  J.  Hildebrand  was  married  to  Miss  Josephine  C.  Shekey,  of  Hum- 
boldt, Iowa,  and  to  them  was  born  a  daughter,  Dorothy  C.  The  wife  and  mother  passed 
away  in  1912  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Fort  Dodge.  Iowa,  hgr  death 
being  a  severe  blow  to  the  husband  and  little  daughter.  Mr.  Hildebrand  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Catholic  church.  He  has  spent  his  entire  life  on  the  ranch  which  is  yet 
his  home,  concentrating  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  its  further  development  and 
improvement,  and  he  now  ranks  with  the  representative  farmers  of  JelTerson  county. 


HERMAN  H.  CORDES. 


While  more  than  a  third  of  a  century  has  passed  since  the  death  of  Herman  H. 
Cordes,  he  is  yet  remembered  by  the  older  residents  of  Denver  as  one  of  the  most  alert 
and  progressive  merchants  and  business  men  of  his  time.  He  was  born  in  Bremen, 
Germany,  of  wealthy  German  parents,  on  January  11.  1850,  but  at  the  age  of  two  years 
was  brought  to  America  by  his  family,  whose  sympathies  were  with  the  revolutionists 
of  1849.  Because  of  their  sympathies  with  those  who  believed  in  the  ideals  of  today- 
democracy— the  family  lands  and  fortune  were  confiscated  by  the  government  of  Ger- 
many and  the  Cordes  family,  with  other  believers  in  the  cause  of  freedom,  came  to 
America. 

The  family  established  themselves  in  Sedalia,  Missouri,  where  Mr.  Cordes  received 
his  early  education   in  the  public  schools,  later   attending  one   of  the   academies.     He 


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began  his  business  career  as  a  merchant  In  Sedalia,  Missouri,  where  he  was  a  clerk  in 
tlie  store  of  Morrison  Brothers.  It  was  in  the  autumn  of  1874  that  Mr.  Cordes  located 
in  Denver  to  take  a  position  with  the  firm  of  Morrison  Brothers  in  the  Denver  store. 
He  remained  with  this  firm  for  a  number  of  years  and  then  accepted  a  position  with 
the  Daniels  &  Fisher  Company  as  head  of  their  carpet  department.  Mr.  Cordes  made 
friends  quickly  and  it  was  not  long  before  he  had  acquired  an  extensive  acquaintance 
in  Denver.  As  an  illustration  of  this,  twenty-five  years  after  his  death  one  of  Phila- 
delphia's financiers,  while  in  Denver  on  a  visit,  sought  out  one  of  Mr.  Cordes'  friends 
in  order  to  discover  where  he  might  find  Mr.  Cordes  or  his  family,  as  he  said:  "I  met 
Mr.  Cordes  but  once  and  I  have  never  been  so  impressed  with  a  young  man  and  pre- 
dicted a  great  future  for  him."  In  1878,  In  company  with  his  brother-in-law,  Philip 
Feldhauser,  he  entered  the  carpet  business  under  the  name  of  Cordes  &  Feldhauser. 
The  growth  of  the  business  was  both  rapid  and  substantial  and  before  long  theirs  had 
become  the  leading  house  in  its  line  in  Denver.  Mr.  Cordes'  wonderful  energy  and 
thoroughly  progressive  business  methods  were  great  factors  in  its  progress.  As  has 
been  said  of  him,  he  was  a  merchant  ahead  of  his  time,  and  but  for  his  untimely 
death,  seemed  destined  to  become  Denver's  merchant  prince.  Early  in  the  spring  of 
1884  he  was  taken  suddenly  ill  and  on  the  advice  of  his  physician  went  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  a  change  of  climate  it  was  thought  might  restore  his  health,  but  there  his  death 
occurred  on  the  26th  of  April,  1884,  when  he  was  little  more  than  thirty-three  years  of 
age. 

It  was  on  the  1st  of  August,  1875,  that  Mr.  Cordes  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss 
Caroline  Feldhauser  and  to  them  were  born  a  son  and  two  daughters,  namely:  Arthur, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  two  years;  Mary,  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  Samuel  Fosdick  Jones, 
who  is  now  a  major  in  the  service  of  the  United  States;  and  Caroline  M.,  now  the  wife 
of  Samuel  Huston  Thompson,  a  member  of  the  Federal  Trade  Commission.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Thompson  have  one  daughter,  Caroline  Huston. 

Mr.  Cordes  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  best  known  representatives  of  mercantile 
circles  in  Denver  and  as  a  citizen  was  of  that  type  that  meant  a  distinct  loss  to  the 
city  when  he  was  called  to  his  final  rest.  His  personal  popularity  was  great.  His 
closest  personal  friends  were  men  who  in  later  years  became  the  big  men  of  Denver's 
business  and  financial  life.  His  thoughtful  consideration  of  his  employes,  his  many 
acts  of  kindness  and  the  helpful  interest  he  took  in  all  worthy  causes  needing  assistance 
combined  to  make  his  loss  keenly  felt  by  many  outside  of  his  own  home.  He  was  a 
kind  husband  and  indulgent  father  whose  interest  centered  in  his  family  and  who  found 
his  greatest  happiness  in  promoting  the  welfare  and  comfort  of  the  members  of  his 
own  household. 


FRED   S.  HUSTON. 


Fred  S.  Huston  is  prominent  in,  and  representative  of,  financial  interests  in 
■Washington  county,  being  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Otis,  Colorado.  The 
growth  and  development  of  this  institution  is  largely  due  to  his  business  ability  and 
his  experience  in  the  banking  line.  He  was  born  in  Waukee,  Dallas  county,  Iowa,  in 
February,  1879.  a  son  of  John  A.  and  Florence  J.  (Sloane)  Huston,  the  father  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania  and  the  mother  of  Iowa.  In  early  life  John  A.  Huston  made  removal 
from  his  native  state  to  Iowa,  where  he  was  engaged  along  mercantile  lines  and  made 
his  home  until  1888,  when  he  proceeded  farther-  west,  taking  up  his  abode  in  Hyde, 
Washington  county,  Colorado,  where  he  gave  his  attention  to  the  lumber  business  and 
banking  for  several  years  until  local  conditions  decided  him  to  give  up  these  lines  and 
he  located  on  a  ranch,  where  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  for  some  time.  He  ran 
cattle  and  horses  until  191,5.  when  the  means  which  he  had  acquired  permitted  him 
to  retire  from  the  active  labors  of  life,  his  ranch  of  three  sections  being  divided  among 
his  sons.     He  now  makes  his  home  in  Otis  and  Mrs.  Huston   is  also  living. 

Fred  S.  Huston  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  as  well  as  in  Hyde  and  Otis,  Colorado,  having 
come  to  this  state  with  his  parents.  Up  to  the  age  of  nineteen  he  was  more  or  less 
an  invalid,  but  then  his  health  improved  considerably  and  he  took  up  the  occupation 
of  telegraphy  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad, 
with  which  he  remained  for  twelve  years, — as  agent  at  Otis,  also  as  night  operator  and 
dispatcher  at  Denver,  and  in  the  general  offices  in  Omaha.  Nebraska.  In  the  fall  of 
1910  Mr.  Huston,  having  carefully  saved  his  earnings  and  acquired  a  handsome  sum 
with  which  to  start  in  business,  organized  in  partnership  with  others  the  Otis  State 
Bank,  of  which  he  became  the  cashier  and  as  such  was  entrusted  with  its  direction. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  725 

In  May,  1916,  the  institution  was  formed  into  a  national  banli  under  the  name  of  the 
First  National  Banlv.  The  president  is  M.  B.  Holland,  while  P.  J.  Sullivan,  of  Wray, 
Colorado,  is  the  vice  president.  The  bank  is  capitalized  for  twenty-five  thousand  dol- 
lars and  its  surplus  now  amounts  to  five  thousand  dollars,  while  the  deposits  have 
reached  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  ninety  thousand  dollars.  The  First  National  Bank 
erected  a  modern,  well  constructed  and  thoroughly  protected  bank  building  in  1916, 
which  has  been  the  home  of  the  institution  ever  since.  In  guiding  the  destiny  of  the 
bank  Mr.  Huston  has  always  followed  conservative  banking  principles,  protecting  to 
the  best  of  his  ability  the  interests  of  the  depositors  and  stockholders,  yet  he  is  pro- 
gressive and  readily  extends  credit  where  funds,  are  needed  for  the  extension  of  legiti- 
mate business  enterprises  or  in  order  to  finance  the  marketing  of  farm  crops,  or  live 
stock  deals.  He  has  become  recognized  as  an  authority  in  financial  matters  and  is 
often  consulted  in  regard  to  investments,  as  he  is  not  only  thoroughly  acquainted  with 
the  bond  and  stock  market  but  also  has  considerable  knowledge  of  local  real  estate 
values.  The  growth  of  the  bank  and  its  prosperous  condition  must  be  largely  ascribed 
to  his  experience  and  ability  and  the  honorable  principles  which  have  guided  all  his 
business   transactions. 

In  October,  1913,  Mr.  Huston  married  Alice  M.  Brandon  and  they  have  two  chil- 
dren: John  Paul,  born  September  29,  1914;  and  Denzil  F.,  born  April  29,  1916.  The 
family  is  popular  in  the  social  circles  of  their  community  and  their  hospitable  home 
is  a  meeting  place  for  their  many  friends,  who  esteem  them  for  their  high  qualities 
of  character  and  heart.  Their- residence  is  one  of  the  finest  in  this  section  of  the  state, 
appointed  with  all  modern  conveniences,  comfortably  arranged  and  tastefully  furnished. 

The  religious  faith  of  Mr.  Huston  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  his  po- 
litical allegiance  is  given  to  tlie  republican  party.  He  has  always  taken  a  laudable 
interest  in  the  promotion  of  the  welfare  and  growth  of  his  community  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  town  council,  taking  active  part  in  securing  for  Otis  all  the  advantages  of 
a  modern  city.  In  tlie  Masonic  order  he  belongs  to  the  various  branches  of  the  organ- 
ization and  the  principles  of  brotherhood  underlying  the  craft  guide  him  in  his  con- 
duct toward  his  fellowmen.  He  is  still  interested  in  the  Huston  Brothers'  ranch  and, 
besides  this,  owns  other  farm  property,  deriving  from  these  sources  a  gratifying  addi- 
tion to  his  income.  Mr.  Huston  is  a  public-spirited  citizen,  a  patriotic  American  and 
a  business  man  of  high  principles  and  standards  and  since  being  engaged  in  business 
in  Otis  has  earned  the  high  encomiums  of  the  public  and  has  made  many  friends  in 
this   city. 


DANIEL   KNAUS. 


Although  yet  a  young  man  Daniel  Knaus  has  already  attained  a  position  among 
the  agriculturists  of  Boulder  county  which  entitles  him  to  distinction,  as  he  has  dis- 
played progressive  methods  and  ideas  that  have  not  only  proved  of  value  to  him  but 
have  demonstrated  to  others  what  can  be  attained  through  earnest  labor.  Mr.  Knaus 
has  live  stock  interests  besides  following  general  farming,  his  place  being  located  one 
and  three-quarters  miles  northeast  of  Niwot.  A  native  of  Boulder  county,  he  was  born 
about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  south  of  his  present  place,  March  1,  1S90,  and  is  a  son 
of  Clemens  and  Eliza  (Greub)  Knaus.  who  are  more  extensively  mentioned  on  other 
pages  of  this  work. 

Daniel  Knaus  was  reared  at  home  and  educated  in  the  rural  schools  of  Boulder 
county,  rounding  out  his  common  school  course  by  six  months'  attendance  at  a  busi- 
ness college  in  Boulder.  He  ably  assisted  his  father  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of 
age.  thus  becoming  thoroughly  acquainted  with  agricultural  methods  through  prac- 
tical labor.  In  1914  his  father  gave  to  each  of  his  sons  a  farm  and  Daniel  Knaus 
received  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  upon  which  property  he  now  lives.  He  has  made 
a  number  of  improvements  since  he  received  this  property,  having  taken  it  over  in 
the  fall  of  1917.  Previous  to  that  time  he  was  for  five  years  manager  of  a  creamery 
at  Nlwot.  The  buildings  upon  his  farm  are  up-to-date  and  the  equipment  is  modern 
in  every  respect,  thus  demonstrating  his  progressiveness.  A  prosperous  future  may 
be  predicted  for  him,  as  he  has  already  demonstrated  his  ability.   . 

In  1912,  Daniel  Knaus  was  married  to  Lillian  Wederquist  and  to  them  have  been 
born  three  children:  Muriel  C,  whose  birth  occurred  on  the  25th  of  March,  1913; 
Kenneth   D.,  born  June  12,  1915;   and  Dallas  H.,  June  28,   1917. 

Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knaus  are  well  liked  in  the  social  circles  of  their  neighbor- 
hood and  have  many  friends  In  Niwot  and  vicinity.  Besides  his  farm  he  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Niwot  State  Bank  and  also  of  the  alfalfa  mill  there.     Moreover,  he   is 


726  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

interested  in  the  Farmers  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Denver.  Besides  general  farm- 
ing he  gives  his  attention  to  the  raising  of  thoroughbred  horses,  specializing  in  Per- 
cherons.  He  belongs  to  the  Grange  and  is  also  a  valued  member  of  the  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America.  His  political  persuasion  is  that  of  the  democratic  party  and  he  is 
■well  informed  upon  all  issues  of  the  day,  particularly  in  regard  to  his  county  and 
locality,  and  is  ever  helpful  in  giving  his  support  to  movements  which  he  believes 
will  be  of  benefit  to  the  general  public. 


CHARLES   G.   GAMMON. 


Charles  G.  Gammon,  actively  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising  in 
Boulder  county,  comes  to  Colorado  from  South  Dakota,  his  native  state,  his  birth 
having  there  occurred  on  the  12th  of  February,  1SS8.  He  is  therefore  yet  a  young 
man  and  the  success  which  he  has  already  achieved  indicates  that  his  future  career  will 
be  well  worth  watching.  He  is  a  son  of  William  and  Cora  (Ellis)  Gammon,  the  former 
a  native  of  England,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  South  Dakota.  They  continued  resi- 
dents of  that  state  until  1898.  when  they  removed  to  Colorado,  establishing  their  home 
upon  a  farm  in  Boulder  county.  They  are  still  living  within  the  borders  of  that 
county,  now  making  their  home   in   Hygiene. 

Charles  G.  Gammon,  an  only  son,  was  but  ten  years  of  age  when  the  parents 
came  to  Colorado  and  his  education,  begun  in  the  schools  of  South  Dakota,  was  con- 
tinued in  the  public  schools  of  this  state.  Through  vacation  periods  he  worked  upon 
the  home  farm  and  he  remained  under  the  parental  roof  until  he  had  attained  his 
majority,  after  w'hich  he  took  up  agricultural  pursuits  on  his  own  account.  He  pur- 
chased his  present  farm  in  1918,  acquiring  sixty  acres  of  land,  all  of  which  is  care- 
fully irrigated  and  splendidly  improved.  It  is  known  as  the  Water  Front  farm  and 
in  its  cultivation  he  is  meeting  with  substantial  success.  He  has  carefully  tilled  the 
fields  and  as  the  result  of  his  earnest  labor,  guided-  by  sound  business  judgment, 
he  has  gathered  good  crops  which  have  made  his  annual  income  a  very  desirable 
one. 

In  1911  Mr.  Gammon  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Junie  Hildenbrandt,  who 
was  born  in  Jones  county,  Iowa,  a  daughter  of  Philip  and  Anna  (Bohlken)  Hilden- 
brandt, the  former  a  native  of  the  state  of  New  York,  while  the  latter  was  born  in 
Germany.  Mrs.  Gammon  was  one  of  a  family  of  eight  children  and  by  her  marriage 
she  has  become  the  mother  of  one  daughter.  Evelyn  Faye,  born  June  7,  1917. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Gammon  is  a  democrat  but  has  never  been  an  office 
seeker,  preferring  to  give  his  undivided  time  and  attention  to  his  business  affairs. 
He  has  made  all  that  he  possesses  since  starting  out  in  lite  on  his  own  account. 
Steadily  he  has  worked  his  way  upward  until  he  is  today  one  of  the  prosperous 
farmers  of  Boulder  county,  wisely  and  successfully  carrying  on  busines  interests  which 
bring   him    good    financial   returns. 


THEODORE  A.  HUTCHINSON. 

Forty-two  years  have  passed  since  Theodore  A.  Hutchinson  took  up  his  abode  upon 
his  present  farm,  which  is  situated  in  the  vicinity  of  Broomfield,  although  the  town 
had  not  been  established  when  he  located  on  his  present  place.  He  has  been  an 
interested  witness  of  the  growth  and  development  of  the  state  throughout  the  passing 
years  and  has  borne  his  full  share  in  promoting  its  agricultural  progress.  He  was  born 
in  Canaan,  Columbia  county.  New  York,  October  11,  1&42,  and  has  therefore  reached 
the  seventy-sixth  milestone  on  life's  journey.  His  parents  were  Benjamin  B.  and 
Clarissa  (Dewey)  Hutchinson  and  one  of  his  granduncles,  Wheeler  Hutchinson,  served 
as  a  private  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant  in  the  War 
of  1812. 

Theodore  A.  Hutchinson  acquired  a  district  school  education  in  Michigan,  for  during 
his  early  childhood  'his  parents  removed  to  that  stale.  He  also  attended  the  Methodist 
Seminary  at  Colon.  St.  Joseph  county,  Michigan,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  war 
he  put  aside  all  personal  interests  to  espouse  the  cause  of  the  Union,  enlisting  on  the 
11th  of  August,  1862,  as  a  member  of  Company  C  of  the  Seventeenth  Michigan  Vol- 
unteer Infantry.  He  participated  in  the  battle  of  South  Mountain  and  Antietam  with 
.General  McClellan,  was  also  for  a  time  with  the  division  under  General  Burnside  and 
■was  with  Grant  in  the  capture  of  Vicksburg.     He  afterward  participated  in  campaigns 


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728  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee  and  took  part  in  the  siege  of  Knoxville,  Tennessee.  He 
was  also  with  the  forces  under  General  Grant  in  the  capture  of  Petersburg,  and  was 
serving  with  the  rank  of  first  sergeant  when  the  war  was  brought  to  a  close.  He 
had  always  been  a  brave  and  loyal  soldier,  faithful  to  duty,  and  returned  to  his  home 
with   a   most  creditable  military   record. 

With  his  return  home  Mr.  Hutchinson  resumed  his  education,  spending  the  suc- 
ceeding fall  and  winter  in  the  seminary.  In  the  spring  of  1866  he  removed  westward 
to  Missouri  with  his  brother  Frisbie  D.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  for  five  years, 
and  in  1870  he  arrived  in  Colorado  on  the  first  passenger  train  to  make  the  trip  over 
the  old  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad.  Settling  in  Denver,  which  was  then  a  small  mining 
town,  he  established  a  grocery  business  and  conducted  his  store  for  five  years.  In 
1876,  however,  he  removed  to  the  vicinity  of  what  is  now  Broomfield  and  took  up  a 
homestead  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  Throughout  the  intervening  period  he 
has  carried  on  general  farming  and  has  been  an  interested  witness  of  the  marked 
changes  which  have  occurred  in  methods  here.  When  he  first  came,  there  was  no 
water,  as  no  irrigation  systems  had  been  promoted.  He  met  the  hardships  and  con- 
ditions of  pioneer  life  and  he  was  among  the  foremost  to  promote  the  construction  and 
extension  of  the  old  Arapahoe  ditch  for  about  twenty-six  miles  tli rough  Jefferson 
and  Adams  counties.  For  a  long  time  he  was  secretary  of  the  ditch  company,  which 
is  now  called  the  Farmers  Highline  Reservoir  &  Canal  Company,  the  stock  of  which 
is  owned  only  by  the  farmers  who  are  supplied  with  water  from  that  ditch.  Mr. 
Hutchinson  has  about  thirty-five  acres  of  his  land  planted  to  alfalfa,  while  the  rest 
is  given  over  to  grain  production.  His  farm  presents  a  very  neat  and  attractive  appear- 
ance and  he  is  systematic  in  all  of  his  work,  while  his  energy  and  enterprise  have  ever 
proven  dominant  elements  in  the  attainment  of  his  success. 

In  Hannibal,  Missouri,  Mr.  Hutchinson  was  married  on  the  2Sth  of  May,  1868,  to 
Miss  Mary  E.  Lennon,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Major  John  A.  Ltnnon,  of  Denver,  and 
Elizabeth  (Brown)  Lennon,  a  sister  of  H.  C.  Brown  or  the  Brown  Palace  Hotel. 
The  children  of  this  marriage  are  as  follows.  Clarissa  is  the  wife  of  Ben  A.  Johnson, 
by  whom  she  has  five  children.  Irene,  Edna,  Ben,  Willis  and  Clara  May.  Elmer  and 
Katherine  May  are  both  deceased.  Arthur,  now  deceased,  mairiptl  Margaret  Johns, 
by  whom  he  had  three  children;  Theodore;  Katherine,  who  became  the  wife  of  Arthur 
Ketchum  and  has  one  son;  and  Benjamin,  who  is  now  in  France  with  the  United  States 
army.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hutchinson  have  lived  to  celebrate  their  golden  wedding  anni- 
versary. 

Mr.  Hutchinson  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  and  maintains  pleasant 
relations  with  his  old  army  comrades  through  his  membership  in  Arvada  Post,  G.  A.  R. 
He  has  ever  been  as  true  and  loyal  to  his  country  as  when  he  followed  the  nation's 
starry  banner  on  the  battlefields  of  the  south  and  the  same  spirii  is  manifest  in  his 
grandson,  Benjamin  Hutchinson,  who  is  now  with  the  colors  in  France. 


BENJAMIN  A.  JOHNSON. 

Benjamin  A.  Johnson,  living  near  Eastlake.  on  a  farm  owned  by  him  and  known 
as  Ash  Grove  Farm,  has  been  closely  identified  with  the  development  and  man- 
agement of  irrigation  projects  in  eastern  Colorado.  He  was  born  at  Batavia,  Illinois, 
April  17,  1871.  a  son  of  Nels  and  Anna  T.  Johnson,  the  former  deceased,  and  the  latter 
now  residing  at  2929  Gilpin  street,  Denver.  Both  parents  were  natives  of  Sweden, 
where  they  were  educated,  and  after  coming  to  the  new  world  were  married  in  Illinois. 
Nels  Johnson  came  to  Colorado  in  the  year  1S80,  and  was  employed  in  the  smelters  at 
Argo  and  Golden  for  soilie  four  years,  then  moved  to  a  homestead  thirteen  miles  north 
of  Denver  and  remained  there  until  1906,  when  he  moved  to  Denver,  living  there  at  the 
time  of  his  death  in   1909. 

Benjamin  A.  Johnson,  the  second  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  four  children, 
was  educated  in  the  district  school,  and  later  took  a  business  course  in  the  Central 
Business  College  of  Denver.  His  business  course  was  taken  during  the  winter  months 
when  he  began  his  irrigation  career  as  ditch  rider  on  the  Farmers'  High  Line  Canal 
in  1887  and  was  employed  during  the  irrigation  seasons,  attending  business  college 
during  the  winter  months.  He  was  employed  in  that  capacity  until  1898,  at  which 
time  he  was  promoted  to  the  superintendency  of  said  canal  company  and  remained 
in  that  capacity  until  1912,  when  he  accepted  a  position  with  the  Model  Land  and 
Irrigation  Company,  in  the  southern  part  of  the  state,  as  manager  and  superintendent. 
He  was  employed  by  them  until  1917,  at  which  time  he  accepted  a  position  with  the 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  729 

Tucson  Farms  Company,  one  of  the  largest  land  and  irrigation  companies  in  southern 
Arizona,  and  is  at  present  employed  by  them  as  their  general  superintendent,  the 
position  appealing  to  him  on  account  of  the  general  knowledge  he  is  receiving  of  pump- 
ing irrigation,  which  he  proposes  to  use  in  future,  in  further  developing  irrigation  in 
Colorado.  He  has  also  been  active  in  agricultural  instruction  work,  making  that  part 
of  his  work  at  all  times,  and  is  serving  at  present  as  president  of  the  Pima  County 
(Arizona)    Farm   Bureau. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  married  in  1892,  on  the  Hutchinson  farm,  near  Bastlake,  Colo- 
rado, to  Miss  Clara  F.  Hutchinson,  a  daughter  of  Theodore  A.  and  Mairy  Elizabeth 
(Lennon)  Hutchinson.  She  was  born  in  Denver  and  has  always  been  a  resident  of  this 
state.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  have  been  born  five  children,  Irene  M.,  Edna  B., 
Benjamin  A..  Willis  T.  and  Clara  May. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  republican,  giving  stalwart  allegiance  to 
the  party  because  of  his  firm  belief  in  its  principles.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Methodist  church,  and  fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  has  many  sterling  qualities,  and  his  business  ability  has 
been  recognized  by  all  whom  he  has  represented.  Gradually  he  has  worked  his  way 
upwards,  and  his  energy  has  brought  him  prominently  to  the  front. 


PATRICK  MULROONEY. 


For  many  years  Patrick  Mulrooney  of  Denver  has  been  identified  with  the  devel- 
opment of  the  rich  mining  resources  of  the  west.  His  efforts  in  Colorado  have  con- 
tributed much  toward  promoting  the  prosperity  of  the  state,  where  he  has  resided  since 
March,  1877.  Ireland  claims  him  as  a  native  son.  his  birth  having  occurred  in  County 
Galway  in  March,  1852,  his  parents  being  Patrick  and  Sarah  (Mooney)  Mulrooney.  His 
education  was  partly  acquired  in  his  native  land  but  when  sixteen  years  of  age  he 
bade  adieu  to  the  green  isle  of  Erin  and  sailed  tor  the  United  States.  He  afterward 
worked  at  boiler  making  in  Wilmington.  Delaware,  for  the  firm  of  Harlan  &  Holling- 
worth,  with  which  he  continued  for  two  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he 
left  the  Atlantic  coast  and  made  his  way  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  for  two  years  he 
was  connected  with  the  lumber  trade.  Later  he  spent  two  and  a  half  years  in  St. 
Louis,  where  he  conducted  an  express  business  for  a  firm  who  had  about  seven  hun- 
dred teams.  For  three  years  he  occupied  that  important  position  and  then  removed 
to  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  whence  he  came  to  Denver  in  March,  1877.  Not  long  after- 
ward he  began  mining  at  Central  City,  where  he  remained  for  a  few  months  and  then 
went  to  Leadville,  where  he  worked  in  the  Gallagher  mine,  sinking  a  shaft  for  Charles 
and  Patrick  Gallagher.  Two  months  were  spent  in  that  position,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  was  poisoned  and  in  order  to  recover  from  the  illness  attendant  thereon  he 
went  to  Cottonwood  Springs.  Since  1878  he  has  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count and  has  become  a  prominent  figure  in  mining  circles  in  Colorado.  He  located 
the  Greenback  mine  in  May,  1878,  and  worked  it  at  Intervals  afterward.  He  also  leased 
other  properties,  including  the  Morning  and  Evening  Star  mine  and  the  Venus  mine, 
which  he  leased  in  1886  and  in  which  he  is  still  interested.  He  was  superintendent 
of  the  Pittsburgh  mine  in  1880  and  1881  and  of  the  Independence  mine  in  1881  and 
1882.  In  February.  1888,  he  went  to  Utah  and  was  identified  with  mining  interests 
of  that  state  for  eleven  years.  In  1900  he  returned  to  Denver,  where  he  has  since 
made  his  home.  Like  all  who  enter  the  mining  field,  he  has  met  with  both  reverses 
and  success,  but  the  latter  has  predominated  owing  to  his  sound  judgment  combined 
with  wide  experience  and  unfaltering  enterprise.  From  1894  until  1898  inclusive  and 
again  from  1902  until  1916  he  worked  the  Greenback  mine,  the  largest  in  the  state, 
and  then  sold  to  the  Western  Chemical  Company.  There  is  no  feature  of  mining  in 
Colorado  with  which  he  is  not  thoroughly  familiar.  He  has  studied  the  subject  from 
every  possible  standpoint  and  his  determination,  backed  up  by  sound  judgment  and 
clear  insight,  has  been  the  salient  element  in  the  attainment  of  the  gratifying  success 
which    is   today   his. 

In  Leadville,  in  March,  1884,  Mr.  Mulrooney  was  united  in  marriage  to  Margaret 
Fitzgerald  and  to  them  have  been  born  the  following  children:  Mary,  Sarah,  Margaret, 
Gertrude,  Thomas.  Edward,  Helen  and  Anna,  but  the  last  named  is  now  deceased. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church  and  Mr.  Mulrooney 
is  Identified  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus  as  a  third  degree  member,  belonging  to 
Leadville  Council,  No.  681,  in  which  he  served  on  the  board  of  trustees  in  1901.  His 
efforts  and  attention  have  always  largely  been  concentrated   upon   his  business  affairs 


730  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

and  since  1878,  when  he  started  out  independently,  his  course  has  on  the  whole  been 
marked  by  a  steady  progression  that  has  brought  him  to  a  most  creditable  and  prom- 
inent position  in  mining  circles  of  the  state. 


ROBERT  CAMERON. 


Robert  Cameron,  a  most  progressive,  energetic,  farsighted  and  successful  business 
man,  extensively  engaged  in  ranching  as  general  manager  of  the  Cameron  ranch  a  mile 
east  of  Ramah,  was  born  on  the  24th  of  February.  1874,  in  Perthshire,  Scotland,  a  son 
of  Ewen  and  Margaret  (Mclntire)  Cameron.  He  was  a  young  man  of  twenty  years 
when  in  1S94  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  and  made  his  way  to  Colorado.  He  at  once  took 
up  his  abode  on  the  Cameron  ranch  near  Ramah,  where  he  has  since  resided.  This 
is  situated  a  mile  east  of  the  town  and  is  owned  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Cameron,  the  widow 
of  John  Cameron,  who  came  to  America  from  Scotland  in  1871.  Making  his  way  to 
Colorado  during  the  pioneer  epoch  in  its  history,  he  homesteaded  land  within  the 
borders  of  the  state  and  from  time  to  time  added  to  his  original  possessions  until  he 
became  one  of  the  large  landowners  and  sheep  men  of  El  Paso  county.  The  Cameron 
ranch  comprises  seventy-five  hundred  acres,  all  of  which  is  under  the  direct  supervi- 
sion of  Robert  Cameron,  who  feeds  from  two  to  three  thousand  head  of  sheep  each 
winter.  The  ranch  is  very  productive  and  he  has  a  large  acreage  planted  to  alfalfa, 
which  produces  hundreds  of  tons  of  hay  each  year  under  the  careful  management 
of  Robert  Cameron.  The  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress  seems  to  be  a  characteristic 
of  those  who  bear  the  name.  The  original  owner  of  the  place,  John  Cameron,  was  a 
man  of  marked  business  ability,  executive  force  and  keen  discrimination  in  all  busi- 
ness affairs  and  by  reason  of  his  diligence  and  sagacity  he  was  able  to  acquire  the 
vast  holdings  which  are  now  owned  by  his  widow.  In  the  successful  management  of 
the  property  Robert  Cameron  also  displays  the  most  substantial  business  qualities,  mak- 
ing the  ranch  a  great  profit-bearing  one. 

In  1902  Robert  Cameron  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jean  Duncan,  also  a  native 
of  Scotland,  and  they  have  a  son,  Ewen  Donald,  who  was  born  June  3,  1907.  Mr. 
Cameron  and  his  family  attend  the  Presbyterian  church  and  in  social  circles  they 
occupy  an  enviable  position.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party 
and  he  is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  having  attained  to  the  thirty-second  degree 
of  the  Scottish  Rite.  He  belongs  to  the  blue  lodge  at  Flagler,  Colorado,  to  the  chapter 
at  Colorado  Springs  and  also  to  El  Jebel  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  at  Denver.  He 
is  a  loyal  adherent  of  the  teachings  and  purposes  of  the  craft  and  exemplifies  in  his 
life  the  beneficent  spirit  upon  which  it  is  based.  Coming  to  the  new  world  when 
a  young  man  of  twenty  years.  Robert  Cameron  has  made  steady  prop:ress  along  busi- 
ness lines  and  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret  his  determination  to  try  his  fortune 
on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic. 


SIDNEY  W.  CLARK 


Sidney  W.  Clark,  filling  the  office  of  deputy  state  bank  commissioner  at  Denver,  was 
born  in  White  City,  Kansas.  August  12,  1872.  His  father,  William  A.  Clark,  a  farmer 
by  occupation,  spent  his  last  days  in  Americus.  Kansas.  He  was  born  in  Michigan  and 
at  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  he  responded  to  the  country's  call  for  troops,  enlisting  as 
a  member  of  Company  B,  Eleventh  Michigan  Cavalry,  with  which  he  did  active  service 
for  four  years.  His  wife,  Mrs.  Hattie  A.  Clark,  a  native  of  Flint,  Michigan,  is  still 
living.     Their  family  numbered  six  children,   four  of  whom  survive. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clark  removed  from  Michigan  to  Kansas  and  it  was  in  the  public 
schools  of  Americus  that  Sidney  W.  Clark  pnrsued  his  education,  while  in  1892  he  be- 
came a  student  in  the  State  Normal  School  there,  doing  special  work.  He  also  attended 
the  Wesleyan  University  at  Salina.  Kansas,  from  which  he  won  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Accounts  upon  graduation  from  the  commercial  law  department.  Early  taking  up 
the  profession  of  teaching,  Mr.  Clark  devoted  four  years  to  the  work  in  Kansas  and  also 
gave  some  time  to  agricultural  pursuits.  In  1896  he  went  to  Raton,  New  Mexico,  where 
he  occupied  the  position  of  bookkeeper  in  the  First  National  Bank.  He  next  became 
assistant  cashier  and  later  cashier  of  the  Citizens  State  Bank  of  Raton,  which  in  1904 
became  the  Citizens  National  Bank.  On  leaving  New  Mexico  he  removed  to  Fort  Col- 
lins, Colorado,  where  he  conducted  a  hardware  business.     Later  he  was  engaged  for  a 


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732  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

time  in  the  abstract  business  and  subsequently  turned  his  attention  to  the  boot  and 
shoe  trade.  He  was  also  at  different  periods  connected  with  the  grocery  business  and 
the  ice  business  and  during  all  this  period  was  interested  in  farming  as  well.  His 
has  been  a  busy,  useful  and  active  life,  in  which  indefatigable  energy  and  persistency  of 
purpose  have  brought  to  him  a  substanital  measure  of  success.  He  came  to  Denver 
in  1914  and  is  now  making  an  excellent  record  as  deputy  state  bank  commissioner  for 
the  state  of  Colorado. 

In  1903  Mr.  Clark  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Alice  Pace,  of  Raton,  New 
Mexico,  a  daughter  of  George  J.  Pace,  one  of  the  old  residents  of  that  state.  Mrs. 
Clark  was  born  in  Illinois  and  by  her  marriage  has  become  the  mother  of  one  son, 
James  Pace,  who  is  now  three  years  of  age. 

In  politics  Mr.  Clark  is  a  republican,  giving  stalwart  support  to  the  party  and  its 
principles,  and  he  served  in  Fort  Collins  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  for  two 
years  and  as  mayor  pro  tern.  He  does  all  in  his  power  to  advance  the  success  of  his 
party,  believing  firmly  in  its  principles.  He  is  well  known  in  Masonic  circles,  holding 
membership  in  the  lodge,  chapter  anil  commandery  of  Fort  Collins,  and  of  the  last 
named  he  is  a  past  eminent  commander.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  and  he  is  ever  loyal  to  its  teachings.  He  stands  for  those  things 
which  are  most  worth  while  in  life,  never  being  content  to  choose  the  second  best,  and 
the  high  standards  which  have  actuated  him  make  him  a  man  whom  to  know  is  to 
respect  and  honor. 


MARVIN   ALDEN    SIMPSON. 


Marvin  Alden  Simpson,  an  attorney  at  law  practicing  his  profession  in  Denver,  was 
born  in  Shelby,  Iowa,  on  the  20th  of  August.  1886.  a  son  of  Albert  O.  and  Mary  L. 
(Lane)  Simpson.  The  Simpson  family  is  of  English  origin  and  was  founded  in  America 
at  a  very  early  period  in  the  colonization  of  New  England.  The  father,  Albert  0.  Simp- 
son, was  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  a  direct  descendant  in  the  paternal  line  of 
John  and  Priscilla  Alden.  He  was  quite  young  at  the  time  of  the  removal  of  his 
parents  to  Iowa  and  in  that  state  he  was  reared  and  educated.  The  family  home  was 
established  in  western  Iowa  when  that  section  of  the  state  had  scarcely  been  opened  to 
civilization.  His  father  became  a  large  landowner  and  very  wealthy  man  of  the  region 
in  which  he  located.  As  the  years  passed  Albert  0.  Simpson  occupied  a  prominent 
position  in  connection  with  interests  of  Iowa  and  his  last  days  were  passed  in  Clinton, 
that  state,  where  his  death  occurred  in  1890.  He  was  born  in  1862,  so  that  he  was  a 
comparatively  young  man  of  twenty-eight  years  when  called  to  the  home  beyond.  In 
early  manhood  he  wedded  Mary  L.  Lane,  who  was  born  in  Scott  county,  Iowa,  and 
belonged  to  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  that  state.  She  was  of  Scotch-Irish  lineage. 
Her  parents  were  also  wealthy  and  prominent  landowners  of  Iowa  who  took  up  their 
abode  within  its  borders  when  pioneer  conditions  prevailed.  Her  father  was  a  native 
of  Dublin,  Ireland,  and  was  christened  Patrick  Henry  Lane.  He  was  born  in  181S  and 
came  to  America  in  1840.  His  daughter.  Mrs.  Simpson,  passed  away  in  1904  at  the 
age  of  forty-one  years.     She  was  the  mother  of  three  children. 

Marvin  Alden  Simpson,  who  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth  in  that  family  and 
is  the  only  one  now  living,  was  reared  in  Iowa  and  educated  in  the  schools  of  Shelby, 
Avoca  and  Council  Bluffs,  while  later  he  continued  his  studies  in  San  Antonio,  Texas, 
and  in  Lancaster  and  Madison,  Wisconsin.  He  pursued  a  high  school  course  and  a 
preparatory  course  and  then  entered  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  where  he  pursued 
the  work  of  the  sophomore  year.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  entered  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder,  where  he  completed  his  law 
studies,  which  he  had  previously  begun  in  the  Lebanon  Law  School  of  Cumberland 
University  at  Lebanon,  Tennessee.  He  was  graduated  in  1912  with  the  LL.  B.  degree 
and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  June,  1912,  in  both  Kentucky  and  Tennessee.  He 
located  for  professional  activity  in  Denver,  however,  in  December,  1912.  entering  the 
office  of  McKnight  &  Henry,  with  which  firm  he  continued  until  August,  1914.  He  was 
afterward  associated  with  Hilliard  &  Lilyard  until  August,  1917,  since  which  time  he 
has  been  connected  with  Mr.  Lilyard  in  practice  under  the  firm  style  of  Lilyard  & 
Simpson.  This  firm  specializes  in  corporation  and  probate  law  and  has  attained  high 
rank  in  connection  with  those  branches  of  the  profession.  Both  partners  are  well  in- 
formed concerning  the  legal  principles  having  to  do  with  corporation  and  probate  in- 
terests and  their  practice  is  now  extensive  and  important.  Mr.  Simpson  holds  member- 
ship with  the  Denver  County  Bar  Association. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  733 

On  the  20th  of  December,  1911,  Mr.  Simpson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mar- 
guerite J.  Bromfield.  a  daughter  of  Albert  J.  Bromfield,  and  they  have  become  the 
parents  of  one  child.   Marguerite  Elaine,  who  was  born  in  Denver,  September  20,  1913. 

In  politics  Mr.  Simpson  maintains  an  independent  course  and  fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Phi  Kappa  Psi,  while  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  In  an  analyzation  of  his  career  it  will  be  see"n  that  his  advancement  and 
prominence  have  come  as  the  direct  result  of  his  own  labors.  In  fact,  he  chose  as  a 
life  work  a  profession  in  which  family  and  influence  are  of  little  or  no  avail  and  by 
individual  effort  he  has  steadily  progressed,  his  marked  ability  being  the  direct  out- 
come of  wide  study,  broad  experience  and  laudable  ambition.  He  is  well  qualified  to 
undertake  important  interests,  especially  in  the  field  of  corporation  and  probate  prac- 
tice, and  his  work  has  frequently  brought  him  prominently  before  the  public  as  a  lead- 
ing member  of  the  Denver  bar. 


LEONARD  WHEELER  GARDNER. 

Leonard  Wheeler  Gardner,  a  resident  of  Colorado  since  1872,  now  making  his  home 
at  Canon  City,  has  been  identified  with  many  events  which  figure  on  the  pages  of 
pioneer  history  in  this  state.  He  was  born  near  Clarksville,  Tennessee,  on  the  old  famous 
traveled  road  leading  into  that  city,  July  6,  1850,  and  in  the  paternal  line  comes  of 
Scotch  Irish  ancestry.  His  father.  W.  B.  Gardner,  removed  to  Kentucky  when  the  son 
was  a  small  boy.  His  mother  was  Marinda  (Bobo)  Gardner,  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
women  in  Tennessee.  Mr.  Gardner  of  this  review  still  has  the  picture  of  his  mother 
taken  at  the  time  of  her  marriage.  The  Bobo  family  was  descended  from  four  brothtrs 
of  that  name  who  came  from  France,  one  of  these  settling  near  Clarksville,  Tennessee. 
He  was  the  father  of  Marinda  Bobo  and  the  grandfather  of  Leonard  Wheeler  Gardner 

After  spending  the  period  of  his  minority  in  the  south  Leonard  Wheeler  Gardner 
came  to  Colorado  in  1872,  when  a  young  man  of  aibout  twenty-two  years,  and  turned  his 
attention  to  the  cattle  business.  Judge  Tom  Macon,  later  one  of  the  great  jurists  of 
the  state,  gave  Mr.  Gardner  his  start.  He  began  raising  cattle  with  his  two  brothers 
on  Tallahasse  creek  in  Colorado  two  days  after  his  arrival  in  the  territory  and  has 
been  there  ever  since.  As  the  years  have  passed  he  has  prospered  in  his  undertakings 
and  he  and  his  wife  are  now  the  owners  of  two  thousand  and  eighty  acres  of  land  and 
he  has  had  as  high  as  two  thousand  head  of  cattle  upon  the  range.  He  can  relate 
many  thrilling  and  interesting  incidents  of  the  early  days  when  the  Indians  inhabited 
this  section.  The  first  cattle  he  ever  sold  were  to  the  Indians.  The  Utes  had  been 
on  a  rampage  in  the  winter  of  1S73  4  and,  hiding  their  own  ponies,  had  made  a  raid  on 
the  Arapahoes  and  had  stolen  five  hundred  head  from  them.  But  the  snow  was  so  deep 
that  they  couldn't  get  over  the  Divide  and  they  were  starving  in  what  was  known  as 
"Eight  Mile  Park."  Over  a  thousand  of  them  were  camped  there.  The  government 
agent  sent  over  to  Mr.  Gardner  and  told  him  to  take  his  cattle  to  the  Indian  camp. 
The  famous  chief,  Ouray,  was  at  the  head  of  the  band  and  Mr.  Gardner  visited  Ouray's 
tent  and  met  his  squaw.  Chipeta.  Ouray  spoke  excellent  English.  The  finest  watch 
that  Mr.  Gardner  had  ever  seen  was  hanging  on  the  side  of  the  tent — a  present  to  Ouray 
on  his  notable  visit  to  Washington.  Mr.  Gardner  received  thirty  dollars  per  head  for 
his  cattle.  He  saw  the  Indians  on  their  ponies,  ready  to  slaughter  the  cattle,  and  the 
-killing  was  done  in  a  few  minutes  and  meat  was  piled  high  on  the  ponies.  Indians 
straddling  on  top.  They  ate  every  particle  of  the  animals.  When  the  cow  or  bull  fell, 
the  Indian  cut  off  his  tail  first,  then  with  lightning-like  rapidity  skinned  the  animal, 
running  his  knife  along  the  backbone. 

As  the  years  passed  on  Mr.  Gardner  continued  his  cattle  raising  interests  and  is 
still  active  along  that  line  of  business.  Throughout  the  years  of  his  residence  in  Colo- 
rado he  has  improved  his  opportunities  and  is  today  one  of  the  prosperous  cattle  men 
and  ranchers  of  his  section  of  the  stale. 

On  the  12th  of  February,  1880,  on  the  Rader  ranch  at  Four  Mile,  Fremont  county, 
Leonard  Wheeler  Gardner  was  united  in  marriage  to  Anna  Rader  and  the  families  of 
two  old-timers  were  thus  united.  Mrs.  Gardner  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  famous 
woman's  club  of  Canon  City  called  Friends  in  Council.  This  was  among  the  first  of 
the  women's  clubs  in  the  state  and  of  the  organization  she  has  been  treasurer  for 
many  years.  The  club  initiated  the  work  to  secure  the  Travel  Libraries  for  Colorado 
and  was  also  prominent  in  the  work  for  the  Scholarship  Fund.  Mrs.  Gardner  is  also 
most  active  in  church  work,  doing  much  to  further  the  interests  of  the  Episcopal  church 
In  Canon  City. 


734  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Like  her  husband,  Mrs.  Gardner  has  shared  in  the  hardships  of  the  early  days. 
She  can  remember  when  the  Indians  would  come  to  beg  "biscuits,  matches  and  sugar." 
Their  house  was  often  surrounded  by  Indians  but  the  people  were  never  molested.  She 
remembers  well  a  young  buck  and  squaw  who  asked  permission  to  live  inside  their  en- 
closure. The  buck  always  traded  his  venison  tor  small  supplies,  never  molested  any- 
thing and  never  entered  the  Ifouse  when  the  women  of  the  household  were  alone. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gardner  were  born  three  daughters:  Mrs.  David  Dunaway,  of  Los 
Angeles,  California;  Mrs.  George  F.  Crowe,  now  on  the  old  Rader  ranch;  and  Mrs. 
Raymond  Grimes,  of  Phoenix,  Arizona.     There  is  also  one  grandchild,  Barbara  Crowe. 


WILLIAM  EPPINGER. 


William  Epplnger,  deceased,  who  was  identified  with  farming  interests  of 
County  during  the  later  years  of  his  life,  was  born  in  Germany  on  the  15th  of  July, 
1859,  and  spent  his  youthful  days  in  that  country.  He  came  to  America  in  the  '80s  and 
took  up  his  abode  in  Kansas.  He  was  married  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  in  April, 
18S8,  to  Miss  Theresa  Burrell,  also  a  native  of  Germany,  and  several  years  after  his 
marriage  he  removed  to  Colorado  with  his  family,  taking  up  his  abode  in  this  state 
in  1892.  He  first  settled  in  Denver,  while  later  he  purchased  the  farm  whereon  his 
family  now  reside,  becoming  owner  of  eighty  acres  of  land,  all  of  which  is  under  ditch. 
He  carefully  developed  and  improved  the  property,  continuing  its  further  cultivation 
to  the  time  of  his  demise,  and  his  labors  were  manifest  in  excellent  results. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eppinger  were  born  six  children:  Helen,  who  is  now  the  wife 
of  Lewis  Schulter;  William,  who  is  married;  Martha,  the  wife  of  Reno  Bruchez;  Louise, 
the  wife  of  Michael  Wingarten;  Robert,  who  is  cultivating  the  old  homestead  farm  for 
his  mother;   and  Fred,  who  is  also  at  home. 

Mrs.  Eppinger  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church  and  guides  her  life  according 
to  its  teachings.  She  is  possessed  of  many  substantial  qualities  and  traits  of  character 
which  endear  her  to  her  many  friends  and  she  is  numbered  among  the  representative 
farming    women    of    the    community. 


LOUIS  WAGNER. 


Louis  Wagner,  actively  Identified  with  the  legal  profession  and  with  mining  interests 
in  Denver  and  Colorado,  was  born  in  Jefferson  City,  Missouri,  March  10.  1861,  a  son  of 
George  and  Katherine  (Wolfrum)  Wagner,  both  of  whom  were  born  on  the  other  side  of 
the  Atlantic.  Both  made  their  way  to  Missouri  in  1840  and  settled  in  Jefferson  City,  where 
the  father  engaged  in  the  brewing  business,  but  during  the  last  twenty-five  years  of  his 
life  he  lived  retired.  He  passed  away  in  1895,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years,  while  his 
wife  survived  until  1903  and  was  seventy-four  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  her  demise. 
They  had  a  family  of  seven  children. 

Louis  Wagner,  who  was  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth,  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  city  until  graduated  from  the  high  school,  after  which  he  entered  the  Wash- 
ington University  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  subsequently  continued  his  studies  in  the 
University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia,  where  he  pursued  an  academic  course.  He  was  there 
graduated  in  1881,  after  which  he  began  preparation  for  his  professional  career  as  a 
student  in  the  Columbia  University  Law  School.  He  afterward  entered  a  law  office  at 
Jefferson  City.  Missouri,  and  continued  his  reading  under  private  instruction,  there 
remaining  until  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1884.  He  at  once  entered  upon  practice  on  his  own 
account  in  Jefferson  City  and  followed  his  profession  successfully  there  until  1889.  During 
that  period  he  served  for  two  terms  as  city  attorney  and  was  also  prosecuting  attorney 
of  the  county  for  one  term. 

In  1889  Mr.  Wagner  removed  to  Denver,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law  and  has  won  recognition  as  a  leading  attorney  of  Colorado.  He  has  been  assistant 
in  the  office  of  the  city  attorney  and  he  has  been  accorded  a  liberal  clientage  that  has 
connected  him  with  much '  important  litigation.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver  City  and 
County  Bar  Association  and  to  the  Colorado  State  Bar  Association.  He  is  likewise  identi- 
fied with  mining  interests  and  is  president  of  the  company  owning  and  operating  the 
Bull-Domingo  mine,  situated  in  the  famous  West  Cliff — Silver  Cliff  mining  district  of 
Custer  county,  Colorado. 


LOUIS  WAGNER 


736  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Mr.  Wagner  was  married  on  the  22d  of  June,  1887.  to  Miss  Winnie  Burch,  of  Jefferson 
City,  Missouri,  a  daugliter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  C.  Burch.  prominent  people  of  that  state, 
her  father  being  clerk  of  the  supreme  court.  Six  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wagner.  Mrs.  Gertrude  Stanley,  born  in  Jefferson  City.  Missouri,  was  graduated 
from  the  high  school  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  California.  She  is  the  wife 
of  Captain  Charles  Stanley  of  the  United  States  army,  stationed  at  Camp  Lewis,  and  they 
have  two  children.  Katherine  and  Charles.  Katherine  Parkhill  is  the  wife  of  Clayton 
Parkhill,  son  of  the  late  Dr.  Clayton  Parkhill.  They  are  residents  of  Billings.  Montana, 
and  have  one  child,  Dorothy  Parkhill.  Willard  B..  born  in  Denver,  is  now  a  lieutenant 
of  the  national  army,  being  in  training  at  Camp  Dodge,  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  George  C. 
was  born  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he  now  resides  and  is  in  business  there.  He 
is  married  but  has  no  children.  Edith,  who  was  born  in  Joplin,  Missouri,  is  teaching 
school  in  Denver.  Richard,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  was  born  in  Denver  and  is  a 
graduate  of  the  high  school. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Wagner  is  a  republican  and  stanchly  supports  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  party.  He  belongs  to  the  Beta  Theta  Phi,  a  college  fraternity,  and  he  is 
identified  with  the  Masons,  exemplifying  in  his  life  the  beneficent  spirit  that  underlies 
the  craft.  He  and  his  wife  hold  membership  in  the  Presbyterian  church  and  his  career 
has  been  actuated  by  high  and  honorable  principles  that  accord  with  his  professions.  In 
law  practice  and  in  his  business  interests  elsewhere  he  has  held  to  advanced  standards 
and  his  indefatigable  energy,  close  study  and  persistency  of  purpose  have  been  salient 
elements  in  bringing  him  to  the  enviable  place  which  he  now  occupies  in  mining  circles 
and  as  a  representative  of  the  bar. 


U    J.  WARREN. 


U.  J.  Warren  is  vice  president  of  the  Warren  Lumber  Company,  which  has  its  general 
offices  at  Port  Morgan.  This  company  owns  a  chain  of  six  lumberyards  in  Colorado.  In 
connection  with  which  hardware  stores  are  conducted,  and  the  business  has  now  assumed 
extensive  proportions,  constituting  an  important  feature  in  the  commercial  development 
of  the  various  localities  In  which  they  operate.  Mr.  Warren  is  a  man  of  keen  sagacity, 
sound  judgment  and  marked  business  enterprise,  carrying  forward  to  successful  comple- 
tion whatever  he  undertakes,  for  in  his  vocabulary  there  Is  no  such  word  as  fail. 

The  natal  day  of  U.  J.  Warren  was  January  16,  1862.  He  was  born  in  Logan  county. 
Illinois,  of  the  marriage  of  George  and  Mary  E.  (Johnson)  Warren,  who  were  natives  of 
Ohio.  The  father  was  a  farmer  and  stockman  and  in  18.53  went  to  Logan  county.  Illinois, 
where  he  purchased  land  which  he  farmed  until  about  1883.  He  also  carried  on  merchan- 
dising in  Lincoln.  Illinois,  for  five  years,  and  was  one  of  the  progressive  and  enterprising 
business  men  of  that  locality.  In  1883  he  removed  to  Davenport,  Nebraska,  where  he 
purchased  and  improved  a  farm,  devoting  his  attention  to  its  further  development  until 
the  last  years  of  his  life,  when  he  retired  from  active  business  and  removed  to  Davenport, 
where  he  spent  his  remaining  days  in  the  enjoyment  of  well  earned  rest.  His  death 
occurred  December  23,  1914,  when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  eighty-two  years,  and  his 
widow  still  survives,  now  making  her  home  in  Los  Angeles.  California. 

Mr.  Warren  of  this  review  was  reared  and  educated  in  Logan  county.  Illinois, 
attending  the  district  school  and  later  the  schools  of  Lincoln.  He  afterward  worked  as 
a  farmhand  for  his  father,  and  also  in  a  shoe  store  to  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  while 
subsequently  he  was  employed  on  a  farm  in  Nebraska  from  1883  until  1885.  In  the  latter 
year  he  became  connected  with  a  lumberyard  at  Culbertson.  Nebraska,  where  he  began 
work  at  forty  dollars  per  month  in  1886.  He  was  employed  byW.  C.  Bullard  &  Company 
for  sixteen  years  and  became  thoroughly  familiar  with  every  phase  of  the  lumber  trade. 
On  the  1st  of  January.  1902,  he  came  to  Fort  Morgan  and  established  a  lumber  business 
on  his  own  account.  He  has  since  conducted  this  yard,  which  has  been  established  under 
the  name  of  U.  J.  Warren  &  Company.  In  fact,  he  opened  three  lumberyards,  one  at  Fort 
Morgan,  one  at  Brush  and  the  other  at  Hillrose.  Colorado.  Today  the  company  has  six 
yards  and  hardware  stores  in  connection  and  is  conducting  a  business  of  large  extent  and 
importance.  A.  Barnett,  of  McCook.  Nebraska,  is  the  president  of  the  company,  with  Mr. 
Warren  as  the  vice  president  and  active  manager  and  B.  M.  Frees,  of  San  Diego.  Cali- 
fornia, as  the  secretary.  Mr.  Warren,  however,  has  entire  charge  of  all  the  business  of 
the  six  yards,  with  general  offices  at  Fort  Morgan.  He  is  watchful  of  every  detail  pointing 
to  success,  closed  studies  the  market,  and  by  judicious  purchases  is  able  to  make 
profitable  sales. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  737 

On  the  6th  of  June.  1893,  Mr.  Warren  was  married  to  Miss  Lillian  Rowell  and  to  them 
has  been  born  one  child.  Ruth  E..  whose  birth  occurred  August  31,  1894,  and  who  is  the 
wife  of  E.  P.  Cochran,  of  Fort  Morgan,  by  whom  she  has  a  son,  E.  P.  Cochran,  Jr.,  now 
in  his  first  year. 

Mr.  Warren  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men, and  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  His  political  support  is  given  to  the 
democratic  party  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
is  a  man  of  genuine  worth,  actuated  in  all  that  he  does  by  high  principles  and  worthy 
motives,  and  those  who  know  him  esteem  him  greatly  because  of  his  devotion  to  duty, 
whether  of  a  public  or  private  nature.  Throughout  his  entire  career  opportunity  has 
ever  been  to  him  a  call  to  action,  a  call  to  which  he  has  readily  responded,  and  in  the 
conduct  of  his  private  affairs  he  has  done  much  not  only  to  further  his  individual  interests 
but  also  to  promote  public  progress  and  improvement  in  the  communities  in  which  he 
has  operated. 


ALBERT  J.  KNAUS. 


Farming  and  stockraising  interests  of  Boulder  County  are  ably  represented  by 
Albert  J.  Knaus,  a  prosperous  agriculturist  owning  a  farm  two  miles  north  of  Niwot,  its 
location  being  on  section  24.  range  7,  township  2.  Born  on  the  place  which  he  now 
owns.  Mr.  Knaus  has  inherited  the  spirit  of  western  enterprise  which  is  typical  of  all 
Coloradoans.  Moreover,  he  has  combined  with  this  spirit  an  undaunted  energy  and 
close  study  of  methods  in  order  to  attain  the  success  which  has  already  attended  his 
labors. 

Mr.  Knaus  was  born  February  7.  1S82,  a  son  of  Clemens  and  Alice  Eliza  (Greub) 
Knaus.  the  former  a  native  of  Germany  and  the  latter  of  Switzerland.  More  extended 
mention  of  the  parents  is  made  on  other  pages  of  this  work.  The  father  cajne  to 
America  when  about  twenty-one  years  of  age,  shortly  after  the  Civil  war  had  come 
to  a  close,  and  for  a  time  resided  in  the  east.  He  then  removed  to  Colorado  and  con- 
ducted a  butcher  shop  at  Blackhawk.  Later  he  went  to  Oklahoma,  following  the  same 
line  of  business.  Upon  selling  out  he  returned  to  this  state,  where  for  a  time  he 
worked  for  others.  He  then  bought  land,  upon  which  he  instituted  improvements  and 
modern  equipment,  and  this  farm  he  operated  for  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  very 
successful  in  all  that  he  undertook  and  at  the  time  of  his  demise  owned  seventeen 
hundred  acres.  Having  been  engaged  in  the  butchering  business  tor  so  many  years, 
he  was  naturally  familiar  with  live  stock  and  for  years  was  heavily  engaged  in  that 
line  of  business.  He  held  the  controlling  stock  in  the  bank  at  Niwot  and  also  the 
controlling  interests  in  the  alfalfa  mill  there.  Moreover,  he  was  a  heavy  stockholder 
in  the  Longmont  Farmers  Mill  &  Elevator  Company.  His  death  occurred  in  January, 
1914,  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years,  but  his  widow  survives  and  is  residing  on  the 
old  home  place.  All  who  knew  him  esteemed  him  highly  and  took  him  at  his  true 
worth.  He  was  a  valued  member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  in 
social,  educational,  moral  and  material  lines  ever  gave  his  ready  support  to  worthy 
measures  which  had  for  their  purpose  public  improvements  along  those  liWes.  Many 
were  those  whom  he  assisted  when  they  found  themselves  in  a  tight  place  or  when 
misfortune  or  disaster  overtook  them  and  it  Is  therefore  but  natural  that  his  memory 
is  revered. 

Albert  J.  Knaus  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  early  became  acquainted 
with  farming  methods.  He  was  educated  in  Boulder  County  and  remained  with  his 
parents  until  he  attained  his  majority,  assisting  his  father  in  his  business  affairs  up  to 
that  time.  In  the  family  were  ten  children,  six  sons  and  four  daughters,  and  when 
the  sons  became  of  age  the  father  gave  each  of  them  a  farm.  Albert  J.  Knaus  re- 
ceived eighty  acres,  which  he  has  successfully  managed  and  operated  ever  since.  He 
has  improved  the  place  to.  a  considerable  extent,  has  instituted  the  latest  facilities 
and  equipment  and  in  every  way  has  proven  himself  an  up-to-date,  judicious,  energetic 
and  industrious  agriculturist  who  is  ever  ready  to  embrace  new  methods  and  ideas 
if  they  have  proven  of  worth.  In  a  comparatively  short  time  he  has  acquired  a  con- 
siderable fortune,  represented  largely  by  his  farming  interests,  he  having  increased 
the  value  of  the  property  many  times  through  his  labors. 

On  May  17,  1905,  Mr.  Knaus  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  McGovern,  a  daughter 
of  James  and  Adelaide  (Walter)  McGovern.  natives  of  Ohio.  Mrs.  Knaus  was  also  born 
in  Ohio,  her  birth  having  occurred  January  13,  1884.     Her  father  was  for  many  years 

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connected  with  railroads  and  made  his  home  in  Massillon,  passing  away  in  1889.  His 
wife  died  in  1888.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knaus  have  two  children:  Alice  Eugenie,  born  April 
28,  1906;   and  Alberta  Leone,  born  November  8,  1914. 

Along  fraternal  lines  Mr.  Knaus  is  prominent  and  well  known,  being  a  member 
of  the  lodges  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  The  religious 
faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  earnest 
and  devout  communicants  of  that  faith.  Politically  he  is  a  democrat  but  thus  far 
has  not  been  connected  with  public  office,  having  concentrated  his  entire  attention 
upon  his  farming  interests,  wliich  are  important  and  require  most  of  his  time.  How- 
ever, he  has  ever  been  in  favor  of  movements  which  have  for  their  purpose  public 
advancement  and  growth  and  readily  gives  of  his  time  and  means  in  order  to  promote 
the  general  welfare.  He  is  a  loyal,  public-spirited  and  patriotic  American  citizen,  a 
farsighted  business  man,  a  progressive  farmer  and  a  stanch  friend,  thus  having  well 
earned  the  great  respect  in  which  he  is  generally  held. 


EVERETT  L.  ASHCRAFT. 


Everett  L.  Ashcraft  is  the  owner  of  excellent  property  interests  in  Elbert  county 
and  in  addition  to  conducting  his  farms  has  for  eight  years  been  mail  carrier  on  a 
rural  route.  He  was  born  in  Williamstown,  Grant  county,  Kentucky,  on  the  20th  of 
March,  1880,  a  son  of  J.  H.  and  Molly  Ashcraft,  jjho  came  to  Colorado  on  the  20th  of 
March,  1886,  and  resided  for  some  years  in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  state.  The 
family  was  established  in  Kentucky  at  the  earliest  period  of  its  development,  an  an- 
cestor of  Everett  L.  Ashcraft  having  gone  with  Daniel  Boone  to  that  district  when  it 
was  known  as  the  dark  and  bloody   ground. 

A  lad  of  but  six  years  at  the  time  of  the  arrival  of  the  family  in  Colorado,  Everett 
L.  Ashcraft  has  since  lived  in  this  state  and  is  indebted  to  its  school  system  for  his 
educational  opportunities.  He  was  reared  to  farm  life  and  soon  acquainted  himself  with 
the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring  for  the  crops.  Twelve  years  ago,  or  in 
1906,  he  homesteaded  five  miles  south  of  Mattison,  in  Elbert  county,  and  in  addition 
to  that  holding  now  has  a  fine  farm  on  the  edge  of  the  town  of  Mattison.  The  further 
development  of  his  landed  possessions  occupies  much  of  his  time  and  the  remainder 
is  given  to  his  service  as  a  mail  carrier  on  a  rural  route,  which  work  he  has  performed 
for  eight  years.  This  has  brought  him  a  wide  acquaintance,  and  a  genial  and  obliging 
manner  and  unfailing  courtesy  have  gained  for  him  the  respect  of  all  with  whom  he 
has  come  in  contact. 

On  the  3d  of  February,  1903,  Mr.  Ashcraft  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Leah 
Ashcraft,  of  Las  Animas,  Colorado,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren:  Leonard,  Clarence  and  Clara. 


MIKE  WYATT. 


Mike  Wyatt.  a  highly  respected  citizen,  interested  in  all  that  has  to  do  with  the 
material,  intellectual,  political  and  moral  progress  of  the  community,  makes  his  home 
near  Sedalia,  where  he  is  engaged  in  ranching.  He  was  bom  in  Edgar  county,  Illinois, 
January  23,  1S72,  a  son  of  James  and  Eliza  (Manning)  Wyatt,  who  were  also  natives 
of  Illinois.  While  spending  his  boyhood  days  under  the  parental  roof  Mike  Wyatt  pur- 
sued his  education  until  he  had  completed  a  high  school  course  by  graduation,  after 
which  he  became  a  student  in  the  College  of  Law  of  Drake  University  at  Des  Moines, 
Iowa.  There  he  won  his  professional  degree.  He  located  for  the  practice  of  law  in  Red 
Oak,  Iowa,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  being  an  active  member  of  the  bar  at  that 
place.  For  six  years  he  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Illinois  and  in  1902  he  removed  to 
Colorado,  settling  in  Huerfano  county.  Residing  in  Pueblo,  he  continued  to  teach  school 
in  Huerfano  county  for  fourteen  years  and  in  1916  he  removed  to  Douglas  county,  where 
he  purchased  the  ranch  upon  which  he  now  resides,  becoming  owner  of  four  hundred 
and  ten  acres  of  land  on  Jarre  creek,  southwest  of  Sedalia.  He  devotes  his  ranch  to 
dairying  and  general  farming  and  his  business  affairs  are  bringing  to  him  a  substantial 
measure  of  success.  He  has  carefully  cultivated  his  land  and  raises  excellent  crops, 
while  the  dairy  feature  of  his  business  is  also  proving  most  profitable. 

On  the  26th  of  December,  1894,  Mr.  Wyatt  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nora  B. 


MIKE  WYATT 


740  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Mann,  who  was  also  born  and  reared  In  Edgar  county.  Illinois.  Her  father  was  a 
prominent  farmer  there  and  was  widely  and  favorably  known.  His  daughter,  Mrs.  Wyatt. 
is  a  high  school  graduate  of  Chrisman,  Illinois,  and  by  her  marriage  she  has  become 
the  mother  of  three  sons.  Arthur  M.,  the  eldest,  born  September  8,  1896.  spent  two 
years  as  a  high  school  pupil  and  was  graduated  from  the  American  Business  College 
of  Pueblo,  Colorado.  He  enlisted  in  the  Quartermaster's  Corps  in  January,  1918,  and 
is  now  a  sergeant.  Previous  to  this  time  he  had  occupied  a  clerical  position  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Walsenburg,  Colorado.  Vernon  T.,  born  May  12,  189S,  completed 
two  years'  work  in  the  high  school  and  is  now  at  home.  Laurence  M.,  born  September 
17,  1902,  is  a  freshman  in  the  high  school  at  Sedalia. 

Mr.  Wyatt  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge  at  Sedalia  and  also  to  the  Modern 
Woodmen  camp  at  Villisca,  Iowa,  and  is  loyal  to  the  teachings  and  purposes  of  those 
organizations.  The  cause  of  education  has  ever  found  in  him  a  stalwart  champion 
and  he  has  served  as  president  of  the  board  of  school  directors  in  District  No.  5.  His 
political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  in  191S  he  was  a  candidate  for 
counly  superintendent  of  schools  on  that  ticket.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Baptist  church  and  they  are  among  the  most  highly  esteemed  people  of  the  district  in 
which  they  live,  for  their  sterling  worth  of  character  is  recognized  by  all  with  whom 
they  come  in  contact.  They  stand  for  all  those  things  which  uplift  the  individual  and 
promote  the  welfare  of  the  community,  and  their  aid  and  cooperation  can  be  counted 
upon  to  further  any  measure  for  the  general  good. 


BEAUREGARD  ROSS. 


Beauregard  Ross,  operating  extensively  in  connection  with  the  development  of  the 
oil  industry  in  the  west,  is  now  president  of  the  Carper-Ross  Company,  controlling  one 
of  the  largest  interests  of  the  kind  in  Denver,  and  is  also  president  of  the  Calumet  Oil 
&  Gas  Company,  the  Equitable  Oil  Company,  and  the  Venture  Oil  &  Refining  Company. 
He  was  born  in  Marshfield,  Missouri,  April  16,  1861,  and  is  a  son  of  Columbus  Mack  and 
Adeline  (Cloud)  Ross,  the  former  a  native  of  Tennessee,  while  the  latter  was  born  in 
Virginia.  After  their  marriage  they  removed  to  Missouri  and  the  father  became  a 
well  known  physician  and  surgeon  there.  He  was  a  surgeon  major  in  the  Confederate 
army  during  the  Civil  war  and  was  one  of  the  distinguished  men  of  the  south.  Follow- 
ing the  close  of  hostilities  he  removed  to  Illinois  and  later  took  up  his  abode  in  Texas 
county  in  south  central  Missouri,  where  he  was  well  known  and  prominent,  serving  for 
many  years  as  county  clerk.  He  continued  his  residence  in  Missouri  throughout  his 
remaining  days,  there  passing  away  in  1896. 

Beauregard  Ross  of  this  review  was  but  six  months  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  mother's 
death.  In  his  youth  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Texas  county,  Missouri,  and  after- 
ward became  a  student  in  the  Houston  (Mo.)  Academy.  At  a  later  period  he  became 
a  pupil  in  the  Missouri  School  of  Mines,  and  was  graduated  therefrom  with  the  class 
of  1882.  He  next  turned  his  attention  to  the  newspaper  business.  At  the  age  of  fifteen 
years  he  had  assisted  in  establishing  the  paper  that  is  now  conducted  under  the  name 
of  the  Houston  Herald.  It  was  after  this  that  he  pursued  his  college  course  and  follow- 
ing his  graduation  from  the  School  of  Mines  he  removed  to  Cameron,  Missouri,  where  he 
edited  the  Cameron  Daily  Sun.  He  likewise  served  as  postmaster  of  Cameron  for  four 
years  under  the  administration  of  President  Grover  Cleveland.  Eventually  he  disposed 
of  his  interests  at  Cameron  and  made  his  way  westward  to  Colorado,  going  to  Cripple 
Creek  In  1898.  There  he  engaged  in  assaying  and  mining,  leasing  some  of  the  famous 
mines  in  that  district.  He  remained  there  for  five  years,  when,  disposing  of  his  interests 
at  Cripple  Creek,  he  took  up  his  abode  in  Denver.  At  different  periods  he  owned  interests 
in  mines  in  Colorado,  Utah  and  Nevada  and  was  active  in  connection  with  the  operation 
and  development  of  mining  interests  until  1915,  since  which  time  he  has  concentrated  his 
attention  and  efforts  upon  the  oil  business  in  Oklahoma  and  Louisiana.  He  is  now  presi- 
dent of  the  Carper-Ross  Company,  which  has  developed  until  it  is  the  largest  in  this 
line  in  Denver,  and  he  is  also  the  president  of  the  Calumet  Oil  &  Gas  Company,  the 
Equitable  Oil  Company  and  the  Venture  Oil  &  Refining  Company.  In  the  development  of 
their  oil  fields  the  companies  with  which  he  operates  have  secured  the  services  of  most 
competent  men  and  in  the  distribution  of  oil  stock  the  most  efficient  salesmanship  has 
been  manifest,  so  that  the  combined  activities  in  these  two  lines  have  produced  most 
substantial  results. 

On  the  5th  of  July,  1882,  in  RoUa,  Missouri,  Mr.  Ross  was  married  to  Miss  Electra 
Prigmore,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Lee  Prigmore,  of  RoIIa,  Missouri.     Mr.  and  Mrs. 


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Ross  have  become  parents  of  five  children.  Harry  B.,  born  in  RoUa  in  1884,  is  a 
mechanical  engineer  with  the  Doyle  Machine  Company.  Mrs.  E.  B.  Wood  was  born  in 
Houston,  Missouri,  in  1886  and  is  now  living  at  Portland,  Colorado.  She  has  one  child, 
Thomas  Ross  Wood.  Blanche  A.,  born  in  Houston,  Missouri,  in  1887,  resides  at  home. 
Robert  McDonald  was  born  in  Cameron,  ^Missouri,  in  1891  and  is  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
with  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  where  he  has  charge  of  the  construction  department  of 
an  ammunition  plant.  J.  Francis,  born  in  Cameron,  Missouri,  in  1895,  is  secretary  of  the 
Carper-Ross  Company. 

Mr.  Ross  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  and  fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  New  Lodge,  No.  110,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Cripple  Creek,  and.  has  also 
taken  the  degree  of  Royal  Arch  Masonry.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  South.  He  is  actuated  in  all  that  he  does  by  a  spirit  of  progressive- 
ness  that  has  enabled  him  to  work  his  way  upward.  He  started  out  empty-handed 
and  without  assistance  has  steadily  advanced  until  he  has  made  for  himself  a  credit- 
able position   in  business  circles  in  Denver. 


GEORGE  F.  JONES. 


George  F.  Jones,  freight  service  inspector  at  Denver,  was  born  in  Leadville,  Lake 
county,  Colorado,  in  the  year  1886.  a  son  of  Charles  W.  and  Elizabeth  (O'Neil)  Jones. 
The  father  was  engaged  in  the  transfer  business,  transferring  commodities  on  a  large 
scale,  and  also  became  interested  in  the  railroads.  He  was  in  Leadville  for  about 
twenty-five  years,  resided  in  Cardiff  for  about  six  years  and  in  May,  1914,  came  to 
Denver,  retiring  from  active  business  life  in  order  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  former 
toll.  He  reared  a  family  who  are  a  credit  to  his  name.  The  eldest  son,  Warren  Jones, 
born  in  1871,  is  interested  in  railroad  business  at  Minneapolis.  Ray  died  when  thirty- 
nine  years  of  age.  He  was  superintendent  of  the  Harvey  eating  houses  and  during  his 
car  service  was  also  manager  of  the  Vail  Hotel  at  Pueblo,"  Colorado,  for  five  years.  The 
Harvey  eating  houses  have  ever  been  among  the  most  popular  and  best  of  the  south- 
west and  as  superintendent  thereof  Ray  Jones  became  widely  and  favorably  known 
and  was  respected  by  all.  He  passed  away  in  February.  1917,  his  remains  being  cre- 
mated. He  was  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  in  his  life  exemplified  the  beneficent 
spirit  of  the  craft.  Martha  Jones,  the  next  member  of  the  family,  was  born  in  1885  and 
is  the  wife  of  W.  A.  Murphy,  western  representative  of  the  Acme  Truck  Company 
of  Michigan.  She  has  two  children.  When  her  husband,  Mr.  Murphy,  was  eighteen 
years  of  age  he  was  editor  of  the  Murphy  Magazine  and  was  considered  a  most  brilliant 
young  man. 

George  F.  Jones,  whose  name  introduces  this  review,  pursued  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Leadville  to  the  age  of  twelve  years,  when  he  went  to  work  in  connection 
with  the  hotel  business.  During  that  time  he  met  some  of  the  leading  artists  of  the 
day  and  others  prominent  along  other  lines.  After  a  few  months,  however,  he  became 
interested  in  the  medical  profession  and  began  preparation  therefor,  but  owing  to 
unforeseen  circumstances  he  was  obliged  to  change  his  plans  and  became  Interested 
in  the  railroad  business.  He  was  anxious  to  get  an  insight  into  the  business  and 
started  at  the  bottom.  His  first  duty  was  to  clean  coaches  in  the  car  shops  and  later 
he  performed  such  service  as  trucking  freight.  He  did  with  thorougliness  and  ability 
everything  that  he  undertook  and  gradually  he  worked  his  way  upward  until  he  was 
occupying  a  position  in  the  traffic  office  of  the  Rio  Grande  at  Leadville.  In  October, 
1904,  he  became  connected  with  the  Chicago.  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad  in  Denver, 
starting  in  the  local  freight  office.  He  served  in  various  capacities  there  and  in  1910 
was  appointed  traveling  tariff  inspector  of  the  Burlington  lines  in  the  west.  In  1911 
he  was  appointed  claim  agent  at  Denver  under  William  J.  Valley  and  in  1912  was 
appointed  contracting  freight  agent.  In  1918,  owing  to  the  government  taking  over 
the  railroads,  he  was  transferred  to  the  operating  department  of  the  Burlington  as 
freight  service  inspector  of  the  Wyoming  district  and  is  now  acting  in  that  responsible 
position. 

Mr.  Jones  is  also  interested  in  mining  and  is  the  president  and  one  of  the  directors 
of  the  Denting  Mining  Company  of  Denver.  He  takes  an  active  interest  in  several 
other  financial  propositions  and  in  all  business  affairs  has  displayed  progress  and  sub- 
stantial advancement. 

On  the  26th  of  June,  1908,  Mr.  Jones  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Pearl  Fristoe, 
a  daughter  of  Shannon  and  Ruth  (Green)  Fristoe.  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
Virginia.     In  politics   Mr.  Jones  is   independent  and  supports   the   candidates   whom   he 


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believes  will  give  the  working  man  better  conditions.  His  reputation  among  those 
who  know  him  best  is  a  most  enviable  one.  Nature  endowed  him  with  a  ready  mind 
and  he  employs  repartee  to  good  advantage.  His  social  qualities  and  appreciation  for 
the  good  in  others  make  him  a  genial  companion  and  he  is  a  man  of  liberal  spirit  and 
of  genuine  worth.  He  is  now  doing  excellent  service  in  connection  with  the  government 
management  of  the  railroads  and  his  previous  training  well  qualifies  him  for  the  onerous 
and   responsible   duties    that   devolve   upon    him. 


WALTER  W.  WILCOX. 


Walter  W.  Wilcox,  of  Denver,  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Wilcox  Farm,  one  of  the 
most  progressive,  sanitary  and  scientifically  conducted  dairies  of  the  entire  west.  In 
fact  its  product  has  set  a  standard  for  other  institutions  of  similar  character  and  the 
developed  business,  now  one  of  extensive  proportions,  is  the  direct  outcome  of  the  study, 
investigation  and  enterprising  business  methods  of  the  owner. 

Mr.  Wilcox  was  born  in  Erie  county.  New  York,  July  27,  1868,  and  is  a  son  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Van  Velsor)  Wilcox,  who  were  likewise  natives  of  the  Empire 
state.  In  1873  they  removed  with  their  family  to  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  and  there 
the  father  engaged  in  blacksmithing,  being  rated  as  one  of  the  best  mechanics  in  the 
business.  He  was  a  very  skilled  workman  and  could  forge  almost  anything  out  of  the 
rough  material.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war,  however,  his  business  interests  were 
put  aside,  for  he  felt  that  his  first  consideration  was  his  country  and  he  volunteered 
with  a  New  York  company,  serving  throughout  the  period  of  hostilities  as  a  private. 
He  rendered  valuable  aid  to  the  Union  cause  and  returned  to  his  home  with  a  creditable 
military  record.    Both  he  and  his  wife  died  in  Michigan. 

Walter  W.  Wilcox  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  nine  children.  In 
his  youthful  days  he  attended  the  schools  of  Grand  Rapids.  Michigan,  and  later  of 
Chicago,  Illinois,  and  after  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  secured  a  position  in  a 
clothing  store  in  the  latter  city  and  for  twenty  years  devoted  his  energies  to  that  line 
of  merchandising.  He  then  decided  to  engage  in  a  more  profitable  business  if  he  could 
find  one  and  selected  the  real  estate  and  building  field  as  one  in  which  he  hoped  to  win 
greater  success.  He  purchased  vacant  property  on  the  outskirts  of  Chicago  and  decided 
to  build  better  homes  than  any  other  real  estate  and  building  firm  in  Chicago.  To  this 
end  he  began  studying  every  feature  of  the  business  and  soon  won  the  reputation  of 
being  the  most  conscientious  builder  in  the  city.  He  erected  and  sold  hundreds  of 
homes  in  and  around  Chicago  in  the  ten  years  in  which  lie  was  engaged  in  real  estate 
dealing  there.  In  seeking  a  location  to  colonize  with  Chicago  people  he  came  to  Denver 
in  1907  and  bought  five  sections  of  irrigated  land  from  the  Denver  Reservoir  &  Irriga- 
tion Company  for  the  purpose  previously  indicated.  Through  intelligently  directed 
newspaper  campaigns  in  the  Chicago  daily  papers,  representing  an  investment  of  thirty 
thousand  dollars,  he  sold  seven  hundred  acres  to  homeseekers  from  Chicago.  In  March. 
1911.  he  had  disposed  of  a  large  portion  of  the  tract  of  land  which  he  had  acquired  and 
he  had  advertised  the  sale  in  Chicago  papers  and  had  arranged  to  bring  out  and 
feed  five  car  loads  of  prospective  buyers,  when  the  Denver  Reservoir  &  Irrigation  Com- 
pany made  arrangements  to  double  the  water  supply  to  the  land.  This  cut  off  entirely 
the  water  and  Mr.  Wilcox  canceled  his  contracts,  thereby  sustaining  heavy  losses.  There 
was  nothing  else  then  for  him  to  do  but  to  farm  the  land,  which  he  did  until  1913.  He 
had  a  large  force  of  workmen  and  farm  laborers  employed  and  was  obliged  to  house  and 
feed  them.  For  this  purpose  he  maintained  several  cows  and  it  was  the  duty  of  one  of 
these  men  to  do  the  milking.  One  day  Mr.  Wilcox  accidentally  came  upon  this  man, 
who  was  beating  a  cow  with  a  club.  Mr.  Wilcox  took  the  weapon  away  and  sent  the 
man  to  other  work.  After  quieting  the  poor,  excited  animal  he  proceeded  to  milk  her 
and  for  several  years  thereafter  he  nevermore  had  any  trouble  with  that  cow.  It  was 
this  that  gave  him  the  idea  of  producing  better  milk  and  devoting  his  time  to  dairying 
on  a  scientific  and  sanitary  basis,  for  it  seemed  at  that  time  that  most  of  the  dairies  and 
farms  paid  little  attention  to  the  quality  of  their  milk  and  dairy  products,  as  seen  in  the 
tumble-down  cow  sheds.  He  soon  secured  a  herd  of  blooded  Holstein  cows  and  began  the 
erection  of  a  sanitary  milking  barn,  and  since  that  time  his  herd  has  developed  until  it 
now  numbers  more  than  eighty  Holstein  cows,  which  are  the  best  and  healthiest  milk 
producers  that  money  can  buy.  Mr.  Wilcox  has  today  one  of  the  finest  dairy  farms  in 
the  west.  His  cow  barns  and  milking  barns  accommodate  fifty  cows  at  a  milking  and 
the   place   is   kept   immaculately   clean,   being   much   more   cleanly   than    many   parlors. 


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744  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

The  walls  are  of  glazed  brick  and  there  is  ample  ventilation.  The  building,  too,  is 
heated  for  cold  weather  and  equipped  with  electric  fans  for  summer.  Immediately  on 
being  taken  from  the  cow,  the  milk  is  strained  and  bottled  by  the  most  sanitary  processes 
possible  and  then  placed  in  a  large  refrigerating  and  ice  plant  which  Mr.  Wilcox  main- 
tains upon  his  farm.  Every  bottle  of  milk  is  tested  before  it  leaves  the  farm  and 
shipments  are  made  to  a  radius  of  five  hundred  miles  outside  of  Denver.  The  popularity 
of  the  Wilcox  Farm  Dairy  is  continuously  growing.  Thousands  of  travelers  who  visit 
the  state  make  trips  to  the  farm  to  inspect  the  place,  for  its  reputation  has  gone  abroad 
throughout  the  world.  Mr.  Wilcox  employs  a  chemist  and  bacteriologist  and  the  labora- 
tory report  shows  that  the  bacteria  count  is  several  thousand  lower  than  the  lowest 
count  required  by  any  state  or  city  in  the  United  States.  The  Wilcox  Farm  sells  perfect 
milk,  produced  under  the  most  sanitary  conditions,  and  while  the  farm  is  located  at 
Broomfield,  a  Denver  depot  is  maintained  at  519  Eighteenth  street.  The  Denver  office 
and  dairy  are  conducted  along  the  same  sanitary  and  scientific  lines  as  the  farm  and 
the  whole  plant  is  the  outcome  of  the  study  of  Mr.  Wilcox,  leading  to  the  adoption  of 
the  most  scientific  principles  in  regard  to  the  handling  of  milk  and  the  care  of  the 
cows.  Dairying,  as  practiced  by  experts  of  the  present  time,  did  not  happen.  It  is  the 
outgrowth  of  the  keenest  investigation  and  the  adoption  of  the  most  progressive  methods 
and  Mr.  M'ilcox  stands  as  a  leader  in  that  field  of  business. 

On  the  27th  of  November,  1888,  Mr.  Wilcox  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  E.  Decker, 
of  Chicago,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Decker.  They  now  have  three  children. 
Arthur  D.,  born  in  Chicago  in  September.  1889,  was  graduated  from  a  high  school  there 
and  is  now  in  the  national  aviation  corps.  W.  L.,  born  in  Chicago  in  1891,  is  also  a 
graduate  of  the  schools  of  that  city.    E.  A.,  born  in  Chicago  in  1895.  completes  the  family. 

Mr.  Wilcox  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Athletic  Club  and  has  taken  the  degrees  of 
both  the  York  and  Scottish  Rites  in  Masonry,  being  a  Knight  Templar  and  Consistory 
Mason.  He  is  widely  known,  standing  high  in  business  circles,  and  he  has  made  valu- 
able contribution  to  the  dairy  interests  of  the  state  by  setting  a  high  standard  for  work 
of  that  character. 


FRED  F.  REINERT. 


Fred  F.  Reinert.  postmaster  of  Fort  Morgan  and  a  substantial  and  highly  respected 
citizen  of  his  section  of  the  state,  was  born  in  Sigourney,  Iowa,  February  12,  1883,  a 
son  of  M.  and  Mary  (Horras)  Reinert.  the  former  a  native  of  Germany,  while  the  latter 
was  born  in  Iowa.  The  father  came  to  America  when  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  during 
that  time  the  Civil  war  was  in  progress.  He  volunteered  for  service  with  the  northern 
army,  enlisting  as  a  member  of  Company  B.  Second  Iowa  Infantry,  under  General  James 
B.  Weaver.  He  thus  served  from  1862  until  1864.  Following  his  military  service  he 
returned  to  Sigourney,  Iowa,  and  also  purchased  land  in  Keokuk  county.  He  then 
located  upon  his  farm,  which  he  developed  and  improved,  continuing  its  cultivation 
until  1915,  when  he  retired,  taking  up  his  abode  in  the  adjoining  city  of  Sigourney.  where 
he  still  makes  his  home.  In  1912.  however,  he  was  called  upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  his 
wife,  who  passed  away  on  the  8th  of  February  of  that  year. 

Fred  F.  Reinert  attended  the  country  schools  of  Keokuk  county,  Iowa,  and  later  high 
school  at  Sigourney,  that  state,  after  which  he  continued  his  education  by  a  year's  study 
in  St.  Ambrose's  College  at  Davenport.  Iowa,  and  a  year  in  the  State  Agri- 
cultural College  at  Ames.  He  next  entered  the  dental  department  of  Drake  University 
at  Des  Moines,  in  which  he  continued  his  studies  for  two  years,  while  later  he  became 
a  student  in  Creighton  University  at  Omaha.  Nebraska,  and  completed  a  course  with  the 
class  in  dentistry  of  1907.  In  the  same  year  he  removed  to  Brush.  Morgan  county,  Colo- 
rado, where  for  two  years  he  successfully  practiced  his  profession,  and  then  took  up  his 
•  abode  in  Fort  Morgan,  where  he  continued  in  active  practice  until  July  1,  1913,  when  he 
was  appointed  postmaster,  and  has  since  occupied  that  position,  making  a  most  creditable 
record.  In  his  care  of  the  mails  he  is  systematic,  thorough  and  painstaking,  and  his 
treatment  of  the  patrons  of  the  office  is  always  courteous  and  obliging. 

On  the  23d  of  June.  1909,  Mr.  Reinert  was  married  to  Miss  Effie  M.  Behm.  a  daughter 
of  Cyrus  and  Sarah  L.  Behm.  who  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  pioneer  residents 
of  Colorado,  making  their  home  in  Denver  for  many  years.  The  father  has  now  passed 
away,  but  the  mother  is  still  living  in  that  city.  Mrs.  Reinert  is  a  graduate  of  the  East 
Denver  high  school,  and  also  spent  a  year  in  the  musical  college  of  Oberlin  University. 
She  was  graduated  from  the  Denver  University  with  the  class  of  1907.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Reinert  has  been  born  a  son.  Frederick  B.,  whose  birth  occurred  June  9,  1911. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  745 

Mr.  Reinert  lias  always  given  his  political  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party  since 
age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  He  has  been 
very  active  and  helpful  in  war  service  work  and  is  secretary  of  the  Morgan  County 
Council  of  Defense  and  chairman  of  the  home  service  of  the  Red  Cross,  while  he  also 
was  secretary  of  the  first  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  Young  Women's  Chris- 
tion  Association  and  the  second  Red  Cross  war  fund  drives.  His  life  has  been  charac- 
terized by  many  sterling  qualities  of  manhood  and  citizenship,  and  devotion  to  duty  has 
ever  been  one  of  his  marked  characteristics. 


WILLIAM  I.  LAMBERT,  JR. 


William  I.  Lambert,  the  owner  of  a  splendidly  developed  ranch,  exemplifying  all 
that  is  thoroughly  modern  along  agricultural  lines,  was  born  in  Denver,  June  5.  1SS4, 
a  son  of  William  I.  and  Rachel  (Paleman)  Lambert.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  city,  being  graduated  from  the  high  school  and  a  manual  training 
school,  and  since  the  completion  of  his  education  he  has  managed  the  two  thousand 
acre  ranch  on  which  he  resides  in  Douglas  County.  This  his  father  took  up  as  a  home- 
stead, a  preemption  and  a  timber  claim  many  years  ago  and  it  has  been  developed 
to  a  high  state  of  perfection  under  the  management  of  William  I.  Lambert.  Jr.  He 
has  upon  the  place  several  hundred  head  of  cattle,  specializing  in  shorthorns.  He  has 
an  Irrigation  reservoir,  excellent  buildings,  a  large  apple  orchard  and  in  fact  all  of  the 
equipment,  improvements  and  accessories  of  the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century. 

On  the  15th  of  November,  1917,  Mr.  Lambert  was  married  to  Miss  Edna  A.  Manhart, 
of  Sedalia,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  George  and  Bertha  (Hoffman)  Manhart,  the  former 
a  leading  merchant  of  Sedalia.  where  he  has  been  in  business  for  forty-two  years. 

Mr.  Lambert  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  the  Sons  of  Colorado,  of  Denver.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to 
the  republican  party  and  in  November,  1918,  he  was  elected  to  represent  Douglas  county 
in  the  state  legislature.  His  father  is  a  prominent  title  and  trust  man  of  Denver 
and  William  I.  Lambert  had  excellent  home  and  educational  training.  His  success  in 
business  is  the  direct  result  of  earnest  and  persistent  labor,  intelligently  directed.  He 
has  closely  studied  every  phase  of  agricultural  development  in  this  section  of  the 
country  and  his  labors  have  been  directed  along  the  most  progressive  lines,  resulting 
in  added  benefit  to  the  farm  and  in  the  development  of  his   individual  fortune. 


HENRY  O.  ANDREW. 


Henry  O.  Andrew,  a  well  known  and  representative  member  of  the  Boulder  bar, 
who  is  actively  and  prominently  identified  with  interests  that  have  much  to  do  with 
public  welfare  and  progress,  was  born  in  Boulder  in  1874.  His  father,  Joseph  Wier 
Andrew,  was  born  in  Sparta,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  9,  1839,  and  in 
November,  1861,  when  a  young  man  of  twenty-two  years,  responded  to  the  country's 
call  for  military  aid  and  joined  Company  A  of  the  Eighty-fifth  Pennsylvania  Volunteer 
Infantry,  with  which  he  served  throughout  the  period  of  the  war  or  until  mustered 
out  on  the  19th  of  December,  1865.  On  the  14th  of  February.  1867.  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Sarah  Lavina  Day.  also  a  native  of  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  the  marriage  was  celebrated.  In  1871  they  removed  westward  to  Boulder  county, 
Colorado,  where  they  reared  their  family  of  nine  children,  three  of  whom  are  yet  living: 
Hilliard  S.  and  Henry  0.,  both  of  Boulder;  and  Ida,  who  is  the  wife  of  James  S. 
Maxwell,  of  Minden,  Louisiana.  The  father,  Joseph  W.  Andrew,  became  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial and  influential  citizens  of  Boulder  and  in  1891  was  elected  to  the  office  of 
county  commissioner,  which  position  he  filled  for  four  years.  He  died  on  the  23d  of 
August,  1917. 

Henry  0.  Andrew  pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county 
and  of  the  city  of  Boulder  and  in  1896  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Colorado 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy.  He  then  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  won 
his  LL.  B.  degree  upon  graduation  from  the  law  department  with  the  class  of  1899. 
At  once  he  began  practice  in  Boulder,  where  he  has  since  remained,  concentrating 
his  efforts  and  attention  upon  the  work  of  the  profession.  He  is  a  strong  advocate 
with  the  jury   and  concise  in   his  appeals  before  the  court.     To  an  understanding  of 


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acuteness  and  vigor  he  added  a  thorough  and  conscientious  preparatory  training,  and 
in  his  practice  lie  has  been  constantly  inspired  by  an  innate,  inflexible  love  of  justice 
and  a  delicate  sense  of  personal  honor.  His  fidelity  to  the  interests  of  his  clients  is 
proverbial,  yet  he  never  forgets  that  he  owes  a  higher  allegiance  to  the  majesty  of 
the  law.  His  diligence  and  energy  ii)  the  preparation  of  his  cases,  as  well  as  the 
earnestness,  tenacity  and  courage  with  which  he  defends  the  right  as  he  understands 
it,   challenge   the  highest  admiration  of   his  associates. 

On  the  31st  of  January,  1906,  in  Boulder,  Colorado,  Mr.  Andrew  was  married  to 
Miss  Bertha  M.  Thompson,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Clay  Thompson,  who  was  a  Con- 
federate soldier  from  Kentucky.  Mrs.  Andrew  passed  away  November  6,  1914,  leaving 
a  daughter,  Jeanne. 

Mr.  Andrew  attends  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  belongs  to  the  Boulder  Club,  also 
the  Sons  of  Colorado  and  the  Delta  Tau  Delta.  His  membership  relations  also  extend 
to  every  branch  of  Masonry.  He  has  attained  the  Knight  Templar  degree  of  the  York 
Rite  and  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite  and  has  crossed  the  sands  or 
the  desert  with  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  took  the  master's  degree  In  1903 
and  in  1907  he  was  elected  worshipful  master  of  Columbia  Lodge,  No.  14,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.. 
of  Boulder.  In  1913  he  filled  the  position  of  excellent  high  priest  of  Boulder  Chapter, 
No.  7,  R.  A.  M.,  and  in  1914  was  eminent  commander  of  Mount  Sinai  Commandery,  No. 
7,  K.  T.  In  1917  he  became  a  member  of  El  Jebel  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  in 
the  same  year  he  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite  in  Rocky  Moun- 
tain Consistory,  No.  2,  S.  P.  R.  S.  His  political  allegiance  has  always  been  given  to 
the  democratic  party  and  in  1905  he  was  elected  for  a  two  years'  term  as  city  attorney 
of  Boulder  and  in  1916  was  elected  to  represent  his  district  in  the  state  senate  for  four 
years,  so  that  he  is  now  filling  that  position,  giving  most  thoughtful  and  earnest  con- 
sideration to  the  vital  and  intricate  problems  which  are  now  arising  not  only  in  the 
management  of  state  affairs  but  those  which  have  relation  to  the  nation  in  this  hour  of 
crisis.  In  1917  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  charter  convention  of  Boulder,  whicli 
provided  for  a  city  manager,  and  he  is  now  serving  as  a  member  of  the  city  council. 
He  thus  takes  active  and  helpful  part  in  community  interests  and  in  all  that  has  to  do 
with  the  welfare  and  upbuilding  of  city  and  state. 


FRANK  J.  KEICHER. 

Among  the  efficient  public  officers  of  Washington  county  is  Frank  J.  Keicher,  of 
Akron,  Colorado,  who  holds  the  important  position  of  assessor.  He  has  shown  fit- 
ness for  the  office  and  displayed  ability  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  the  general 
public  being  as  one  in  its  approval  of  his  administration  of  the  office.  He  was  born 
in  Keokuk,  Iowa,  July  16,  1885,  his  parents  being  Michael  and  Amelia  (Moore)  Keicher, 
the  former  a  native  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  and  the  latter  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
The  father  came  to  America  about  1873  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years  and  soon  after- 
ward located  in  Keokuk  county,  Iowa,  there  renting  land  for  several  years.  In  October, 
1888,  he  came  to  Washington  county,  our  subject  being  only  three  years  of  age  at  that 
time,  and  here  he  filed  on  a  homestead  and  tree  claim,  improving  his  land  and  bring- 
ing it  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  operating  his  farm  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  September,  1905.     He  enjoyed  great  esteem  in  his  community.     His  widow  survives. 

Frank  J.  Keicher  was  reared  and  educated  in  Washington  county  and  remained 
with  his  father  upon  the  farm  until  the  latter's  death,  ably  assisting  him  in  his  agri- 
cultural pursuits.  At  the  same  time  he  did  some  outside  work  on  neighboring  farms. 
After  his  father's  death  he  took  over  the  management  of  the  home  place,  taking 
charge  of  the  same  for  his  mother,  and  so  continued  for  two  years,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  he  rented  the  farm,  operating  the  same  for  several  years  on  his  own 
account.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  also  had  homesteaded  across  from  his  father's 
farm  and  improved  this  land,  using  the  latest  methods  and  instituting  modern  facili- 
ties and  machinery,  thus  securing  plentiful  crops.  In  1912  Mr.  Keicher  gave  up  active 
farming,  although  he  retained  ownership  of  the  property  and  went  to  Yuma,  Colorado, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  automobile  business.  He  conducted  an  enterprise  of  this 
kind  until  March,  1914,  with  satisfactory  results,  at  which  time  he  sold  out  and 
returned  to  his  land,  which  he  operated  until  the  fall  of  1916,  when  he  was  elected 
assessor  of  Washington  county.  He  has  since  served  in  this  capacity  with  creditable 
success.  He  has  thoroughly  systematized  the  office,  and  his  books  and  official  records 
are  kept  in  the  best  condition.     In  his  intercourse  with  the  public  he  is  obliging  and 


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has  made  many  friends  since  entering  upon  his  duties.  Washington  county  Is  indeed 
favored  in  having  officers  of  the  stamp  of  Mr.  Keicher. 

On  February  28,  1907,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Frank  J.  Keicher  and  Miss  Blanche 
Shook,  daughter  of  R.  A.  Shook,  and  to  this  union  was  born  a  daughter,  Blanche, 
whose  birth  occurred  April  10,  1908.  The  death  of  Mrs.  Keicher  occurred  on  the  same 
day  and  in  October,  1910,  Mr.  Keicher  wedded  Dee  Prater  and  they  became  the  parents 
of  three  children,  all  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keicher  are  well  known 
in  the  social  lite  of  their  city  and  county  and  have  many  friends  who  esteem  them 
for  their  high  qualities  of  character  and  those  Inherent  traits  which  make  people 
worth   while. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Keicher  Is  a  democrat  and  has  always  supported  the 
principles  and  candidates  of  his  party.  He  is  well  known  in  fraternal  circles,  belong- 
ing to  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  humane 
principles  underlying  those  organizations  guide  him  in  all  the  relations  of  life. 
As  an  American  citizen,  as  a  public  official  and  as  a  man  Mr.  Keicher  stands  high  in 
the  estimation  of  those  who  are  acquainted  with  him.  He  is  ever  ready  to  give  his 
support  to  public  measures  which  he  considers  of  value,  and  by  deed  and  word  has 
contributed   to  the  material  and   intellectual  development  of  his  section. 


tEDERICK  AULT. 


Frederick  Ault  is  the  owner  of  a  farm  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  in  Jefferson- 
county,  on  which  he  is  engaged  in  the  raising  of  various  crops,  also  in  dairying  and 
stock  raising.  He  was  born  in  Monroe  County,  Wisconsin,  June  20,  1863,  a  son  of 
Andrew  J.  and  Elizabeth  (Wagner)  Ault.  The  father  was  a  millwright  and  farmer, 
devoting  his  life  to  those  pursuits  in  order  to  provide  for  his  family.  The  ancestral 
line  can  be  traced  back  to  colonial  days,  representatives  of  the  name  participating 
in  the  Revolutionary   war. 

Frederick  Ault  was  a  young  lad  when  his  parents  removed  from  Wisconsin  to 
Nebraska  and  his  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  the  latter  state. 
In  his  youth,  however,  his  opportunities  along  that  line  were  somewhat  limited,  for  his 
aid  was  needed  in  the  work  of  the  farm  and  he  continued  to  assist  in  its  cultivation 
until  the  family  left  Nebraska  to  become  residents  of  Colorado.  Here  the  father  took 
up  a  homestead  in  Jefferson  county  but  Frederick  Ault  and  his  brother  Perry  went 
to  Dillon,  Colorado,  and  as  partners  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  there  for 
twelve  years.  Returning  to  Jefferson  county,  Frederick  Ault  then  purchased  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land  not  far  from  Littleton  and  has  since  been  actively 
engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  also  makes  dairying  a  feature  of 
his  business  and  each  branch  of  his  activity  is  proving  a  profitable  one.  He  displays 
marked  energy  at  all  times  in  the  conduct  of  his  affairs  and  attacks  everything 
with  a  contagious  enthusiasm.  He  early  recognized  the  value  of  industry  as  a  basic 
element  of  success  and  as  the  years  have  passed  has  so  directed  his  efforts  that 
splendid  results  have  accrued. 

Mr.  Ault  was  married  in  Jefferson  county  on  the  Berdolet  ranch  on  Deer  creek 
to  Miss  Jennie  Ramey,  a  native  of  Virginia  and  a  daughter  of  George  and  Leah  (Wharf) 
Ramey.  She  spent  her  girlhood  days  in  the  Old  Dominion  and  was  there  educated. 
She  came  to  Colorado  in  1885  and  it  was  on  the  15th  of  June,  1898,  that  she  gave 
her  hand  in  marriage  to  Mr.  Ault. 

In  politics  Mr.  Ault  is  a  supporter  of  the  socialist  party  but  has  never  been  an 
aspirant  for  office,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  time  and  energies  upon  his  business 
affairs,  and  his  close  application  and  persistency  of  purpose  have  brought  him  to  a 
creditable  position  among  the  successful  farmers  and  stock  raisers  of  his  part  of 
the  state. 


ARTHUR   H.    HAWKINS. 


Arthur  H.  Hawkins,  assistant  manager  of  sales  with  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company 
at  Denver,  had  thorough  preliminary  educational  training  which  well  qualified  him  for 
life's  practical  and  responsible  duties,  and  at  every  point  in  his  career  he  has  measured 
up  to  the  demands  made  upon  him.  He  was  born  in  CoUinsville,  Pennsylvania,  July 
24,  1882,  a  son  of  the  late  Edmund  Miller  Hawkins,  who  was  also  born  in  the  Keystone 


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state  and  was  of  English  descent.  The  family  was  founded  in  America  by  Major 
Edmund  Miller  Hawkins,  who  came  to  the  new  world  in  1826  and  settled  originally  in 
New  Jersey.  He  built  the  first  government  tort  at  Sandy  Hook  and  was  a  government 
engineer.  He  was  graduated  on  the  completion  of  an  engineering  course  in  England 
and  through  the  greater  part  of  his  life  was  in  the  employ  of  the  United  States  govern- 
ment in  a  professional  capacity.  His  son  and  namesake  was  born  in  1840  and  passed 
away  in  1882.  He  was  reared  in  New  Jersey  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  super- 
intendent of  the  Lehigh  &  Susquehanna  Railroad.  For  the  greater  part  of  his  life  he, 
too,  was  engaged  in  the  railway  business.  He  became  a  lieutenant  of  the  Thirteenth 
New  Jersey  Infantry  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  war,  in  which  he  served  throughout 
the  greater  part  of  hostilities,  but  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  he  was  wounded.  In 
his  fraternal  relations  he  was  a  Mason  and  in  religious  faith  an  Episcopalian,  leading 
the  life  of  a  devout  Christian.  He  wedded  Mary  Louise  Oliver,  who  was  born  in  Whip- 
pany,  New  Jersey,  and  was  descended  from  one  of  three  brothers  who  were  the  founders 
of  the  family  in  the  United  States.  William,  the  progenitor  of  her  branch  of  the 
family,  came  from  England  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war,  in  which  he  bore  arms  in 
defense  of  American  interests.  Mrs.  Hawkins  died  in  Plainfield,  New  Jersey,  in  1899, 
when  forty-one  years  of  age.  She  had  become  the  mother  of  three  children:  Oliver 
Ernest,  now  residing  in  Scranton,  Pennsylvania;  George  F.,  a  resident  of  New  York; 
and   Arthur  H,,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  was  educated  in  the  country  schools  of  Middlesex  county.  New 
Jersey,  and  in  a  preparatory  school  at  Lawrenceville,  New  Jersey.  He  started  out  at 
the  age  of  twenty  years  with  the  American  Sheet  Steel  Company,  accepting  a  clerical 
position  with  that  corporation  in  New  York  city.  He  remained  with  the  company  for 
seven  years  and  afterward  entered  into  connection  with  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company, 
by  which  he  has  since  been  employed.  He  arrived  in  Denver  on  the  18th  of  August, 
1905,  to  act  as  assistant  manager  of  sales  at  this  point  and  here  he  has  now  remained 
for  thirteen  years,  carefully  and  wisely  directing  the  interests  of  the  corporation  in 
this  city.  That  his  work  is  entirely  satisfactory  is  indicated  by  his  long  term  in  the 
position. 

On  the  7th  of  November,  1907,  Mr.  Hawkins  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Mary 
Thompson,  a  native  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  a  daughter  of  J.  H.  and  Jennie  V. 
(Mathews)  Thompson,  who  have  passed  away.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hawkins  have  a  son, 
Arthur  H.,  who  was  born  in  Denver,  August  29,  1908. 

Politically  Mr.  Hawkins  is  a  republican.  He  belongs  to  the  Denver  Athletic  and 
Lakewood  Country  Clubs  and  also  to  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association,  while 
his  religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his  membership  in  the  Trinity  Methodist  church. 
His  military  record  covers  service  with  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  the  New  York  National 
Guard.  The  story  of  his  life  is  the  record  of  earnest  endeavor,  for  he  started  out  with- 
out financial  aid  or  the  influence  of  friends.  Persistently  and  with  strong  purpose  he 
has  worked  his  way  upward,  gaining  advancement  and  promotion  through  individual 
worth  and  ability,  and  now  for  thirteen  years  he  has  occupied  a  most  responsible 
position  with  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company. 


JESSE  RADER. 

Jesse  Rader,  an  honored  pioneer  now  deceased,  was  a  leader  in  the  development 
work  in  Fremont  county.  He  was  born  in  Greene  county.  Tennessee,  May  25,  1829,  and 
in  1855  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he  resided  until  1S60,  when  he  came  to  Colorado. 
He  resided  in  Summit  county  until  1864  and  then  went  east  for  his  family.  In  the  fall 
of  that  year  he  removed  to  Fremont  county,  crossing  the  plains  in  a  prairie  schooner 
with  two  yoke  of  oxen.  It  was  in  1854  that  Mr.  Rader  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
E.  D.  Bell,  of  Greene  county.  Tennessee.  His  family  remained  in  the  east  in  his  first 
trip  to  Colorado,  but  he  went  back  for  them  in  1864.  On  the  trip  they  brought  with 
them  a  white-faced  cow  which  the  first  day  had  to  be  driven  but  after  that  followed 
the  oxen.  She  gave  milk  during  all  of  the  long  journey  and  also  enabled  the  family  to 
make  butter.  For  many  years  thereafter  she  continued  to  give  milk,  but  finally  "Old 
Whiteface"   was  killed   in  a  washout. 

The  first  farming  which  Mr.  Rader  did  in  Colorado  was  at  Parkdale,  on  the  south 
side  of  the  river.  He  sold  butter  in  those  days  for  a  dollar  per  pound  and  he  took  a 
wagon  load  of  vegetables  to  Breckenridge  which  he  sold  for  a  thousand  dollars.  These 
were  grown  on  his  Parkdale  farm.     The  first  work  which  Mr.  Rader  did   in  Fremont 


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county  was  at  the  oil  wells  and  he  was  paid  four  dollars  per  day  by  an  old-timer  of 
the  name  of  Murphy. 

Turning  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business,  Mr.  Rader  started  with  a  "churn-dash" 
calf.  He  developed  his  herd  until  he  had  fifteen  hundred  head  of  cattle  and  was  also 
the  owner  of  three  ranges.  For  some  years  he  moved  about  considerably  and  for  a 
time  he  was  running  Judge  Terry's  famous  ranch.  He  also  resided  at  one  period 
in  Florence  and  afterward  engaged  in  mining  in  Summit  county.  Through  the  con- 
duct of  his  business  affairs  along  these  various  lines  he  obtained  enough  money, 
especially  through  placer  mining,  to  go  east  and  pay  off  all  of  his  indebtedness  there. 
Later  he  took  up  a  claim  in  Garden  Park,  securing  it  by  squatter's  right,  for  no  sur- 
veys had  been  made  at  that  period.  He  afterward  removed  to  a  ranch  on  the  north 
side  of  the  river  at  Parkdale  and  subsequently  sold  that  property.  Finally  he  purchased 
the  farm  on  Four  Mile,  now  known  as  the  Rader  ranch,  and  built  thereon  one  of  the 
finest  brick  houses  in  Fremont  county.  It  was  erected  forty  years  ago  and  is  still  in 
excellent  state  of  preservation,  being  today  occupied  by  one  of  his  granddaughters. 

Just  before  his  death  a  few  years  ago  Mr.  Rader  built  a  fine  home  at  Ninth  and 
Main  streets  in  Canon  City  and  there  he  passed  away.  Mrs.  Rader  later  bought  the 
house  at  Third  and  Greenwood  streets  in  Canon  City  and  there  her  death  occurred  on 
the  18th  of  May,  1915,  when  she  was  in  the  seventy-ninth  year  of  her  age,  her  birth 
having  occurred  in  Greeneville,  Tennessee,  on  the  28th  of  October,  1836. 

In  the  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rader  were  ten  children,  five  of  whom  are  living: 
Mrs.  Anna  Gardner,  a  resident  of  Canon  City;  C.  V.  Rader,  of  Cripple  Creek;  Mrs. 
Emma  Carroll,  of  Canon  City;  Mrs.  Perry  Black,  of  Portland,  Oregon;  and  L.  P.  Rader, 
living  in  Colorado  Springs. 

Jesse  Rader  was  twice  sheriff  of  his  county  and  was  a  leading  supporter  of  the 
democratic  party.  His  wife  was  a  lady  of  many  splendid  traits  of  character  who  took 
an  active  part  in  church  work  and  was  loved  by  all  tor  her  many  kindly  acts  and 
virtues.  Both  were  highly  esteemed  as  honored  pioneer  people  and  their  work  con- 
stituted an  important  element  in  the  social,  intellectual,  moral,  material  and  political 
progress  of  the  community. 


WILLIAM  AUSTIN  HAMILTON  LOVELAND. 

William  Austin  Hamilton  Loveland,  one  of  the  great  builders  of  Colorado,  was 
born  in  Chatham,  Massachusetts,  May  30,  1826,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Leonard  Loveland,  a 
Methodist  minister,  who  in  1827  took  his  little  family  to  a  farm  near  Brighton.  Illinois. 
There  he  not  only  successfully  tilled  the  soil  but  became  noted  as  one  of  the  most 
powerful  pulpit  orators  of  his  day.  The  elder  Loveland  had  begun  active  life  as  a 
sailor  in  the  War  of  1812  and  for  twenty  months  lay  in  a  British  prison.  It  was  while 
reading  the  Bible  and  hearing  the  sermons  of  some  of  the  English  preachers  of  his 
denomination  that  he  determined  to  make  the  ministry  his  life  profession. 

W.  A.  H.  Loveland  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Brighton  and 
later  spent  a  brief  period  in  McKendree  College  at  Lebanon.  Illinois.  This  was  in 
1845,  just  three  years  before  the  Mexican  war,  in  which  he  enlisted  as  a  wagon  master, 
being  present  in  all  the  important  engagements.  At  Chepultepec  he  was  severely 
wounded   and   in  July,   1848,   was   invalided   home. 

Then  came  a  strenuous,  restless  period  in  the  young  man's  life.  In  1S49  he  took 
an  ox  team  across  the  plains  from  Illinois  to  Grass  valley,  California,  where  he  built 
the  first  house  in  that  camp.  He  failed  to  find  the  riches  he  had  dreamed  of  and  went 
with  the  William  Walker  expedition  to  Nicaragua,  where  eastern  American  capital 
was  seeking  to  build  a  canal  across  what  became  known  later  as  the  Nicaraguan 
route.  In  1851  he  was  back  in  his  Illinois  home,  following  mercantile  life.  But  in 
1859  the  tale  of  the  gold  discoveries  in  Colorado  brought  back  the  lure  of  the  west 
and  with  a  heavily  laden  train  he  started  once  more  across  the  plains.  He  located  on 
the  present  site  of  Golden,  a  town  which  he  tried  for  many  years  to  make  the  metropolis 
of  Colorado.  That  was  a  struggle  of  the  giants  of  that  period  and  the  men  who  won 
out  acknowledged  at  the  finish  that  it  had  been  one  of  the  noted  historical  fights  of 
the  west,  for  Golden  was  the  entering  point  to  the  new  gold  discoveries  on  Clear  creek. 
Both  the  Gregory  and  Jackson  diggings  were  the  only  gold  discoveries  of  importance 
in  this  period.  Mr.  Loveland  at  once  assumed  the  position  of  leader  and  a  large 
part  of  the  great  army  of  gold  hunters  who  had  come  to  Colorado  in  1860  were  inspired 
by  his  splendid  energy  and  rare  faith  to  settle  in  the  town  which  he  had  created — 
Golden,  then  a  most  pretentious  rival  to  Denver.     The  first  wagon  road  up  Clear  creek 


750  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

to  the  mines  was  built  by  him  and  even  in  those  early  days  he  conceived  the  plan  of 
following  the  wagon  road  with  a  railroad.  He  opened  a  coal  mine  close  to  Golden  which 
provided  fuel  for  the  factories  and  mills  which  were  then  being  constructed  on  a  small 
scale.  In  his  vision  even  then  it  was  the  shortest  route  to  the  Pacific  and  at  his  own 
expense  he  had  a  survey  of  a  Colorado  road  to  Salt  Lake  City  prepared  and  later  sub- 
mitted to  the  Union  Pacific  directorate  in  the  hope  that  they  would  adopt  it  with 
Golden  as  a  railroad  center.  He  scored  many  victories  for  Golden  and  from  1862  "until 
1867  it  was  made  the  capital  of  the  territory  altogether  through  his  influence.  His 
career  as  a  railroad  builder  is  fully  detailed  in  the  chapter  on  railroads  and  forms  one 
of  the  most  thrilling  epochs  in  tlie  history  of  territory  and  state. 

Mr.  Loveland  was  a  leader  not  only  in  the  industrial  affairs  of  this  newly  peopled 
section  but  a  power  in  its  political  affairs  as  well.  At  that  period  he  was  regarded  as 
the  peer  of  great  pioneers  like  Governor  John  Evans  and  General  William  Palmer.  In 
1877  when  a  town  was  laid  out  in  Larimer  county  sixty  miles  north  of  Denver  it  was 
named  Loveland  by  his  enthusiastic  friends.  Early  in  1878  The  Rocky  Mountain  News 
was  sold  by  William  N.  Byers  to  a  group  of  republicans,  but  on  July  16th.  just  at  the 
outset  of  a  bitter  state  gubernatorial  campaign,  Mr.  Loveland  announced  himself  the 
owner  of  the  paper  and  that  it  would  fight  the  cause  of  the  democratic  party.  Mr. 
Loveland  was  nominated  for  governor  on  the  day  following  his  purchase  of  the  News 
but  in  the  election  was  defeated  by  Governor  Frederick  W.  Pitkin.  In  the  following 
January  he  was  the  choice  of  his  party  for  the  United  States  senate,  opposing  Senator 
N.  P.  Hill,  who  controlled  the  legislature. 

In  1856  Mr.  Loveland  was  married  to  Miranda  Ann  Montgomery,  of  Alton.  Illinois. 
They  became  the  parents  of  two  sons:  Frank  W..  who  is  now  practicing  law  in  Denver; 
and  William  L..  who  is  manager  of  the  Mine  &  Smelter  Supply  Company  of  Denver. 
The  father  passed  away  at  Lakewood,  near  Golden.  December  17,  1894.  Time  is  the 
perspective  which  places  all  individuals  in  their  true  relative  positions  and  time  has 
served  to  heighten  the  efforts  and  accentuate  the  value  of  the  labors  of  Mr.  Loveland, 
whose  work  as  an  empire  builder  was  indeed  far-reaching  and  resultant. 


HON.  L.   M.   SUTTON. 

Hon.  L.  M.  Sutton,  of  Akron,  Washington  county,  Colorado,  not  only  represents 
important  business  interests  as  president  of  the  Sutton  Land  &  Cattle  Company  but 
he  has  also  given  much  attention  to  public  affairs  and  is  at  present  efficiently  serving 
as  mayor  of  Akron.  He  was  born  in  Montgomery  county,  Iowa,  November  10,  1872, 
his  parents  being  George  W.  and  Verona  (Ewing)  Sutton,  the  former  a  native  of 
New  York  and  the  latter  of  Indiana.  In  1858  the  father  removed  to  Montgomery  county, 
Iowa,  and  there  took  up  a  homestead  which  he  improved  and  successfully  cultivated 
during  the  rest  of  his  life.  When  the  Union  was  threatened  by  the  secession  of  the 
southern  states  he  enlisted  in  the  Fifth  Iowa  Cavalry  as  sergeant  and  for  three 
years  served  during  the  great  conflict  between  the  north  and  the  south.  Before  this 
period  he  had  served  as  a  recruiting  officer,  ably  assisting  in  raising  the  desired 
quota  in  his  section.  He  died  in  August,  1903,  while  his  wife,  surviving  him  tor 
about  ten  years,  passed  away  in  January,   1913. 

L.  M.  Sutton  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  received  his  education  in 
Montgomery  county,  Iowa.  Upon  completing  his  course  in  the  common  schools  he 
took  a  business  college  course  at  Creston,  that  state,  after  which  he  returned  home, 
where  he  remained  until  nineteen  years  of  age.  He  then  bought  a  stock  of  imple- 
ments at  Bloomfield,  Nebraska,  and  operated  his  machines  for  about  one  year,  going 
from  farm  to  farm.  At  the  end  of  that  period  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business, 
successfully  conducting  an  office  of  that  kind  until  1905,  when  he  decided  to  remove  to 
Colorado,  locating  at  Colorado  Springs.  There  he  remained  for  a  year  and  a  half, 
when  he  went  to  Durango,  Colorado,  where  he  was  connected  with  irrigation  matters 
until  1913.  He  then  located  in  Denver,  conducting  a  business  in  dry  lands  until 
1915,  when  he  came  to  Akron.  Colorado,  and  engaged  in  the  land,  cattle  and  general 
farming  business.  Since  coming  here  he  has  been  very  successful  and  has  at  the 
present  writing  several  thousand  acres  in  wheat.  He  has  always  followed  the  latest 
methods  and  in  all  of  his  views  expresses  modern  ideas  and  tendencies.  He  is  a 
forceful  man  and  resourceful  in  making  use  of  opportunities.  He  has  never  passed 
by  any  chance  which  might  be  turned  to  profit  and  has  thus  proven  himself  a  business 
man  of  exceptional  qualifications.  It  is  therefore  not  remarkable  that  within  a  short 
time  he  has  achieved  success  in  Akron  and  is  now  the  president  of  the  Sutton  Land 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  751 

&  Cattle  Company.  This  company  owns  about  ten  thousand  acres  of  valuable  land 
which   is   largely   located   in   Washington   county. 

On  September  15.  1896,  occurred  the  marriage  of  L.  M.  Sutton  and  Ella  Peters 
and  to  this  union  were  born  two  children,  Vivian  and  Vannetta.  The  family  occupies 
a  position  of  prominence  in  Akron  and  the  elder  daughter  assists  her  father  in  the 
office  of  the  company. 

Although  Mr.  Sutton's  time  is  precious  he  has  not  neglected  his  public  duties. 
On  the  contrary  he  has  taken  an  important  part  in  public  affairs.  His  ability  for 
administrative  control  found  recognition  in  his  election  to  the  position  of  mayor  of 
Akron  in  April,  1918,  and  he  is  now  giving  his  town  an  administration  which  fore- 
shadows numerous  much  needed  public  improvements.  He  is  able  and  efficient,  look- 
ing into  the  future  and  recognizing  the  demands  of  future  generations  and  therefore 
his  election  to  the  chief  executive  office  of  his  town  is  to  be  considered  a  happy  choice. 
Moreover,  Mr.  Sutton  had  previous  experience  in  the  executive  chair,  for  he  served 
as  mayor  of  Bloomfield,  Nebraska,  for  two  terms.  He  has  also  always  taken  great  stock 
in  public  improvements,  particularly  road  improvements,  and  serves  at  present  as 
president  of  the  Burlington  Highway  Association,  with  headquarters  in  Akron.  Politi- 
cally he  is  a  republican,  loyal  to  his  party,  and  was  elected  state  representative  for 
Washington  and  Morgan  counties.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church  and  fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  order,  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  principles  of  brotherv 
hood  underlying  these  organizations  guiding  him  in  his  conduct  toward  his  fellowmen. 
Reviewing  the  life  course  of  Mr.  Sutton,  there  is  great  credit  due  him  for  what  he  has 
achieved  and  none  can  grudge  him  his  success,  for  it  has  been  won  by  honorable 
methods.  While  he  has  obtained  prosperity  for  himself  he  has  in  large  measure  con- 
tributed to  general  development  by  his  activities,  and  his  life  work  thus  constitutes 
a  valuable  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  his  section  of  the  state. 


JAMES  HARVEY  CRAWFORD. 

James  Harvey  Crawford,  who  makes  his  home  in  Steamboat  Springs,  Colorado,  but 
during  the  winter  resides  in  Denver,  has  not  only  to  his  credit  a  most  interesting 
Civil  war  record  which  entitles  him  to  distinction  but  he  is  also  numbered  among  those 
hardy  pioneers  who  assisted  in  breaking  the  ground  in  which  the  first  seeds  of  civiliza- 
tion were  sown  when  this  country  was  yet  a  wilderness  and  invited  newcomers  from 
the  east  and  as  far  as  Europe  to  develop  its  acres  into  rich  agricultural  fields,  to  explore 
and  develop  its  mines  and  in  later  years  to  make  this  state  an  important  industrial 
district.  In  many  ways  James  H.  Crawford  has  contributed  to  progress  along  different 
lines  by  ever  taking  that  active  and  helpful  interest  which  is  productive  of  lasting 
results. 

A  native  of  Missouri,  Mr.  Crawford  was  born  in  Pettis  county,  near  what  is  now 
the  city  of  Sedalia,  on  the  30th  of  March,  1845,  a  son  of  John  E.  and  Sarilda  Jane 
(Donahue)  Crawford.  The  first  ancestor  in  the  family  to  be  identified  with  America 
was  Captain  John  Crawford,  who  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  colonial  days  and  settled  in 
Pennsylvania.     Later  the  family  removed  to  Kentucky  and  thence  to  Missouri. 

James  H.  Crawford  was  reared  upon  the  parental  farm  in  Missouri,  attending 
neighboring  schools  in  the  acquirement  of  his  education  and  early  in  life  giving  his 
attention  to  farming,  assisting  his  father.  Being  brought  up  among  frontier  conditions 
in  Missouri,  the  pioneer  spirit  was  early  implanted  in  him  and  throughout  his  life  it 
has  remained  with  him  as  a  most  valuable  asset,  building  up  that  quality  which  gives 
an  individual  the  stamina  to  withstand  hardships  and  vicissitudes.  Although  but  a 
boy  of  less  than  seventeen.  Mr.  Crawford  enlisted  as  a  private  on  the  10th  of  February, 
1862,  at  Georgetown,  Missouri,  in  Company  E,  Seventh  Regiment  of  Missouri  Cavalry, 
readily  making  the  sacrifice  at  the  altar  of  his  country,  and  so  well  did  he  discharge 
his  duties  that  his  ability  was  recognized  and  he  was  promoted  from  time  to  time 
until  he  received  a  commission.  He  served  as  first  lieutenant  in  the  famous  Missouri 
regiment  commanded  by  Colonel  John  F.  Phillips,  which  army  unit  covered  itself  with 
glory  during  the  long  strife  between  north  and  south.  Judge  Phillips,  the  colonel,  was 
one  of  the  great  jurists  of  the  west  and  for  many  years  served  on  the  United  States 
district  bench.  The  lieutenant  colonel  of  this  regiment  was  Thomas  T.  Crittenden,  later 
famous  as  governor  of  Missouri.  Lieutenant  Crawford  valiantly  served  for  over  three 
years,  fighting  with   the  Trans-Mississippi   department.     He   participated   in   a  number 


752  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

of  important  and  significant  battles  and  also  in  smaller  campaigns,  ever  giving  to  his 
men  an  example  of  loyalty  and  patriotic  devotion.  By  those  who  served  under  him 
as  well  as  by  his  superior  officers  he  was  well  liked  and  esteemed.  After  the  war 
Lieutenant  Crawford  returned  to  civil  life  in  Sedalia,  where  for  eight  years  he  gave  his 
attention  to  farming. 

Only  a  month  after  being  mustered  out  of  the  service.  Mr.  Crawford  was  married 
on  the  25th  of  May,  1865,  to  Miss  Margaret  Bourn,  who  was  born  on  a  farm  adjoining 
that  on  which  his  birth  occurred,  her  natal  day  being  January  IS,  1849,  She  is  a 
daughter  of  John  R.  and  Mary  Ann  (McCormick)  Bourn.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crawford 
have  been  born  four  children.  Lulie  M.  is  now  Mrs.  C.  W.  Pritchett,  of  Denver,  and  has 
two  children,  Margaret  E.  and  Lulita  Crawford.  Logan  Bourn,  who  is  head  of  the 
United  States  biological  survey  for  Colorado,  married  Clara  Lee  Woolery.  a  native  of 
Leadville,  by  whom  he  has  a  daughter,  Clara  Leola.  John  Daniel,  county  clerk  ajnd 
recorder  of  Routt  county,  married  Minnie  M.  Welch,  of  Denver,  and  has  a  son,  James 
Daniel,  born  June  23,  1908.  Mary  B.  resides  with  her  parents  and  is  the  only  member 
of  the  family  born  in  Colorado,  her  sister  and  brothers  being  natives  of  Missouri. 

In  1873  the  family  came  to  Colorado  and  Mr.  Crawford  has  therefore  been  a  resi- 
dent of  this  state  for  forty-five  years.  They  made  their  way  direct  to  Routt  county 
and  this  was  at  the  time  that  John  Rollins,  after  whom  RoUinsville  and  Rollins  Pass 
were  named,  was  building  the  toll  road  over  the  mountains.  In  June,  1874,  this  road 
was  completed  and  James  H.  Crawford's  wagon  and  his  Missouri  mules  were  the  first 
to  use  this  road  aside  from  the  road-making  outfit.  Typical  pioneer  conditions  still 
maintained  at  that  time.  The  Ute  Indians  were  roaming  over  the  region  and  settlers 
were  few  and  far  between.  Mr.  Crawford  built  a  cabin  at  what  is  now  Hot  Sulphur 
Springs  and  there  he  remained  for  a  year.  In  the  meantime  he  explored  the  district 
which  now  constitutes  Routt  county  and  he  set  his  stakes  in  what  is  now  the  pros- 
perous and  well  established  town  of  Steamboat  Springs.  With  wise  foresight  he  antici- 
pated that  these  famous  springs  would  eventually  become  the  site  of  a  town  and  he  com- 
menced to  make  his  improvements  upon  the  place  which  he  had  staked  out  in  July. 
1874.  There  was  not  another  settler  in  the  valley  at  the  time.  In  1875  he  decided  to 
make  Steamboat  Springs  his  permanent  residence.  Few  were  the  cattle  and  horses 
which  he  had  when  he  started  upon  his  career.  It  took  him  ten  days  to  drive  the  first 
herd  to  Leadville  on  account  of  the  absence  of  roads,  as  he  had  to  make  a  trail,  follow- 
ing valleys  and  gulches  as  they  would  permit  of  passage. 

In  1876  several  other  families  settled  in  the  valley  a  few  miles  above  the  Craw- 
ford place,  these  constituting  their  first  white  neighbors,  although  Indians  were  plenti- 
ful, in  fact  conspicuously  so.  However,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crawford  had  the  faculty  of 
getting  along  with  them  fairly  well,  despite  the  fact  that  the  red  men  were  rather 
unruly  at  times.  Other  settlers  kept  away  from  this  neighborhood  at  first  largely 
because  of  fear  of  the  Indians.  In  1879  the  memorable  and  tragic  Meeker  massacre 
occurred,  details  of  which  are  given  in  the  first  volume  of  this  work.  After  this  sad 
occurrence  the  government  removed  the  Indians  to  another  reservation  and  the  settle- 
ment of  Routt  county  then  began  in  earnest.  In  1881  the  town  of  Steamboat  Springs 
was  founded  and  in  the  meantime  the  country  around  had  been  surveyed  by  the  gov- 
ernment and  Mr.  Crawford  received  title  to  the  land  upon  which  the  town  now 
stands.  Under  the  federal  law  he  had  a  homestead,  a  timber  claim  and  a  preemption 
claim  and  these  holdings  covered  the  entire  original  town.  He  succeeded  in  settling 
this  spot  by  interesting  Boulder  people  in  the  town  site  and  soon  his  efforts  came  to 
fruition.  This  beautiful,  energetic  town,  which  stands  as  a  monument  to  his  inception, 
has  since  been  his  home,  although  he-  spends  several  months  during  the  winter  in 
Denver,  where  the  family  residence  is  at  No.  663  Gaylord  street. 

Mr.  Crawford  is  highly  honored  as  the  original  pioneer  of  Routt  county,  in  the 
development  of  which  he  has  played  such  a  conspicuous  part.  From  the  beginning 
he  has  endorsed  and  furthered  all  movements  that  were  for  the  advancement  not  only 
of  that  county  but  the  entire  state,  and  although  now  in  his  seventy-fourth  year,  is  ever 
ready  to  lend  his  weighty  support  to  worthy  causes.  Although  he  has  never  been  an 
office  seeker,  it  is  but  natural  that  public  offices  have  been  thrust  upon  him  and  he 
served  as  the  first  mayor  of  Steamboat  Springs  and  also  as  its  first  postmaster.  More- 
over, he  represented  Routt  county  for  two  terms  in  the  state  legislature  and  succeeded 
in  having  passed  a  number  of  bills  which  have  proven  of  great  benefit  to  the  county 
and  state  and  are  evidence  of  his  foresight  and  consideration.  While  sitting  in  the 
state  legislature  he  had  at  heart  the  welfare  of  those  whom  he  represented  and  ably 
took  care  of  their  interests.  When  Routt  county  was  created,  the  governor,  after  whom 
this   county   was    named,    appointed    him    county   judge    and,    moreover,    Mr.    Crawford 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  753 

was  for  some  time  superintendent  of  scliools.  ever  showing  due  appreciation  for  tlie 
value  of  a  thorough  education.  His  allegiance  has  ever  been  given  to  the  democratic 
party  and  he  loyally  upholds  its  standards.  Although  entitled  to  a  well  earned  rest, 
Mr.  Crawford  still  takes  an  active  part  in  public  affairs  as  well  as  administering  his 
private  interests  very  successfully  and  has  shown  the  deepest  interest  in  war  activi- 
ties, to  which  he  has  largely  and  generously  contributed.  In  1915  there  came  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Crawford  an  occasion  which  comes  to  few  indeed,  for  in  that  year  they  were 
permitted  to  celebrate  their  golden  wedding,  which  event  was  participated  in  not  only 
by  members  of  their  immediate  family  and  other  relatives  but  also  by  hosts  of  friends. 
who  came  from  all  over  the  state  to  honor  this  worthy  pioneer  couple  on  this  occasion. 


WILLIAM   HEEBNER. 


William  Heebner  is  one  of  the  active,  energetic  farmers  of  Adams  county,  busily 
engaged  In  the  cultivation  of  four  hundred  and  ninety-five  acres  of  land.  He  was  born 
in  Schenectady,  New  York,  October  6,  1880,  a  son  of  William  and  Julia  (Snell)  Heebner, 
in  whose  family  of  three  children  William  was  the  second  In  order  of  birth.  The  father 
was  a  machinist  by  trade. 

In  the  schools  of  the  Empire  state  William  Heebner  pursued  his  education  to  the 
age  of  fourteen  or  fifteen  years  and  then  started  out  to  provide  for  his  own  support, 
being  employed  at  the  General  Electric  Works  for  two  years.  In  1899  he  arrived  in 
Colorado,  making  his  way  to  Fort  Collins,  where  he  spent  three  months.  Responding 
to  the  country's  call  for  troops  for  service  in  the  Spanish-American  war,  he  had  en- 
listed in  the  Thirty-fourth  United  States  Volunteer  Infantry,  becoming  a  member  of 
Company  M,  and  took  part  in  several  engagements,  being  discharged  with  the  rank  of 
corporal.  After  the  war  was  over  he  returned  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Denver  but 
after  a  brief  period  removed  to  Adams  county  and  for  two  years  was  in  the  employ 
of  his  aunt,  Mrs.  Mary  Snell. 

Mr.  Heebner  then  married  and  leased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which 
he  cultivated  for  two  years.  He  is  now  leasing  four  hundred  and  ninety-five  acres  and 
is  actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  farming,  devoting  his  attention  to  the  raising 
of  wheat  and  alfalfa,  and  he  also  has  one  hundred  and  forty-five  acres  planted  to  beans. 

On  the  2d  of  May,  1906,  Mr.  Heebner  was  married  to  Miss  Elma  Ora  Brewer,  a 
daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Brewer.  Mrs.  Hebner  was  born  in  Arapahoe  county. 
Colorado,  her  people  having  come  to  this  state  at  a  very  early  period  in  its  develop- 
ment and  improvement.  By  her  marriage  she  has  become  the  motheF  of  five  daughters: 
Elizabeth,  Julia  E.,  Alice  0.,  Edna  May  and  Dorothy  Mary. 

Mr.  Heebner  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  views  and  he  has  served  as  school 
director  in  District  No.  97  but  has  never  sought  political  office.  His  time  and  interests 
have  ever  l)een  concentrated  upon  his  business  affairs  and  he  may  truly  be  called  a 
self-made  man,  for  from  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  has  depended  entirely  upon  his 
own  resources  and  whatever  success  he  has  achieved  is  the  direct  result  of  his  per- 
sistency of  purpose,  his  energy  and  his  Integrity  in  business  affairs. 


CHARLES  BRADFORD. 


Charles  Bradford  is  a  public-spirited  citizen  of  Boulder  county  who  in  the  conduct 
of  business  affairs  devotes  his  attention  to  general  farming.  He  is  a  typically  western 
man  in  his  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress  but  was  born  on  the  Atlantic  coast,  his 
birth  having  occurred  at  Astoria  on  Long  Island,  June  7,  1844.  His  father,  Eli  Bradford, 
served  as  an  American  soldier  in  the  Mexican  war.  In  the  family  were  but  two  chil- 
dren and  Charles  is  the  only  survivor.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  Chicago,  where 
he  resided  until  1860.  With  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  as  a  member 
of  Company  I  of  the  Third  Illinois  Cavalry,  with  which  he  served  for  four  years  and 
eight  months.  He  participated  in  several  hotly  contested  engagements  and  on  one  occa- 
sion was  shot  in  the  hip.  General  Grant  was  shot  while  riding  Mr.  Bradford's  horse. 
Mr.  Bradford  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  quartermaster  sergeant  and  remained  at  the 
front  until  the  country  no  longer  needed  his  military  aid  in  the  preservation  of  the 
Union.  He  was  then  sent  to  Fort  Snelling,  Minnesota,  to  assist  in  subduing  the  Indians, 
who  when  the  country  was  engaged  in  civil  war  went  upon  the  warpath  and  con- 
stantly menaced   the   safety  of  the   settlers   in   that   section.     Eventually   Mr.   Bradford 

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was  mustered  out  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  He  then  engaged  In  the  bartering  business, 
which  he  followed  for  forty  years. 

In  1866  Mr.  Bradford  removed  to  Colorado  and  in  1883  purchased  the  farm  at 
Lyons  upon  which  he  now  resides.  It  contains  one  hundred  and  seventy-nine  acres 
of  arable  land  which  he  has  carefully  cultivated.  He  has  sold  a  portion  of  the  tract 
and  he  has  the  remainder  under  ditch.  His  business  affairs  have  been  wisely  and 
carefully  conducted  and  his  indefatigable  energy  and  close  application  have  been 
salient  features  in  the  attainment  of  his  present  success. 

In  1868  Mr.  Bradford  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  White,  who  was  born  in  Petersburg, 
Illinois,  a  daughter  of  Aaron  B.  White.  Mr.  Bradford  votes  with  the  republican  party, 
which  he  has  supported  since  age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  For 
thirty-six  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  and  the  cause  of  education 
finds  in  him  a  stalwart  champion — one  who  does  everything  in  his  power  to  promote 
the  school  interests  of  the  community.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Red  Men. 
In  his  business  career  he  has  steadily  advanced,  for  he  started  out  in  the  world 
empty-handed  and  his  persistency  of  purpose  has  brought  him  to  a  place  that  enables 
him  to  enjoy  all  of  the  comforts  of  life.  He  has  now  passed  the  seventy-fourth  mile- 
stone on  life's  journey  and  his  has  been  a  creditable  record  in  which  one  of  his  strongly 
marked  characteristics  has  been  his  loyalty  to  duty  in  every  relation  to  his  country 
through  days  of  peace  as  well  as  in  times  of  war.  He  has  ever  manifested  the  utmost 
loyalty  to  the  nation's  starry  banner  and  rejoices  in  the  latest  victory  of  the  country 
in  her  efforts  in  making  the  world  safe  for  democracy. 


ROBERT  HOERY. 


Robert  Hoery,  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of 
land  near  Aurora,  was  born  in  Baden,  Germany,  on  the  27th  of  March,  1856,  a  son  of 
Joseph  and  Bebeana  Hoery.  He  acquired  his  education  in  schools  of  his  native  coun- 
try and  when  seventeen  years  of  age  came  to  the  United  States,  making  his  way  to 
Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he  was  employed  for  three  years.  He  then  came  to  Colo- 
rado, making  Denver  his  destination,  and  engaged  in  gardening  near  Smith's  Lake 
in  Arapahoe  county  for  six  or  seven  years.  He  afterward  removed  to  Harman, 
Colorado,  where  he  again  followed  gardening  for  three  years,  after  which  he  took 
up  his  abode  on  Colfax  avenue,  near  Denver,  living  at  that  place  for  two  years,  dur- 
ing which  period  he  was  also  active  in  gardening.  He  then  took  up  the  occupation 
of  farming  on  Sixth  avenue,  where  he  continued  for  five  or  six  years.  He  now  has 
three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  which  he  leases  and  carries  on  general  agri- 
cultural pursuits,  raising  the  crops  best  adapted  to  soil  and  climatic  conditions  here. 
He  annually  gathers  good  harvests  and  his  place,  neat  and  thrifty  in  appearance, 
indicates   his   careful   supervision   and   progressive   methods. 

Mr.  Hoery  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Kate  Pellens,  a  native  of  New  Orleans, 
and  to  them  were  born  eight  children:  .loseph;  Edward;  Leonard;  Theodore,  who 
married  Evelyn  Lovejoy;  Frederick;  Helen,  the  wife  of  Walter  Scott;  Anna;  and 
Amelia.  The  wife  and  mother  passed  away  in  1912.  The  religious  faith  of  the 
family  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church  and  Mr.  Hoery  also  has  membership  with  the 
Grange,  being  interested  in  all  that  has  to  do  with  agricultural  development  and 
progress.  He  has  never  regretted  the  fact  that  he  left  his  native  land  to  seek  his 
fortune  in  the  new  world.  He  has  here  found  good  opportunities  and  his  record  proves 
that  success  may  be  obtained  through  persistent  effort  and  well  directed  energy 
without  the  aid  of  wealthy  or  influential  friends.  He  has  worked  hard  and  is  now 
in   possession   of  a  comfortable  competence. 


FERDINAND  KUEHN. 


Ferdinand  Kuehn  is  now  living  retired  from  active  business,  although  for  many 
years  he  was  closely  associated  with  ranching  interests  in  the  vicinity  of  Denver, 
being  numbered  among  the  leading  farmers  of  Arapahoe  county.  He  was  born  in 
Schoenlanke,  P>russia,  on  the  2d  of  July,  1832,  and  is  a  son  of  David  Kuehn.  who  was 
a  prominent  citizen  of  his  town,  serving  as  treasurer  there  for  thirty-five  years.  He 
passed   away   in    1863,   while   his   wife,    who   bore   the   maiden    name    of   Carolina   Leu, 


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HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  755 

died  when  their  son,  Ferdinand,  was  but  twenty-seven  days  old.  She  also  left  a  daughter, 
who  is  now   Mrs.   Amalia   Mittelstadt, 

In  the  land  of  his  birth  Ferdinand  Kuehn  spent  the  days  of  his  boyhood  and  youth 
and  after  pursuing  a  public  school  education  he  entered  the  army,  serving  for  two 
years  between  the  ages  of  eighteen  and  twenty  under  his  uncle,  Captain  August  Leu. 
He  afterward  determined  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  new  world  and  when  twenty-four 
years  of  age  took  passage  on  the  steamship  Oder,  under  Captain  Swanson,  and  sailed 
for  America.  Making  his  way  to  Chicago,  he  continued  a  resident  of  the  city  for 
a  year  and  then  removed  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  remained  until  he  received  his  naturali- 
zation papers.  In  1861  he  went  to  Wyoming  and  was  connected  with  the  Ben  Holliday 
stage  line  for  a  year,  after  which  he  again  went  to  his  native  country,  spending  almost 
a  year  in  visiting  among  old-time  friends  and  relatives  there.  He  returned  to  America 
about  the  time  that  gold  was  first  discovered  in  Montana  and  for  three  years  remained 
in  the  mines  of  that  state,  after  which  he  engaged  in  freighting  between  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri,   and   Montana   for   a   year. 

On  the  expiration  of  that  period  Mr.  Kuehn  removed  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and 
was  engaged  in  freighting  from  that  point  to  Denver  until  the  fall  of  1866,  when  he 
became  a  resident  of  Colorado.  Settling  at  Sand  Creek,  he  removed  the  following  year 
to  a  ranch  about  fourteen  miles  from  Denver,  which  he  still  owns  and  which  he  occu- 
pied for  many  years.  He  there  engaged  in  raising  stock  and  hay  and  as  time  passed 
he  added  many  improvements  to  his  place  and  converted  it  into  an  attractive  and 
valuable  farm.  At  length,  however,  he  retired  from  active  business,  turning  his  farm 
over  to  the  management  and  care  of  his  nephew,  Fred  L.  Amick,  while  he  is  now 
enjoying  the  rest   that  he  has   earned. 

In  1882  Mr.  Kuehn  was  married  to  Miss  Helene  Wolter,  a  daughter  of  Peter  Wolter, 
who  was  a  teacher  of  Germany  and  did  not  cross  the  Atlantic  to  the  new  world  until 
he  reached  advanced  age. 

Mr.  Kuehn  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  has  been  a 
reader  of  the  New  York  Tribune  since  1868.  The  cause  of  education  has  ever  found 
in  him  a  stalwart  champion  and  for  a  number  of  years  he  served  on  the  school  board 
of  his  district.  He  has  a  wide  acquaintance  in  Colorado,  where  he  has  now  lived  for 
more  than  half  a  century,  witnessing  throughout  this  extended  period  the  continuous 
growth  and  development  of  the  state  and  taking  active  interest  in  all  that  is  accom- 
plished in  connection  with  the  progress  and  upbuilding  of  the  section  in  which  he 
lives.  For  many  years  he  was  a  most  active  and  energetic  farmer  and  his  success  was 
the  direct  result  of  persistent  and  earnest  labor,  his  life  record  indicating  what  may 
be  accomplished  through  individual  effort. 


CHARLES  BARNES  FERRIN. 

Charles  Barnes  Ferrin.  president  of  the  Out-West  Printing  &  Stationery  Company  of 
Colorado  Springs,  in  which  connection  he  is  developing  a  business  of  most  gratifying 
proportions,  deserves  more  than  passing  notice  in  this  work  inasmuch  as  he  has  risen 
from  a  most  humble  position,  gradually  working  his  way  upward  step  by  step  through 
persistent  energy  and  laudable  ambition. 

He  was  born  in  Watertown,  New  York,  in  1863,  a  son  of  Foster  M.  and  Teresa  A. 
(Barnes)  Ferrin.  The  paternal  grandfather,  Joseph  Ferrin,  and  his  son,  Foster  M. 
Ferrin,  were  marble  dealers,  carrying  on  business  along  that  line  for  many  years,  the 
latter  being  a  marble  dealer  of  Watertown,  New  York.  In  the  Empire  state  he  wedded 
Miss  Barnes  and  passed  away  at  Watertown  in  the  year  1907.  The  death  of  his  wife, 
however,  occurred   in  Colorado  Springs  in  1886. 

Charles  B.  Ferrin  is  indebted  to  the  public  school  system  of  his  native  city  for 
his  educational  opportunities.  He  left  home  in  1880,  when  a  youth  of  seventeen 
years,  and  made  his  way  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  lived  his  uncle,  James  P.  Barnes, 
who  was  proprietor  of  a  hardware  store.  Mr.  Ferrin  spent  a  year  in  the  employ  of 
his  uncle  and  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  Gazette  Printing  Company  as  a  press 
feeder,  remaining  with  that  company  until  1887,  when  the  business  was  reorganized 
under  the  name  of  the  Out-West  Printing  &  Stationery  Company.  This  was  incorporated 
in  1897.  Mr.  Ferrin  went  upon  the  road  as  traveling  representative  of  the  company 
and  so  continued  from  1892  until  1910,  building  up  an  extensive  trade  for  the  house. 
In  November,  1909,  he  was  made  general  manager  of  the  Out-West  Printing  &  Stationery 
Cordpany  and  on  the  21st  of  December,  1914,  was  chosen  president  as  well  as  general 


756  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

manager.  In  November,  1916,  by  purchasing  the  interests  of  the  others  in  the  business 
he  became  sole  proprietor  and  is  now  conducting  an  extensive  trade  which  has  been 
largely  the  outcome  of  his  persistency  of  purpose  and  his  capability  as  a  salesman. 
He  is  likewise  a  director  of  the  Elkton  Coal  Company  and  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
Fanny  Rawlins   Gold   Mining  Company. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Ferrin  is  a  republican  and  was  formerly  very  active  in 
party  ranks  but  concentrates  the  greater  part  of  his  time  and  attention  at  the  present 
upon  his  business  interests  and  duties.  From  1887  until  1889  Inclusive  he  served  as 
chief  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Volunteer  Fire  Department  and  for  two  years  prior  to 
that  time  had  been  asssitant.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  witli  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  his  religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his 
membership  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  His  advancement  in  the  business  world  in 
the  last  ten  years  has  been  almost  phenomenal,  indicating  what  can  be  accomplished 
through  individual  effort,  stimulated  by  laudable  ambition.  His  career  illustrates  the 
fact  that  power  grows  through  the  exercise  of  effort  and  that  difficulties  and  obstacles 
vanish  as  mists  before  the  morning  sun  when  one  is  resolute,  determined  and  reliable. 


ADELBERT  W.   STARBUCK,   D.   D.   S. 

Dr.  Adelbert  W.  Starbuck,  one  of  the  best  known  professors  of  dental  surgery  in 
the  west,  his  ability  as  an  educator  brought  him  prominently  to  the  front,  while  his 
skill  in  active  practice  is  also  most  widely  acknowledged,  was  born  in  Belmont  county, 
Ohio,  May  14,  1877,  a  son  of  Jesse  and  Mary  Jane  (Bundy)  Starbuck.  who  were  a)lso 
natives  of  the  Buckeye  state.  They  removed  to  Nebraska  in  1S83  and  the  father,  who 
had  engaged  in  carriage  manufacturing  in  Ohio,  afterward  turned  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing in  Nebraska,  where  he  likewise  engaged  in  the  grain  business.  His  last  days  were 
spent  in  Kansas,  where  he  passed  away  in  June,  191S,  while  his  wife  died  in  that 
state  in  1915.  They  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living: 
Caleb  B.,  J.  Clinton,  Clyde  P.,  Adelbert  W.  and  Mrs.  Edith  Bourquin.  They  also 
lost  a  daughter,  Clara. 

Dr.  Starbuck  was  only  about  six  years  of  age  when  his  parents  removed  with 
their  family  to  Nebraska  and  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Hebron,  that  state,  he 
pursued  his  education  until  he  was  ready  to  enter  the  State  University  of  Iowa  as  a 
dental  student.  He  was  graduated  with  honors  there  in  1898  and  began  his  profession 
in  connection  with  the  dental  department  of  the  university.  Later,  however,  he  turned 
his  attention  to  the  private  practice  of  dentistry  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  and  subsequently 
he  entered  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Iowa,  where  he  studied  for 
two  years.  In  October.  1907,  he  arrived  in  Denver  and  became  connected  with  the 
Colorado  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  the  dental  department  of  the  University  of  Denver, 
being  made  superintendent  of  the  school,  which  through  his  efforts  and  energy  has 
been  brought  up  to  a  high  standard.  In  fact  he  is  one  of  the  best  known  professors 
of  dental  surgery  in  the  west.  His  exposition  of  any  subject  is  always  clear  and  lucid 
and  he  is  at  all  times  thoroughly  abreast  of  the  latest  scientific  researches  and  dis- 
coveries which  have  to  do  with  dental  surgery.  He  is  now  professor  of  clinical  dentis- 
try and  he  is  an  honored  member  of  the  Denver  Dental  Association,  the  Colorado  State 
Dental  Association  and  the  National  Dental  Association. 

On  the  27th  of  July,  1S9S,  Dr.  Starbuck  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  E.  Durno, 
of  Springville,  Iowa,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  L.  Durno.  Fraternally  he  Is 
connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  While  he  has  never  sought  to  figure  in  any 
public  light  outside  the  strict  path  of  his  profession,  he  has  become  well  known  and 
prominent  in  Denver,  standing  very  high  in  the  regard  of  his  fellow  towi 


THOMAS  N.  BEASLEY. 


General  agricultural  pursuits  and  stock  raising  have  for  a  number  of  years  en- 
gaged the  attention  of  Thomas  N.  Beasley,  who  is  numbered  among  the  substantial 
citizens  of  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  having  been  born  in  this  state,  December  11,  1870, 
a  son  of  J.  J.  and  Eliza  (Jones)  Beasley,  of  whom  more  extended  mention  is  made  in 
connection  with  the  sketch  of  Richard  M.  Beasley  on  other  pages  of  this  work. 

Thomas  N.  Beasley  was  reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  in  the  acquirement  of 
his  education  attended  the  common  schools,   subsequently  learning  efficacious  methods 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  757 

of  farming  under  the  guidance  of  his  father.  Upon  attaining  his  majority  he  decided 
to  make  that  occupation  his  life's  worlt  and  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising 
independently,  buying  his  present  farm  in  1S93,  when  but  twenty-three  years  of  age. 
He  now  owns  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  all  of  which  is  under  ditch  and  is  watered 
from  the  Boulder  &  White  Rock  ditch.  He  has  in  addition  to  this  farm  a  half  interest 
in  nine  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  pasture  land  which  is  quite  valuable  and,  more* 
over,  he  is  a  director  of  the  ditch  company  and  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers  National 
Bank  of  Longmont. 

In  1894  Mr.  Beasley  married  Miss  Grace  R.  Miller,  also  a  native  of  this  state,  her 
parents  being  George  C.  and  Emma  L.  (Taylor)  Miller,  natives  of  New  York  state  and 
Illinois  respectively.  George  C.  Miller  has  passed  away  but  his  widow  is  still  living. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beasley  were  born  three  children.  Rose  L.,  George  J.  and  Modesto  G. 
On  November  7.  1909,  Mrs.  Beasley  died,  her  untimely  demise  causing  great  sorrow  to 
the  family  as  well  as  to  many  friends,  all  of  whom  esteemed  in  her  a  woman  of  high 
qualities  of  character  and  heart  who  had  greatly  endeared  herself  to  all  those  who  had 
come  in  contact  with  her.     She  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Burlington  cemetery. 

Mr.  Beasley  is  a  democrat  in  his  political  affiliation  but  has  never  had  ambition 
for  public  office,  preferring  to  give  his  whole  attention  to  his  private  affairs,  although 
he  keeps  well  informed  upon  all  questions  having  to  do  with  local  and  national  politics 
as  well  as  local  affairs.  For  twelve  years  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board  and  the  cause  of  education  has  received  new  impetus  through  his  activities  on 
the  board,  Mr.  Beasley  always  standing  for  advancement  and  improvement  in  regard 
to  school  facilities.  He  is  now  numbered  among  the  prosperous  agriculturists  of  Boul- 
der county  and  none  can  grudge  him  his  success,  for  it  has  been  honestly  won  and  is 
well  deserved. 


ABRAHAM    HOWARTH. 


Abraham  Howarth,  whose  carefully  directed  business  interests  made  him  in  time 
the  owner  of  a  valuable  ranch  property  of  five  hundred  acres,  which  he  cultivated  for 
a  long  period,  is  now  living  retired  in  Littleton,  where  he  occupies  an  attractive  home 
that  stands  as  the  visible  evidence  of  his  life  of  well  directed  energy  and  thrift.  He 
was  born  near  Manchester,  England,  April  7,  1837,  and  has  therefore  passed  the  eighty- 
first  milestone  on  life's  journey.  While  spending  his  boyhood  days  in  tlie  home  of  his 
parents,  David  and  Mary  (Mills)  Howarth,  he  attended  school  during  halt  of  the  day 
for  a  short  time,  while  his  remaining  time  was  spent  in  the  cotton  mills,  where  he  early 
began  work.  He  was  a  little  lad  of  but  seven  years  when  he  started  to  provide  for 
his  own  support  by  sweeping  out  the  alleys  in  the  mills.  After  a  year  he  became  a 
bobbin  boy.  That  he  was  diligent  and  faithful  is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  he  won 
promotion  from  time  to  time  until  at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was  overlooker,  being  the 
youngest  man  who  ever  occupied  that  position  in  the  mills. 

The  opportunities  of  the  new  world,  however,  attracted  Mr.  Howarth,  and  believing 
that  he  might  more  readily  win  success  <^n  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  he  came  to 
America  in  1857,  landing  after  a  voyage  of  seven  weeks  and  tour  days  on  one  of  the 
old-time  sailing  vessels.  He  resided  for  a  time  in  the  east  and  then  went  to  Chicago, 
Illinois,  and  soon  afterward  secured  work  upon  a  farm  in  McLean  county,  that  state. 
He  was  totally  unfamiliar  with  farm  work  by  reason  of  his  experience  along  other 
lines,  but  his  labors  proved  satisfactory  to  his  employer.  It  was  while  in  McLean 
county  that  he  was  married  in  Bloomington,  Illinois,  on  the  21st  of  October,  1859,  to 
Miss  Alice  Barlow,  who  was  born  near  Manchester.  England,  and  to  whom  he  had 
been  engaged  before  coming  to  the  United  States.  Her  parents  were  Robert  and  Sarah 
(Dutson)  Barlow  and  the  children  born  of  this  marriage  are:  Abe,  who  was  born  in 
England  and  became  his  fathers'  assistant  on  the  Colorado  farm;  Sarah,  the  wife  of 
Arthur  B.  Mitchell,  of  Littleton,  and  the  mother  of  a  daughter,  Alice  Helen;  and  Alice, 
who  was  born  on  the  farm  in  Douglas  county. 

After  cultivating  a  rented  farm  in  McLean  county,  Illinois,  for  some  time  Mr. 
Howarth  returned  to  England  in  1862  and  spent  six  years  there.  He  was  not  content, 
however,  after  having  resided  for  a  considerable  period  in  America,  and  on  again  com- 
ing to  the  United  States  he  secured  employment  in  a  cotton  factory  in  St.  Louis.  After- 
ward he  became  a  resident  of  Kansas  City,  where  he  worked  in  a  packing  house,  and 
during  the  three  years  which  he  there  spent  he  was  joined  by  his  family.  He  removed 
from  Kansas  City  to  Denver,  where  he  built  a  residence,  but  in  1875  took  up  his  abode 
upon  a  farm  on  section  12,  township  6  south,  range  69  west,  in  Douglas  county.     His 


758  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

financial  resources  were  limited  at  tiiat  time.  For  nine  years  he  cultivated  the  land 
and  made  considerable  money  but  did  not  make  any  special  effort  to  save.  He  finally 
concluded  that  it  would  be  wiser  to  economize  somewhat  and  purchase  the  place  and 
in  three  years'  time  he  had  acquired  enough  through  his  industry  and  economy  to 
enable  him  to  buy  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres  of  the  land.  To  this  he  added 
from  time  to  time  until  he  was  in  possession  of  an  excellent  farm  of  five  hundred 
acres.  He  continued  to  cultivate  his  place  most  successfully  for  a  long  period  but 
eventually  put  aside  business  cares  and  now  lives  retired  in  Littleton,  enjoying  the 
rest  which  he  has  truly  earned  and  richly  deserves. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Howarlh  has  always  been  a  republican  since  becoming 
a  naturalized  American  citizen,  but  at  local  elections  where  no  issue  is  involved  he 
casts  an  independent  ballot.  In  1S97  he  was  elected  county  commissioner,  although 
this  was  directly  opposed  to  his  wishes,  as  he  has  never  cared  to  hold  office.  However, 
he  has  served  as  school  director  for  a  number  of  years,  for  the  cause  of  education  is 
one  in  which  he  is  deeply  interested.  He  has  never  regretted  his  determination  to 
return  to  the  new  world,  for  here  he  has  found  pleasant  surroundings  and  good  busi- 
ness opportunities  and  as  the  years  have  passed  lie  has  steadily  advanced  in  public 
regard  and  in  material  prosperity.  He  is  today  one  of  the  venerable  citizens  of  Little- 
ton, respected  by  all  who  know  him. 


ROLLA  AND  FANNIE  DEVORE. 

Rolla  and  Fannie  Devore  are  two  of  the  well  known  and  prominent  residents  of 
Elbert  county,  actively  identified  with  all  that  pertains  to  the  development  of  the  agri- 
cultural interests  and  the  betterment  of  the  farming  people  of  the  state.  Rolla  Devore 
was  born  in  Champaign  couny,  Illinois,  in  1866  and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  state.  He  is  a  son  of  John  and  Nancy  (CruU)  Devore,  both  of  whom  were 
representatives  of  old  families  of  Indiana.  In  1886  Rolla  Devore,  who  through  the 
period  of  his  youth  and  early  manhood  had  been  engaged  in  farming  in  Champaign 
county,  Illinois,  removed  to  Kansas,  settling  near  Stafford,  that  state.  There  he  carried 
on  farming  for  more  than  two  decades  and  when  twenty-two  years  had  passed  he  came 
to  Colorado,  homesteading  in  Elbert  county  in  1908.  He  has  since  been  located  within 
its  borders  and  througli  the  intervening  period  he  has  greatly  increased  his  holdings  in 
farm  property  and  developed  his  agricultural  interests.  His  activities  in  this  connec- 
tion have  gained  him  place  with  the  leading  and  representative  agriculturists  of  his 
section  of  the  state. 

On  the  9th  of  January  1889,  Mr.  Devore  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Fannie 
Fair  now  one  of  the  leaders  of  Elbert  county  in  whatever  pertains  to  the  betterment  of 
conditions  for  women  upon  the  farms.  She  has  been  a  close  student  of  questions  of 
this  character  and  her  broad  vision  and  advanced  ideas  have  constituted  important 
elements  in  the  work  of  general  progress. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Devore  are  the  parents  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters.  Earl  De- 
vore, the  eldest  son.  is  the  noted  automobile  racer,  now  an  aviation  instructor  in  the 
service  of  his  country,  stationed  near  New  York.  The  second  son,  Ray,  is  in  France, 
as  is  the  third  and  youngest  son,  George,  who  has  recently  crossed  overseas  to  do 
active  duty  for  the  cause  of  democracy.  The  two  daughters  are  Roxie,  who  is  now  Mrs. 
Hampton,  and  Rowena.  at  home.  Tlie  family  is  one  of  social  prominence  in  the  com- 
munity and  their  support  of  every  plan  and  measure  for  civic  betterment  and  general 
progress  places  them  among  the  leading  citizens   of  their  section  of  the  state. 


CHRIS  H.  THOMPSON. 


Chris  H.  Thompson,  who  is  devoting  his  attention  to  the  business  of  feeding  sheep 
and  cattle,  his  home  being  on  section  24,  township  7,  range  69  west,  in  Larimer  county, 
about  two  miles  south  of  Fort  Collins,  was  born  in  Denmark,  January  25,  1874,  a  son 
of  J.  C.  and  Hannah  (Christenson)  Thompson,  who  are  natives  of  the  same  country. 
The  father  followed  farming  there  until  187b,  when  he  came  to  America,  settling  in 
New  York,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  farm  hand  for  two  or  three  years.  About 
1877  he  removed  westward  to  Port  Collins.  Larimer  county,  Colorado,  and  after  work- 
ing out  for  a  time  purchased  a  mountain  ranch.     He  there  began  farming,  cultivating 


760  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

his  land  for  two  or  three  years,  after  which  he  sold  and  took  up  a  homestead  seven 
miles  east  of  Fort  Collins.  This  place  he  also  improved  and  continued  its  cultivation 
until  1906.  when  he  retired  from  active  business  and  established  his  home  in  Fort  Collins, 
where  he  and  his  wife  now  reside,  enjoying  the  comforts  that  have  been  brought  to 
them  through  his  previous  effort  and  labor. 

Chris  H.  Thompson  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Denmark  until  he  reached 
the  age  of  ten  years,  when  in  1884  he  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  grandmother. 
He  finished  his  education  in  La/imer  county  and  remained  with  his  parents  until  he 
had  reached  the  age  of  twenty-four,  when  he  rented  land 'and  began  farming  on  his 
own  account,  cultivating  a  tract  for  a  year.  He  next  purchased  and  improved 
several  farms  and  in  1916  he  bought  his  present  place  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres. 
to  which  he  has  since  added  various  improvements.  It  is  now  one  of  the  attractive 
ranch  properties  in  his  section  of  the  state  and  he  is  devoting  his  attention  to  thc- 
raising  and  feeding  of  sheep  and  cattle.  He  also  owns  one  hundred  and  eighty-seven 
acres   four  miles  northeast  of  Fort  Collins. 

In  December.  1898.  Mr.  Thompson  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Christenson,  who 
passed  away  in  the  fall  of  1909.  On  the  16th  of  November,  1910.  he  wedded  Mrs. 
Alice  McNey  and  to  them  was  born  a  daughter,  Esther  Alta,  whose  birth  occurred 
February  3,  1913.  By  her  former  marriage  Mrs.  Thompson  has  a  son,  Wilkin  K.  Mc- 
Ney. who  was  born  January  26.  1905.  Mr.  Thompson  is  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  Fraternal  Aid  and  the  Union  Central  Life  Insurance 
Company.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thompson  were  christened  in  tlie  Lutheran  faith,  and  they  and  the  children  now  at- 
tend the  Presbyterian  church,  to  the  teachings  of  which  they  loyally  adhere.  Mr. 
Thompson  is  a  self-made  man  in  the  best  sense  of  the  term.  He  started  out  in  life' 
without  the"  assistance  of  capital  or  influential  friends  and  steadily  he  has  worked 
his  way  upward,  his  work  and  its  results  proving  his  worth.  He  is  today  the  owner 
of  excellent  ranch  property  in  Larimer  county  and  is  enabled  to  enjoy  all  the  necessi- 
ties and  many  of  the  comforts  of  life. 


KARL   C.   SCHUYLER. 


Karl  C.  Schuyler  is  the  general  counsel  for  the  Midwest  Oil  and  Refining  Company 
and  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  successful  lawyers  of  Denver,  where  he  has 
practiced  for  a  number  of  years  as  junior  member  of  the  firm  of  Schuyler  &  Schuyler. 
He  has  largely  confined  his  efforts  and  attention  to  corporation  law  and  in  this  branch 
of  the  profession  has  manifested  superior  ability. 

Mr.  Schuyler  is  one  of  the  native  sons  of  the  state,  his  birth  having  occurred  at 
Colorado  Springs  on  the  3d  of  April,  1877,  his  parents  being  Frederick  and  Eleanor 
Schuyler.  The  father  was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York,  while  the  mother's  birth 
occurred  in  Illinois.  Mr.  Schuyler  was  widely  known  by  the  title  of  Colonel  and  was 
a  very  prominent  arid  influential  factor  in  connection  with  railroad  and  mining  in- 
terests in  the  state  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1884.  He  had  come 
to  the  west  in  1871,  settling  at  Colorado  Springs,  and  in  his  professional  capacity  of 
civil  engineer  had  assisted  in  the  construction  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad, 
while  later  he  was  prominently  identified  with  mining  operations. 

Karl  C.  Schuyler  was  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  three  children  and  after  master- 
ing the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  he  began 
preparation  for  the  bar  as  a  student  in  the  School  of  Law  of  the  University  of  Denver. 
He  completed  his  course  there  by  graduation  in  189S,  winning  the  LL.  B.  degree,  and 
entered  upon  practice  at  Cripple  Creek  and  through  the  intervening  years  has  prac- 
ticed first  at  Colorado  Springs  and  later  at  Denver.  He  became  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Schuyler  &  Schuyler  and  in  the  course  of  his  practice  more  and  more  largely  con- 
centrated his  attention  upon  corporation  law.  He  became  general  counsel  for  the 
Florence  &  Cripple  Creek  Railway  Company,  for  the  Midland  Terminal  Railway  Com- 
pany, general  attorney  of  the  Colorado  Telephone  Company,  the  United  States  Reduc- 
tion &  Refining  Company  and  is  now  general  counsel  for  the  Midwest  Oil  and  Refining 
Company.  His  professional  interests  have  been  very  extensive  and  important,  plac- 
ing him  in  the  front  ranks  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  the  state.  Viewed  in  the  light 
of  his  past  accomplishments,  his  future  record  will  be  well  worth  the  watching. 

In  1905  Mr.  Schuyler  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Delia  A.  Shepard,  a  daughter 
of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Shepard,  of  Colorado  Springs.  His  political  allegiance  has 
always  been  given  to  the  republican  party.     He  belongs  to  Oriental  Lodge,  No.   S7,  A. 


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p.  &  A.  M.,  of  Denver,  also  has  membership  with  Lodge  No.  309,  B.  P.  0.  E.,  of 
Colorado  Springs,  and  with  the  Denver  Club.  He  Is  a  man  of  pleasing  personality  and 
his  marked  traits  of  character  are  those  which  make  for  personal  popularity  among 
his  constantly  increasing  circle  of  friends. 


WILLIAM    H.    NICHOLS. 


William  H.  Nichols  is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  young  farmer  of  Boulder 
county.  He  was  born  in  that  county,  October  20,  1898,  a  son  of  George  and  Flora 
(Hartsook)  Nichols.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Indiana  and  came  to  Colorado  in  the 
'80s,  after  which  he  continued  a  resident  of  this  state  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was 
married  in  the  year  1896  to  Miss  Flora  M.  Hartsook  and  they  began  their  domestic 
life  in  Boulder  county,  where  Mr.  Nichols  continued  to  make  his  home  until  called 
to  his  final  rest.  Some  time  afterward  his  widow  became  the  wife  of  Enoch  E.  Horn- 
baker  and  the  son  of  her  first  marriage,  William  H.  Nichols,  is  living  with  them  upon 
the  Hornbaker  farm.  Liberal  educational  advantages  have  been  accorded  him  and  he 
is  a  high  school  graduate.  He  is  now  in  training  for  the  United  States  army.  Other- 
wise he  assists  in  the  operation  and  development  of  the  home  farm  and  is  displaying 
ability  in  that  connection. 


HON.    JOSEPH    H.   MAUPIN. 


Hon.  Joseph  H.  Maupin,  former  attorney  general  of  Colorado  and  a  well  known 
resident  of  Canon  City,  has  figured  prominently  in  connection  with  many  events  which 
are  mentioned  on  the  pages  of  the  state's  history.  Qualified  by  nature  for  leadership 
and  a  student  of  vital  problems  and  issues  of  the  day,  he  has  done  not  a  little  to  in- 
fluence public  action,  and  holding  at  all  times  to  the  highest  standards  of  citizenship, 
his  labors  have  been  productive  of  excellent  results.  Mr.  Maupin  was  born  in  Colum- 
bia, Boone  county,  Missouri,  April  13,  1856.  His  remote  ancestors  came  from  France, 
making  settlement  in  Virginia.  One  branch  of  the  Maupin  family  was  afterward 
founded  in  Ketnucky,  while  the  branch  from  which  Joseph  H.  Maupin  is  descended  be- 
came established  in  Missouri.     His  parents  were  Cornelius  and  Emeline   Maupin. 

Joseph  H.  Maupin  early  displayed  the  elemental  strength  of  his  character  by 
earning  the  money  that  enabled  him  to  pay  his  way  through  his  school  and  college 
days.  He  pursued  a  five  years'  course  in  the  State  University  of  Missouri  and  was 
graduated  from  the  law  department  of  that  institution  with  the  class  of  1878.  After 
five  years  devoted  to  the  private  practice  of  law  in  Missouri  he  removed  to  Canon  City, 
Colorado,  where  he  has  since  been  located,  and  through  the  intervening  period  he  has 
exerted  marked  influence  over  public  affairs.  His  fellow  townsmen,  recognizing  his 
worth  and  ability,  have  frequently  called  him  to  office.  In  1888  he  was  elected  mayor 
of  Canon  City  and  was  reelected  the  succeeding  term  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  he 
is  a  democratic  supporter  in  a  strong  republican  town.  In  the  meantime  his  ability  as 
a  representative  of  the  bar  became  recognized  and  in  1890  he  was  nominated  for  the 
ofllce  of  attorney  general,  defeating  S.  W.  Jones,  who  was  then  the  incumbent,  by 
about  a  thousand  votes,  while  the  republican  candidate  for  governor  at  that  election 
received  a  majority  of  four  thousand.  This  vote  was  certainly  a  compliment  to  Mr. 
Maupin  \and  an  expression  of  public  confidence  in  his  ability  and  devotion  to  duty. 
While  in  office  he  made  his  reputation  as  a  fighter  for  the  people,  resisting  the  notori- 
ous Argo  land  steal.  In  1892  he  was  named  for  governor,  but  it  was  a  forlorn  hope 
even  for  this  most  popular  democrat.  He  was  the  first  choice  for  governor  of  the 
democratic  assembly  six  years  ago  but  was  defeated  at  the  primary  by  Governor 
Ammons. 

Mr.  Maupin's  public  service  includes  many  years  as  president  of  the  state  peni- 
tentiary board.  He  has  been  prominent  in  all  big  war  movements  and  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  of  the  speakers  during  the  Third  Liberty  Loan  campaign.  He  puts 
forth  every  possible  effort  to  uphold  the  interests  of  the  government  and  advance  the 
war  work  and  his  marked  influence  has  brought  most  gratifying  results.  In  connec- 
tion with  the  improvement  of  Canon  City  he  has  built  the  post  office  block  and  the  Mau- 
pin block,  two  of  the  finest  business  blocks  of  Fremont  county. 

Mr.  Maupin  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lily  J.  McClure,  the  only  daughter  of 
John  McClure,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Fremont  county,  the  marriage  being  celebrated  in 


762  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

Denver  in  1888.  Mrs.  Maupln  is  a  highly  educated  and  cultured  woman,  prominent  in 
all  great  social  movements.  Moreover,  she  Is  a  native  daughter  of  Canon  City.  She 
has  been  a  member  for  Fremont  county  of  the  Woman's  State  Council  of  Defense,  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Gunter.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maupin  have  been  untiring  in  war 
activities,  their  example  setting  the  standard  for  much  that  has  been  done  in  this 
connection. 


BENJAMIN  I.   PRICE. 


Dr.  Benjamin  I.  Price,  a  distinguished  oculist  who  has  made  valuable  contribution 
to  the  profession  in  the  invention  of  the  instrument  known  as  the  Price  ophthalmatic 
lensometer,  which  enables  the  individual  to  take  most  accurate  and  scientific  measure- 
ments for  the  eye  and  upon  which  he  holds  valuable  patents,  was  born  in  Altoona, 
Pennsylvania,  in  August,  1858.  a  son  of  Thomas  H.  and  Elizabeth  (Dannahauer)  Price. 
The  father  was  born  on  an  ocean  steamer  while  his  parents  were  en  route  to  this 
country  from  Europe.  The  mother  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  belonged  to  one  of 
the  prominent  old  families  of  that  state.  Mr.  Price  engaged  in  the  jewelry  trade  and 
in  railroad  work.  He  came  to  Colorado  in  his  later  years  and  while  in  this  state  lived 
retired  from  active  business,  passing  away  in  Denver  in  1915,  when  he  had  reached  the 
ripe  old  age  of  eighty-six  years.  His  wife  died  in  1913  and  was  also  eighty-six  years  of 
age  at  the  time  of  her  demise. 

Dr.  Price  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth  in  their  family  of  ten  children.  For  a 
short  period,  or  until  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age,  he  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Pennsylvania  and  then  left  home  to  start  out  in  the  world  on  his  own  account.  He 
went  to  Kansas,  where  he  was  variously  employed  in  ways  that  would  yield  him  an 
honest  living,  and  with  the  money  which  he  saved  from  his  earnings  he  paid  his  tuition 
for  a  course  in  the  treatment  of  the  eye.  He  then  entered  upon  the  practice  of  the 
profession  and  in  course  thereof  he  began  studying  toward  evolving  some  instrument 
which  would  meet  professional  needs.  As  a  result  of  his  study  and  experimenting  he 
invented  the  instrument  known  as  the  Price  ophthalmatic  lensometer.  the  value  and 
worth  of  which  was  at  once  acknowledged  by  the  profession  and  which  has  now  come 
into  wide  use.  He  came  to  Denver  in  1SS5,  passed  the  required  examination  giving 
him  the  right  to  practice  in  the  state  and  in  1888  rented  the  office  which  he  now 
occupies  and  which  he  has  retained  through  all  the  intervening  years.  He  is  con- 
sidered an  expert  on  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  eye  and  fitting  of  glasses, 
possessing  pronounced  ability  in  these  directions. 

In  December,  1S80,  Dr.  Price  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret  M.  Neyhard,  of 
Bloomsburg,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Neyhard,  the  former 
a  well  known  surveyor,  who  served  as  county  surveyor  of  Columbia  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. Dr.  and  Mrs.  Price  have  two  children.  Dr.  Evelyn  B.  Price,  who  was  born  in 
Shamokin,  Pennsylvania,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Denver  Homeopathic  College  and  is 
now  physician  for  the  insane  at  the  State  Insane  Asylum  at  Pueblo,  Colorado.  Helen 
Irene,  born  in  Shamokin.  Pennsylvania,  is  a  graduate  of  the  high  school  of  Denver. 

Dr.  Price  is  identified  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  He  is  of  the  Protest- 
ant faith  and  in  politics  he  maintains  an  independent  course,  supporting  men  and 
measures  rather  than  party.  His  professional  prominence  has  made  him  widely  knowTi 
and  he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  eminent  professional  men  of  Denver. 


WALTER  E.  TUCK. 

Walter  E.  Tuck,  devoting  his  time  and  energies  to  general  farming  near  East- 
lake,  was  born  in  England  on  the  23d  of  November,  1871.  a  son  of  Alfred  and  Maria 
(Woodingham)  Tuck.  The  father  came  to  Colorado  in  1880,  making  his  way  to  Black- 
hawk,  where  he  resided  for  a  few  months,  and  in  the  spring  of  1881  he  removed  to 
Golden,  where  he  homesteaded.  He  has  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Arapahoe 
county  and  has  carried  on  general  farming.  He  has  also  engaged  in  preaching  the 
gospel  as  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  church  for  fifty  years,  in  addition  to  his  farm 
work,  and  his  pastoral  labors  have  been  attended  with  excellent  success.  For  eleven 
years  he  has  been  the  minister  at  Wesley  Chapel.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  born 
four  children:  Frances,  the  wife  of  John  Alderson;  Emma,  the  wife  of  John  Evans; 
William  A.;  and  Walter  E. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  763 

The  last  named  is  indebted  to  District  School  No.  3  in  the  Arapahoe  district  for 
his  educational  opportunities  and  when  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  concentrated 
his  efforts  and  attention  upon  farm  work,  in  which  he  has  since  engaged.  He  now  has 
sixty  acres  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Eastlake,  which  is  devoted  to  the  production  of 
beets,  alfalfa  and  grain.  His  business  affairs  are  wisely  and  carefully  managed.  His 
early  experience  well  qualified  him  for  the  conduct  of  farming  interests  in  later  lite, 
and  his  practical  and  progressive  methods  are  bringing  him  very  abundant  crops. 

Mr.  Tuck  was  married  in  Adams  county  on  the  old  homestead  farm  on  the  14th  of 
October,  1S96,  to  Miss  Louise  C.  Beigel,  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Augusta  Beigel.  She 
was  born  in  Minnesota  and  passed  away  in  March,  1909.  The  eight  children  born  of 
that  marriage  are  Maude,  Henry,  Eva,  Albert,  Robert  and  Ruth,  twins,  Grace  and 
Amelia.  On  the  17th  of  September,  1916,  Mr.  Tuck  was  again  married,  his  second  union 
being  with  Mrs.   Dena  Evans. 

Mr.  Tuck  is  an  independent  republican,  for  while  he  usually  supports  the  men  and 
measures  of  the  republican  party  he  does  not  hold  himself  bound  by  party  ties.  He 
has  served  as  school  director  in  his  district  but  is  never  ambitious  to  occupy  public 
positions.  He  belongs  ta  the  Grange  and  is  an  active  and  earnest  member  of  the 
Congregational  church,  in  which  he  is  serving  as  trustee,  while  of  the  Sunday  school 
he  is  acting  as  superintendent.  His  work  in  this  direction  is  far-reaching  and  beneficial. 
He  does  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  the  growth  of  the  church  and  extend  its 
influence,  and  his  labors  have  been  a  potent  element  in  promoting  the  moral  progress 
of  the  community. 


ALLEN  J.   CUMMINS. 


Allen  J.  Cummins,  of  Arapahoe  county,  is  one  of  the  prominent  lumbermen  of  the 
state,  who  for  the  past  seven  years  has  been  manager  of  the  Deertrail  Lumber  Com- 
pany, one  of  the  thirty  yards  of  the  Sterling  Lumber  &  Investment  Company.  He  also 
lias  other  business  interests  which  make  him  a  prominent  figure  in  the  development 
and  upbuilding  of  his  section  of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Clarinda,  Page  county, 
Iowa,  September  2,  1876,  a  son  of  Joseph  W.  and  Lucina  Cummins.  He  traces  his 
ancestry  back  to  one  of  the  old  established  American  families.  Christeon  Cummins 
and  his  brother  Daniel  came  to  the  new  world  in  September,  1741,  as  passengers  on 
the  ship  MoUie,  and  landed  in  Philadelphia.  Christeon  Cummins  took  up  his  abode 
upon  a  farm  at  Asbury.  Warren  county.  New  Jersey,  and  from  Christeon  Cummins, 
who  was  born  March  16,  1716,  the  line  of  descent  is  traced  down  through  Philip  Cum- 
mins, born  August  15,  1750,  Christeon,  born  January  2,  1774,  Isaac,  born  April  29,  1814, 
and  Joseph  W.,  born  March  30,  1846.  The  last  named,  the  father  of  Allen  J.  Cummins, 
was  born  in  New  Jersey,  and  having  arrived  at  years  of  maturity,  was  married  in 
Page  county,  Iowa,  to  Lucina  Muckey.  They  became  parents  of  four  children,  Allen 
J.  being  the  eldest  and  the  only  son.  The  daughters  are  Huldah.  Emma  and  Catharine. 
In  the  year  1887  the  father  came  to  Colorado  and  was  bridge  foreman  on  the  Rock 
Island  Railroad.  In  188S  the  family  home  was  established  at  Arriba,  but  in  later 
years  Joseph  W.  Cummins  turned  his  attention  to  the  live  stock  business  and  in  1903 
removed  to  Missouri. 

In  the  public  schools  of  Colorado,  Allen  J.  Cummins  pursued  his  education  and 
during  his  youthful  days  became  a  cowboy,  being  thus  employed  for  several  years, 
while  later  he  conducted  business  as  a  ranchman.  For  the  past  seven  years,  however, 
he  has  concentrated  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  the  lumber  trade  as  manager  of  the 
Deertrail  Lumber  Company,  one  of  the  thirty  yards  of  the  Sterling  Lumber  &  Invest- 
ment Company,  and  has  an  interest  in  all  these  yards.  He  is  splendidly  qualified  to 
conduct  the  important  and  growing  business  under  his  care  and  has  made  of  it  a 
profitable  undertaking.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Alfalfa  Farm  Company,  which  is 
Incorporated  for  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

At  Arriba,  Colorado,  on  the  5th  of  April,  1903,  Mr.  Cummins  was  married  to  Miss 
OUie  M.  Lowell,  a  daughter  of  George  Lyman  Lowell,  who  was  born  in  Wisconsin  in 
1856  and  removed  to  Buffalo  county,  Nebraska,  with  a  colony  that  settled  in  that  dis- 
trict. He  made  the  trip  with  his  mother,  his  father  having  been  previously  killed  in 
the  Civil  war.  In  1886  Mr.  Lowell  came  to  Colorado  and  was  here  engaged  in  the  rais- 
ing of  sheep  and  cattle.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cummins  has  been  born  a  daughter, 
Elenor  C.  Lowell. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Baptist  church,  to  the  teachings 
of  which   they  loyally  adhere,  taking  an  active  interest   in  its   work  and  contributing 


764  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

generously  to  its  support.  In  politics  Mr.  Cummins  is  a  republican  and  gives  stalwart 
allegiance  to  the  party  but  has  never  been  a  politician  in  the  sense  of  office  seeking, 
as  his  undivided  time  and  thought  are  given  to  his  business  affairs,  which  have  been 
carefully  directed  and  which  in  the  course  of  years  have  gained  him  a  place  with  the 
substantial  and  representative  men  of  the  state. 


FRED  W.   McINTYRE. 


Among  the  popular  officials  of  Akron,  Colorado,  is  numbered  Fred  W.  Mclntyre, 
the  postmaster  of  his  city,  who  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  has  made  many  friends 
and  is  widely  and  favorably  known  for  the  efficiency  with  which  he  administers  the 
office.  A  native  of  Canada,  he  was  born  in  St.  John,  New  Brunswick,  in  March,  1865. 
his  parents  being  Joseph  and  Ann  (Foster)  Mclntyre,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  came 
to  America  in  an  early  day  and  located  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  Later  they 
removed  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  thence  to  St.  John,  New  Brunswick,  where 
the  father  worked  at  his  trade  as  a  ship  joiner.  He  enjoyed  a  high  reputation  as  an 
expert  in  his  work  and  his  services  were  always  in  great  demand.  He  died  in  March, 
1904,  having  survived  his  wife  for  eleven  years,  her  death  occurring  in  1893. 

Fred  W.  Mclntyre  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  Dominion  and  after  completing 
his  school  work  went  to  Boston,  where  for  four  years  he  was  employed  in  drug 
stores.  In  1882,  when  only  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  removed  to  Denver,  where  he 
passed  his  examination  as  a  registered  pharmacist,  and  afterward  continued  work 
in  connection  with  the  drug  business  in  Denver  for  one  year.  He  then  removed  to 
Ouray,  Colorado,  and  there  was  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  business  for  a  number 
of  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Denver.  He  also  was  connected  with  the  drug 
trade  in  Leadville  and  resided  in  Brighton  for  a  number  of  years,  being  engaged  in 
business  on  his  own  account  in  the  latter  place.  There  he  was  deputy  county  clerk 
for  four  years,  at  the  end  of  which  period  he  returned  to  the  drug  business,  continuing 
in  that  line  in  Brighton  until  1908,  when  he  went  to  Yuma.  Colorado.  In  that  city 
he  remained  only  five  months,  coming  at  the  end  of  that  period  to  Akron,  Washington 
county,  where  he  worked  as  a  drug  clerk  until  1913.  In  that  year  he  was  appointed 
to  the  position  of  postmaster  and  administered  the  office  with  great  ability  and  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  public.  However,  he  resigned  his  active  duties  in  April,  1918,  on 
account  of  his  health,  although  he  still  holds  the  position  officially.  At  this  writing 
Mr.  Mclntyre  is  a  candidate  for  member  of  the  state  legislature  on  the  democratic 
ticket  and  his  qualifications  well  entitle  him  to  election. 

On  April  25,  1892.  occurred  the  marriage  of  Fred  W.  Mclntyre  and  Johanna  O'Don- 
nell  and  to  them  have  been  born  four  children,  of  whom  three  daughters  are  living, 
namely,   Margaret,  Anna  and   Katherine.     A  son,  Fred,  died   in   November,   1900. 

Mr.  Mclntyre  is  prominent  in  democratic  circles  of  his  section  and  for  a  number 
of  years  has  served  as  chairman  of  the  democratic  county  central  committee.  He 
stands  strongly  for  the  principles  of  his  party,  always  supporting  its  platform  and 
candidates.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  and  fraternally 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  also  belongs  to  the  Knights  and 
Ladies  of  Security.  In  many  measures  undertaken  for  the  benefit  of  the  public  Mr. 
Mclntyre  has  participated  with  gratifying  results  and  he  is  a  valued  citizen  of  his 
section  of  Colorado,  standing  for  progress  and  advancement  along  material,  moral 
and  intellectual  lines.' 


I.  J.  NOE. 

I.  J.  Noe  is  senior  partner  in  the  firm  of  I.  J.  Noe  &  Son,  proprietors  of  the  Eagle 
Mountain  ranch,  and  in  this  connection  is  engaged  in  raising  pure  bred  shorthorns  and 
registered  Berkshires.  He  has  gained  a  creditable  position  as  one  of  the  leading  stock 
raisers  in  the  vicinity  of  Greenland,  where  the  Eagle  Mountain  ranch  is  situated. 

MT.  Noe  was  born  in  Clark  county,  Indiana,  in  1850,  a  son  of  Isaac  W.  and  Martha 
(Richards)  Noe.  who  were  reared  in  Kentucky.  The  son  acquired  a  common  school 
education  and  devoted  his  life  to  farming  in  Indiana  until  1878,  when  he  made  his  way 
to  Colorado  and  for  fourteen  years  thereafter  managed  the  Greenland  ranch  at  Green- 
land,  this  state.     He   next  purchased  the   ranch   of  eleven   hundred   and   twenty  acres 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  765 

whereon  he  has  resided  since  1904.  This  place  is  pleasantly  and  conveniently  located 
two  miles  west  of  Greenland  and  Is  devoted  to  live  stock.  He  raises  pure  bred  short- 
horns, his  herd  being  headed  by  Villager's  Baron,  No.  509,109,  by  Imp.  Villager,  dam 
White  Hall  Laura,  by  White  Hall  Baron,  by  White  Hall  Sultan.  His  herd  of  registered 
Berkshires  is  headed  by  Master  "C"  3d,  No.  183,688.  He  thus  raises  stock  of  the 
highest  grade  and  has  reached  a  most  creditable  position  as  one  of  the  leading  stock 
men  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  has  an  excellent  farm  upon  which  are  good  build- 
ings, prepared  for  the  scientific  care  of  his  stock  and  his  crops.  He  has  closely  studied 
progressive  methods  of  breeding  and  stock  raising  and  his  stock  has  ever  commanded 
the  highest  market  prices. 

In  1S76  Mr.  Noe  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Jennie  Kane,  who  was  born  In 
Virginia  but  was  reared  in  Indiana.  They  now  have  one  living  child,  Charles  Fred, 
who  was  born  October  15,  18S5,  and  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  a  business 
college  of  Colorado  Springs.  He  also  attended  the  Wallace  Business  College  of  Denver. 
He  married  Jennie  K.  Higby  and  to  them  have  been  born  five  children:  Fred  W.,  Frank 
C,  Charles  L.,  Richard  C.  and  Jennie  C.  The  son  is  in  partnership  with  his  father  in 
their  ranching  and  stock  raising  interests. 

In  politics  they  are  republicans  where  national  questions  and  issues  are  involved 
but  at  local  elections  cast  an  independent  ballot.  For  more  than  forty  years  I.  J.  Noe 
has  been  a  resident  of  Colorado  and  therefore  a  witness  of  much  of  its  growth  and 
development.  He  has  indeed  seen  many  changes  since  he  came  to  this  state  and  he 
can  relate  many  interesting  incidents  of  the  early  days.  As  the  years  have  passed 
on  he  has  borne  his  share  in  the  work  of  progress  and  improvement  and  his  labors 
have  been  productive  of  excellent  results. 


CHARLES  M.   DENNISON. 


The  printing  industry  and  publishing  business  in  the  state  of  Colorado  has  one  of 
its  foremost  representatives  in  Charles  M.  Dennison,  vice  president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Kocky  Mountain  Bank  Note  Company  of  Denver.  This  great  enterprise, 
which  with  its  associate  companies,  does  a  business  of  over  a  million  dollars  a  year, 
has  greatly  expanded  under  the  able  management  of  Mr.  Dennison,  who  has  proven 
an  executive  of  great  ability.  Born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  in  July,  1873,  he  is  a  son 
of  Charles  M.  and  Emma  (McFarlan)  Dennison,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the 
Empire  state.  For  several  generations  back  members  of  the  family  have  resided  in 
New  York.  The  father  of  our  subject  was  reared  and  educated  in  that  state  and  there 
he  grew  to  manhood,  was  married  and  resided  until  his  death,  which  occurred  March 
31,  1917,  in  Brooklyn.  He  was  well  known  in  the  profession  of  lithographing,  for  many 
years  conducting  a  large  lithographing  plant  on  his  own  account  in  Brooklyn.  Mrs. 
Dennison  was  also  reared  and  educated  in  New  York  and  she  is  still  a  resident  of 
Brooklyn,  living  in  the  old  family  home.  To  them  were  born  nine  children,  of  whom 
Charles  M.  Dennison  of  this  review  is  the  third  in  order  of  birth. 

In  early  life  he  attended  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Brooklyn,  after  which  he 
entered  Pratt  Institute  of  Technology  but  left  there  before  graduation.  He  then  took 
a  position  in  the  business  of  which  his  father  was  one  of  the  owners  in  1891.  No 
favoritism  was  shown  him  but  on  the  contrary  he  was  treated  just  as  any  other  em- 
ploye would  have  been  and  in  fact  received  the  lowest  salary  of  the  whole  force,  which 
amounted  to  the  magnificent  sum  of  three  dollars  per  week.  He  soon  rose  to  a  more 
responsible  position,  however,  through  his  own  efforts  and  continued  with  the  firm  un- 
til 1904,  when  he  went  to  New  Mexico.  During  the  thirty  years  in  Which  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  firm  of  Dennison  &  Bown  he  learned  every  phase  and  detail  of  the 
lithographing  business  and  had  become  an  expert  in  his  line.  After  spending  a  few 
months  in  New  Mexico,  he  came  to  Colorado,  locating  at  Colorado  Springs,  where  he 
entered  the  lithographing  business  independently  and  successfully  conducted  his  estab- 
lishment for  several  years.  Recognizing  the  advantages  of  cooperation  and  the  advan- 
tages which  large  establishments  have  over  smaller  independent  shops,  he  in  1907 
effected  a  merger  of  four  or  five  of  the  largest  lithographing  plants  between  Omaha. 
Nebraska,  and  the  Pacific  coast,  the  general  offices  and  headquarters  being  established 
at  Colorado  Springs  under  the  firm  title  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Bank  Note  Company. 
Mr.  Dennison  gave  his  undivided  attention  and  energy  as  well  as  his  vast  knowledge 
and  experience  to  the  promotion  of  this  enterprise  and  developed  the  same  very 
successfully.     Later  he  removed  to  Denver  to  take  charge  of  the  business  here  and  the 


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business  in  this  city  has  now  assumed  large  proportions.  In  fact  since  he  has  taken 
charge  it  has  grown  to  over  twenty  times  its  former  volume.  The  manufacturing 
establishment  and  sales  rooms  are  located  at  Nos.  1828-1840  Stout  street  and  today  this 
plant  is  one  of  tlie  most  modern  in  point  of  equipment  and  one  of  the  most  reliable 
and  prompt  in  point  of  service  in  the  west.  The  force  of  employes  in  the  Denver 
branch  alone  amounts  to  between  flfty-five  and  sixty  and  all  of  them  are  expert  work- 
men. The  latest  machinery  has  been  installed  and  the  most  modern  processes  in 
lithography  are  used  in  the  manufacture  of  their  products.  It  is  therefore  but  natural 
that  the  business  has  grown  so  rapidly,  especially  as  it  fills  a  long  felt  want  in  the 
west,  where  the  people  now  can  fill  their  orders  through  a  home  enterprise  instead  of 
patronizing  establishments  farther  east.  Its  success  in  very  large  measure  is  due  to  the 
untiring  energy  and  buoyant  enterprise  of  Mr.  Dennison,  who.  moreover,  brings  to  the 
business  expert  knowledge,  based  upon  thorough  experience.  An  idea  as  to  the  extent 
of  business  done  by  the  Denver  branch  alone  is  indicated  in  the  fact  that  in  the  year 
ending  June,  1918,  the  output  amounted  to  three  hundred  and  sixty-seven  thousand, 
seven  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars. 

In  February,  1894.  was  solemnized  tlie  marriage  of  Charles  M.  Dennison  and  Miss 
Florence  Stuart,  of  New  York  city,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Stuart,  and  to 
them  have  been  born  four  children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  Charles  Stuart,  born 
In  New  Jersey  in  1895,  is  a  graduate  of  the  East  Denver  high  school  and  the  Colorado 
Agricultural  College  and  is  now  serving  his  country  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  Three  Hun- 
dred and  Sixth  United  States  Infantry.  Markham  McFarlan,  born  in  Brooklyn.  New 
York,  in  1896,  is  a  graduate  of  the  East  Denver  high  school  and  until  January,  1917, 
was  a  student  in  Harvard  University,  where  he  was  well  known  for  his  athletic  powers, 
but  is  now  fighting  the  battle  for  democracy  in  France.  Margaret,  born  in  1897,  is  also 
a  graduate  of  the  East  Denver  high  school  and  a  student  in  Denver  University,  being 
a  member  of  the  Gamma  Phi  sorority.  Eleanor,  born  in  Brooklyn  in  1900  and  like- 
wise a  graduate  of  the  East  Denver  high  school,  is  a  member  of  the  National  Woman's 
League  of  Defense  whose  patriotism  has  led  her  to  make  herself  practically  useful  by 
driving  a  truck  in  Denver.  The  record  of  the  family  stands  as  an  example  of  lofty 
American  patriotism  and  all  are  ready  to  do  their  best  in  order  to  serve  their  country 
at  this  crucial  hour. 

Mr.  Dennison  is  independent  in  his  political  views,  voting  for  such  candidates  as 
he  considers  best  fitted  for  the  oflSces  to  which  they  may  aspire,  irrespective  of  party 
affiliation.  He  is  thoroughly  Imbued  with  progressive  ideas  and  is  ever  ready  to  lend 
a  helping  hand  in  making  better  and  greater  his  adopted  city.  He  readily  cooperates 
with  the  plans  and  projects  of  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association,  of  which 
he  is  a  member,  and  by  his  services  as  a  director  of  the  Retail  Merchants  Association. 
In  closer  relation  to  his  business  interests,  he  is  connected  with  the  Printers  Trades 
Association  and  the  Newspaper  Association,  of  which  organization  he  serves  as  a 
director.  Military  life  has  always  held  an  attraction  tor  him  and  when  a  young  man 
he  served  as  a  member  of  Company  A,  Twenty-third  Regiment  of  the  New  York  National 
Guard.  To  the  commercial  growth  of  the  state  Mr.  Dennison  has  immensely  added  by 
his  business  activities  and  is  therefore  to  be  counted  among  those  men  who  are  the  real 
builders  of  the  commonwealth.  While  he  has  attained  prosperity  as  the  result  of  close 
application  and  tireless  industry,  he  has  never  lost  sight  of  the  public  weal  and  is  ever 
ready  to  put  forth  effort  in  order  to  make  Denver  a  greater,  better  and  more  beautiful 
city.  In  social  circles  the  family  stands  very  high  and  the  hospitality  of  the  best  homes 
of  the  city  is  extended  to  them.  Many  are  the  friends  whom  Mr.  Dennison  has  made 
here,  both  in  business  and  private  life,  and  all  unite  in  the  single-minded  opinion  of 
his  value  as  a  citizen,  his  ability  as  a  business  man  and  his  high  and  laudable  qualities 
the  moral  and   intellectual  advancement  of  the   human   race. 


GEORGE  WILLIAM   BALVIN. 

George  William  Balvin,  who  passed  away  in  December,  1918,  was  the  owner  of  one 
of  the  finest  farms  in  Elbert  county.  His  birth  occurred  in  Chicago.  Illinois,  November 
13,  1880,  his  parents  being  Albert  J.  and  Lillian  (Krinick)  Balvin.  The  father  still 
survives  and  resides  on  the  Elbert  county  farm  which  was  the  property  of  his  son. 

George  W.  Balvin  was  reared  in  his  native  city  and  pursued  his  education  in  its 
public  schools.  Leaving  Chicago  about  1905,  he  removed  westward  to  Colorado  and  took 
up  his  abode  upon  the  farm  near  Elizabeth,  in  Elbert  county,  whereon  he  made  his  home 
to  the  time  of  his  demise.     As  the  years  passed  he  added  to  his  possessions  until  his 


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holdings  embraced  five  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  He  had  a  fine  grove  of  cedars  upon 
his  land  and  a  splendidly  improved  property.  Upon  his  farm  he  built  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  homes  in  the  county.  There  are  also  large  and  substantial  barns  and  out- 
buildings furnishing  ample  and  adequate  shelter  for  grain  and  stock,  and  he  was 
successfully  engaged  in  raising  cattle  and  in  dairy  farming.  His  brother,  Harry  K. 
Balvin,  is  now  with  the  United  States  army  in  France,  one  of  the  victors  whose 
achievements  turned  the  tide  of  battle  in  favor  of  the  allies  and  won  the  glorious  vic- 
tory with  which  the  world  thrills  today.  The  untimely  demise  of  George  W.  Balvin 
was  deeply  regretted  by  all  who  knew  him,  and  Elbert  county  lost  an  esteemed  citizen 
and  representative  ranchman. 


CLIFFORD  C.   COLE, 


Among  the  enterprising  citizens  who  are  contributing  to  business  development  in 
Boulder  in  the  field  of  real  estate  operations  is  Clifford  C.  Cole,  who  has  spent  his  entire 
life  west  of  the  Mississippi  river  and  is  imbued  with  the  western  spirit  of  progress 
and  enterprise.  He  was  born  upon  a  farm  in  Harrison  county,  Iowa,  in  1872.  His 
father,  Enoch  Cole,  was  a  native  of  New  York  and  in  1855  removed  westward  to  Iowa, 
becoming  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that  state.  He  arrived  in  Boulder,  Colorado, 
in  1907,  and  spent  his  remaining  days  in  that  city.  He  was  married  in  Iowa  to  Mrs. 
Mary  Hogue,  who  still  survives  her  husband  and  yet  makes  her  home  in  Boulder. 

Clifford  C.  Cole  was  largely  reared  in  the  town  of  Missouri  Valley,  Iowa,  where  he 
pursued  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  After  putting  aside  his  textbooks  he  spent 
twelve  years  in  the  railroad  service  in  Iowa,  making  steady  advance  during  that  period, 
and  then  seeking  a  broader  and  what  he  hoped  would  be  a  more  profitable  field  of  labor, 
he  came  to  Boulder,  Colorado,  in  1904.  Here  he  soon  entered  the  real  estate  business, 
with  which  he  has  since  been  identified,  and  through  the  intervening  period  of  twelve 
years  he  has  negotiated  many  important  property  transfers  in  Boulder.  There  is  no 
man  more  familiar  with  real  estate  values  in  the  city  and  his  clientage  has  become 
extensive  and  important. 

On  the  23d  of  December,  1897,  in  Mondamin,  Iowa,  Mr,  Cole  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Gertrude  Kidder,  a  daughter  of  H.  P.  Kidder,  who  was  born  in  the  state  of 
New  York  and  who  enlisted  there  as  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war,  taking  active  part  in  de- 
fense of  the  Union  on  southern  battlefields.  In  his  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Cole  is  an 
Elk.  Politically  he  is  a  republican  and  in  1912  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  progres- 
sive party  of  Boulder  county.  He  stands  loyally  at  all  times  for  what  he  believes  to  be 
right  and  in  all  that  he  does  Is  actuated  by  a  spirit  of '  progressiveness  and  advance- 
ment, whether  in  relation  to  the  public  welfare  or  the  promotion  of  his  individual  in- 
terests. Both  he  and  his  wife  are  widely  known  in  Boulder  and  this  section  of  the 
state  and  occupy  a  very  enviable  position  in  social  circles,  having  the  warm  regard  of 
those   with   whom   they   have   been   brought   in  contact. 


JOHN  EGAN. 


With  both  mining  and  farming  interests  in  Colorado  John  Egan  has  been  closely 
identified  and  at  the  present  time  is  concentrating  his  attention  upon  ranching  and 
cattle  raising.  He  was  born  in  County  Mayo.  Ireland,  on  the  24th  of  June,  1859,  a 
son  of  Bryan   and  Catherine    (Harrington)    Egan,   the   former  a   farmer  by  occupation. 

John  Egan  acquired  his  education  in  the  national  schools  of  Ireland,  which  he 
attended  until  tie  reached  the  age  of  twelve  years,  and  then  put  aside  his  textbooks  in 
order  to  concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  farm  work.  He  assisted  his  father 
until  he  reached  the  age  of  seventeen,  when  he  bade  adieu  to  friends  and  native  land 
and  sailed  for  the  United  States,  with  Philadelphia  as  his  destination.  He  remained 
in  that  city  for  three  years,  employed  as  a  coachman,  after  which  he  went  to  work 
in  the  mines  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  employed  for  three  years.  About  1880 
he  arrived  in  Colorado  and  took  up  mining  at  Leadville  during  the  period  of  excite- 
ment there.  After  a  brief  time,  however,  he  went  to  Como,  in  Park  county,  and  tor 
three  years  was  employed  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.  He  next  went  to  Gunnison, 
where  he  worked  in  the  Baldwin  mine  for  six  months,  and  afterward  removed  to  Ara- 
pahoe county,  now  Adams  county,  where  he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of   land   situated   on    section    32,   township    1,    range   65.     Throughout   the    intervening 


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period  he  has  carried  on  general  farming,  producing  the  crops  best  adapted  to  soil  and 
climate.  His  farm  is  well  fenced  and  divided  into  fields  of  convenient  size.  There 
are  substantial  buildings  upon  the  place  and  all  modern  equipment  and  he  follows 
the  most  progressive  methods  in  the  care  of  his  land  and  the  production  of  his  crops. 
He  has  about  one  hundred  head  of  cattle  upon  his  place  and  his  stock  raising  is  also 
proving  an  important  source  of  revenue  to  him. 

In  Denver,  on  the  1st  of  May,  1886,  Mr.  Egan  was  married  to  Miss  Catherine  Keefe, 
a  daughter  of  Michael  J.  and  Mary  (Dwyer)  Keefe.  She  was  born  in  Waterford,  New 
York,  and  came  to  Colorado  in  the  early  '80s  with  her  parents.  Her  father  is  still 
living.  The  children  of  this  family  are:  Mary  Ellen,  a  teacher  at  Eastlake;  Margaret, 
the  wife  of  J.  L.  Hunt,  by  whom  she  has  two  daughters,  Alice  and  Grace;  Michael; 
William;  Catherine;  and  John.  The  sons  are  also  engaged  in  farming,  leasing  land 
and  raising  cattle  in  connection  with  their  father.  They  lease  grazing  land  and  the 
business  interests  of  the  family  are  being  capably  and  wisely  conducted,  bringing 
intial  results. 


WILLIAM  M.   POTTER. 


Law  and  order  in  Washington  county  are  in  the  hands  of  William  M.  Potter,  who 
efficiently  administers  the  office  of  sheriff,  his  headquarters  being  at  Akron,  Colorado. 
He  was  born  in  Letcher  county,  Kentucky,  in  February,  1871,  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth 
(Anderson)  Potter,  natives  of  the  Blue  Grass  state.  The  father  has  followed  agricul- 
tural pursuits  in  Kentucky  throughout  his  life  and  is  still  successfully  operating  the 
old  home  place  on  which  he  and  his  wife  now  reside. 

William  M.  Potter  was  reared  in  Kentucky  and  in  that  state  he  received  his  edu- 
cation. He  remained  with  his  parents  and  assisted  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of 
the  farm  until  he  reached  his  majority.  He  then  engaged  in  a  farming  enterprise 
on  his  own  account  and  was  successful  along  this  line,  in  which  he  continued  until 
his  appointment  to  the  office  of  deputy  sheriff  of  Letcher  county,  Kentucky,  in  which 
he  served  for  four  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period  he  resumed  farming,  continuing 
for  one  year  in  that  pursuit  in  Tennessee.  In  1910  he  came  to  Washington  county, 
Colorado,  filing  on  a  homestead,  and  upon  this  property  he  has  made  many  valuable 
improvements,  instituting  modern  facilities,  erecting  up-to-date  buildings  and  bringing 
his  land  under  cultivation.  As  he  prospered  financially  he  acquired  more  land  and  at 
this  writing  owns  an  entire  section,  located  thirty  miles  south  of  Akron.  The  post- 
office  at  the  farm  is  called  Anton  and  Mrs.  Potter  is  postmistress  there.  Mr.  Potter 
also  operates  a  general  store  at  that  place.  In  1915  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Wash- 
ington county  and  has  served  ever  since.  He  has  discharged  his  duties  faithfully  and 
efficiently  and  ever  upholds  the  law  with  strong  hands.  Criminals  stand  justly  in 
awe  of  him  and  he  has  succeeded  in  ridding  the  county  of  many  undesirable  char- 
acters. On  the  other  hand  lesser  offenders  who  come  under  his  jurisdiction  find  in 
him  a  friend  who  is  ever  ready  to  assist  them  to  return  to  the  path  of  righteousness. 
The  public  greatly  appreciates  his  services  and  it  is  generally  conceded  that  he  has 
discharged  his  duties  in  such  a  way  as  to  earn  the  full  measure  of  appreciation  from 
every  lawabiding  citizen.  At  the  election,  held  in  November.  1918,  Mr.  Potter  was  re- 
elected as  sheriff  of  Washington  county,  a  strong  and  well  deserved  endorsement  of 
his  past  service.  While  Mr.  Potter  still  supervises  the  management  of  his  farm  and 
store,  he  is  also  to  some  extent  engaged  in  the  live  stock  business,  dealing  in  cattle 
and  horses.  His  various  business  ventures  have  proven  valuable  sources  of  income  to 
him  and  in  their  conduct  he  has  shown  more  than  ordinary  business  ability. 

Mr.  Potter  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  E.  Sturdivant  and  to  them  were 
born  eight  children,  two  of  whom  passed  away,  their  deaths  occurriitg  in  Kentucky 
while  they  were  still  in  their  infancy.  Those  living  are:  William  0.,  now  in  France, 
in  the  railway  service  of  the  United  States  government;  and  Edgar.  Grenade,  Lacey, 
Elizabeth  and  Virginia. 

Politically  Mr.  Potter  is  an  ardent  republican  and  always  stands  for  the  princi- 
ples of  his  party.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and 
he  is  interested  in  church  and  charitable  work.  His  fraternal  connections  are  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  order  he  belongs  to  the  lodge  and 
encampment,  and  with  the  Farmers  Union.  As  agriculturist,  as  merchant  and  as 
stock  dealer  Mr.  Potter  has  gained  well  earned  success  by  his  ability  and  in  his  official 
position  as  sheriff  he  has  won  the  plaudits  of  the  public.  He  has  many  friends  in  Akron 
and  Washington  county  and  all  who  know  him  speak  enthusiastically  of  him  in  regard 


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to  his  ability  and  faithfulness  as  a  public  official  who  has  ever  at  heart  the  general 
welfare. 

Before  everything  else  however,  he  is  a  true  and  loyal  American  and  this  loyalty 
was  justly  recognized  when,  under  the  act  of  congress,  dated  May  18,  1917,  he  was 
appointed  by  the  president  of  the  United  States  as  chairman  of  the  local  selective 
service  board  for  Washington  county.  As  chairman  of  the  local  board  he  has  shown 
himself  to  be  capable,  as  well  as  fearless, — considerate,  as  well  as  exacting.  In  this 
capacity  his  services  to  the  government  were  manifold  and  throughout  the  war  great 
trust  was  reposed  in  his  executive  ability  by  the  mothers  and  fathers  of  the  boys  whom 
it  was  his  duty  to  call  into  the  military  service,  to  protect,  and  fight  for  this,  our  own 
United  States. 

As  indicative  of  the  justice  with  which  he  performed  the  duties  of  this  office,  may 
be  taken  the  incident  of  his  oldest  son  being  among  the  first  of  the  valiant  to  leave 
Washington  county  for  the  gruelling  struggle  overseas.  His  friendly  council,  his 
fatherly  help  were  of  inestimable  benefit  to  the  embryo  soldiers  who  were  thereby 
instilled  with  that  moral  enthusiasm  so  apparent  in  the  stanch  lads  who  left  their  coun- 
try homes  to  quell  the  Hun.  His  unstinted  energies  have  shown  to  all  his  patriotism 
and  loyalty  to  country  in  this  giant  struggle.  So  marked  were  his  efforts, — so  stanch 
his  loyalty, — that  we  can  say  that  he  belongs  among  the  leaders  of  that  great  army 
who  also  served, — that  great  army  who  gave  their  sons,  their  energy,  their  achieve- 
ments,— yes,  and  their  very  subsistence  that  the  boys  over  there  could  continue  until 
the  welkin  of  victory  should  sound  over  the  civilized  world. 


LESTER   BANCROFT   WELCH. 

Lester  Bancroft  Welch,  who  for  many  years  has  been  identified  with  farming 
interests  near  Brighton,  where  he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
at  an  early  day,  was  born  in  Tioga  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  3d  of  October,  1833, 
a  son  of  Josiah  and  Julia  N.  (Bancroft)  Welch.  He  pursued  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  county  and  afterward  worked  with  his  father  in  the  blacksmith 
shop  until  twenty-three  years  of  age,  during  which  time  he  developed  mechanical  skill 
and  ingenuity  which  have  been  of  much  worth  to  him  in  later  years.  He  then  left  home 
and  removed  to  a  settlement  about  four  miles  in  the  country,  there  establishing  a 
blacksmith  shop  and  engaging  in  business  on  his  own  account.  Not  long  afterward, 
however,  he  removed  to  Iowa  and  from  that  state  crossed  the  plains  to  Colorado.  For 
a  brief  period  he  worked  in  Denver  and  then  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land  in  Adams  county,  Colorado,  which  he  has  farmed  until  recently.  He  still  has 
one  hundred  and  five  acres  of  land  which  returns  to  him  a  gratifying  annual  income 
by  reason  of  the  care  and  labor  which  is  bestowed  upon  it.  As  the  years  passed  he 
carefully,  systematically  and  persistently  cultivated  his  fields  and  as  the  result  of  his 
unfaltering  industry  won  a  substantial  measure  of  success  in  his  farming  operations. 
He  added  many  modern  improvements  to  his  land  and  converted  his  place  into  one  of 
the  excellent  ranch  properties  of  Adams  county.  In  addition  to  his  homestead  he  has 
a  beautiful  city  residence  in  Denver  at  No.  579  Elati  street. 

Mr.  Welch  was  married  in  Tioga  county,  Pennsylvania,  to  Miss  L.  A.  Hammond 
and  they  have  two  children,  Minnie  and  Robert.  Mr.  Welch  is  a  republican  in  his 
political  views,  having  ever  given  stalwart  support  to  the  party  since  reaching  adult 
age.  He  has  never  sought  nor  desired  office,  preferring  to  concentrate  his  energies 
upon  his  business  affairs.  He  has  now  passed  the  eighty-fifth  milestone  on  life's  jour- 
ney and  is  one  of  the  venerable  and  respected  citizens  of  his  section  of  the  state,  with 
which  he  has  been  closely,  prominently  and  honorably  connected  from  pioneer  times 
to  the  present.  His  worth  as  a  man  is  attested  by  all  who  know  him  and  as  a  ranch- 
man he  has  contributed  in  marked  measure  to  the  development  of  the  section  in  which 


JOHN  WALLACE  SPRINGER. 

John  Wallace  Springer,  agriculturist  and  banker,  is  preeminently  a  successful 
and  resourceful  business  man  and  yet  that  presents  but  one  side  of  his  character,  for 
he  is  affable,  genial,  public-spirited,  patriotic,  a  political  leader  in  his  influence  over 
public  thought   and   a   man  whose   interests   compass   the   universe   in  all   that   has   to 


770  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

do  with  the  upbuilding  of  national  life.  It  has  been  said  that  the  history  of  a  man 
man  be  read  in  the  story  of  his  ancestors.  This  story  has  been  told  by  a  contemporary 
biographer  as  follows: 

"The  Springer  family  was  prominent  in  the  colonial  history  of  this  country  and 
the  line  of  descent  extends  back  to  Alfred  the  Great,  Henry  the  Fowler,  Otho  the  Illus- 
trious, the  czar  and  grand  duke  of  Russia.  The  family  tree  also  extends  back  to 
Charlemagne  in  742  and  to  old  Pharamond  in  the  year  420  A.  D.  The  origin  of  the 
name  Springer  dates  from  Landgraf  Louis  II,  Germany,  A.  D.  1089,  who  was  military 
officer  under  the  emperor,  Henry  IV.  Having  caused  some  slight  offense  to  his  superior 
officer,  Louis  was  imprisoned  in  the  battlements  of  the  old  castle  of  Giebichenstein, 
near  Halle,  one  hundred  feet  above  the  river  Saale,  but  owing  to  his  popularity  and  the 
fact  that  he  was  innocent  of  any  serious  crime,  no  effort  was  made  to  bring  him  to 
trial.  He  made  his  escape  after  two  years  of  imprisonment,  by  a  leap  or  spring  from 
the  castle,  and  on  being  taken  before  the  emperor,  was  pardoned  by  the  latter  for  his 
courage  and  given  by  him  the  name  of  Springer,  which  he  retained.  He  was  born 
in  1042,  built  Wartburg  castle,  and  died  in  1128.  Further  down  in  the  ancestral  line 
are  reached  Charles  Christopher  Springer  (1658-1738)  and  his  half-brother,  Lorentz 
(Lawrence)  (1646-1741).  The  old  Swedes  church,  Wilmington,  Delaware,  erected  by 
Charles  Christopher   Springer  in   1698,   is   still  standing." 

The  less  remote  ancestry  of  John  Wallace  Springer  is  equally  interesting.  He  is 
a  son  of  John  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Henderson)  Springer.  The  mother  was  a  lady  of 
innate  culture,  of  rare  charm  and  graciousness  and  was  a  descendant  of  one  of  the 
distinguished  families  of  Kentucky.  An  uncle  was  William  Springer  of  Illinois,  who 
for  twenty  years  represented  his  district  in  the  national  halls  of  legislation  and  after- 
ward sat  upon  the  United  States  court  of  appeals  bench  in  Washington,  D.  C.  The 
father  was  a  prominent  attorney  and  banker  of  Illinois  who  did  not  seek  to  figure  in 
public  life  but  made  his  influence  strongly   felt   in   professional   and   financial  circles. 

John  Wallace  Springer  is  a  native  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois.  He  was  born  July 
16,  1859,  and  after  mastering  the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city  became  a  student  in  Asbury  College,  now  De  Pauw  University,  of  Indiana, 
which  conferred  upon  him  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree  at  his  graduation  with  the  class 
of  1878.  His  college  work  served  also  to  develop  his  oratorical  powers  and  give  him 
his  initial  training  in  public  speaking.  He  proved  resourceful  in  debate  and  to  him 
was  accorded  the  honor  of  delivering  the  graduating  address  of  his  class,  for  which 
he  chose  the  subject  of  "Statesmanship,"  a  subject  which  he  ably  handled.  Since 
then  he  has  been  heard  on  many  public  occasions  and  on  various  subjects  and  his  elo- 
quence has  been  a  potent  factor  in  winning  for  him  prominence  in  the  west.  When 
his  college  course  was  completed  he  traveled  abroad  and  upon  his  return  to  his  native 
land  took  up  the  study  of  law,  in  which  his  father  had  become  prominent.  Passing 
the  examination  before  the  supreme  court  of  Illinois  in  1880,  he  located  tor  practice 
in  his  native  city,  where  he  remained  for  about  a  decade.  He  was  made  clerk  of  the 
committee  on  territories  in  the  house  of  the  fiftieth  congress  and  in  1891  he  became 
a  representative  of  his  district  in  the  Illinois  state  legislature.  All  these  years  he 
was  studying  not  only  his  individual  business  interests  and  questions  relative  thereto 
but  was  also  studying  the  questions  and  issues  affecting  his  commonwealth  and  the 
nation  at  large.  He  has  ever  been  a  man  of  discriminating  judgment  and  of  careful 
analysis.  Banking  interests  and  law  practice  occupied  his  attention  during  five  years' 
residence,  from  1891  until  1896.  in  Dallas,  Texas,  and  in  the  latter  year  he  came  to 
Denver  to  take  a  prominent  part  in  support  of  McKinley  during  the  presidential  cam- 
paign of  that  year. 

As  Mr.  Springer  traveled  over  the  state  he  became  impressed  with  its  opportuni- 
ties and  its  resources  and  determined  to  remain  a  resident  of  Colorado.  It  was  not 
long  before  his  influence  was  strongly  felt  in  the  business,  political  and  social  circles 
of  Denver  and  the  state.  Possessed  of  a  good  income,  he  carefully  looked  about  him 
before  he  entered  business  circles.  He  purchased  a  splendid  ranch  of  ten  thousand 
acres  overlooking  Denver  and  took  up  the  work  of  raising  fine  stock.  Today  he  cul- 
tivates one  thousand  acres  of  this  land  and  his  farm  is  equipped  with  steam  plows  and 
all  of  the  most  improved  implements  that  modern  science  has  brought  to  the  aid  of 
the  farmer.  Ditches  and  reservoirs  furnish  him  with  a  practically  inexhaustible  supply 
of  water  and  his  place  is  one  of  the  model  ranch  properties  of  the  state.  In  1902  he 
aided  in  organizing  the  Continental  Trust  Company,  purchased  the  Continental  build- 
ing at  the  corner  of  Sixteenth  and  Lawrence  streets  and  assumed  the  vice  presidency 
of  the  company,  in  which  capacity  he  continued  to  serve  until  the  19th  of  April,  1909, 
when  the  business  was  reorganized  and  Mr.  Springer  was  elected  to  the  presidency. 
He   is  also  the   president  of  the  Continental   Building   Company  and   he   recently  pur- 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  771 

chased  outright  the  building  on  the  corner  of  Seventeenth  and  Larimer  streets,  which 
is  now  being  thoroughly  overhauled  and  remodeled,  the  upper  floors  being  used  for 
offices,  while  the  first  floor  will  be  occupied  by  the  Continental  Trust  Company  in  the 
continuance  of  the  banking  business,  which  under  Mr.  Springer's  guidance  has  been 
developed  to  such  large  proportions.  The  bank  is  now  capitalized  for  two  million 
dollars  and  has  become  one  of  the  strongest  financial  concerns  of  the  west.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  other  interests  Mr.  Springer  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Continental 
Land  &  Cattle  Company;  was  president  of  the  National  Live  Stock  Association  from 
1898  until  1905,  and  has  been  president  of  the  Colorado  Cattle  &  Horse  Growers  Asso- 
ciation since  1907.  In  fact,  he  is  prominently  and  officially  connected  with  many  organ- 
izations which  have  to  do  with  the  development  of  live  stock  raising  and  kindred  in- 
terests in  the  west.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  National  Wool  Growers  Association 
and  of  the  Cattle  Raisers  Association  of  Texas  and  he  is  a  very  prominent  member  of 
the  Denver  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  which  he  has  served  as  vice  president. 

Mr.  Springer  married  Eliza  Clifton,  a  daughter  of  Colonel  William  E.  Hughes,  of 
Dallas,  Texas.  She  passed  away  in  1904,  leaving  a  daughter,  who  is  with  her  father 
in   Denver. 

Mr.  Springer  is  identified  with  many  of  the  organizations  which  have  to  do  with 
civic  progress  or  public  benefit  in  Denver  and  is  a  member  of  almost  all  of  the  leading 
clubs  of  the  city,  including  the  University,  Denver  Country,  Overland  Country,  Stock- 
man's, Gentlemen's  Driving  and  Riding,  Pan-Hellenic  and  Denver  Motor  Clubs.  He 
likewise  has  membership  in  the  Real  Estate  Exchange  and  the  Denver  Bar  Associa- 
tion. It  is  said  that  as  a  presiding  officer  and  public  speaker  he  has  no  superior  in 
the  state,  and  he  figures  prominently  in  all  republican  gatlierings  in  Color.ado  as  well 
as  in  many  meetings  and  conventions  of  a  nonpolitical  nature.  He  has  wielded  a 
wide  influence  over  public  thought  and  action  and  his  efforts  have  at  all  times  teen 
directed  in   the   path  of  individual,   local  and  national  progress. 


C.  E.  JOHNSON. 


C.  E.  Johnson,  attorney  at  law  of  Berthoud,  was  born  in  Loveland,  Larimer  county, 
Colorado,  August  29,  1891,  a  son  of  August  and  Tillie  (Peterson)  Johnson,  who  are 
natives  of  Sweden.  They  came  to  America  in  1886  and  settled  in  Larimer  county, 
where  the  father  rented  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Loveland,  there  residing  for  live  years. 
He  also  worked  in  a  stone  quarry  for  three  years  and  in  1890  he  rented  a  sectioni  of 
land  in  Weld  county,  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  for  thirteen  years.  On  the 
expiration  of  that  period  he  retired  from  active  business  life  and  took  up  his  abode 
in  Berthoud,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  is  still  the  owner  of  two  hundred  and 
ten  acres  of  rich  and  valuable  land  in  Weld  county  and  he  has  sixty-five  acres  whereon 
he  now  resides,  just  outside  the  corporation  limits  of  Berthoud.  His  wife  is  also 
living  and  they  are  numbered  among  the  highly  respected  residents  of  their  com- 
munity. 

C.  E.  Johnson  was  reared  In  Weld  county  and  pursued  his  education  in  its  public 
schools,  passing  through  consecutive  grades  until  he  had  completed  the  work  of  the 
eighth  grade,  after  which  he  became  a  student  in  the  high  school  at  Berthoud,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1909.  He  next  spent  a  year  upon  the  road 
as  a  traveling  salesman,  after  which  he  entered  the  University  of  Colorado,  pursuing 
a  course  in  law.  which  he  completed  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1914.  He  then  re- 
turned to  Berthoud,  where  he  opened  an  office  and  has  since  engaged  in  practice  with 
excellent  success.  He  has  a  fine  law  library,  with  the  contents  of  which  he  is  largely 
familiar,  and  the  thoroughness  with  which  he  prepares  his  cases  is  one  of  the  strong 
elements  in  his  success.  He  is  logical  in  his  reasoning,  clear  in  his  deductions  and 
he  marshals  the  evidence  in  his  case  with  the  skill  and  precision  of  a  military  com- 
mander. He  also  has  business  interests  outside  the  strict  path  of  his  profession.  He 
is  the  treasurer  and  counsel  for  the  Boulderado  Mining  &  Milling  Company  of  Denver, 
a  tungsten  concern,  is  the  counsel  for  the  Berthoud  Lake  and  Ditch  Company  and 
practically  put  the  company  upon  its  feet,  and  he  is  also  the  owner  of  eighty  acres 
of  improved   farm  land   in   Weld   county. 

On  the  24th  of  March,  1915,  Mr.  Johnson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Marg- 
aret Young  and  to  them  has  been  born  one  child,  Jean,  whose  birth  occurred  June  23 
1917. 

In  politics  Mr.  Johnson  maintains  an  independent  course  nor  has  he  ever  sought 
office  outside  the  strict  path  of  his  profession,  although  at  the  present  time  he  is  city 


772  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

attorney  of  Mead,  Colorado.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason  and  is  the  present  master  of 
his  lodge.  He  likewise  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  to  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  his 
life  is  guided  at  all  times  by  high  and  manly  principles,  and  the  salient  traits  of  his 
character  are  such  as  command   respect  and  confidence  wherever  he  is  known. 


M.  L.  COZAD. 


M.  L.  Cozad  is  the  owner  of  a  productive  ranch  situated  on  West  Plumb  creek,  ten 
miles  south  of  Sedalla.  He  has  been  the  owner  of  this  property  for  only  a  brief  period 
but  already  his  efforts  have  done  much  for  its  further  development  and  improvement. 
He  dates  his  residence  in  Colorado  from  1913  and  previous  to  that  time  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Iowa.  His  birth  occurred  at  Leon,  in  Decatur  county  of  the  latter  state.  Jan- 
uary 9,  1880,  his  parents  being  Jacob  and  Jane  (Hubbard)  Cozad,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Indiana. 

M.  L.  Cozad  of  this  review  acquired  a  common  school  education  while  spending 
his  youthful  days  upon  his  father's  farm  in  Iowa  and  after  putting  aside  his  text- 
books he  continued  to  devote  his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits  there  until  1913, 
when  he  removed  to  Colorado,  settling  first  at  Strasburg.  Arapahoe  county.  There  he 
conducted  a  ranch  and  was  also  manager  of  the  Farmers  Elevator  Company  for  a 
period  of  three  years.  In  1917  he  removed  to  Douglas  county  and  purchased  eleven 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  on  West  Plumb  creek.  This  ranch  is  largely  devoted  to 
stock  raising  but  he  also  has  two  hundred  acres  planted  to  timothy  and  seventy-five 
acres  to  alfalfa.  He  irrigates  for  these  crops  and  the  soil,  naturally  rich  and  pro- 
ductive when  water  is  added  thereto,  brings  forth  splendid  harvests.  He  has  good 
buildings  upon  his  ranch  and  everything  about  the  place  indicates  his  careful  super- 
vision and  progressive  methods.  He  uses  the  latest  improved  machinery  to  facili- 
tate the  work  of  the  fields  and  everything  about  the  ranch  bespeaks  system  and  order. 

In  1902  Mr.  Cozad  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Birdie  Gore,  a  daughter  of  Zed 
and  Paulina  Gore,  of  Decatur  county,  Iowa.  They  have  three  children:  Audrey, 
fourteen  years  of  age;  Roscoe,  aged  eleven;  and  Ivan,  a  lad  of  nine.  Mr.  Cozad  is 
a  member  of  the  Grange  at  Strasburg,  Arapahoe  county.  His  political  endorsement 
is  given  to  the  democratic  party  and  he  keeps  well  informed  on  the  questions  and 
issues  of  the  day  but  is  not  an  office  seeker.  He  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret 
his  removal  to  the  west,  for  he  has  found  the  business  opportunities  which  he  sought 
and  in  their  utilization  has  made  for  himself  a  creditable  place  as  a  representative 
of   the  ranching   interests  of   Douglas   county. 


FRANK  W.  VANDERHOOF. 

It  is  a  well  recognized  fact  that  real  estate  transactions  immeasurably  contribute 
toward  and  stimulate  the  growth  of  a  community  and  Frank  W.  Vanderhoof.  presi- 
dent of  the  Mid-West  Land  &  Leasing  Company  of  Otis,  Colorado,  has  in  that  way 
wrought  great  good  in  regard  to  the  development  of  his  city.  He  is  a  shrewd  business 
man,  well  informed,  who  makes  wise  use  of  his  knowledge  but  who  has  never  been 
known  to  take  advantage  of  any  of  his  customers.  On  the  contrary,  all  who  have 
had  dealings  with  him  have  complete  confidence  and  trust  in  him  and  he  therefore 
enjoys  a  large  and  growing  business,  which  brings  to  him  a  gratifying  financial 
return.  Moreover,  Mr.  Vanderhoof  is  now  serving  as  mayor  of  Otis  and  exerts  his 
powers  in  order  to  give  the  city  a  businesslike  administration.  He  was  born  in 
Michigan  in  September,  1881,  his  parents  being  L.  D.  and  Susie  (Schultz)  Vander- 
hoof, the  former  a  native  of  Michigan  and  the  latter  of  Iowa.  The  father  was  en- 
gaged in  general  merchandising  in  Michigan  but  on  his  removal  to  Nebraska  entered 
the  drug  business  and  later  was  connected  with  real  estate  deals  and  the  meat  business 
at  Holdrege.  Nebraska.  This  was  prior  to  his  coming  to  Colorado  in  1905.  He  now 
has  a  real  estate  office  in  Fort  Morgan,  his  yearly  transactions  netting  him  a  gratify- 
ing income.     His  wife  is  also  living. 

Frank  W.  Vanderhoof  was  reared  and  educated  in  Holdrege,  Nebraska,  and  upon 
completing  his  education  he  laid  aside  his  textbooks  and  took  up  his  first  practical 
duties  in  life.  For  ten  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  meat  business  in  Nebraska  and 
Idaho  on   his   own  account  and  at   the  end   of  that  period   came  to  Otis   and  declderi 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  773 

upon  the  real  estate  field  as  a  more  profitable  source  of  income.  This  was  in  1909. 
He  has  since  operated  in  real  estate  and  his  firm  is  known  as  the  Mid-West  Land  & 
Leasing  Company,  of  which  he  is  the  president.  Mr.  Vanderhoof  has  not  only  execu- 
tive ability  and  a  convincing  personality  to  aid  in  his  business  but  he  has  studied 
the  real  estate  field  thoroughly,  is  conversant  with  local  real  estate  values  and  is  ever 
ready  to  give  valuable  information  in  regard  to  local  properties.  He  follows  the 
highest  business  standards  and  it  is  therefore  but  natural  that  he  has  pleased  many 
of  his  clients,  who  have  spread  the  word,  so  that  his  patronage  has  increased  until 
today  his  business  connections  are  representative  and  important.  Outside  of  con- 
ducting his  large  business  in  Otis,  he  now  also  maintains  a  real  estate  oflace  in  Arriba, 
the  business   there   increasing  by  leaps   and  bounds. 

In  March,  1910,  Mr.  Vanderhoof  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Myrtle  Mercure 
and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children,  Dorothy  and  Frances.  The  family  stand 
high  in  the  social  circles  of  their  community  and  enjoy  the  hospitality  of  the  best 
homes  in  Otis,  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vanderhoof  being  very  popular  among  the  younger 
set  of  the  town. 

Politically  Mr.  Vanderhoof  is  a  republican  and  since  attaining  the  right  of  fran- 
chise has  supported  the  measures  and  candidates  of  his  party,  although  he  has  never 
demanded  public  office  in  return  for  his  party  fealty.  Public  honor,  nevertheless,  was 
bestowed  upon  him  in  his  election  to  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace,  which  he  filled  for 
eight  years,  and  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  he  was  always  fair  and  impartial, 
administering  the  law  according  to  his  conscience.  He  is  a  progressive  and  aggressive 
business  man,  thoroughly  patriotic  as  a  citizen,  and  ever  ready  to  support  measures 
of  public  value  undertaken  in  behalf  of  the  state  and  nation.  Moreover,  he  takes  a 
practical  and  helpful  pride  in  his  closer  home  locality  and  particularly  the  community 
in  which  he  resides  and  of  which  he  is  now  mayor,  and  is  ever  ready  to  cooperate  in 
or  inaugurate  measures  which  he  considers  of  value  to  the  growth  of  Otis.  How- 
ever, he  is  not  only  interested  in  material  development  but  is  equally  concerned  in  the 
higher  things  of  life  and  does  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  the  mental,  moral 
and  intellectual  uplift  of  the  people.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  in  the  work  of  which  he  is  helpfully  active  and  his  fraternal  relations  are  with 
the  Masonic  order,  the  beneficent  principles  underlying  that  organization  ever  guiding 
him  in  his  relations  with  his  fellowmen. 


JOHN  PURSE.  Jr. 


John  Purse,  Jr..  is  known  as  one  of  the  enterprising  farmers  of  Adams  county 
and,  moreover,  is  widely  known  as  one  of  the  most  stalwart  champions  of  the  public 
school  system,  having  for  twenty  seven  years  served  as  a  director  in  his  home  district. 
Ireland  claims  him  as  a  native  son,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Gray  Abbey,  near 
Belfast,  on  the  17th  of  April,  186.3.  His  father,  John  Purse,  was  also  a  native  of  that 
locality  and  remained  a  resident  of  the  Emerald  isle  until  he  reached  an  advanced 
age,  when  he  came  to  the  new  world  and  identified  himself  with  the  farming  interests 
of  Colorado.  His  death  occurred  while  he  was  on  a  visit  in  Ireland  in  1904.  His 
widow  reached  the  age  of  eighty-six  years  and  passed  away  in  Denver  in  January, 
1917.  The  latter,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Jane  Lemon,  was  likewise  a  native 
of  Ireland.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Purse,  Sr.,  became  the  parents  of  seven  children,  as 
follows:  James,  an  agriculturist  by  occupation;  William,  a  farmer  and  dairyman; 
John,  Jr.,  of  this  review;  Frank,  who  also  follows  farming;  Hugh,  who  is  employed 
in  railroad  shops;  Annie,  the  wife  of  James  McFerran;  and  Jennie,  now  Mrs.  Willis 
Colby. 

John  Purse  of  this  review  was  but  a  young  lad  when  brought  to  America  by  his 
parents.  He  began  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Ireland  but  completed  his  studies 
on  this  side  of  the  water,  and  during  the  periods  of  vacation  he  assisted  his  father, 
thus  being  early  trained  to  the  work  of  the  farm.  He  was  a  youth  of  seventeen  years 
when  he  secured  a  position  in  a  brickyard  in  Denver  and  later  he  engaged  in  teaming 
for  some  time  in  that  city.  He  was  anxious,  however,  to  engage  in  other  lines  of 
business,  so  that  when  his  economy  and  industry  had  brought  him  sufficient  capital 
he  established  a  dairy  business  in  connection  with  Mr.  Epler,  with  whom  he  formed 
a  partnership  in  1S85.  Later,  however,  he  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  Epler,  becoming 
sole  proprietor  of  the  business.  He  has  ever  worked  earnestly  to  provide  a  good  home 
and  comfortable  living  for  his  family  and  a  number  of  years  ago  purchased  his  present 
home   property,   on   which   he   has  since   placed   modern   improvements   that    include   a 


774  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

good  brick  residence,  substantial  barns  and  a  large  dairy.  He  is  one  of  the  prom- 
inent and  successful  dairymen  of  his  section  of  the  state  and  in  addition  to  carrying 
on  that  business  he  raises  large  crops  of  corn,  wheat,  potatoes  and  alfalfa.  He  has 
for  several  years  given  close  attention  to  his  potato  crop  with  the  result  that  he  has 
not  only  secured  fine  yields  but  a  superior  quality  for  which  he  finds  a  ready  market. 
His  farm  work  is  conducted  along  the  most  progressive  lines  and  his  labors  are 
bringing    gratifying   results. 

In  Denver,  on  the  10th  of  June,  1886,  Mr.  Purse  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  R 
McFerran,  a  daughter  of  John  McFerran,  a  farmer  of  Ireland.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Purse 
were  born  seven  children;  Adalaide,  the  wife  of  Emery  M.  Towle,  by  whom  she  has 
a  son,  John  Emery:  Ruth,  a  teacher  in  the  Denver  schools;  Lillian,  Marie  and  Emily, 
all  deceased;   John  Russell  and  William  Joseph,  at  home. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  indicated  in  their  membership  in  the  Presby- 
terian church  of  Denver  and  Mr.  Purse  was  a  liberal  contributor  to  the  building  of 
the  house  of  worship  on  Twenty-third  avenue.  He  has  served  as  one  of  the  officers 
of  the  church  and  is  much  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  its  growth  and  the  exten- 
sion of  its  influence.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  republican  party  where 
national  issues  are  involved  but  at  local  elections  he  casts  an  independent  ballot.  He 
is  perhaps  more  directly  interested  in  the  cause  of  education  than  any  other  thing 
outside  of  his  business  and  he  has  for  twenty-seven  years  served  as  a  director  of  the 
school  board  and  for  a  long  period  as  its  secretary.  From  early  boyhood  he  has  lived 
in  Colorado  and  has  therefore  for  many  years  been  an  interested  witness  of  its  growth 
and  development,  while  his  memory  forms  a  connecting  link  between  the  primitive 
past   and   the   progressive   present. 


THOMAS  J.  DANAHEY.  M.  D. 

Dr.  Thomas  J.  Danahey,  physician  and  surgeon,  is  one  of  those  whole-hearted, 
sympathetic  practitioners  who  are  every  ready  to  give  their  services  and  expert  medi- 
cal knowledge  and  assistance  wherever  needed.  While  undoubtedly  not  without  that 
laudable  ambition  to  attain  success  which  is  the  stimulus  of  all  earnest  endeavor,  he 
is  nevertheless  constantly  reaching  out  a  helping  hand  and  therefore  should  not  only 
be  characterized  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  but  also  as  a  philanthropist. 

He  was  born  in  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  August  27,  1878,  a  son  of  Patrick  and  Lizzie 
(Lacey)  Danahey,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Nashville,  Tennessee.  They  removed 
to  Iowa  at  a  very  early  day,  becoming  pioneer  residents  of  that  part  of  the  country, 
and  in  the  early  '50s  the  father  began  freighting,  making  trips  with  wagon  trains 
across  the  .plains  from  Council  Bluffs  to  points  in  Colorado,  the  principal  termini  of 
these  trips  being  Golden  and  Central  City,  then  in  the  throes  of  the  early  mining 
excitement.  He  had  many  interesting  experiences  while  on  these  trips.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  freighters  to  engage  in  carrying  supplies  across  the  plains  and  fought  In- 
dians, assisted  in  capturing  road  agents  and  was  a  close  friend  of  all  the  early  path- 
finders, scouts,  hunters  and  frontiersmen,  having  personal  acquaintance  with  Buffalo 
Bill,  Wild  Bill,  Texas  Jack  and  many  other  frontiersmen  and  noted  men  of  the  west. 
At  times  his  wagon  train  was  ambushed  and  there  occurred  fights  with  the  road  agents. 
On  retiring  from  the  business  of  freighting  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Council  Bluffs, 
wiiere  he  still  resides,  but  his  wife  passed  away  there. 

Dr.  Danahey  is  the  eighth  in  order  of  birth  in  a  family  of  nine  children.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Council  Bluffs  and  afterward  pursued  his  literary  course 
in  the  University  of  Nebraska,  which  he  attended  for  two  years.  He  then  came  to 
Denver  and  entered  the  Gross  Medical  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1909 
with  the  M.  D.  degree.  He  has  since  engaged  in  the  private  practice  of  medicine  and 
his  ability  is  widely  recognized  by  many  patrons.  Reading,  study  and  investigation 
keep  him  in  touch  with  the  latest  discoveries  of  medical  science  and  he  employs  his 
knowledge  in  a  most  effective  way  in  alleviating  pain  and  checking  the  ravages  of 
disease.  He  never  refuses  to  respond  to  any  call  of  the  sick  even  when  he  knows 
that  no  financial  remuneration  will  be  received.  He  is  of  kindly  nature  and  his  intense 
sympathy  prompts  him  to  continually  extend  a  helping  hand  to  those  requiring  assist- 
ance. He  is  a  member  of  the  City  &  County  Medical  Society,  the  Colorado  State  Med- 
ical Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association  and  thus  he  keeps  in  touch  with 
the  onward  trend  of  the  profession. 

Dr.    Danahey   was    married    in    Denver   in   August,    1911,    to    Miss    Kalten    Klaren, 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  775 

whose   parents  were   from  St.   Louis.     Tliey  now  have  three   children:      Thomas,   born 
in  Denver  in  1912;   Evelyn,  in  1916;   and  Lawrence,  in  August,  1918. 

Dr.  Danahey  is  a  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  and  belongs  also 
to  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  is  not  identified  with  lodges  or  clubs,  however,  to 
any  extent  but  concentrates  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  professional  duties, 
which  have  grown  in  volume  and  importance  as  the  years  have  passed  by. 


JOHN  ELSNER,   M.   D. 


Dr  John  Eisner  comes  of  one  of  those  distinguished  families,  members  of  which 
in  1S48  lett  the  revolution  in  the  central  empires  which  unfortunately  did  not  accom- 
plish the  desired  results.  His  father  was  numbered  among  the  famous  '48ers  who 
had  to  fiep  their  native  country  in  order  to  escape  the  vengeance  of  those  who  suc- 
ceeded in  suppressing  the  cause  of  liberty  in  Hungary.  Long  has  the  name  of  Eisner 
been  famous  in  the  former  empire  of  Austria-Hungary  and  Dr.  John  Eisner  of  this 
review  was  born  May  8,  1844,  in  Vienna.  Only  four  years  later.  In  1848,  his  father 
became  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  revolution  with  Louis  Kossuth  at  the  head  of  two 
thousand  liberty-thirsting  students  in  that  civil  war.  Misfortune,  however,  overtook 
the  movement  and  under  dangers  and  great  difficulties  he  and  his  family  fled  to  Italy 
and  from  there  later  removed  to  London.  They  then  came  to  America,  still  in  the 
same  year,  and  first  located  in  New  York  city  and  later  in  Syracuse.  There  the  father 
continued  to  live  until  his  demise.  In  the  family  were  three  sons.  Dr.  John  Eisner 
of  this  review.  Dr.  Henry  L.  Eisner  and  Dr.  Simon  L.  Eisner,  and  it  is  of  interest  to 
mention  in  this  connection  that  members  of  the  family  have  been  physicians  for 
the  past  four  hundred  years. 

Dr.  Henry  L.  Eisner  became  renowned  as  one  of  America's  greatest  diagnosticians, 
specializing  in  diseases  of  the  heart,  and,  peculiarly,  he  himself  died  of  a  heart  mal- 
ady while  engaged  in  a  consultation.  He  wrote  a  noted  work  on  Prognosis,  which 
was  published  by  Appleton  &  Company  and  is  still  an  authority  on  this  subject.  Dr. 
Simon  L.  Eisner,  whose  fame  as  a  great  surgeon  was  much  more  than  local,  died 
at  the  comparatively  early  age  of  forty-four  years,  and  thus  two  members  of  this 
family  passed  away  in  a  devotion   to  medical  science. 

The  other  brother.  Dr.  John  Eisner,  took  up  his  professional  studies  at  Bellevue 
Hospital  Medical  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1866,  subsequently  taking 
a  post  graduate  course  in  Vienna.  As  early  as  1865  he  was  a  member  of  the  United 
States  Sanitary  Commission,  doing  scientific  work  in  this  connection,  and  was  sta- 
tioned on  the  receiving  ship  Ohio.  He  examined  for  physical  fitness  all  men  on  the 
Kearsarge,  Wabash,  Minnesota  and  other  warships.  Later  on  he  took  a  special  course, 
graduating  from  the  New  York  Ophthalmic  Hospital,  and  also  took  special  courses 
in  auscultation  and  percussion  under  the  famous  Dr.  Austin  Flint.  Having  also 
delved  into  other  scientific  lines,  Dr.  Eisner  had  acquired  an  intimate  knowledge  of 
mineralogy  and  friends  interested  in  what  was  known  as  the  Onondago  lode  at  Black- 
hawk,  Colorado,  sent  him  with  a  complete  outfit  to  work  that  property  and  act  as 
superintendent.  Being  thoroughly  impressed  with  the  future  greatness  of  the  west. 
Dr.  Eisner  accepted  the  proposition  and  with  thirty  wagons  in  his  train  crossed  the 
prairies,  encountering  many  dangerous  situations  and  hardships  on  the  trip.  For 
eight  days  his  party  had  to  fight  the  Indians  but  at  last  he  reached  Blackhawk  and, 
to  use  a  colloquial  phrase,  found  that  the  rich  mine  simply  consisted  of  a  hole  in  the 
ground.  Having  taken  the  route  by  way  of  Denver,  he  on  June  6,  1866,  returned  to 
this  city  and,  considering  it  a  good  point  of  vantage  and  a  possibly  favorable  field 
for  the  future,  decided  to  establish  himself  here  in  his  profession.  Today  Dr.  Eisner 
is  the  dean  of  the  medical  profession  in  Colorado  and  perhaps  the  most  famous  gen- 
eral practitioner  in  the  vast  region  of  the  west.  Much  that  had  to  do  with  implant- 
ing medical  science  in  Colorado  is  found  in  the  beginning  of  his  professional  career 
here.  He  was  the  founder  of  the  first  county  hospital,  no  similar  institution  exist- 
ing before  this  time,  and  it  was  he  who  took  patients  out  of  hen  coops  and  barns  and 
placed  them  in  a  sanitary  structure  which  was  located  on  Ninth  street.  Soon  his 
reputation  spread,  as  he  succeeded  in  handling  numerous  cases  successfully,  and 
much  practice  devolved  upon  him.  Subsequently  he  was  appointed  county  physician 
by  the  county  commissioners.  Today  Dr.  Eisner  stands  as  one  of  the  most  honored 
representatives  of  his  profession  in  Colorado,  his  large  experience  and  his  spirit  of 
progressiveness,  which  keeps  him  in  contact  with  the  latest  discoveries,  placing  him 
at  the  head  of  medical   men   within  the  state.     Upon  many  subjects  he  is   considered 


776  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

an  authority  and  his  opinions  and  services  are  frequently  asked  in  consultation  by 
other  physicians  and  surgeons.  He  is  very  proud  of  a  most  valuable  medical  library, 
which  is  considered  one  of  the  finest  in  America  and  which  he  has  personally  col- 
lected, which  includes  book  treasures,  many  of  which  antedate  those  to  be  found  in 
the  greatest  medical  libraries  of  the  country.  His  mineralogical  collection  is  also 
considered  one  of  the  finest  in  America  and  this  he  has  turned  over  to  the  state  and 
it  is  now  on  exhibition  in  the  Historical  Museum.  It  is  not,  however,  along  these 
lines  alone  that  Dr.  Eisner  has  proven  himself  a  discriminating  collector,  for  he  has 
at  his  home  valuable  objects  of  art,  many  of  which  could  not  be  duplicated  in  this 
country,  the  collection  being  worth   many  thousands  of  dollars. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Eisner  are  both  prominent  in  social  circles  and  take  an  active  interest 
in  all  those  things  which  make  for  a  greater  and  better  city.  Mrs.  Eisner  has  de- 
voted much  of  her  time  to  philanthropy  and  generously  supports  many  movements 
which  are  undertaken  to  alleviate  human  ills  and  distress.  She  is  the  mother  of  a 
daughter,  Rosalind,  who  is  a  brilliant  and  talented  young  woman,  very  popular  among 
the  younger  people  of  the  city. 

Dr.  Eisner  has  for  years  served  on  the  staffs  of  the  large  hospitals  of  Denver 
and  in  this  connection  it  may  be  mentioned  that  it  was  he,  Bishop  Machebeauf.  Father 
Bender  and  Sister  Superior  who  founded  St.  Joseph's  Hospital.  He  not  only  gives 
his  time  to  his  profession  but  also  was  for  years  a  professor  and  lecturer  at  Gross 
Medical  College,  readily  instilling  into  the  students  that  great  knowledge  which  he 
himself  had  acquired  in  American  and  European  institutions  and  which  he  had  care- 
fully fostered  and  augmented  by  many  cases  of  practical  experience.  He  is  the  founder 
of  the  state  and  local  societies  of  Colorado;  is  honorary  member  of  same;  also  an 
honorary  of  the  State  Medical  Association  of  California;  also  of  the  British  Museum 
Association,  and  the  Scientific  Association  of  Paris,  France.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  and  of  the  International  Medical  Congress.  Among  the 
profession  he  is  spoken  of  with  veneration  and  he  enioys  the  complete  confidence  of 
the  general   public. 


RALPH  R.  DRENNEN. 


Ralph  R.  Drennen,  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  loan  business  at  Fort  Morgan, 
was  born  in  Warren  county.  Illinois,  on  the  Sth  of  September,  18S2,  a  son  of  Perry  J. 
and  Eliza  J.  (Clark)  Drennen,  the  former  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  while  the  latter 
was  born  in  Ohio.  The  father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  removed  to  Illinois 
from  Pennsylvania  at  an  early  day.  He  conducted  a  farm  in  Warren  county,  Illinois, 
until  1884,  when  he  removed  to  Pawnee  county.  Nebraska,  where  he  purchased  land 
which  he  continued  to  further  develop  and  improve  until  his  life's  labors  were  ended 
in  death.  He  served  with  the  Seventy-third  Illinois  Regiment  during  the  Civil  war  and 
his  death  resulted  from  a  weakened  condition  brought  about  by  exposure  at  the  battle 
of  Fredericksburg,  although  he  lived  for  a  number  of  years  thereafter,  passing  away 
upon  his  farm  in  Nebraska  in  March,  1887.  His  widow  is  still  living  and  now  makes 
her  home  with  her  son  Ralph  at  Fort  Morgan. 

While  a  native  of  Illinois,  Ralph  R.  Drennen  was  reared  and  educated  in  Pawnee 
county,  Nebraska,  supplementing  his  district  school  course  by  study  in  a  business 
college  at  Lincoln,  Nebraska.  He  remained  with  his  mother  upon  the  home  farm  until 
1907,  when  he  came  to  Fort  Morgan.  Colorado,  and  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  loan 
business,  which  he  has  since  conducted.  He  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  property  values 
in  this  section  of  the  state  and  has  negotiated  many  important  realty  transfers.  He 
also  has  extensive  farming  interests  in  Morgan  county  and  operates  eight  irrigated 
farms  of  a  quarter  section  each,  raising  more  sugar  beets  than  any  other  person  in 
the  county.  His  fields  are  most  carefully  and  wisely  cultivated  and  the  results  attained 
are  very  gratifying.  He  is  likewise  a  stockholder  in  the  Merchants  Bank  of  Denver. 
In  a  word,  he  is  a  man  of  sound  business  judgment,  keen  sagacity  and  of  undaunted 
enterprise,  and  his  intelligently  directed  labors  have  been  attended  with  very  sub- 
stantial success. 

In  September,  1911,  Mr.  Drennen  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  A.  Peters,  and 
they  have  become  the  parents  of  two  children:  Ralph  R.  J.,  who  was  born  in  November, 
1914;  and  Archibald  E.,  born  in  November,  1917. 

Mr.  Drennen  belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  also  to  the  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican.  In  1914.  however,  he  became  allied  with 
the  progressive  party  and  was  nominated  on  its  ticket  for  congress  but  was  defeated. 


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His  religious  faitli  is  that  of  the  United  Brethren  church.  He  is  a  man  of  genuine 
personal  worth,  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  him  by  reason  of  his  many  sterling 
traits  of  character.  Laudable  ambition  has  many  times  prompted  him  to  take  a  for- 
ward step  and  as  he  has  steadily  progressed  a  broader  outlook  has  opened  up  before 
him  with  wider  opportunities,  which  he  has  carefully  utilized  and  thereby  has  advanced 
continuously  toward  the  goal  of  prosperity. 


ELMER  GEER. 


A  native  of  Colorado.  Elmer  Geer,  a  prosperous  farmer  and  stock  ra,iser  of  Boulder 
county,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Denver,  September  1,  1S66,  and  it  seems  that  the  spirit 
of  western  enterprise  was  one  of  the  gifts  which  the  fairy  godmother  gave  to  him  in 
his  cradle.  That  energy  he  has  ever  since  utilized  to  good  advantage  and  thereby 
has  attained  prosperity  and  a  substantial  standing  among  his  fellow  citizens  in  Boul- 
der county.  He  is  a  son  of  Solomon  and  Nancy  (Phoenix)  Geer,  natives  of  Connecti- 
cut and  Pennsylvania  respectively.  Both  later  removed  to  Illinois,  in  which  state 
they  were  married  in  Stark  county.  There  they  resided  for  some  time  but  in  1859 
the  stories  of  the  fabulous  wealth  of  Pike's  Peak  attracted  the  attention  of  Mr.  Geer, 
who  was  induced  to  come  to  Colorado.  In  the  spring  of  1866  he  moved  his  family 
to  this  state,  the  plains  being  crossed  by  ox  teams  and  location  being  made  in  Boulder 
county.  Shortly  after  their  arrival  the  subject  of  this  review  was  born.  The  father 
continued  to  follow  mining  until  1S72,  when  he  decided  to  settle  upon  a  ranch,  to  the 
cultivation  of  which  he  devoted  his  remaining  days,  and  there  both  he  and  his  wife 
passed  away.     They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom  but  two  are  now  living. 

Elmer  Geer  was  reared  upon  the  home  farm  and  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Colorado.  On  laying  aside  his  textbooks  he  assisted  his  father  in  the  work 
of  the  home  place  but  after  reaching  his  majority  engaged  in  the  lurnber  business 
for  several  years.  In  1902  he  bought  the  property  upon  which  he  now  lives  and  which 
comprises  two  hundred  and  twelve  acres,  all  under  the  ditch.  He  makes  a  specialty 
of  dairying  and  also  derives  a  gratifying  income  from  general  farming.  Always  fol- 
lowing progressive  methods,  he  has  closely  studied  the  soil  and  climatic  conditions 
to  good  advantage,  turning  his  efforts  to  good  purpose  and  thereby  receiving  an  in- 
creasingly  gratifying   income   from"  his   labors. 

In  1887,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  Mr.  Geer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nida 
Smith,  a  native  of  Boulder  county  and  a  daughter  of  C.  C.  and  Matina  M.  (Steele) 
Smith.  Her  parents  are  still  living  and  are  honored  pioneers  of  Boulder  county.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Geer  are  the  parents  of  nine  children:  Hubert;  Nancy  and  Lloyd,  both 
deceased;  Carl;  Bernice,  a  teacher;  Owen,  who  is  now  attending  college,  studying  for 
the  ministry;    Harry;    Irma;   and  Lois. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geer  are  devoted  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in 
the  work  of  which  they  are  very  active,  Mr.  Geer  serving  as  deacon.  Interested  in 
the  cause  of  education,  he  has  served  for  eight  years  on  the  school  board  and  along 
the  line  of  his  occupation  he  is  connected  with  the  Grange,  of  which  he  is  a  valued 
member.  He  has  many  friends  in  his  neighborhood  and  at  Longmont.  which  is  his 
postofflce.  and  all  who  know  him  speak  of  him  in  terms  of  high  regard.  He  has  earned 
the  proud  American  title  of  self-made  man,  for  all  those  possessions  which  he  has 
acquired   have  come  to  him   through   his  own  efforts. 


MRS.  NORA  K.  HARTMAN. 

Mrs.  Nora  K.  Hartman  has  demonstrated  her  ability  in  a  business  way  by  care- 
fully and  successfully  carrying  on  her  farm  work.  She  always  lived  in  Grand  county, 
Colorado,  until  five  years  ago.  when  she  removed  to  Boulder  county.  He  has  witnessed 
remarkable  changes  in  this  state  from  pioneer  times  to  the  present.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  Peter  A.  Leyner,  mentioned  elsewliere  in  tliis  work  in  connection  with  the  sketch  of 
another  daughter.  Mrs.  Mattie  M.  Howell. 

Mrs.  Hartman  spent  her  girlhood  days  under  the  parental  roof  and  pursued  her 
education  in  the  public  schools.  She  now  resides  upon  part  of  her  father's  old  home- 
stead, having  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  rich  and  productive  land,  all  under  irri- 
gation. She  gives  personal  supervision  and  attention  to  the  management  and  devel- 
opment of  the  farm  and  her  practical  ideas  and  progressive  spirit  are  manifest  in  the 


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excellent  results  which  have  been  attained.  She  has  greatly  improved  the  farm  with 
good  buildings,  having  an  attractive  residence  upon  it,  together  with  large  barns  and 
sheds  that  give  ample  shelter  to  grain  and  stock.  She  has  specialized  in  the  pro- 
duction of  wheat  and  alfalfa  and  annually  gathers  good  crops  of  each.  She  has  secured 
the  latest  improved  farm  machinery  to  facilitate  the  work  of  the  fields  and  everything 
about  the  place  indicates  her  thorough  understanding  of  the  most  modern  and  scien- 
tific methods  of  farming. 

In  1884  Nora  K.  Leyner  became  the  wife  of  John  H.  Hartman,  of  Breckenridge, 
Colorado.  She  now  has  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  living,  namely:  J.  H.,  of 
Denver;  George  M.,  a  resident  of  Wolcott,  Colorado;  Charles  A.,  who  is  a  member  of 
the  United  States  army;  Ralph  L.,  who  is  now  in  France  with  the  colors;  Marie,  the 
wife  of  C.  C.  Eastin;  Nina  C.  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  college  at  Fort  Collins  and 
is  now  successfully  teaching;  Philip  A.;  and  Mattie,  who  is  a  high  school  pupil.  The 
family  is  well  known  in  their  section  of  Boulder  county,  where  they  have  an  exten- 
sive circle  of  warm  friends,  and  Mrs.  Hartman  is  recognized,  moreover,  as  a  most  cap- 
able business  woman,  while  her  social  qualities  have  gained  tor  her  the  high  regard 
and   friendship   of  many. 


MONROE  CLAIR  EVERITT. 


Monroe  Clair  Everitt,  who  is  engaged  in  farming  near  Edgewater,  was  born  in 
the  vicinity  of  Golden,  Colorado,  on  the  16th  of  May,  1883,  a  son  of  Neal  and  Phoebe 
R.  Everitt,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ohio.  Spending  his  youthful  days  under 
the  parental  roof,  Monroe  C.  Everitt  attended  a  graded  school  at  Maple  Grove  and 
afterward  became  a  student  in  the  high  school  at  Golden,  from  wHich  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  class  of  May,  1901.  He  has  always  devoted  his  time  and  attention  to 
the  occupation  of  farming  and  stock  raising  and  has  met  with  a  substantial  measure 
of  success  in  this  connection  as  the  years  have  gone  by.  He  now  has  highly  cultivated 
fields  and  a  farm  well  equipped  with  modern  machinery  and  improvements,  and  an 
air  of  neatness  and  thrift  pervades  the  place. 

On  the  4th  of  November,  1903,  in  Denver,  Colorado,  Mr.  Everitt  was  married  to 
Miss  Carolena  H.  Johnson,  a  daughter  of  Erick  and  Arabella  Johnson.  They  became 
parents  of  a  son,   Merle  Monroe,  who  died   when  eight   years  of  age. 

In  politics  Mr.  Everitt  has  always  been  a  stanch  republican  since  age  conferred 
upon  him  the  right  of  franchise  and  he  stands  for  all  progressive  public  measures 
calculated  to  advance  the  substantial  development  of  county,  commonwealth  and  coun- 
try. In  his  fraternal  relations  he  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  Golden  City  Lodge,  No.  1, 
F.  &  A.  M.;  Golden  City  Chapter,  No.  5,  R.  A.  M.;  Colorado  Commandery,  No  1.  K.  T.; 
also  to  Denver  Council.  No.  1,  R.  &  S.  M.;  Colorado  Consistory,  No.  1,  S.  P.  R.  S, 
and  to  El  Jebel  Temple,  A.  A.  0.  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver.  He  is  a  most  loyal  follower 
of  the  teachings  of  the  craft  and  exemplifies  in  his  life  the  beneficent  spirit  of  the 
order,  which  is  based  upon  a  recognition  of  the  brotherhood  of  man. 


ALBERT   ARPS. 


A  well  known  representative  of  commercial  enterprise  in  Denver  is  Albert  Arps. 
the  vice  president  and  manager  of  the  retail  department  of  the  George  Tritch  Hardware 
Company.  This  business  was  originally  established  in  1860  and  is  today  the  pioneer 
hardware  house  of  Colorado.  Throughout  the  entire  period  of  his  business  career 
Mr.  Arps  has  been  identified  with  the  hardware  trade  and  his  identification  with  the 
present  company  dates  from  1911.  He  comes  to  Colorado  from  the  middle  west,  his 
birth  having  occurred  in  New  Holstein.  Wisconsin,  on  the  24th  of  September,  1874. 
His  father,  John  H.  Arps,  is  a  native  of  Germany  and  came  to  America  with  his 
parents  in  1849.  when  a  little  lad  of  four  summers.  The  family  home  was  established 
at  New  Holstein,  Wisconsin,  where  they  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  Calumet  county. 
John  H.  Arps  was  there  reared  and  educated  and  became  one  of  the  early  hardware 
merchants  of  New  Holstein.  where  he  successfully  conducted  business  for  many  years. 
He  is  now  living  retired  at  that  place,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  a  well  spent  life.  He 
married  Minnie  Hanssen,  who  was  born  at  New  Holstein,  Wisconsin,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  E.  Hanssen,  who  were  pioneer  settlers  of  that  state  of  German  descent. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arps  have  been  born  four  children. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  779 

Albert  Arps,  the  second  of  the  family,  was  educated  In  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years  started  out  on  his  own  account. 
After  leaving  school  he  had  been  employed  in  his  father's  hardware  store  and  was 
actively  associated  with  him  in  the  trade  until  1899.  when  thinking  that  the  west 
would  offer  better  and  broader  business  opportunities,  he  came  to  Colorado.  He  made 
his  way  to  the  picturesque  city  of  Ouray  where  it  nestles  among  high  mountains  and 
there  he  established  a  retail  hardware  and  mine  supply  business,  which  he  conducted 
until  1911.  He  then  sold  his  interests  in  Ouray  and  became  a  stockholder  in  the 
George  Tritch  Hardware  Company,  with  which  he  has  since  been  connected.  Their 
establishment  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Seventeenth  and  Arapahoe  streets,  in  the 
Bank  block,  and  is  the  oldest  and  largest  wholesale  and  retail  hardware  business  in 
Colorado.  They  have  a  floor  space  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  square 
feet  and  the  firm  employs  on  an  average  of  eighty  people,  including  fifteen  traveling 
salesmen.  The  business  was  begun  in  a  small  log  cabin  at  the  corner  of  Fifteenth 
and  Wazee  streets  and  from  that  humble  beginning  has  grown  to  its  present  extensive 
proportions,  constituting  one  of  the  foremost  commercial  enterprises  of  the  city.  Since 
his  school  days  were  over  Mr.  Arps  has  been  identified  with  the  hardware  trade,  with 
which  he  is  thoroughly  familiar  in  every  branch,  and  he  is  now  a  most  active  factor 
in  the  conduct  of  the  business  as  the  manager  of  the  retail  department  and  vice  presi- 
dent  of  the  company. 

On  the  7th  of  June,  1899,  Mr.  Arps  was  married  in  New  Holstein.  Wisconsin,  to 
Miss  Minnie  C.  Boie,  a  native  of  that  place  and  a  daughter  of  Nicholas  C.  and  Kath- 
erine  Boie,  the  former  a  pioneer  of  Wisconsin  who  came  from  Germany  about  1849, 
and  who  is  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arps  has  been  born  a  son,  Blwyn,  whose 
birth  occurred  at  Ouray,  Colorado.  June  5,  1901.  The  family  residence  is  at  No.  2690 
Bellaire   street. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Arps  is  identified  with  Ouray  Lodge.  No.  492,  B.  P.  O.  E.  Since 
coming  to  this  city  he  has  joined  the  Civic  and  Commercial  Association  and  takes 
active  interest  in  its  work  and  well  formulated  plans.  He  is  also  an  active  member 
of  the  Retail  Bureau  and  does  everything  in  his  power  to  advance  business  interests 
along  the  lines  of  legitimate  development.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the 
republican  party  and  he  is  a  recognized  leader  in  its  local  ranks.  In  1911  he  was 
elected  to  represent  his  district  in  the  house  of  representatives  and  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  seventeenth  general  assembly,  in  which  he  gave  thoughtful  consideration 
to  all  the  vital  problems  which  came  up  for  settlement.  He  belongs  to  the  Divine  Sci- 
ence church  and  cooperates  in  all  those  plans  which  are  looking  to  the  material,  in- 
tellectual, social,   political  and  moral  progress  of  community  and  state. 


HARDY    SIMPSON. 


Hardy  Simpson,  who,  associated  with  his  father,  holds  landed  possessions  amount- 
ing to  twenty-six  hundred  acres  near  Elizabeth,  was  born  in  Colorado,  just  west  of 
Denver,  in  1876,  the  year  which  made  this  the  centennial  state.  His  parents  are  Wil- 
liam and  Annie  F.  ( McHardy )  Simpson.  The  father  is  a  native  of  the  Empire  state 
and  removed  thence  to  Canada,  where  Annie  F.  McHardy  was  born  and  reared.  They 
came  from  that  country  to  Colorado  in  1871  or  1S72,  having  resided  in  this  state  to 
the  present  time. 

Hardy  Simpson  is  indebted  to  the  public  school  system  of  Denver  for  the  educa- 
tional opportunities  which  he  enjoyed.  After  finishing  the  work  of  the  grades  he 
spent  three  years  as  a  student  in  the  North  Denver  high  school.  He  then  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  ranching  interests.  Together  they  purchased  a  part  of 
the  present  farm,  feeling  that  outdoor  life  would  improve  the  health  of  Hardy  Simp- 
son, who  was  then  not  very  rugged.  As  the  years  have  passed  on  they  have  increased 
their  holdings  until  they  now  have  twenty-six  hundred  acres.  This  includes  a  fine 
tract  of  land  on  Running  creek.  The  cultivation  of  the  fields  is  largely  carried  on 
for  the  purpose  of  raising  feed  for  their  cattle,  for  cattle  raising  has  long  been  made 
an  important  feature  of  their  business  and  for  some  time  they  have  sold  on  an  aver- 
age of  three  hundred  head  annually.  They  also  sell  from  sixty  to  eighty  hogs  and 
are  engaged  in  raising  fine  range  horses.  Theirs  is  one  of  the  productive  farm  hold- 
ings of  the  state  and  the  business  is  most  wisely  and  carefully  conducted,  bringing 
a  very  gratifying  financial   return. 

In  1911  Mr.  Simpson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lula  M.  Peterson,  who  was 
born   in   Colorado  and  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  horsewomen   in   the  state.     She 


780  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

was  formerly  in  the  saddle  every  day  of  her  life  and  she  is  as  adept  in  cow  punching 
as  any  man.  A  strikingly  beautiful  woman,  dressing  as  a  cowgirl  she  presents  a  most 
interesting  picture  and  one  that  might  well  serve  as  a  study  for  those  artists  who 
have  devoted  their  slvill   to  portraying  western  life. 


SONE  NELSON. 


Among,  the  valuable  citizens  and  business  men  that  Sweden  has  furnished  to  the 
city  of  Denver  is  Sone  Nelson,  who  has  made  good  use  of  the  opportunities  offered 
in  this  country  and  attained  a  position  of  prominence  in  the  mercantile  circles.  He 
was  born  in  December,  1871.  and  is  a  3on  of  Anderson  and  Anna  C.  Nelson,  also  natives 
of  Sweden.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  of  whom  Sone  Nelson  was  the 
fourth  in  order  of  birth.  In  the  acquirement  of  his  education  he  attended  the  excellent 
public  schools  of  his  native  country  and  after  having  fitted  himself  thoroughly  for  a 
practical  career  at  the  age  of  twenty  he  came  to  Denver,  where  he  soon  secured  a 
position.  For  four  years  he  was  engaged  along  various  lines,  but  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
four  identified  himself  witli  tlie  Silver  State  Laundry  Company.  He  acquired  an  in- 
terest in  the  enterprise  and  today  is  secretary  of  this  institution.  Ever  since  1895, 
he  lias  been  connected  witli  the  laundry  business  and  in  large  measure  is  responsible 
for  the  successful  conduct  of  the  business  of  the  company  and  has  done  much  toward 
promoting  its  continuous  growth.  The  laundry  is  thoroughly  modern  in  equipment 
and  its  work  enjoys  the  highest  reputation.  All  facilities  for  prompt  delivery  are  pro- 
vided and  the  service  of  the  Silver  State  Laundry  is  known  throughout  the  city  as 
one  of  the  best.  As  an  officer  of  the  institution  much  credit  is  due  to  Mr.  Nelson,  who 
by  his  energy,  painstaking  care  and  business  integrity  has  helped  to  build  up  the 
business. 

On  September  11,  1896,  Sone  Nelson  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Mary  E. 
Anderson  and  to  this  union  two  children,  were  born.  George  R.  Anderson  Nelson, 
whose  birth  occurred  in  189S,  is  a  graduate  of  the  East  Denver  high  school  and  attended 
the  Colorado  State  University  until  1917,  when  his  ardent  American  patriotism  prompted 
him  to  enter  the  officers  training  camp  at  Presidio,  California,  where  he  is  now  pre- 
paring for  active  duty  at  the  front  Ellen  Morine  Anderson  Nelson,  who  was  born  in 
Denver  in  1900,  is  a  graduate  of  the  manual  training  school  and  is  now  attending  the 
Colorado  State  University.  The  family  are  prominent  in  the  social  life  of  the  city 
and  enjoy  the  hospitality  of  many  of  its  best  homes. 

In  politics  Mr.  Nelson  is  independent,  following  his  own  judgment  in  regard  to 
the  support  of  measures  and  candidates.  He  is  much  interested  in  the  progress  and 
growth  of  the  city  and  leaves  nothing  undone  which  will  contribute  to  the  moral,  in- 
tellectual and  material  development  of  the  community,  which  interest  finds  expression 
in  his  membership  with  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  Manufacturers  Association.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason,  being  a  member  of  the 
blue  lodge  and  also  belonging  to  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is,  moreover,  connected  with 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Hunting  and 
fishing  constitute  his  recreation  and  in  fact  he  is  interested  in  all  athletic  sports,  being 
a  member  of  the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  the  City  Golf  Club,  the  Lakewood  Country  Club 
and  the  Motor  Club.  These  connections!  indicate  that  his  mind  is  a  well  balanced 
one,  in  which  work  and  recreation  are  splendidly  blended.  In  civic  as  well  as  busi- 
ness circles  his  reputation  is  of  the  liighest  and  he  receives  the  respect  of  all  those 
who  come  in  contact  with  him.  Tliere  is  mucli  credit  due  Mr.  Nelson  for  what  he  has 
achieved,  for  he  has  attained  his  position  in  life  entirely  unassisted. 


THOMAS  GALLAGHER. 


Thomas  Gallagher,  engaged  in  farming  in  the  vicinity  of  Littleton,  was  born  in 
County  Mayo.  Ireland,  on  the  12th  of  January,  1859,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Catherine- 
Gallagher,  both  of  whom  remained  residents  of  the  Emerald  isle  until  called  to  their 
final  rest. 

Thomas  Gallagher  attended  the  national  schools  of  Ireland  until  he  reached  the 
age  of  fifteen  years,  after  which  he  worked  on  the  home  farm  until  he  was  nineteen 
years  of  age.  He  then  went  to  England,  where  he  remained  until  1888,  when  he  crossed 
the  Atlantic  to  the  new  world,  arriving  at  New  York  in  May.     He  devoted  a  year  to 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  781 

railroad  work  in  the  east  and  in  1889  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  took  up  the  occu- 
pation of  farming  near  Littleton.  He  was  employed  as  a  farm  ha(nd  for  five  years, 
but  ambitious  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account,  leased  farm  properties  for 
fifteen  or  sixteen  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  purchased  fifteen  acres  near  Lit- 
tleton and  has  since  cultivated  that  tract.  In  addition  he  also  farms  leased  land  and 
he  is  engaged  to  some  extent  in  dairying,  having  about  fifteen  cows.  He  has  worked 
diligently  and  persistently  in  his  efforts  to  attain  success  and  is  now  most  comfort- 
ably  situated   in   life. 

Mr.  Gallagher  was  married  In  Littleton,  Colorado,  on  the  27th  of  July,  1897,  to 
Miss  Delia  Gallagher,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Gallagher.  They  have  become 
the  parents   of  five  children.   Margaret,   Thomas,   Marie,  Catherine   and   Joseph. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Catholic  church,  to  the  teachings 
of  which  they  have  always  loyally  adhered.  Thirty  years  have  come  and  gone  since 
Mr.  Gallagher  emigrated  to  the  new  world — a  step  which  he  has  never  regretted,  for 
he  here  found  the  business  opportunities  which  he  sought  and  has  gradually  worked 
his  way  upward.  Everything  that  he  possesses  has  come  to  him  as  the  reward  of  his 
labors  and  he  may  truly  be  called  a  self-made  man,  for  as  the  architect  of  his  own 
fortunes  he  has  builded   wisely   and   well. 


EDGAR   HOWBERT. 


Edgar  Howbert,  clerk  of  the  district  court  ot  the  fourth  judicial  district  of  Colorado, 
comprising  El  Paso  county,  and  one  of  the  honored  pioneer  settlers  of  Colorado  Springs, 
where  he  took  up  his  abode  in  1861,  was  born  in  Clarinda.  Iowa,  in  1856,  his  parents 
being  William  and  Martha  (Marshall)  Howbert.  His  father  was  born  in  Roanoke. 
Virginia,  in  1820  and  was  married  in  Indiana.  His  death  occurred  in  August,  1871, 
while  his  wife  passed  away  in  1863,  he  having  survived  her  for  eight  years.  They  had 
removed  with  their  family  to  the  west,  settling  in  Colorado  City,  now  a  part  of  Colo- 
rado Springs,  in  1861.     Their  family  included  two  sons,  one  of  whom  is  Irving  Howbert. 

Edgar  Howbert  was  a  lad  of  but  five  years  when  the  family  home  was  established 
in  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  has  since  resided,  covering  a  period  of  fifty-seven  years. 
He  has  therefore  been  a  witness  of  the  entire  growth  and  progress  of  this  section  of 
the  state.  In  January,  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  district  court  of  the  fourth 
judicial  district,  comprising  El  Paso  county,  and  served  continuously  for  twelve  years, 
or  until  1901.  He  then  retired,  but  in  January,  1907,  was  again  called  to  the  position, 
which  he  now  holds.  In  1887  he  was  chief  engrossing  clerk  of  the  state  senate.  Much 
of  his  life  has  thus  been  devoted  to  public  service  and  the  record  which  he  has  made 
has  been  a  most  creditable  one.  His  political  allegiance  has  always  been  given  to  the 
republican   party. 

On  the  22d  of  July.  1884,  in  Denver,  Mr.  Howbert  was  married  to  Miss  Helen  M.  Hol- 
lister,  who  passed  away  July  14.  1885,  leaving  a  son.  Earl  Hollister.  On  the  9th  of 
February,  1897,  in  Chicago,  Mj-.  Howbert  was  married  to  Jessie  I.  Cowgill  and  they 
have  a  daughter.   Martha  Agnes,   and  a  son,   Edgar  Cowgill   Howbert. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Howbert  is  connected  with  the  Masons  and  with  the  Elks.  He 
has  a  very  wide  acquaintance  in  Colorado  Springs  and  this  section  of  the  state  and 
numbers  his  friends  by  the  hundreds. 


H.  A.  WALKER. 

H.  A.  Walker,  the  vice  president  ot  the  Walker  Manufacturing  Company  of  Denver, 
manufa<;turers  of  mine  and  smelter  machinery  and  iron  foundry  products,  was  born 
August  4,  1876,  in  the  city  which  is  still  his  home,  his  parents  being  Thomas  C.  and 
Hannah  A.  Walker,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Birmingham,  England.  They  came 
to  America  in  early  lite.  The  father  was  the  senior  member  of  the  Walker  Manufac- 
turing Company  at  2156  Fifteenth  street  in  Denver,  and  he  passed  away  at  his  home 
in  this  city  on  the  13th  of  February,  1917.  being  then  in  the  seventy-third  year  of  his 
age.  His  birth  occurred  in  Birmingham,  England.  August  4,  1844,  and  he  became  a 
resident  of  Colorado  in  1871.  when  he  took  up  his  abode  at  Longmont.  Later  he 
removed  to  Denver  and  organized  the  Midland  Foundry  &  Machinery  Works  at  1535 
Delgany  street  in  1878.  In  1904  he  changed  the  name  of  the  business  and  removed 
to  the  Fifteenth  street  address.     He  long  figured  prominently   in   industrial  circles   of 


782  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

the  city  and  contributed  to  tlie  business  development  of  Denver.  At  liis  death  he  was 
survived  by  a  widow  and  two  sons:  Thomas  C.  Walker,  Jr.,  the  president,  and  H.  A. 
Walker,  the  vice  president  of  the  Walker  Manufacturing  Company.  The  daughter  is 
Miss  Blanch  Walker.  The  father  was  a  Mason  and  had  attained  the  Knight  Templar 
degree  of  the  York  Rite.  He  commanded  the  respect,  confidence  and  goodwill  of  all 
who  knew  him  and  his  many  sterling  traits  of  character  gained  to  him  warm  friend- 
ships. 

H.  A.  Walker  attended  school  in  Denver  and  also  the  North  Denver  high  school, 
after  which  he  entered  into  business  with  his  father  and  rose  steadily  through  the 
various  departments  of  the  extensive  institution  which  his  father  has  founded  and 
developed.  The  firm  manufactures  mine  and  smelter  machinery  and  supplies  and  in 
this  connection  is  well  known  throughout  the  mining  sections  of  the  west.  They  have 
built  up  a  business  of  very  extensive  proportions  through  honorable  methods  and  in- 
defatigable energy  and  the  growth  of  the  business  is  being  still  further  promoted  by 
the  two  sons,  who  from  boyhood  days  were  associated  with  their  father  and  who 
became  his  successors  and  owners  of  the  business.  H.  A.  Walker  has  active  charge 
and  management  of  the  interests  of  the  company.  In  addition  to  their  mining  and 
smelting  machinery  their  output  also  includes  foundry  products.  The  trade  has  con- 
tinually increased  and  developed  during  the  time  that  H.  A.  Walker  has  been  active 
in  control  and  he  is  continually  studying  to  further  develop  the  interests  of  the  busi- 
ness. 

On  the  4th  of  June.  1898,  Mr.  Walker  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mabel  Pelp, 
of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  W.  Felp,  of  this  city.  They  have  one  child, 
Mildred,  who  was  born  in  Denver  on  the  9th  of  May,  1902,  and  is  now  a  student  in 
the  North  Denver  high  school.  In  politics  Mr.  Walker  maintains  an  independent  course. 
He  is  well  known  as  a  representative  of  one  of  the  honored  pioneer  families  of  Denver 
and  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  this  city,  in  which  his  entire  life  has  been  spent. 


JASPER  A.   WRITER. 


Jasper  A.  Writer,  who  died  March  20.  1919,  was  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Colorado  Fuel  &  Iron  Company  of  Denver.  His  position  at  the  time  of  his  demise  was 
in  marked  contrast  to  the  point  from  which  he  started  out  in  the  business  world.  His 
initial  step  was  made  in  a  humble  capacity  but  steadily  he  worked  his  way  upward  as 
his  powers  increased  and  developed  until  he  became  one  of  the  foremost  figures  in  in- 
dustrial and  commercial  circles  in  the  state. 

He  was  born  in  Otisville.  New  York,  on  the  15th  of  April,  1858,  and  was  a  son  of 
the  late  George  S.  Writer  and  a  grandson  of  Jasper  Writer.  Three  generations  before 
carried  the  name  of  Jasper,  so  that  the  subject  of  this  review  was  the  representative  of 
the  family  in  the  fifth  generation  to  bear  that  name.  The  family  comes  of  Dutch 
ancestry  and  was  founded  in  America  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war.  some  of  the 
representatives  of  the  name  participating  in  the  long  struggle  for  national  independence. 
George  S.  Writer  was  born  in  Otisville,  New  York,  and  became  a  successful  farmer, 
following  that  pursuit  in  the  Empire  state,  where  two  generations  of  the  family  before 
him  had  carried  on  farming.  He  continued  his  residence  in  New  York  to  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  1906,  when  he  had  reached  the  age  of  seventy-three  years. 
His  wife  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Esther  Shay  and  was  a  native  of  Sussex  county, 
New  Jersey.  She  was  born  upon  a  farm  and  was  descended  from  an  old  New  Jersey 
family  of  Irish  lineage.  By  her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  six  children,  four 
sons  and  two  daughters,  of  whom  one  son  and  one  daughter  died  in  infancy. 

Jasper  A.  Writer  whose  name  introduces  this  review  was  the  eldest  of  the  children. 
He  began  his  education  in  one  of  the  oldtime  country  schools  of  his  native  village  and 
afterward  attended  the  Middletown  Academy  of  New  York.  His  early  life  to  the  age  of 
thirteen  years  was  spent  upon  the  home  farm  with  the  usual  experiences  of  the  boy 
who  is  reared  amid  rural  surroundings.  During  the  succeeding  six  years  he  lived  in  the 
village  near  the  old  homestead  and  largely  devoted  his  time  to  the  acquirement  of  an 
education.  When  his  student  days  were  over  he  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching, 
which  he  followed  for  a  short  period  in  the  east,  and  in  1882  he  arrived  in  Colorado, 
settling  first  at  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  by  the  Colorado 
Coal  &  Iron  Company,  which  later  became  the  Colorado  Fuel  Company.  From  that 
humble  position  he  steadily  worked  his  way  upward  through  various  departments,  ad- 
vancing step  by  step,  and  in  1915  his  orderly  progression  had  brought  him  to  the 
position  which  he  occupied  at  the  time  of  his  death.     Previously  he  had  been  auditor 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  783 

for  the  company  and  was  also  secretary,  and  in  1915  he  was  elected  both  secretary  and 
treasurer,  filling  the  dual  position  in  connection  with  one  of  the  foremost  enterprises 
of  the  kind  in  the  state,  having  voice  in  the  management  and  control  of  a  business  of 
far  reaching  extent  and  importance. 

Mr.  Writer  was  married  in  Pueblo,  Colorado,  in  1SS9,  to  Miss  Gail  Hamilton  Smith, 
a  native  of  Kansas  and  a  representative  of  one  of  the  old  Iowa  families  of  English 
lineage.  Her  father  died  as  the  result  of  a  bullet  wound  sustained  while  serving  his 
country  in  the  Civil  war.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Writer  were  born  a  son  and  a  daughter, 
Margaret  E.  and  Jasper.  The  son  is  now  with  the  Denver  Base  Hospital  Unit,  No.  29, 
at  Deming,  Mexico.  He  was  for  three  years  a  student  at  Princeton  and  had  one  year 
yet  to  attend,  but  left  college  in  order  to  aid  his  country. 

Mr.  Writer  of  this  review  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  Colorado  National 
Guard,  serving  for  five  years.  He  joined  the  organization  as  a  privale  and  on  the 
completion  of  his  term  was  second  lieutenant.  His  service  covered  the  years  between 
1884  and  1889.  In  politics  he  always  maintained  an  independent  course,  voting  for 
men  and  measures  rather  than  for  party.  He  belonged  to  the  Denver  Civic  and  Com- 
mercial Club  and  was  intensely  interested  in  all  that  had  to  do  with  the  progress  and 
welfare  of  the  city  and  the  promotion  of  high  civic  ideals.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Writer 
were  members  of  the  Plymouth  Congregational  church,  in  the  work  of  which  they  took 
an  active  and  helpful  part.  Mrs.  Writer  was  for  eight  years  a  member  of  the  library 
board  of  Denver  and  has  been  very  active  in  church  and  charitable  work  and  is  now 
chairman  of  the  Women's  Inter-Church  Council.  In  a  word,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Writer  have 
always  given  their  aid  and  influence  to  plans  and  measures  for  the  general  good, 
especially  those  which  seek  the  intellectual  and  moral  progress  of  the  community,  and 
their  efforts  have  been  an  effective  force  along  those  lines.  They  have  enjoyed  the 
warm  friendship  of  many  and  kindly  regard  of  all  and  have  been  numbered  among 
Denver's   most    representative    residents. 


AMOS   LINCOLN   BARKER. 


Amos  Lincoln  Barker,  chief  of  the  Denver  Veteran  Volunteer  Firemen's  Associa- 
tion and  manager  of  the  Denver  Fire  Reporter  &  Protective  Company,  is  one  of  the 
city's  representative  residents  and  native  sons.  He  was  here  born  September  7, 
1860,  a  son  of  A.  H.  and  Lucindia  (Liston)  Barker,  natives  of  Ohio.  Mr.  A  H.  Barker 
came  to  Denver  in  1858  and  built  the  first  cabin  on  the  present  site  of  the  city  at 
what  is  now  Twelfth  and  Wyncoop  streets.  This  cabin  was  one  of  the  interesting 
landmarks  for  several  years,  indicating  Denver's  growth  and  development.  Mr.  Barker 
was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  conducted  a  successful  business  for  many  years,  re- 
maining a  resident  of  Denver  throughout  his  entire  life.  He  was  born  in  the  year 
1822  and  passed  away  in  1895,  while  his  wife,  whose  birth  occurred  in  1823,  passed 
away  in  the  year  1899.  In  their  family  were  four  sons  and  five  daughters.  Those 
still  living  being:  Mrs.  Mary  McClain,  Mrs:  Josephine  Parsons,  Mrs.  Annie  Law- 
rence, and  Margaret  Barker,  who  are  now  residing  in  California,  and  Amos  Lincoln 
Barker  of  Denver. 

Amos  L.  Barker  was  the  seventh  in  order  of  birth  in  the  family.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Denver  and  also  a  business  college,  after  which  he  became  con- 
nected with  the  Volunteer  Fire  Department  in  August,  1876,  and  became  a  member 
of  the  paid  department  on  the  16th  of  March,  1S82.  He  continued  with  the  fire  de- 
partment until  1893,  when  he  resigned  and  became  Manager  of  the  Denver  Fire  Dis- 
patch Company,  and  later  was  made  Manager  of  the  Denver  Fire  Reporter  &  Protec- 
tive Company,  which  position  he  now  fills.  It  is  one  of  responsibility  but  he  fully 
measures  up  to  the  requirements  of  the  position  and  is  making  an  excellent  record 
in  that  connection. 

He  is  widely  and  prominently  known  among  the  old  Volunteer  Fire  Department 
men  of  the  city  and  still  holds  the  position  of  Chief  of  the  Denver  Veteran  Volunteer 
Firemen's  Association,  which  position   he  has  continuously  filled  since   1908. 

On  the  13th  of  January,  1886,  Mr.  Barker  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Emma 
Stevens,  of  Denver,  a  daughter  of  John  R.  and  Lavinia  Stevens,  who  were  natives 
of  Wisconsin.  Seven  children  have  been  born  of  this  marriage,  two  of  whom  have 
passed  away,  Clarence  and  Dorothy.  Those  yet  living  being  Robert  E.,  Olive  J., 
Ruth,  Eunice  I.  and  Donald  L.  Barker.  All  of  the  children  being  reared  in  Denver, 
attending   the  Public  and   High   Schools  of  Denver. 

In    his    fraternal    relations    Mr.    Barker    is    connected    with    the    Woodmen    of    the 


784  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

World,  and  he  was  the  first  acting  president  of  the  Sons  of  Colorado,  in  which  organi- 
zation he  still  holds  membership.  His  entire  life  has  been  passed  in  Denver,  so  that 
through  fifty-eight  years  he  has  been  a  witness  of  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
city,  being  keenly  interested  in  everything  that  pertains  to  its  progress  and  improve- 
ment. He  was  elected  Alderman  of  the  second  Ward  of  Denver,  in  1907,  and  acted  for 
two  years  with  credit  to  the  City,  he  giving  a  great  deal  of  his  energies  and  time  to 
the  benefit  of  the   business   interests  of   Denver. 


ERNEST    DANIEL   MITZE. 


Ernest  Daniel  Mitze,  actively  identified  with  farming  and  stock  raising  in  the 
vicinity  of  Broomfield,  was  born  in  Elberfeld.  Germany,  February  22.  1872.  a  son  of 
Daniel  and  Marguerite  Mitze.  The  father  was  a  wagonmaker  in  his  native  country, 
where  he  remained  until  1876,  when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  making  his  way  to 
Onaga,  Kansas,  where  he  lived  for  about  three  years,  devoting  his  time  during  that 
period  to  general  farming.  He  afterward  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  the  vicinity 
of  Broomfield.  where  he  secured  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which  he  has 
since   owned  and   cultivated. 

The  son,  Ernest  D.  Mitze,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Denver  and  after 
putting  aside  his  textbooks  resumed  work  upon  the  home  farm.  About  the  time  he 
attained  his  majority  he  rented  his  father's  ranch,  which  he  has  since  cultivated,  and 
he  also  has  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  devoted  to  stock  raising.  His  plans  are 
carefully  formulated  and  promptly  executed,  and  the  energy,  system  and  close  appli- 
cation which  he  displays  in  the  conduct  of  his  business  brings  about  most  desirable 
results. 

On  the  16th  of  November,  1898,  Mr.  Mitze  was  married  in  Broomfield  to  Miss  Anna 
Fisher,  who  passed  away  in  1902,  leaving  three  children,  Anna,  Marie  and  Ernest. 
On  the  29lh  of  November,  1905,  Mr.  Mitze  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being 
with  Louise  Weigele,  a  daughter  of  George  and  Louise  (Mitze)  Weigele.  Mrs.  Mitze 
was  born  in  Denver  and  attended  the  city  schools.  By  her  marriage  she  has  become 
the   mother   of   two   children.    Henry  and   Ella. 

The  family;  though  of  German  lineage,  stand  loyally  for  the  interests  and  activities 
of  America  in  this  great  world  crisis  and  Mrs.  Mitze  is  an  active  worker  for  the  Red 
Cross.  Mr.  Mitze  belongs  to  that  class  who  cannot  and  do  not  endorse  any  of  the 
atrocious  wrongs  committed  by  the  German  empire.  He  has  lived  on  this  side  of  the 
Atlantic  since  reaching  the  age  of  four  years  and  is  thoroughly  American  in  spirit, 
interests  and  purpose.  He  belongs  to  the  Grange,  holds  membership  in  the  Lutheran 
church  and  is  a  member  of  the  school  board  in  his  district.  He  cooperates  heartily 
in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community  and  at  the  same 
time  he  wisely  and  carefully  directs  his  business  affairs,  thus  providing  a  comfortable 
living   for    his   family. 


JAMES  ADAMS   PERLEY. 


James  Adams  Perley  is  a  venerable  citizen  of  eighty-three  years  whose  identifi- 
cation with  Colorado  dates  from  pioneer  times.  He  has  been  closely  identified  with 
the  development  of  the  mining  interests  of  the  state  and  now  makes  his  home  upon 
a  ranch  near  Morrison,  the  work  of  the  place,  however,  being  left  to  others.  Mr.  Perley 
was  born  in  Enciburg,  Franklin  county.  Vermont.  May  27,  1S35,  a  son  of  William  and 
Lydia  Adams  (Perkins)  Perley.  The  paternal  grandfather  served  in  the  Revolutionary 
war   under  Washington. 

James  A.  Perley  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  county,  which  he  at- 
tended for  three  months  in  the  winter  season  when  opportunity  offered,  covering  about 
four  winters  all  told.  He  worked  upon  his  father's  farm  throughout  the  remainder  of 
the  year  and  early  became  familiar  with  the  tasks  of  plowing,  planting  and  harvesting. 
On  attaining  his  majority  he  determined  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  west  and  made  his 
way  to  Iowa,  being  employed  at  farm  labor  near  Des  Moines  for  two  years.  He  then 
removed  to  Emporia,  Kansas,  where  he  also  spent  two  years  and  he  assisted  a  cousin 
in  erecting  buildings  there  in  which  to  conduct  a  dry  goods  and  hardware  business. 

In  the  year  1S60  Mr.  Perley  crossed  the  plains  from  Council  Bluffs  to  Pike's  Peak 
over  the  old  Santa  Fe  trail.     There  were  many  interesting  experiences  while  en  route. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  .        785 

They  crossed  the  Buffalo  plains  and  passed  through  the  regions  occupied  by  the  Co- 
manche and  Kiowa  Indians.  They  passed  through  the  Comanche  district  at  night  and 
in  the  morning  were  seen  by  the  red  men.  from  whom  they  ran,  as  there  were  only  seven 
men  in  the  party.  Mr.  Perley  believes  that  it  was  Jesse  James  who  led  them  unmo- 
lested  through   the  Kiowa   nation. 

After  reaching  Colorado,  Mr.  Perley  began  mining  at  Blackhawk  and  also  followed 
prospecting  and  farming.  In  fact  those  occupations  claimed  his  attention  until  1896 
and  in  the  meantime  he  had  located  the  Black  Jack  mine,  which  was  a  very  rich  prop- 
erty, although  not  large.  In  1896  he  removed  to  Jefferson  county,  settling  near  Mor- 
rison on  what  is  known  as  the  Bradford  place,  once  a  famous  road  stop  of  the  early 
days.  It  comprises  four  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which  hag  been  brought 
under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  development,  being  one  of  the  valuable  ranch  prop- 
erties of  the  district.  In  addition  to  owning  this  place  Mr.  Perley  is  still  quite  exten- 
sively interested  in  mining  properties,  including  the  Silver  Dollar,  the  Silver  Dime,  the 
Republican  and  the  Linden  Castle. 

Mr.  Perley  was  married  in  Blackhawk  on  the  10th  of  April,  1863,  to  Miss  Char- 
lotte Verden,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza  (Hunt)  Verden  and  a  native  of  Wisconsin. 
Her  father  crossed  the  plains  to  Colorado  in  pioneer  times  and  the  family  faced  the 
hardships  and  privations  of  frontier  life  here.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Perley  have  been 
born  the  following  named;  Eugene,  who  is  manager  of  the  Black  Jack  mine;  James 
H.,  who  is  upon  the  ranch;  Emma  Belle,  the  wife  of  William  Beal;  (Jertrude,  the  wife 
of  Charles  Cox.  living  in  Blackhawk;  Mrs.  Martha  G.  Rusk;  and  Addie,  the  wife  of 
Ernest  Hill. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Perley  is  a  democrat,  having  supported  the  party  since 
age  conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  There  is  no  phase  of  frontier  life  in 
Colorado  with  which  he  is  not  familiar,  his  memory  forming  a  connecting  link  between 
the  primitive  past,  with  all  of  its  hardships  and  privations,  and  the  progressive  present 
with  its  comforts  and  its  opportunities.  He  can  relate  many  an  interesting  incident 
of  the  mining  camps  and  he  has  been  an  interested  witness  of  the  progress  and;  im- 
provement that  has  been  carried  steadily  forward  as  the  years  have  passed  on.  He 
has  a  wide  acquaintance  throughout  Colorado  and  is  now  numbered  among  its  ven- 
erable citizens,  receiving  the  respect  of  all  who  have  known  him.  His  success  in 
life  has  been  achieved  entirely  through  his  own  efforts.  Starting  out  with  but  limited 
educational  advantages,  he  has  made  good  use  of  his  time  and  opportunities  as  the 
years  have  passed  on,  has  learned  many  valuable  lessons  in  the  school  of  experience 
and  by  his  persistency  of  purpose  and  indefatigable  energy  made  for  himself  a  place 
among   the   substantial   and   well-to-do  residents   of  Morrison. 


JOSEPH   H.   STRAUEL. 


Joseph  H.  Strauel,  a  well  known  rancher  of  Simla,  was  born  near  Kiowa,  on  the 
Bijou,  April  15.  1881,  and  has  spent  his  entire  life  in  Colorado.  His  parents  were 
Joseph  H.  and  Elsie  (Aarons)  Strauel.  The  mother,  who  was  born  in  the  east,  is  still 
living,  now  making  her  home  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  The  father  was  a  native 
of  Alsace  and  served  as  a  soldier  under  Napoleon  III  in  the  Crimean  war.  Later  he 
was  for  several  years  in  the  service  of  Empress  Eugenie  of  France.  He  came  to  this 
country  in  the  early  '60s,  going  first  to  Michigan,  and  about  the  year  1866  he  settled 
on  the  John  Lundy  ranch  on  the  Bijou.  He  was  thus  prominently  identified  with  the 
stock  raising  interests  of  the  district  and  became  one  of  the  honored  ranchers  of 
Elbert  county.  He  belonged  to  that  class  of  sturdy  pioneers  who  were  so  greatly 
needed  in  the  days  when  Elbert  county  ranches  were  constantly  raided  by  bands  of 
roving  Indians.  He  was  courageous,  determined,  energetic,  resolute,  capable  of  pro- 
tecting the  interests  under  his  charge,  and  his  efforts  constituted  a  strong  element  in 
the  development  and  growth  of  the  region  in  which  he  lived.  After  the  death  of  her 
husband  Mrs.  Strauel  purchased  the  fine  three  hundred  and  twenty  acre  Strauel  farm 
close  to  Simla.  This,  with  eighty  acres  taken  up  by  the  father  as  a  timber  claim, 
constitutes  the  family's  land  holdings.  It  was  as  a  raiser  of  fine  cattle  and  sheep 
that  Mr.  Strauel  made  an  enviable  reputation,  displaying  marked  industry  and  skill 
in  this  connection  and  becoming  one  of  the  successful  and  prominent  stock  raisers  of 
the  district. 

Joseph  H.  Strauel,  his  son,  is  today  one  of  the  best  horsemen  in  the  state  and  as 
a  cow  puncher  he  enjoyed  a  well  merited  reputation,  even   in  his  teens.     He  devoted 

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a  number  of  years  to  breaking  horses  and  afterward  concentrated  his  efforts  and 
attention  upon  road  building.  For  a  year  he  graded  all  the  railroad  crossings  from 
Phillipsburg,  Kansas,  to  Burlington.  Colorado,  for  the  Rock  Island.  He  is  now  engaged 
in  the  further  development  and  improvement  of  the  large  Strauel  ranch  near  Simla  and 
is  also  in  the  real  estate  business,  buying  and  selling  houses.  He  displays  sound 
judgment  and  keen  discrimination  in  all  of  his  affairs  and  his  energies  have  made 
him  a  most  creditable  successor  of  his  father  as  one  of  the  representative  bus.iness 
men  of  the   district. 

Joseph  H.  Strauel  of  this  review  was  long  a  member  of  the  National  Guard  and 
saw  important  service  in  the  Trinidad  coal  strike.  He  was  stationed  at  Berwind  with 
Company  B  and  was  the  first  man  called  to  render  aid  after  the  famous  battle  of 
Ludlow. 


HON.  BENJAMIN  CLARK  HILLIARD. 

Hon.  Benjamin  Clark  Hilliard,  who  has  represented  his  district  in  congress  and 
who  since  1893  has  been  engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  law  in  Denver,  was  born 
in  a  log  cabin  on  a  farm  eight  miles  north  of  Osceola,  in  Clarke  county,  Iowa,  Jan- 
uary S»,  1868.  His  father.  Albert  George  Hilliard,  was  a  volunteer  private  soldier  dur- 
ing the  Civil  war,  belonging  to  Company  B  of  the  Thirty-seventh  Illinois  Infantry, 
commanded  by  the  late  John  C.  Black.  He  devoted  his  life  to  the  occupation  of  farm- 
ing, was  a  man  of  gigantic  proportions,  industrious  and  hard-working,  and  rose  to 
success  in  his  chosen  field  of  labor.  He  was  always  esteemed  because  of  his  coura- 
geous spirit  and  his  unassailable  honor.  He  married  Euphemia  Ellen  Clark,  a  lady 
of  liberal  education  and  culture,  but  death  claimed  her  while  she  was  yet  young  and 
in  1881  she  passed  away,  leaving  a  husband  and  three  young  children  to  mourn  her 
untimely  demise.  Slie  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  at  New  Virginia.  Iowa.  Mr. 
Hilliard  afterward  married  again  and  removed  to  Kansas.  In  1906  he  met  an  acci- 
dental death  by  drowning  and  his  remains  were  interred  at  Pratt.  Kansas.  During 
the  period  of  the  Civil  war,  while  courageously  defending  the  stars  and  stripes,  he  was 
twice  severely  wounded  and  carried  two  bullets  to  his  grave.  At  the  battle  of  Pea 
Ridge,  Arkansas,  a  bullet  destroyed  his  right  eye  and  this  bullet  continued  with  him 
to  the  end.  The  Hilliard  family  comes  of  English  ancestry  planted  on  American  soil 
in  colonial  days.  The  Clark  family  is  also  of  English  lineage.  Benjamin  Lilly  Hilliard, 
grandfather  of  Congressman  Hilliard,  was  born  in  Vermont  in  1810  and  that  state  had 
been  the  home  of  the  family  through  two  previous  generations.  The  maternal  grand- 
father. John  Clark,  was  a  native  of  Ohio. 

After  mastering  the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Iowa 
and  Kansas,  Benjamin  Clark  Hilliard  was  graduated  from  the  College  of  Law  of  the 
State  University  of  Iowa  on  the  16th  of  June,  1891,  winning  the  LL.  B.  degree.  He 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  law  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  where  he  remained  until 
February  1,  1893,  when  he  came  to  Denver,  where  he  has  since  continued.  His  life 
has  been  that  of  the  usual  routine  work  of  the  lawyer,  but  developing  powers  have 
brought  him  recognition  as  an  able  member  of  the  bar  and  his  clientage  has  long 
been  large  and  of  a  distinctively  important  character.  In  1896  he  was  made  city 
attorney  of  Highlands,  then  a  suburb  of  Denver,  and  from  1902  until  1912  he  was 
county  attorney  of  Elbert  county  and  from  1909  until  1911  was  also  county  attorney 
of  Grand  county.  In  1902  he  was  elected  representative  to  the  fourteenth  general 
assembly  of  Colorado  but  was  unseated  in  a  contest.  Almost  uninterruptedly  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  of  Denver  from  1900  until  August,  1917.  In 
1915  he  was  chosen  to  represent  the  Denver  district  in  congress,  serving  in  the  sixty- 
fourth  and  sixty-fifth  sessions.  His  term  of  office  continued  until  1919.  He  was  orig- 
inally a  republican  but  gradually  his  views  changed  until  he  became  a  democrat  under 
the  leadership  of  W.  J.  Bryan  and  H.  M.  Teller,  and  it  was  upon  the  democratic  ticket 
that  he  was  chosen  for  congressional  honors. 

On  the  22d  of  May.  1889,  in  Carroll  county,  Missouri,  Mr.  Hilliard  was  married  to 
Miss  Tida  Zimmerman,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Dora  Zimmerman,  who  were  well-to- 
do  farming  people.  Their  daughter  Tida  was  the  youngest  of  a  large  family  and  was 
given  excellent  educational  advantages.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hilliard  have  been  born 
the  following  named:  Loraine,  the  wife  of  Ralph  E.  Finnicum.  an  attorney;  Albert, 
who  is  now  vice  consul  at  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  and  who  married  Florence  Howard, 
a  niece  of  Congressman  Bruce  F.  Sterling,  of  Pennsylvania;  Opal  Naomi,  at  home; 
and  Benjamin  Clark,  Jr.,  who  is  in  the  military  service  of  his  country. 


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Mr.  Hilliard  belongs  to  the  Democratic  Club  of  Denver,  to  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  has  been  worshipful 
master  of  Highlands  Lodge.  No.  S6,  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  of  Denver,  filling  the  office  in 
1901.  His  religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his  membership  in  the  Highlands  Christian 
church  of  Denver.  His  activities  in  lodge  and  church  circles,  in  politics  and  in  his 
profession  have  brought  him  prominently  before  the  public  and  as  a  man  of  worth 
he  is  honored  by  his  fellow  citizens  of  Denver. 


GEORGE  W.  KNAPP. 


For  twenty-two  years  George  W.  Knapp  has  resided  upon  the  farm  in  Adams  county 
which  he  now  occupies.  It  was  in  1S96  that  he  purchased  the  property  and  it  has 
since  been  his  place  of  residence,  while  throughout  the  intervening  years  he  has  con- 
centrated his  energies  upon  its  development  and  improvement.  That  his  labors  have 
been  attended  with  excellent  results  is  indicated  in  the  fine  appearance  of  his  place. 
Mr.  Knapp  was  born  in  Monroe  county.  New  York,  on  the  14th  of  March,  1862,  a  son  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Sigler)  Knapp.  The  mother  was  also  a  native  of  the  Empire  state, 
and  in  Monroe  county  the  father  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  and  there  reared 
his  family,  numbering  nine  children. 

George  W.  Knapp  is  indebted  to  the  district  school  system  of  his  native  county 
for  the  educational  privileges  which  he  enjoyed.  He  continued  to  attend  school  through 
the  winter  seasons  until  he  reached  his  majority,  after  which  he  began  farming  on 
the  old  home  place,  devoting  his  energies  to  its  further  development  and  improvement 
until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-six  years.  He  then  went  to  Michigan,  establishing 
his  home  in  Kalamazoo,  where  he  conducted  a  grocery  store  for  two  years.  He  then 
sold  his  business  at  that  point  and  returned  to  the  Empire  state,  where  he  resumed 
agricultural  pursuits,  devoting  six  years  to  farm  life  at  that  period.  The  lure  of  the 
west,  however,  was  upon  him  and  in  1896  he  came  to  Colorado,  making  his  way  to 
Adams  county,  where  he  purchased  eighty  acres  of  land,  which  he  has  since  farmed. 
He  has  brought  the  place  to  a  high  state  of  development  and  improvement.  The  fields 
annually  bring  forth  good  crops  as  a  result  of  the  care  and  labor  which  he  bestows 
upon  them,  and  his  farm  is  an  excellent  property  which  any  man  might  well  desire 
to  possess. 

In  Monroe  county.  New  York,  on  the  1st  of  January,  1888,  Mr.  Knapp  was  married 
to  Miss  Lucy  Snook,  who  was  born  in  New  York  and  was  there  reared  and  educated. 
The  children  of  this  marriage  are:  Mrs.  Mattie  Snyder;  John  S.,  who  married  a  Miss 
Snyder;  Ruby,  the  wife  of  W.  C.  Miller;  Clara;  Ora;  Florence;  Merrick;  Archibald; 
Frank;    and   Ruby. 

Mr.  Knapp  is  identified  with  the  Grange  and  is  much  interested  in  its  work  and 
purposes.  In  fact  he  keeps  in  close  touch  with  various  movements  that  tend  to  pro- 
mote agricultural  development  and  render  the  labors  of  the  farmer  of  more  avail  in 
promoting  the  productivity  of  the  district.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the 
republican  party  and  while  he  has  never  sought  nor  filled  political  office,  he  is  serving 
as  a  member  of  the  school  board.  His  aid  and  influence  are  always  given  on  the  side 
of  advancement,  and  the  county  numbers  him  among  her  citizens  of  worth. 


JOHN   W.   WILLIAMSON. 

John  W.  Williamson,  devoting  his  attention  to  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Jef- 
ferson county,  was  born  upon  the  farm  which  he  yet  occupies,  his  natal  day  being 
May  30,  1876.  His  father,  John  Williamson,  Sr..  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  the 
mother,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Annie  A.  Grandville.  was  born  in  England. 
They  were  married  in  London  in  1S5S  and  in  July.  1872,  came  to  the  new  world,  making 
their  way  across  the  country  to  Colorado,  where  they  took  up  their  abode  upon  the 
ranch  now  occupied  by  John  W.  Williamson,  comprising  four  hundred  acres  of  land. 
With  characteristic  energy  the  father  began  the  development  and  improvement  of  the 
property  and  transformed  the  tract  of  wild  land  into  productive  fields.  Upon  this 
place  both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  the  year  1911.  They  had  a  family  of  but 
two  children  and  the  elder  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years. 

The  surviving  member  of  the  family  is  John  W.  Williamson,  who  spent  his  youth- 
ful  days    upon   the   homestead   farm    in   Jefferson   county    and   supplemented   his   early 


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district  school  educational  privileges  by  a  course  in  the  high  schools  of  Denver  and 
of  Chilllcothe,  Missouri.  When  his  textbooks  were  put  aside  he  returned  to  the  farm 
and  has  since  devoted  his  attention  to  the  production  of  grain  and  the  raising  of 
stock,  making  a  specialty  of  handling  shorthorn  cattle  and  Duroc  hogs.  He  is  a 
progressive  agriculturist,  constantly  studying  out  new  methods  to  enhance  the  pro- 
ductiveness of  his  fields,  and  at  all  times  energy  and  determination  have  been  dom- 
inant factors  in  his  career.  He  works  earnestly  and  persistently  and  his  keen  dis- 
crimination enables  him  to  readily  recognize  the  value  and  worth  of  progressive  ideas 
relative  to  farming.  He  is  the  owner  of  five  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  he 
also  leases  an  equal  amount,  so  that  he  is  carrying  on  farm  work  very  extensively. 
He.  certainly  deserves  great  credit  for  what  he  has  accomplished.  Eleven  years  ago 
he  was  handicapped  by  the  loss  of  his  sight,  but  notwithstanding  this  he  still  manages 
his  farm  and  can  fix  all  of  the  machinery  and  does  all  of  the  milking.  He  possesses 
natural  mechanical  skill  and  Ingenuity  and  this  enables  him  to  do  anything  along  the 
line  of  repair  work.  He  uses  the  latest  improved  machinery  to  facilitate  the  work 
of  the  fields  and  everything  about  the  place  is  suggestive  of  progress  and  improvement. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  tlie  Grange. 

In  1912  Mr.  Williamson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Olive  M.  Rabb,  who  was 
born  in  Indiana,  a  daughter  of  Edward  M.  and  Lilly  S.  (Smith)  Rabb,  who  were  like- 
wise natives  of  that  state.  They  became  residents  of  Denver  in  1891  and  twenty  years 
later  the  father  passed  away,  in  1911,  but  the  mother  is  still  living.  Their  family 
numbered  five  children,  all  of  whom  survive.  Mrs.  Williamson  is  a  graduate  of  the 
North  Denver  high  school  and  also  pursued  a  special  course  of  study  in  the  University 
of  Colorado  at  Boulder.  In  early  womanhood  she  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching, 
■which  she  successfully  followed  for  twelve  years.  She  is  a  lady  of  broad  education  and 
superior  culture  and  has  many  admirable  qualities  which  have  won  her  high  regard. 
By  her  marriage  she  has  become  the  mother  of  one  son,  John  Rabb  Williamson,  born 
March  25,  1913. 

Mrs.  Williamson  is  a  consistent  member  of  the  Congregational  church.  Mr.  Wil- 
liamson gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party,  and  while  he  has  never 
been  a  politician  in  the  sense  of  office  seeking,  he  has  served  for  fifteen  years  on  the 
school  board,  the  cause  of  education  finding  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  His  genuine 
worth  is  widely  acknowledged  by  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  Notwithstand- 
ing the  handicap  of  his  loss  of  sight,  he  keeps  in  touch  with  the  questions  and  issues 
of  the  day  and  is  an  intelligent,  progressive  man  and  representative  farmer,  highly 
esteemed  by  all   who  know  him. 


EDWARD   LEHMAN. 


Edward  Lehman  is  the  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Edward  Lehman  Jewelry 
Company,  Incorporated,  of  Denver.  The  business  is  conducted  in  the  A.  C.  Foster 
building  and  theirs  is  one  of  the  leading  jewelry  houses  of  the  city.  A  spirit  of  marked 
progressiveness  and  enterprise  has  constituted  the  foundation  for  the  development  of 
the  trade.  Mr.  Lehman  has  long  been  identified  with  the  jewelry  business  in  Denver 
l)ut  he  comes  to  the  west  from  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  his  birth  occurred  September 
23,  1857.  His  father  was  Nicholas  Lehman,  a  native  of  Germany  who  crossed  the 
Atlantic  to  the  new  world  about  1S36  and  settled  in  Buffalo.  New  York,  where  he 
resided  throughout  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  He  became  a  successful  boot  and 
shoe  manufacturer  there,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  he  put  aside  all  business  and 
personal  considerations  and  went  to  the  front  in  defense  of  the  Union,  making  a  credit- 
able military  record  by  reason  of  the  valorous  aid  which  he  gave  to  the  army.  He 
passed  away  in  1S93,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years.  His  wife  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Caroline  Lingseiler.  She,  too,  was  born  in  Germany  and  was  brought  to  America 
by  her  parents  during  the  latter  part  of  the  '30s,  the  family  home  being  established  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  while  later  a  removal  was  made  to  New  York  city.  Mrs.  Lehman 
passed  away  in  1894,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.  She  had  reared  a  family  of  nine 
children,  seven  sons  and  two  daughters,  of  whom  three  of  the  sons  are  yet  living: 
Louis,  a  resident  of  Denver;  John,  who  makes  his  home  in  Buffalo,  New  York;  and 
Edward,   of   this   review. 

The  last  named  was  educated  in  his  native  city,  passing  through  consecutive  grades 
in  the  public  schools  until  he  became  a  high  school  pupil.  He  started  out  in  the  busi- 
ness world  when  a  youth  of  seventeen,  being  sent  upon  the  road  as  a  traveling  sales- 
man by  his  father.     He  succeeded   in  the  work  and   continued  active  in  that  field   of 


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labor  for  about  three  years,  when  on  account  of  ill  health  he  was  obliged  to  seek  a 
change  of  climate  and  on  the  advice  of  his  physician  came  direct  to  Colorado.  It 
had  been  said  that  he  could  not  live,  but  he  arrived  in  this  state  in  September,  1879, 
and  under  the  beneficial  influence  of  Colorado's  splendid  climate  he  at  once  began 
to  improve.  After  a  period  of  rest  and  recreation  he  accepted  employment  on  a  ranch 
as  a  sheep  herder  near  Castle  Rock  and  thus  had  the  benefit  of  outdoor  life.  This 
proved  to  be  his  salvation  and,  living  thus  in  the  open,  he  soon  recovered  his  health, 
after  which  he  returned  to  Denver  and  took  a  position  with  C.  W.  Little,  then  the  only 
wholesale  jeweler  of  the  city.  He  went  upon  the  road  as  a  traveling  salesman  and 
continued  with  the  firm  for  several  years,  traveling  throughout  the  western  states. 
In  1882  he  entered  the  wholesale  jewelry  business  on  his  own  account  and  in  1885 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  C.  M.  Blythe  under  the  firm  style  of  Blythe  &  Lehman. 
They  conducted  their  business  at  the  corner  of  Blake  and  Sixteenth  streets,  in  the 
Witter  block,  and  although  they  began  their  business  on  a  very  small  scale  their  trade 
steadily  increased  from  the  beginning  until  today  Mr.  Lehman  is  at  the  head  of  the 
largest  and  most  widely  known  wholesale  jewelry  house  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  region. 
In  1S87  the  firm  of  Blythe,  Lehman  &  Company  was  established,  taking  in  C.  H.  Green, 
of  Saginaw,  Michigan,  as  a  partner.  That  association  was  continued  for  a  year,  at  the 
end  of  which  time  the  partnership  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Lehman  established  a  busi- 
ness of  his  own,  which  he  has  since  successfully  conducted.  In  1893  he  admitted 
W.  W.  Hamilton  to  a  partnership  under  the  firm  style  of  Lehman  &  Hamilton  and  that 
connection  was  maintained  until  1902,  when  the  partners  severed  relations  and  each 
established  business  independently.  In  1904  Mr.  Lehman  established  the  present  business, 
which  was  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the  Edward  Lehman  Jewelry  Company,  of 
which  he  became  the  president  and  treasurer.  He  has  since  filled  the  dual  position,  while 
H.  G.  Fisher  is  the  secretary.  The  firm  has  a  very  extensive  business  outside  of  Colorado, 
covering  also  the  states  of  Utah,  Wyoming,  Montana,  Idaho  and  New  Mexico.  The 
house  employs  on  an  average  of  fifteen  people  and  the  business  is  a  very  substantial 
and  growing  one.  There  is  no  feature  of  the  jewelry  trade  with  which  Mr.  Lehman 
is  not  thoroughly  familiar.  Practically  his  entire  life  has  been  devoted  to  business 
activity  of  this  character  and  at  all  points  in  his  career  he  has  been  actuated  by  a 
laudable  ambition  that  has  produced  most  desirable  results.  He  has  been  a  persistent, 
resolute  and  energetic  worker,  possessing  strong  executive  power.  He  always  keeps 
his  hand  steadily  upon  the  helm  of  his  commercial  interests  and  is  conscientious  in 
his  dealings  with  creditor  and  debtor  alike.  He  is  constantly  studying  the  possibilities 
of  the  trade  and  he  has  passed  over  the  pitfalls  into  which  unrestricted  progressive- 
ness  is  so  frequently  led.  Focusing  his  energies  in  directions  where  fruition  is  certain, 
he  has  built  up  an  enterprise  of  most  gratifying  proportions  and  at  all  times  his  record 
has  been  the  expression  of  native  justice,  of  deep  earnestness  and  indomitable  perse- 
verance and  a  progressive  spirit  ruled  by  intelligence  and  good  judgment. 

In  Denver,  on  the  4th  of  March,  1885,  Mr.  Lehman  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Pauline  A.  Fisher,  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Anna  A.,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Hector  C.  McNaught.  of  Denver.  Mr.  I.iehman  main- 
tains an  independent  course  in  regard  to  politics,  voting  for  men  and  measures  rather 
than  party.  He  belongs  to  Union  Lodge,  No.  7.  A.  F,  &  A.  M.;  to  Denver  Chapter,  No. 
29,  R.  A.  M.;  to  Colorado  Commandery,  No.  1,  K.  T.;  to  Colorado  Consistory,  No.  1. 
S.  P.  R.  S.;  to  the  Council,  R.  &  S.  M.;  and  to  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  most  loyal 
to  the  teachings  of  the  craft  and  in  his  life  exemplifies  the  beneficent  spirit  which 
underlies  the  order.  He  is  connected  with  Unity  Camp,  No.  25,  of  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  and  he  has  membership  in  the  Rotary  Club,  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial 
Association  and  in  the  Twenty-third  Avenue  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  he  was  for 
twenty-three  years  a  trustee.  He  is  a  man  of  many  friends  and  all  who  know  him 
speak  of  him  in  terms  of  high  regard.  He  came  to  Denver  without  capital  and  without 
health  and  he  has  here  found  wealth,  health  and  happiness  and  a  circle  of  friends 
that  is  almost  coextensive  with  the  circle  of  his  acquaintance. 


CHARLES  E.  PATE,  M.   D. 


Dr.  Charles  E.  Pate,  physician  and  surgeon,  with  offices  in  the  Metropolitan  build- 
ing in  Denver,  was  born  in  Saline  county.  Missouri.  April  21,  1880,  a  son  of  Thomas  J. 
Pate,  who  was  born  in  Alabama  and  belongs  to  one  of  the  old  families  of  Tennessee. 
In  early  life  the  father  devoted  his  attention  to  educational  interests  but  in  later 
years  followed  agricultural  pursuits  and  won  a  very  substantial  measure  of  success  in 


790  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

that  connection,  acquiring  a  handsome  competence  that  now  enables  him  to  live  re- 
tired. He  is  a  Civil  war  veteran,  serving  in  the  Confederate  army  under  General 
Price  in  the  western  campaign.  He  is  now  a  resident  of  Windsor,  Colorado,  and  has 
made  his  home  in  this  state  since  18S8.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  successful 
merchant  of  Boulder.  Colorado.  He  married  Fannie  Thomas,  a  native  of  Missouri, 
who  belongs  to  one  of  the  old  pioneer  families  of  that  state,  her  people  coming,  how- 
ever, originally  from  Virginia.  Mrs.  Pate  is  also  living  and  they  are  among  the  highly 
esteemed  residents  of  Windsor.  They  had  a  family  of  four  sons  and  a  daughter  but 
one  of  the  sons  has  passed  away.  The  youngest  of  the  family  are  twins,  Dr.  Pate  of 
this  review  and  Dr.  Arthur  J.  Pate,  a  practicing  dentist  of  Denver. 

Charles  E.  Pate  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Boulder,  completing 
his  course  there  by  graduation  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1901.  He  determined  to 
engage  in  the  practice  of  medicine  as  a  life  work  and  with  that  end  in  view  entered 
the  Denver  &  Gross  Medical  College,  in  which  he  completed  his  course  in  1905.  His 
early  life  was  spent  upon  the  home  farm  and  he  soon  became  familiar  with  the  duties 
and  labors  of  the  agriculturist,  but  he  did  not  care  to  devote  his  attention  throughout  life 
to  farm  work  and  qualified  for  the  medical  profession.  Following  his  graduation  he  spent 
eighteen  months  as  an  interne  in  St.  Luke's  Hospital  of  Denver  and  then  entered  upon 
the  private  practice  of  medicine  at  Bingham  Canyon.  Utah,  where  he  remained  for  a 
year.  He  next  took  up  his  abode  in  Denver,  where  he  is  permanently  located.  Here 
he  has  continued  in  active  general  practice  and  has  won  a  business  of  very  gratifying 
proportions.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  County  Hospital  staff  and  also  a  member  of 
the  Denver  city  health  staff. 

On  the  30th  of  November.  1916,  Dr.  Pate  was  united  In  marriage  to  Miss  Isabel 
Cook,  a  native  of  Florida  and  of  Scotch  descent,  her  parents  being  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  R. 
Cook,  now  residents  of  Denver.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Pate  have  one  daughter,  Margaret  Jane, 
who  was  born  in  Denver,  August  31,  1917. 

Dr.  Pate  belongs  to  Denver  Lodge,  No.  17,  K.  P.,  and  also  to  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  He  turns  to  hunting  and  fishing  and  outdoor  life  in  general  for 
rest  and  recreation.  His  profession  makes  strenuous  demands  upon  his  time  and 
energy.  His  has  been  a  busy,  active  and  useful  life  and  the  elemental  strength  of  his 
character  was  shown  in  the  fact  that  he  worked  his  way  through  the  university,  being 
employed  during  the  summer  months  in  the  mines.  The  determination,  with  which  he 
pursued  the  course  that  he  had  marked  out  brought  him  ultimately  to  the  goal  which 
he  wished  to  reach — graduation  from  a  good  medical  college,  whereby  he  would  be 
thoroughly  qualified  for  active  practice.  He  is  now  recognized  as  one  of  the  able 
general  practitioners  of  Denver  and  his  business  has  assumed  gratifying  proportions. 
He  belongs  to  the  Denver  City  and  County  Medical  Society  and  the  Medical  Science 
Club. 


ENOCH  E.   HORNBAKER. 


Enoch  E.  Hornbaker,  a  resident  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of  Boulder  county, 
highly  respected  thoroughout  the  community  in  which  he  makes  his  home,  has  always 
lived  within  the  borders  of  the  county  and  his  record  is  therefore  as  an  open  book. 
He  was  born  February  28,  1875,  a  son  of  H.  H.  and  Sarah  Hornbaker,  who  are  men- 
tioned in  connection  with  the  sketch  of  F.  L.  Hornbaker  on  another  page  of  this  work. 

Spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof,  Enoch  E.  Hornbaker  pur- 
sued his  education  in  the  public  schools,  mastering  the  common  branches  and  also  the 
work  of  the  high  school.  Through  vacation  periods  he  assisted  in  all  the  labors  of 
the  farm  and  after  attaining  his  majority  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  barber's  trade, 
which  he  followed  for  about  twelve  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  resumed 
agricultural  life,  settling  on  the  farm  which  is  still  his  place  of  residence.  He  secured 
eighty  acres  of  land  which  he  has  well  improved  and  highly  cultivated.  It  is  all  under 
the  ditch  and  his  progressive  methods  of  farming  have  made  his  fields  very  productive, 
so  that  he  annually  gathers  large  crops.  He  has  also  added  various  substantial  build- 
ings to  his  place  and  everything  about  the  farm  bespeaks  the  thrift,  care  and  enter- 
prise of  the  owner. 

On  the  2d  of  July,  1901,  Mr.  Hornbaker  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Flora  M. 
Nichols,  a  native  of  Illinois  and  a  daughter  of  James  and  Virginia  (Banner)  Hart- 
sook.  who  were  natives  of  Virginia.  The  father  has  passed  away  but  the  mother  sur- 
vives and  now  makes  her  home  in  Longmont,  Colorado.  By  Mrs.  Hornbaker's  first 
marriage   she   had   one  son,   William  Henry   Nichols.     Mr.   and   Mrs.   Hornbaker   have 


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become  the  parents  of  four  children  but  the  firstborn,  Vionia  is  deceased.  Those  living 
are  James  H.,  Edward  L.  and  Virginia,  all  of  whom  are  at  home.  The  parents  are 
members  of  the  United  Brethren  church  and  are  much  interested  in  its  work,  con- 
tributing generously  to  its  support. 

Mr.  Hornbaker  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge,  No.  154,  and  has  filled  all  of  the 
chairs.  He  is  likewise  connected  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  with  the 
Grange.  He  votes  with  the  democratic  party  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker.  Since 
starting  out  in  the  business  world  on  his  own  account  he  has  made  steady  progress  and 
the  methods  which  he  has  pursued  commend  him  to  the  confidence,  goodwill  and 
respect  of  those  who  know  him.  He  has  always  been  thoroughly  reliable  and  straight- 
forward, and  his  energy  and  industry  have  been  the  basic  elements  on  which  he  has 
builded  his  success. 


MORTIMER  WESTON  SPAULDING. 

Mortimer  Weston  Spaulding,  attorney  at  law,  was  born  in  Galien,  Berrien  county, 
Michigan,  June  13,  1886.  From  early  colonial  days  the  family  has  been  represented  in 
America.  They  come  of  English  and  Scotch  ancestry  and  the  line  of  descent  is  traced 
back  to  the  sixteenth  century,  when  the  Spauldings  lived  at  Spaullington,  England. 
The  founder  of  the  family  in  the  new  world  crossed  the  Atlantic  during  the  early 
colonial  days,  and  when  the  colonies  attempted  to  throw  off  the  yoke  of  British  oppres- 
sion representatives  of  the  name  joined  the  American  army  and  aided  in  winning  inde- 
pendence, going  to  the  front  with  Massachusetts  troops.  Members  of  the  family  were 
also  prominent  in   connection   with  political  activity  in  that  state. 

Charles  Walter  Spaulding.  father  of  Mortimer  W.  Spaulding,  was  born  in  Michi- 
gan, where  his  parents  had  settled  in  early  pioneer  times.  He  became  a  prominent 
physician  and  since  1892  has  practiced  his  profession  in  Carroll  county,  Iowa.  He 
was  graduated  from  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Chicago  and  has  always  kept 
in  touch  with  the  advanced  thought  and  scientific  researches  of  the  profession,  thus 
making  his  service  of  great  value  and  usefulness  in  checking  the  ravages  of  disease. 
He  is  a  republican  in  politics  and  has  been  somewhat  active  in  support  of  the  principles 
in  which  he  believes.  He  married  Alice  Maude  Marion  Wooley,  a  native  of  Ohio, 
who  belongs  to  one  of  the  old  families  of  that  state,  of  English  origin.  Her  father 
was  a  Civil  war  veteran  and  died  as  a  result  of  disease  contracted  in  the  service. 
Mrs.  Spaulding  is  still  living  and  by  her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  two  chil- 
dren, the  younger  being  Charles  Walter,  who  is  now  a  resident  of  Streeter.  North 
Dakota.  He  was  graduated  with  the  LL.  B.  degree  from  the  Iowa  State  University 
and  is  now  engaged  in  the  banking  business  in  connection  with  Judge  N.  C.  Young  at 
Fargo,  Xortli  Dakota. 

The  elder  son  is  Mortimer  W.  Spaulding,  of  this  review,  who,  spending  his  youthful 
days  under  the  parental  roof  in  Carroll  county,  Iowa,  there  pursued  a  public  school 
education,  passing  through  consecutive  grades  to  his  graduation  from  the  high  school. 
He  later  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor  for  a  law  course  and  won 
his  LL.  B.  degree  upon  graduation  on  the  13th  of  November,  1908.  Prior  to  this  time 
he  had  taken  up  the  business  of  electric  wiring  and  had  also  studied  medicine  under 
the  direction  of  his  father  for  three  years.  He  had  given  his  attention  at  times  to 
other  pursuits,  thus  earning  the  money  with  which  he  partially  paid  his  way  through 
the  university.  After  his  graduation  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Michigan  and 
then  removed  to  Colorado,  settling  at  Denver  in  December,  1908.  He  arrived  here 
an  absolute  stranger  but  he  believed  that  merit  would  win  and  opened  an  office.  He 
liad  studied  for  a  time  under  the  direction  of  Louis  G.  Stark  and  continued  with  the 
latter  after  his  admission  to  the  Colorado  bar  until  September  15,  1909.  Later  he 
joined  Emerson  J.  Short  in  organizing  a  partnership  under  the  firm  style'  of  Short  & 
Spaulding  and  the  firm  today  enjoys  a  large  clientage  of  a  distinctively  representative 
character. 

On  the  30th  of  June.  1909.  Mr.  Spaulding  was  married  In  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan, 
to  Miss  Florence  M.  Bissinger,  a  native  of  that  state  and  a  daughter  of  Jacob  Bissinger, 
a  representative  of  an  old  and  prominent  family  of  Micliigan.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spaulding 
have  become  parents  of  two  children:  Charles  Weston,  born  in  Denver,  February  25, 
1911;   and  Florence  Marion,  born  in  Denver,  February  25,  1915. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Spaulding  has  always  been  a  republican  since  attain- 
ing his  majority  and  has  been  quite  prominent  in  local  political  circles.  He  served 
as  alderman  from  the  eighth  ward  of  the  city  and  county  of  Denver,  having  been  elected 
on  the  31st  of  May,  1912,  taking  the  office  in  June.     He  served  for  one  year  as  repre- 


792  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

sentative  of  the  citizen's  party.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Signet  Lodge,  No.  264, 
F.  &  A.  M..  of  Carroll.  Iowa,  having  been  initiated  into  the  order  there  in  1908.  He 
is  also  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge  of  Denver  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Cassia  fraternity.  High  personal  worth  as  well  as  marked  ability  in  his  profession 
have  brought  him  to  a  creditable  position  in  the  regard  of  his  fellow  citizens.  His 
success  is  attributable  entirely  to  his  own  efforts.  He  started  out  in  the  business 
world  empty-handed  but  was  actuated  by  a  laudable  ambition  that  has  resulted  in 
persistency  of  purpose  and  close  study  of  all  questions  bearing  upon  his  chosen  life 
work.  The  thoroughness  with  which  he  prepares  his  cases,  his  earnestness  and 
tenacity  in  defending  the  right  as  he  sees  it  and  his  ready  recognition  of  legal  prin- 
ciples In  their  relation  to  the  points  at  issue  have  been  salient  features  in  his  growing 
success. 


LEVI  RALPH  ROOP. 


One  of  the  splendidly  improved  farm  properties  of  Adams  county  is  that  owned 
by  Levi  Ralph  Roop  and  the  place  with  its  excellent  buildings  and  equipment  is  in 
marked  contrast  to  the  conditions  which  he  here  found  when  he  took  possession  of 
the  property,  then  a  wild  and  undeveloped  tract  of  land.  Every  improvement  upon  the 
farm   stands  as  a  monument  to  his  progressiveness   and   enterprising   spirit. 

Mr.  Roop  is  a  native  of  Iowa.  His  birth  occurred  in  Dallas  county,  September 
30,  1877,  his  parents  being  William  T.  and  Martha  (Peters)  Roop.  He  pursued  a 
public  school  education  in  Perry.  Iowa,  and  for  two  years  was  a  high  school  student. 
During  vacation  periods  he  worked  upon  his  father's  farm  and  after  his  textbooks 
were  put  aside  continued  to  assist  in  its  further  cultivation  and  development  until 
he  reached  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  when  he  started  out  in  business  independently 
by  renting  land,  which  he  continued  to  cultivate  for  four  years.  He  next  went  to 
northwestern  Iowa  and  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in  Worth 
County,  proving  up  on  that  property  and  making  it  his  home  for  nine  years.  In  1910 
he  arrived  at  Eastlake,  Colorado,  and  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
upon  which  not  a  furrow  had  been  turned  nor  an  improvement  made.  With  characteristic 
energy  he  began  its  development  and  today  has  one  of  the  splendid  farms  of  the 
district.  In  its  midst  stands  a  commodious  and  beautiful  residence,  in  the  rear  of 
which  are  seen  a  good  garage,  a  large  granary,  a  water  tank,  splendid  barns  and  in 
fact  everything  that  constitutes  the  complete  equipment  of  a  model  farm  of  the  twentieth 
century.  He  raises  alfalfa,  wheat,  sugar  beets,  cabbage  and  onions  and  annually 
gathers  good  crops. 

On  the  19th  of  March.  1900,  Mr.  Roop  was  married  to  Miss  Winifred  Fanning 
and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children,  Floyd  and  Velma.  In  his  political  views 
Jlr.  Roop  is  a  republican  but  the  honors  and  emoluments  of  office  have  no  attraction 
tor  him  as  he  prefers  to  concentrate  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  business  affairs. 
That  he  has  suceeded  is  indicated  in  the  very  attractive  appearance  of  his  farm,  which 
is  most  carefully  and  wisely  managed.  The  beautiful  home  denotes  the  fact  that  he 
finds  his  greatest  happiness  in  providing  for  the  comfort  and  welfare  of  his  family. 
The  other  buildings  upon  the  place  are  evidence  of  his  progressive  spirit,  and  the 
property  on  the  whole  gives  proof  of  a  most  active  and  well  spent  life.  His  fellow 
townsmen,  too,  bear  testimony  to  the  high  regard  in  which  he  is  uniformly  held,  for 
throughout  the  period  of  his  residence  in  this  part  of  the  state  he  has  become  most 
widely  and  favorably  known. 


DELAUZON  MOON. 


Delauzon  Moon,  who  for  many  years  has  been  identified  with  farming  interests 
of  Jefferson  county,  his  home  being  in  the  Ralston  valley,  near  Arvada,  was  born 
in  Fitchville,  Ohio,  on  the  21st  of  March,  1841,  a  son  of  Royal  Moon,  who  was  also 
a  farmer  by  occupation  and  who  on  leaving  Ohio  removed  with  his  family  to  Michigan. 
There  Delauzon  Moon  attended  the  public  schools  and  assisted  in  the  work  of  the  farm 
during  vacation  periods,  early  becoming  familiar  with  the  best  methods  of  tilling 
the  soil  and  caring  for  the  crops.  Attracted  by  the  opportunities  of  the  west,  he  crossed 
the  plains  in  1864,  when  a  young  man  of  twenty-three  years,  driving  a  team  of 
horses,  which  were  stolen  while  he  was  en  route,  so  that  he  had  considerable  difficulty 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  793 

in  completing  the  journey.  He  afterward  went  to  Central  City  and  worked  in  the 
gold  mines  until  he  became  ill.  Upon  his  recovery  he  made  his  way  to  Arkansas  creek 
and  ran  cattle  in  that  district.  At  a  later  period  he  took  up  his  abode  in  the  Ralston 
valley  and  purchased  eighty  acres  of  land  but  has  since  sold  forty  acres.  He  has  con- 
tinuously resided  upon  this' place,  which  is  still  his  home,  and  he  has  long  since 
brought  his  land  under  development,  converting  it  into  rich  and  productive  fields,  from 
which  he  has  annually  gathered  good  harvests. 

On  the  3d  of  October.  1869.  Mr.  Moon  was  married  in  the  Ralston  valley  to  Addie 
Mack  Parker,  a  daughter  of  Ransom  and  Addie  (McClurg)  Parker,  who  were  natives 
of  Kentucky.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moon  became  the  parents  of  a  son,  Delauzon  Floyd  Moon, 
who  married  Frances  M.  Bates,  and  to  them  have  been  born  six  children,  Addie  M.,  Ivy 
^A.,   Carrie  Alice,   Frances  Mabel.   Delauzon   and  James   Carleton. 

In  his  political  belief  Mr.  Moon  is  a  democrat  and  fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Masons,  loyally  adhering  to  the  teachings  and  purposes  of  the  craft.  For  fifty- 
four  years  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Colorado,  witnessing  its  growth  and  improvement 
from  pioneer  times  down  to  the  present  era  of  progress  and  prosperity.  He  has  ever 
borne  his  part  in  the  work  of  general  improvement  and  development  in  the  community 
in  which  he  has  lived  and  has  long  been  regarded  as  one  of  its  leading  agriculturists. 


ANDREW  H.  WOOD. 


Andrew  H.  Wood,  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Denver,  is  one  of  the 
younger  representatives  of  the  bar  but  has  already  become  so  thoroughly  established  in 
his  profession  that  his  practice  is  one  which  many  an  older  member  might  well  envy. 
Mr.  Wood  is  a  native  of  Michigan.  He  was  born  in  Marine  City.  December  11,  1896,  a 
son  of  the  Rev.  Alvah  B.  Wood,  who  was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York  and  came  of 
Englisli  ancestry.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Michigan  State  University  with  the  degree 
of  Master  of  Science  and  afterward  from  the  Divinity  School  of  the  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity at  Evanston,  Illinois.  He  became  a  member  of  the  Detroit  conference  and  spent 
his  entire  life  in  the  state  of  Michigan,  devoting  his  attention  to  religious  work.  He 
was  born  in  1840  and  traveled  life's  journey  for  seventy  two  years,  passing  away  April 
18.  1912.  He  joined  the  Detroit  conference  in  1871  and  for  forty-one  years  remained  an 
active  representative  of  the  ministry,  his  work  being  attended  with  far-reaching 
results  for  moral  progress.  In  the  year  of  his  graduation  he  married  Miss  Orvilla  Hol- 
lister,  of  Oxford.  Michigan,  who  shared  with  him  the  trials  and  triumphs  of  his  min- 
isterial life.  His  early  charges  were  at  Troy,  Ridgeway,  Petersburg,  Clarkston.  Memphis 
and  Marine  City,  Michigan.  To  the  last  named  place  he  was  twice  called.  He  also 
served  his  church  at  Manchester.  Grass  Lake,  Dexter,  Hadley.  Davidsburg  and  Highland. 
He  was  not  denied  the  full  harvest  of  his  labors  nor  the  aftermath,  and  his  influence 
remains  as  a  moving  factor  for  good  in  the  lives  of  many,  while  his  memory  continues 
as  a  blessed  benediction  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  His  wife,  who  so  ably 
assisted  him  at  all  times  and  shared  with  him  in  his  Christian  zeal  and  enthusiasm, 
passed  away  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  December  23,  1917,  when  seventy-six  years  of 
age.  The  children  who  survive  are  as  follows:  Myra  W..  living  in  Lansing,  Michigan; 
H.  F.,  a  resident  of  Goldfield,  Nevada;  Blanche  L.,  whose  home  is  in  Detroit;  Andrew 
H.;  and  Evan  M..  of  Port  Huron,  Michigan.  The  parents  were  laid  to  rest  in  Oxford 
cemetery  at  Ann  Arbor,  but  many  years  will  pass  ere  their  influence  ceases  to  be  felt 
among  those  who  knew  them. 

Andrew  H.  Wood  of  this  review  acquired  a  public  school  education  in  Michigan  and 
after  attending  high  school  was  graduated  from  the  Michigan  State  Normal  College  with 
the  class  of  1897  and  from  the  Michigan  University  in  the  same  year  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy.  He  won  his  professional  degree,  that  of  LL.  B.,  on  gradu- 
ation from  the  Denver  University  with  the  class  of  1907.  After  leaving  the  State  Normal 
School  he  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching  and  was  principal  of  the  schools  of  St. 
Charles.  Michigan.  He  afterward  entered  tlie  Michigan  State  University  and  on  com- 
pleting his  course  there  was  engaged  as  teacher  of  European  history  in  the  institution. 
In  October,  1902,  he  came  to  Denver  and  in  the  fall  of  1904  he  entered  the  University 
of  Denver,  and  upon  completing  his  course  there  at  once  took  up  the  practice  of  law, 
in  which  he  has  since  actively  and  successfully  engaged.  Although  one  of  the  younger 
representatives  of  the  bar  he  has  already  gained  a  large  clientage  and  has  displayed 
much  ability  in  handling  the  litigated  interests  entrusted  to  his  care.  He  also  teaches 
In  the  School  of  Commerce  &  Finance  as  professor  of  law.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  school,  which  is  a  branch  of  Denver  University,  and  has  been  its  secretary  since 


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its  organization.    He  belongs  to  the  Denver  Bar  Association  and  enjoys  tlie  respect,  con- 
fidence and  goodwill  of  liis  professional  colleagues  and  contemporaries. 

On  the  25th  of  April,  1908.  in  Kansas  City,  Mr.  Wood  was  married  to  Miss  Sada 
M.  Garvonatti,  a  native  of  Canada  and  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Garvonatti. 
Politically  Mr.  Wood  is  a  republican  and  is  a  firm  advocate  of  the  principles  of  the  party. 
He  belongs  to  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  61,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  also  to  Denver  Chapter,  No.  2, 
R.  A.  M.,  and  Colorado  Commandery.  No.  1,  K.  T.  He  is  likewise  a  member  of  Denver 
Council,  No.  1,  R.  &  S.  M.,  is  a  past  master  of  Harmony  Lodge,  and  has  crossed  the 
sands  of  the  desert  with  the  Nobles  of  El  Jebel  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  of  Denver. 
He  has  membership  relations  with  the  Alpha  Kappa  and  also  with  the  Phi  Delta  Phi, 
two  Greek  letter  fraternities.  His  interest  in  community  affairs  is  indicated  in  his  mem- 
bership in  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Association.  For  the  past  five  years  he  has 
been  lecturer  on  commercial  law,  banking,  finance  and  kindred  subjects  in  the  Denver 
Chapter  of  the  American  Institute  of  Banking,  of  which  he  has  been  made  an  honorary 
member.  He  is  a  young  man  of  broad  scholarly  attainments,  who  has  used  his  talents 
wisely  and  well,  and  in  the  improvement  of  his  opportunities  has  reached  a  most  credi- 
table position  in  educational  and  fraternal  circles. 


OLIVER  PALMER  SMITH. 


Oliver  Palmer  Smith,  who  has  devoted  his  entire  life  to  farming  and  now  makes 
his  home  on  a  ranch  at  Broomfleld,  was  born  on  the  20th  of  December.  1874,  a  son  of 
E.  Porter  Smith,  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Colorado,  continuing  his  studies  until  he  attained  his  majority,  and 
then  took  up  the  occupation  of  farming,  to  which  he  had  been  reared,  early  becoming 
familiar  with  the  best  methods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring  for  the  crops.'  Through 
all  the  intervening  period  he  has  concentrated  his  attention  upon  general  agricultural 
pursuits  and  is  meeting  with  good  success.  On  the  1.5th  of  July,  1901,  he  was  also 
appointed  mail  carrier  and  has  acted  in  that  capacity  to  the  present  time. 

On  the  22d  of  September,  1903,  Mr.  Smith  was  married  to  Miss  Stella  May  Gay,  a 
daughter  of  A.  B.  and  Mary  (Hobart)  Gay,  of  Broomfleld.  They  have  become  parents 
of  six  children,   Albert   P..  Helen   M.,   Herbert  P..   Lucy,  Winifred   and  Ruth. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Smith  is  connected  with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  His 
political  support  is  given  to  the  republican  party  and  his  religious  faith  is  that  of  the 
Methodist  church.  He  has  lived  an  upright,  honorable  and  useful  life  and  is  thoroughly 
satisfled  with  this  section  of  Colorado  as  a  place  of  residence.  Here  he  has  enjoyed  good 
opportunities,  which  he  has  wisely  utilized,  and  thus  as  the  years  have  passed  he  has 
won  the  success  that  is  now  his. 


PROFESSOR  GEORGE  A.  WARFIELD. 

Professor  George  A.  Warfield.  dean  of  the  School  of  Commerce,  Accounts  and  Finance 
of  the  University  of  Denver,  ranking  with  the  men  of  intellectual  force  who,  holding 
to  high  ideals,  have  contributed  in  marked  measure  to  educational  progress  in  this 
state,  was  born  in  Warren  county,  Illinois,  on  the  24th  of  November,  1871,  a  son  of 
John  Hollister  and  Bathania  (Brant)  Warfield,  the  former  a  native  of  Monroe  county. 
Ohio,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Warren  county.  Illinois.  Removing  westward,  John 
H.  Warfield  settled  in  Tazewell  county.  Illinois,  in  1857  and  there  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising, while  subsequently  he  removed  to  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  and  eventually 
became  a  resident  of  Eugene.  Oregon,  where  he  passed  away  in  1909  at  the  age  of 
sixty-six  years,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  1843.  His  widow  survives  and  yet  makes 
her  home  in  Eugene.  Their  family  numbered  three  children:  George  A.,  of  this  re- 
view; Mrs.  Harriet  Huddle,  living  In  Chicago,  Illinois;  and  Mrs.  Mary  McAllister, 
a  resident  of  Eugene. 

In  his  youthful  days  Professor  George  A.  Warfield  was  a  pupil  In  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  county  and  afterward  continued  his  education  in  the  Red  Oak  school,  in 
the  St.  Joseph  high  school  and  in  the  Wesleyan  College  of  Nebraska.  He 
afterward  became  a  student  in  the  University  of  Nebraska  at  Lincoln,  where 
he  pursued  his  studies  from  1890  until  1896,  when  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree 
was  conferred  upon  him.    He  then  became  a  law  student  in  the  University  of  Nebraska, 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  795 

completed  his  course  in  1898  and  was  tlien  admitted  to  the  bar  of  that  state.  After- 
ward a  student  in  the  University  of  Oregon,  that  institution  conferred  upon  him  the 
Master  of  Arts  degree  in  1909.  He  has  also  taken  post  graduate  work  in  the  University 
of  Wisconsin  and  the  University  of  California  and  pursued  a  course  in  social  economy 
in  the  Washington  University  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1914.  From  early  manhood 
he  has  been  closely  identified  with  educational  work  as  teacher  as  well  as  pupil,  being 
connected  with  various  universities  throughout  the  country  as  well  as  with  schools  of 
lower  grade.  Taking  up  the  profession  of  teaching  in  early  manhood,  he  became  prin- 
cipal of  the  high  school  at  Waverly,  Nebraska,  where  he  remained  in  that  connection 
for  three  years.  He  afterward  taught  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Eugene,  Ore- 
gon, and  of  Astoria,  Oregon,  and  then  accepted  a  position  in  the  Willamette  University 
of  Oregon  and  later  in  the  Salem  University,  the  latter  being  the  oldest  institution  of 
the  kind  in  the  west.  He  was  also  connected  with  the  University  of  Puget  Sound  at 
Tacoma.  Washington,  with  the  Wesleyan  University  at  Mitchell,  South  Dakota,  and 
became  professor  of  sociological  economics  and  commercial  science  in  the  Russell  Sage 
University.  He  there  organized  a  course  for  the  study  of  causes  and  conditions  of 
poverty  and  charity,  and  the  records  of  his  investigations  can  be  found  in  book  form 
under  the  title.  Outdoor  Relief  Missions  in  the  Russell  Sage  Foundation.  For  the  past 
eight  years  he  has  been  one  of  the  teachers  of  the  University  of  Denver,  being  at  the 
head  of  the  economics  and  sociology  and  liberal  arts  department,  and  since  1913  dean 
of  the  School  of  Commerce,  Accounts  and  Finance  of  the  University  of  Denver.  He 
has  done  much  toward  thoroughly  organizing  and  systematizing  the  work  of  this  de- 
partment, which  was  established  in  190S  as  an  affiliated  department  of  the  University 
of  Denver,  having  its  own  charter  and  officers.  Previous  to  that  time  but  two  other 
similar  institutions  existed  in  the  entire  country,  one  having  been  founded  in  New 
York  city  in  1900  and  the  other  in  Philadelphia  in  1904.  This  new  development  of 
the  twentieth  century  has  proved  most  popular  and  practical.  Probably  no  recent 
expansion  of  university  work  has  become  more  helpful  or  done  more  to  identify  edu- 
cational institutions  with  the  active  practical  interests  of  the  communities  of  which 
they  are  a  part.  The  courses  are  of  standard  university  rank,  special  emphasis  being 
placed  upon  accountancy,  corporation  finance,  office  organization  and  management, 
husiness  law  and  other  branches  of  practical  business.  These  courses  are  supplemented 
by  strong  cultural  studies  that  are  of  especially  practical  value,  chosen  from  the  reg- 
ular university  curriculum  and  given  by  able  men  of  the  regular  university  faculty, 
while  experienced  business  men  lecture  upon  subjects  in  which  they  are  specialists. 
Professor  Warfield's  efforts  in  this  connection  are  the  direct  result  of  his  investigation 
and  study  of  economic  and  sociological  conditions.  He  finds  in  the  promotion  of  thor- 
ough business  training  and  efficiency  a  solution  to  many  of  the  problems  which  have 
arisen  in  connection  with  sociological  and  economic  conditions — in  a  word,  the  wise 
direction  of  effort  and  energy  and  the  development  of  the  innate  powers  of  the  indi- 
vidual that  his  training  shall  fit  him  for  usefulness  and  activity  in  the  world's  work. 

Professor  Warfield  is  more  than  an  educator.  He  is  a  man  of  broad  vision,  hold- 
ing to  high  ideals  yet  ever  utilizing  the  most  practical  methods  in  their  accomplish- 
ment. He  is  now  a  director  of  the  Denver  City  Federation  Board  of  Control,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Civic  &  Commercial  Association,  vice  president  of  the  Social  Service  Bureau 
of  the  City  of  Denver,  president  of  the  Literary  and  Accountancy  Association,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Economics  Association,  tlie  American  Statistical  Association,  the 
National  Municipal  League,  the  Western  Economic  Society  and  the  National  Geograph- 
ical Society.  He  is  likewise  connected  with  the  Schoolmasters  Club  of  Denver  and 
he  is  identified  with  several  Greek  letter  fraternities,  including  the  Sigma  Phi  Epsilon, 
the  Phi  Kappa  Phi,  the  Alpha  Kappa  Psi  and  the  Phi  Delta  Omega. 

Dr.  Warfield  was  married  on  the  6th  of  June,  1903,  to  Miss  Sarah  N.  Hall,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Wesleyan  University  of  Nebraska  and  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  a  mem- 
her  of  its  faculty.  The  marriage  was  celebrated  in  Reading.  Kansas.  Mrs.  Warfield 
is  a  daughter  of  George  M.  and  Rebecca  J.  Hall,  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska.  Three  children 
were  born  of  this  marriage,  of  whom  one  died  in  infancy,  while  those  still  living  are: 
Richard  H.,  born  in  Tacoma,  Washington,  in  1904;  and  John  Alfred,  born  in  Mitchell, 
South  Dakota,  in  1909.     Both  are  pupils  in  the  Denver  public  schools. 

Such  in  brief  is  the  life  history  of  Professor  George  A.  Warfield.  He  is  fortunate 
In  that  he  is  descended  from  an  ancestry  honorable  and  distinguished  and  his  own 
lines  of  life  have  been  cast  in  harmony  therewith  He  has  been  closely  identified  with 
those  movements  which  have  sought  not  only  methods  of  practical  reform  but  also  the 
cause  of  undesirable  conditions  with  a  view  to  their  eradication.  He  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  sociological  and  economic  experts  of  the  west  and  along  these  lines  has 
ever  kept  in  touch  with  the  best  thinking  men  of  the  age.    Moreover,  on  many  occasions 


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he  has  taken  the  initiative  in  bringing  about  solutions  for  important  problems  and 
his  opinions  have  largely  been  accepted  as  authority  upon  many  vital  questions  which 
affect  the  welfare  and  general  conditions  of  society. 


JAMES  MONROE  BREWER. 

James  Monroe  Brewer  was  a  representative  farmer  and  substantial  citizen  of  Adams 
county  but  was  called  to  his  final  rest  on  the  8th  of  November,  1S97,  leaving  to  his 
family  a  comfortable  competence  and  the  priceless  heritage  of  a  good  name.  He  was 
at  that  time  but  forty-two  years  of  age,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Carrollton, 
Kentucky,  on  the  ISth  of  August,  1855.  He  was  a  son  of  John  Randolph  and  Hannah 
Katherine  Brewer  and  a  nephew  of  George  Brewer,  who  was  one  of  the  soldiers  of  the 
Civil  war.  His  parents  crossed  the  plains  in  the  early  '60s.  traveling  with  team  and 
wagon  and  camping  out  along  the  roadside  at  night.  Ultimately  they  reached  Colorado, 
settling  in  Arapahoe  county,  where  the  father  homesteaded  and  carried  on  general 
agricultural  pursuits   until   he   passed  away. 

James  Monroe  Brewer  was  but  a  young  lad  at  the  time  of  the  arrival  of  the  family 
in  this  state  and  his  education  was  acquired  in  the  district  schools  near  his  father's 
home.  He  shared  with  tlie  family  in  all  of  the  hardships  and  privations  of  pioneer 
life  and  afterward  engaged  in  farming  with  his  father,  thus  early  gaining  broad  prac- 
tical experience  concerning  the  best  metliods  of  tilling  the  soil  and  caring  for  the 
crops.  Later  he  purchased  about  two  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land,  which  he 
continued  to  cultivate  and  improve  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  8th  of 
November,    1897. 

It  was  on  the  27th  of  October,  1881,  in  Golden,  Colorado,  that  Mr.  Brewer  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Belgen,  a  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Mary  Ann  (Clark) 
Belgen.  Mrs.  Brewer  was  born  in  England  and  came  to  Colorado  with  her  parents, 
being  reared  and  educated  in  this  state.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brewer  were  born  the  fol- 
lowing named.  Halvin,  the  eldest  of  the  family,  married  Margaret  J.  Waterhouse  and 
has  one  child,  Margaret  J.  Linus  is  the  second  of  the  family.  Ted  married  Ethel 
Hedensbury  and  has  two  children.  Nora  and  James.  Earl  is  with  the  United  States 
army  in  France.  Frank  has  also  responded  to  the  call  of  the  colors  and  is  with  the 
United  States  troops.  Fannie  is  at  home.  Elizabeth  is  the  wife  of  George  Johnson. 
Elma  Ora  gave  her  hand  in  marriage  to  William  Heebner,  who  is  mentioned  on  an- 
other page  of  this  work.     Three  children  have  passed  away. 

Mr.  Brewer  filled  the  office  of  school  director  and  was  a  stalwart  champion  not  only 
of  the  cause  of  education  but  of  every  plan  and  measure  for  the  welfare  and  benefit 
of  his  community.  His  religious  faith  was  that  of  the  Congregational  church  and  he 
lived  an  upright,  honorable  life  that  commended  him  to  the  confidence,  high  regard 
and  goodwill  of  all  with  whom  he  was  associated.  His  widow  still  occupies  the  old 
homestead  farm,  which  she  received  at  her  husband's  death,  and  in  its  management 
and  control  she  has  displayed  excellent  business  ability.  Her  social  qualities,  too, 
have  won  her  many  friends  in  the  community  in  which  she  makes  her  home. 


J.  B.  CORNELL. 


J.  B.  Cornell,  who  is  identified  with  the  farming  and  stock-raising  Interests  of 
Jefferson  county,  was  born  in  Michigan  on  the  10th  of  October,  1866.  a  son  of  Hannah 
and  Thomas  ( Pelton )  Cornell.  The  father  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  while  the 
mother's  birth  occurred  in  Ohio.  In  the  '40s  he  removed  to  Michigan,  where  his  re- 
maining days  were  passed,  and  in  that  state  the  mother  is  still  living.  They  had  a 
family  of  five  children,  all  of  whom  survive. 

The  youthful  days  of  J.  B.  Cornell  were  passed  in  his  native  state,  his  time  being 
divided  between  the  acquirement  of  a  public  school  education,  the  pleasures  of  the 
playground  and  such  duties  as  were  assigned  him  by  parental  authority.  He  came 
to  Colorado  in  1903  and  subsequently  took  up  his  abode  upon  the  ranch  on  which  he 
now  makes  his  home,  comprising  fourteen  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land,  of  which 
one  hundred  acres  is  under  ditch.  He  successfully  conducts  a  dairy  business,  keeping 
about  thirty  head  of  high  grade  Holstein  cows.  Everything  about  his  dairy  is  con- 
ducted in  a  most  sanitary  and  scientific  manner  and  he  closely  studies  the  value  of 
every  animal  as  determined  by  the  amount  of  butter  fat  that  the  milk  produces.     He 


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is  a  member  of  the  Milk  Association  and  is  a  progressive  business  man,  standing  for 
advancement   and   Improvement  at   all   times. 

In  1908  Mr.  Cornell  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Grace  Gray,  who  was  born 
In  Georgetown,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  William  S.  and  Mary  E.  (Shock)  Gray.  Her 
father  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  while  her  mother's  birth  occurred  in  Ohio.  They 
came  to  Colorado  in  1866,  when  the  work  of  progress  and  improvement  seemed  scarcely 
begun  In  this  state,  and  located  at  Georgetown.  For  a  considerable  period  they  were 
actively  identified  with  the  pioneer  development  of  Colorado.  The  father,  however, 
passed  away  in  San  Francisco,  California,  but  the  mother  survives  and  Is  now  living 
in  Denver.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cornell  were  born  three  children,  Josephine  M.,  Aaron 
G.   and   Elinor   Loretta. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Cornell  attend  the  Presbyterian  church.  They  are  people  of  genuine 
worth,  highly  esteemed  by  a  large  circle  of  warm  friends,  and  the  hospitality  of  the 
best  homes  of  this  locality  is  cordially  extended  them.  Mr.  Cornell  votes  witli  the 
republican  party  and  does  not  lightly  regard  the  duties  of  citizenship  but  has  never 
been  an  office  seeker.  Energy  and  ambition — his  dominant  characteristics — are  lead- 
ing him  steadily  forward  along  business  lines  and  he  is  now  one  of  the  well  known 
farmers  and   stockmen  of  Jefferson  county. 


CHARLES  W.  BABCOCK. 


One  of  Denver's  best  known  and  most  substantial  business  establishments,  and 
the  oldest  in  point  of  years  in  continuous  existence,  is  the  Babcock  Brothers  Hat  & 
Fur  Company,  owned  jointly  by  the  three  Babcock  brothers,  who  bought  out  a  small 
store  in  the  city  on  the  1st  of  May,  1888,  and  who  have  developed  the  enterprise  to 
one  of  extensive  and  profitable  proportions.  In  fact  they  are  now  the  leaders  in  their 
line  in  Denver. 

Charles  W.  Babcock,  a  member  of  the  firm,  was  born  in  Monmouth,  Illinois,  on 
the  29th  of  February,  1856,  his  parents  being  John  and  Lorinda  F.  Babcock.  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  Wales,  Massachusetts.  They  removed  to  Illinois  as  early  as 
1840  and  took  up  their  abode  in  Monmouth,  that  state.  In  1872  John  Babcock  came 
west  to  Denver  and  three  years  later  was  here  joined  by  his  family.  His  last  days 
were  spent  in  honorable  retirement  from  business,  his  demise  occurring  in  1900,  when 
he  had  reached  the  age  of  seventy-five  years,  while  his  wife  died  In  Denver  in  1915. 
at  the  age  of  seventy-nine  years.  They  had  gained  an  extensive  and  favorable  acquaint- 
ance during  the  long  period  of  their  residence  in  this  city  and  their  loss  was  sincerely 
mourned.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  children.  F.  E.  Babcock.  the  eldest  of  the 
sons  and  one  of  the  partners  in  the  Babcock  Brothers  Hat  &  Fur  Company,  was  one 
of  Denver's  volunteer  firemen  in  the  early  days  and  many  times  faced  danger  and 
death  in  the  performance  of  his  duty.  On  one  occasion  the  walls  of  a  building  which 
was  ablaze  gave  way  and  buried  several  of  the  brave  fire  fighters,  two  of  whom  were  dead 
when  carried  out  of  the  ruins.  Mr.  Babcock,  however,  was  rescued  alive  and  spared 
for  future  deeds  of  heroism  in  similar  danger.  His  brothers  and  sisters  are  as  fol,- 
lows:  John,  who  is  associated  with  his  brothers,  F.  B.  and  C.  W.,  in  the  hat  and  fur 
business;  Mrs.  Maxey  Tabor,  a  resident  of  Denver;  Mrs.  H.  M.  Graves,  who  makes  her 
home   in    San   Francisco,   California;    and   Charles   W.,   of  this   review. 

The  last  named  attended  Monmouth  College  in  his  native  city  and  after  putting 
aside  his  textbooks  came  to  Denver.  At  the  end  of  a  year  spent  in  this  city  he  made 
his  way  to  Leadville,  Colorado,  where  he  turned  his  attention  to  mining.  Meeting 
with  indifferent  success,  however,  he  abandoned  his  activities  in  that  direction  in 
1879,  embarked  in  business  as  a  dealer  in  men's  hats  and  conducted  a  profitable  enter- 
prise of  that  character  until  1889.  In  the  latter  year  he  disposed  of  his  interests  In 
Leadville  and  returned  to  Denver,  where  he  purchased  the  hat  and  fur  store  of  Owens 
&  Webber,  who  had  established  the  business  in  1873.  The  undertaking  has  been  carried 
on  continuously  during  the  intervening  period  of  forty-five  years  and  is  the  oldest 
establishment  in  the  state  dealing  in  men's  hats  and  furs.  Babcock  Brothers  have 
conducted  the  business  most  successfully  for  twenty-nine  years  and  for  twenty-seven 
years  have  occupied  the  same  quarters.  They  carry  a  complete  line  of  Knox  and  Stet- 
son hats  and  also  the  finest  furs  on  the  market,  and  they  enjoy  a  steadily  increasing 
and  enviable  patronage.  The  brothers  are  men  of  excellent  business  ability,  enter- 
prising, progressive  and  alert,  and  have  long  been  accorded  recognition  among  the 
highly    esteemed    and    representative   citizens    of   Colorado. 

In    politics    Charles    W.    Babcock    is    independent,    supporting    men    and    measures 


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rather  than  party.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  belongs  to 
the  Denver  Club  and  the  Denver  Athletic  Club  and  is  popular  in  both  business  and 
social  circles  of  the   city. 


ULRICH  FURRER. 


Ulrich  Furrer,  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land 
near  Derby,  which  he  largely  devotes  to  the  raising  of  beets,  alfalfa,  wheat  and  potatoes, 
is  of  Swiss  birth.  He  was  born  on  the  5th  of  February,  1864,  in  the  land  of  the  Alps, 
a  son  of  Ulrich  and  Magdalena  Furrer,  whose  family  numbered  four  sons,  of  whom  he 
is  the  youngest.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  Switzerland,  which  he 
attended  until  he  reached  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  after  which  he  did  all  kinds  of 
farm  work  throughout  continental  Europe.  In  1893,  however,  he  crossed  the  Atlantic 
to  the  new  world  and  after  spending  six  months  in  Pennsylvania  made  his  way  west- 
ward to  Denver,  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  started  with  his  brother 
John  and  was  connected  with  him  in  the  dairy  business  at  Edgewater  for  a  year. 
He  afterward  removed  to  Rose  Hill,  where  he  conducted  a  dairy  for  seven  years,  and 
he  also  spent  two  years  in  Denver,  where  he  engaged  in  teaming.  In  1907,  however, 
he  came  to  Derby  and  now  leases  one  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  rich  and  productive 
land  on  which  he  raises  good  crops  of  potatoes,  beets,  wheat  and  alfalfa.  Everything 
about  his  place  is  orderly  and  systematic,  his  work  promptly  done,  and  his  crops  are 
substantial  and  gratifying. 

On  the  18th  of  August,  1889,  Mr.  Furrer  was  married  to  Miss  Rosa  Schertz;  a 
native  of  Switzerland,  and  they  have  become  parents  of  two  children,  William  and 
Anna,  the  latter  at  home.  The  son  married  Emma  Rudy  and  operates  the  home  farm, 
while  his  father  is  in  a  measure  living  retired,  although  he  assists  the  son  to  some 
extent  in  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  home  place. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Lutheran  church  and  Mr.  Furrer 
has  supported  the  democratic  party  since  he  became  a  naturalized  American  citizen. 
He  is  well  known  in  this  section  of  the  state,  where  he  has  resided  for  many  years 
and  where  his  substantial  qualities  have  won  him  the  friendly  regard  and  goodwill 
of  those  with  whom  he  has  been  brought  in  contact. 


FRANK  L.  HORNBAKER. 


Frank  L.  Hornbaker  is  identified  with  farming  and  stock  raising  interests  in 
Boulder  county,  his  home  being  pleasantly  and  conveniently  situated  a  mile  north  of 
Niwot.  He  is  numbered  among  the  native  sons  of  Boulder  county,  his  birth  having 
occurred  within  its  borders  on  the  6th  of  August,  1S66.  His  parents  were  H.  H.  and 
Sarah  J.  (Way)  Hornbaker,  the  former  a  native  of  Indiana,  while  the  latter  was  born 
ip  Iowa.  They  crossed  the  plains  in  1864,  makmg  the  journey  with  ox  team  and  wagon, 
and  took  up  their  abode  upon  the  present  farm  of  Frank  L.  Hornbaker.  which  the 
father  secured  as  a  homestead  claim.  He  afterward  built  thereon  a  log  cabin  covered 
with  sod  root  and  lived  in  that  primitive  dwelling  for  several  years,  he  and  his  family 
bravely  facing  the  hardships,  privations  and  dangers  that  always  feature  in  a  frontier 
settlement.  The  mother  passed  away  on  the  old  homestead,  but  the  father  is  still 
living  and  makes  his  home  in  Longmont,  Colorado.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  born 
six  children  who  yet  survive. 

Frank  L.  Hornbaker  was  reared  and  educated  in  Boulder  county  and  after  reach- 
ing his  majority  engaged  in  stock  raising.  He  also  acted  as  guide  to  tourists  over 
the  mountains  for  twelve  years  and  then  settled  on  the  old  homestead  which  he  now 
occupies,  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  which  he  has  greatly  im- 
proved, bringing  the  place  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  development.  He  is 
likewise  a  stockholder  in  the  milk  condenser  at  Lovell  and  is  interested  in  a  silver 
mine  at  Caribou,  Colorado.  The  major  part  of  his  time  and  attention,  however,  is 
given  to  the  cultivation  of  his  crops  and  to  his  stock  raising  interests  and  along  these 
lines  he  is  meeting  with   well  merited  success. 

Mr.  Hornbaker  has  been  married  twice.  He  first  wedded  Miss  Cora  A.  Wellman, 
who  was  born  in  Boulder  county,  Colorado,  a  daughter  of  Henry  Wellman,  who  came 
to  this  state  in  1859  and  passed  away  here.  To  the  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Hornb&ker 
three  children  were  born:    Roy,  now   deceased;    Verlie,   the   widow   of  William   Johns; 


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and  Jessie  B.  The  wife  and  motiier  passed  away  in  1902  and  was  laid  to  rest  In  Boul- 
der cemetery.  In  1904  Mr.  Hornbalier  was  married  to  Mrs  Mintie  McLaren,  who  by 
her  fir.st  marriage  became  the  mother  of  four  children,  of  whom  three  are  living: 
Elbert;  Winnie,  the  wife  of  Ira  Holland;  and  Fred,  who  is  now  in  the  United  States 
Army  in  France.  Upon  their  service  flag  were  two  blue  stars  but  one  of  these  has 
turned  to  gold,  for  the  son  Cecil  died  in  France  while  serving  his  country  in  the  effort 
to  save  the  world  from  the  rule  of  Prussianism. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Hornbaker  is  connected  with  the  Elks  and  also  with  the  Odd 
Fellows  lodge  at  Niwot,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs.  His  political  endorse- 
ment is  given  to  the  democratic  party,  and  while  he  has  never  sought  political  office, 
he  has  served  for  a  number  of  years  on  the  school  board.  He  is  a  public-spirited 
citizen,  interested  in  all  that  has  to  do  with  the  general  welfare,  and  he  heartily  co- 
operates in  various  movements  for  the  public  good. 


CLARK  BLICKENSDERFER. 


Clark  Blickensderfer  is  a  well  known  figure  in  real  estate  circles  and  is  the  capable 
manager  of  the  Blickensderfer  estate.  He  was  born  in  Denver.  September  17,  1882, 
a  son  of  Dr.  James  Clark  aiid  Eva  (White)  Blickensderfer,  the  former  a  native  of 
Ohio,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Kentucky.  They  came  to  Denver  in  early  life  and 
were  married  in  this  city.  The  father  was  a  graduate  of  a  medical  college  and  entered 
upon  practice  in  Denver,  where  his  marked  ability  won  him  a  most  liberal  patronage. 
He  also  accumulated  a  large  fortune  through  successful  investments  in  business  prop- 
erty which  he  improved,  several  of  the  substantial  buildings  of  the  city  standing  as 
monuments  to  his  foresight  and  sound  judgment.  One  of  these  is  the  large  California 
building  on  Seventeenth  and  California  streets.  It  is  one  of  the  leading  office  iand 
store  buildings  in  the  city,  an  ornament  to  Denver  and  a  source  of  substantial  income 
to  the  owners.  His  keen  sagacity  enabled  Dr.  Blickensderfer  to  purchase  property  from 
time  to  time  that  continually  increased  in  value  and  made  his  estate  one  of  great 
worth.  He  was  also  prominent  in  his  profession  and  at  all  times  kept  in  touch  with 
the  trend  of  modern  scientific  thought  and  research  as  relating  to  the  laws  of  health. 
He  was  prominently  connected  with  the  various  medical  societies  and  he  was  also  a 
leading  and  honored  member  of  a  number  of  fraternal  organizations.  He  died  in  Den- 
ver in  March,  1916,  after  reaching  the  Psalmist's  allotted  age  of  three  score  years 
and  ten.     His  widow  still  survives  and  yet  makes  her  home  in   Denver. 

Clark  Blickensderfer,  their  only  child,  began  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Denver  and  continued  his  studies  in  the  East  Denver  high  school.  He  also  spent 
one  year  as  a  student  in  the  University  of  Denver  and  later  he  pursued  a  course  in 
civil  engineering  in  Columbia  University.  He  was  graduated  therefrom  in  1906  and 
upon  his  return  to  the  west  he  opened  offices  in  his  native  city,  where  he  followed 
his  chosen  profession  successfully  for  several  years.  Later,  however,  he  gave  this 
up  to  take  charge  of  his  father's  property  interests  and  upon  his  father's  death  took 
over  the  management  of  the  estate  and  is  now  caring  for  his  own  and  his  mother's 
interests,  which  are  large  and  bring  to  him  a  most  gratifying  financial  return  annually. 

On  the  Sth  of  June,  1910.  Mr.  Blickensderfer  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Walker, 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Walker.  They  have  become  parents  of  two  children: 
James  Clark,  born  in  Denver,  March  2,  1912;  and  Richard  Holmes,  born  October  3, 
1914. 

Mr.  Blickensderfer  has  membership  in  the  Denver  Civic  and  Commercial  Asso- 
ciation, also  in  the  Denver  Country  Club  and  he  belongs  to  the  Theta  Xi  and  the  Tau 
Theta  Phi,  two  college  fraternities.  He  is  likewise  connected  with  the  Cole  Mountain 
Club.  There  are  few  residents  of  Denver  more  widely  known  than  Clark  Blickensderfer, 
who  has  spent  his  entire  life  in  the  city  as  a  representative  of  one  of  its  pioneer  fami- 
lies. Through  many  decades  the  name  has  been  associated  with  development  and 
progress  here  and  Clark  Blickensderfer,  like  his  father,  is  actuated  by  a  spirit  of 
advancement  in  all  that  he  undertakes  in  a  business  way.  The  Blickensderfer  inter- 
ests have  constituted  an  important  element  in  the  development  and  improvement  of 
Denver  and  in  the  management  of  his  property  the  son  displays  the  same  substantial 
business  qualities  and  foresight  which  characterized  his  father.  To  accumulate  a  for- 
tune requires  one  kind  of  genius;  to  retain  a  fortune  already  acquired,  to  add  to  its 
legitimate  increment  and  to  make  such  use  of  it  that  its  possessor  may  derive  there- 
from the  greatest  enjoyment  and  the  public  the  greatest  benefit  requires  another  kind 
of  genius.     Mr.  Blickensderfer  belongs  to  that  younger  generation  of  business  men  of 


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Denver  called  upon  to  shoulder  responsibilities  differing  materially  from  those  resting 
upon  their  predecessors.  In  a  broader  field  of  enterprise  they  find  themselves  obliged 
to  deal  with  affairs  of  greater  magnitude  and  to  solve  more  difficult  and  complicated 
financial  and  economic  problems.  He  is  proving  adequate  to  the  demands  made  upon 
him,  however,  and  his  worth  is  widely  ackowledged  in  both  business  and  social  circles 
of  his  native  city. 


WILLIAM  MICHAEL. 


William  Michael  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  ranch  of  one  hundred  acres  near  Barr 
Lake  in  Adams  county,  which  he  has  developed,  converting  it  into  a  very  productive 
tract  of  land.  He  was  reared  to  farm  life,  having  been  born  on  the  old  family  home- 
stead in  Decatur  county,  Indiana,  December  1,  1866.  He  is  a  son  of  Henry  and  Luvisa 
(Toothman)  Michael,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Indiana,  where  the  father  fol- 
lowed the  occupation  of  farming. 

At  the  usual  age  William  Michael  became  a  pupil  In  the  district  school  near  his 
father's  home  in  Decatur  county,  Indiana,  and  pursued  his  education  in  that  way 
until  he  reached  the  age  of  eighteen.  He  continued  to  work  at  farm  labor  in  his  native 
state  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-five  years  and  was  then  married,  after  which 
he  continued  his  residence  ih  the  state  for  six  years  longer.  In  1897  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  during  the  first  summer  was  employed  by  others.  He  next  homesteaded  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  but  after  living  upon  the  place  for  four  months  gave  it  up. 
He  afterward  purchased  sixty  acres  of  unimproved  land  near  Barr  Lake,  to  which  he 
has  since  added  a  forty-acre  tract  in  1915.  This  land  is  very  productive  now  and  he 
has  developed  his  present  excellent  ranch  property  from  practically  nothing.  Un- 
wearied industry  and  indefatigable  energy,  combined  with  sound  business  judgment, 
have  been  the  potent  forces  in  winning  for  him  the  position  which  he  now  occupies 
in   the   agricultural   circles   of  Adams   county. 

Mr.  Michael  was  married  in  Decatur  county,  Indiana,  on  the  1st  of  March,  1892, 
to  Miss  Loretta  Elliott,  a  daughter  of  Michael  and  Hulda  Elliott.  Mrs.  Michael  is  a 
native  of  Virginia  but  was  reared  in  Indiana.  By  her  marriage  she  has  become  the 
mother  of  one  child,  Mary,  who  is  attending  school. 

Mr.  Michael  belongs  to  the  Grange  and  is  interested  in  all  that  has  to  do  with 
ranching  interests  in  the  state.  He  has  membership  in  the  Non-Partisan  League  and 
his  religious  faith  is  indicated  by  his  connection  with  the  Baptist  church.  His  life 
has  been  governed  by  high  and  honorable  principles  and  the  sterling  worth  of  his 
character  is  attested  by  all  who  know  him. 


R.  M.  AITKEN. 


R.  M.  Aitken  is  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  prosperous  and  prominent  oil  companies 
of  the  west  whose  range  of  trade  extends  throughout  the  mountain  states  and  as  far 
south  as  the  Gulf  states.  Operations  are  conducted  under  the  name  of  the  Mountain 
&  Gulf  Oil  &  Refining  Company,  with  properties  in  the  big  oil  fields  of  Wyoming,  Colo- 
rado, Kansas,  Oklahoma  and  Texas.  As  president  of  the  corporation  Mr.  Aitken  is 
directing  its  affairs  and  interests  and  the  results  attained  are  gratifying. 

A  native  of  Illinois,  he  was  born  in  Mercer,  August  4,  1S82,  the  third  in  a  family 
of  four  children  whose  parents  were  Richard  and  Mary  (McKinney)  Aitken.  the  former 
a  native  of  Scotland,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Ohio.  The  father  came  to  America 
in  early  life  and  resided  in  Illinois  until  1899,  when  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in 
Colorado  Springs,  where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  wagons  and  carriages  and 
where  both  he  and  his  wife  still  make  their  home.  Their  children  are:  L.  L.,  living 
in  Colorado  Springs;  A.  D.,  of  the  same  city;  R.  M.,  of  this  review;  and  Mrs.  Thomas 
Hunter,   of   Cheyenne,   Wyoming. 

After  attending  public  school  in  Illinois  in  early  life  R.  M.  Aitken  was  employed 
along  various  lines  until  he  came  to  Colorado  with  his  parents.  Soon  afterward  he 
secured  an  option  on  oil  lands  in  Texas  and  Louisiana  and  later  in  Colorado  and 
Wyoming  and  these  became  highly  productive  fields.  As  a  result  of  the  indications  for 
splendid  development  the  Mountain  &  Gulf  Oil  &  Refining  Company  was  organized  and 
Mr.  Aitken  became  its  president.  Their  fields  now  largely  extend  through  Colorado, 
Kansas  and  Texas  to  Oklahoma,  Louisiana  and  Kentucky.     The  company  is  operating 


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actively  in  all  these  fields  with  large  producing  wells.  The  business  was  incorporated 
in  1917  with  M.  M.  Aitken  as  the  president,  L.  L.  Altken  as  the  vice  president  and 
Mr.  Gardner  as  secretary. 

In  1906  Mr.  Aitken  was  married  to  Miss  Zadie  Zinn,  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  they 
now  have  a  son,  Richard  Lyle,  who  was  born  in  Colorado  Springs  in  1907  and  is  now 
in  school.  Mr.  Aitken  belongs  to  the  Denver  Athletic  Club  and  is  well  known  in  the 
city,  his  social  qualities  making  for  personal  popularity,  while  his  business  ability 
has  gained  him  a  position  of  leadership  along  the  line   in  which  he  operates. 


JOHN  FRANKLIN  TOWNSEND. 

John  Franklin  Townsend.  engaged  in  ranching  near  Aurora,  was  born  in  Atchison 
county.  Missouri.  January  16.  1854,  a  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Williams)  Town- 
send.  The  grandfather  was  a  native  of  Tennessee  and  removed  to  Indiana  during  the 
territorial  days  of  that  state.  In  the  family  were  seven  brothers  who  lived  near 
Indianapolis,  but  all  have  now  passed  away.  James  Townsend  was  a  soldier  of  the 
Civil  war,  enlisting  in  a  company  of  the  Twenty-second  Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry,  with 
which  he  served  as  a  private  for  two  years.  Later  he  started  from  Missouri  to  meet 
Price  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  received  an  honorable  discharge.  He  devoted  his 
entire  life  to  the  occupation  of  farming. 

John  F.  Townsend  pursued  a  district  school  education  in  one  of  the  little  log 
schoolhouses  of  Atchison  county,  Missouri,  and  also  studied  for  a  year  in  Mount  Vernon, 
Missouri.  He  then  took  up  the  occupation  of  farming,  which  he  followed  in  his  native  state, 
and  when  twenty-eight  years  of  age  he  removed  to  western  Kansas.  At  a  later 
period  he  returned  to  his  birthplace  in  northern  Missouri  and  purchased  eighty  acres 
of  improved  land,  which  he  cultivated  for  a  time  and  then  sold.  He  next  took  up  his 
abode  in  western  Nebraska,  where  he  homesteaded  and  proved  up  on  the  property.  He 
was  married  and  spent  ten  years  upon  his  place  in  western  Nebraska,  but  for  three 
years  there  was  no  rain  and  the  drought  caused  him  to  seek  a  home  elsewhere.  He 
made  his  way  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Sullivan  on  the  6th  of  December,  1894,  at  which 
time  he  began  to  work  as  a  common  laborer  at  a  dollar  per  day  and  on  that  salary 
maintained  his  family.  He  afterward  engaged  in  ranching  in  connection  with  the 
Platte  Land  Company  and  eventually  he  purchased  eighty  acres  of  land  in  Adams 
county.  He  has  since  leased  other  property  and  he  now  has  thirty  acres  planted  to 
beans  and  fifty-six  acres  in  corn.  He  produces  good  crops  as  the  result  of  his  practical 
and  progressive  methods  and  an  air  of  neatness  and  thrift  pervades  his  place.  Every- 
thing about  the  farm  is  kept  in  good  condition  and  the  work  is  systematically  done, 
so   that   substantial    results   accrue. 

On  the  1st  of  January,  1888,  near  Max,  Nebraska,  Mr.  Townsend  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Corabelle  Davis,  a  daughter  o5  Elijah  G.  Davis.  Their  children  are 
four  in  number:  Charles;  Lula,  the  wife  of  Frank  Lydon,  by  whom  she  has  three 
children:  Corabelle,  the  wife  of  John  Willis,  by  whom  she  has  two  children,  Ralph 
and  Bessie;    and  Joy,  now  in  school. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Townsend  is  an  earnest  democrat  and  has  served  as 
justice  of  the  peace  in  Aurora  township  for  three  terms.  In  this  office  he  has  proven 
faithful  and  loyal,  his  decisions  being  strictly  fair  and  impartial,  being  based  upon 
the  law  and  the  equity  in  the  case.  He  has.  however,  never  been  a  politician  in  the 
sense  of  office  seeking,  as  his  business  affairs  have  made  steady  demand  upon  his 
time  and  energy.  Obstacles  and  difficulties  have  at  various  points  in  his  career  im- 
peded his  progress  toward  the  goal  of  success,  but  with  persistent  effort  he  has  pushed 
forward  and   is  today  one  of  the  substantial   ranchmen   of  his  section   of  the   stale. 


CHARLES    M.    MILLER. 


Charles  M.  Miller  is  a  prominent  funeral  director,  undertaker  and  embalmer  of 
Denver.  In  fact  he  is  the  second  oldest  in  this  line  of  business  in  Colorado,  having 
been  continuously  so  engaged  since  1879.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
August  20,  1853,  a  son  of  Charles  M.  and  Louisa  (Frederickson)  Miller,  who  were  like- 
wise natives  of  Philadelphia,  where  they  always  resided,  the  father  being  a  well 
known  banker  of  that  city.     Both  have  now  passed  away. 

Charles  M.  Miller  was  the  youngest  in  their  family  of  seven  children.  In  early 
boyhood    he   attended    the   schools    of   Philadelphia   and    alterwaj-d    became    a    student 

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In  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  at  Manhattan.  He  had  gone  to  that  state  as 
a  boy  and  after  leaving  the  institution  he  removed  to  Denver,  where  he  arrived  on  the 
21st  of  September,  1871.  He  was  employed  along  various  lines  until  1879,  when  he 
turned  his  attention  to  the  undertaking  business,  in  which  he  has  since  been  actively 
engaged.  He  has  continued  uninterruptedly  in  this  line  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
century  and  for  many  years  he  occupied  one  location,  but  eventually  the  growth  of 
his  business  forced  him  to  seek  larger  quarters.  His  mortuary,  which  is  now  located 
at  No.  800  East  Colfax  avenue,  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  city.  It  is  equipped  as  nearly 
as  possible  like  a  home  and  many  of  the  leading  funerals  of  the  city  are  there  held. 

In  1881  Mr.  Miller  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie  Dority,  a  daughter  of  Arthur  and 
Philomena  Dority,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Miller  became  parents  of  three  children,  but  two  have  passed  away — Arthur  and 
Nellie.  The  surviving  daughter,  Marie  J.,  is  a  graduate  of  St.  Joseph's  Sacred  Heart 
College. 

Mr.  Miller  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  republican  party  and  in  1882  and 
1883  served  as  county  coroner  of  the  city  and  county  of  Denver.  He  is  identified  with 
all  branches  of  Masonry  and  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish 
Rite.  Since  joining  the  order  he  has  been  a  worthy  exemplar  of  the  craft  and  his 
many  sterling  traits  of  character  are  attested  by  his  brethren  of  the  fraternity  as 
well  as  by  many  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact  through  business  and  social 
relations. 


ISADOR    RUDE. 


Isador  Rude  is  the  president  of  the  Union  State  Bank  of  Denver  and  his  record  Is 
a  notable  one  of  successful  achievement.  Denver  knew  him  first  as  a  dishwasher  in  a 
summer  garden.  He  had  come  to  the  west  on  money  advanced  him  by  a  charitable 
institution  of  New  York  city,  making  the  trip  in  search  of  health,  which  had  failed 
him  in  the  east.  He  was  born  in  Belgium.  November  14,  1875,  a  son  of  Meyer  and 
Rachael  Rude.  The  father  was  a  well  known  diamond  cutter  of  his  native  land, 
where  he  resided  until  1890,  when  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  New  York  and  there 
worked  at  his  trade  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1913.  To  him  and  his  wife  were 
born  five  children,  four  of  whom  are  still  living:    Alexander,  Isador,  Joseph  and  Irma. 

In  early  life  Isador  Rude  attended  school  in  Belgium  and  after  coming  to  America 
in  1896  remained  with  his  parents  in  New  York  until  1898,  when  he  made  his  way  to 
Denver.  The  story  of  his  achievements  is  a  most  interesting  one.  On  reaching  the 
new  world  he  at  once  procured  employment  in  a  tailoring  establishment  of  New  York 
city  of  the  sweat  shop  class.  For  two  years  he  worked  day  and  night  and  then  his 
health  failed.  He  lost  his  position  and  with  no  means  of  support  it  seemed  that  he 
must  become  an  object  of  public  charity,  but  the  character  and  ambition  of  the 
young  man  would  not  permit  of  this.  However,  he  accepted  a  temporary  loan  from  a 
charitable  institution,  securing  a  sufficient  sum  to  enable  him  to  reach  Denver,  where 
he  arrived  with  but  eighty  cents  in  his  pocket.  After  reaching  this  city  he  called  on 
the  local  charity  board  and  was  offered  a  small  sum  every  week.  He  said,  however, 
that  he  did  not  wish  financial  assistance — all  that  he  wanted  was  the  opportunity  to 
earn  his  own  living.  He  was  first  employed  as  a  man  of  all  work  at  a  big  summer 
garden,  where  he  remained  for  a  week,  and  then  secured  a  position  as  waiter  in  an 
eating  house.  After  a  brief  period  his  employer  announced  his  unfitness  for  the  job, 
telling  him,  however,  that  he  would  give  him  work  at  washing  dishes,  paying  him  with 
three  meals  a  day.  By  work  at  night  he  managed  to  pay  his  room  rent  and  was  con- 
stantly on  the  alert  for  opportunity  to  secure  something  better.  He  was  not  long 
in  obtaining  a  position  with  Schradsky,  the  tailor,  at  a  wage  of  four  dollars  per  week 
and  in  a  year  was  earning  six  dollars  per  week.  It  was  then  that  he  started  out  on 
his  own  account.  Obtaining  a  few  samples,  he  managed  to  rent  a  store  and  then  went 
from  do6r  to  door  and  to  various  oflBces,  taking  orders.  On  the  second  anniversary  of 
the  day  on  which  he  reached  Denver  he  was  able  to  deposit  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  dollars  in  the  bank.  From  that  time  forward  his  trade  steadily  increased.  He 
adopted  as  his  business  motto:  "Truth,  first,  last  and  all  the  time,"  and  the  policy 
which  he  thus  inaugurated  has  guided  him  in  every  relation  of  life.  He  has  been 
quick  to  recognize  opportunity  and  to  utilize  advantages  and  has  displayed  an  initiative 
spirit  that  has  brought  him  prominently  to  the  front.  On  one  occasion  he  visited  a 
printer,  a  man  of  large  physique,  in  order  to  get  some  cards  printed.  The  man,  look- 
ing at  Mr.  Rude,  said:    "You'll  have  to  get  on  a  stepladder  to  talk  to  me."     The  idea 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  803 

as  an  advertising  medium  at -once  appealed  to  Mr.  Rude,  who  had  his  cards  printed: 
"I.  Rude,  the  Little  Tailor,"  and  put  a  picture  of  himself  standing  on  a  stepladder 
measuring  a  pair  of  pants  for  a  big  man.  The  clever  advertisement  soon  won  atten- 
tion and  when  once  he  secured  patronage  he  had  no  difBculty  in  holding  the  trade. 
As  the  years  passed  on  and  he  prospered,  Mr.  Rude  never  forgot  that  in  the  early 
years  of  his  career  he  needed  assistance  and  he  has  always  been  a  most  generous 
contributor  to  charities.  He  has  repaid  his  fare  to  Denver  many  thousands  of  times 
and  still  contributes  to  the  organization  which  advanced  him  the  money  to  make  the 
trip.  He  has  been  a  close  student  of  many  sociological  and  economic  problems  and  has 
always  believed  in  giving  the  individual  a  chance  to  help  himself.  It  was  this  that 
led  him  to  make  gifts  of  clothing  to  newsboys  that  they  might  be  presentable  and 
might  be  able  to  save.  Moreover,  he  taught  them  to  tell  the  trutli  and  not  to  be 
stingy  when  there  was  a  call  of  charity.  After  a  time  Mr.  Rude  became  an  investor 
in  business  interests  in  Texas  and  eventually  he  became  a  stockholder  in  the  Union 
State  Bank  of  Denver.  It  was  then  that  his  well  earned  reputation  for  honesty  and 
reliability  stood  him  in  good  stead,  for  his  friends,  learning  that  he  was  connected 
with  the  bank,  felt  that  it  must  be  a  thoroughly  reliable  institution  and  in  eight  months 
the  deposits  of  the  bank  had  doubled — all  through  his  friends.  He  still  conducts  sev- 
eral branch  tailoring  establishments  in  a  number  of  the  larger  cities  in  Texas  but  in 
Denver  is  largely  concentrating  his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  banking  business. 
In  January,  1918,  he  was  elected  by  the  directors  of  the  Union  State  Bank  to  the  presi- 
dency, notwithstanding  he  was  a  minority  stockholder,  and  to  the  management  of 
this  institution  he  is  bringing  the  same  unfaltering  enterprise,  clear  judgment  and 
determined    purpose   that  have   characterized   his   business    activities   in   former   years. 

On  the  15th  of  June,  1904,  Mr.  Rude  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Bessie  Mandles, 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Mandles.  and  they  have  one  child,  Gustave,  born 
in  Denver  in  December,  1906,  and  now  attending  the  Westlake  Military  Academy. 

Mr.  Rude  has  never  believed  in  extravagance  in  his  personal  affairs,  and  as  he  has 
prospered  in  his  undertakings  he  has  given  his  surplus  earnings  to  charity.  He  de- 
votes much  time  to  charitable  institutions  and  is  one  of  the  largest  individual  con- 
tributors to  Jewish  and  other  charities  in  Denver.  There  is  never  an  appeal  made  to 
him  in  vain.  Outside  of  his  actual  needs,  tor  which  he  allows  about  thirty-five  hun- 
dred dollars  per  year,  he  gives  his  entire  income  to  charity  and  he  is  now  the  vice 
president  of  the  Jewish  War  Sufferers'  Relief  and  is  also  associated  with  various 
national  Jewish  charities.  He  is  still  a  comparatively  young  man  and  his  future 
career  will  be  well  worth  the  watching.  His  course,  however,  is  well  marked  out  and 
the  future  will  but  indicate  a  broadening  of  the  scope  of  his  activities  for  the  benefit 
of  mankind.  A  man  of  his  kindly  nature  and  generous  disposition  naturally  has 
hundreds  of  friends  and  all  know  that  throughout  the  entire  period  of  his  residence 
in  Denver  his  course  has  measured  up  to  the  highest  standards  of  manhood  and 
citizenship. 


PLEASANT  DE  SPAIN. 


Pleasant  De  Spain  has  spent  almost  his  entire  life  in  Colorado,  having  been  but  a 
little  lad  of  five  years  when  brought  to  this  state.  His  birth  occurred  in  Monmouth, 
Illinois,  on  the  15th  of  December,  1858,  his  parents  being  Pleasant  and  Sarah  De 
Spain.  The  father  was  born  in  Kentucky,  while  the  mother  was  a  native  of  Illinois. 
Mr.  De  Spain  followed  farming  in  the  Mississippi  Valley  and  remained  in  Illinois 
until  1863,  when  he  brought  his  family  to  Colorado.  He  afterward  engaged  in  freight- 
ing between  Denver  and  the  mines  for  three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  began 
getting  out  timber  in  Cold  Creek  canyon.  In  1870  he  filed  on  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  on  section  32.  now  known  as  Westminster,  and  there  he  devoted  his  atten- 
tion to  general  agricultural  pursuits  throughout  his  remaining  days,  his  death  occurring 
in  1891.     His  widow  survived  him   for  a  considerable  period  and  died   in   1904. 

Pleasant  De  Spain  of  this  review,  a  lad  of  but  five  years  when  brought  to  Colorado, 
pursued  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Wheatridge  and  also  the  Wolff  school  in  District 
No.  9,  near  his  father's  home.  At  an  early  age  he  began  to  assist  his  father  in  the 
work  of  the  fields  and  continued  farming  with  him  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty- 
six  years,  at  which  time  he  started  out  independently,  leasing  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  which  he  cultivated  for  two  years.  He  next  turned  his  attention  to  the 
contracting  business  in  Denver,  doing  excavating  work  for  four  years.  He  afterward 
resumed  farming,   however,  and   has  specialized   in  fruit   growing  on   a  ten-acre  tract, 


804  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

farming  at  Westminster  throughout  the  intervening  period.  He  has 
subject  of  fruit  culture,  the  condition  of  the  soil,  the  needs  of  the  trees  and  the  best 
methods  for  their  care.  His  orchards  have  been  large  producers,  indicating  that  his 
methods  are  at  once  practical  and  progressive. 

On  the  15th  of  May,  1883,  in  Westminster,  Colorado,  Mr.  De  Spain  was  married 
to  Miss  Myrtie  V.  Davis,  a  native  of  Virginia  and  a  daughter  of  Henry  Davis.  They 
have  become  parents  of  four  children:  Maude  M.,  the  wife  of  Burt  Flanders,  by  whom 
she  has  one  son,  Delton;  Stanley,  living  at  Westminster,  who  married  Gertrude  Riggs 
and  has  three  children — Shirley,  Louise  and  Olive;  A.  Lynn,  of  Denver,  who  married 
Laura  Sheldon  and  has  one.  son,  Sheldon;  and  Allan,  of  Westminister,  who  married 
Anna  Nichols. 

Mr.  De  Spain  votes  with  the  democratic  party  and  for  two  years  served  as  con- 
stable in  Adams  county  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker,  preferring  to  concentrate 
his  efforts  and  attention  upon  his  business  affairs,  which  have  been  wisely  directed 
and  have  brought  to  him  a  substantial  measure  of  success.  As  a  pioneer  citizen  of 
Colorado  he  has  witnessed  the  growth  and  development  of  the  state  for  fifty-five  years: 
and  is  familiar  with  its  history  and  the  events  which  have  marked  its  progress.  He 
can  relate  many  interesting  incidents  of  the  early  days  and  stories  of  the  conditions 
which  then  existed,  and  he  rejoices  in  what  has  been  accomplished  as  the  years  have 
gone  on  and  as  the  progressive  settlers  have  carried  their  work  steadily  forward. 


ADDISON  J.  McCUNE. 


Addison  J.  McCune,  thorolighly  grounded  in  the  fundamental  principles  of  civil  engi- 
neering and  with  power  strongly  developed  through  practical  experience,  is  now  serving 
as  state  engineer  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  best  as  well  as  one  of  the  oldest  repre- 
sentatives of  irrigation  and  civil  engineering  work  in  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Ames- 
ville.  Athens  county,  Ohio.  August  27,  1848,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Cradelbough) 
McCune,  both  of  whom  were  also  natives  of  Ohio.  The  father  engaged  in  farming  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  passed  away  in'l850,  when  their  son  Addison  was  but  a  little  lad 
of  two  summers.  Being  thus  left  an  orphan,  he  was  taken  by  an  aunt,  who  reared  him 
as  her  own  child.  After  mastering  the  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  district 
schools  he  continued  his  education  by  a  high  school  course  and  when  eighteen  years  of 
age  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching,  which  he  followed  until  he  had  earned  a  sufficient 
sum  which  enabled  him  to  pay  his  tuition  in  the  acquirement  of  his  further  education. 
He  then  entered  the  Normal  School  at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  and  after  completing  a  special 
course  there  was  again  engaged  in  teaching.  He  followed  that  profession  until  1874,  when 
his  health  failing,  he  engaged  in  farming.  Prom  1869  until  1879  he  utilized  his  leisure 
hours  for  reading,  investigation  and  study  and  was  thus  actively  preparing  for  liigher 
training.  In  1876  he  was  elected  county  school  superintendent  of  Jackson  county,  Indiana, 
where  he  remained  for  five  years,  filling  that  position  most  acceptably.  He  then  resigned 
in  1879  and  came  to  Colorado  in  search  of  health.  His  health  improving,  he  was  with 
a  Union  Pacific  Railway  Company  survey  party  for  a  short  time  in  connection  with 
location  work,  but  later  secured  a  better  position  on  the  engineering  force  of  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company,  and  was  on  location  work  in  the  Gunnison  and  Grand 
valleys,  remaining  with  them  until  July,  1882.  He  resigned  his  position  to  take  up  mine 
engineering,  which  he  followed  at  Aspen  and  at  Ashcroft.  He  remained  in  that  work, 
however,  only  until  January.  1883,  when  he  removed  to  the  Grand  valley.  Colorado,  to  en- 
gage in  irrigation  work.  This  seemed  to  Mr.  McCune  a  small  undertaking,  but  from 
the  initial  effort  in  the  digging  of  the  first  small  ditch  the  project  developed  into  one 
of  the  largest  irrigation  canals  in  tjie  west.  He  removed  his  family  to  Grand  Junction 
to  be  near  his  work  and  they  remained  there  through  the  succeeding  sixteen  years.  He 
brought  to  the  solution  of  the  problems  connected  with  the  work  scientific  understanding 
of  principles  underlying  his  efforts  and  his  ready  adaptability  enabled  him  to  quickly 
secure  a  solution  for  vexed  questions  and  promote  the  project  in  such  a  way  that  it 
became  a  source  of  untold  value  to  the  district  in  which  he  operated.  Along  with  his 
irrigation  work  he  took  up  mining  and  furthermore  added  to  his  activities  by  serving 
as  county  clerk,  to  which  position  he  was  elected  by  popular  suffrage,  also  serving  for 
three  terms  as  county  surveyor.  During  his  sixteen  years'  residence  in  the  Grand  valley 
he  held  the  office  of  superintendent  of  irrigation  of  Division  No.  5  for  one  term  and  his 
efforts  in  that  connection  did  much  toward  reclaiming  the  arid  lands  of  the  district  and 
converting  them  into  a  most  productive  region.  In  1899  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Thomas  to  the  position  of  state  engineer  and  remained  in  that  capacity  under  Governor 


ADDISON    J.    McCUNE 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  805 

Thomas  and  his  successor,  Governor  Orman.  He  then  concentrated  his  efforts  and  atten- 
tion upon  private  enterprises  and  civil  engineering  work,  but  was  appointed  state  engi- 
neer for  the  third  time  by  Governor  Gunter,  the  present  gubernatorial  incumbent  of 
Colorado,  and  Is  again  most  efficiently  and  faithfully  serving  in  that  capacity.  In  the 
private  practice  of  his  profession  he  has  largely  confined  his  attention  to  irrigation 
work  and  has  therefore  become  one  of  the  best  informed  and  most  capable  irrigation 
engineers  of  the  west.  He  is  also  recognized  as  an  authority  on  hydro-electric  power 
plants  and  has  done  much  for  the  promotion  of  hydro-electrlc  work.  He  is  also  the 
vice  president  and  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Negros  Philippine  Lumber  Company. 

In  1873  Mr.  McCune  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Belle  Hinderlider,  of  Medora, 
Indiana,  who  there  passed  away  in  1878.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Joel  C.  and  Ellen  Hin- 
derlider and  by  her  marriage  became  the  mother  of  one  child,  Nellie  McCune,  who  died 
in  California.  In  June,  1889,  Mr.  McCune  was  again  married  at  Grand  Junction,  Colo- 
rado, his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Emma  Kent,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  Kent. 

Their  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Baptist  church  and  through  fraternal  relations 
he  is  identified  with  the  Masons,  these  associations  indicating  much  concerning  the  rules 
and  principles  which  govern  his  life.  He  is  a  man  of  high  purpose,  of  unquestioned 
integrity  in  business  affairs,  and  his  record  is  such  a  one  as  wins  instinctive  deference 
from  the  world.  His  life  should  serve  to  inspire  and  encourage  others,  showing  what 
may  be  accomplished  through  individual  effort.  He  provided  for  his  own  education, 
and  while  he  is  today  a  man  of  pronounced  ability,  this  has  come  through  his  personal 
activity  and  is  illustrative  of  the  fact  that  power  grows  through  the  exercise  of  effort. 
Each  hour  with  him  has  marked  off  a  full-faithed  attempt  to  know  more  and  to  grow 
more  and  he  is  today  occupying  an  eminent  position  in  professional  circles. 


KARL   FADEN. 


Karl  Faden,  who  is  devoting  his  attention  to  the  business  of  commercially  raising 
trout  in  Adams  county,  was  born  in  Germany,  December  5.  1879,  a  son  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Joseph  Kreszenzia  (Mattes)  Faden,  who  were  also  natives  of  that  country,  where 
they  have  always  resided.  They  had  a  family  of  eleven  children,  three  of  whom  are 
now  living. 

Karl  Faden  spent  his  youthful  days  in  his  native  country  and  pursued  his  educa- 
tion there.  He  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-three  years  when  he  left  Germany  and 
came  to  America  in  1902.  He  crossed  the  continent  to  Denver  and  for  five  years  was 
employed  at  the  cabinetmaker's  trade  in  that  city,  during  which  period  he  care- 
fully saved  his  earnings  until  the  sum  was  sufficient  to  enable  him  to  embark  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account.  Later  he  piirchased  a  brewery  at  Silverton,  Colorado,  and 
conducted  the  business  there  for  about  nine  years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period 
he  removed  to  his  present  place  of  twenty-five  acres,  whereon  he  has  given  his 
attention  to  the  business  of  trout  raising  and  now  has  about  two  hundred  thousand 
trout  on  hand.  He  has  recently  purchased  eighteen  acres  additional,  and  will  devote 
this  to  trout  raising  in  connection  with  the  Colorado  State  Fish  Hatchery  No.  1.  This 
has  become  an  important  commercial  enterprise.  He  has  thoroughly  studied  the  busi- 
ness and  his  capable  direction  of  his  interests  is  bringing  to  him  deserved  success. 

In  1907  Mr.  Faden  was  married  to  Miss  Katie  Gruidl,  a  native  of  Hungary.  They 
are  members  of  the  Catholic  church  and  Mr.  Faden  gives  his  political  support  to  the 
democratic  party. 


HOMER  H.   THOMAS. 


Homer  H.  Thomas,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Big  Five  Hundred  Oil  Company 
of  Denver,  was  bom  in  Estill,  Missouri,  June  20,  1882,  a  son  of  C.  and  Jennie  (Hetzley) 
Thomas,  both  of  whom  are  also  natives  of  Missouri.  The  maternal  grandfather,  M. 
P.  Hetzley,  established  his  home  in  Missouri  at  a  very  early  period  and  there  engaged 
in  farming.  The  grandfather  in  the  paternal  line  was  also  a  well  known  farmer  of 
that  state  and  a  Civil  war  veteran.  The  father  took  up  the  occupation  of  wagon  and 
carriage  building  at  Estill,  Missouri,  and  has  become  widely  known  in  that  connection. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  still  living.  To  them  were  bom  the  following  children: 
Noble,  who  resides  at  Lander,  Wyoming;  Homer  H.,  of  this  review;  Gabriel,  living  in 


806  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Mrs.  Mary  Ashley,  also  of  Missouri;  and  Mrs.  Ruth  Delaney. 
whose  home  is  in  St.  Louis. 

At  the  usual  age  Homer  Thomas  became  a  pupil  in  the  schools  of  St.  Louis, 
where  he  passed  through  consecutive  grades  to  the  high  school.  He  also  pursued  a 
business  course  and  afterward  turned  his  attention  to  coal  mining,  being  first  em- 
ployed by  others  and  later  engaging  in  mining  on  his  own  account  in  his  native  state. 
Eventually  he  sold  his  interests  there  and  became  connected  with  the  American  Gas 
Company  as  a  salesman  and  business  manager  at  Kewanee,  Illinois,  where  he  resided 
for  seven  years.  He  then  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Denver,  where  he  operated 
under  lease  a  moving  picture  theatre,  known  as  the  York  theatre,  on  East  Colfax 
avenue.  This  he  conducted  successfully  until  1916,  when  he  organized  the  Big  Five 
Hundred  Oil  Company,  which  leases  oil  lands  in  Wyoming  and  Oklahoma  and  is  now 
successfully  operating  in  both  fields,  with  J.  H.  Ashby  as  president  of  the  com- 
pany,  U.  S.   Dun   as  vice  president  and   Mr.  Thomas  as  secretary  and   treasurer. 

Mr.  Thomas  has  two  children,  Clinton  and  Hugh,  both  of  whom  were  born  in 
Denver  and  are  now  attending  school.  He  has  never  been  active  in  club  circles  nor 
has  he  sought  public  office  but  has  given  his  time  and  attention  to  his  business  affairs 
and  his  close  application,  intelligently  directed,  has  constituted  the  foundation  upon 
which  he  has  built  his  success. 


JOHN  W.  McLEAN. 


John  W.  McLean  is  busily  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  and  the  close 
attention  which  he  gives  to  the  development  of  his  property  in  Jefferson  county  has 
brought  to  him  a  gratifying  measure  of  success.  Mr.  McLean  is  of  Canadian  birth. 
His  natal  day  was  September  11,  1869,  his  parents  being  John  and  Sarah  McLean,  who 
were  also  natives  of  Canada  and  crossed  the  border  into  the  United  States  in  1867, 
at  which  time  they  took  up  their  abode  in  Michigan,  settling  upon  a  farm  there. 
Both  passed  away  in  that  state  after  rearing  a  large  familly  of  fifteen  children,  of 
whom  seven  are  yet  living. 

John  W.  McLean  spent  his  youthful  days  in  Michigan  and  the  public  school  system 
provided  him  his  educational  opportunities.  He  assisted  in  the  work  of  the  home  farm 
until  he  attained  his  majority  and  in  1892  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  secured  em- 
ployment as  a  farm  hand,  after  spending  one  year  in  freighting  and  prospecting.  He 
believed  that  he  might  have  better  opportunities  by  remaining  in  the  occupation  to 
which  he  had  been  reared  and  rented  the  farm  upon  which  he  now  resides.  Pros- 
pering in  his  undertakings,  he  afterward  purchased  the  place,  comprising  eighty  acres 
of  land,  all  under  ditch.  He  now  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising  and 
both  branches  of  his  business  are  proving  profitable.  His  business  methods  are  prac- 
tical and  his  unfaltering  industry  has  been  one  of  the  strong  basic  elements  of  his 
success. 

In  1902  Mr.  McLean  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Florence  J.  Beckett,  a  native 
of  London,  and  to  them  have  been  bom  four  children,  John  W.,  Jr.,  Randolph  J., 
Edward  and  Ella  M.  Mr.  McLean  is  a  republican  in  his  political  views  but  not  an 
office  seeker.  He  served,  liowever,  as  water  commissioner  for  eight  years  and  did 
excellent  work  in  that  connection,  for  he  has  closely  studied  the  problems  of  irriga- 
tion and  has  done  everything  in  his  power  to  promote  the  fertility  of  the  district  by 
introducing  an  adequate  water  supply  here.  At  all  times  he  stands  for  progressiveness 
in  relation  to  public  affairs,  and  his  efforts  in  behalf  of  the  general  welfare  have  been 
far-reaching  and  beneficial. 


FRANK  BRINGE. 


There  are  distinct  epochs  in  the  history  of  Colorado.  Settlement  began  in  the 
state  many  years  ago  but  for  a  considerable  period  attention  was  chiefly  given  to  mining 
interests  and  to  stock  raising.  Mining  camps  sprang  up  here  and  there  as  gold  and 
other  metals  were  discovered  and  upon  the  broad  plains  the  stockman  pastured  his 
herds,  but  for  a  considerable  period  there  was  little  done  toward  demonstrating  the 
value  of  the  state  for  crop  production.  At  length,  however,  the  attention  of  the  country 
was  drawn  to  the  fact  that  the  supposedly  arid  lands  of  Colorado  were  extremely  fertile, 
especially  when  irrigation  systems  brought  water  to  the  fields,  and  many  settlers  flocked 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  807 

therefore  to  the  state  and  have  wrought  a  marked  transformation  in  its  appearance. 
Today  almost  every  crop  produced  in  the  temperate  zone  is  here  successfully  cultivated 
and  Frank  Bringe  Is  among  those  who  are  carrying  on  general  farming  and  stock 
raising  in  Adams  county. 

He  was  born  in  Danville.  Illinois,  August  29,  1873,  a  son  of  Theodore  and  Lena 
(Knack)  Bringe.  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Germany.  They  came  to  America  in 
1862  and  settled  in  Danville,  Illinois,  where  they  resided  for  a  time,  but  afterward 
removed  to  Detroit,  Michigan,  where  they  remained  for  nine  years.  They  next  took 
up  their  abode  in  Chicago,  where  they  lived  for  three  years,  and  in  1888  they 
removed  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Adams  county,  where  both  passed  away.  Their  fam- 
ily numbered  six  children,  of  whom  three  survive. 

Frank  Bringe  was  a  youth  of  fourteen  years  at  the  time  the  family  home  was  estab- 
lished in  this  state.  He  acquired  a  common  school  education  and  he  continued  with 
his  father  during  the  period  of  his  boyhood  and  youth.  He  then  turned  his  attention 
to  farming  and  stock  raising  in  Adams  county  and  has  since  concentrated  his  efforts 
and  energies  upon  agricultural  pursuits,  being  now  the  owner  of  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  good  land,  all  fairly  improved.  He  raises  good  crops  and  at  the 
same  time  he  has  a  splendid  herd  of  graded  cattle  upon  his  place.  Both  branches  of 
his  business  are  proving  successful  and  indicate  his  ability  and  enterprise  In  business 
affairs. 

In  1901  Mr.  Bringe  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Albie  Hamill,  a  native  of  St. 
Clair  county,  Illinois,  and  a  daughter  of  William  and  Martha  (Douglas)  Hamill,  who 
were  likewise  natives  of  the  Prairie  state  and  came  of  Irish  and  Scotch  parentage. 
Both  the  father  and  mother  are  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bringe  have  become  the 
parents  of  a  daughter,  Irene  Roberta,  who  was  bom  July  28,  1902. 

Mr.  Bringe  votes  with  the  democratic  party,  which  he  has  supported  since  age 
conferred  upon  him  the  right  of  franchise.  He  has  served  as  school  director  of  his 
district  for  a  number  of  years  and  is  interested  in  advancing  the  standards  of  educa- 
tion in  his  locality.  In  fact  he  stands  for  advancement  and  progress  in  all  things  and 
his  own  career  has  been  marked  by  successive  stages  of  development  that  has  brought 
him  to  a  creditable  position  among  the  farmers  and  stockraisers  of  Adams  county.  He 
may  truly  be  called  a  self-made  man,  for  he  started  out  in  the  business  world  empty- 
handed  and  has  worked  his  way  upward  by  persistent  effort  and  indefatigable  energy. 
Today  he  is  in  possession  of  a  good  property  and  is  numbered  among  the  substantial 
residents  of  his  community. 


FREDERICK   P.   JOHNSON. 


Frederick  P.  Johnson  is  one  of  the  best  known  newspaper  men  of  Colorado,  being 
now  proprietor  and  editor  of  the  Record-Stockman  of  Denver,  a  weekly  paper,  which 
is  largely  devoted  to  the  livestock  interests  of  the  state  and  is  most  widely  read.  Mr. 
Johnson  is  a  native  of  Crawfordsville.  Indiana.  He  was  born  September  9,  1862,  and 
is  a  son  of  Mahlon  V.  and  Katherine  (Patterson)  Johnson.  The  mother  was  a  native 
of  Ireland  and  came  to  the  new  world  with  her  parents  when  a  maiden  of  sixteen  years, 
the  family  settling  in  Indiana,  where  she  was  reared  and  educated.  Mahlon  V.  John- 
son was  a  native  of  Indiana,  his  parents  having  come  to  America  in  early  life,  settling 
in  the  Hoosier  state.  In  the  early  part  of  1871  Mahlon  V.  Johnson  removed  to  Colo- 
rado. Prior  to  that  time  he  had  been  a  well  known  civil  engineer  of  Indiana  and 
he  came  to  the  west  to  assume  the  superinteudency  of  bridges  and  buildings  for  the 
Colorado  Central  Railroad  Company  and  was  thus  actively  identified  with  the  build- 
ing of  that  railroad  system  and  of  other  Colorado  railroads  as  well.  During  his  active 
life  he  continued  in  that  line  of  business  but  is  now  living  retired,  making  his  home 
in  Denver  at  the  age  of  eighty  years.  His  wife  was  bom  in  1837  and  is  still  living  in 
Denver  at  age  of  eighty-one.  Their  family  numbered  five  children,  two  of  whom  died 
in  early  life,  those  still  living  being:  Arthur  P.,  a  resident  of  Denver;  Mrs.  E.  M.  Pease, 
a  resident  of  Rye,  New  York;   and  Frederick  P.,  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  is  the  eldest.  In  his  boyhood  days  he  attended  the  Arapahoe  Street 
public  school  of  Denver  and  later  became  a  student  in  the  public  schools  of  Golden, 
Colorado.  While  in  school  there  he  and  several  of  his  schoolmates  operated  a  minia- 
ture gold-panning  outfit  near  Golden.  They  built  a  sluice  box  and  panned  the  gravel 
in  the  creek  near  the  schoolhouse  at  Golden,  actually  making  a  success  of  the  opera- 
tion. They  sold  their  ore  to  the  United  States  mint  in  Denver,  and  keeping  track  of 
the  money  thus  secured,  they  found  at  the  end  of  their  school  term  that  they  had  taken 


808  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

more  than  seven  hundred  dollars  worth  of  gold  dust  out  of  the  sands  of  the  creek. 
This  money  was  used  hy  the  boys  to  promote  various  undertakings  in  which  they  were 
interested. 

After  leaving  the  public  schools  Mr.  Johnson  attended  the  School  of  Mines  at 
Boulder  and  also  became  a  student  in  Wabash  College  at  Crawfordsville,  Indiana.  On 
account  of  ill  health,  however,  he  was  obliged  to  leave  that  institution  before  gradu- 
ating and  returned  to  Colorado,  where  he  took  up  civil  engineering  under  Captain  E.  L. 
Berthon  over  the  Loveland  pass.  He  afterward  entered  the  service  of  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company  as  a  representative  of  its  engineering  department  and 
worked  along  the  line  in  survey  work  across  Tennessee  pass  and  over  other  important 
places  along  the  road  demanding  marked  engineering  skill.  For  several  years  he  con- 
tinued in  the  service  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  and  afterward  was  connected  with 
the  Grand  Forks  &  Silverton  Line.  In  1882,  however,  he  withdrew  from  civil  engineer- 
ing work  and  turned  his  attention  to  newspaper  publication.  He  had  previously  been 
connected  with  the  Colorado  Transcript,  a  local  Denver  daily  paper,  but  after  a  short 
period  he  had  taken  up  civil  engineering,  and  when  he  decided  to  discontinue  the  latter 
work  he  turned  to  his  first  vocation.  He  secured  a  position  as  reporter  on  the  Toledo 
Blade  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  and  was  with  that  journal  in  various  capacities  from  1882  until 
1889.  He  then  again  came  to  Denver  and  secured  a  more  remunerative  position  on  the 
Rocky  Mountain  News,  with  which  he  was  connected  for  a  year.  On  the  expiration  of 
that  period  he  established  the  Boulder  Camera,  which  he  successfully  conducted  until 
1893,  when  he  sold  out,  having  been  appointed  chief  clerk  in  the  state  senate,  which 
Important  position  he  occupied  through  several  sessions.  He  then  became  interested 
in  a  project  in  connection  with  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  at  Chicago  and 
concentrated  his  energies  upon  that  enterprise,  which  was  maintained  until  the  fair 
closed.  Once  more  he  returned  to  Denver  and  again  accepted  a  responsible  position 
with  the  Rocky  Mountain  News,  with  which  he  remained  until  1897.  One  day,  when 
on  pleasure  bent,  he  was  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  Denver  stock  yards  and  then  and 
there  he  conceived  the  idea  of  becoming  a  live  stock  reporter  for  the  paper.  He  pro- 
posed his  plan  to  his  superiors,  to  which  they  agreed,  recognizing  the  value  of  his 
idea,  and  from  that  time  he  became  contributing  editor  on  stock  conditions  for  a 
Denver  daily.  Several  small  stock  papers  were  being  edited  at  the  stock  yards  at  that 
time,  including  the  Record  and  the  Stockman.  Neither  of  these  was  very  successful, 
however,  and  in  1900  Mr.  Johnson  purchased  the  Stockman  and  for  a  few  years  con- 
ducted the  paper  with  moderate  success.  The  Record  was  his  competitor  and  he  ap- 
proached the  owners  with  a  view  of  buying  or  consolidating  the  two  papers.  They 
agreed  to  the  former  and  he  then  renamed  the  paper  the  Record-Stockman.  The  new 
journal  immediately  under  his  able  management  became  the  leading  live  stock  paper 
in  the  state  and  is  today  the  most  widely  known  paper  of  the  kind  in  Colorado.  It  is 
splendidly  edited,  with  a  view  to  advancing  the  live  stock  interests  of  the  country, 
Mr.  Johnson  closely  studying  the  situation  from  every  possible  standpoint  and  at  the 
same  time  he  labors  to  advance  the  interests  of  Colorado  in  general  and  of  Denver 
in  particular.  It  was  through  his  efforts  that  the  live  stock  show  was  first  held.  He 
advertised  it  largely  throughout  the  state  and  drew  to  it  not  only  a  large  attendance 
from  Colorado  but  from  all  over  the  country  as  well.  He  also  organized  the  first 
Denver  Horse  Show,  which  is  now  looked  forward  to  from  year  to  year  as  a  most  im- 
portant and  interesting  event,  not  only  from  the  standpoint  of  the  livestock  raiser 
and  dealer  but  also  as  a  social  event.  Mr.  Johnson  has  lectured  in  many  parts  of 
Colorado  to  farmers'  organizations  on  stock  raising,  discussing  many  vital  subjects 
of  interest  in  relation  to  the  raising  of  sheep,  cattle  and  horses.  He  has  also  written 
a  fine  history  of  the  cattle  and  live  stock  industry  of  Colorado.  His  has  been  a  suc- 
cessful business  career  and  yet  he  has  met  many  difiSculties  and  obstacles  as  he  has 
worked  his  way  upward.  He  started  out  for  himself  at  the  early  age  of  thirteen  years, 
wisely  utilizing  his  time  and  opportunities,  and  he  is  today  not  only  at  the  head  of  a 
very  successful  live  stock  journal  but  has  made  large  and  judicious  investments  in 
real  estate  until  his  holdings  are  now  extensive  and  profitable. 

On  the  26th  of  May,  1886.  Mr.  Johnson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Marie 
Foley,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  Foley,  representatives  of  a 
well  known  and  prominent  Denver  family.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  have  become  the 
parents  of  a  son,  Mahlon  B.,  who  was  born  December  31.  1900,  in  Denver  and  is  now 
attending   a  military   academy. 

The  religious  faith  of  the  family  is  that  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  Mr. 
Johnson  is  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  His  political  allegiance  is  given 
to  the  democratic  party  and  at  one  time  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  state  emigration 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  809 

board,  acting  as  special  agent  for  the  United  States  government  on  the  1900  census. 
He  is  one  of  the  popular  citizens  of  Denver,  standing  high  in  the  regard  of  his  fellow 
townsmen,  his  social  qualities  winning  for  him  high  regard  and  warm  friendship 
wherever  he  is  known. 


MOSES  CLINE. 


Moses  Cline,  one  of  Colorado's  pioneer  agriculturists,  having  lived  since  1869  upon 
the  farm  upon  which  he  now  resides  in  Adams  county,  has  been  prominently  associated 
with  the  development  of  its  irrigation  interests  as  well  as  with  the  cultivation  of 
the  land.  He  was  born  in  Boston,  Ontario,  September  19,  1847,  a  son  of  John  and 
Miriam  (Barber)  Cline.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  while  the  mother's 
birth  occurred  in  Boston,  Ontario.  John  Cline  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812. 
He  afterward  went  to  Ontario  and  both  he  and  his  wife  died  in  that  province.  They 
had  a  family  of  seven  children,  six  of  whom  are  yet  living. 

Moses  Cline  was  reared  in  the  place  of  his  nativity  and  continued  his  residence 
there  to  the  time  of  his  removal  to  Colorado,  which  was  in  the  year  1867.  He  made 
his  way  first  to  Denver,  where  he  arrived  on  the  22d  of  May.  There  he  remained 
until  1869,  when  he  purchased  the  farm  which  is  now  his  home.  With  characteristic 
energy  he  began  its  development  and  has  added  many  improvements  as  the  years  have 
passed  by.  There  are  now  fine  buildings  upon  the  place  and  all  the  accessories  and 
conveniences  of  the  model  farm  of  the  twentieth  century.  Well  kept  fences  divide 
the  place  into  fields  of  convenient  size  and  he  annually  harvests  good  crops  from  his 
tract  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  Interested  in  the  question  of  irrigation,  he 
has  for  years  served  as  president  of  the  Colorado  Agriculture  Ditch  Company  and  he 
is  thoroughly  familiar  with  all  of  the  problems  of  irrigation  and  has  done  much  to 
promote  progress  along  that  line. 

Mr.  Cline  has  been  married  twice.  In  1877  he  wedded  Miss  Katherine  Baldwin 
and  to  them  was  born  a  son,  Edwin  B.,  who  died  in  1881.  The  wife  and  mother  sur- 
vived until  1890,  when  she,  too,  passed  away.  In  1893  Mr.  Cline  was  again  married, 
his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Anna  F.  Hotchkiss,  who  was  called  to  her  final  rest 
in  1917. 

Mr.  Cline  votes  with  the  republican  party,  and  while  not  a  politician  in  the  sense 
of  office  seeking,  is  Interested  in  all  that  has  to  do  with  the  welfare  and  progress  of 
his  community.  He  has  served  on  the  school  board  for  fifteen  years  and  the  cause 
of  education  finds  in  him  a  stalwart  champion.  He  is  a  self-made  man — one  who  owes 
his  prosperity  entirely  to  his  own  eiforts.  He  started  out  in  life  empty-handed  and 
early  recognized  the  eternal  principle  that  industry  wins.  Industry  therefore  became 
the  beacon  of  his  life  and  his  well  directed  energies  have  been  the  means  of  bringing 
him  substantial  success. 


TRACY  R.  LOVE,  M.  D. 


Dr.  Tracy  R.  Love,  a  physician  and  surgeon  of  Denver,  was  born  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  December  23,  1S78.  a  son  of  Charles  Gurley  and  Minnie  C.  (Tucker)  Love.  The 
father  was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York,  where  his  ancestors  had  lived  for  many 
years.  For  a  long  period  he  was  chief  clerk  in  the  pension  department  at  Washington, 
D.  C.  In  1892  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  lie  was  associated  with  the  Colorado  Supply 
Company  until  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  the  fall  of  1907,  when  he  was 
fifty-eight  years  of  age.  His  wife  is  a  daughter  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Tucker,  who  won 
his  title  by  service  in  the  Civil  war  and  who  was  a  prominent  resident  of  Chicago. 
Mrs.  Love  is  still  living.  She  is  a  graduate  physician  and  surgeon,  having  completed 
a  course  in  the  Howard  University  at  Washington,  D.  C,  and  she  is  today  recognized 
as  one  of  Denver's  leading  physicians.  By  her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of 
three  children,  a  son  and  two  daughters. 

Dr.  Love  of  this  review,  the  eldest  of  the  children,  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Denver,  being  graduated  from  the  high  school  with  the  class  of 
1898.  He  next  entered  the  Colorado  College,  in  which  he  won  the  Bachelor  of  Philos- 
ophy degree  upon  graduation  with  the  class  of  1902.  He  then  entered  Columbia  Uni- 
versity of  New  York  city  and  received  his  professional  degree  in  1906.  He  afterward 
served  as  interne  in  the  Englewood  Hospital  of  Englewood,  New  Jersey,  for  a  period 


810  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

of  eight  months  and  then  returned  to  Denver,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  practice 
in  connection  with  Dr.  J.  N.  Hall,  a  leading  physician  of  the  city.  He  belongs  to  the 
American  Medical  Association  and  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society.  He  is  serving 
on  the  staff  of  the  Denver  City  &  County  Hospital  and  is  a  member  of  the  medical 
and  surgical  staff  of  the  Children's  Hospital.  He  is  conscientious  in  the  performance 
of  all  of  his  professional  duties  and  his  wide  reading  and  comprehensive  study  have 
greatly  promoted  his  knowledge  and  made  him  most  proficient  in  the  conduct  of  his 
practice. 

On  the  6th  of  September,  1905,  Dr.  Love  was  married  at  Fort  Collins  to  Miss  Ger- 
trude Amoss,  a  native  of  Boulder,  Colorado,  and  a  daughter  of  W.  G.  and  Gertrude 
(Bowler)  Amoss,  who  became  early  residents  of  this  state.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Love  have 
two  children:  Blanche  Gertrude,  born  August  2,  1908;  and  William  Amoss,  born  Jan- 
uary  24,  1914. 

Dr.  Love  turns  to  hunting  and  fishing  for  diversion  but  the  major  part  of  his 
time  and  attention  are  concentrated  upon  his  professional  duties  and  he  is  most  con- 
scientious  in   their   discharge. 


OLIVER  B.  GRAVES. 


Oliver  B.  Graves,  a  well  known  citizen  of  Arvada,  devoting  his  attention  to  the  busi- 
ness of  threshing  and  well  drilling,  was  born  January  27,  1870,  being  one  of  the  eleven 
children  of  William  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Perrin)  Graves,  who  are  mentioned  at  length 
elsewhere  in  this  work.  Spending  his  youthful  days  under  the  parental  roof,  Oliver  B. 
Graves  attended  the  public  schools  and  thus  became  qualified  for  life's  practical  and 
responsible  duties.  He  has  led  a  busy  and  useful  life  and  is  now  devoting  his  attention 
to  threshing,  which  fully  occupies  his  time  during  the  summer  seasons,  and  to  drilling 
wells.  His  work  in  both  connections  is  promptly  and  capably  done  and  there  is  con- 
stant demand  for  his  service  along  those  lines. 

In  March,  1S96,  Mr.  Graves  was  united  in  marriage  in  Arvada  to  Miss  Gertrude  Frey, 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Frey,  and  to  them  have  been  born  seven  children, 
namely:   Herbert,  Mildred,  Louis,  Elizabeth,  Lucille.  John  and  Walter. 

Mr.  Graves  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  the  blue  lodge  No.  141.  and  is  a  worthy  follower 
of  the  craft,  loyally  adhering  to  its  teachings.  His  entire  life  has  been  spent  in  the 
community  in  which  he  still  makes  his  home  and  those  who  know  him  speak  of  him  in 
terms  of  high  regard  as  an  industrious  and  energetic  business  man  and  as  a  reliable 
citizen. 


RICHARD  RUSSELL,   M.  D. 


Dr.  Richard  Russell,  of  Arvada,  Colorado,  was  the  first  physician  to  settle  in  this 
city  and  since  coming  to  this  community  he  has  built  up  a  practice  of  gratifying  pro- 
portions, his  ability  being  readily  recognized  by  the  public.  He  is  regarded  equally 
high  by  his  professional  brethren  and  throughout  his  career  he  has  been  successful 
in  a  number  of  intricate  cases  which  have  been  entrusted  to  his  care. 

Dr.  Russell  was  born  in  Viola,  Illinois,  March  8,  1865,  a  son  of  Samuel  E.  and 
Effle  (Cabeen)  Russell.  The  family  located  in  Illinois  in  1842.  There  the  father 
followed  farming  and  the  mother  is  still  living  on  the  home  farm.  Richard  Russell 
attended  the  Viola  public  schools  and  in  order  to  better  prepare  himself  for  a  profes- 
sional career  entered  Monmouth  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1889  with 
the  degree  of  B.  S.  He  then  matriculated  in  Rush  Medical  College  of  Chicago  but 
on  account  of  his  health  came  to  this  state,  where  he  completed  his  medical  course 
in  1900.  Since  then  he  has  successfully  engaged  in  practice  in  Arvada  and  as  the 
years  have  passed  his  patronage  has  steadily  increased.  He  is  a  thoroughly  reliable 
physician,  following  the  most  approved  methods,  yet  is  ever  ready  to  try  out  new 
ones  if  he  can  convince  himself  of  their  value.  He  is  careful  in  diagnosis,  but  after 
reaching  a  decision  follows  the  course  laid  down  unswervingly.  Many  dangerous  and 
desperate  cases  have  been  treated  by  him  successfully  and  it  is  therefore  but  natural 
that  as  the  result  of  his  professional  work  material  success  has  come  to  him. 

Dr.  Russell  is  happily  married  to  Miss  Estelle  Graham,  a  daughter  of  G.  H.  and 
Anna  (Wells)  Graham,  of  North  Denver,  where  both  are  widely  and  favorably  known. 
The   Grahams   are   a   prominent   family,   as   are   the   Wells.     The   grandfather   of   Mrs. 


HISTORY  OF  COLORADO  811 

Russell,  Elisha  Wells,  was  the  owner  ot  several  fine  farms.  His  wife  was  one  of  the 
descendants  of  Ezra  Cornell,  founder  of  Cornell  University.  Mrs.  Russell  before  her 
marriage  was  successfully  engaged  in  business  and  her  ability  as  a  business  woman 
was  widely  recognized   and   found   high   appreciation. 

Dr.  Russell  came  to  Colorado  practically  a  sick  man,  but  anyone  seeing  him  today 
would  never  know  it.  He  has  ever  been  foremost  in  the  public  life  of  his  community, 
in  the  progress  of  which  he  has  taken  a  deep  interest,  and  he  served  as  the  first  mayor 
of  Arvada,  giving  it  a  businesslike  administration  greatly  to  the  benefit  of  the  com- 
munity. He  also  helped  to  establish  the  oiHce  of  town  health  officer.  He  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  First  National  Bank  in  1905,  and  he  has  ever  since  served  as 
a  director.  It  may  thus  be  seen  that  he  is  a  man  who  has  not  only  achieved  profes- 
sional success  and  professional  standing,  but  one  who  has  taken  a  public  spirited  part 
in  the  upbuilding  of  his  city  and  who  is  ever  ready  to  aid  measures  which  will  pro- 
mote the  general  welfare.  His  political  leanings  are  toward  the  republican  party 
and  his  religious  faith  is  that^  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  his  membership 
being  with   the  Denver  congregation. 


ANDREW  JACKSON. 


Andrew  Jackson,  who  is  field  man  with  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company  at 
Eaton  and  by  reason  of  wide  experience  and  ability  is  making  his  effort  a  marked 
feature  in  the  success  of  this  great  enterprise,  was  born  in  Shefford  county,  in  the 
province  of  Quebec,  Canada.  March  7,  1865.  his  parents  being  John  and  Sybil  (Wilson) 
Jackson,  who  were  natives  of  Scotland.  The  father  on  coming  to  America  made  his 
way  to  Canada  about  the  year  1S60.  He  there  took  up  the  occupation  of  farming  and 
cultivated  land  in  that  country  throughout  his  remaining  days  but  died  in  Eaton,  Col- 
orado, while  on  a  visit  in  this  city  in  1892.  He  had  for  a  considerable  period  survived 
his  wife,  who  passed  away  about  1879. 

Andrew  Jackson  was  reared  in  Shefford  county.  Quebec,  and  pursued  his  educa^ 
tion  in  its  public  schools.  When  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  came  to  Eaton,  Weld 
county,  Colorado,  where  he  worked  for  a  year.  He  then  rented  land  from  Governor 
Eaton,  which  he  cultivated  for  three  years,  and  on  the  expiration  of  that  period  he 
purchased  property  about  four  miles  northeast  of  Eaton.  At  once  he  began  the  fur- 
ther cultivation  and  development  of  that  tract  and  owned  and  operated  it  for  sixteen 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  sold  out  and  came  to  Eaton,  where  he  has  since 
resided,  making  this  removal  largely  for  the  purpose  of  educating  his  children  in  the 
city  schools.  He  has  held  his  present  position  as  field  man  with  the  Great  Western 
Sugar  Company  for  the  past  nine  years  and  is  splendidly  qualified  tor  the  interests 
under  his  direction.  He  still  owns  a  farm  in  the  southern  part  of  Weld  county  but 
the  greater  part  of  his  time  and  attention  is  given  to  his  work  as  a  representative  of 
the  sugar  interests  of  Eaton. 

On  the  7th  of  March,  1894,  Mr.  Jackson  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nannie 
M.  Hensley,  whose  father  died  during  her  infancy,  while  her  mother  is  living  in  Eaton 
and  is  now  Mrs.  C.  B.  Thomas.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jackson  have  been  bom  four  chil^ 
dren:  Lee,  whose  birth  occurred  on  the  23d  of  May,  1899,  and  who  passed  away  in 
August,  1900;  Merle,  whose  natal  day  was  March  4,  1900;  Chalmer,  born  February  23, 
1902;   and  Alfretta,  who  was  born  in  May,  1904. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Jackson  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  his  re- 
ligious faith  is  that  of  the  Christian  Science  church.  In  politics  he  votes  with  the 
democratic  party  and  does  all  in  his  power  to  promote  its  growth  and  extend  its  in- 
fluence but  has  never  been  an  office  holder. 


A.   V.   OFFICER. 


The  sugar  producing  industry  is  one  of  the  important  enterprises  of  the  state  of 
Colorado  and  A.  V.  Officer  is  prominently  connected  therewith,  being  manager  ot  the 
Eden,  Greeley,  Windsor  and  Brighton  factories  of  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company. 
He  is  not  only  responsible  for  the  successful  operation  of  these  plants,  but  by  in- 
creasing their  capacity  has  improved  labor  conditions  and  has  contributed  to  general 
development.  He  was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  a  son  of  R.  M.  Officer,  who  for  many 
years  was  prominently  identified  with  the  banking  business  during  the  early  history 
of  the  western  metropolis.    He  also  had  large  lumber  interests. 


812  HISTORY  OF  COLORADO 

His  son,  A.  V.  Officer,  was  educated  in  public  and  private  schools  and  subsequently 
attended  the  Athenaeum  Academy  of  Chicago.  Later  the  family  removed  to  Leadville, 
Colorado,  in  1879  and  when  quite  yet  a  young  man  our  subject  became  identified  with 
the  lumber  business,  being  connected  with  one  of  the  early  companies  of  Leadville. 
Subsequently,  however,  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  smelting  business  in  Leadville 
and  for  three  years  was  employed  by  an  establishment  of  this  kind.  He  then  served 
as  cashier  of  the  old  Denver  Light,  Heat  &  Power  Company  and  afterward  in  the 
same  capacity  with  the  Colorado  Electric  Company,  continuing  in  that  position  for 
five  years,  from  18S8  to  1893.  As  his  experience  broadened  the  importance  of  his  posi- 
tions increased  and  he  subsequently  became  manager  of  the  Citizens'  Electric  Company 
of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  with  which  corporation  he  remained  until  the  company  sold 
out  its  plant  in  1S96.  In  that  year  he  was  made  manager  of  the  Imperial  Light,  Heat 
&  Power  Company  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  handling  the  affairs  of  this  company  during 
its  pioneer  and  constructive  period,  and  after  having  successfully  launched  the  busi- 
ness he  returned  to  Salt  Lake  City  in  1897.  He  then  was  for  a  period  of  three  years 
connected  with  the  Utah  Light  &  Power  Company,  and  in  1900  again  came  to  Colorado, 
becoming  interested  in  the  sugar  industry.  He  was  one  of  the  moving  factors  in  the 
organization  of  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company,  in  fact,  it  may  be  said  that  the 
company  was  organized  entirely  through  his  efforts  and  instrumentality.  He  selected 
the  first  factory  site  and  superintended  the  building  of  the  first  establishment  at 
Loveland,  Colorado,  and  after  the  factory  was  completed  was  installed  as  manager  of 
the  same.  Subsequently  the  Longmont  plant  was  erected,  Mr.  Officer  becoming  manager 
of  the  two  industries.  As  the  years  have  passed  he  has  become  manager  of  all  of  the 
various  plants  erected  by  the  company  and  is  today  considered  an  expert  in  the  erection 
and  outfitting  of  such  establishments  as  well  as  an  authority  on  beet  sugar  manufacture. 
It  is  largely  through  his  instrumentality  that  this  important  industry,  which  has  only 
become  so  vital  in  late  years  in  the  United  States,  has  been  built  up  in  the  state  of  Col- 
orado and  he  has  by  his  activities  largely  contributed  to  agricultural  development  along 
beet-raising  lines.  In  1908  he  was  sent  to  the  North  Platte  valley  of  Nebraska  to 
make  a  report  on  the  suitability  of  that  section  as  a  possible  field  for  beet  raising  and 
sugar  manufacturing  operations.  After  going  carefully  over  the  field  he  reported 
favorably  and  upon  his  authority  an  important  industry  was  established  there.  Mr. 
Oflicer  also  superintended  the  building  of  the  plant  of  the  Scottsbluff  Sugar  Company, 
a  subsidiary  of  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company.  That  plant  he  ably  managed 
until  1912  and  so  successful  was  the  development  that  the  company  now  operates 
three  factories  in  the  North  Platte  valley.  In  1912  Mr.  Officer  was  transferred  to 
Greeley  and  placed  in  charge  of  the  four  plants  of  which  he  is  now  the  executive  head. 
The  leading  position  which  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company  has  attained  in  the 
industries  of  the  United  States  is  largely  due  to  the  untiring  efforts,  the  expert 
knowledge,  the  unflagging  determination  and  the  inexhaustible  enterprise  of  Mr.  OflScer. 

In  November,  1889,  A.  V.  Officer  was  united  In  marriage  to  Miss  Lulu  Ambler,  a 
daughter  of  the  late  Judge  Ambler,  of  Mount  Pleasant.  Iowa,  and  to  this  union  was 
born  a  son,  Robert  A.,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  who  is  now  on  the 
agricultural  staff  of  the  Great  Western  Sugar  Company.  While  the  ability  and  power 
represented  in  Mr.  Officer's  character  and  knowledge  are  largely  concentrated  upon  the 
sugar  industry  so  that  he  has  become  an  authority  therein,  recognized  all  over  the 
United  States,  he  has  ever  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  community  life  in  the  cities 
in  which  he  has  resided  and  is  ever  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand  in  promoting  enter- 
prises undertaken  to  benefit  the  public.  Personally  he  is  popular  and  the  friends 
whom  he  has  made  in  the  various  cities  in  which  he  has  resided  are  legion,  proud 
to  know  him  for  what  he  is  and  what  he  has  accomplished. 


INDEX 


!1,  J.  E 664 

Aicher,  Cornelius 550 

Aitken,  R.   M 800 

Allen,  G.  A 385 

Allison,  Henry   609 

Ames,  C.  B 424 

Anderson,  A.  C 156 

Anderson,  John   269 

Anderson,  Nels    358 

Andrew,  H.  0 745 

Arbuthnot,  William    673 

Armstrong,  W.  L 270 

Arps,  Albert   778 

Ashcraft,    E.    L 738 

Aubuchon,  Julius    

Ault,  Frederick   74 


Babcock,  C.  W. .  .  . 

Babcoek,  J.  D 

_Bachlnan,-Rosa  E. 

Bader,  W.  E 

Bailey,  J.  E 

Baker,  J.  W 

Balcom,  P.  A 

Ballantine,  N,  S.. 
Balvin,  G.  W 


Barker,  A.  L 783 

Barker,  W.  J 24 

Barnet,  C.  C 65 

Barnhill,  J.  F 306 

Barrowman,  William    477 

Bartlett,   F.  L • 253 

Baxter,  Adam 432 

Beasley,  R.  M 620 

Beasley,  T.  N 756 

Beatty,  W.  R 702 

Beere,  Rose  K 36 

Belknap,  J.  H 582 

Bermont,  G.  E 337 

Beuck,  A.  H 130 

Black,  S.  M 471 

Blanchard,  W.  E 688 

Blatzer,  J.  W 665 

Bleasdale.  J.  W 700 

Blickengderfer,  Clark    799 

Blundell,  Hugh 531 

Bolton,  O.  C 684 


Bosworth,  Mattie    359 

Bowlby,  J.  S '.  554 

Boyd,  J.  A 599 

Bradbury,  W.   C 356 

Bradford,  Charles    753 

Bradley,  CD 668 

Bradshaw,   J.   M 249 

Bramming,  Frederick   530 

Brewer,  J.  M 796 

Brewer,  J.  R 417 

Bringe,  Frapk §06 

Brock,   C.  R 212 

Bromley,  C.  E 594 


738 

Bromley,  E'.  A 

340 

Brothers,  David 

84 

747 
797 

Brown,  F.  S 

Brown.  G.  E 

Brown,  J.   J 

148 

436 

491 

294 

Brown,  M.  M 

100 

Brown,  R.  A 

425 
3fifi 

Buchtel,  H.  A 

Buckingham,  C.  G 

188 

400 

104 

Burchinell,  W.  K 

38 

338 
660 

Burger,  J:  C 

Burlingame,  E,  E 

630 

766 

Burnite,   T.   B 

Bvers,  F,  S 

71 

1S 

Caldwell,  J.  N _  .  143 

Calkins,  C.  C 515 

Callicotte,  W.  R 17 

Cameron,  Robert   730 

Campbell,  J.  R 398 

Campbell,  R.  W 254 

Campion,  J.  F 14 

Capoperro,  Tito   579 

Carl,  J,  F 422 

Carlson,  J.  A 443 

Carpenter,  A.  B 359 

Carpenter,  Peter    358 

Carson,  J.  W 596 

Oiace,  R,  A 321 

Champion,  J.  R 90 

Chancellor,  T.  J , 430 

Chase,  G.  F 218 

Childs,  S.  B 259 

Churchill,  H,  E 548 


813 


814 


INDEX 


Clark,  S.  W 730 

Clark,  W.  H 530 

Cline,  J.  W 648 

Cline,  Moses    809 

Clover,  E.  L 83 

Coak,  G.  E : 53 

Coen,  W.  S 704 

Coffey,  J.  J 518 

Coffman,  F.  R 98 

Cole,  C.  C 767 

Cole,  Mary  D 496 

Cook,  Mary  M 195 

Cooper,   J.   A 436 

Cordes,  H.  H 722 

Cornell,  J.  B 796 

Costigan.  E.  P 145 

Coulehan,  Jerry  604 

Counter,   J.   N 316 

Cowie,  James   326 

Cox,  K.   S 230 

Coy,  J.  G 410 

Cozad,  M.  L 772 

Cramer,  F.  C 318 

Cranmer,  Martha  J 338 

Cranmer,  W.  H.  H 235 

Crawford,  J.  H 751 

Crawford,  MjTtle    278 

Creighton.  B.  B 690 

Crooks,  Jesse    692 

Crosswhite,  C.  E 330 

Crouch,  J.  A.  M 650 

Crowley,  J  J 568 

Cruse,  J.  R 684 

Cullings.  G.  B 652 

Cummins.  A.  J 763 

Dahlinger,  E.  P 680 

Dahlinger.  L.  H 670 

Daly.  J.  M 534 

Danahey,  T.J 774 

Daniels,  R.  R 705 

Danneman,  Mary   J 126 

Davis,  Harpin    720 

Davis,  Perry   221 

Deatherage,  R.  B 516 

Deering.  H.  R 545 

Deiters.  CM 416 

Dennison.  C.  M 765 

De  Remer,  J.  R 388 

Desjardins.  B.  R 378 

DeSollar,  H.  S '. 135 

De  Spain,  Pleasant  803 

Devore.   Fannie    758 

Devore,  RoUa   758 

Dexter,  Joe   680 

Dickinson,  J.  W 177 

Dixon,  N.   W 582 

Donlon,  W.  J 546 

Drennen,  R.  R 776 

Dulweber,  A.  W 694 


Kbert,  William 246 

Egan,  John   767 

Eggert,  C.  W 194 

Eggleston,  Ralph  696 

Eickel,  William   460 

Eidson,  C.  M 453 

Eitel,  D.  A 576 

Ekeley,  J.   B 721 

Eisner,  John   775 

Emerson,   Charles    324 

Emlnons,  A.  J 349 

English,  H.  J 172 

Ensign,  E.  T 523 

Eppinger,  William 734 

Erb,  T.  A 262 

Ereckson,  E.  C 662 

Euler,  R.  L 304 

Evans,  E.  K.  C 468 

Evans,  E.  T 135 

Evans,  H.  L 470 

Evans,  J.  G 393 

Everhard,  J.  B 527 

Everitt,  M.  C 778 

Ewan,  L.   E 225 

Ewing.    W.    M 477 

Faden,  Karl   805 

Fahrion,   G.   C 22 

Fales,  W.  L 520 

Farmer,  J.  H 504 

Felton,  W.  B 613 

Ferguson,  W.   H 240 

Ferrin,  C.  B 755 

Finnicum,  R.  E 260 

Fitzell,  J.  T 154 

Fitzgerald,  A.  W 303 

Fleming.  J.  D 542 

Foley,   O.   A 526 

Foote,    G.    W 279 

Forbes.  R.  H 138 

Ford,  Mary  E 572 

Forsyth,  W.  P 598 

Foster,  J.   M 58 

Eraser,  John  . .  .  •. 522 

Frederick,  U.  S.  G 468 

Fredstrom,  Claus  662 

Frerichs.  A.  H 140 

Frey,  John,  Jr 565 

Frink,  C.  B 406 

Fuller,  W.  E 472 

Funk,  John  622 

Furrer,  Ulrich 798 

Fynn,  A.  J 276 

Gaines,  A.  E 167 

Gallagher,  Thomas   780 

Gammon,  C.  G 726 

Gardner,  T^.  W 733 

Gayuor,   J.   W 454 

Geer,  Elmer 777 


INDEX 


815 


George,  E.  D 565 

Giddings,  E.  W 464 

Giddings,  S.  R 696 

Ginther,  Adam  711 

Glantz,  John 562 

Gleason,  N.  L 228 

Good,  John   11 

Goodale,  F.   D 673 

Goodheart.  J.  L 698 

Goodhue.  A.  C 683 

Gordon,  Mett    252 

Gorraley,  E.  A 590 

Gormley,  E.  L 556 

Goss,  J.  W 359 

Goss,  M.  C 265 

Gould,  James   711 

Gould,  J.  F 645 

Gove,  Aaron   110 

Graves,  J.  P 248 

Graves,  0.  B 810 

Graves,  W.  M. 327 

Green,  Taylor  190 

Gregory,  Ida  L 60 

Griffin,'  G.   M 492 

Griffin,  H.  H 458 

Griffin,  John 420 

Grimes,  Samuel   404 

Grommon,  P.  D 437 

Guire,  D.  C 162 

Gully,  John 108 

Gumaer,  J.  D 68 

Hagus,  Andrew   693 

Haight,  R.  D 384 

Haley,  Ora    12 

Hall,  C.  L 207 

Hall,  G.  L 353 

Hall,  Mary  M 211 

Hall,  S.  H 44 

Hamilton.  G.  A 481 

Hamilton.  H.  S 59 

Hankins,    E.    A 484 

Hankins,    H.    K 465 

Hanlon,   R.   J .  183 

Hanseome,  A.  H 497 

Hardy.  W.  E 42 

Harmon,   G.   D 443 

Harmon,  W.  M 670 

Harriman,  G.  W 311 

Harris.  Thomas   390 

Harrison,  D.   E 70S 

Harrison.  J.  H 89 

Hart.  B.  0 585 

Hartley,  R.  H 424 

Hartman,   Nora   K 777 

Hartsel,   Samuel    456 

Harvey,  G.  B..  J.  G.  and  L.  H 560 

Hattendorf,  August    512 

Hauptli,  W.  L 575 

Havens.  Z.  D 572 


Haverland,  R.  E 83 

Hawkey,  Robert 689 

Hawkins,  A.  H 747 

Hearon,  R.  L 365 

Heebner,  William    753 

Heffner,  G.  W 405 

Heimbeeher,  C.  F 409 

Hendershott,  0.  C 510 

Hendershott,  L.  W 265 

Hendy,  Charles,  Jr 440 

Henry,  N.  M 630 

Hepp,  G.  B 170 

Herstroln,  Martin   62 

Hewitt.  J.   R 48 

Hicks,   H.   B 386 

Hler,   Charles    385 

Higby,  J.  W 333 

Hildebrand,  F.  J 722 

Hill,  N.  P 7 

Hilliard,   B.   C 786 

Hixson,  G.  W 299 

Hobbs,  CM 193 

Hoefl'er,  Charles  143 

Hoery,  Robert    754 

Hoffman,  0.  W 130 

Holden,  Z.  L 42 

Holling,    H.    R 653 

Holt,  A.  D 677 

Holt,  W.  E 386 

Hoover,   W.    D 43 

Hopkins,  H.  A 633 

Hopkins,  J.   E 328 

Hopper.  J.  M 232 

Hornbaker,    E.    E 790 

Hornbaker,  F.  L 798 

Hosmer,    G.    E 553 

Hover,   W.  A 430 

Howarth,  Abraham 757 

Howbert,  Edgar 781 

Howell,  Mattie  M 638 

Hoyt,  A.  L 26 

Hoyt,   T.   W 628 

Hudson,  .J.  G 716 

Huglies,  E.  E 270 

Humphrey,  J.  F 500 

Huntsman,   Ellis    140 

Huston,  F.  S 724 

Hutchinson,   T.  A 736 

Inimer,    E.    C 436 

Irving.   Chris 118 

Jackson.  Andrew   811 

Jain,  Miles    701 

Jamison.  B.  U 177 

Jensen.  .James    486 

Jewel.  J.  E 46 

Johansen,  H 644 

Johnson,  A.  C 506 

Johnson,  B.  A 728 


816 


INDEX 


Johnson,  C.  D 693 

Johnson,  C.  E 771 

Johnson,  F.  P 807 

Johnson,   L.   E 580 

Jonas  Brothers    337 

Jonas,  Coloman   288 

Jones,  E.  J 408 

Jones,  G.  F 741 

Juchem,  Anna  E 689 

Kaylor,  J.  W 400 

Keehn,  E.  L 417 

Keicher,    F.    J 746 

Kenehan,  Roady 172 

Kennedy,  J.  G 40 

Keysor,   O.  G 155 

Kilker,  Owen    541 

Kincaid,  W.  R 657 

Kirk,  J.  E 561 

Knapp,  G.  W 787 

Knapp,  J.  S 523 

Knaus,  A.  J 737 

Knaus,  Clemens  646 

Knaus,  C.  E 629 

Knaus,  Daniel    725 

Knaus,  Fred  638 

Kneale,  Thomas  608 

Kortum,  W.  C 447 

Kuehn,  Ferdinand   754 

Kuhn,  Philip  676 

Kummer,  William   134 

Lafferty.  W.  A. 380 

Lamb,   John    519 

Lambert,  W.  I.,  Jr 745 

Lambertson.  K.  G 536 

Lampton,  W.  M 176 

Lane,  A.  W 531 

Lauridson,  John 460 

Leffingwell,  A.  S 180 

Leggett,  Jeremiah  450 

Lehman.  Edward  788 

Lewis,  John    602 

Leyner,  A.  M 506 

Leyner,  P.  A 502 

Lillev,  J.  G 49 

Lindsley,  H.  A 222 

Litle.   G.   W 494 

Livesay,  J.  M 600 

Loban,"  A.  L. . 128 

Longmore,  G.  J.  W 570 

Longworth,  W.  C 643 

Loomis.  G.  E 421 

Love,  T.  R 809 

Loveland,  Sarah 358 

Loveland,  W.  A.  H 749 

Lovell,  J.   B 616 

Lowell,  C.  H 342 

Lowell,  H.  L 397 


Luke,  William   665 

Lund,   E.   H 478 

McBroom,  I.  E 318 

McCarty,  Minerva  L 248 

McCaslin,  Mathew  619 

McCool,  A.  R 511 

McCue,  T.  J 244 

McCune,  A.  J 804 

McEachern,  C.  G 242 

McEIravy,  C.  C 428 

McGuire,  J.  A 133 

Mcllhenney,  F.  R 176 

Mclnnes,  John   : 320 

Mclnroy,  H.   H 392 

Molnroy,  J.   P 535 

Melntyre,  F.  W 764 

McKay,  J.  H 333 

McKee,   J.   H 234 

McLean,  J.  W 806 

McRay,  G.  F 598 

MacManus,  Mary  W 710 

MacMiUan,  C.  A 314 

Madden,  J.  W 633 

Manhart,  H.  P 326 

Marion,  J.  H 600 

Marshall,  C.  H 382 

Martin,  H.  P 364 

Matheson,  Duncan 56 

Matlock,    W.   A 34 

Maul,  M.  0 471 

Mauldin.  J.  A 216 

Maupin,  J.  H 761 

Maxwell,  J.  P 114 

Mayberry,  John  438 

Mayers,  J.  B 70 

Mears,  Otto    640 

Meillan,  J.  D 616 

Michael,  William  800 

Milheim,  Frederick   681 

Miller,  A.  S 164 

Miller,  C.  M 801 

Miller,  D.  V 497 

Miller,  F.  M 705 

Miller,  J.  O 594 

Miller,   Lafayette    283 

Mitze.   E.   D 784 

Mitze,  G.  A 142 

Miffitt,  B.  D 673 

Montgomery,  R.  B 606 

Montgomery,  F.  L 371 

Montgomery,  J.  W 710 

Moody,  John 570 

Moon,  Delauzon   793 

Moore,  Franklin   474 

Moorhead,  F.  L 293 

Moreland,  E.  J 117 

Moreland,  J.  W 150 

Morris,  J.  M 31 


INDEX 


817 


Morris,  M.  M 512 

Morris,  R.  J 126 

Morrison,  T.  C 507 

Morrow,  S.  G 645 

Moxley,  Richard   534 

Muller,  Fritz 437 

Mulnix,  H.  E 78 

Mulrooney.  Patrick 729 

Munroe,  E.  F 511 

Munson,  Fred  586 

Murphy,  E.  R 203 

Murphy,  Minnie  B.  H 206 

Murphy,  Patrick   376 

Murphy,  W.  J 526 

Myers,  William   498 

Nash,  W.  D 397 

Nelson,  Nels   195 

Nelson,  Ole   82 

Nelson,  P.  D 571 

Nelson,  Sone 780 

Neveu,  W.  H 232 

Newkirk,  Charles    443 

Newkirk,  G.  A 86 

Newlin,  W.   G 402 

Newmarch,  G.  T 352 

Nichols,  R.  C 413 

Nichols,  W.  H 761 

Nickson,   George    370 

Noe,  I.  J 764 

Noe,  J.  R 381 

Noland,  J.  R 360 

Norlin,  George   588 

Norman,  John    160 

Norvell,  B.  G 401 

Nott,  Theodore    229 

Nowacki,  Stanislaw 528 

O'Day,  M.  F 400 

Officer,  A.  V 811 

Orr,  G.  C 224 

Paddelford,  F.  L 296 

Parrett,  C.  J 656 

Pate,   C.   E 789 

Patton,  A.  N 66 

Payne,  R.  G 310 

Pearce,  H.  B 586 

Pease,  M.  J 156 

Peck,  G.   S 73 

Peck,  S.  C 574 

Pederaen,  John  375 

Perley.  J.  A 784 

Persons,  H.   B 546 

Peterson,  Alfred    446 

Peterson,  H.  M 484 

Peterson,  Victor 458 

Peterson,  W.  A 370 

Phillips,  H.  R 23 

Phillips,  S.  G 308 

Vol.  rv— 52 


Phillips,   T.   L 240 

Phipps,  L.  C 8 

Pickard,  J.  A 478 

Pike,  O.  A 343 

Pitcher,  E.  L 429 

Pollock,  John   292 

Ponsford,  Arthur 302 

Porter,  W.  W 124 

Potter,   F.  H 80 

Potter,  W.  M 768 

Pratt,  G.  C 346 

Prendergast,  W.  J 362 

Preston,  Benjamin    488 

Price,  B.I 762 

Prince,  Hiram 366 

Purse,  Frank    139 

Purse,  James    336 

Purse,  John,  Jr 773 

Rabb,  G.   W 674 

Rader,  Jesse   748 

Reed.  V.  Z 709 

Reeves,  Raymond    53 

Rehder,  T.'p 161 

Reinert,  F.  F 744 

Reynolds,  C.  H 32 

Richardson,  F.  A 540 

Richardson,  C.  G 348 

Richart.  Thomas 648 

Riedy,  H.  C 528 

Rinn,   M.   M 286 

Riser,  F.  L 490 

Roach,  Philip   389 

Robb.  J.  W 322 

Robinson,  E.  W 284 

Robinson,  Frederick  E 434 

Robinson,  Fred  E 623 

Rockafellow,  B.  F 576 

Rogers,   S.   V 571 

Roop,  L.  R 792 

Ross,  Beauregard 740 

Ross.  St.  Clair,  Jr 579 

Rothrock,  J.  R 41* 

Rucker,  A.  W 354 

Rude,  Isador 802 

Ruffner,  Harry 180 

Russell,  Richard 810 

Rutherford,  T.  J 614 

Ryan,  R.  F 178 

Sahm,  John 360 

Sanderson,  W.  R 138 

Sanstad,  Charles 622 

Savery,  C.  W 239 

Schlosser,  E.  E 117 

Schmid,  F.  J 274 

Schofield,  E.  E 637 

Schofield,  Alfonso    555 

Schuyler,  K.  C 760 


818 


INDEX 


Seidensticker,  E.  G 412 

Seitz,   C.   W 101 

Sheedy,  Dennis 168 

Shellabarger,  H.  L 304 

Sheppard,  I.  T 123 

Sherart,  F.  W 438 

Simpson,  Hardy 779 

Simpson,  J.  H 524 

Simpson,   M.   A 732 

Sittloh,  A.  F 243 

Slattery,  Jolin    105 

Smith,  A.  C 364 

Smith,  E.  P 298 

Smith,  P.  E 408 

Smith,  G.  P 558 

Smith,  J.  B 549 

Smith,  J.  Bruce 532 

Smith,  O.  P 794 

Smith,  P.  N 556 

Smith,  U.  T 273 

Smith,  W.  H 538 

Spaulding,  M.  W 791 

Spencer,  R.  B 146 

Spencer,   R.   E 200 

Springer,  J.  W 769 

Springer,  W.  B 518 

Standley,  Joseph   448 

Starbuck,  A.  W 756 

Stark,  L.  J 105 

Stark,  Thomas 202 

Steele,  J.  D 717 

Steele,  R.  W 26 

Stephens,  H.  C 129 

Stewart,  G.   P 293 

Stewart,  Harvey   289 

Stofft.  H.  F 580 

Strauel.  J.  H 785 

Strittmatter.  Agatho    524 

Strong,  D.  W 344 

Suiter,  S.  P 500 

Sutton,  L.  M 750 

Swanson,  August    476 

Swanson,  G.  S 480 

Swanson.   N.   P 368 

Sweet,  L.  A 282 

Swinney,  K.  D 554 

Talbert,  Robert  456 

Talbot,  R.  1 519 

Tamlin.  William   212 

Taylor,  H.  I : 538 

Taylor,  N..  H 428 

Taylor,  S.  0 590 

Thayer,  E.  W 466 

Thayer,  H.  S 378 

Thomas,  Anna  535 

Thomas,  H.  H 805 

Thomas,  S.  J 96 

Thompson,  C.  H 758 


Tilton,  R.  C 692 

Tobias,  John 562 

Townsend,  J.  F 801 

Truelsen,  James 374 

I'uck,  W.  E 762 

Turner,  M.  W 612 

Turner,  Peter  432 

Turner,  W.  H 634 

Turver,  R.  H 113 

Tynan,  T.  J 593 

Tynon,  James 461 

^■an  Bradt,  D.  J 20 

^■anderhoof,  Frank  W 773 

\  an  Every,  Herbert 566 

Vir  Den,  A.  M 93 

Voegtle,  Charles    302 

Vogel,  Otto 183 

Vosburgh,  G.  B 198 

Wagner,  Louis   734 

Wald,  F.  A 272 

AValker,  H.  A 781 

Walker,  J.  B 173 

Walker,  R.  G 95 

Walker,  S.  M 390 

Waneka,  William    676 

Warberg,  J.  D 356 

Warfield.  G.  A 794 

Warren,  U.  J 736 

Washburn,  Jonas  685 

Weaver,  J.  J 564 

Webster.  R.  G 653 

Weekbach,  E.  J 380 

^\'e\r,  R.  H 514 

Weir.  J.  A 658 

Welch,  L.  B 769 

Welty,  J.  H 485 

West,  E.  L 151 

White,  W.  E 54 

■ttTiytal,  J.  E 558 

Wieh,  John   190 

Wilcox.  W.  W 743 

Wilder,  W.  M 153 

AVilkinson.  Joseph  158 

Will,  W.  S 199 

Willard,  J.  F 5T4 

Williamson.  J.  A 649 

Williamson.  J.  W 787 

Willis.  J.  L 402 

Wilson.  C.  L 446 

AVilson,  D.  E 88 

Wilson,  G.  W 654 

Wilson,  J.  D 186 

Wintermeyer,  J.  G 144 

Wire,  J.  A 610 

AVise,  Walter   184 

Woeber.  Adam  64 

Wolff,  H.  G 74 


819 


Wolff,  J.  R 315 

Wood,  A.  H 793 

Wood,  W.  A 641 

Woodhouse,  James    375 

Woodward,  B.  F 130 

Woodward,  F.  L 122 

Woolfenden.  H.  L 697 

Work,  R.  M 718 

Wright,  A.   F 123 

Wright,  AV.  M 491 

AVriter.  J.  A 783 


Wyatt,  ]\Iike 738 

Wylie,  J.  N 473 

Yeamans,  C.  N 160 

Yeamans,  J.  E 184 

Yoder,  S.  C 202 

Young,  D.  E 636 

Young,  J.  W 413 

Young,  0.  L 23 

Zang,  A.  J 106